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About IMONST
International Mathematical Olympiad National Selection Test, or IMONST, is a mathematical competition that is also a pathway to select top students to represent Malaysia in various mathematical competitions, including the most prestigious math competition in the world, the International Mathematical Olympiad.
IMONST is an open competition where students from all over Malaysia are invited to join, as they are exposed to challenging problems that require creative and mathematical thinking for them to be able to solve them.
IMONST 2024 is the fifth year of IMONST, with the first four receiving warm receptions from teachers, parents, and students from all corners of Malaysia. We hope to provide a competition that is not only challenging but also memorable and will instill a healthy mathematical culture among the participants. We are committed to providing content that will be helpful not only for the students but will also be beneficial for parents and teachers.
key dates
| Event | Date |
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Early-Bird Registration opens for IMONST 1 |
Early-Bird Registration opens for IMONST 1 |
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Early-Bird Registration ends |
1 May 2024 |
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Registration closes for IMONST 1 |
6 September 2024 |
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IMONST 1 |
21 & 22 September 2024 |
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IMONST 2 |
26 October 2024 |
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Bengkel IMO (BIMO) 1 |
November 2024 – February 2025 |
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BIMO 2 |
March 2025 |
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BIMO 3 |
April 2025 |
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66th International Mathematical Olympiad |
July 2025 |
Eligibility
| Category | Level |
|---|---|
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Primary* |
11 years old to 12 years old |
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Junior |
13 years old to 15 years old |
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Senior |
16 years old and above |
- Must be a Malaysian citizen;
- Must be attending school in Malaysia;
- Must be, at the time of IMO 2025, under 20 years old and not a university student.
* We recommend age 11 and above, though some outstanding younger students would be able to answer the sample IMONST paper. We suggest you look at the sample paper to gauge the difficulty level of this competition and the suitability of your students/children.
registration & fee
Registration date will be announced soon, and it can be done through ContestHub. There are two types of registrations:
- Individual registration (Preferred): Registration and payment are to be done individually. Login info will be given to participants directly.
- Multiple registration: Registration and payment are to be done by an assigned teacher/person (under individual registration but multiple participants can be registered via one registration account). Login info will be provided to the teacher/person, who will distribute them to each participant.
We will provide the user’s manual guide for registration to ensure that the registration process will be smooth for the participants.
Early-bird registration: RM45 per participant.
Normal registration: RM50 per participant.
Competition Procedure (IMONST 1)
- Competition Day: Saturday, 21st September 2024 until Sunday, 22nd September 2024
- Time: The competition opens at 10.00am (Saturday) and the system closes at 5.00pm (Sunday).
- Duration: Once started, the participants are given 2.5 hours to sit for the test.
- Contest webpage: To be announced
Requirements
Since IMONST is an online competition, students need an internet connection and a device (preferably a desktop or laptop computer, but phones and tablets can be used as well). Please make sure your internet connection is stable, otherwise, you will lose time if your internet is interrupted.
At a minimum, prepare a pen and paper to do your calculations. All IMONST problems can be solved without a calculator.
You are NOT allowed to refer to any book or any website. The use of a calculator is PROHIBITED. IMONST is NOT an open-book competition.
IMPORTANT: You must sit for the competition alone, without the help of another person. If there is any evidence of collaboration or assistance from other people, you will be disqualified and blacklisted from all future IMONST.
format
FORMAT OF IMONST 1
- Time: 2.5 hours.
- You may start at any time within the designated period on the competition dates.
- The participants in the Primary, Junior, and Senior categories will receive different papers, and the rankings are done separately for all categories.
- There are 30 problems in total. There will be Malay and English versions of the problem.
- The problems are divided into 4 parts, in increasing order of difficulty:
| Part | # of problems | # of points for each problem | Type of problem |
|---|---|---|---|
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A |
10 |
1 |
Conceptual |
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B |
10 |
3 |
Intermediate |
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C |
10 |
6 |
Hard |
- For each problem, you have to submit the answer only. The answer to each problem is a non-negative integer.
- No mark is deducted for a wrong answer.
- The maximum number of points is (1 + 3 + 6) x 10 = 100 points.
FORMAT OF IMONST 2
- Time: 4.5 hours.
- There are 6 problems, each worth 7 points. There will be Malay and English versions of the problem.
- To get full points for each problem, you have to write a complete solution, with the correct mathematical reasoning. You can either write the solution in Malay or English.
- A suggested reading assignment will be distributed to all participants 3 weeks before the competition.