This unique book presents mathematical competition problems primarily aimed at upper elementary
school students but are challenging for students at any age. These problems are drawn from the
complete papers of the legendary Leningrad Mathematical Olympiads that were presented to the
city's Grade Five students. The period covered is between 1979 - the earliest year for which
relevant records could be retrieved - and 1992 when the former Soviet Union was dissolved.The
respective chapters reflect the famous four-step approach to problem solving developed by the
great Hungarian mathematics educator Gyorgy Pólya. In Chapter One the Grade Five Competition
problems from the Leningrad Mathematical Olympiads from 1979 to 1992 are presented in
chronological order. In Chapter Two the 83 problems are loosely divided into 26 sets of three
or four related problems and an example is provided for each one. Chapter Three provides full
solutions to all problems while Chapter Fouroffers generalizations of the problems.This book
can be used by any mathematically advanced student at the upper elementary school level.
Teachers and organizers of outreach activities such as mathematical circles will also find this
book useful. But the primary value of the book lies in the problems themselves which were
crafted by experts therefore anyone interested in problem solving will find this book a
welcome addition to their library.
