AMC is the abbreviation of American Mathematical Competition, which was founded by American Mathematical Association. 1950. Problems range from simple to difficult, so that students at any level can feel the challenge and screen out people with unique talents. This competition is developed for all students who love mathematics. AMC is divided into AMC 12, AMC 10 and AMC8. Participants are middle school students in grades 12, 10 and 8.
AMC is generally held in February every year, divided into two parts: A and B (the knowledge points are basically the same, but there are no repeated questions). The examination time is 75 minutes, and there are 25 questions, all of which are multiple-choice questions. Fill in the answer sheet with 2B pencil, with 6 points for correct answer, 0 point for wrong answer, 0 point for no answer 1.5 point, out of 65438+. You can't use a calculator in the exam. This tournament started for the first time, starting from 1950, and was later renamed. In 2008, the 59th tournament was held.
Introduction to the competition:
The United States is a country that joined IMO relatively late, and 1974 began to join IMO. However, in the United States, math competitions have a very long history. As early as 1938, there was a math contest for college students in the United States. The American Mathematics Competition for Middle School Students (AHSME for short) started at 1950, and now it has become an international mathematics competition, with many countries including China taking part. Starting from 1983, the American Mathematics Invitational Tournament (AIME for short) will be held.
Mathematical competition is one of the effective means to discover mathematical talents. Mathematics competition in the modern sense began in Hungary. Most of the winners of some major mathematics competitions have made great achievements in their later careers. Therefore, all developed countries in the world attach great importance to mathematics competitions. In recent ten years, the mathematics competition in middle schools in China has developed vigorously, with increasing influence. Especially, middle school students in China have climbed to the top many times in the most influential and highest-level international mathematical olympiad, and their achievements have attracted worldwide attention.
It is necessary and beneficial to show one's intelligence and know about the competition situation in China through mathematics competition. Competition mathematics is an extension of a subject. The math contest is an activity. Competition mathematics is the standard written language of Olympic mathematics, which is the abbreviation of Olympic mathematics and refers to mathematical problems in general. Olympic mathematics is named after the Olympic movement, and the scientific standard should be called competition mathematics.
Mathematical competition activities are also gradually developed from shallow to deep. In almost every country, mathematical competitions are organized by some famous mathematicians. The test questions are very close to the exercises in the middle school textbooks, and then gradually deepen. Some mathematicians spend more energy on selecting topics and organizing competitions. At this time, the test questions are gradually out of the scope of middle school textbooks. Of course, it is still required to state the questions in elementary mathematical language and solve them by elementary mathematical methods.