Writing a Mock AMC (American Mathematics Competitions)

Taiki A

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Preface: This course will NOT be going over problem solving techniques for the AMC. In the future, I will be hosting a course dedicated to that, but this course is specifically about writing a mock AMC, not taking one.

In this course, we will be going over some key ideas in deciding to write and organize a mock AMC on the AoPS Mock Contests forum (or somewhere else). Some topics we will be covering are how to brainstorm ideas, how to write AMC problems, how to organize a test, and more. I will also be adding topics with questions which students may have. We will not require specific math experience, but it is recommended that you have taken the AMC 8/10/12 at least once. We will also be using Overleaf when constructing the test. By the end of the course, we should have a finished mock AMC 8 containing problems which the class and I have written. We will start with five sessions, but it is very likely that I will add more than that.

This course will be collaborative; everyone taking this course will be focused on one ultimate project - creating a mock AMC 8. Furthermore, this course will encourage giving feedback to other people's problem proposals, since this is a key component in the problem writing process.

Each session will last for around 30 minutes.

Tutor Qualifications

I have released many mock AMC competitions on the AoPS Mock Contests forum on the AoPS website, most notably the De Mathematics Competitions (DMC), over the past two years. I have received feedback from test-takers, most of which is positive feedback on the quality of the problems.

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You are free to attend or miss as many sessions as you would like.

Dates

June 22 - October 23

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4 / 30

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About the Tutor

Hi! My name is Taiki (he/him), and I am a college undergraduate student double majoring in math and computer science and minoring in Japanese. For fun, I like to solve competition math problems, learn Japanese, play the electric guitar, and draw.

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