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k a March Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
Mar 2, 2025
March is the month for State MATHCOUNTS competitions! Kudos to everyone who participated in their local chapter competitions and best of luck to all going to State! Join us on March 11th for a Math Jam devoted to our favorite Chapter competition problems! Are you interested in training for MATHCOUNTS? Be sure to check out our AMC 8/MATHCOUNTS Basics and Advanced courses.

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Do you have plans this summer? There are so many options to fit your schedule and goals whether attending a summer camp or taking online classes, it can be a great break from the routine of the school year. Check out our summer courses at AoPS Online, or if you want a math or language arts class that doesn’t have homework, but is an enriching summer experience, our AoPS Virtual Campus summer camps may be just the ticket! We are expanding our locations for our AoPS Academies across the country with 15 locations so far and new campuses opening in Saratoga CA, Johns Creek GA, and the Upper West Side NY. Check out this page for summer camp information.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the following events:
[list][*]March 5th (Wednesday), 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, HCSSiM Math Jam 2025. Amber Verser, Assistant Director of the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics, will host an information session about HCSSiM, a summer program for high school students.
[*]March 6th (Thursday), 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Free Webinar on Math Competitions from elementary through high school. Join us for an enlightening session that demystifies the world of math competitions and helps you make informed decisions about your contest journey.
[*]March 11th (Tuesday), 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, 2025 MATHCOUNTS Chapter Discussion MATH JAM. AoPS instructors will discuss some of their favorite problems from the MATHCOUNTS Chapter Competition. All are welcome!
[*]March 13th (Thursday), 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Free Webinar about Summer Camps at the Virtual Campus. Transform your summer into an unforgettable learning adventure! From elementary through high school, we offer dynamic summer camps featuring topics in mathematics, language arts, and competition preparation - all designed to fit your schedule and ignite your passion for learning.[/list]
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jlacosta
Mar 2, 2025
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k i Peer-to-Peer Programs Forum
jwelsh   157
N Dec 11, 2023 by cw357
Many of our AoPS Community members share their knowledge with their peers in a variety of ways, ranging from creating mock contests to creating real contests to writing handouts to hosting sessions as part of our partnership with schoolhouse.world.

To facilitate students in these efforts, we have created a new Peer-to-Peer Programs forum. With the creation of this forum, we are starting a new process for those of you who want to advertise your efforts. These advertisements and ensuing discussions have been cluttering up some of the forums that were meant for other purposes, so we’re gathering these topics in one place. This also allows students to find new peer-to-peer learning opportunities without having to poke around all the other forums.

To announce your program, or to invite others to work with you on it, here’s what to do:

1) Post a new topic in the Peer-to-Peer Programs forum. This will be the discussion thread for your program.

2) Post a single brief post in this thread that links the discussion thread of your program in the Peer-to-Peer Programs forum.

Please note that we’ll move or delete any future advertisement posts that are outside the Peer-to-Peer Programs forum, as well as any posts in this topic that are not brief announcements of new opportunities. In particular, this topic should not be used to discuss specific programs; those discussions should occur in topics in the Peer-to-Peer Programs forum.

Your post in this thread should have what you're sharing (class, session, tutoring, handout, math or coding game/other program) and a link to the thread in the Peer-to-Peer Programs forum, which should have more information (like where to find what you're sharing).
157 replies
jwelsh
Mar 15, 2021
cw357
Dec 11, 2023
k i C&P posting recs by mods
v_Enhance   0
Jun 12, 2020
The purpose of this post is to lay out a few suggestions about what kind of posts work well for the C&P forum. Except in a few cases these are mostly meant to be "suggestions based on historical trends" rather than firm hard rules; we may eventually replace this with an actual list of firm rules but that requires admin approval :) That said, if you post something in the "discouraged" category, you should not be totally surprised if it gets locked; they are discouraged exactly because past experience shows they tend to go badly.
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1. Program discussion: Allowed
If you have questions about specific camps or programs (e.g. which classes are good at X camp?), these questions fit well here. Many camps/programs have specific sub-forums too but we understand a lot of them are not active.
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2. Results discussion: Allowed
You can make threads about e.g. how you did on contests (including AMC), though on AMC day when there is a lot of discussion. Moderators and administrators may do a lot of thread-merging / forum-wrangling to keep things in one place.
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3. Reposting solutions or questions to past AMC/AIME/USAMO problems: Allowed
This forum contains a post for nearly every problem from AMC8, AMC10, AMC12, AIME, USAJMO, USAMO (and these links give you an index of all these posts). It is always permitted to post a full solution to any problem in its own thread (linked above), regardless of how old the problem is, and even if this solution is similar to one that has already been posted. We encourage this type of posting because it is helpful for the user to explain their solution in full to an audience, and for future users who want to see multiple approaches to a problem or even just the frequency distribution of common approaches. We do ask for some explanation; if you just post "the answer is (B); ez" then you are not adding anything useful.

