MATHCOUNTS STATE difficulty

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Eddie_tiger

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#1 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:13 PM • 1 Y

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9Poll:

How was the difficulty of the problems compared to last year?

168 Votes

MUCH EASIER

59%

(99)

A little easier

25%

(42)

the same

4%

(7)

harder

5%

(9)

A LOT HARDER

2%

(4)

IMPOSSIBLE

4%

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I personally thought the problems were much easier than last year, but I didn't really improve as much as I would of liked to improve.

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StrawberriBunni

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#2 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:16 PM

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Yeah I sillied target 4 and I ran out of time for the last 3 on sprint, but it was a lot easier than last year.

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c_double_sharp

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#3 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:19 PM

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sprint: chapter difficulty
target: a bit easier but last year's was also extremely free
team even tho no one cares about team: average, maybe a bit hard

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Eddie_tiger

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#4 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:22 PM

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I sold on sprint (27-->22)

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DhruvJha

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#5 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:29 PM

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Arkansas is gonna be so good this year. Highest score in the nation along with the second highest score in the nation.

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orangebear

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#6 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:30 PM

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Easier than last Year tho I sillied 3 questions on the sprint and 1 on target :stink:

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Existing_Human1

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#7 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:37 PM

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Where can I find solutions and papers?

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DhruvJha

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#8 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:37 PM

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Existing_Human1 wrote:

Where can I find solutions and papers?

It'll come out soon enough

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Existing_Human1

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#9 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:38 PM

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Today? $\text{[math]}$

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DhruvJha

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#10 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:38 PM

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Existing_Human1 wrote:

Today? $\text{[math]}$

Yes

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Existing_Human1

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#11 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:43 PM

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What did you get for sprint #8

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hashbrown2009

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#12 h Apr 1, 2025, 1:53 PM

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My younger brother said the target round was insanely easy
sprint was moderate

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orangebear

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#13 h Apr 1, 2025, 2:07 PM

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There is a kid in my state (PA) who might make nationals who has autism (Has there ever been a kid with autism who made Nats?)

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Inaaya

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#14 h Apr 1, 2025, 2:15 PM

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idk i didn't even qual states last year

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Acumlus

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#15 h Apr 1, 2025, 2:19 PM

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orangebear wrote:

There is a kid in my state (PA) who might make nationals who has autism (Has there ever been a kid with autism who made Nats?)

I feel as this question is really offensive

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tikachaudhuri

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#54 h Apr 3, 2025, 1:48 AM

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I thought the test was easier but it could also be because I was dumb last year

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RocketScientist

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#55 h Apr 3, 2025, 1:59 AM

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giratina3 wrote:

The difficulty jump from 2024 Mathcounts State to 2025 Mathcounts State was insane.

Do you mean difficulty drop? This year was much easier, but I feel like the problems were better last year.

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Inaaya

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#56 h Apr 3, 2025, 2:19 AM

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me who didn't qual for states last year

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giratina3

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#57 h Apr 3, 2025, 2:37 AM

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RocketScientist wrote:

giratina3 wrote:

The difficulty jump from 2024 Mathcounts State to 2025 Mathcounts State was insane.

Do you mean difficulty drop? This year was much easier, but I feel like the problems were better last year.

Yeah, that was what I meant by drop. Bro, the problems were so much better last year.

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mathkiddus

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#58 h Apr 3, 2025, 4:38 AM

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ethan2011 wrote:

achunaar000 wrote:

How did you guys do 27

Cheese it by assuming it’s a rectangle

buh, my friend gave me problem and cheesing it into 1 line works :skull: its just subtraction

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lily2030

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#59 h Apr 3, 2025, 5:05 AM

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A LOT of people at my states guessed target 8 right cause you just reverse the probability

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Mathematicalprodigy37

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#60 h Apr 3, 2025, 12:22 PM

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lily2030 wrote:

A LOT of people at my states guessed target 8 right cause you just reverse the probability

I used reverse linearity of expectation and cheesed but you could probably do that to.

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Mathematicalprodigy37

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#61 h Apr 3, 2025, 12:27 PM

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jb2015007 wrote:

i voted a little easier since the problems were much easier than last time but WAYYYY MORE SILLYABLE

Agreed. As a PROFFESSIONAL SILLIER, this test was really inconvenient for me

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DhruvJha

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#62 h Apr 3, 2025, 12:27 PM

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Mathematicalprodigy37 wrote:

jb2015007 wrote:

i voted a little easier since the problems were much easier than last time but WAYYYY MORE SILLYABLE

Agreed. As a PROFFESSIONAL SILLIER, this test was really inconvenient for me

orz

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EightYearLetterman

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#63 h Apr 3, 2025, 8:12 PM

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orangebear wrote:

There is a kid in my state (PA) who might make nationals who has autism (Has there ever been a kid with autism who made Nats?)

being someone diagnosed as likely on the spectrum I would estimate 1,000-5,000 people on the spectrum have gone to nats. It makes many aspects of life more challenging but on average it probably makes it easier to succeed in math competition.

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EightYearLetterman

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#64 h Apr 3, 2025, 8:40 PM

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DhruvJha wrote:

Andyluo wrote:

I agree with @above.

Mathcounts has had a much worse quality compared to last year.

The school test was very formulaic/unoriginal and just a bad problem set (however not too far off from a school test, just bad)

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The chapter test was really really bad. The target problem set had to be the worst I've ever seen, with absolutely trivial questions 1-7, and an impossible p8.

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The state test was just bad compared to last year, and the target test was really bad.

Target problems just felt unoriginal, and were guessable (p6 and p8) which led to a bad test to determine national qualifiers.

Sprint 1-25 weren't terrible, but problems 26-30 were just bad?

I mean what was problem 26 and problem 29
imo the other questions weren't too bad, but again the sprint round was a lot easier than last year

hpfly they make up for it at nats

Can anyone name a national test from 2024 AMC-10B to present that is harder than its counterpart from the previous year? It's becoming a thing...

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Akang11

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#65 h Apr 3, 2025, 9:11 PM

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Honestly that's pretty fair

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SpeedCuber7

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#66 h Apr 4, 2025, 7:22 PM

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these problem writers bro

did maa cut their wage to minimum because my god these tests have sucked

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K124659

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#67 h Apr 4, 2025, 7:57 PM

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giratina3 wrote:

The difficulty jump from 2024 Mathcounts State to 2025 Mathcounts State was insane.

2025 mathcounts state was coughing baby compared to 2024

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DhruvJha

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#68 h Apr 4, 2025, 8:26 PM

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K124659 wrote:

giratina3 wrote:

The difficulty jump from 2024 Mathcounts State to 2025 Mathcounts State was insane.

2025 mathcounts state was coughing baby compared to 2024

I mocked in just now and got a 36. In context I got a 25 last year at states and 19 at nats and have not practiced in a year. Why

first 20 on sprint, 26, 22

1,2,3,4,5,7,8 on target

why was this so easy

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