AMC 8/Mathcounts

The class meets once a week for one hour each time. Tentative schedule:Saturdays, 

3 - 4 pm Pacific Standard Time. All sessions are recorded and available for playback and download immediately after class.  

• Arithmetic with integers, fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, percents, and square roots
• Exponents and laws of exponents
• Elementary number theory: divisibility rules, prime factorization, divisors and multiples, gcd and lcm
• Linear equations and inequalities
• Ratios, rates (including distance/time/speed), proportions
• Counting and probability
• Reading and interpreting graphs; mean, median, mode, and range
• Basic euclidean geometry and space visualization (including parallel lines crossed by transversals, congruent and similar triangles, the Pythagorean Theorem and applications, areas of plane figure, and surface area and volumes of three-dimensional solids)

• Instructor's notes (no textbooks required)
• Prerequisites: familiarity with the above listed topics and interest in improving your problem-solving skills and expanding your mathematical horizon

Supplemental material:

• Past AMC 8 exams can be found at:  https://artofproblemsolving.com/wiki/index.php/AMC_8_Problems_and_Solutions 
• The Mathcounts website has free downloads of the previous year's competitions:  https://www.mathcounts.org/programs/competition-series/past-competitions 

• This class is ideal for students looking to participate in upcoming AMC 8/Mathcounts or other middle school math competitions. Yet, anyone in grades 6-8 interested in some fun and exciting math and looking to stay way above grade level is welcome and encouraged to sign-up.
• The problems discussed in class are from previous AMC 8/Mathcounts exams, or from other middle school competitions from around the world that are similar in content and style with AMC 8/Mathcounts.
• Space is limited, but a minimum number of participants is required to run the class. In the event the class is canceled due to low enrollment, your payment will be refunded in full within 24 hours.

Please consider signing-up on or before Friday, August 29, 2020 to guarantee your spot in the class. This is one of my most popular classes, and fills up quickly.

I accept personal checks or electronic payments through Paypal or Zelle.

I offer a 20% discount for siblings. 

Previous and current Sega Math Academy students: $100 off (please email me first to take advantage of this offer)