The IMOC measures the cognitive ability of a child in mathematics and quantitative aptitude. Through its innovative and ingenious proctored exams, the IMOC analyses, compares and nurtures the maths, reasoning and numerical ability of school going students.

Just like the rest of the world, the COVID-19 has hit us just as bad. We have had to cancel all classroom based Olympiads in 2020. But the silver lining is that we have converted our Olympiad to an Online Proctored Olympiad and we are thus available to countries where the IMOC did not operate earlier. With this reach, the IMOC is set to be among the largest Maths Olympiads on earth. The IMOC will now continue to be a pure online Olympiad for the foreseeable future.

While standard contests and quizzes tell you how you performed against the test , the IMOC Olympiad tells you where your child stands amongst other kids across your country and across the World. You will also learn about your childs strong and weak areas in the subject which will help you prepare them to get ready for a STEM based career in future.

The IMOC exams are inclusive and encompasses different syllabi and boards from across the world. The test accounts for the constant variation in the curriculum and ensures that the syllabus is well within the scope and reach of the students within their respective grade. By comparing the students score against the rest of the students in his/her country and across the world, the parents/guardians have a precise understanding of the global standing of their child.

Due to COVID-19, students will take this test from their respective homes. Our advanced Artificial Intelligence based proctoring ensures near zero cheating during the test.

We collect and analyze problems from international math textbooks and have created an excellent repository of maths problems. Our report will be based on sampling of these problems and we also highlight the concepts that your child did particularly well on and those that might need more of his attention. In short, as long as the student is decently prepared with his school math work, he/she will be able to handle the questions in the Olympiad.

The IMOC Academic Committee (IMOC AC) comprises primary and secondary school teachers from various boards from across the globe. The exam and practice test papers have been vetted by external industry experts before they reach the students.

Generally, the test format has consistently remained the same and hasn’t undergone any change over the past years. However, due to the fact that the test is now purely online and we need to distinguish the winners with multiple tests without making a significant change in the level of the questions, we will keep the test format the same for the first 2 rounds while keeping the option of a format change in the final round. The students who reach the final round will be informed of the changes (if any) well in advance. No extra preparation will be required to adjust to the changes in the final round. Olympiads like the OSMO (Online Simulated Maths Olympiad) for Selected Schools, will follow the same format as described in the website

Due to the COVID 19 situation, the IMOC Olympiad is now available online in most locations, with the exception of: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Sudan due to regulatory and local data privacy rules. Please note that proctoring and support for the IMOC Olympiad exam is only offered in English. There will be no local language support available.

We need to cater to students across different time zones. Also, students have commitments like other exams, sports competitions etc. A 48 hour window gives the student the flexibilty of taking the test at any time during this 2 day period.

Unfortunately, you cannot reschedule the exam. The rounds are conducted on fixed dates. The 48 hour window gives you the flexibility to pick a convenient time slot across the 2 days.

No. It’s not. In a 48 hours window, different set of test papers are use. However, the IMOC Academic Committee all these papers have exactly the same level of questions, i.e each question in a certain test has a like-to-like similar question of a similar level from the same topic appearing in other tests of the same grade. This ensures parity in the delivery of the Olympiad.

"Let us explain that with a maths problem (since that’s something we are good at! ) Problem 1: Rob can do a job in 2 days and Charlie can complete the same job in 5 days. How long will they take to complete the job working together? Problem 2) Rob can do a job in 3 days and Charlie can complete the same job in 4 days. How long will they take to complete the job working together? As you can notice, both have the same logic, similar working and hence qualify as 2 questions at the same difficulty level from the same topic."

The IMOC is open to all school students studying in grades 1 - 12. Unfortunately, we do not accept home schooled students to take this test.

While there is no age requirement, the student needs to be a current bonfide and registered student in an accredited school. The student can participate only in the grade he/she is currently studying in.

The collaborations team will be able to support you. You can write to collaborations@international-maths-olympiad.com

Ever since the Olympiad went online, we have stopped taking team entries . We accept individual entries only.

