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k a April Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
dcouchman   1
N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
Want to help AoPS remain a valuable Olympiad resource? Help us add contests to AoPS's Contest Collections.

Find instructions and a list of contests to add here: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c40244h1064480_contests_to_add
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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
v_Enhance
Apr 5, 2023
k i Zero tolerance
ZetaX   49
N May 4, 2019 by NoDealsHere
Source: Use your common sense! (enough is enough)
Some users don't want to learn, some other simply ignore advises.
But please follow the following guideline:


To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
If you don't have common sense, don't post.


More specifically:

For new threads:


a) Good, meaningful title:
The title has to say what the problem is about in best way possible.
If that title occured already, it's definitely bad. And contest names aren't good either.
That's in fact a requirement for being able to search old problems.

Examples:
Bad titles:
- "Hard"/"Medium"/"Easy" (if you find it so cool how hard/easy it is, tell it in the post and use a title that tells us the problem)
- "Number Theory" (hey guy, guess why this forum's named that way¿ and is it the only such problem on earth¿)
- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
- "Chinese TST 2003" (does this say anything about the problem¿)
Good titles:
- "On divisors of a³+2b³+4c³-6abc"
- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


b) Use search function:
Before posting a "new" problem spend at least two, better five, minutes to look if this problem was posted before. If it was, don't repost it. If you have anything important to say on topic, post it in one of the older threads.
If the thread is locked cause of this, use search function.

Update (by Amir Hossein). The best way to search for two keywords in AoPS is to input
[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
so that any post containing both strings "first word" and "second form".


c) Good problem statement:
Some recent really bad post was:
[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
It contains no question and no answer.
If you do this, too, you are on the best way to get your thread deleted. Write everything clearly, define where your variables come from (and define the "natural" numbers if used). Additionally read your post at least twice before submitting. After you sent it, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.


For answers to already existing threads:


d) Of any interest and with content:
Don't post things that are more trivial than completely obvious. For example, if the question is to solve $x^{3}+y^{3}=z^{3}$, do not answer with "$x=y=z=0$ is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "$x=1337, y=481, z=42$ is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that $x=y=z=0$ is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
Similar, posting "I have solved this problem" but not posting anything else is not welcome; it even looks that you just want to show off what a genius you are.

e) Well written and checked answers:
Like c) for new threads, check your solutions at least twice for mistakes. And after sending, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.



To repeat it: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!


Everything definitely out of range of common sense will be locked or deleted (exept for new users having less than about 42 posts, they are newbies and need/get some time to learn).

The above rules will be applied from next monday (5. march of 2007).
Feel free to discuss on this here.
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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
AMC 10 Preparation over 6 months
raresillypanther   21
N 40 minutes ago by Aksmal
Hi, I'm currently in 8th grade and I have about 6 months left to prepare for the AMC 10, and I really want to qualify for AIME and get above a 100. I took the AMC 8 this year and did really bad, with a score of 16, and a 35 on the MATHCOUNTS Chapter test. I have a feeling I would get about a 70 on the AMC 10 now, so I want to be able to improve by 30 points in 6 months. Is that possible? I have summer break coming up so I feel like I could study for about 4 hours a day every single day, and I'm willing to if that's what it takes. Do you have any ideas for what resources I should use? I know about Alcumus and I have some of the AOPS books, but not all of them. If you have any tips, let me know. Thank you so much!
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raresillypanther
6 hours ago
Aksmal
40 minutes ago
Divisibility on 101 integers
BR1F1SZ   3
N an hour ago by ClassyPeach
Source: Argentina Cono Sur TST 2024 P2
There are $101$ positive integers $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_{101}$ such that for every index $i$, with $1 \leqslant i \leqslant 101$, $a_i+1$ is a multiple of $a_{i+1}$. Determine the greatest possible value of the largest of the $101$ numbers.
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BR1F1SZ
Aug 9, 2024
ClassyPeach
an hour ago
BMO 2021 problem 3
VicKmath7   19
N an hour ago by NuMBeRaToRiC
Source: Balkan MO 2021 P3
Let $a, b$ and $c$ be positive integers satisfying the equation $(a, b) + [a, b]=2021^c$. If $|a-b|$ is a prime number, prove that the number $(a+b)^2+4$ is composite.

