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. Look for spelling, grammar, ambiguously-worded questions (this includes geometry questions for which more than one configuration is possible!), typos in the answers, etc. Have someone to look over the problems, make sure they are appropriate in difficulty and order, and understandable by the general audience. Additionally, make sure they are written in the style of an actual MATHCOUNTS exam, e.g. add "Express your answer as a common fraction" or "Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth" where appropriate.
Don't be afraid to harshly criticize your problems. Usually criticism is what helps mocks get better!
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.
Add variety. Nobody wants to see a sprint round with 15 counting problems or 20 algebra problems. Generally, algebra and geometry should have a larger emphasis than number theory and counting. The target round should have problems from all four subjects.
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.

Basically, getting many people to work on the mock is a great way to help improve the quality, though it is not always the case if everyone gets off task and "helpers" becomes "parasites".

Mock Mathcounts Template

Past Mock Mathcounts

Listed below are several Mock Mathcounts' which have been hosted over AoPS in the past.

Difficulty is rated on a scale from 0 to 5, where 1 is school level and 5 is national level. Note that this is not necessarily the same as the intended difficulty. If you take a contest, please contribute by rating it.

Also note that "author" is the user who started the mock competition, not his or her helpers.

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If you attempt one of these contests, please help out by rating it.

	Author	Year	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts	ragnarok23	2006	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results / Discussion
Mock Mathcounts	#H34N1	2008	Initial Discussion	Sprint Target	n/a	n/a
My Mock Test	Gauss1181	2008	Initial Discussion	Target Sprint	n/a	Results / Discussion
Mock Mathcounts Competition	andersonw	2008	Initial Discussion	Sprint / Target p1 Target p2	n/a	n/a
Mock Mathcounts Round	abacadaea	2008	Initial Discussion	Sprint	n/a	n/a
My Mock Test	runpengFAILS	2008	Initial Discussion	Problems		Results / Discussion
42nd Mock Mathcounts	xpmath	2009	Initial Discussion	Sprint/Target Team	n/a	Results/Discussion
Waffle's Mock Mathcounts	Waffle	2009	Initial Discussion	Problems	n/a	n/a
Izzy's Mock Mathcounts	isabella2296	2009	Initial Discussion	Problems	n/a	Results / Discussion

School

	Author	Year	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock MC School	PowerOfPi	2009	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results / Discussion
Mock MATHCOUNTS School	KingSmasher3	2009	Initial Discussion	Problems	n/a	Results / Discussion
Mathcounts School Round	Maybach	2009	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results / Discussion
Mock Mathcounts School	Th3Numb3rThr33	2014	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mental MathCounts	suli	2015	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion

Chapter

	Author	Year	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts A	#H34N1	2006	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	n/a
Mock MathCounts Chapter	AIME15	2008	Initial Discussion	Sprint Target	n/a	Results / Discussion
Mock MC Chapter	PowerOfPi	2009	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock MATHCOUNTS Chapter	KingSmasher3	2009	Initial Discussion	Problems	n/a	n/a
Mathcounts Chapter Round	Maybach	2009	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results / Discussion
Mock Mathcounts B	Mathc314	2011	Initial Discussion	Problems	n/a	n/a
Mock Mathcounts	iNomOnCountdown	2014	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts Chapter	RadioActive	2015	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts Chapter	uwotm8	2015	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock MATHCOUNTS Chapter Competition	reddragon644, ev3commander	2017	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock MATHCOUNTS Chapter Round!'"	kevinmathz	2017	Initial Discussion	[null]	[null]	[null]

State

	Author	Year	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts National 2006	biffanddoc	2006	Initial Discussion	Problems	n/a	n/a
Mock MATHCOUNTS State	KingSmasher3	2009	Initial Discussion	Problems	n/a	n/a
Mathcounts State Round	Maybach	2009	Initial Discussion	Sprint Target	n/a	Results / Discussion
Mock Mathcounts A	BOGTRO	2011	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts Chapter	Th3Numb3rThr33	2015	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Chapter Competition	SuperMathWiz	2015	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
July 4th Mock State Competition	ishankhare	2016	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	n/a
Mock MathCounts State	reun	2016	Initial Discussion	Problems	n/a	n/a
Mock MATHCOUNTS State Competition	reddragon644, e_power_pi_times_i, muhandae17, ProGameXD	2017	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Discussion
Mock MATHCOUNTS 2018 State Competition	scrabbler94	2018	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results

National

	Author	Year	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
My Second Mock Test!	Yongyi781	2008	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results / Discussion
Mock Mathcounts Test	sansuunoousama	2009	Initial Discussion	Problems	n/a	n/a
Mock Mathcounts Exam	luppleAOPS	2011	Initial Discussion	Problems	n/a	n/a
Mock Mathcounts National	forthegreatergood	2013	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	n/a
Mock Mathcounts	BOGTRO	2014	Initial Discussion	Problems	n/a	n/a
Mock Mathcounts National	joey8189681	2014	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts C	efang	2014	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts	mudkipswims42	2015	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results / Discussion
Crowd Sourced Mock Mathcounts National	DeathLlama9	2015	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts State B	Th3Numb3rThr33	2015	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts National	Th3Numb3rThr33	2015	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts National Target	nosaj	2015	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Results/Discussion
Mock Mathcounts Nationals	Mudkipswims42	2016	Initial Discussion	Problems	Answers	Discussion
Mock MATHCOUNTS National Competition	muhandae17	2017	[Initial Discussion]	[Problems]	[Answers]	[Discussion]

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