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Mathcounts state/national level problems

June 8th, 2013 AMC-10 A

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This Week's Work : Week 17 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

Part I work : Algebra : Quadratic Equations from AoPS VideosIntroductory level : Factoring Quadratics part 1Factoring Quadratics part 2Online worksheets to practice basic skills from...

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This Week's Work : Week 18 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

Rate * Time = Distance From Mathcounts MiniRate, time, distance questions From my blog : Remember the SAT harder math questions we went over last night. There are 4 solutions at least. Target level...

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This Week's Work : Week 19 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

Hi, progress report and part II online timed test will be sent out through e-mail. Pascal's triangle never fails to delight you (and me).There are even more secrets that are waited to be explored. Stay...

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This Week's Work : Week 20 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

This week's part 1 work ; par 2 work online timed test will be sent out through e-mail. Pascal's Identity from AoPsIntroducing the Binomial Theorem from AoPsProving the Binomial Theorem with Algebra...

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This Week's Work : Week 21 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

Part I work for this week: Last week's online timed test: Try the problems you didn't get the first time or you spent too long to solve. Check the different methods to tackle the same problem and see...

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Problems, Answer Key and Detailed Solutions by Students 1

Questions by my young mathletes

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This Week's Work : Week 22 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

Part I work : Sunday group can go directly to the links for young mathletes. Some of you write pretty good rate, time distance word problems. I'll point them here soon. Stay tuned...Part II class notes...

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This Week's Work : Week 23 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

Sticks and Stones Method to answer question such as : How many ordered triples (x, y, z) of natural numbers satisfy x + y + z = 5 ?x + y + z = 5  and x, y, z are natural numbers (given)You can look at...

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Solution to One Mathcounts National Team Round Question

Question: Each of the 6 petal flower is to be painted one of two colors. In how many different ways can this be don't? (Two flowers are the same only if one can be obtained from another by rotating the...

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This Week's Work : Week 24 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

Hi, Thanks for visiting my blog. Please also check out another new blog featuring my students' independent, creative projects from the very young to high school students. Students Speak MagazinePlease...

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Problem Solving Strategies: Descending and Ascending numbers

Check out Mathcounts here, the best competition math program for middle school students. Download this year's Mathcounts handbook here.#1: 02-03 Mathcouts handbook question: A five-digit number is...

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This Week's Work : Week 25 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

Part I work : See below. Part II work will be sent out through e-mail, but some of you are ready for the AMC-8 (near perfect) and Mathcountsharder chapter/challenging state/national prep. YEAH !! From...

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This Week's Work : Week 26 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

Part I work for this week: Part II online timed test will be sent out through e-mail. Relationships Between a Box's Dimensions, Volume and Surface from Mathcounts Mini You can skip the tedious method...

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This Week's Work : Week 27 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

This week's work : First of all, some of you will receive e-mails/notes/links targeting your weakness. Remember, we are a team and we help each other grow as better problem solvers. 2012 Mathcounts...

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3 - D Geometry and harder AMCs, AIME links

For Mathcounts advanced group -- harder  Mathcounts State/National problem on 3-D geometry :                                 (Thanks, Spencer, for the suggestions.)From Mathcounts Mini :Using...

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Chicken, Rabbit Questions : Algebra Without Using Variables

The problems below are much easier so if you are preparing for the state, try the online timed test here.Just write down random name to enter the test site is fine. At the end of the test, you'll see...

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This Week's Work : Week 28 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

Oh, dear, even the assistants got the 3-D dimensional change questions wrong.It's amazing to see how fast and accurately you can solve the last 5 harder 2010 schoolround questions even when I change...

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For Young Mathletes : I

Games to practice simplifying fractionsLink to practice fraction conversions: Please focus on 10%, 15%, 20 %, 50%, harder ones like 25% (the same as 1/4), 1% (move the decimal two places to the...

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This Week's Work : Week 29 - for Inquisitive Young Mathletes

Thanks for visiting  my site !! Please vote for Vinjai and his friend's project. Vinjai and his friend have been working on a project called: IntentSense: A bionic glove for amputee. Their paper got...

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