Proposed by Serbia
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VicKmath7
Sep 8, 2021
NuMBeRaToRiC
an hour ago
1234th Post!
PikaPika999   170
N an hour ago by That_One_Genius.
I hit my 1234th post! (I think I missed it, I'm kinda late, :oops_sign:)

But here's a puzzle for you all! Try to create the numbers 1 through 25 using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4! You are only allowed to use addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and parenthesis. If you're post #1, try to make 1. If you're post #2, try to make 2. If you're post #3, try to make 3, and so on. If you're a post after 25, then I guess you can try to make numbers greater than 25 but you can use factorials, square roots, and that stuff. Have fun!

1: $(4-3)\cdot(2-1)$
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PikaPika999
Monday at 8:54 PM
That_One_Genius.
an hour ago
9 Did you get into Illinois middle school math Olympiad?
Gavin_Deng   7
N 2 hours ago by anishm2
I am simply curious of who got in.
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Gavin_Deng
Apr 19, 2025
anishm2
2 hours ago
USAMO 2002 Problem 4
MithsApprentice   89
N 2 hours ago by blueprimes
Let $\mathbb{R}$ be the set of real numbers. Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that \[ f(x^2 - y^2) = x f(x) - y f(y)  \] for all pairs of real numbers $x$ and $y$.
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MithsApprentice
Sep 30, 2005
blueprimes
2 hours ago
Weird Similarity
mithu542   4
N 2 hours ago by EthanNg6
Is it just me or are the 2023 national sprint #21 and 2025 state target #4 strangely similar?
[quote=2023 Natioinal Sprint #21] A right triangle with integer side lengths has perimeter $N$ feet and area $N$ ft^2. What is the arithmetic mean of all possible values of $N$?[/quote]
[quote=2025 State Target #4]Suppose a right triangle has an area of 20 cm^2 and a perimeter of 40 cm. What is
the length of the hypotenuse, in centimeters?[/quote]
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mithu542
Apr 18, 2025
EthanNg6
2 hours ago
pqr/uvw convert
Nguyenhuyen_AG   8
N 2 hours ago by Victoria_Discalceata1
Source: https://github.com/nguyenhuyenag/pqr_convert
Hi everyone,
As we know, the pqr/uvw method is a powerful and useful tool for proving inequalities. However, transforming an expression $f(a,b,c)$ into $f(p,q,r)$ or $f(u,v,w)$ can sometimes be quite complex. That's why I’ve written a program to assist with this process.
I hope you’ll find it helpful!

Download: pqr_convert

Screenshot:
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Nguyenhuyen_AG
Apr 19, 2025
Victoria_Discalceata1
2 hours ago
Inspired by hlminh
sqing   2
N 2 hours ago by SPQ
Source: Own
Let $ a,b,c $ be real numbers such that $ a^2+b^2+c^2=1. $ Prove that $$ |a-kb|+|b-kc|+|c-ka|\leq \sqrt{3k^2+2k+3}$$Where $ k\geq 0 . $
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sqing
Yesterday at 4:43 AM
SPQ
2 hours ago
A cyclic inequality
KhuongTrang   3
N 2 hours ago by KhuongTrang
Source: own-CRUX
IMAGE
https://cms.math.ca/.../uploads/2025/04/Wholeissue_51_4.pdf
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KhuongTrang
Monday at 4:18 PM
KhuongTrang
2 hours ago
Tiling rectangle with smaller rectangles.
MarkBcc168   60
N 3 hours ago by cursed_tangent1434
Source: IMO Shortlist 2017 C1
A rectangle $\mathcal{R}$ with odd integer side lengths is divided into small rectangles with integer side lengths. Prove that there is at least one among the small rectangles whose distances from the four sides of $\mathcal{R}$ are either all odd or all even.

