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Hong Kong Mathematical High Achievers Selection Contest (HKMHASC, Traditional Chinese: 香港青少年數學精英選拔賽) is a yearly mathematics competition for students of or below Secondary 3 in Hong Kong. Mathematics competitions or mathematical olympiads are competitive events where participants write a mathematics test High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders It is jointly organized by Po Leung Kuk and Hong Kong Association of Science and Mathematics Education since the academic year 1998-1999. The Po Leung Kuk ( is a charitable organisation in Hong Kong that provides support for Orphaned Children, education and other services Hong Kong Association of Science and Mathematics Education ( Traditional Chinese: 香港數理教育學會 is a society to promote and improve the teaching methodology of the Recently, there are more than 250 secondary schools participating.

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Format and Scoring

Each participating school may send at most 5 students into the contest. There is one paper, divided into Part A and Part B, with two hours given. Part A is usually made up of 14 - 17 easier questions, carrying one mark each. In Part A, only answers are required. Part B is usually made up of 2 - 4 problems with different difficulties, and may carry different number of marks, varying from 4 to 8. In Part B, workings are required and marked. No calculators or calculation assisting equipments (e. A calculator is device for performing mathematical calculations distinguished from a Computer by having a limited problem solving ability and an interface optimized for interactive g. printed mathematical tables) are allowed. Before Calculators were cheap and plentiful people would use mathematical tables &mdashlists of numbers showing the results of calculation with varying arguments&mdash to simplify

Awards and Further Training

Awards are given according to the total mark. The top 40 contestants are given the First Honour Award (一等獎), the next 80 the Second Honour Award (二等獎), and the Third Honour Award (三等獎) for the next 120. Moreover, the top 4 can obtain an award, namely the Champion and the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Runner-up.

Group Awards are given to schools, according to the sum of marks of the 3 contestants with highest mark. The first 4 are given the honour of Champion and 1st, 2nd and 3rd Runner-up. The honour of Top 10 (首十名最佳成績) is given to the 5th-10th, and Group Merit Award (團體優異獎) is given to the next 10.

First Honour Award achievers would receive further training. Eight students with best performance will be chosen to paricipate in the Invitational World Youth Mathematics Inter-City Competition (IWYMIC).

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Mathematics competitions or mathematical olympiads are competitive events where participants write a mathematics test Hong Kong Mathematics Olympiad ( HKMO,) is a Mathematics Competition held in Hong Kong every year jointly organized by the Hong Kong Institute of Education and Education in Hong Kong has a similar system to that of the United Kingdom, in particular the English education system of Hong Kong was modernized by the The Po Leung Kuk ( is a charitable organisation in Hong Kong that provides support for Orphaned Children, education and other services Hong Kong Association of Science and Mathematics Education ( Traditional Chinese: 香港數理教育學會 is a society to promote and improve the teaching methodology of the
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