The South East Asian Mathematics Competition (SEAMC) is an annual three-day non-profit
mathematics competition
Mathematics competitions or mathematical olympiads are competitive events where participants complete a math test. These tests may require multiple choice or numeric answers, or a detailed written solution or proof.
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for Southeast Asian students at different grade levels. It is a qualifying competition organized by Eunoia Ventures for invitation to the
World Mathematics Championships.
Teams have participated from China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Nepal.
Host venue locations of the SEAMC changes annually. An online version was held due to the
COVID-19 Pandemic
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Eligibility
* The Senior Competition is open to all students in Grade 12 (Year 13) or younger.
* The Junior Competition is open to all students in Grade 9 (Year 10) or younger.
* The Secondary Competition is open to all students in Grade 7 (Year 8) or younger during the month of the event and
* Primary level for Grade 5 (Year 6) or younger.
The competition
History
SEAMC is a mathematics collaboration experience for school students located in South or North East Asia to come together for 2-3 days.
SEAMC was conceived of by Steve Warry, who taught at Alice Smith School in
Kuala Lumpur
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He organised SEAMC in March 2001. He died one week prior to the first competition.
Teams competed for the Warry Cup, which is named in Steve's honour.
From 2014, the NEAMC sister event has been organised for students in Northeast Asia. The organizers enlisted the
Nanjing International School
Nanjing International School is a non-profit International school in Xian Lin College and University Town (), Qixia District, Nanjing, enrolling children age 3 to 18, Pre Kindergarten to Grade 12. There are around 620 students from over 30 count ...
to host it initially in February 2014 with the help of Malcolm Coad.
In 2017, the SNEAMC family of events became the World Mathematics Championships.
Format
Each school enters teams of 3 students each.
The competition has nine rounds.
All WMC qualifying competitions have:
* 3 days of engagement
* 9 equally weighted rounds
* 6 skills categories for prizes
* The best sum ranking across all 9 rounds win
School teams engage within the Communication skills rounds.
The Collaboration skills rounds (Open, Lightning and Innovation) are in buddy teams of three.
The Challenge are skills rounds undertaken as individuals.
Three skills rounds are (subject specific skills and procedures) knowledge based,
three are (plan and execute) strategy focused and three depend upon (new and imaginative ideas) creativity.
So each strategy, creative and knowledge skill category is engaged in alone, in school teams and in buddy teams.
Past questions can be found around the web.
In many SEAMC competitions, there are initial
icebreaker
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events.
Prizes
* All participants receive a transcript of relative attainment in each of the 9 rounds.
* The highest ranked individuals in each category receive medals.
* The highest ranked individuals across all 9 rounds receive medals.
* The best ranked school team across all 9 rounds receive a respectively named Cup (for the SEAMC Junior competition, this is the original Warry Cup).
The better ranked teams across all of the competition venues that year are invited to the ultimate World Mathematics Championships showdown, hosted by
Trinity College, University of Melbourne
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in the following July each year.
Results
Past team winners
* 2020 -
UWCSEA East, Singapore
* 2019 -
British School Manila
The British School Manila (abbreviated as BSM) is a private, non-profit international school in the Philippines. The school provides British education for children ages 3–18, following an adapted form of a British Curriculum and the IB Diplom ...
, Philippines
* 2018 - British School Manila, Philippines;
Saigon South International School Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
* 2017 - British School Manila, Philippines (Senior), Singapore American School, Singapore (Junior)
* 2016 -
British International School Ho Chi Minh City
The British International School Ho Chi Minh City (BIS HCMC) is an international school in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, offering a British style education. The school has three campuses located in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). A Primary campus, a S ...
, Vietnam
* 2015 - Singapore Chinese School, Singapore
* 2014 -
Hong Kong International School
Hong Kong International School (HKIS) is an international private school with campuses in Tai Tam and Repulse Bay, Hong Kong. The school was founded in 1966. Today, HKIS spans from reception one to the twelfth grade. Its Lower and Upper Primar ...
, Hong Kong
* 2013 -
Chinese International School
The Chinese International School is a private international school in Hong Kong.
In 1994 it was the sole international school in Hong Kong that used English and Mandarin at about the same amount of time each as media of instruction.
Histor ...
, Hong Kong
* 2012 - Chinese International School, Hong Kong
* 2011 -
West Island School
West Island School (WIS; ) is a co-educational, private, international secondary school in Hong Kong which provides an English-language education to students of all abilities from age eleven to eighteen with a "modern liberal education" based on ...
