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What is the AIME Contest
The AIME (American Invitational Math Examination) is a math contest organized by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The AIME contest contains 15 questions that must be completed within 3 hours. Each answer is a 3 digit integer from 000 - 999. There is no penalty for guessing but there is only a 1 in 1000 chance of guessing something correctly.
Who can take the AIME
To take the AIME, you must qualify based on your score on AMC 10 or AMC 12 contest. The top 10 - 15% on the AMC 12 and the top 5 - 10% on the AMC 10 are invited to take the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME).
You can also qualify for AIME from USAMTS (USA Mathematical Talent Search), which is a proof based competition with 3 rounds over 3 months. However, this is much harder than making it through the AMC 10/12. Even if you qualify for AIME through USAMTS, it will be much harder to qualify for USA(J)MO as the index for USAMTS is "100 times the USAMTS score divided by 75" so your maximum index will be 100 (compared to AMC max score of 150), and you would need to score very high on AIME to have any chance at USA(J)MO qualification.
Where can you take the AIME
The AIME must be taken at the same center where you took the AMC 10/12, which helped you qualify for the AIME.