Yes. In case you have a referral code, you can use it to avail the appropriate discount while buying a test package. Once you type in your referral code, the cart will show you the final fees you need to pay.

Yes. You can use the same referral code for all the rounds. However, you can book a spot in Round II or Round III only after receiving a letter of eligibility from us. Students taking the Selected Schools - Online Simulated Maths Olympiad (OSMO) will be sent special referral codes for their single round Olympiad.

You need to get in touch with the Affiliate/School who gave you the code. They will help you sort out the issue. If the issue persists, write to us at support@international-maths-olympiad.com

Once you have registered for a test package, you will receive an email from the IMOC support team within 2 business days.

All payments on the IMOC site are highly safe and secure. The credit card numbers entered are secured via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) 128 bit encryption that ensures that the site doesn’t retain any of your card details while ensuring the payment goes through. It's like tap and go!

Yes. You need to enrol for the test package to participate this time as well.

Unfortunately, we do have any system of group discounts. However, if you have a referral code by an affiliate or a school, you can use that to avail the appropriate discount.

Yes, the test will have a question navigation bar to the right of the screen for candidates to use, so the student will not have to work through the test sequentially. In this navigation bar, the student will notice the attempted questions, the unattempted ones and the ones marked for later review.

Yes, once the student submits the test, you will get a notification that the test is complete. He/She can then leave the test

No. We do not allow students to take the test using iPad/smart phone?

Yes. The exam will be recorded. The images, audio and video will be captured and retained in the IMOC repository for 6 months.

While we would like to have the desk/table as clear as possible, we permit the usage of basic stationary which will assist you to take the test. This includes (but does not limit to) pens, pencils, erasers, notebooks and scratchpads. Note that use of calculators is not permitted during the test. The student is permitted to consume water and some nibbles during the test.

If there is a technical issue during the test, you need to write an email immediately ( upto the end-time of the 48 hour test window) to support@international-maths-olympiad.com. Your issue will be considered and if the academic board of IMOC permits, you can retake the test within 24 hours. As per the rules of the IMOC Olympiad, the student will be allotted the 'higher' score between the 2 tests. Only 1 retake is permitted. The test allotted to the student will be different to the one already attempted by the student.

While we would prefer that the test is taken in one sitting, we understand that your child may need to use the washroom during the test. So while the child can have a quick washroom break, note that the timer cannot be paused and will be running during his/her absence. Due to security protocols, we cannot let the child go missing for more than 3 minutes.

You need to keep ready your child's student ID card which clearly states the students name, school name, grade and your Childs photo. This is standard information on any school I Card. In case you do not have the school id card, you can use a valid Govt card like a Passport. We however urge the participants to use the school I card unless it’s just not possible. Note that all forms of id should be present in original.

No. Use of calculators are not permitted during the test

Please ensure your child uses a desktop computer or a laptop to take the test. Other devices such as iPads, tablets or mobile phones are not suitable. All candidates are required to have a camera connected to their computer. If you decide to use a laptop, a 15” screen or larger is recommended for best results. However, a screen size of 13” or less will still be acceptable. Please ensure that your screen resolution is set to a minimum of 1280x1024. The computer should have 2GB RAM and 2GHZ processor for best results. Lower versions will also do though the efficiency may be compromised. Ensure that the internet is uninterrupted with a minimum of 2MBps download speed.

It is recommended that candidates utilise the keyboard on their laptops and a wired mouse. For desktop systems, it is recommended that a wired keyboard and mouse be used. While using a wireless keyboard or mouse is not explicitly forbidden, candidates are advised that IMOC tech team is aware these technologies can be manipulated to facilitate cheating in online exams. For this reason, people utilising this technology may undergo additional scrutiny before and the test session – and risk the cancellation of test results if suspicious behaviour is observed.

They will be provided enough tools for them to take the test. Also, it’s a Multiple Choice Question exam. Not many tools are required!

