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FAQ: Participants
- Can individual students compete in the Olympiads?
No. Students must belong to a school team. Only registered schools may participate in the Olympiads.
- Do students participate as individuals or as part of a team?
Students participate as individuals within a team.
Students must complete the Olympiad papers individually without help from any other team member.
During practise sessions, students may work in pairs or as a group.
- Do students have to be good mathematicians in order to compete?
No. The Olympiad program is designed to encourage all students to be involved.
One of the main aims of the Olympiads is to encourage students to develop new skills and problem solving techniques.
- Do students have to participate in all 5 Olympiads?
Yes. In order to be eligible for awards, students must compete in all 5 Olympiads
- What happens if a student misses one of the Olympiads?
If a student misses one of the Olympiads he or she may sit the Olympiad paper under the following conditions:- The student was legitimately absent
- The Olympiad contest must be administered on the student's first day back at school
- The Olympiad question papers must NOT have been returned to the students
- The Olympiad questions and solution methods must NOT have been discussed in class
- The PICO has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the absent student has no advantage over other members of the team
- Results for the Olympiad must be submitted to APSMO Inc no later than 7 days after the official Olympiad date
- Overall student scores are a sum of the scores for the 5 Olympiads, a score out of 25. This score is NOT averaged over the number of Olympiads completed.
- It is important that students sit for all 5 Olympiads
- What happens if a student transfers to another school?
If a student transfers to another school that is participating in the Olympiads, his/her results can be transfered to the new school's team.
We require written notification and details of both school teams