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k a AMC 10/12 A&B Coming up Soon!
jlacosta   0
Nov 1, 2024
There is still time to train for the November 6th and November 12th AMC 10A/12A and AMC 10B/12B, respectively! Enroll in our weekend seminars to be held on November 2nd and 3rd (listed below) and you will learn problem strategies, test taking techniques, and be able to take a full practice test! Note that the “B” seminars will have different material from the “A” seminars which were held in October.

[list][*]Special AMC 10 Problem Seminar B
[*]Special AMC 12 Problem Seminar B[/list]
For those who want to take a free practice test before the AMC 10/12 competitions, you can simulate a real competition experience by following this link. As you assess your performance on these exams, be sure to gather data!

[list][*]Which problems did you get right?
[list][*]Was the topic a strength (e.g. number theory, geometry, counting/probability, algebra)?
[*]How did you prepare?
[*]What was your confidence level?[/list]
[*]Which problems did you get wrong?
[list][list][*]Did you make an arithmetic error?
[*]Did you misread the problem?
[*]Did you have the foundational knowledge for the problem?
[*]Which topics require more fluency through practice (e.g. number theory, geometry, counting/probability, algebra)?
[*]Did you run out of time?[/list][/list]
Once you have analyzed the results with the above questions, you will have a plan of attack for future contests! BEST OF LUCK to all competitors at this year’s AMC 10 and AMC 12!

Did you know that the day after both the AMC 10A/12A and AMC 10B/12B you can join a free math jam where our AoPS team will go over the most interesting problems? Find the schedule below under “Mark your calendars”.

Mark your calendars for these upcoming free math jams!
[list][*]November 20th: Amherst College Info Session, 7:30 pm ET: Matt McGann, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Amherst College, and Nathan Pflueger, math professor at Amherst College, will host an info session exploring both Amherst College specifically and liberal arts colleges generally. Topics include opportunities in math, the admission process, and financial aid for both US and international students.
[*]November 7th: 2024 AMC 10/12 A Discussion, Thursday, 7:30 pm ET:
[*]AoPS instructors will discuss problems from the AMC 10/12 A, administered November 6. We will discuss some of the most interesting problems from each test!
[*]November 13th: 2024 AMC 10/12 B Discussion, Wednesday, 7:30 pm ET:
[*]AoPS instructors will discuss problems from the AMC 10/12 B, administered November 12. We will discuss some of the most interesting problems from each test![/list]
AoPS Spring classes are open for enrollment. Get a jump on the New Year and enroll in our math, contest prep, coding, and science classes today! Need help finding the right plan for your goals? Check out our recommendations page!

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9 How well do you think you will do on the AMC 8
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I know it's November, but it's never not too late to prep, right?!

40 VOTES!!!
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jmo cutoff
cakeiswaybetterthancookie   37
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You guys NEED to stop freaking out about JMO cutoffs Its likely going to be in the early-mid 210's assuming an average level aime( 2021 aime?) So if you have a 110+ on the amc 10, you are in contention for USAJMO- its not LIKELY but its possible. My guess is maybe 15ish percent? really, too many people are freaking out about cutoffs- at the end of the day, most of you have next year and the year after that and can always keep improving. You got this!
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9 When To Start Grinding Math Again
Existing_Human1   142
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For context, I got a 103.5 on AMC 10B, so I am not sure if I made AIME. I have AMC 8 and Mathcoutns coming up as competitions
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how to prep for AIME
CharviA   4
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I'm in 8th grade and I got a 129 on the 10b. For the record I got rly lucky because I guessed e for the last two questions since there were practically no e's on the sheet and there was a lot of combinatorics, which ,fortunately, im relatively good at. This is my first time qualifying for aime and I am currently mocking 3-5. How should I prepare for aime to get at least an 8? thanks
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Stress during competitions
happypi31415   16
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I noticed that during big tests, I think the percieved time pressure and high stakes mimic countdown rounds in mathcounts, so my brain defaults to a countdown round mentality. while this is fine in contests like mathcounts, where the first ~10 questions on sprint rounds are essentially countdown round questions and it gives me a chance to get into the flow of things, on tests like the AMC 10 this can really hurt -- notable examples of this include #2 on this year's 10A which was a system of equations. when i saw that the system didn't neatly add to get the desired answer, i panicked and spent ~3 minutes trying to find a neat way before ending up skipping it and coming back to it after problem 17. this is a really big time waste, and i probably spent ~5 minutes total working on it. however, if the problem was the only thing on the paper, I think i definitely would have solved it in <2.

