• Badges, room and seating information: PKH 244, starting 3:30pm
• Contest AMC 8 and PAMC 10/12, PKH 307, seating 4-4:15pm, contests start at 4:15pm.
  • 4:15pm - ca 4:30pm: introduction, completing the non-answer part of the form, contest material distribution, etc.
  • Duration: AMC 8 - 40 minutes, till ca 5:10pm; PAMC 10/12 - 75 minutes, till ca 5:45pm
• Hospitality room for parents, teachers and guardians: PKH 249, 4pm - 8pm

• Eligibility:
  • AMC 8 - grades 8 and below, 14.5 years of age or younger on the day of the contest
  • PAMC10/12 - grades 12 and below
• Additional information
  • Both contest are twenty-five question multiple choice tests. For each question, only one answer choice is correct. Mark your answer to each problem on Answer Form with a #2 pencil. There is no penalty for guessing for AMC 8. Your score is the number of correct answers.
    Scoring rules for PAMC 10/12 are similar to those for AMC 10 and AMC 12
  • Scratch paper, graph paper, rulers, protractors, and erasers are allowed as aids. Scratch paper, graph paper, and small rulers will be provided. Please bring #2 pencils, protractors, and erasers. We will have some extra #2 pencils if needed. Calculators are NOT allowed. No problems on the test require the use of a calculator.
  • AMC 8 Dear Parent or Guardian Letter
  • AMC 8 practice problems
  • A sample AMC 8 answer form scantron

• Badges, room and seating information: PKH 244, starting 3:30pm
• Contest AMC 8 and PAMC 10/12, PKH 307, seating 4-4:15pm, contests start at 4:15pm.
  • 4:15pm - ca 4:30pm: introduction, completing the non-answer part of the form, contest material distribution, etc.
  • Duration: AMC 10B and AMC 12B - 75 minutes, till ca 5:45pm
• Hospitality room for parents, teachers and guardians: PKH 249, 4pm - 8pm

• Eligibility:
  • AMC 10B - grades 10 and below, 17.5 years of age or younger on the day of the contest
  • AMC 12B - grades 12 and below, 19.5 years of age or younger on the day of the contest

AIME: The AIME (American Invitational Mathematics Examination) is an intermediate examination between the AMC 10 or AMC 12 and the USAMO. All students who take the AMC 12 and achieve a score of 100 or more out of a possible 150 or are in the top 5% qualify for the AIME. All students who take the AMC 10 and achieve a score of 120 or more out of a possible 150 or are in the top 2.5% also qualify for the AIME. AIME I, Thursday, March 14, 2013 AIME II, Wednesday, April 3, 2013 AIME will be offered at AU for qualifying participants. Only one, AIME I or AIME II, can be administered at AU. The choice will be decided later, after the results of AMC 10/12B are announced. Students are not allowed to take both.

USAMO: The USAMO (United States of America Mathematics Olympiad) provides a means of identifying and encouraging the most creative secondary mathematics students in the country. It serves to indicate the talent of those who may become leaders in the mathematical sciences of the next generation. The USAMO is part of a worldwide system of national mathematics competitions, a movement in which both educators and research mathematicians are engaged in recognizing and celebrating the imagination and resourcefulness of our youth. The USAMO is a six question, two day, 9 hour essay/proof examination. About 500 of the top scoring AMC participants (based on a weighted average) are invited to take the USAMO. U. S. citizens and students legally residing in the United States and Canada (with qualifying scores) are eligible to take the USAMO.