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Really Nasty MathCounts Problem
ilikemath247365   5
N 2 hours ago by OronSH
2019 MathCounts National Sprint #29

How many of the first $100,000$ positive integers have no single-digit prime factors?


Side note: Just HOW are they supposed to solve this in like 5 minutes?
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mathcounts help
bot1132   2
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Hi guys,

I realized I suck at math after mocking recent state sprint problems. I keep getting ~23, even though 1-2 weeks ago I was capable of mocking 28s on old nats problems as well as a 27 on last year's state. I am always able to finish 28-29 problems but am not capable of avoiding silly mistakes.

for example, on 2017 p10 i flipped the fraction, on 2017 p12 i wrote the numbers incorrectly in the process of arithmetic, on 2017 p14 i assumed there was symmetry, on 2017 p16 i forgot to square, on 2017 p15 i skipped over a number while bashing, on 2017 p30 i forgot a case.

I am suddenly making lots of sillies on trivial state problems (1-2 weeks ago i rarely made any mistakes), any tips on how to avoid them? it's especially cooked since
1. im in WA
2. i need nats
3. state is rumored to be easy
4. state is rumored to be sillyable
5. WA cutoffs are gonna be 42+ this year

thank you
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Competition Day Mindset
weihou0   28
N 3 hours ago by jkim0656
Hi! I'm taking the MATHCOUNTS State test on March 15. I know that there's probably not enough time left for significant skill improvement, so I wanted to ask about things I can do on competition day to help me be at my best. Most importantly, I'm curious about what mindset I should have during the test. Should I be confident and cocky, or more humble and negative? I'm just curious about what preparations prior to the test help the most. Thanks!
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Mar 9, 2025
jkim0656
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9 AMC 8 Scores
ChromeRaptor777   90
N 3 hours ago by jkim0656
As far as I'm certain, I think all AMC8 scores are already out. Vote above.
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jkim0656
3 hours ago
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Calculator
junlongsun   20
N Yesterday at 11:46 PM by Schintalpati
I have a Casio FX-9750GIII

I can't seem to get the equation solver to work, I'm mainly afraid of something similar to Chapter T8 appearing on states.

$y^2=1025-40x$
$x^2=1025-50y$

Does anyone with the model know how to get the calculator to solve the equation above?

Thanks
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I have a Casio FX-9750GIII

I can't seem to get the equation solver to work, I'm mainly afraid of something similar to Chapter T8 appearing on states.

$y^2=1025-40x$
$x^2=1025-50y$

Does anyone with the model know how to get the calculator to solve the equation above?

Thanks
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junlongsun wrote:
I have a Casio FX-9750GIII

I can't seem to get the equation solver to work, I'm mainly afraid of something similar to Chapter T8 appearing on states.

$y^2=1025-40x$
$x^2=1025-50y$

Does anyone with the model know how to get the calculator to solve the equation above?

Thanks

Can you take square root of first equation and solve for $y$ on second, then graph to find intersection? Or is there a intersection, graphing, or radical problem that doesn't work along with the calculator?
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Wait are graphing calculators allowed on mathcounts? I thought they weren't? I recently purchased a "TI-30X" so I am also making sure that specific calculator is allowed?
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mathenrichmentaops wrote:
Wait are graphing calculators allowed on mathcounts? I thought they weren't? I recently purchased a "TI-30X" so I am also making sure that specific calculator is allowed?

Any calculator is basically allowed. Even Ti-Nspires
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Schintalpati wrote:
mathenrichmentaops wrote:
Wait are graphing calculators allowed on mathcounts? I thought they weren't? I recently purchased a "TI-30X" so I am also making sure that specific calculator is allowed?

Any calculator is basically allowed. Even Ti-Nspires

WAIT WHAT
oh god
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jkim0656
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yep!
ppl bring all sorts of fancy cubic equation solving calcs cuz maybe they could be useful, y'know?
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except for the calculators with qwerty keyboard or stuff like that
its in the mathcounts rules
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Schintalpati wrote:
mathenrichmentaops wrote:
Wait are graphing calculators allowed on mathcounts? I thought they weren't? I recently purchased a "TI-30X" so I am also making sure that specific calculator is allowed?