(other examples could be #7 on this years 10B, which was on $7^{2024}+7^{2025}+7^{2026} \pmod{19}$. this one i panicked over because i misread $19$ as $17$ on this problem and didn't get an answer choice, so i again ended up skipping this one and spending way too long on it)

while these aren't necessarily huge time wastes, the psychological affect of skipping an early problem can really impair ur mental state while doing later problems as you won't be as confident

how do i counteract this, and get into the 'flow state' immediately? on mocks this doesn't happen, only in real contests.

also on the AIME this isn't a problem
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I noticed that during big tests, I think the percieved time pressure and high stakes mimic countdown rounds in mathcounts, so my brain defaults to a countdown round mentality. while this is fine in contests like mathcounts, where the first ~10 questions on sprint rounds are essentially countdown round questions and it gives me a chance to get into the flow of things, on tests like the AMC 10 this can really hurt -- notable examples of this include #2 on this year's 10A which was a system of equations. when i saw that the system didn't neatly add to get the desired answer, i panicked and spent ~3 minutes trying to find a neat way before ending up skipping it and coming back to it after problem 17. this is a really big time waste, and i probably spent ~5 minutes total working on it. however, if the problem was the only thing on the paper, I think i definitely would have solved it in <2.

(other examples could be #7 on this years 10B, which was on $7^{2024}+7^{2025}+7^{2026} \pmod{19}$. this one i panicked over because i misread $19$ as $17$ on this problem and didn't get an answer choice, so i again ended up skipping this one and spending way too long on it)

while these aren't necessarily huge time wastes, the psychological affect of skipping an early problem can really impair ur mental state while doing later problems as you won't be as confident

how do i counteract this, and get into the 'flow state' immediately? on mocks this doesn't happen, only in real contests.

also on the AIME this isn't a problem
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read the questions over and do them over if this keeps happening? idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ maybe this is real bad advice, but I revise if my stupid error ratio is increasing.
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Haste makes waste. Don't spend a whole hour on one question, but take your time, read the question carefully, and do it.
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I almost got this question wrong and changed my answer one minute before the timer went off.
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happypi31415 wrote:
I noticed that during big tests, I think the percieved time pressure and high stakes mimic countdown rounds in mathcounts, so my brain defaults to a countdown round mentality. while this is fine in contests like mathcounts, where the first ~10 questions on sprint rounds are essentially countdown round questions and it gives me a chance to get into the flow of things, on tests like the AMC 10 this can really hurt -- notable examples of this include #2 on this year's 10A which was a system of equations. when i saw that the system didn't neatly add to get the desired answer, i panicked and spent ~3 minutes trying to find a neat way before ending up skipping it and coming back to it after problem 17. this is a really big time waste, and i probably spent ~5 minutes total working on it. however, if the problem was the only thing on the paper, I think i definitely would have solved it in <2.

(other examples could be #7 on this years 10B, which was on $7^{2024}+7^{2025}+7^{2026} \pmod{19}$. this one i panicked over because i misread $19$ as $17$ on this problem and didn't get an answer choice, so i again ended up skipping this one and spending way too long on it)

while these aren't necessarily huge time wastes, the psychological affect of skipping an early problem can really impair ur mental state while doing later problems as you won't be as confident

how do i counteract this, and get into the 'flow state' immediately? on mocks this doesn't happen, only in real contests.

also on the AIME this isn't a problem

This is very true. This happened to me on the AMC 10A this year and I scored 94.5. For the next couple days, I figured out a strategy to help reduce sillies and panic moments. This what I would recommend.

