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CONTENT

Content …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1

Details of the competition …………………………………………………………………………. 2

Format of the competition ………………………………………………………………………… 2

Type and number of Questions ……………………………………………………….. 2

Duration of the Examination …………………………………………………………... 2

Dates and Venues for the Stages and Award Giving Ceremony ………… 2

Stages of the competition …………………………………………………………………………. 3

1st Stage (State Level) ……………………………………………………………………. 3

2nd Stage (Final Level) …………………………………………………………………… 3

Award Giving Ceremony ……………………………………………………………….. 4

Awards and Prizes …………………………………………………………………………………... 5

State Level Prizes …………………………………………………………………………. 5

Zonal (Final) Level Prizes ……………………………………………………………… 5

Special Awards ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 7

How to Calculate Score …………………………………..…………………………………. 7

Proper Shading of the Answer Sheet ………………………………………………………… 8

Some Champions Whose Success Stories Started with the Maths Competition……. 12

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13th Annual National Mathematics Competition for Primary 5&6

Organized by

Nigerian Turkish International Colleges & National Mathematical Center

Details of the competition

We are pleased to inform you about the upcoming traditional feast of mathematics

for pupils, teachers and parents. It is the 13th edition of Annual National Mathematics

Competition for Primary 5&6 pupils organized by two of the leading institutions of Nigeria

in the area of education; Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC) and National

Mathematical Center (NMC).

NTIC and NMC are putting a great effort to seed the love of mathematics in pupils’

hearts. However, it is not only them who have branded this excellent product but it also

owes a lot to thousands of pupils, teachers and parents all around Nigeria contributing to

this festival with their efforts and enthusiasm. We kindly applaud every individual who

adopts this competition. Thank you Nigeria!

In this booklet, you will find some detailed information about the competition. We

kindly request you to read through this booklet and find answers to your questions about

the event.

Format of the competition:

It is worth reminding that this competition is only for primary 5&6 pupils from

public or private primary schools all around Nigeria.

Type and number of questions: Each and every stage of this competition is objective

type examination involving 75 questions distributed as; 35 algebra, 15 geometry and 25

aptitude. The questions are prepared according to Nigerian Primary school syllabus but

possibly in a harder level.

Duration of the examination: A total of 120 minutes will be given for the questions.

Dates and venues for the stages and award giving ceremony:

1st Stage: 6th February, 2016 Different venues in every state of Nigeria

2nd Stage: 11th&12th March, 2016 NTIC Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Ogun and Yobe

Award Giving Ceremony: 19th March, 2016 NTIC Abuja and Kano

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Stages of the competition:

1st Stage(State Level):

The first stage of the annual competition holds simultaneously in 36 states of the

federation including FCT. All primary 5&6 pupils from public or private primary schools

may participate in this competition. Schools may be represented by any number of

students. Each participant must have an examination card filled completely which is sold

by NTIC schools, NMC officers or other responsible people from schools or ministries. Each

form costs N500. The best 5 pupils (academically) from each public school can access the

cards without any payment. Public schools are to decide their 5 best pupils for free entry to

the competition.

The venues for the first stage of the competition from each state may be inquired

from responsible officers from NTIC schools, NMC and Ministries of Education of the states.

The competition involves 75 objective questions; 35 algebra, 15 geometry and 25

aptitude. The students will have 120 minutes of time for the examination.

They will be asked to shade the necessary information and their answers into

answer sheets using pencils only. Since the answer sheets are in optic format, the pupils

may not be used to shade the answers and the necessary information properly. That is

why we request the assistance of the teachers and the parents in teaching how to

shade into the optic forms properly. Please check the page 7 for a sample shading. The

reason for using the uncommon optic forms is to be able to reach the results much faster

despite the fact that almost 30,000 pupils are participating into this competition.

We are expecting to finalize marking the papers in a short period of time like only

two weeks after the first stage. The results will be announced on the official website of

NTIC & NMC.

According to the results, each state will produce five (5) winners to qualify to the

final stage. The results for each state will be published on the website ten days after the

state level. However the results of the best 5 students in each state will only be listed in

alphabetical order since they will learn their positions in the award giving ceremony of the

state level (11th March, 2016).

2nd Stage (Final Level):

The 5 winners of each state will be invited to the final stage.

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Although the winners will be given calls to be informed about the final stage, it is the

winners’ responsibility to check and learn the results on time. In case a winner does not

come to the final stage for any reason, he/she cannot claim to proceed to the final stage

anymore. But he/she still will be awarded by anything deserved for the first stage.

The final stage will be conducted in 5 different locations; Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Ogun,

and Yobe. The states and the centers have been arranged as follows:

States Center States for Final Stage Abuja, Anambra, Akwa-Ibom, Cross River, Abia, Rivers, Imo, Enugu, Bayelsa, Kwara

Abuja

Kaduna, Niger, Plateau, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Kogi, Benue

Kaduna

Kano, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina Kano Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Oyo, Ekiti, Delta,

Edo, Ebonyi Ogun

Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa

Yobe

Each pupil is expected to be accompanied by one teacher. If two or more pupils

come from the same school, only one teacher must accompany them. If parents or more

teachers want to come to the event, they have to provide their own accommodation and

transport fee.