You are also encouraged to post questions about a specific problem in the specific thread for that problem, or about previous user's solutions. It's almost always better to use the existing thread than to start a new one, to keep all the discussion in one place easily searchable for future visitors.
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4. Advice posts: Allowed, but read below first
You can use this forum to ask for advice about how to prepare for math competitions in general. But you should be aware that this question has been asked many many times. Before making a post, you are encouraged to look at the following:
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[*] Stop looking for the right training: A generic post about advice that keeps getting stickied :)
[*] There is an enormous list of links on the Wiki of books / problems / etc for all levels.
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When you do post, we really encourage you to be as specific as possible in your question. Tell us about your background, what you've tried already, etc.

Actually, the absolute best way to get a helpful response is to take a few examples of problems that you tried to solve but couldn't, and explain what you tried on them / why you couldn't solve them. Here is a great example of a specific question.
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5. Publicity: use P2P forum instead
See https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2489297_peertopeer_programs_forum.
Some exceptions have been allowed in the past, but these require approval from administrators. (I am not totally sure what the criteria is. I am not an administrator.)
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6. Mock contests: use Mock Contests forum instead
Mock contests should be posted in the dedicated forum instead:
https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c594864_aops_mock_contests
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7. AMC procedural questions: suggest to contact the AMC HQ instead
If you have a question like "how do I submit a change of venue form for the AIME" or "why is my name not on the qualifiers list even though I have a 300 index", you would be better off calling or emailing the AMC program to ask, they are the ones who can help you :)
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8. Discussion of random math problems: suggest to use MSM/HSM/HSO instead
If you are discussing a specific math problem that isn't from the AMC/AIME/USAMO, it's better to post these in Middle School Math, High School Math, High School Olympiads instead.
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9. Politics: suggest to use Round Table instead
There are important conversations to be had about things like gender diversity in math contests, etc., for sure. However, from experience we think that C&P is historically not a good place to have these conversations, as they go off the rails very quickly. We encourage you to use the Round Table instead, where it is much more clear that all posts need to be serious.
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10. MAA complaints: discouraged
We don't want to pretend that the MAA is perfect or that we agree with everything they do. However, we chose to discourage this sort of behavior because in practice most of the comments we see are not useful and some are frankly offensive.
[list] [*] If you just want to blow off steam, do it on your blog instead.
[*] When you have criticism, it should be reasoned, well-thought and constructive. What we mean by this is, for example, when the AOIME was announced, there was great outrage about potential cheating. Well, do you really think that this is something the organizers didn't think about too? Simply posting that "people will cheat and steal my USAMOO qualification, the MAA are idiots!" is not helpful as it is not bringing any new information to the table.
[*] Even if you do have reasoned, well-thought, constructive criticism, we think it is actually better to email it the MAA instead, rather than post it here. Experience shows that even polite, well-meaning suggestions posted in C&P are often derailed by less mature users who insist on complaining about everything.
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11. Memes and joke posts: discouraged
It's fine to make jokes or lighthearted posts every so often. But it should be done with discretion. Ideally, jokes should be done within a longer post that has other content. For example, in my response to one user's question about olympiad combinatorics, I used a silly picture of Sogiita Gunha, but it was done within a context of a much longer post where it was meant to actually make a point.

