District Mathematical Olympiad
The nationwide grassroots entrance round organized across all 77 districts of Nepal for students in grades 8 to 12.
Regularly enrolled school and college students in Grades 8 through 12 across all 77 districts of Nepal.
50 Multiple Choice Objective Questions (MCQs), 100 Minutes duration. Negative marking: -0.25 per incorrect response. Paper conducted simultaneously at designated district centers nationwide.
Scoring 25+ marks (50% threshold) or achieving Top 5 rank in the respective district qualifies directly to Stage 2: Provincial Mathematical Olympiad (PMO).
Core Curriculum & Topic Areas
Algebra & Inequalities
Polynomials, functional equations, AM-GM, Cauchy-Schwarz inequalities, sequences & recurrences.
Number Theory
Divisibility, primes, modular arithmetic, Euler totient theorem, Diophantine equations, LTE lemma.
Euclidean Geometry
Triangles, cyclic quadrilaterals, power of a point, radical axis, projective geometry, homothety.
Combinatorics & Graph Theory
Counting principles, pigeonhole principle, invariant principles, graph coloring, extremal combinatorics.
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