Each pupil and their trainers will be awarded according to the table on page 5. The

accommodation and public transport (by road) fee (to and fro) for each winner student and

only one teacher from the winner school will be paid.

The award giving ceremony for the first stage (state level) will hold on the same day

of the arrival to the center states. (11th March 2016).

The winners of the state level will sit for the final stage examination in the following

morning (12th March 2016). They will have 120 minutes for 75 objective questions. They

will leave for their destinations after the examination.

Award Giving Ceremony:

The states of Nigeria are grouped into two zones; Zone A and Zone B.

The states in Zone A: FCT, Abia, Anambra, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River,

Delta, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Enugu, Edo, Imo, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo and Rivers

The states in Zone B: Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano,

Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara

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The results for each zone will be published on the website five days after the final

stage, except the results of the best 15 students in each zone.

The best 15 students from Zone A and Zone B will be invited to Abuja and Kano,

respectively for the award giving ceremonies.

3 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze medals will be given in both zones in the Award Giving

Ceremonies.

Accommodation and public transport (by road) fee (to and fro) for each winner

student and only one teacher from the winner school will be paid. The awards including

cash prizes, medals, certificates, plaques, school awards will be handed over at these

ceremonies. (See the page 6 for the awards)

Awards and Prizes:

STATE LEVEL PRIZES

1. The best five pupils from each state will receive an invitation to participate at the

zonal level.

2. The best five pupils from each state will be awarded with N15000, N10000,

N10000, N5000, N5000 cash, respectively.

3. The best pupil from each state will obtain a 75% scholarship of tuition.

4. The pupils from 2nd to 5th position from each state will benefit a 50%

scholarship of tuition.

5. The best five pupils from each state will be honored with certificates of merit.

6. The schools and teachers of best five pupils from each state will be awarded with

certificates of merit.

7. The schools of the best five pupils from each state will get plaques.

8. The teachers of the best five pupils from each state will be awarded with

N15000, N10000, N10000, N5000, N5000 cash, respectively.

ZONAL LEVEL PRIZES

1. 3 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze medals will be given in each zone.

2. The best eight pupils(gold and silver medalists) from each zone will get a 100%

scholarship (including tuition, feeding and hostel)

3. The pupils from 9th to 15th position from each zone will get a 100% scholarship

of tuition.

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4. The best fifteen pupils from each zone will receive a cash prize as indicated

below.

5. The teachers of the best fifteen pupils from each zone will receive a cash prize as

stated below.

6. The best three schools from each zone will be given special prizes.

7. The best fifteen pupils from each zone will be given certificates of merit.

8. The schools and teachers of the best fifteen pupils from each zone will be

awarded certificates of merit.

9. The schools of the best fifteen pupils from each zone will be awarded plaques.

10. Kharezmi and Gauss Awards will be given to the best schools as explained in the

next section.

POSITIONS STUDENTS MATHS TEACHERS

1st ₦ 300,000 ₦ 200,000

2nd ₦ 200,000 ₦ 100,000

3rd ₦ 100,000 ₦ 75,000

4th ₦ 75,000 ₦ 50,000

5th ₦ 50,000 ₦ 40,000

6th ₦ 40,000 ₦ 30,000

7th ₦ 40,000 ₦ 30,000

8th ₦ 40,000 ₦ 30,000

9th ₦ 40,000 ₦ 30,000

10th ₦ 40,000 ₦ 30,000

11th ₦ 25,000 ₦ 20,000

12th ₦ 25,000 ₦ 20,000

13th ₦ 25,000 ₦ 20,000

14th ₦ 25,000 ₦ 20,000

15th ₦ 25,000 ₦ 20,000

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SPECIAL AWARDS FOR THE SCHOOLS

Kharezmi Award: This award will be given to the best schools for each Zone. The

last three years’ final stage results will be taken into consideration on deciding the awardee

school. At the first place, only the first three positions for each year will be considered. In

case of equality, the other positions will also be counted. It is only the organizer’s right to

make the selection for the award following the above procedure.

Gauss Award: The schools with the most number of “excellence” degrees in the

state level in each zone will be awarded by Gauss Awards. In case of equality, the organizer

is to decide on one of the schools considering the number of students participated from the

candidate school, the average and the general performance of their students.

Excellence degree will be given to all students who obtain a score (see “how to

calculate the score”) of 90 or more.

Promising degree will be given to those who obtain a score between 85 and 90.

HOW TO CALCULATE THE SCORE OF A PARTICIPANT

The score of a participant is calculated with the following formula:

(200 )

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Max Rough Score Rough ScoreScore

2.0255 2.522 2.6401Rough Score A G Apt

A, G, and Apt represent the number of correct answers of the participant in Algebra,

Geometry and Aptitude, respectively.

That means, the number of correct answers in Algebra, Geometry and Aptitude are

multiplied by the coefficients of the section and then added together to obtain the Rough

Score.