On the other hand, there are many threads which consist largely of posts whose only content is an attached meme with the word "MAA" in it. When done in excess like this, the jokes reflect poorly on the community, so we explicitly discourage them.
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12. Questions that no one can answer: discouraged
Examples of this: "will MIT ask for AOIME scores?", "what will the AIME 2021 cutoffs be (asked in 2020)", etc. Basically, if you ask a question on this forum, it's better if the question is something that a user can plausibly answer :)
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13. Blind speculation: discouraged
Along these lines, if you do see a question that you don't have an answer to, we discourage "blindly guessing" as it leads to spreading of baseless rumors. For example, if you see some user posting "why are there fewer qualifiers than usual this year?", you should not reply "the MAA must have been worried about online cheating so they took fewer people!!". Was sich überhaupt sagen lässt, lässt sich klar sagen; und wovon man nicht reden kann, darüber muss man schweigen.
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14. Discussion of cheating: strongly discouraged
If you have evidence or reasonable suspicion of cheating, please report this to your Competition Manager or to the AMC HQ; these forums cannot help you.
Otherwise, please avoid public discussion of cheating. That is: no discussion of methods of cheating, no speculation about how cheating affects cutoffs, and so on --- it is not helpful to anyone, and it creates a sour atmosphere. A longer explanation is given in Seriously, please stop discussing how to cheat.
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15. Cutoff jokes: never allowed
Whenever the cutoffs for any major contest are released, it is very obvious when they are official. In the past, this has been achieved by the numbers being posted on the official AMC website (here) or through a post from the AMCDirector account.

You must never post fake cutoffs, even as a joke. You should also refrain from posting cutoffs that you've heard of via email, etc., because it is better to wait for the obvious official announcement. A longer explanation is given in A Treatise on Cutoff Trolling.
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16. Meanness: never allowed
Being mean is worse than being immature and unproductive. If another user does something which you think is inappropriate, use the Report button to bring the post to moderator attention, or if you really must reply, do so in a way that is tactful and constructive rather than inflammatory.
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Finally, we remind you all to sit back and enjoy the problems. :D

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(EDIT 2024-09-13: AoPS has asked to me to add the following item.)

Advertising paid program or service: never allowed

Per the AoPS Terms of Service (rule 5h), general advertisements are not allowed.

While we do allow advertisements of official contests (at the MAA and MATHCOUNTS level) and those run by college students with at least one successful year, any and all advertisements of a paid service or program is not allowed and will be deleted.
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v_Enhance
Jun 12, 2020
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k i Stop looking for the "right" training
v_Enhance   50
N Oct 16, 2017 by blawho12
Source: Contest advice
EDIT 2019-02-01: https://blog.evanchen.cc/2019/01/31/math-contest-platitudes-v3/ is the updated version of this.

EDIT 2021-06-09: see also https://web.evanchen.cc/faq-contest.html.

Original 2013 post
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v_Enhance
Feb 15, 2013
blawho12
Oct 16, 2017
Day Before Tips
elasticwealth   68
N a minute ago by anticodon
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!
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elasticwealth
Mar 19, 2025
anticodon
a minute ago
2025 USA(J)MO Cutoff Predictions
KevinChen_Yay   67
N a minute ago by EaZ_Shadow
What do y'all think JMO winner and MOP cuts will be?

(Also, to satisfy the USAMO takers; what about the bronze, silver, gold, green mop, blue mop, black mop?)
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KevinChen_Yay
Today at 12:33 PM
EaZ_Shadow
a minute ago
usamOOK geometry
KevinYang2.71   55
N 24 minutes ago by elasticwealth
Source: USAMO 2025/4, USAJMO 2025/5
Let $H$ be the orthocenter of acute triangle $ABC$, let $F$ be the foot of the altitude from $C$ to $AB$, and let $P$ be the reflection of $H$ across $BC$. Suppose that the circumcircle of triangle $AFP$ intersects line $BC$ at two distinct points $X$ and $Y$. Prove that $C$ is the midpoint of $XY$.
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+3 w
KevinYang2.71
Today at 12:00 PM
elasticwealth
24 minutes ago
combo j3 :blobheart:
rhydon516   20
N 33 minutes ago by llddmmtt1
Source: USAJMO 2025/3
Let $m$ and $n$ be positive integers, and let $\mathcal R$ be a $2m\times 2n$ grid of unit squares.

