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Eligibility and Categories
This competition is open to all Primary 4 and Primary 5 students.
There are two project categories:
Primary 4: Digital poster on "Mathematics is all around us!"
Primary 5: Game (physical or digital) on "Mathematics is fun!"
Project Requirements:
For Primary 4 project, entries must be digital posters only.
For Primary 5 project, entries can be either physical or digital games.
Projects may be completed individually or in teams of up to 3 members.
All projects must be presented in English.
Submission Process:
Entries must be submitted through the school's teacher(s)-in-charge.
Each school may submit a maximum of 4 entries:
Up to 2 digital posters for Primary 4, and
Up to 2 games with at least one being digital for Primary 5
Please refer to the Entry Guidelines for more details.
Eligibility and Judging:
All entries must be original and not previously submitted to other interschool competitions.
All valid entries will be evaluated by a panel of judges from GEB and NUSHS.
The decisions made by the panel of judges will be final.
Entries that do not comply with these rules may be disqualified.
All entries submitted to the competition will become the property of GEB. GEB reserves the right to reproduce, modify, and publish the entries in any format, including print and digital media, for educational or promotional purposes.
ENTRY GUIDELINES for Primary 4 DIGITAL POSTER Category
ENTRY GUIDELINES for Primary 4 DIGITAL POSTER Category
Students are encouraged to explore some of the available design tools such as Canva, Design Wizard and Piktochart to create their digital poster.
Please adhere to the guidelines below:
The presentation of the poster should be organised in a clear, orderly and self-explanatory manner.
Any write-up should be kept to a maximum of 1000 words. Use font sizes proportionate to the size of the poster for readability.
Graphics (charts, pictures, tables and diagram) should be included to illustrate the mathematical ideas and concepts.
The final product should be submitted in a JPEG or PDF format not exceeding a file size of 100 MB.
Please visit the PMPC Exhibitions to view the digital posters previously submitted for the competition.
ENTRY GUIDELINES for Primary 5 PHYSICAL GAME DESIGN Category
ENTRY GUIDELINES for Primary 5 PHYSICAL GAME DESIGN Category
Possible game formats include: Board games (e.g. Chess, Cluedo, Othello), Card games (e.g. Uno, Bridge, Hearts), Models (e.g. Rubik’s cube, Tower of Hanoi), Tile games (e.g. Dominoes), Pen-and-paper games (e.g. Sudoku, Nim), etc.
A prototype must be submitted.
Each entry must be accompanied by a softcopy report (please submit both Word and PDF) with the following 3 sections:
Section A: Brief description of the game
Section B: Rules and regulations of the game
Section C: Mathematics concepts involved and how they are applied in the game.
Format of the report:
Not more than 4 A-4 pages
Set each margin (top, bottom, left, right) to 2 cm
Font Size: 12, Font type: Arial
Line spacing: Single
Graphics (charts, pictures, tables and diagram) may be included if necessary
Mathematical expressions/equations (if any) should be typed using the Equation Editor or MathType
Participants’ names, classes and school must be stated at the start of the report
ENTRY GUIDELINES for Primary 5 DIGITAL GAME DESIGN Category
ENTRY GUIDELINES for Primary 5 DIGITAL GAME DESIGN Category
Students are encouraged to explore some of the available block-based programming such as Scratch, MakeCode and Studio Code to create their digital game.
Some examples can be found here: https://scratch.mit.edu/search/projects?q=math%20game and https://studio.code.org/projects/public
Each entry must be accompanied by a softcopy report (please submit both Word and PDF) with the following 4 sections:
Section A: Brief description of the game, including the URL/link that can be accessed to play the game
Section B: Rules and regulations of the game
Section C: Mathematics concepts involved and how they are applied in the game.
Section D: The coding of the game, i.e. a link to see the codes of the game created, or the screen capture of the complete codes.
Format of the report:
Not more than 4 A-4 pages
Set each margin (top, bottom, left, right) to 2 cm
Font Size: 12, Font type: Arial
Line spacing: Single
Graphics (charts, pictures, tables and diagram) may be included if necessary
Mathematical expressions/equations (if any) should be typed using the Equation Editor or MathType
Participants’ names, classes and school must be stated at the start of the report
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