, Hong Kong
* 2010 - British International School, Vietnam (Jaeho Han, Cheewon Oh, Jungmin Kang)
* 2009 -
German Swiss International School
The German Swiss International School (GSIS; german: link=no, Deutsch-Schweizerische Internationale Schule; ) is an international school in Hong Kong established in 1969 by German and Swiss families looking for a bilingual German-English educ ...
, Hong Kong
* 2008 - UWCSEA Dover, Singapore
* 2007 -
KGV, Hong Kong, China
* 2006 - KGV, Hong Kong, China
* 2005 - Island School, Hong Kong, China
* 2004 - Island School, Hong Kong, China
* 2003 -
Garden IS, Kuala Lumpur
* 2002 - Island School, Hong Kong, China
* 2001 -
South Island School
South Island School is a private international school founded by the English Schools Foundation of Hong Kong, located at 50 Nam Fung Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, with about 1,400 students enrolled and 107 teachers. Students come from diverse bac ...
, Hong Kong, China
World Mathematics Championship June 2018 Results
Senior Level
*Winner : Julian Yu
*Runner Up : Yan Pui Matthew Ling
*Runner Up : Wye Yew Ho
*Runner Up : Kevin Xin
*Runner Up : Linda Wang
Junior Level
*Winner : Seung Jae Yang
*Runner Up : Arunav Maheshwari
*Runner Up : Jangju Lee
*Runner Up : Ryusuke Suehiro
*Runner Up : Ravi Bahukhandi
*Runner Up : Soumyaditya Choudhuri
*Runner Up : Tanai Chotanphuti
World Mathematics Championship December 2018 Results
*Winner : Palis Pisuttisarun
*Runner Up : Ho Wang Tang
*Runner Up : Byung Hoo Park
*Runner Up : Rocco Jiang
Past individual winners
* 2020 - This has not been held yet due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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* 2019 -
* 2018 - Juhee (Jessie) Hong,
Singapore American School
Singapore American School (SAS) is a non-profit, independent, co-educational day school located in the Woodlands area of Singapore. It offers an American-based curriculum for students in preschool through high school. One of Singapore's first in ...
, Singapore
* 2017 - Tiffany Ong,
British School Manila
The British School Manila (abbreviated as BSM) is a private, non-profit international school in the Philippines. The school provides British education for children ages 3–18, following an adapted form of a British Curriculum and the IB Diplom ...
; Rahul Arya,
King George V School
* 2016 - Otto Winata, Sampoerna Academy Medan, Indonesia
* 2015 - Alex Lee,
Taipei European School
The Taipei European School () is a European international school in the Shilin District of Taipei, Taiwan. It includes a British section, a German section, and a French section.
Taipei European School (TES) is registered as a legal entity in ...
, Taipei
* 2014 - Tie between Kyung Chan Lee,
Garden International School
Garden International School (GIS) is a private, co-educational international school in Mont Kiara,
Segambut, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Founded in 1951, GIS is one of the oldest and most prestigious private schools in Malaysia. GIS is part of the ...
, Kuala Lumpur, and Michael Wu,
Hong Kong International School
Hong Kong International School (HKIS) is an international private school with campuses in Tai Tam and Repulse Bay, Hong Kong. The school was founded in 1966. Today, HKIS spans from reception one to the twelfth grade. Its Lower and Upper Primar ...
, Hong Kong
* 2013 - Joanna Cheng,
South Island School
South Island School is a private international school founded by the English Schools Foundation of Hong Kong, located at 50 Nam Fung Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, with about 1,400 students enrolled and 107 teachers. Students come from diverse bac ...
, Hong Kong
* 2012 - Charles Meng,
Chinese International School
The Chinese International School is a private international school in Hong Kong.
In 1994 it was the sole international school in Hong Kong that used English and Mandarin at about the same amount of time each as media of instruction.
Histor ...
, Hong Kong
* 2011 - Alexander Cooke, South Island School, Hong Kong
* 2010 - Ki Yun Kim, JIS, Indonesia
* 2009 - Joon Young Lee, ISB, China
* 2008 - Dong Wook Chung, UWCSEA, Singapore
* 2007 - Oliver Huang, KGV, Hong Kong
* 2006 - En Seng Ng, SAS, Singapore
* 2005 - Tiffany Lau,
Island School
Island School ( Chinese: 港島中學) is a co-educational international school located in Hong Kong. It is the founding school of the English Schools Foundation, and is still a member. The school has been accredited by international organisatio ...
, Hong Kong
* 2004 - Otto Chan, Island School, Hong Kong
* 2003 - Ernest Chia, Garden IS, Kuala Lumpur
* 2002 - Ernest Chia, Garden IS, Kuala Lumpur
* 2001 - John Chan, WIS, Hong Kong
References
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External links
Official website of Eunoia Ventures
Mathematics competitions
Recurring events established in 2001