AMC 8/Mathcounts

The class meets once a week for one hour each time. The meetings will take place every Saturday between July 3 and July 31, 2022, for a total of 5 sessions. We meet online, 9:15-10:15 am Pacific Standard Time. 

• 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, gcds and lcms
• 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.
• There will be no assigned homework in this class.
• 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, July 1, 2022 to guarantee your spot in the class.

Please contact me for payment details.