This situation is highly unlikely to arise as the questions have been meticulously created and vetted by experts. However in this scenario, the student can make a note of the question and email the IMOC team at support@mathsolympiad.org after the test. Note that the timer cannot be paused for this reason. A suspected incorrect question by the student cannot be treated as a technical issue. The student will have to note down the question and continue with the test. Once student submits the question, the IMOC team will get back in 2 business days on the decision. Note that till date, no question has been found faulty in the IMOC exams.

The Test Practice Papers (TPP) will be available until the date of your test, and a for a few days after that. If you are participating in the 3 round Olympiad, it will be available for a week after the final day of Round III. 

While you do not need any specific practice material to prepare for the test, our comprehensive test package provides you ample practice material to help your child prepare. These papers have a wide range of questions and explanatory answers to help them understand and practice typical maths olympiad questions.

While it is not necessary to purchase the practice test package along with the main exam, the practice papers will give the student a fantastic exposure to the kind of questions expected in the test. The practice papers comprises questions which have appeared over the past few years in the Olympiad. The papers also cover all chapters in-depth while comprehensively covering all types of question types and difficulty levels.

In the unlikely scenario where you cannot activate the products, write to our tech team at support@international-maths-olympiad.com. They will get back to you in 2 business days.

The score card will be uploaded on the student portal as per the schedule. You will need to login and download your score report

The Basic Score Report will mention the test score and the answer key. The Enhanced Score Card entails your performance vs. the TEST, vs. the REST (of the students in the world and your country) and vs. the BEST (The top 10% of the students in the world and your country). The Enhanced Score Report provides the student's knowledge, strengths, gaps, and illuminates parents with as much detail as possible on their child’s grasp of mathematical concepts mastered by their international peers.

Normally, you cannot cancel the scores. However, if there is a technical issue during the test, you need to write an email immediately ( upto the end-time of the 48 hour test window) to support@mathsolympiad.org. Your issue will be considered and if the academic board of IMOC permits, you can retake the test within 24 hours. As per the rules of the IMOC Olympiad, the student will be allotted the 'higher' score between the 2 tests. Only 1 retake is permitted. The test allotted to the student will be different to the one already attempted by the student.

No. Only the higher score between the 2 tests will be on the record

You can opt for an Enhanced Score Card while you register for the test. Alternatively, you can book the Enhanced Score Card after you register for the test. The Basic Score Card comes free with the test.

Yes you can. Just that it will cost you much higher as against registering for it along with the test.

Within 2 business days of you purchasing the Enhanced Score report, the Basic Score Report will be replaced with the ESR. Note - the ESR contains all the information the BSR and more

It is quite rare that your score is incorrect. You will have access to report card which will mention your answers and the correct answers.

Questions from an Olympiad are generally added to the content of our Test Practice Papers sent to students in the following Olympiad. These questions, and their explanatory solutions,  get mixed with the pre-existing questions in the practice papers and older questions in these papers are retired from the set. Future olympiads feature fresh questions. Due to this cycle that we follow, we do not share the olympiad question paper.  

We have different comparison parameters for Grade 1-4 and grades 5-12. For grades 1-4, if 2 students score the same, they both will be awarded the same percentile. For grades 5-12, if more than one student scores the same, then the one who has scored higher in section 3 will get the higher percentile. If that too remains the same, then the one who scores higher in section 2 will get the higher percentile. If that too remains the same then both students get the same percentile

We keep your score cards active for 1 year from the date of the test.

The number represents the percentage of people that performed below you (e.g. 100 people take an exam and 3 people get a perfect score, all three did better than 97 test takers.  This places the three in the 97th percentile).

Your child’s score will be accessible to the IMOC team, the ratifying team from Deloitte and the testing agency. We may however wish to share your childs score to your school. This would however be done only with your consent. If you wish for your childs score to remain discrete, you have a choice to refuse our request.

Check your spam. While the emails send to students are bespoke and should hit your inbox directly, there is a chance it might go to your junk or spam folder. In case you still can’t find our emails, write to us on support@international-maths-olympiad.com

While this scenario is highly unlikely and would generally get resolved if you reset your password, get in touch with our service team at my support@international-maths-olympiad.com

Your username is the email address that you used to set up your online account. If you do not remember your password, you can request to reset it.