- Organize your work. This can help reduce chances for silly mistakes and helps to remain calm when looking back for an answer.
- When you're in a contest, many contestants tend to have a pride issue. They feel as though they should be able to solve a problem, when they cannot. It's alright to not be able to solve a problem.
- In the 10B, I wasn't able to solve #5 at a first glance, and I skipped it. In the 10A however, I spent time trying to solve #2 for around 2-3 minutes and ended up skipping it anyway. To save time, realize what you can and cannot do quickly(This takes practice of course), so you can skip it in < 30 seconds. Come back to it if you cannot do anything else.
- Underline/ Circle important parts of the problem. Instead of reading the problem over and over again. Doing this, helps highlight important part of the problem, so you don't misread information.
- Remain CALM! Nobody can think efficiently under pressure. Eat dark chocolate and wear something warm before the contest. Drink water during the test(it is not a time waste). This helps enhance your mood.

I followed all of these and improved my score by 45 points to a 139.5. Much of the AMC 10 is a psychological contest. However, on the AIME, this doesn't happen as you said because time pressure doesn't exist.
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happypi31415 wrote:
I noticed that during big tests, I think the percieved time pressure and high stakes mimic countdown rounds in mathcounts, so my brain defaults to a countdown round mentality. while this is fine in contests like mathcounts, where the first ~10 questions on sprint rounds are essentially countdown round questions and it gives me a chance to get into the flow of things, on tests like the AMC 10 this can really hurt -- notable examples of this include #2 on this year's 10A which was a system of equations. when i saw that the system didn't neatly add to get the desired answer, i panicked and spent ~3 minutes trying to find a neat way before ending up skipping it and coming back to it after problem 17. this is a really big time waste, and i probably spent ~5 minutes total working on it. however, if the problem was the only thing on the paper, I think i definitely would have solved it in <2.

(other examples could be #7 on this years 10B, which was on $7^{2024}+7^{2025}+7^{2026} \pmod{19}$. this one i panicked over because i misread $19$ as $17$ on this problem and didn't get an answer choice, so i again ended up skipping this one and spending way too long on it)

while these aren't necessarily huge time wastes, the psychological affect of skipping an early problem can really impair ur mental state while doing later problems as you won't be as confident

how do i counteract this, and get into the 'flow state' immediately? on mocks this doesn't happen, only in real contests.

also on the AIME this isn't a problem

happypi the geo cooking pot is very orz
but for this stuff
it's hard to get into the flow state immediately
so maybe in that 10-15 minutes before the competition
just focus up and mentally lock in so that you're in that mindset before the comp even starts
listening to music or taking a few deep breaths may help
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Stay calm and do the problems slowly.
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aleyang wrote:
Stay calm and do the problems slowly.

Here's the thing... that's the issue. You can't do the problems too slow or else you won't reach final five, but if you do the problems too fast, then you'll probably silly and rage and angermax and cry and be depressed from sillying too many problems.
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I really hate that you have to cook on both the AMC and the AIME when time tests are not my strong suite. And also where I can't get into flow state like @OP which resulted me misbubbling 3 correct answers. Kinda sad that I usually score ~10 on AIME (which should, without considering AMC, be enough for USAMO) but I get cooked by the AMC
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nsking_1209 wrote:
happypi31415 wrote:
I noticed that during big tests, I think the percieved time pressure and high stakes mimic countdown rounds in mathcounts, so my brain defaults to a countdown round mentality. while this is fine in contests like mathcounts, where the first ~10 questions on sprint rounds are essentially countdown round questions and it gives me a chance to get into the flow of things, on tests like the AMC 10 this can really hurt -- notable examples of this include #2 on this year's 10A which was a system of equations. when i saw that the system didn't neatly add to get the desired answer, i panicked and spent ~3 minutes trying to find a neat way before ending up skipping it and coming back to it after problem 17. this is a really big time waste, and i probably spent ~5 minutes total working on it. however, if the problem was the only thing on the paper, I think i definitely would have solved it in <2.