The coefficients in each section (Algebra, Geometry and Aptitude) are calculated as

follows:

secNumber of questions

Coefficient of the tionGeneral Average

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In last edition of the competition, the General Averages in each section were as

follows:

Algebra Average = 17.28 over 35

Geometry Average = 5.95 over 15

Aptitude Average = 9.47 over 25

According to this, coefficients are calculated as follows:

secNumber of questions

Coefficient of the tionGeneral Average

152.522

5.95Coefficient of Geometry

252.6401

9.47Coefficient of Aptitude

An example: Assume a participant got 26 correct answers in Algebra, 13 correct

answers in Geometry and 14 correct answers in Aptitude. Then, his/her rough score will be

calculated as

26 × 2.0255 + 13 × 2.522 + 14 × 2.6401 = 122.41 (Approximately)

Finally, his/her Score is calculated as (200 173 122.41)

74.702

PROPER SHADING OF THE ANSWER SHEET (OPTIC FORM):

For fast and correct results, the pupils are expected to make the shading properly. In

the course of shading, the pupils may not be used to these optic forms. According to the

past experiences, even though the invigilators informed the students about shading, many

wrong shadings and challenges have been observed. It is the main problem that delays the

results to come out.

For this reason, this year we are going to use an improved version of the optic

forms. It will enable us to reach the results as soon as possible. But we still request the help

of the teachers and the parents to teach the proper shading to the pupils.

You will see a SAMPLE of proper shading on optic form. Teachers and parents are

requested to train the pupils about how to shade properly. In case of wrong shading, we do

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not assume any responsibility anymore. The pupils will get the results according to how

they shaded.

Below, you can see a sample shading of an optic form. The sample is hypothetically

illustrated by a boy named IBRAHIM ADAMU BELLO who is a Primary 6 pupil of the school

FRIENDSHIP PRIMARY SCHOOL from GWAGWALADA, FCT.

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Now, let us see in details.

At the top of the optic form, there is a part where the pupil will write, in block letters,

his/her full name, his/her present class, name of his/her school, state and local

government where he/she lives and a contact number that we can reach him through. Only

for this part, he/she can use biro.

For all the other parts of the optic form, the pupil is expected to use PENCIL only.

He/she will insert the letters of his/her full name in the boxes such that every box may

have only a single letter. ‘I’ into the first box, ‘B’ into the second box, ‘R’ into the third and so

on. (As the sample name is I-B-R-A-H-I-M)

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Then, he/she should find the corresponding letters under every letter. He/she should find

‘I’ under ‘I’ and shade it, ‘B’ under ‘B’ and shade it and so on. While filling out, he/she should

fill in inside the circle completely without overflowing.

In this part, the pupil is to shade his/her

school (but not the school he/she is taking the

Maths Competition). In the same way, he/she

shades his/her school.

Pupils from the same schools should code

their schools in the same way. For example,

the pupils from Friendship Primary School

may all code it as Friendship Primary Sch.

It will not be good to have that school name in

different versions as Friendship Pry Sch,

Friendship Pry School, Friendship N/P School,

FNPS and so on. Thus, we need the assistance

of the teachers to decide only one single

version of the school name and to teach the

pupils to code that version.

The pupil should also shade his/her present class, gender and the type of the school.

At this part, the examination number of the pupil has been shaded

already. PUPILS must not touch to this part!

The pupils should be asked to record their examination number when

their optic form was given to them. It will assist them to receive their

results in a very short time.

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At the TEST part, the pupil is expected to shade the answers. There are numbers from 1 to

125 as shown above. For every question, there are letters from A to E. The students should

shade their answers to the corresponding numbers. For example, if the answer to question

1 is B, the choice B is to be shaded for question 1. Since there are 75 questions in the

examination, only the questions from 1 to 75 will be shaded.

Note that, if a pupil shades more than one answer in a line, his answer will be regarded as a

wrong answer. In case, he changes his mind about one of his answers, he should erase the

previous one completely by using a soft eraser before marking the new choice.

Note that the optic forms are being evaluated by machines. Thus, the pupils should be

aware that the machine cannot read their results if:

they use biros instead of pencils,

they shade more than one answers for any question,

they do not make proper shading.

THE SUCCESS STORIES STARTED WITH THE MATHS COMPETITION

At this section of the booklet, we would like to introduce some of the champions of this

competition. You will see how ANMC may change a pupil’s life.

One of our students, Henry Aniobi got gold medal and individual highest position by

obtaining the perfect score of 42 in 22nd Pan African Mathematics Olympiad which took

place in Nigeria in June 22 – July 2, 2013. That score has been the highest ever in the

history of that Olympiad.

Henry Aniobi was one of the winners of the 3rd edition of Annual

National Mathematics competition.

Master Vincent Anioke recorded a ground breaking score of 2390 out of

2400 in the SAT I Examination. SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) is an

international exam organized by USA and its result is valid for admission

into wide range of universities across the world.

Vincent Anioke has already been admitted into Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(MIT) in USA.

NIGERIAN TURKISH INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION INTO JSS1

5ST OF MARCH, 2016.