IOQM and other Math Olympiads like American Math Competitions can be really challenging. It requires the student to go beyond the school curriculum and think about non-routine problems. In this post I will share three resources that can help you to systematically take up the preparation.
In this age of abundance, there is a lot of great books on Math Olympiads. The trick is to choose one relatively good book, and solve all problems from it, cover to cover. In fact we strongly suggest our students to focus on a single book before moving to other resources.
You may start with Challenge and Thrill of Pre-College Mathematics by V Krishnamurthy, C R Pranesachar, and K N Ranganathan. This is an excellent book that covers all the topics for IOQM standard. If you are in Grade 8 or below then use Mathematical Circles (Russian Experience) by Dmitry Fomin, Sergey Genkin, Ilia Itenberg.
Ofcourse there are plenty of other great books. Here are a few of them:
Cheenta has an excellent software for Math Olympiad, Physics Olympiad and ISI - CMI Entrance related problem solving. This tool provides students with sequence of problem. The software adapts with the child's performance and provides problems accordingly. It is available at https://panini8.com/
The software also lets students ask doubt problems and communicate with fellow learners using Latex. We have observed that children who use this problem solving software for 15 minutes every day experience remarkable improvement in their performance.
At Cheenta every learning begins with a
Non-Routine Problem
Try the problems with hints
but try them on your own!
Cheenta community has hundreds of teachers and students
Ask your doubts. Respond to others.
Learn about your strengths and weaknesses
Know your topicwise progress.
Cheenta has outstanding program for IOQM and Math Olympiads. Typically the program includes three components.
Cheenta programs has been extremely successful in mathematical olympiads since 2010. For example in 2024, ten out of 78 students who qualified for Indian National Math Olympiad (from lakhs of Students) were from Cheenta.
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