A domino is a $1\times2$ or $2\times1$ rectangle. A subset $S$ of grid squares in $\mathcal R$ is domino-tileable if dominoes can be placed to cover every square of $S$ exactly once with no domino extending outside of $S$. Note: The empty set is domino tileable.

An up-right path is a path from the lower-left corner of $\mathcal R$ to the upper-right corner of $\mathcal R$ formed by exactly $2m+2n$ edges of the grid squares.

Determine, with proof, in terms of $m$ and $n$, the number of up-right paths that divide $\mathcal R$ into two domino-tileable subsets.
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rhydon516
Yesterday at 12:08 PM
llddmmtt1
33 minutes ago
Math Kangaroo 2025
Bnn81351   0
35 minutes ago
When can we start to discuss Math Kangaroo 2025?
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Bnn81351
35 minutes ago
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Use of ChatGPT on Purple Comet
Toinfinity   1
N 2 hours ago by RoyalPrince
Hellos everyone,

The rules are kinda unclear. Can we use ChatGPT or other Generative AI on the Puprel Comet exam?????

Thank you
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Toinfinity
2 hours ago
RoyalPrince
2 hours ago
USA Canada math camp
Bread10   22
N 2 hours ago by akliu
How difficult is it to get into USA Canada math camp? What should be expected from an accepted applicant in terms of the qualifying quiz, essays and other awards or math context?
22 replies
Bread10
Mar 2, 2025
akliu
2 hours ago
funny title placeholder
pikapika007   45
N 2 hours ago by llddmmtt1
Source: USAJMO 2025/6
Let $S$ be a set of integers with the following properties:
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[*] $\{ 1, 2, \dots, 2025 \} \subseteq S$.
[*] If $a, b \in S$ and $\gcd(a, b) = 1$, then $ab \in S$.
[*] If for some $s \in S$, $s + 1$ is composite, then all positive divisors of $s + 1$ are in $S$.
[/list]
Prove that $S$ contains all positive integers.
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pikapika007
Today at 12:10 PM
llddmmtt1
2 hours ago
Prove a polynomial has a nonreal root
KevinYang2.71   35
N 2 hours ago by atdaotlohbh
Source: USAMO 2025/2
Let $n$ and $k$ be positive integers with $k<n$. Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial of degree $n$ with real coefficients, nonzero constant term, and no repeated roots. Suppose that for any real numbers $a_0,\,a_1,\,\ldots,\,a_k$ such that the polynomial $a_kx^k+\cdots+a_1x+a_0$ divides $P(x)$, the product $a_0a_1\cdots a_k$ is zero. Prove that $P(x)$ has a nonreal root.
35 replies
KevinYang2.71
Yesterday at 12:00 PM
atdaotlohbh
2 hours ago
0 on jmo
Rong0625   3
N 2 hours ago by Schintalpati
How many people actually get a flat 0/42 on jmo? I took it for the first time this year and I had never done oly math before so I really only had 2 weeks to figure it out since I didn’t think I would qual. I went in not expecting much but I didn’t think I wouldn’t be able to get ANYTHING. So I’m pretty sure I got 0/42 (unless i get pity points for writing incorrect solutions). Is that bad, am I sped, and should I be embarrassed? Or do other people actually also get 0?
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Rong0625
Today at 12:14 PM
Schintalpati
2 hours ago
BOMBARDIRO CROCODILO VS TRALALERO TRALALA
LostDreams   42
N 2 hours ago by lpieleanu
Source: USAJMO 2025/4
Let $n$ be a positive integer, and let $a_0,\,a_1,\dots,\,a_n$ be nonnegative integers such that $a_0\ge a_1\ge \dots\ge a_n.$ Prove that
\[
\sum_{i=0}^n i\binom{a_i}{2}\le\frac{1}{2}\binom{a_0+a_1+\dots+a_n}{2}.
\]Note: $\binom{k}{2}=\frac{k(k-1)}{2}$ for all nonnegative integers $k$.
42 replies
LostDreams
Today at 12:11 PM
lpieleanu
2 hours ago
high tech FE as J1?!
imagien_bad   54
N 3 hours ago by LearnMath_105
Source: USAJMO 2025/1
Let $\mathbb Z$ be the set of integers, and let $f\colon \mathbb Z \to \mathbb Z$ be a function. Prove that there are infinitely many integers $c$ such that the function $g\colon \mathbb Z \to \mathbb Z$ defined by $g(x) = f(x) + cx$ is not bijective.
Note: A function $g\colon \mathbb Z \to \mathbb Z$ is bijective if for every integer $b$, there exists exactly one integer $a$ such that $g(a) = b$.
54 replies
imagien_bad
Yesterday at 12:00 PM
LearnMath_105
3 hours ago
Distributing cupcakes
KevinYang2.71   9
N 3 hours ago by ihatemath123
Source: USAMO 2025/6
Let $m$ and $n$ be positive integers with $m\geq n$. There are $m$ cupcakes of different flavors arranged around a circle and $n$ people who like cupcakes. Each person assigns a nonnegative real number score to each cupcake, depending on how much they like the cupcake. Suppose that for each person $P$, it is possible to partition the circle of $m$ cupcakes into $n$ groups of consecutive cupcakes so that the sum of $P$'s scores of the cupcakes in each group is at least $1$. Prove that it is possible to distribute the $m$ cupcakes to the $n$ people so that each person $P$ receives cupcakes of total score at least $1$ with respect to $P$.
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KevinYang2.71
Today at 12:00 PM
ihatemath123
3 hours ago
JMO winner cutoffs
dolphinday   2
N 4 hours ago by dolphinday
What are JMO winner cutoffs typically?
are they the same as top 24 on https://web.evanchen.cc/exams/posted-usamo-statistics.pdf
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dolphinday
4 hours ago
dolphinday
4 hours ago
OTIS Mock AIME 2025 airs Dec 19th
v_Enhance   40
N Mar 18, 2025 by cj13609517288
Source: https://web.evanchen.cc/mockaime.html
Satisfactory. Keep cooking.
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Problems are posted at https://web.evanchen.cc/mockaime.html#current now!

