The South East Asian Mathematics Competition is a 3-day math competition held in a predesignated location in South East Asia. It is a qualifying competition by Competition Academy for invitation to the World Mathematics Championships. This competition embodies the spirit of communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, content knowledge, character, and cultural competence through the diverse range of competitors and schools from various countries.
General information
The location of the SEAMC changes annually. There are now at least two venues used annually.
Eligibility
The Senior Competition is open to all students in Grade 12 or younger during the month of the event. The Junior Competition is open to all students in Grade 9 or younger during the month of the event. The Prime Plus Competition is open to all students in Grade 7 or younger during the month of the event.
The competition
History
SEAMC and NEAMC are mathematics collaboration experience for school students located in South or North East Asia to come together for three days. SEAMC was conceived at the turn of the millennium by Steve Warry, who taught at Alice Smith School, Kuala Lumpur, and believed that mathematics could be a spectator sport. In pursuit of this, he organised the South East Asian Mathematics Competition for March 2001. He died the week prior to the competition, but the event went ahead. Teams compete for the Warry Cup that is named after Steve. From 2014, the NEAMC sister event has been organised for students in North East Asia.
Format
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 are in buddy teams of three. The Challenge are skills rounds undertaken as individuals. Three skills rounds are knowledge based, three are strategy focused and three depend upon 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.
Prizes
There are many prizes to be had, with the most important being the intangibles that one gains from such an experience. On top of that:
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.
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 in the following July each year.
