DETAILS FOR THE 4TH VISUAL SPATIAL MATHLYMPICS 2025 (P6 and below)

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The Visual-Spatial Mathlympics is a concept competition that poses carefully curated questions that draws on the overarching theme of Visual-Spatial Intelligence and Mathematics.

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We hope to foster a new generation of spatially literate pupils who are proficient and established in thinking spatially, being able to approach problems, cognizant of the concepts of space and the appropriate processes of spatial reasoning.

 

The 4th Visual Spatial Mathlympics 2025 competition is jointly organized by Learners’ Connections Pte Ltd and Marshall Cavendish Education.        

 

 

1)    Details of Event 

Date        : 22nd April 2025, Tuesday
Time        : 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm
Mode       : Single Round, Written Paper
Venue      : Participating schools’ own premises

 

2)    Eligibility

Participants must be in Primary 6 or below in 2025.
All participants will take the same paper.

 

3)    Registration

School Registration will start on 13 January 2025 and end on 7 Mar 2025. 
School Registration Fee: S$25 (includes GST)
Please register directly with our Marshall Cavendish Education representatives:

           lydiang@mceducation.com (Lydia Ng) and thomasang@mceducation.com (Thomas Ang).
Schools will be e-invoiced within the week of the competition.

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Private Registration will start on 3 February 2025 and end on 14 Mar 2025.
Private Registration Fee: S$80 (includes GST)
Please contact our representative agent: (TBC)

 

4)    Format and Duration

Duration: 1.5 hours 
Section A: (5 MCQ questions of 2 marks each)
Section B: (5 short answer questions of 3 marks each)
Section C: (5 short answer questions of 4 marks each)
Section D: (5 short answer questions of 5 marks each)
Section E: (5 short answer questions of 6 marks each)
Calculators may NOT be used.

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Marks will be awarded for correct answers only. 
There will be no deduction of marks for wrong answers or omitted questions. 
All decisions made by the organizers and judges will be final.

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5)    Topics

Visual-Spatial processing (the ability to perceive, analyze, synthesize, manipulate and transform visual patterns and images) in the content areas of

• Area, Perimeter and Volume

• Angle Properties

• Symmetry and Rotation of 2D figures

• Nets and perspectives of 3D solids

• Fractions, Percentage, Ratio 

• Measures and Measurement

• Rate and Speed

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6)    Past Years' Papers

To order past Visual Spatial Mathlympics papers (2022 to 2023), click here.

 
7)    Certificates and Prizes

This competition is a high-stake competition because its certificate has implications for placement into schools.

As such, on the reverse side of our Certificate, we will indicate salient information that reflects the competition’s rigour, such as the total number of participants for the year; number of participating schools and the criteria for the Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards.

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Gold Distinction Award Medals and Certificates will be awarded to participants in the top 10 positions.
Gold Award Medals and Certificates will be awarded to the remaining top 5% of the participants.
Silver Award Medals and Certificates will be awarded to the next 7.5% of the participants.
Bronze Award Medals and Certificates will be awarded to the next 12.5% of the participants.
Certificates of Participation will be awarded to all remaining participants.
 
School Prizes  
School Trophies and prizes are given in recognition of the support, training and encouragement that they had given to their school pupils.  

 

Schools with the highest number of Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards, in that order, will receive the following trophies and cash prizes:
                                                                                                                                
Champion School:       Cash prize, 1 trophy for the school and the Challenge Trophy
1st Runner-Up:            Cash prize and 1 trophy for the school
2nd Runner-Up:           Cash prize and 1 trophy for the school
School Distinction:     Subsequent two schools with the highest medal count will receive a School Distinction Trophy 

 

The Champion School shall keep the Challenge Trophy and shall return it to Learners’ Connections Pte Ltd for the next competition. The Challenge Trophy shall be kept permanently by the school which emerges champion in three consecutive years.
 
Individual Prizes 
Personal size trophies will be awarded to participants with Gold Distinction.

 
8)    Release of Results

Results are confidential and will be released to the respective schools by 20 May 2025.
All medals and certificates will be delivered to respective schools by 27 May 2025.

9)    Awards Ceremony

The Combined Mathlympics Competitions Awards Ceremony will be held on 16 August 2025.
At this Ceremony, School Trophies and Individual Personal trophies and cash prizes for Gold Distinction Awards for both the Annual Mathlympics and the Visual Spatial Mathlympics will be presented. A donation will also be presented to a representative from KK Women's and Children's Hospital and SingHealth DukeNUS. 

10)    Donation 

As we have done so in the past years since 2021, we will continue to donate a percentage of our proceeds from the two Mathlympics towards the support of children battling with cancer through SingHealth Duke-NUS Paediatric Academic Clinical Programme – CCF-Psychosocial and Supportive Care for Paediatric Oncology Programme.