Art of Problem Solving (AoPS)

GaussianInteger
Mon, 07 May 2012 22:56:53 +0000

If you just want one of their books, I’d get AoPS Volume II. It has a solutions guide with explanations to all the problems, and it covers almost everything you need to know to do well on the AMC and AIME tests. (I’m not as familiar with Volume I, but I think it’s more geared towards MATHCOUNTS-type problems.) I spent most of the summer before my junior year working through that book, and my ability to solve competition problems jumped up rapidly. It’s well written and has a wide range of problem difficulties. The AoPS website also has online classes in a variety of subjects, including prep specifically for the AMC 10.