Like last year, we're running the OTIS Mock AIME 2025 again, except this time there will actually be both a I and a II because we had enough problems to pull it off. However, the two versions will feel quite different from each other:

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[*] The OTIS Mock AIME I is going to be tough. It will definitely be harder than the actual AIME, by perhaps 2 to 4 problems. But more tangibly, it will also have significant artistic license. Problems will freely assume IMO-style background throughout the test, and intentionally stretch the boundary of what constitutes an “AIME problem”.
[*] The OTIS Mock AIME II is meant to be more practically useful. It will adhere more closely to the difficulty and style of the real AIME. There will inevitably still be some more IMO-flavored problems, but they’ll appear later in the ordering.
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Like last time, all 30 problems are set by current and past OTIS students.

Details are written out at https://web.evanchen.cc/mockaime.html, but to highlight important info:
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[*] Free, obviously. Anyone can participate.
[*]Both tests will release sometime Dec 19th. You can do either/both.
[*]If you'd like to submit for scoring, you should do so by January 20th at 23:59 Pacific time (same deadline for both). Please hold off on public spoilers before then.
[*]Solutions, statistics, and maybe some high scores will be published shortly after that.
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Feel free to post questions, hype comments, etc. in this thread.
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Satisfactory. Keep cooking.
https://web.evanchen.cc/static/otter-cooking.png

Problems are posted at https://web.evanchen.cc/mockaime.html#current now!

