Grade 5 MOEMS Gold Pin: Samin's Top 2% Math Olympiad Result
Samin's tutor would put a new problem on the screen, and before she finished explaining it, he had already found two different ways to solve it.
Samin, a Grade 5 student in the US, earned the Gold Pin and Gold Medal at the 2024-25 MOEMS Math Olympiad, finishing as the highest scorer in his school. Around the same stretch, he scored 262 on the MAP math test, placing in the 99th percentile. Divya Adlakha has guided him through weekly online math tutoring with Cuemath since Grade 3, steadily trading grade-level problems for Olympiad ones as he was ready for them.
Meet Samin
- Grade: 5
- Country: US
- Tutor: Divya Adlakha
- With Cuemath Since: Grade 3
- Working Ahead: Grade 7, Grade 8, and Algebra 1
- MOEMS Math Olympiad (2024-25): Gold Pin & Gold Medal, Top 2%, Highest Scorer in School
- MAP Math Test: 262 (99th Percentile)
Even in Grade 3, Samin was the kind of child who wanted to know why a method worked, not just how to repeat it. For parents of a child like that, the question is rarely whether he can keep up in class. It is whether anything in class will keep up with him.
His family wanted that curiosity met, not managed, which meant finding harder problems before the easy ones bored him.
"Samin is one of the most sincere, hardworking, and curious students I have had the privilege to teach. When he joined my classes, he was in Grade 3. In just two years, through his dedication and love for learning, he has progressed to the point where we are now working on Grade 7, Grade 8, and Algebra 1 simultaneously.
Over the years, we have solved numerous Olympiad worksheets and advanced problem-solving questions together. There are times when he solves questions even faster than I do! What impresses me the most is his unique approach to reasoning and logical thinking. He often comes up with creative methods that make me pause and admire how deeply he understands concepts at such a young age.
Watching his growth has been incredibly rewarding, and it makes me truly proud to see him confidently tackle advanced-level mathematics. His journey is a wonderful reminder of what passion, curiosity, and consistent hard work can achieve.
Keep shining, Samin! 🌟"
~ DIVYA ADLAKHA, CUEMATH TUTOR
Divya Adlakha did not hold Samin to the pace of his grade. She handed him Olympiad worksheets and open-ended problems, the kind with no single obvious path, and let him sit inside the difficulty. He began solving some faster than she could, and, more telling, he started reaching answers by routes she had never shown him. The sessions became less about getting through material and more about how far his reasoning could go.
"We are incredibly proud of Samin's achievement in earning the Gold Pin and Medal in the Math Olympiad. Since joining Cuemath, his confidence, problem-solving skills, and love for mathematics have grown tremendously. A special thanks to his teacher, Ms. Divya Adlakha, whose encouragement, dedication, and engaging teaching style have played a significant role in his success. Beyond academics, he enjoys soccer and is always eager to take on new challenges."
~ SAMIN'S PARENT
MOEMS, the Math Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools, runs five contests across a school year, twenty-five problems in total, each worth a single point. A Gold Pin goes only to the top 2% of competitors in a division, the company Samin now keeps in the elementary division. His MAP result tells the same story from a different test, a Grade 5 student already working years above his grade level. A Grade 6 Cuemath student who won both his regional Math Bowl and Science Bowl shows the same drive in a different arena.
The Gold Pin matters, but the habit behind it matters more. Samin does not wait to be handed the next step; he goes looking for it. That is what being MathFit looks like in a Grade 5 student, not a child who memorized his way to a medal, but one who reasons, invents his own methods, and trusts himself with a problem no one has shown him how to solve. Curiosity like his does not wait to be invited, and the sooner a child meets problems worth chasing, the further that early head start carries.
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