(other examples could be #7 on this years 10B, which was on $7^{2024}+7^{2025}+7^{2026} \pmod{19}$. this one i panicked over because i misread $19$ as $17$ on this problem and didn't get an answer choice, so i again ended up skipping this one and spending way too long on it)

while these aren't necessarily huge time wastes, the psychological affect of skipping an early problem can really impair ur mental state while doing later problems as you won't be as confident

how do i counteract this, and get into the 'flow state' immediately? on mocks this doesn't happen, only in real contests.

also on the AIME this isn't a problem

This is very true. This happened to me on the AMC 10A this year and I scored 94.5. For the next couple days, I figured out a strategy to help reduce sillies and panic moments. This what I would recommend.

- Organize your work. This can help reduce chances for silly mistakes and helps to remain calm when looking back for an answer.
- When you're in a contest, many contestants tend to have a pride issue. They feel as though they should be able to solve a problem, when they cannot. It's alright to not be able to solve a problem.
- In the 10B, I wasn't able to solve #5 at a first glance, and I skipped it. In the 10A however, I spent time trying to solve #2 for around 2-3 minutes and ended up skipping it anyway. To save time, realize what you can and cannot do quickly(This takes practice of course), so you can skip it in < 30 seconds. Come back to it if you cannot do anything else.
- Underline/ Circle important parts of the problem. Instead of reading the problem over and over again. Doing this, helps highlight important part of the problem, so you don't misread information.
- Remain CALM! Nobody can think efficiently under pressure. Eat dark chocolate and wear something warm before the contest. Drink water during the test(it is not a time waste). This helps enhance your mood.

I followed all of these and improved my score by 45 points to a 139.5. Much of the AMC 10 is a psychological contest. However, on the AIME, this doesn't happen as you said because time pressure doesn't exist.

For the AIME part not true at all
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find a passtime with stressful events (like performing in front of live audiences)
you'll get used to the stress so math comps aren't that bad anymore
this is why i barely felt stressed when i took the test
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giratina3 wrote:
aleyang wrote:
Stay calm and do the problems slowly.

Here's the thing... that's the issue. You can't do the problems too slow or else you won't reach final five, but if you do the problems too fast, then you'll probably silly and rage and angermax and cry and be depressed from sillying too many problems.

Do the problems right the first time so you don't need to worry about double checking by reading the problem slowly and making sure you understand what it's talking about, and also checking your work throughly (like confirming a counting answer is correct with casework/complementary counting). Spend ~2 minutes per problem on the first 10, ~3 minutes per problem on 11-15, leaving you with 40 minutes do the last 10.
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c_double_sharp wrote:
find a passtime with stressful events (like performing in front of live audiences)
you'll get used to the stress so math comps aren't that bad anymore
this is why i barely felt stressed when i took the test

I do piano competitions haha
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xHypotenuse
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happypi31415 wrote:
c_double_sharp wrote:
find a passtime with stressful events (like performing in front of live audiences)
you'll get used to the stress so math comps aren't that bad anymore
this is why i barely felt stressed when i took the test

I do piano competitions haha

Same. I don't get that same AMC stress for piano competitions though (I'm mostly a casual and I mostly play for fun) :0
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c_double_sharp wrote:
find a passtime with stressful events (like performing in front of live audiences)
you'll get used to the stress so math comps aren't that bad anymore
this is why i barely felt stressed when i took the test

idk how effective that is, in a live audience the pressure comes from everone else, in amcs it comes from yourself
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Eat some chocolate before you go, put pressure on yourself during practices
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