Like last year, we're running the OTIS Mock AIME 2025 again, except this time there will actually be both a I and a II because we had enough problems to pull it off. However, the two versions will feel quite different from each other:
  • The OTIS Mock AIME I is going to be tough. It will definitely be harder than the actual AIME, by perhaps 2 to 4 problems. But more tangibly, it will also have significant artistic license. Problems will freely assume IMO-style background throughout the test, and intentionally stretch the boundary of what constitutes an “AIME problem”.
  • The OTIS Mock AIME II is meant to be more practically useful. It will adhere more closely to the difficulty and style of the real AIME. There will inevitably still be some more IMO-flavored problems, but they’ll appear later in the ordering.
Like last time, all 30 problems are set by current and past OTIS students.

Details are written out at https://web.evanchen.cc/mockaime.html, but to highlight important info:
  • Free, obviously. Anyone can participate.
  • Both tests will release sometime Dec 19th. You can do either/both.
  • If you'd like to submit for scoring, you should do so by January 20th at 23:59 Pacific time (same deadline for both). Please hold off on public spoilers before then.
  • Solutions, statistics, and maybe some high scores will be published shortly after that.
Feel free to post questions, hype comments, etc. in this thread.
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deduck
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Lets go otis!!!
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bachkieu
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oh right i should submit my units that i never wrote up :oops:

but go otis!!!
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blueprimes
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Yay another OTIS Mock AIME!

IMO-flavored math problems though... I might be cooked :blush:
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Geometry285
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Geometry285 wrote:
long

Perhaps this is a bit of a stretch, but for next year with the excess problems you could maybe even create an "OTIS I" and "OTIS II" mock AIME like CIME did. I would suppose that given the massively varied problem quality in recent AIMEs that this would provide the most "accurate" experience for competitors prior to the real AIME (e.g. adding one problem a test as obligatory bash, oly problems, etc.)

Nonetheless still excited!

It looks like my wish may be coming true!! Super excited for OTIS 2025!
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P_Groudon
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I like the difference in the two tests.

First is meant to appeal to those in olympiad like the hard CIMEs, while the second is meant to not discourage people who are new to AIME.
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megahertz13
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Can confirm high quality problems :D, yeah AIME I is very olympiad-focused. The raw "difficulty" of AIME II is actually very similar to a harder AIME like 2023, but demands more knowledge towards the end.
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happypi31415
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Next year OTIS III :flushed:
high quality guaranteed though :D
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Magnetoninja
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Where are the past ones?
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InftyByond
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imo problems in AIME? I don't know how to read sols ohh very scary
anyways hype
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megahertz13
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Magnetoninja wrote:
Where are the past ones?

https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h3220452p29466910
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Tetra_scheme
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looking forward to it
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aidan0626
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personal feed
hype
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mhgelgi
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consider me in!
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KevinChen_Yay
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ORZ! i def join
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SirAppel
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airs today :)
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KevinChen_Yay
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yessir! admit
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v_Enhance
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We're out now! https://web.evanchen.cc/mockaime.html#current
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chenghaohu
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One weird question: When you submit, do you include leading zeroes or no? I do not want my answers to be counted wrong because it is 9 instead of 009.
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sadas123
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I think that I got a 4 on the AIME I I hope, I am just in middle school.
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chenghaohu
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Can someone please answer my question? For those of you that already submitted, did you include or exclude leading zeros in your answer(s)?
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Tetra_scheme
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chenghaohu wrote:
Can someone please answer my question? For those of you that already submitted, did you include or exclude leading zeros in your answer(s)?

the form itself forces a 3 digit answer so you have to have leading zeros
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chenghaohu
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Oh I didn't realize there's an algorithm like that. Thanks!!!
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EaZ_Shadow
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if you submitted already, when will you get your answers
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alan9535
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EaZ_Shadow wrote:
if you submitted already, when will you get your answers

click view score on the form
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happypi31415
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can there be a leaderboard?
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MathCosine
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happypi31415 wrote:
can there be a leaderboard?

