Young learners · Math Explorer
Math Explorer, the competition-thinking course.
One course built to cover several junior competitions at once — Math Kangaroo, the Australian AMC, Math League and SASMO share most of their ground, and preparing for each separately wastes a young student's time. Five levels, Singapore-maths foundations, and a direct hand-over into the AMC 8 course.
The idea
One syllabus, several competitions.
The junior international competitions overlap heavily. Math Explorer teaches the shared core once, properly, instead of four times in fragments.
Multi-competition coverage
The syllabus merges the knowledge systems of Math Kangaroo, the Australian AMC, Math League and SASMO, taught in tiers so a student prepares efficiently rather than juggling four separate plans.
Five levels, then AMC 8
Course levels rise step by step, with concepts taught in depth and past-paper drills at each stage. The top of the ladder connects directly into the AMC 8 course.
Heuristic, not drilled
Teaching runs on challenge problems and real cases — exploration first, method second — building mathematical thinking, logical reasoning and the habit of trying rather than waiting to be shown.
Singapore-maths foundations
The course is built on Singapore olympiad materials and folds in the mainstream international competitions — a different animal from domestic olympiad classes, and deliberately so.
How it runs
The service around the teaching.
The same young-learner service frame as every Hanlin junior course.
Placement first
A pre-course assessment sets the level — including across year groups, where the result supports it.
Small groups of 3–6
Interactive, heuristic teaching in tiered groups, with a VIP one-to-one option where a tailored plan fits better.
Feedback after every lesson
Parents hear how the lesson went the day it happens, and a dedicated assistant follows homework and questions between classes.
Staged testing
Periodic assessments check that the level still fits and the material has actually landed before the course moves on.
Enrolment
Six steps from enquiry to first lesson.
Nothing is booked before the assessment.
Talk to an advisor
Say the student's age, school type and what they enjoy.
Understand the course
Levels, timetable and how the competitions fit the student's year.
Sit the assessment
A short placement test finds the right level, free of charge.
Match tutor and class
Teacher and group chosen to the result, not the birth year.
Materials posted
Course materials are sent out before lessons begin.
Group opens, course starts
A class group opens with tutor, assistant and parents, and teaching begins.
Talk to an advisor
Everything Hanlin does for young mathematicians, in one conversation.
Which competitions suit the student's age, which course level fits, and what the year ahead should look like.
Competition entry and planning
Kangaroo, Australian AMC, Math League, SASMO and AMC 8 - which to enter, in what order, and we handle the registration.
Competition coaching
Taught by the junior mathematics team, on a course level chosen by placement test rather than by year group.
School-synced tutoring
The companion course that keeps school mathematics solid while the competition thinking grows.
Junior past papers, free
Kangaroo, Australian AMC, SASMO and AMC 8 past papers with answer keys. No charge and no enrolment.
Scan to add an advisor
Say the student's age and school type. Replies in Chinese or English.
Or call +86 21 6352 6630Math Explorer enquiries
Start from the assessment, not the brochure.
A short placement test settles the level and the plan. Tell us the student's age and an advisor will arrange it.