<p>So I've been invited to take the test... was wondering how in the world one studies for the test, and what classes(Alg1 through.. ?) are on the tests? Two example questions that are provided don't really give me a ball park, if that makes sense. Is it like Math IIC on the SAT?</p>
<p>You take the AMC 8/10/12 first, and depending on how well you do, you may advance. </p>
<p>Here are some questions:
<a href="http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e6-amc12/archive12.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e6-amc12/archive12.shtml</a>
<a href="http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e5-amc10/archive10.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e5-amc10/archive10.shtml</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.mathlinks.ro%5B/url%5D">www.mathlinks.ro</a> is a whole forum dedicated to all levels of these competitions.</p>
<p>Check out these:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/AboutUs/AoPS_A_About.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/AboutUs/AoPS_A_About.php</a> (lots of great information here, as well as forums to discuss math)
<a href="http://www.usamts.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.usamts.org/</a>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematics_Competitions%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Mathematics_Competitions</a></p>
<p>Ask your teacher if he/she has the "Art of Problem Solving" books you can use to study.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mathlinks.ro/Forum/resources.php?c=182&sid=d3bc5e477d0c41901639234e00e839b8%5B/url%5D">http://www.mathlinks.ro/Forum/resources.php?c=182&sid=d3bc5e477d0c41901639234e00e839b8</a>
This holds a large number of practice problems.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks</p>
<p>how do u get invited to take these tests?</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that anyone can take the AMC 10 / AMC 12 (well, you have to be in 10th grade or below to take the 10).</p>
<p>And then taking the AIME and the USAMO depend on how well you've done on previous contests.</p>
<p>How experienced are those who do well in AMC12? Such as, what classes do you usually take in high school to be able to compete in such a competition?</p>
<p>Anyone can take it and if you're in a math club like Mu Alpha Theta, usually everyone in the club takes it. There was only one kid in my school last year that made it past the first round and that was as far as he got. I know that his SAT score was 1530/1600 in 11th grade. He is extremely good at math.</p>
<p>Alright, but in order to solve the problems, how advanced should your knowledge in math should be? The problems involve Calculus, etc?</p>
<p>^ya u need to be able to set up differential equations and solve them (on the level of schroedinger equation and navier-stokes equation)</p>
<p>also, a strong foundation in real and complex analysis is needed. </p>
<p>btw, these are for amc 10. the amc 12 has much more difficult problems. also, don't feel surprised if several problems start going to higher dimensions, and you need to solve for area/volume of hypercubes, etc etc</p>
<p>So basically if you are a junior in Algebra II, this type of test is out of the ballpark completely?</p>
<p>A-san,</p>
<p>Absolutely not.</p>
<p>Hey fabrizio, thanks for the reply. Can you please elaborate? :)</p>
<p>You absolutely do not need anything beyond precalculus for AMC10/12. It is a high school contest and is based on high school math, albeit in a exponentially more rigorous manner. You need some basic geometry, algebra and number theory and good problem solving skills.</p>
<p>Coolphreak, you have no idea what you are talking about.</p>
<p>I believe coolphreak was joking. As far as the level, you need to have a solid foundation with Geometry, Algebra II and Pre-Calculus including knowing all of the formulas and be able to manipulate them to fit the problem.</p>