USAMO studying

[uncool]

Hey guys, I'm about to take the USAMO. what would you suggest for me to study?

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[dan19_83]

Do you want to tell us what the USAMO is?!! never heard of it

[uncool]

usamo - American competition, part of a 4-part competition.

Starts with the AMC (American math competition) 10/12, goes to AIME (American invitational mathematics exam), goes to USAMO (USA mathematical olympiad) goes to IMO (International math olympiad). IMO is a math competition with 6 people from each country competing on teams. USAMO has 250 kids coming from various parts of the US. Site is: http://www.unl.edu/amc

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[Dave]

Personally, I hate these kind of things (I did the British equivalent and failed miserably ) but the best way of training for these things is to tackle lots of past questions. They're written in a certain style - you can train yourself to a certain extent. I never saw the appeal personally.

[dan19_83]

Personally, I hate these kind of things (I did the British equivalent and failed miserably ) but the best way of training for these things is to tackle lots of past questions. They're written in a certain style - you can train yourself to a certain extent. I never saw the appeal personally.

 

 

I agree. Whenever i'm study for a maths tests i just do as many examples of the questions as possible. I never try and learn formulas. If you do enough questions, the formulas will be planted firmly in your head