Proposed by Jeck Lim, Singapore
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MarkBcc168
Jul 10, 2018
cursed_tangent1434
3 hours ago
ALGEBRA INEQUALITY
Tony_stark0094   2
N 3 hours ago by Sedro
$a,b,c > 0$ Prove that $$\frac{a^2+bc}{b+c} + \frac{b^2+ac}{a+c} + \frac {c^2 + ab}{a+b} \geq a+b+c$$
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Tony_stark0094
4 hours ago
Sedro
3 hours ago
Checking a summand property for integers sufficiently large.
DinDean   2
N 3 hours ago by DinDean
For any fixed integer $m\geqslant 2$, prove that there exists a positive integer $f(m)$, such that for any integer $n\geqslant f(m)$, $n$ can be expressed by a sum of positive integers $a_i$'s as
\[n=a_1+a_2+\dots+a_m,\]where $a_1\mid a_2$, $a_2\mid a_3$, $\dots$, $a_{m-1}\mid a_m$ and $1\leqslant a_1<a_2<\dots<a_m$.
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DinDean
Yesterday at 5:21 PM
DinDean
3 hours ago
Bunnies hopping around in circles
popcorn1   22
N 3 hours ago by awesomeming327.
Source: USA December TST for IMO 2023, Problem 1 and USA TST for EGMO 2023, Problem 1
There are $2022$ equally spaced points on a circular track $\gamma$ of circumference $2022$. The points are labeled $A_1, A_2, \ldots, A_{2022}$ in some order, each label used once. Initially, Bunbun the Bunny begins at $A_1$. She hops along $\gamma$ from $A_1$ to $A_2$, then from $A_2$ to $A_3$, until she reaches $A_{2022}$, after which she hops back to $A_1$. When hopping from $P$ to $Q$, she always hops along the shorter of the two arcs $\widehat{PQ}$ of $\gamma$; if $\overline{PQ}$ is a diameter of $\gamma$, she moves along either semicircle.

Determine the maximal possible sum of the lengths of the $2022$ arcs which Bunbun traveled, over all possible labellings of the $2022$ points.

Kevin Cong
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popcorn1
Dec 12, 2022
awesomeming327.
3 hours ago
k Mathcounts State Sprint Scores
kp34912   29
N Mar 31, 2025 by TiguhBabeHwo
I am practicing previous years' MathCount papers, but they seem to get progressively harder each year.

So, for those of you who scored well in Mathcounts, how many sprint questions are/were you able to do in State/Nationals?

I want to get a sense of where I stand.

Thanks in advance!
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kp34912
Mar 27, 2025
TiguhBabeHwo
Mar 31, 2025
Mathcounts State Sprint Scores
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I am practicing previous years' MathCount papers, but they seem to get progressively harder each year.

So, for those of you who scored well in Mathcounts, how many sprint questions are/were you able to do in State/Nationals?

I want to get a sense of where I stand.

Thanks in advance!
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wait do you mean problems you were able to do or you got correct

because i sillied around 9 points at 2024 nats (from 33 to 24)
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I believe more recent tests are more difficult. For earlier years like 2000-2015, I mock 44-46(because of sillies). For later years, I mock 34-39. (For nationals)
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Thanks guys.....those are some really great scores!

Can you give some pointers as how to improve the speed and accuracy? I am kinda hitting a stone wall....getting frustrating
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kp34912 wrote:
I am practicing previous years' MathCount papers, but they seem to get progressively harder each year.

So, for those of you who scored well in Mathcounts, how many sprint questions are/were you able to do in State/Nationals?

I want to get a sense of where I stand.

Thanks in advance!

I did 20 at nats, 23 at state last year
but I think I improved this year :D
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@above what aintnoway you had a 23 states

personally had 36 states and 29 nats last year, if i could actually do sprint my scores would be much higher :sigh:
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sillied like 7 times in nats sprint but guessed one right
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fruitmonster97 wrote:
@above what aintnoway you had a 23 states

personally had 36 states and 29 nats last year, if i could actually do sprint my scores would be much higher :sigh:

no he's talking about his sprint score. 23 state sprint. 20 nats sprint

I went from 15 sprint state to 15 sprint nats lock in

however target 2/8

got me a 19 total score/46 which was like 125th is i dont remmeber exactly
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bro how do you guys get so smart :( i mock ~30 total on nats from after 2020 :( :( :(
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bro how do you guys get so smart :( i mock ~30 total on nats from after 2020 :( :( :(


i got 15 on state sprint last year and 19 on nats total. BS2012 is the smart orz cdr qual