Yes. The exam session (including the check-in) is recorded. Recording will continue until completion of the exam;

The highly secured test platform at IMOC adheres to international privacy and data laws followed in 190 global locations. The exam session will be monitored by a proctor, and your session will be recorded, in both audio and video. In addition, your check-in details including the photo collected of you and your test location, as well as your provided identification, may be stored according to relevant local privacy and data laws.

Human proctors, supported by state-of the-art Artificial Intelligence technology, ensure the security and integrity of the exam, and fairness to all test takers. All test takers will be authenticated via their digital photograph, an approved valid form of identification and live check-in via a human proctor before starting the exam. The workspace is also thoroughly reviewed and monitored before and during the exam. The exam is being monitored at all times, via the live video feed, by human proctors, supported by AI technology. 

The exam will be conducted by remote proctoring under secure test conditions that will be enforced at all times. Before starting your exam you will be connected to a live proctor who will take you through an extensive checking and security process including, but not limited to, ensuring a workspace that is free of prohibited materials, such as reference texts or mobile devices. The online live proctor and AI programs that support them will monitor your activities at all times throughout the test. All our rounds are image + audio + video proctored.

IMOC strives to make its products and services broadly accessible and we are committed to providing equal access to our assessments to the extent possible. We ensure that special accommodations are available for test takers who meet certain eligibility criteria and properly document their request. The IMOC has identified these students as those who belong to any of the following categories 1) Disability and 2) those student having English as a Second language (ESL)

The following disabilities are considered by the IMOC for accommodations

1. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
2. Learning and Cognitive Disabilities
3. Physical/Systemic Disabilities
4. Psychological Disabilities
5. Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Blind/Low Vision

IMOC currently offers varied accommodations to students who have the above disabilities. It generally comprises extensions in the testing time, an optional break, a reader who can read items to you, and a recorder who can record your responses, access to JAWS software or Zoom Text. The decision is highly bespoke and depends on student to student.

Documentation is important in our decision-making process and we encourage you to provide relevant information in the form of a personal statement and from other sources such as a Professional evaluation or School report. This is intended as an opportunity for you to share information from your own perspective. Please do not be concerned regarding formatting or other technical aspects of the information we are requesting. If clarification is needed, we will let you know.

1. Accommodation Request Letter by the parent: For any disability or functional impairment, it is most helpful for us to understand your child’s unique history and current needs. We encourage you to address the following items in an accommodation request. This request needs to be in a simple letter typed out and sent to accommodation@international-maths-olympiad.com. The email has to be sent from the registered email id only
   • Describe how your child is presently impacted when he/she studies, takes exams
   • Describe how your child is presently impacted in a school setting. Describe any accommodations, supports, and coping strategies your child has used in a school setting. It will be important for you to tell us about your child’s schooling and how he/she have been affected in their ability to meet academic and non academic demands. If your child is being home schooled, simply state this.
   • Describe any current impacts in social situations and when your child is carrying out practical tasks or activities of daily living.
   • Tell us if your child has received any formal or informal accommodations in school. If so, tell us exactly what accommodations he/she had (e.g., extra time on exams, breaks during testing) and when these accommodations were in place.
   • Tell us about your child’s school performance from early grades, to the best of your recollection. Tell us if he/she were placed in regular classrooms, advanced classes, or special education classes. Tell us what you remember about the marks he/she earned and whether they repeated any grades.
   • Tell us whether your child have taken any other high-stakes assessments (e.g., PSAT, TOEFL). If relevant, describe the accommodations your child received on those high-stakes assessments. Tell us what their percentile scores were on each section of each exam, to the best of your recollection. If possible, provide a copy of your score reports for these exams.
2. Professional Assessment—Apart from the letter, we will also need to review the results of an evaluation performed by a licensed expert (eg, Medical Doctor etc) that captures the nature and severity of your child’s disability and associated impact on tasks of clear relevance to the demands of the IMOC Olympiad. It will be particularly important for the evaluation to include standardized timed academic tasks so that we can determine what accommodations are reasonable and necessary for your child within the context of the IMOC Olympiad. Ideally, the evaluation should allows us to accurately understand the current impact of the diagnosis

IMOC reviews accommodation requests in accordance with the guidelines that are enumerated within the framework of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as recently amended. The ADA defines disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a person’s ability to perform one or more major life activities, as compared to most people in the general population.  Under ADA guidelines, your child could have a diagnosed condition that does not rise to the level of a disability. In addition to reviewing your supporting documentation, IMOC will evaluate the reasonableness of the requested accommodations and their effect on the psychometric integrity of the IMOC Olympiad you wish to take.

