Mock MathCounts

A Mock MathCounts is a contest intended to mimic an actual MathCounts exam. A number of Mock MathCounts competitions have been hosted on the Art of Problem Solving message boards. Some are made by one community member, while others may be sourced from a group or the general community. Then they are administered to the AoPS community. Different users may have a different way of participating: some may require signups, while others do not.

Mock MathCounts' are usually very popular in the months leading up to the actual MathCounts competition. There is no guarantee that community members will make Mock MathCounts' in any given year, but it's usually a good bet that someone will.

Tips for Writing a Mock MathCounts

Here are some tips to write a good mock MathCounts:

• Have multiple people work on the problems. Getting more people will get variety and prevents mocks from having too many problems from one subject. Having a group is also good so they can discuss which problems are good or need improvement, and fix errors. More than one person working on a mock can get the test done faster and often times better quality.
• Get people to proofread it. Have someone to look over the problems, make sure they are appropriate in difficulty and order, and understandable by the general audience.
• Get people to work on the problems. Sometimes the actual problem difficulty may vary from what it appears when the problem is actually worked on.
• Don't be afraid to harshly criticize your problems. Usually criticism is what helps the mocks get better!
• Once the test has been released, it is usually a good idea to keep the answers from being released at the same time. This can help prevent cheating, and also gives the problem solvers more time to make sure the problems are solved correctly.
• Make sure the problems are original. The AoPS community does not want to waste time seeing a collection of boring, cliche problems that in principle are identical to an existing problem from a past MathCounts, with a few numbers modified.
• If you are really out of problems, it is fine to get problems from past competitions. If you do so, choose with caution, beware of copyright, and choose from lesser known competitions. Don't choose a problem from a recent MathCounts competition; choose one from a trivial competition few people have heard of.

Past Mock Mathcounts

Listed below are several Mock Mathcounts' which have been hosted over AoPS in the past. All of these links are to message board threads.

2006

	Author	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts A	#H34N1	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers
Mock Mathcounts B	goldendomer	Initial Discussion	Problems

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2009

	Author	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
42nd Mock Mathcounts	xpmath	Initial Discussion	Sprint/Target Team		Results/Discussion
Mock MC School	PowerOfPi	Initial Discussion	Problems
Mock MC Chapter	PowerOfPi		Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock MC State	PowerOfPi		Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion

2010

	Author	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts Sprint	Butler	Initial Discussion	Problems

2011

	Author	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts A	BOGTRO	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts Chapter	Mrdavid445	Initial Discussion	Problems
Mock Mathcounts B	Mathc314	Initial Discussion	Problems
Mock Mathcounts Nationals	luppleAOPS	Initial Discussion	Problems

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2012

	Author	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts	BOGTRO	Initial Discussion	Problems

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2013

	Author	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts National	forthegreatergood	Initial Discussion	Problems

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2014

	Author	Difficulty	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts A	iNomOnCountdown	Chapter	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts School	Th3Numb3rThr33	School	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts National	joey8189681	National	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts B	BOGTRO		Initial Discussion	Problems		Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts C	efang	National	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion

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2015

	Author	Difficulty	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts Chapter A	uwotm8	Chapter	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts Chapter B	Th3Numb3rThr33	State		Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts State A	uwotm8	State	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts State B	Th3Numb3rThr33	National	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Crowd Sourced Mock Mathcounts National A	DeathLlama9	National	Initial Discussion
Mock Mathcounts National B	Th3Numb3rThr33	National	Initial Discussion	Problems
Mock Mathcounts National Target	nosaj	National	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion

See Also

• Mock AIME
• Mock AMC
• Mock USAMO