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Revision as of 12:55, 6 July 2012

A Mock AMC is a contest intended to mimic an actual AMC exam. A number of Mock AMC competitions have been hosted on the Art of Problem Solving message boards. They are generally made by one community member and then administered for any of the other community members to take.

Mock AMC's are usually very popular in the months leading up to the actual AMC competition. There is no guarantee that community members will make Mock AMC's in any given year, but it's usually a good bet that someone will.

Tips for Writing a Mock AMC

Anyone can write a Mock AMC and administer it. If you are interested in writing one, here are some tips:

  • Look at past AMC/AHSME tests to get a feel for what kind of problems you should write and what difficulty level they should be.
  • Look at famous theorems and formulas and see if there's any way you can make a good problem out of them.
  • If you're running out of creative juice and decide to pull problems from contests, try using problems from obscure contests first, if possible. This way, even the more experienced test takers will hopefully find problems that they do not already know how to do.
  • Pair up with another user on AoPS and write it together. Two minds are much better than one. With just one person, the problems might be biased toward one subject, but with two people, the chances of this happening are less.

Past Mock AMCs

Listed below are the Mock AMCs which have been hosted over AoPS in the past. All of these links are to message board threads.

2003 - 2004

Author Initial Discussion Rules Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC #1 mathfanatic Initial Discussion Rules Problems 1-5

6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25

Results
Mock AMC #2 mathfanatic Problems Solutions

2004 - 2005

Author Initial Discussion Rules Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC A JSRosen3 Initial Discussion Rules Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC B Rep123max Initial Discussion Rules Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC C beta Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC D JGeneson Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC E joml88 Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC F beta Initial Discussion Problems
Mock AMC G Silverfalcon Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC H joml88 Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC I Lucky707 Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC J Silverfalcon Problems Discussion
Mock AMC K white_horse_king88 Initial Discussion Problems
Mock AMC 8 mathfanatic Problems Answers

2005 - 2006

Author Initial Discussion Rules Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC A Rep123max Initial Discussion Rules Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC B Silverfalcon Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC C amirhtlusa Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC D amirhtlusa Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC E Silverfalcon Initial Discussion Problems Answers Discussion

2006 - 2007

Author Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC A chess64 Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC B mustafa Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC C Anirudh Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC D calc rulz Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC E rnwang2 Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC F mysmartmouth Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC G paladin8 Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC 8 13375P34K43V312 Initial Discussion Problems Answers

2007 - 2008

Author Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC A Silverfalcon Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion

2008 - 2009

Mock AMC 10 #H34N1 Initial Discussion Problems Results/Discussion

2009 - 2010

Author Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC A gfour84 Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC B MathTwo Initial Discussion Problems Results/Discussion
Mock AMC C AwesomeToad Initial Discussion Problems Results
Mock AMC 10 agentcx Problems

2010 - 2011

Author Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC A Caelestor Initial Discussion Problems Discussion
Mock AMC 10 Caelestor Problems

2011 - 2012

Author Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC A python123 Initial Discussion Problems Results/Discussion
Mock AMC B Diehard Initial Discussion Problems Answers Discussion
Mock AMC 10 Lord.of.AMC Problems Answers/Results

2012 - 2013

Author Initial Discussion Problems Answers Results/Discussion
Mock AMC A Binomial-theorem Initial Discussion Problems Solutions Results

See also