I went from 35 chapter 25 states 19 nats
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@above what aintnoway you had a 23 states

personally had 36 states and 29 nats last year, if i could actually do sprint my scores would be much higher :sigh:

rbo he was asking for just sprint not sprint+2*target :skull:
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i mock ~20 on sprint :skull: and then i sell target :more skull:
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fruitmonster97 wrote:
@above what aintnoway you had a 23 states

personally had 36 states and 29 nats last year, if i could actually do sprint my scores would be much higher :sigh:

rbo he was asking for just sprint not sprint+2*target :skull:


can you explain what rbo means idk all this aops slang
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fruitmonster97
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oh whoops

22 state and 17 nats im target main(14 and 12)
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Soupboy0
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i suck at target are there any tips to get better
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DhruvJha
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i suck at target are there any tips to get better

on each page there are light problems(odd numbered problems) and then there are harder probs(easy probs). So plan of action is to do the light ones first in like 2 mins and use the other 4 mins for the hard one
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yeah but how do u do the hard ones
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Chapter: 23 on sprint and 12 on target(2025) (we don't talk about my silly on #4) and a combined score of 35 in 2024
[redacted] an 18 combined score in 2024
Nationals: mocked 2018 and got a 35(23 on sprint and 12 on target (should I be concerned???))
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Chapter: 23 on sprint and 12 on target(we don't talk about my silly on #4)
State: 21 on sprint and 14 on target
Nationals: mocked 2018 and got a 35(23 on sprint and 12 on target (should I be concerned???))

no with that score distrib you would land yourself 6th in nats written wise
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Hanruz
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bro how do you guys get so smart :( i mock ~30 total on nats from after 2020 :( :( :(

My advice is to just do a lot of mocks. Last year, I got a 29 on the state round and didn't even make top 12(NY). This year I did every past National and State round from 2000-2023. Even though there were a couple of people better than me, I still got first because I did way more practice tests than them.
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bro how do you guys get so smart :( i mock ~30 total on nats from after 2020 :( :( :(

30 nats this past year was top 35-ish. That is very good.
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how do you get nats tests from after 2017? i cant find them online
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iwastedmyusername wrote:
how do you get nats tests from after 2017? i cant find them online

you buy them or go to that years nats competition
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Andyluo
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BS2012 wrote:
iwastedmyusername wrote:
how do you get nats tests from after 2017? i cant find them online

you buy them or go to that years nats competition

or you know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who gives you all 2018-2024 tests in a nice pdf. :)
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derekwang2048
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@above + @2above plz edit posts so that no one sees
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programjames1
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Soupboy0 wrote:
i suck at target are there any tips to get better

Solve AIME problems. Once you can regularly solve problems 1–10, give yourself five minutes per problem.
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ethan2011
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programjames1 wrote:
Soupboy0 wrote:
i suck at target are there any tips to get better

Solve AIME problems. Once you can regularly solve problems 1–10, give yourself five minutes per problem.

*Solve AIME problems using a calculator. It's so nice to have one, especially for all the people that missed JMO because of arithmetic errors.
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nmlikesmath
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i mock around 20s on state sprint rounds
2017 and 2023 were hard, 2019 and 2022 were relatively easy compared to the other ones
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hashbrown2009
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Meh, 6th grade got 36 at states, 24+12. No nats qual rip
7th grade, 39 states 25+14 Nats got 22 :/
8th grade: 41 states 27+14 Nats got like 30ish something

To practice State Sprint, do AMC10 and AMC12 and time yourself in terms of MathCounts time. For last 5ish u can use AIME problems.
Target, same as above except allow a calculator and make the problems harder.
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TiguhBabeHwo
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6th: 19, no nats badge
7th: 24 state 21 natsbadge
8th: 25 state (omg) 22 natsbadge
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