If your child is disabled within the meaning of the ADA, you are entitled to reasonable and appropriate accommodations that enable equitable access to a IMOC Olympiad. Your requested accommodations will be considered, but you might not receive your preferred accommodations.

The ADA is intended to enable equal access, not to maximize outcomes. Accommodations must not provide anyone with an unfair advantage relative to other test takers. Instead, they should provide equitable access to IMOC exams for test takers with disabilities. 

Please remember that test takers must carefully monitor their time on any IMOC Exam . An inability to complete our Olympiad under standard time conditions is not automatically a reason for granting additional test time

Your disability status and medical documents are treated as confidential as described more fully in the Privacy Statement that is included on www.international-maths-olympiad.org. Various service providers (like Medical Evaluators) assist in reviewing accommodation requests. These service providers are subject to strict confidentiality requirements.

The deadline for submitting the documents for accommodations is April 30, 2023.

No. Do not submit payment with your accommodation request. If your request for accommodations is approved, you will be asked to pay for each accommodated testing appointment when you are ready to schedule it.

Yes. There will be a nominal fee of $20 charged to process your accommodation.

No. You will be notified in writing if additional documentation is required. It is your responsibility to provide all necessary documentation to the IMOC Disability Services when completing and submitting an Accommodation Request Letter.

Yes. In order for your application to be reviewed, a word-for-word English translation must be submitted, along with the original documentation for our validation.

No. Score reports do not indicate whether a test was taken with accommodations.

You need to send all the documents as a fresh requirement from our end.

No. You need to furnish all the documents as a fresh requirement from our end.

No. Policies and procedures for establishing eligibility for accommodations differ from school to school and school accommodations may involve different considerations than accommodations on a standardized examination like the IMOC Olympiad.

While your child may have been diagnosed with a permanent disability, the manifestations of the condition may vary over time and across settings. We need to verify the current impact of the condition on your child's daily functioning. For some conditions, such as most learning disabilities, documentation prepared within the past three years is generally sufficient to verify current impact, while more recent documentation may be needed for other conditions, such as psychological disorders. For physical disabilities and long-term vision and hearing disabilities that typically do not change over time, older documentation may be accepted as long as it provides a clear indication of your child's current functional limitations.

We encourage you to request accommodations that appropriately address any functional limitations your child experienced.  Accommodations are designed to provide equitable access to candidates with disabilities.  Requests for accommodations must include objective evidence of a clear connection between the functional limitation and the accommodation being requested. The evidence presented must demonstrate that the accommodation is needed. Requests for accommodations not supported by objective documentation will not be granted.

This is test of the student’s maths skills and not English skills. To assist students who do not have English as the first language ( language of instruction in school), IMOC will permit them to get additional help during the test

These students may use a hard-copy, nontechnical dictionary to translate between their native language and English. The students must declare the choice of dictionary by May 12, 2023 and send across the details to accomodations@international-maths-olympiad.com. IMOC will announce its decision within 4 business days. On the test day, the student needs to highlight the book being used before the start of the test. The student needs to hold up the book and take a picture from the tool provided by the testing agency prior to the test. Further details on this will be communicated to the students concerned. Note that no additional time will be given to students using a translation dictionary.

To prove that you child falls under this category; you need to request your school to write to us requesting for the accommodation. It needs to be a simple letter written by the school authorities mentioning the grade and the primary language of instruction of the child. The school should mention the Registration Number of the student and mark you in the email as well. The email needs to written to accomodations@international-maths-olympiad.com