Olympiad is a collection of competitive exams that are mainly conducted for Classes 1 to 12 for subjects such as Science, Maths, etc.
Olympiads are conducted at national as well as international levels for encouraging students from a similar academic genre or level to participate.
SOF Olympiad is one of the most popular Olympiads in India.
The Science Olympiad Foundation hosts the International Mathematics Olympiad, a well-known mathematics competition.
The SOF IMO is an exam that assesses students’ mathematical understanding and potential.
Students participating in the Olympiad exam can evaluate their understanding of the topic and their ability to solve various sums on a school, local, zonal, and worldwide level Importance of Maths Olympiads
Importance of Maths Olympiads
Recent times have seen the Olympiads gain significant importance when it comes to the field of education as the students gain multiple benefits from these exams. To shed specific light upon the importance of Maths Olympiads we need to acknowledge the fact that despite being a subject that students might both love as well as fear, it constitutes a great portion of studies, Maths has been an integral part of multiple aspects of various subjects, therefore, it has a great influence in improving the overall performance of a student, it can greatly ease one’s worries, once one gets a proper grasp of the basic concepts and all it requires is dedicated effort and earnest input of work to make it all worth it.
Opportunity: The Olympiad exams provide the student with a perfect opportunity to be in touch with the subject of their interest through regular practice.
Morale boost: The Olympiads serve to boost the morale of a student and add to their confidence by helping them gain a proper grasp on the subject.
Exposure: The Olympiads also provide the students with a common platform to showcase their skills, therefore, providing them exposure amongst students of similar educational level which helps them estimate where they stand and their understating too is put to test.
Resources: The Olympiads make available a variety of associated educational resources for students that helps them better understand the subject of their interest and thereby have a better grasp on the same.
Syllabus and academies: The tests benefit the regular academies because the pertaining syllabus is always at par with the student’s educational syllabus irrespective of their educational boards.
Maximum learning benefit: The Olympiad exam papers, as well as resources, are curated in correspondence to academic experts and professionals to improve the academic and learning impact over the participating students to benefit them in the best of ways.
Improvement in mental skills: The Olympiads encourage the students to inculcate regular habits of practice and revision therefore it adds to their mental abilities as they work upon it in a regular and dedicated method.
Familiarity: These help the students familiarize themselves with the exam environment and its associated rules and regulations in a better way so that they can healthily learn to work in such an environment.
Impact on overall skills: The Olympiad exams have a great impact on the students on various levels as the student learns the better value and the management of time which plays a crucial role as they also work upon their accuracy in order to perform well in an examination.
Exam report: The students are provided with a detailed exam report of their performance in order to help them improve in the future exams that they take on, the stats, as well as the answer key for the same, can be found and put to use to help one improve.
Certificate of great value: The students are provided with a certificate of great value that adds to their profile and acknowledges their hard work and participation in the exam.
How does a student benefit by taking IMO?
Participants of Olympiads are ranked on the basis of marks obtained. Hence, after taking the first level of the test, students can judge themselves academically at four different levels – within the school, at city level, at zonal level and above all at international level.
Each student is provided a Student Performance Report (SPR). The SPR analyses the strong and weak areas of the student and also gives a detailed performance comparison of the student vis-à-vis other students at School, City, Zonal and International level. Analysis of the student’s past 10 years’ performance is also provided.
International Mathematical Olympiad 2022 Awards and Prizes
The winners of the International Mathematical Olympiad will be given awards and prizes by the International Mathematical Olympiad Foundation (IMOF).
The total number of prizes (first, second and third) must be approved by the Jury and should not normally exceed half the total number of Contestants. The numbers of first, second and, third prizes must be approximately in the ratio 1:2:3.
Special prizes may be awarded for solutions considered outstanding by the Jury. Proposals for such special prizes are put forward by the Chief Coordinator appointed by the Host Organisation.
The prizes will be awarded at the Closing Ceremony. Each Contestant who will not receive a first, second, or third prize receives a Certificate of Honourable Mention if he/she will receive seven points for the solution of at least one problem.
