Xiao Xiao
Xiao Xiao
Professor of Mathematics
AMC8 American Mathematics Competition
The AMC 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute, multiple choice examination in middle school mathematics sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).
The AMC 8 provides an opportunity for middle school students in Grade 6-8 to develop positive attitudes towards analytical thinking and mathematics that can assist in future careers. Students apply classroom skills to unique problem-solving challenges in a low-stress and friendly environment.
Eligibility:
Students with a passion for problem-solving who are in grade 8 or below and under 14.5 years of age on the day of the competition are eligible to participate in the AMC 8.
Logistics:
The AMC 8 contest will be administered at Utica University in spring 2025. Please use this flier to help us advertise.
- Cost for the competition: Free
- Date and Time: Sunday, January 26, 2025, 9:00 a.m.
- Location: Utica University,Thurston Hall, Hislop Auditorium
- Campus Map
- Lot A is the closest parking lot, parking is free.
- Registration Deadline: January 10, 2025
Please review the following registration guidelines to help us ensure there is enough space and resources for all participating school:
- To Teachers:
- Each school may register as many students as they would like, but only 10 students are guaranteed a spot. If your school wishes to register more than 10 students, any additional students will be placed on a waitlist. We’ll do our best to accommodate as many students as possible and will admit students from the waitlist if space becomes available. To identify the 10 students guaranteed a spot, please consider using students’ past performance in recent math courses and/or math competitions. Once identified, kindly submit these students’ names to Xiao Xiao at xixiao@utica.edu.
- Each school may register as many students as they would like, but only 10 students are guaranteed a spot. If your school wishes to register more than 10 students, any additional students will be placed on a waitlist. We’ll do our best to accommodate as many students as possible and will admit students from the waitlist if space becomes available. To identify the 10 students guaranteed a spot, please consider using students’ past performance in recent math courses and/or math competitions. Once identified, kindly submit these students’ names to Xiao Xiao at xixiao@utica.edu.
- To Students/Contestants:
- Please work with your school's teacher or AMC coordinator at your school to complete the registration process. If your school does not have a teacher or AMC coordinator organizing this event, you may register independently. In these cases, we will enroll the first 10 students from each school on a first-come, first-served basis.
Coverage:
The material covered on the AMC 8 includes topics from a typical middle school mathematics curriculum. Possible topics include but are not limited to: counting and probability, estimation, proportional reasoning, elementary geometry including the Pythagorean Theorem, spatial visualization, everyday applications, and reading and interpreting graphs and tables. In addition some of the later questions may involve linear or quadratic functions and equations, coordinate geometry, and other topics traditionally covered in a beginning algebra course.
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