also were the first three problems on the challenge part all Es? sorry if you discussed this already but i found it kinda sketchy
the first one was the ratio one, that was 5/4
the second one was 15, sadly i forget the problem
the only other problems i do remember are:
14 with the ■■■■■ 0 year old - 102
15 with the acid solution - 25%
xxx with the base that was not base 10 - 8
xxx with the circle and the line on the coordinate plane - 2
xxx with the circle and the chord perpendicular to the radius - 12sqrt3
xxx with the man running and walking at 4 mph - 9/4
xxx with (another) man who walked 1/2 a mile slower and faster - 15 miles
and the 10a/r rate question, as well as the 15 coins one (was that #3?)
also they don’t make the same test every year, right? too many people talk about the answers and they don’t control that (do they?)
@ADITYAEMPIRE actually? so next year, the age problem won’t have newborns? dammit ;-;
however they didn’t tell us not to talk about the test, which is questionable
i guess i’ll see next year
i’m guessing someone told you that? you’re a freshman right?
they have a contest held there every year and they make new problems for each of those tests. i’m guessing the two programs don’t collaborate that often.
or they could just choose to keep the problems the same for consistency. idk
Hey, thanks for replying. I had trouble throughout most of the challenge math section, specifically questions about painting a cube’s sides and how many miles a man walked.
@56Student2022 The Challenge Math is not comparable to the AMC, not even the AMC 8. I’ve seen the AMC back to around 1995 and the level is entirely different. The SHP math is a lot more like extra-credit questions you can get on your school math test.
Hi, new to the thread but
I’m a sophomore and I was wondering if I could get in if i do relatively “well” on the challenge section (13/15) but not so good on the others (42-45/50, ??/60) will I be able to get in? (I’m not so good at doing easy questions fast lol, I’m a pretty slow test taker).
@ADITYAEMPIRE wait the first problem and the problems with men walking are pretty AMC 8 level, imo
definitely low-level amc 8 (and kind of uninspired) but still amc 8
also the sorta low-quality age problem probably wouldn’t be on any amc lol @56Student2022 the cubes problem needed something like spatial reasoning? or prior experience, of course. you needed to visualize what you needed to count, or if you’ve seen the problem before you could just apply what you did already. it’s always good to be able to retrace what you’ve done, though
the man’s walking distance problem required you to be able to put the problem into equations. it was a rate problem, the first equation gave you his speed and the second one his distance. it’s word problem algebra.
personally i would recommend looking at “art of problem solving” it’s a great resource
it seems the problems you told me about have to do with understanding what the problem is asking you to do more than actually doing it? i could be wrong. anyone else have advice?
amc is good too, i would recommend 8 for now