Each Participant and Observer receives a Certificate of Participation.
IMO – Awards
Awards for students
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
ZONAL LEVEL
Awards for Level 1 performance
ZONAL LEVEL
Awards for schools
Top performing schools are also felicitated with various awards. The tables below talk in depth about various awards for schools participating in the Olympiad.
Awards at international level
Awards at zonal level
Awards at district level
IMO – Contact details
Students can get in touch with SOF if they still have any pending queries in terms of IMO exam. The contact details are shown below:
Address: 1st Floor, Plot no. 99, Sector – 44, Gurgaon (Haryana) India. Pin- 122003
Phone: 0124-4951200, 9312680855, 9312680857
Office: 406, Taj Apartment, Ring Road, Adjacent Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India. Pin – 110029
Registration queries: 0124-4951200, info@sofworld.org
Exam queries: 0124-4951200, info@sofworld.org
Result/Awards: 0124-4951200, result@sofworld.org
Roll no/Admit Cards: 0124-4951200, rollnumber@sofworld.org
General queries: 0124-4951200, info@sofworld.org
Exam Highlights
The tentative schedule of the 16th International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) is given below
How to Register for IMO 2022?
The details to do the online registration for the International Mathematical Olympiad for Indian students are given below:
Initially, candidates must visit the portal of the conducting authority, Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF).
In the homepage, candidates must check the details of the IMO.
There is only one mode to apply for the IMO exam 2022 i.e., Offline.
Interested students should contact their respective schools. The registration forms are already sent to the school authorities.
It must be remembered that no student can apply for the IMO 2022 registration independently.
SOF will not accept any application form directly from students. Students should contact their respective schools for their registration.
The school’s coordinating teacher should fill the School Registration Form (SRF) and Students’ Registration Sheet (SRS) as per the guidelines given & should send it to the SOF’s office before the due date of submission of forms.
SOF will register the applicant’s school and the students.
As per the Students’ Registration Sheet (SRS) received from the School, SOF will generate roll numbers for all students.
Once the registration is complete, the candidates must check the exam dates and qualifying criteria for the International Mathematical Olympiad.
Principals/teachers may please note that any school can be registered as a centre for SOF IMO Level 1. No fee is required from the institution to become a registered examination centre.
Prospectus containing the Registration forms are sent to all schools registered with SOF. Schools not registered may also request for prospectus by sending an e-mail at info@sofworld.org or by calling 0124-4951200. Schools must return the registration forms to SOF, duly filled in and complete in all respects by the due date.
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2022 Application Fee
The candidates applying for IMO must pay the registration fee to their respective schools.
The schools then must pay the registration fee for all the candidates who have applied for the IMO 2022.
The details of the IMO Registration Fee are given below
Eligibility Criteria for IMO 2022
The applicants must check the eligibility criteria in order to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad.
The candidates must qualify in the pre-IMO qualifying rounds in order to be eligible to participate in the IMO.
Only the candidates who fulfil the minimum eligibility must apply for the IMO.
The details of the IMO Eligibility Criteria are given below:
A Country’s Contestants should normally be citizens or residents of that country and should be selected through that Country’s national Mathematical Olympiad or equivalent selection program.
Contestants must have been born less than twenty years before 2 July in the year of participation at the IMO.
Applicants must have been normally enrolled in full time primary or secondary education on or after 1 December in the year prior to the IMO, or,
In the case of home-schooled students, they must not have received a high-school diploma (or equivalent), and must be working toward such a credential on 1 December.
Students in grades 1 to 12 are eligible to take the SOF IMO 2022 test.
The Level 1 Exam will be held for students in grades 1 to 12.
Students in grades 3 to 12 who pass the Level 1 test are summoned to take the Level 2 exam.
