<p>there are practice questions online that you can do specifically for AMC</p>
<p>AMC Prep: AOPS 1
AIME Prep: AOPS 2</p>
<p>google up past AMCs and work them and see solutions. And Art of Problem Solving is quality.</p>
<p>I am aroused. Will look into purchasing AOPS 1. Senior year... but better late than never I suppose.</p>
<p>is there any way i can purchase a used copy of AOPS volume 1 or 2?</p>
<p>Trust me, I tried to do that back when I was in 7th grade, and couldn't find any anywhere (no on wants to sell their copies), I would suggest to not waste time looking for one on the web and buying a copy from their website. I have all of their books and they are absolutely amazing! (Well, they suck for prep at all levels higher than AIME, but are great resources for pre-USAMO contests).</p>
<p>found some used ones on Amazon.com but can't be sure if their just the solution manual. I might as well but it from the AOPS website. Though my parents don't think it's a wise investment. Instead they want to buy me an iPod touch...sigh...</p>
<p>and DataBox, how much did the books themselves actually help you? I know you scored pretty well. But was simply due to innate ability? Like right now I score around a 126 on the AMC 10...</p>
<p>so AOPS vol 1 is for amc 12 or just amc 10?</p>
<p>AOPS Volume 1 is good for AMC 8, AMC 10, AMC 12, and easy AIME problems; AOPS Volume 2 is good for difficult AMC 12 and AIME</p>
<p>To be honest, the books are good in solidifying your basic problem solving skills and will easily help you go from a 60 on the AMC to a 100...but beyond that they will probably just increase your score by a couple of points...</p>
<p>In my case, I had done AOPS 1-2 back in middle school, but haven't really looked at any of my AOPS texts since high school began. Although, the books probably helped me develop a strong base in math, I think innate ability also played a crucial role in the AMC. So essentially, it's a combination of practice and natural abilities for me...</p>
<p>so AoPS vol 1 and 2 are a baseline, but after that which books will help get a good score? I mean theres lots of books they recommend, but which ones did you find helpful besides AoPS 1 and 2</p>
<p>so getting the books wouldn't help for me? I guess I should stick to practicing w/ past AMC & AIME tests then....</p>
<p>Um, I actually just practiced past AMC and AIME tests for most of my prep last year (probably less than 5 hours altogether). I didn't do any books for AMC/AIME prep, practically all of them were geared for USAMO prep.<br>
AoPS 1 is a baseline, but AoPS 2 is by no means a base line, it is a relatively high level text.<br>
I think completely doing a couple of AoPS texts would sufficiently prepare you for the AMC and AIME.
@meadow36: You already have a relatively high score on the AMC 10, so I would recommend doing past tests.</p>
<p>It's a good competition, definitely. If you're more science-oriented you should consider the usabo/usnco/usapho circuit too...and usaco if you like informatics.</p>
<p>AMC is too damn easy lol</p>
<p>Do it, since if you do well you can very well add your score to your merit list!</p>
<p>Hmm...if the AMC is so "damn easy" what did you get spideyunlimited? Considering that your location says New Delhi, India; I doubt you have actually taken the AMC, the highest score for anybody from India on the AMC last year was a 90something...that doesn't say far too much...</p>
<p>I've taken practice versions of your national math olympiad, they are about the difficulty of the AIME, so I really doubt that the AMC would be that easy for you....</p>
<p>nope, since our school never told us about AIME, I only got to know of it when i came on CC, which is a few months ago. And I've tried questions from previous years papers which I got by asking few teachers of other schools.
Lol, high school math in India is quite tough dude ;)
Anyway, I'm not here to criticize man, don't flare up. Chill :)</p>
<p>Math rocks all the way ;)</p>
<p>BTW, The highest score is 90 something because most top schools here (in fact, most schools of any type) have no idea about AMC as yet. :)</p>
<p>Don't IIT kids have harvard as their statistical safeties?</p>