Any calculator is basically allowed. Even Ti-Nspires

if you have it then you already won the game if it is like a polynomial question like number 8 target chapter.. or else you would bash for the whole 6 minutes.
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me when i got a ti-nspire at mc nats but i thought it wasnt allowed at nationals so i didnt take it to the test :noo:
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I got a CASIO graphing calculator, and I honestly didn't consider that there might be a rule against them. However, they didn't kick me out, so I was fine.
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Aaronjudgeisgoat wrote:
me when i got a ti-nspire at mc nats but i thought it wasnt allowed at nationals so i didnt take it to the test :noo:

wait that was allowed at nats?
bruh i was there 2 years and didnt know that
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Schintalpati wrote:
junlongsun wrote:
I have a Casio FX-9750GIII

I can't seem to get the equation solver to work, I'm mainly afraid of something similar to Chapter T8 appearing on states.

$y^2=1025-40x$
$x^2=1025-50y$

Does anyone with the model know how to get the calculator to solve the equation above?

Thanks

Can you take square root of first equation and solve for $y$ on second, then graph to find intersection? Or is there a intersection, graphing, or radical problem that doesn't work along with the calculator?

What calculator do you use?
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Schintalpati wrote:
junlongsun wrote:
I have a Casio FX-9750GIII

I can't seem to get the equation solver to work, I'm mainly afraid of something similar to Chapter T8 appearing on states.

$y^2=1025-40x$
$x^2=1025-50y$

Does anyone with the model know how to get the calculator to solve the equation above?

Thanks

Can you take square root of first equation and solve for $y$ on second, then graph to find intersection? Or is there a intersection, graphing, or radical problem that doesn't work along with the calculator?

The problem is that i can't find the intersection
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I use Ti-84 cuz of speed. But, I search it up, and the AI said there was a way, so are u sure there’s no way to find intersection for your calculator.
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Schintalpati wrote:
I use Ti-84 cuz of speed. But, I search it up, and the AI said there was a way, so are u sure there’s no way to find intersection for your calculator.

I just had to rearrange everything as
$y = \sqrt{1025-40x}$
and
$y=\frac{1025-x^2}{50}$

Cuz for some reason casio just can't find an intersection if it's in the form y = something and x = something

It also wont let me type equations in as $y^2=1025-40x$
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Schintalpati wrote:
I use Ti-84 cuz of speed. But, I search it up, and the AI said there was a way, so are u sure there’s no way to find intersection for your calculator.

I just had to rearrange everything as
$y = \sqrt{1025-40x}$
and
$y=\frac{1025-x^2}{50}$

Cuz for some reason casio just can't find an intersection if it's in the form y = something and x = something

It also wont let me type equations in as $y^2=1025-40x$

Wdym, yeah your equations are right, can you not plug in both of those into your calculator? Wdym x=smth, dw no calculator can solve both x= and y=, you gotta solve for y on both
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Schintalpati wrote:
junlongsun wrote:
Schintalpati wrote:
I use Ti-84 cuz of speed. But, I search it up, and the AI said there was a way, so are u sure there’s no way to find intersection for your calculator.

I just had to rearrange everything as
$y = \sqrt{1025-40x}$
and
$y=\frac{1025-x^2}{50}$

Cuz for some reason casio just can't find an intersection if it's in the form y = something and x = something

It also wont let me type equations in as $y^2=1025-40x$

Wdym, yeah your equations are right, can you not plug in both of those into your calculator? Wdym x=smth, dw no calculator can solve both x= and y=, you gotta solve for y on both

If I were to plug it in as
$y = \sqrt{1025-40x}$
and
$x = \sqrt{1025-50y}$
It just can't find the intersection
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Solve for $y$ in the second equation then do it. I think you had it above.
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mathcounts-branded ti 89 nspire+cas from 2023 nats
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i have a non-graphing calculator TI-30X, would this be a disadvantage?
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mathenrichmentaops wrote:
i have a non-graphing calculator TI-30X, would this be a disadvantage?

Yes, not necessarily cuz I doubt there is many questions which can't be solved a different way, but in your perspective of disadvantage, yes.
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