Those students who will be qualified for 2nd level examination include:
1. Class-wise top 5% students who have appeared for the 1st level examination.
2. Class-wise top 25 rank holders’ zone wise, and
3. Class toppers from each participating school where at least 10 students from a class appear in the exam and scores 50% qualifying marks.
IMO 2022 ADMIT CARD
The school will provide admit card (roll number) to the students to take part in the examination.
The school’s coordinating teacher will fill the School Registration Form (SRF) and students’ Registration Sheet (SRS) as per the guidelines given and will send it to the SOF’s office before the due date of submission of forms.
SOF will then register the applicant school along with the students.
SOF will generate roll numbers for all students, as per the student registration sheet (SRS).
No candidate will be allowed to enter the examination hall without admit card.
The admit card for the level II exams will be released one week before the exam. Therefore, students can download the same by visiting the official website of SOF.
Exam Patterns of IMO
The topics and chapters stated in the syllabus of IMO 2022 for both Levels I and II stay the same; however, the difficulty level increases. The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) has two levels of competition.
Set A of the IMO Level 1 exam will be held on 10th November 2022.
Set B on 22nd November 2022, and Set C on 13th December 2022.
The SOF IMO Level 2 test will be held tentatively in March. Only students in Classes 3 to 12 participate in Level II. (Schools can choose any one of the dates for conducting the exam)
SOF IMO is conducted on three dates for Level 1. Each school may select a date for conducting the SOF IMO as per its convenience. Each date of exam has a separate set of question papers. Change of date for conducting the SOF IMO is not permitted.
The SOF IMO consists of two levels.
LEVEL -1
The level 1 of the test will be organized in the participating school during the school hours.
The test will last 60 minutes.
Students in Classes 1 to 4 must complete 35 Objective-type (Multiple-choice Questions)
Students in Classes 5 to 12 must complete 50 Objective-type (Multiple-choice Questions)
There are separate question papers for each class
The question will be asked in English language only.
Detailed examination pattern for class 1st to 4th
Detailed examination pattern for class 5th to 12th
LEVEL -2
The level 2 will be conducted only for the students from 3rd to 12th.
1. Class-wise top 5% students who have appeared for the 1st level examination internationally.
2. Class-wise top 25 rank holders’ zone wise, and
3. Class toppers from each participating school where at least 10 students from a class appear in the exam and scores 50% qualifying marks.
The level II exam's IMO Syllabus 2022 is comparable to the level I exam, although the level II exam is more difficult. The level II exam's format is shown below.
IMO SYLLABUS
The IMO Syllabus is divided into four sections:
Logical Reasoning section – The section is meant to help students improve their learning abilities, and feel comfortable approaching nonverbal and verbal reasoning on several topics.
Mathematical Reasoning section – Students must learn several methods for strengthening mathematical reasoning by resolving various kinds of mathematical problems.
Everyday Mathematics – The 3rd section focuses on aiding students to improve their problem-solving skills in relation to various mathematical concepts.
Achiever section – Students are evaluated on their fundamental mathematical skills in the last section. Since the core concepts are discussed in this segment, students must be conversant with the topics in advance to handle various questions more effectively.
Follow the links for the syllabus (For Sections 2,3 & 4)
BEST BOOKS FOR IMO
MTG Class wise Workbooks (For Class 1 to 12)
SOF Olympiad Trainer’ Mobile Apps
OSDS (Olympiad Skill Development System)
Previous Years’ Papers
Olympiads’ Books of Reasoning (for preparation for the reasoning section of Olympiads)
The 100 Percent Real Test Papers
E-Quiz
SAMPLE PAPERS
- Class - 1
- Class - 2
- Class - 3
- Class - 4
- Class - 5
- Class - 6
- Class - 7
- Class - 8
- Class - 9
- Class - 10
- Class - 11
- Class - 12
IMO RESULTS
The result of Olympiad will be declared within 8 weeks of the examination.
The result will be sent to the school by authorities. Students may contact their schools for the result.
Apart from this, the result will also be made available on the official website.
The student performance report will help students analyse their strong and weak areas.
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