The 2015 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS)-Mathematics will be held on Saturday, August 8, 2015 in selected MTG Trainers Centers/Schools nationwide. The participants are requested to be on time for the contest which starts at 9:00am to 10:30am.

The 2015 ICAS-Mathematics participants must bring a pencil- 2B or B (not Pen) and an eraser during the competition. Bringing of mobile phones, pagers and other personal electronic devices are strictly prohibited in the contest.

Papers A, B, C, D and E: Students are NOT allowed to use a calculator

Papers F, G, H: Students must have a calculator.

The participants must be in their complete school uniform and school ID.

Please be informed that the following names of MTG trainees are the only ones who requested to take the 2015 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) English in Arellano University on Saturday, July 25, 2015.

We apologize that requests made after the deadline, July 17, cannot anymore be accommodated simply because all contest materials are now in their respective contest venues.

Those MTG Trainees who attend the training at Arellano University (AU) – Legarda every Saturday wishing to take the ICAS English at AU, please email at jsw_66@yahoo.com using this subject header: 2015 ICAS ARELLANO, indicating the name of participant, Grade Level and School.

They only have until 5pm of Friday, July 17, 2015 to make a request to transfer to Arellano University.

Filipino participants in the 2015 International Competition and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) – Mathematics are scheduled to sit on Saturday, August 8, 2015 in the different schools in the Philippines.

Drawing an approximately more than three thousand mathletes from 95 schools all over the country, the ICAS – Mathematics will assess students’ skills and knowledge across five strands:

• Algebra and Patterns – Involves patterns of numbers, relationships between numbers and the use of symbols to stand for unknown or variable numbers.
• Chance and Data – Involves mathematical treatment of data and statistics.
• Measures and Units – Involves properties of the physical world that can be measured, the units used to measure them and the process of measurement.
• Number and Arithmetic – Involves types of numbers, their properties and number operations. The strand has strong links with Measures and Units, Algebra and Patterns and Chance and Data. It also has some links with Space and Geometry.
• Space and Geometry – Involves the properties of two-dimensional and three-dimensional space.

There are differences in content across papers to ensure they are appropriate for year levels. Papers A, B, C, D and E

• Calculators are not permitted.
• Formal algebra is not tested. The emphasis is put on pattern, structure and puzzles.
• Formal geometry is not tested (except for a few items in Paper E). The emphasis is put on spatial skills.

Papers F, G, H, I and J

• Calculators are required.
• Formal algebra is tested. Students are expected to be familiar with some conventions of algebra.
• Formal geometry is tested. Students are expected to be familiar with some conventions of geometry.

The following is the test structure:

The details of the following names of participants were taken from the information entered during the online registration and from the deposit slips sent to the PBOSF office.

Participants have only until Friday, July 17, 2015 to make the necessary corrections in their names, names of schools ESPECIALLY in GRADE LEVELS because the following day, the long list of participants will be sent to Educational Assessment Australia. Request to make any correction the next day and onward is no longer possible. Please email your correction to this email address, emondreyes@gmail.com.

Moreover, if names of participants are not reflected in the following lists, please send the original deposit slip via courier and address it to:

• Mr. Edmond Reyes
• Coordinator, ICAS Mathematics
• PBOSF, Inc.
• 700 Alvarez Subdivision,
• Pilar St., Zamboanga City

The following are the official participants of 2015 ICAS Mathematics: