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Introduction

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Books

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Practice Problems

Practice the multiplication tank that helps for amc8

Forums

The forums are one of the best ways to find problems to solve, get help with problems you cannot solve, and collaborate with people of all levels and abilities. The forum is divided into many subforums for problems of different difficulties.

The Middle School forum is for MathCounts and AMC 8/10-level problems.

The High School forum is a good place to find AMC10/12-level and AIME-level problems.

The Olympiad forum is a forum for problems at the olympiad level.

The LaTeX forum is a place to get help with $\text{\LaTeX}$ , which is what you use to type things like $2^3$ on the forums.

Cheat Sheets

Many great reference guides are available for free on the internet.

Coach Monk's MathCounts Playbook is a good place to start for MathCounts-level material.

Coach Monk's High School Playbook goes a little more in depth, and is useful for all levels of high school mathematics.

The Mandelbrot Competition maintains a nice list of topics you need to know for high school math competitions called All of Math in 3 Pages.
The Noah Sheets

Classes

If you are serious about improving your problem-solving skills, AoPS offers several online classes, available here.

WOOT is an online class offered by AoPS for olympiad training. It has one of the best peer groups in the country, and is a great way to prepare for the USAMO.

Summer Camps

Summer programs are also a great way to improve problem-solving skills. Some of these include:

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 == Practice Problems ==
-Old practice problems (with solutions) sorted by contest and year are available on the Wiki and the Resources section. Many practice problems are also available on the forums.
+Practice the multiplication tank that helps for amc8
-Clevermath provides weekly problems. (Currently, Clevermath is not available.)
-Here are some old contest archives that may be useful for practicing with:
-American Mathematics Competitions:
-* [[AMC 8 Problems and Solutions]]  - [http://www.math.ksu.edu/main/handbook/ProblemSets AMC 8] is a national contest for grades 8 and younger.
-* [[AMC 10 Problems and Solutions]] - [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/resources.php?c=182&cid=43 AMC 10] is a national contest for grades 10 and younger.
-* [[AMC 12 Problems and Solutions]] - [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/resources.php?c=182&cid=44 AMC 12] is a national contest for grades 12 and younger.
-American Invitational Mathematical Examination:
-* [[AIME Problems and Solutions]] - [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/resources.php?c=182&cid=45 AIME] is a contest administered to those who qualify with a high score on the AMC 10/12.
-United States of America Mathematical Olympiad:
-* [[USAMO Problems and Solutions]] - [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/resources.php?c=182&cid=27 USAMO] is a proof-based contest which must be qualified for through a combination of AMC & AIME scores.
-Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament:
-* [https://www.hmmt.co/archive/problems/ HMMT] is a nice contest on a hard AIME level.
-* [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/resources.php More Contests].
-* [http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php?title=AoPS_Past_Contests User-Created Contests].
-There are certain strategies in preparing for the AMC 10/12- especially qualification for the AIME.
-The AIME cutoff on the AMC 12 have ranged throughout (84-96) in the recent years. The top 5% of scorers qualify. In order to get a score in the range, a simple way is to answer 13 questions right and leave the rest blank which earns a score of 96. In the past, cutoffs have been around 100.5 but it’s very rare as contests are getting slightly harder year by year. This means, since the first 10 questions should be solved by nearly anyone, they are 60 “free” points. Throughout questions 10-20, answering 3-5 shall be enough.
-Qualification for the USAMO however is much harder. Only 260-270 people qualify every year. USAMO qualifiers need a good combination of AMC & AIME scores. The average score on the AMC 12 for a USAMO qualifier is around 114-132. There are simple ways to do this but it takes a lot of work. Answering the first 15 right, and then getting 5 out of the 10 left would usually qualify.
-The AIME cutoff on the AMC 10 have ranged throughout (102-120) in recent years. The top 2.5% of scorers qualify. The AMC 10 does test less topics than the AMC 12 but many questions go into much more depth. Cutoffs on the AMC 10 are higher since the testing only tests topics up to Geometry. AIME ranges from Algebra to precalculus, which means only very elite scorers make it. Though the qualifying scores are high, there is indeed a good strategy. Since you get 1.5 points for each question blank, it’s good just to do what you know. Answering 15 questions right and leaving the rest blank would earn a score of 105 while answering 20 right and leaving the rest blank would earn a score of 127.5. Since contests are getting harder as said earlier, 15-18 right should be enough.
-Qualifications for the USAJMO is similar to that for the USAMO except they use AMC 10 scores.
-Top 10 most Difficult math Competitions(National) in The USA:
-. MATHCOUNTS - Pre-Algebra, Geometry, Number Theory, Combinatorics, Logic
-. AMC 10 - Intermediate Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Number Theory, Combinatorics
-. AMC 12 - Intermediate Algebra, Geometry, Number Theory, Combinatorics, Pre-Calculus
-. ARML - Advanced Algebra, Geometry, Number Theory, Combinatorics
-. AIME - Advanced Algebra, Advanced Geomety, Number Theory, Combinatorics, Pre-Calculus
-. USAMTS - Advanced Algebra, Advanced Geometry, Number Theory, Combinatorics, Pre-Calculus
-. USAJMO - Advanced Algebra, Advanced Geomety, Advanced Number Theory, Combinatorics
-. USAMO - Advanced Algebra, Very Advanced Geomety, Advanced Number Theory, Combinatorics, Advanced Pre-Calculus
-. IMO - Very Advanced Algebra, Very Advanced Geometry, Very Advanced Number Theory, Advanced Combinatorics, Advanced Pre-Calculus
-. PUTNAM - Advanced Algebra, Geometry, Number Theory, Advanced Combinatorics, *Extremely Advanced Calculus*
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Difference between revisions of "How should I prepare?"

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Contents

Introduction

Books

Practice Problems

Forums

Cheat Sheets

Classes

Summer Camps

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Mathcounts

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AIME

USAMO

See Also