The AMC course comprises a series of competitions in high school and middle school mathematics. The main aim of the course is to strengthen the skills of the next generation of thinkers, analysts and mathematicians using classroom resources that culminate in friendly competitions.
AMC comprises three levels of competition – AMC 12, AMC, 10 and AMC 8. However, that isn’t to say that the exams can help in boosting the resume of the practitioner. Participants gain the advantage of developing a positive attitude towards mathematics and problem-solving that can help in their careers. Each year, statistics show that more than three hundred and fifty students from thousands of schools in the US participate in these competitions.
AMC 8
This is a forty-minute competition for middle school students in the eighth grade or below who are under fourteen years and six months old on competition day. It also consists of twenty-five multiple-choice questions on topics that are of the middle school math curriculum.
The topics could cover elementary geometry including counting, Pythagorean, spatial visualization, probability, interpreting graphs, proportional reasoning and tables. There may be questions about coordinate geometry, quadratic function, linear and basic algebra.
During AMC prep and exams, the use of calculators has been prohibited since 2008. This means that there are no problems that need calculators. The only thing that learners are allowed to carry to the competition is blank graph papers, compasses, scratch papers, and erasers.
AMC 12 and AMC 10
The AMC 12 and AMC 10 are both seventy-five-minute multiple choice competition examinations for high school math that consist of twenty-five questions each. 10th-grade or below students who are under the age of seventeen years and six months on competition day can take the AMC 10 exam.
Students in the 12th grade or below, under the age of nineteen years and six months old are eligible for the AMC 12 exam.
On the other hand, AMC 10 covers all math topics up to the tenth grade such as volume formulas, elementary algebra, elementary number theory, basic geometry, and elementary probability. On the other hand, the AMC 12 course covers the entire high school mathematics curriculum including advanced geometry, trigonometry, and advanced algebra.
The entire AMC course does not permit the use of calculators. Only rulers, bank scratch paper, erasers, and compasses may be used. Scoring for the AMC 12 and AMC 10 is based on the number of questions that have been answered correctly plus the number of answers that are blank.
Correct answers have six points each whilst every unanswered question has 1.5 points. Incorrect answers do not have any fines.