Eleven sixth-grade students from South Tahoe Middle School competed this year in the Math Olympiads, a national mathematics competition. Each month for the past five months students at middle schools ...

Zhao and Li make up just one of the parent-child combinations attending what are in all but name, math olympiad classes. "I hope he can win awards at math competitions, after taking the extra teaching ...

Around 100 fourth- and fifth-graders from Humble Independent School District packed the district’s Instructional Support Center building to compete for the title of Math Olympiad. For the third year, ...

A Chinese student shows his acquired awards in the Mathematical Olympiad competition. [Photo/IC] The defeat of Chinese students at the hands of their US counterparts at this year's International ...

A defining memory from my senior year of high school was a nine-hour math exam with just six questions. Six of the top scorers won slots on the U.S. team for the International Math Olympiad (IMO), the ...

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