<p>Would someone please explain what you need to qualify for the next level? What's this 5% thing that people talk about?</p>
<p>sweet, i got 13 right, 0 wrong, 12 omitted, that's a 108.</p>
<p>And the AIME is the next test after the AMC. If you get above a 100 or if you are in the top 5% of the people who scored, then you qualify for the AIME. And that test is like 3 hours for 15 questions. Sounds pretty crazy.</p>
<p>FAKEOUT</p>
<p>I still maintain that a die (di?) has no dots on a side it doesn't count as a side with an even number of dots.</p>
<p>Patrick : It certainly doesn't have odd number of dots. So it's excluded
Technically, 0 is considered even.
If you still feel strongly about this, contact AMC director.</p>
<p>Well, I guess I wasn't thinking strictly mathematically about it, which was a mistake.</p>
<p>i got a 109, 14 right 1 wrong 10 omitted i was pleased. I could have done better and could have done worse i think it may be the best in my school so i am happy. I messed up that die with the even and odd number of dots i got it right after the test though but would have been cool to get a 115.</p>
<p>I knew somebody was going to be screwed over with that die problem (0 -- omit or even?) I thought it should've been a bit more clear.</p>
<p>you have to count the total number of dots for even and total number of dots for odd, 12 and 9, total 21. removing one gives 11 dots and the answer is 11/21. I shoulda answered that one.</p>
<p>To anyone has managed to score well on the AIME:</p>
<p>Last year, after barely qualifying for the AIME, I came out of the test with a 1. Thankfully, I've qualified again, but I still have no idea how to do most of the AIME problems. My question to you people is: given a month to prepare, is there any way for me to do significantly better this year? And if so, how would you recommend that I study for it?</p>
<p>sorry patrick, 0 is an even number</p>
<p>Yeah, it's an even number but I just wasn't thinking of a blank side as a side with an even number of dots, so I omitted it. It would have helped to have that clarification.</p>
<p>Aww man, I got an 86.5 (9 right 3 wrong). Even though I scored extremely well on SAT I and II Math tests, this is a totally different ballgame. Nevertheless I improved from last year, and it's not bad considering I was sick on the test day.</p>
<p>I got 12 right and 3 wrong (98). I worked out 14 and guessed on the 15th one because i was aiming for 100. I was showing someone how i worked out a couple of questions on my calculator after the test was over and came up with different answers then i did when i was taking the test, even though both times i used the exact same process. Turns out that the answers I obtained after the test was over were the right ones. Amazing that both times when I made errors entering my work into the calculator during the test, I came up with answers that were possible choices. Anyone know if that has any chance of qualifying for aime?</p>
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Last year, after barely qualifying for the AIME, I came out of the test with a 1. Thankfully, I've qualified again, but I still have no idea how to do most of the AIME problems. My question to you people is: given a month to prepare, is there any way for me to do significantly better this year?
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<p>Meso -
you can take a crash course or buy books meant to help you prepare at <a href="http://www.artofproblemsolving.com%5B/url%5D">www.artofproblemsolving.com</a>
you can also download old AIMEs at <a href="http://www.kalva.demon.co.uk/aime.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.kalva.demon.co.uk/aime.html</a></p>
<p>A lot of AIME problems have some trick to them that makes it easy if you look at it the right way. The tricks tend to repeat. Going through a lot of problems and having someone show you how to do it, or reading the solution to figure out how it was done, will help you get the hang of them.</p>
<p>I took the AMC 10 A, I think I did pretty well, but our school may do the AMC 12B Maybe...</p>
<p>any 12B takers</p>
<p>I will be taking the 12 B.</p>