AMC8/10

American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 8/10 - Fall 2023

Classroom:  Zoom online

Class Time: 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM, Every Sunday

Pre-requirements:

Students should:

• Be willing to learn
• Have experience with arithmetic, solving basic one variable linear equations, and basic aspects of geometry.
• Be responsible, do the assigned homework, and ask questions.

Textbook: N/A, teacher will distribute handouts

Course Description: 

Teach students important problem-solving strategies for the AMC 8/10 competitions.

Help students develop their problem-solving skills and ability to tackle challenging AMC 8/10 problems.

Help students develop a passion for math competitions.

Schedules of Teaching Topics 

Polynomials and functions.

Recurrence Relationships.

Vieta’s Formulas.

Pythagorean Theorem and similar triangles.

Coordinate Geometry.

Properties of circles.

Counting/probability techniques.

Principle of inclusion-exclusion (PIE).

Basic Recursion.

Conditional Probability.

Combinatorial Identities.

Finding units digits.

Working in different bases.

Chinese Remainder Theorem.