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Enrichment • Series

Writing a Mock AMC (American Mathematics Competitions)

Taiki A

Series Details

Sessions

Public Discussion

This series ended on October 23, 2022. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

Series Details

About

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.

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

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

Dates

June 22 - October 23

Learners

4 / 30

Total Sessions

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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Upcoming Sessions

Past Sessions

Jun

Session 1

Enrichment

Wed Jun 22, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this first session, I will go over some examples of popular mock AMC contests on AoPS, go through each one, and analyze what I see they do well. Due to timing, we may end up discussing other topics or even end the session early.

Jun

Session 2

Enrichment

Fri Jun 24, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this second session, I will go over what things are important when deciding to write your own mock AMC. I will also introduce the Art of Problem Solving forums and create one for our group.

Jul

Session 3

Enrichment

Fri Jul 1, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this third session, I will go over key points with "testsolving" a mock AMC. Some key points to look out for are realism and difficulty control, on top of how enjoyable the problems are.

Jul

Session 4

Enrichment

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this fourth session, I will go over some key points when figuring out how to write AMC problems. We will be going over both what is recommended and what is not recommended. I will also ask everyone to come up with at least one problem on their own for practice, and I will give feedback on it.

Jul

Session 5

Enrichment

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this fifth session, we will be going over problems which you have written for homework. I will also give feedback and more tips as we go along.

Jul

Session 6

Enrichment

Fri Jul 15, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this sixth session, we will continue to write problems for a mock AMC 8.

Jul

Session 7

Enrichment

Mon Jul 18, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this seventh session, we will continue to write problems for a mock AMC 8.

Jul

Session 8

Enrichment

Wed Jul 20, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this eighth session, I will go over how to compile and order the problems on Overleaf. Although this site will seem intimidating at first, I will provide you with a recommended template, and placing the problems on the document should be easier than it looks.

Jul

Session 9

Enrichment

Fri Jul 22, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this ninth session, we should hopefully have a decent number of written problems for our mock AMC 8. We will go over which problems we should use for our test.

Jul

Session 10

Enrichment

Mon Jul 25, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this tenth session, we will continue to write problems.

Jul

Session 11

Enrichment

Wed Jul 27, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this eleventh session, we will continue to write problems.

Jul

Session 12

Enrichment

Fri Jul 29, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this twelfth session, we will continue to write problems.

Aug

Session 13

Enrichment

Mon Aug 1, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this thirteenth session, we will continue to write problems.

Aug

Session 14

Enrichment

Mon Aug 8, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this fourteenth session, we will continue to write problems.

Aug

Session 15

Enrichment

Wed Aug 10, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this fifteenth session, we will continue to write problems.

Aug

Session 16

Enrichment

Fri Aug 12, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this sixteenth session, we will continue to write problems.

Aug

Session 17

Enrichment

Mon Aug 15, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this seventeenth session, we will continue to write problems.

Aug

Session 18

Enrichment

Wed Aug 17, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this eighteenth session, we will continue to write problems.

Oct

Session 19

AoPS Math

Sun Oct 23, 2022, 10:30 PM

In this nineteenth session, we will have a surprise reunion!

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