Day Before Tips
by elasticwealth, Mar 19, 2025, 12:09 AM
Hi Everyone,
USA(J)MO is tomorrow. I am a Junior, so this is my last chance. I made USAMO by ZERO points but I've actually been studying oly seriously since JMO last year. I am more stressed than I was before AMC/AIME because I feel Olympiad is more unpredictable and harder to prepare for. I am fairly confident in my ability to solve 1/4 but whether I can solve the rest really leans on the topic distribution.
Anyway, I'm just super stressed and not sure what to do. All tips are welcome!
Thanks everyone! Good luck tomorrow!
USA(J)MO is tomorrow. I am a Junior, so this is my last chance. I made USAMO by ZERO points but I've actually been studying oly seriously since JMO last year. I am more stressed than I was before AMC/AIME because I feel Olympiad is more unpredictable and harder to prepare for. I am fairly confident in my ability to solve 1/4 but whether I can solve the rest really leans on the topic distribution.
Anyway, I'm just super stressed and not sure what to do. All tips are welcome!
Thanks everyone! Good luck tomorrow!
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Burnout?
by xHypotenuse, Mar 18, 2025, 7:32 PM
Hello everyone, these days I have a burning urge to pick up new math concepts because I think they are important/interesting. But I also feel a constant burnout where I get really tired when I try to solve math problems of these new concepts. I can't and then it gets very demotivating. I don't want to take a break from math because solving problems have become such a natural part of me and also I really want to qualify for usamo next year (my last year I can since it's senior yr). Any suggestions?
AMC 12 Question
by sadas123, Mar 18, 2025, 5:11 PM
Hello! I am a 6th grader this year about to become 7th grade next year. I was wondering if I should take the AMC 12 next year because I think I am ready for it, I was thinking to do AMC 10 A and AMC 12 B, do you think it is a good idea? Here are the courses I finished and now I am working on:
Finished:
1. Intro Algebra
2. Intro Number Theory
3. Intro Counting and Probability
4. Volume 1
Working on:
1. Intermdiate Counting and Probability
2. Three Year Mathcounts Marathon
Upcoming:
1. Intro Geomtery (Next Month)
2. Intro to Alg (May)
3. Pre-calc (Summer)
4. Volume 2???
Stats for AMC 12 (Mocked):
1. AMC 12 A 2024: 100.5
2. AMC 12 B 2024: 105
3. AMC 12 A 2023: 96
The reason why I sometimes I get 100+ is because sometimes I know how to do the first step of the problem but the last step I have to kind of infrence but still i know how to do the problem.
Finished:
1. Intro Algebra
2. Intro Number Theory
3. Intro Counting and Probability
4. Volume 1
Working on:
1. Intermdiate Counting and Probability
2. Three Year Mathcounts Marathon
Upcoming:
1. Intro Geomtery (Next Month)
2. Intro to Alg (May)
3. Pre-calc (Summer)
4. Volume 2???
Stats for AMC 12 (Mocked):
1. AMC 12 A 2024: 100.5
2. AMC 12 B 2024: 105
3. AMC 12 A 2023: 96
The reason why I sometimes I get 100+ is because sometimes I know how to do the first step of the problem but the last step I have to kind of infrence but still i know how to do the problem.
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ABMC 2025 IN-PERSON Contest (April 5th)
by ilovepizza2020, Mar 16, 2025, 11:32 PM
The 9th annual Acton-Boxborough Math Competition (ABMC) is quickly approaching! This year's ABMC will be held in-person at RJ Grey Junior High School, Acton, MA, on April 5th, 2025. The competition includes individual rounds and a team round, in which teams of 2-4 students participate. Anyone in grade 8 or below is welcome! You must register to compete. For more information about registration and the tentative schedule, please consult our website: https://abmathcompetitions.org/2025-contest/.
We offer prizes not only to top competitors; several of our sponsor prizes and educational awards are raffled among all in-person participants. Additionally, there are separate prizes for the top-scoring elementary schoolers.
For more information, visit https://abmathcompetitions.org/, especially the 2025 Competition page.
For the mailing list, visit https://abmathcompetitions.org/contact/.
Best,
ABMC Coordinators
We offer prizes not only to top competitors; several of our sponsor prizes and educational awards are raffled among all in-person participants. Additionally, there are separate prizes for the top-scoring elementary schoolers.
For more information, visit https://abmathcompetitions.org/, especially the 2025 Competition page.
For the mailing list, visit https://abmathcompetitions.org/contact/.
Best,
ABMC Coordinators
Attachments:
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Tennessee Math Tournament (TMT) Online 2025
by TennesseeMathTournament, Mar 9, 2025, 7:30 PM
Hello everyone! We are excited to announce a new competition, the Tennessee Math Tournament, created by the Tennessee Math Coalition! Anyone can participate in the virtual competition for free.
The testing window is from March 22nd to April 5th, 2025. Virtual competitors may participate in the competition at any time during that window.
The virtual competition consists of three rounds: Individual, Bullet, and Team. The Individual Round is 60 minutes long and consists of 30 questions (AMC 10 level). The Bullet Round is 20 minutes long and consists of 80 questions (Mathcounts Chapter level). The Team Round is 30 minutes long and consists of 16 questions (AMC 12 level). Virtual competitors may compete in teams of four, or choose to not participate in the team round.
To register and see more information, click here!
If you have any questions, please email connect@tnmathcoalition.org or reply to this thread!
The testing window is from March 22nd to April 5th, 2025. Virtual competitors may participate in the competition at any time during that window.
The virtual competition consists of three rounds: Individual, Bullet, and Team. The Individual Round is 60 minutes long and consists of 30 questions (AMC 10 level). The Bullet Round is 20 minutes long and consists of 80 questions (Mathcounts Chapter level). The Team Round is 30 minutes long and consists of 16 questions (AMC 12 level). Virtual competitors may compete in teams of four, or choose to not participate in the team round.
To register and see more information, click here!
If you have any questions, please email connect@tnmathcoalition.org or reply to this thread!
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10B Score Thread
by BS2012, Nov 13, 2024, 5:17 PM

EDIT: I found out i didn't silly #19, so i got 144
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Evan's mean blackboard game
by hwl0304, Apr 18, 2019, 10:58 PM
Two rational numbers
and
are written on a blackboard, where
and
are relatively prime positive integers. At any point, Evan may pick two of the numbers
and
written on the board and write either their arithmetic mean
or their harmonic mean
on the board as well. Find all pairs
such that Evan can write 1 on the board in finitely many steps.
Proposed by Yannick Yao









Proposed by Yannick Yao
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Convolution of order f(n)
by trumpeter, Apr 17, 2019, 11:04 PM
Let
be the set of positive integers. A function
satisfies the equation
for all positive integers
. Given this information, determine all possible values of
.
Proposed by Evan Chen


![\[\underbrace{f(f(\ldots f}_{f(n)\text{ times}}(n)\ldots))=\frac{n^2}{f(f(n))}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/2/e/7/2e73ff2f75b103e9d6a4004a42e4ed7f4ee64a67.png)


Proposed by Evan Chen
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Prove Collinearity
by tc1729, Apr 25, 2012, 9:55 PM
Let
be a point in the plane of
, and
a line passing through
. Let
be the points where the reflections of lines
with respect to
intersect lines
respectively. Prove that
are collinear.









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