Thinking Maths for Grades 1–5: What you study

Grades 1–3: numbers and operations, part–whole models, working backwards, sum–difference, sum–ratio, motion, counting shapes. Grades 4–5: Thinking Maths following the Grade 6 entrance assessment format.

Thinking Maths for Grades 1–5: 4 tiers of exercises in every session

Foundation → Advanced → Challenge → Olympiad in the TIMO and Kangaroo style — strong children move fast, children who need a foundation build it solidly.

Thinking Maths for Grades 1–5: Bilingual

Questions are in English, with a Vietnamese line under each; an English Science corner in every session — the part of the Trần Đại Nghĩa test given in English.

Thinking Maths for Grades 1–5: Assessments

Each level ends with a 100-point test; Grades 4–5 sit regular mock tests in the 90-minute exam format.

Thinking Maths for Grades 1–5: Parents can help

Answers and worked solutions with diagrams are at the back of the book; each session has its own notes for parents: what was learned and which questions to ask your child.

Thinking Maths for Grades 1–5: Who should study

Children in Grades 1–5 aiming for Grade 6 at Trần Đại Nghĩa and other schools that admit by aptitude assessment; children at international schools (Cambridge Primary) who need math in English; children who want to sit TIMO or Kangaroo — and parents who want their child to build all-round thinking skills rather than memorise problem types.

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Thinking Maths for Grades 1–5 — study the bilingual 8020 THINK MATH series, straight through to Grade 6 key-school entry

Grades 1–3 study the bilingual English–Vietnamese 8020 THINK MATH series based on the Singapore method; Grades 4–5 move on to Trọng Điểm Math, following the Grade 6 entrance assessment format. One continuous 5-year path, with an Olympiad tier in every session.

Grades 1–5
9 levels · 252 sessions (Grades 1–3)
Bilingual English – Vietnamese

Go to TIMO Grades 1–6 practice platform →View course start dates

Real scores · Real teachers · Real results — teachers hold at least IELTS 8.0 or SAT 1500, and international programmes are taught by PhD and Master's holders.

The Thinking Maths for Grades 1–5 exam — what you need to know

What you study: Grades 1–3: numbers and operations, part–whole models, working backwards, sum–difference, sum–ratio, motion, counting shapes. Grades 4–5: Thinking Maths following the Grade 6 entrance assessment format.
4 tiers of exercises in every session: Foundation → Advanced → Challenge → Olympiad in the TIMO and Kangaroo style — strong children move fast, children who need a foundation build it solidly.
Bilingual: Questions are in English, with a Vietnamese line under each; an English Science corner in every session — the part of the Trần Đại Nghĩa test given in English.
Assessments: Each level ends with a 100-point test; Grades 4–5 sit regular mock tests in the 90-minute exam format.
Parents can help: Answers and worked solutions with diagrams are at the back of the book; each session has its own notes for parents: what was learned and which questions to ask your child.
Who should study: Children in Grades 1–5 aiming for Grade 6 at Trần Đại Nghĩa and other schools that admit by aptitude assessment; children at international schools (Cambridge Primary) who need math in English; children who want to sit TIMO or Kangaroo — and parents who want their child to build all-round thinking skills rather than memorise problem types.

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Thinking Maths teachers

Teachers with a specialist mathematics background. The 8020 THINK MATH series for Grades 1–3 was written after benchmarking 12 textbook series from Singapore and the US.

Trần Hoàn Vũ

Master's, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education · AP Math

Teaches: Primary Thinking Maths

Graduation thesis awarded Distinction · alumnus of the specialised Math class at Lê Hồng Phong · teaches Calculus and Statistics to AP students

Nguyễn Phước Trường

PhD in Mathematics · University of Klagenfurt (Austria)

Teaches: Olympiad Math

PhD with distinction · Master's with distinction, top 4% of the Faculty of Mathematics, Masaryk University (Czech Republic) · Bachelor's with distinction, top 2 in the Faculty of Mathematics, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education

Châu Cát Tường

Academic Head · IELTS 8.5

Teaches: Thinking Maths · bilingual papers

Master's, Western Sydney (Australia) · Talented Engineer Programme, Bách Khoa (Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology) · First Prize in Mathematics at city level, Mathematics specialist class at Lê Hồng Phong · over 10 years teaching IELTS and SAT

Phạm Trung Hiếu

Master's, TU Munich (Germany) · IELTS 8.0

Teaches: Science in English

Phổ thông Năng khiếu (High School for the Gifted, VNU-HCM) · Deutschlandstipendium and Odon Vallet scholarships · First Prize, National Student Physics Olympiad

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Thinking Maths for Grades 1–5 levels at 8020

Grades 1–3 cover 9 levels, 252 sessions of 90 minutes, 2 sessions/week; class placement by an entry test.

Stages

Grade 1 · levels 1.1–1.3Numbers up to 120, splitting and combining numbers, part–whole models, working backwards, counting shapes, addition and subtraction with regrouping.
Grade 2 · levels 2.1–2.3Numbers up to 1,000, multiplication and division, money, time, fractions, sum–difference, age problems, chickens and rabbits.
Grade 3 · levels 3.1–3.3Numbers up to 100,000, sum–ratio, difference–ratio, surplus–shortage, tree-planting problems, motion, Olympiad problems.
Grades 4–5 · levels 4.1–5.4Trọng Điểm Math following the Grade 6 entrance assessment format, with regular mock tests.View →

The 8020 pathway: from Grade 1 to Grade 6 at a top school

One continuous pathway aimed first at Grade 6 of Trần Đại Nghĩa: Grades 1–3 build Thinking Maths and English at each child's level, Grades 4–5 prepare for the key-school entrance test in its exact format.

Grades 1–3 · personalisedSingapore-method Thinking Maths with the bilingual 8020 THINK MATH series, plus foundation English — levels set by a placement test, so each child moves faster or more steadily as needed.

Getting used to TIMO papersEvery lesson has a TIMO-style Olympiad tier; children practise more TIMO papers by grade on 8020's practice platform.

Grades 4–5 · key-school prepKey-school prep classes for Grades 4 and 5 follow the Grade 6 entrance test format: maths and logical thinking, English, Vietnamese, and science questions asked in English.

No starting overThe same teachers and the same practice system from Grade 1 — in Grade 4 children move straight into the key-school prep classes, with no time lost relearning the basics.

Stages

1Free placement test
2Grades 1–3: Thinking Maths and English by level
3TIMO practice by grade
4Grades 4–5: Key-school prep 4 · 5
5Sit the Grade 6 entrance test for Trần Đại Nghĩa and other top schools

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Parents report Grade 6 entrance exam results

The goal of the Thinking Maths → Trọng Điểm path. Parent messages, names hidden. Click an image to enlarge.

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Grade 6 key-school entrance exams

Not sure where to start with Thinking Maths for Grades 1–5?

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