Book Description

Mock Exams for Math Olympians (Volume 1) - The Best Tasks from Math Olympiads The present edition aims to achieve in the math Olympians the consolidation of their mathematical skills after successfully solving a group of mock exams containing a variety of carefully selected interesting problems, as well as giving them the confidence to successfully face the exams of any math competition. This educational material will be of great help to all students who participate each year in the main mathematics competitions for elementary and middle school in the United States and abroad; and in a very special way for those who are preparing for the MOEMS contest, whose exams have inspired this edition. Furthermore, the problems included herein are very similar to those proposed in the main elementary and middle school mathematics competitions in the United States such as MOEMS, Math Alpha Contest, Noetic Math Contest, Math Kangaroo in USA, etc. This edition consists of a series of workbooks that bring together a collection of select problems by means of Mock Exams and is aimed at elementary and middle school students. Many of the problems included here have been extracted from Math Olympiads around the world and others have been inspired by them, which will allow the student to prepare by performing simulations of a math competition. Likewise, it has been considered to follow the structure and rules of the exams given in the MOEMS contests (Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools) due to its great popularity in the United States and abroad. Furthermore, each Mock Exam contains 5 questions in increasing order of difficulty to be answered in a time not exceeding 30 minutes, where each correct answer is worth one point and the incorrect answer zero points. The main topics covered by the questions include: sets of numbers, arithmetic operations, math and logic puzzles, divisibility, prime numbers, GCF - LCM, fractions, statistics and probability, geometry in the plane and solids. The exams included in each volume have been divided into two categories, namely, elementary school and middle school, each of them with a total of ten Mock Exams. In this first volume the exams from 1 to 10 are included. The students may only have: pencil, eraser and sharpener. Blank sheets will not be required as the workbook has been designed so that the students can solve each question in the same workbook. No calculators, rulers, graph paper, or any other aid can be used. In addition, the students will find the answers to each question at the end of the book, so that they can verify their results obtained. Finally, the indispensable support of parents or an academic tutor is recommended so that they can guide the student in case of doubts, and the evaluation is carried out with the greatest objectivity and responsibility possible.