Can there also be a leaderboard for unofficial parcipitants(like we took a lot of time, but still got answers?)
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P_Groudon
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Contest submission window is over. I thought both were very nice tests overall.
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BS2012
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Personally, both tests seemed to have a streak of easy problems at the beginning until the difficulty "jumped" a lot, i feel for the AIME I it occurred between problems 10 (literally just constructive counting) and 11 (feels like one of those impossible geo p14s, tried for >30 minutes and got nowhere), and for the AIME II between problems 12 (simple trig) and 13 (how).
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exp-ipi-1
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When are the solutions gonna be posted?
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exp-ipi-1 wrote:
When are the solutions gonna be posted?

Bump!
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dolphinday
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Later today, apparently
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megahertz13
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BR1F1SZ wrote:
exp-ipi-1 wrote:
When are the solutions gonna be posted?

Bump!
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P_Groudon
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BS2012 wrote:
Personally, both tests seemed to have a streak of easy problems at the beginning until the difficulty "jumped" a lot, i feel for the AIME I it occurred between problems 10 (literally just constructive counting) and 11 (feels like one of those impossible geo p14s, tried for >30 minutes and got nowhere), and for the AIME II between problems 12 (simple trig) and 13 (how).

I'd have to agree with this, but I got blocked earlier on both tests. Ended up with

AIME I: 10111 01110 00000 [7]
AIME II: 11111 11101 00010 [10]
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Shreyasharma
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I had the same experience; earlier half was much easier on the I and the II, and then around 11 and 12 respectively there was an insane jump in difficulty. Still really enjoyed the tests :coolspeak:
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BS2012
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Somehow I got double 9 because of 3 sillies on the II and only 1 on the I
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v_Enhance
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Solutions and results are now posted at https://web.evanchen.cc/mockaime.html.
Congratulations to the top scorers:

AIME I:
:winner_first: [14 points] Yonghao Jin
:winner_second: [13 points] Michael Zhao, person1324.990, tenth
:winner_third: [12 points] Advaith Tumiki, Eric Dai, lethan3, sami

AIME II:
:winner_first: [13 points] channing421
:winner_second: [12 points] Dylan Frake, Jacob Khohayting, Lifewrath, Lilypad, Nathan Liu, person1324.990, Shihan Kanungo, Vihaan Gupta
:winner_third: [11 points] Andrew, Aryan Raj, bryant, Chenghao Hu, GRAPESUPREMACY, Hansen Shieh, Hyun-Jin Kim, Jefferson Zhou, Joey Zheng, Khio, Kyle Wu, Lucas Pavlov, Mingyue Yang, Oz, Scrge, sus, suspiciouscow, Sylvia Lee, tetra_scheme, TimmysG, YourJFForever

And all the problems are posted in this forum at https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c4180954.

Hope you had fun, see you all next year!
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Scilyse
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v_Enhance wrote:
Solutions and results are now posted at https://web.evanchen.cc/mockaime.html.
Congratulations to the top scorers:

AIME I:
:winner_first: [14 points] Yonghao Jin
:winner_second: [13 points] Michael Zhao, person1324.990, tenth
:winner_third: [12 points] Advaith Tumiki, Eric Dai, lethan3, sami

AIME II:
:winner_first: [13 points] channing421
:winner_second: [12 points] Dylan Frake, Jacob Khohayting, Lifewrath, Lilypad, Nathan Liu, person1324.990, Shihan Kanungo, Vihaan Gupta
:winner_third: [11 points] Andrew, Aryan Raj, bryant, Chenghao Hu, GRAPESUPREMACY, Hansen Shieh, Hyun-Jin Kim, Jefferson Zhou, Joey Zheng, Khio, Kyle Wu, Lucas Pavlov, Mingyue Yang, Oz, Scrge, sus, suspiciouscow, Sylvia Lee, tetra_scheme, TimmysG, YourJFForever

And all the problems are posted in this forum at https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c41809540.

Hope you had fun, see you all next year!

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smileapple
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can't believe there isn't a diamond somewhere in this thread
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MonkeyLuffy
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very very good
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smileapple wrote:
can't believe there isn't a diamond somewhere in this thread

there is now: 4e4f2055204754464f207479
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