The South East Asian Mathematics Competition (SEAMC) is an annual three-day non-profit
mathematics competition for Southeast Asian students at different grade levels. It is a qualifying competition organized by Eunoia Ventures for invitation to the
World Mathematics Championships.[1][2][3]
Teams have participated from China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Nepal.[3]
The Senior Competition is open to all students in Grade 12 (Year 13) or younger.[2]
The Junior Competition is open to all students in Grade 9 (Year 10) or younger.[2]
The Secondary Competition is open to all students in Grade 7 (Year 8) or younger during the month of the event and
Primary level for Grade 5 (Year 6) or younger.[5][6]
The competition
History
SEAMC is a mathematics collaboration experience for school students located in South or North East Asia to come together for 2-3 days.[citation needed]
SEAMC was conceived of by Steve Warry, who taught at Alice Smith School in
Kuala Lumpur.[2] He organised SEAMC in March 2001. He died one week prior to the first competition.[2] Teams competed for the Warry Cup, which is named in Steve's honour.[3]
From 2014, the NEAMC sister event has been organised for students in Northeast Asia.[citation needed][7] The organizers enlisted the
Nanjing International School to host it initially in February 2014 with the help of Malcolm Coad.[2][8]
In 2017, the SNEAMC family of events became the World Mathematics Championships.[2]
Format
Each school enters teams of 3 students each.[2] The competition has nine rounds.[2]
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.[citation needed]
The Collaboration skills rounds (Open, Lightning and Innovation) are in buddy teams of three.[2]
The Challenge are skills rounds undertaken as individuals.
Three skills rounds are (subject specific skills and procedures) knowledge based,
three are (plan and execute) strategy focused and three depend upon (new and imaginative ideas) creativity.[citation needed]
So each strategy, creative and knowledge skill category is engaged in alone, in school teams and in buddy teams.[citation needed]
In many SEAMC competitions, there are initial
icebreaker events.[5]
Prizes
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 (for the SEAMC Junior competition, this is the original Warry Cup).[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]