Event
American Mathematics Competition
February 7, 2012
This year all students in Precalculus, 11th grade College Algebra, and those attending Mr. Carlson’s before school sessions will be taking the AMC 12/10 on February 7, 2012.
The main purpose of the AMC 12/10 is to spur interest in mathematics and to develop talent through solving challenging problems in a timed multiple-choice format. What happens before and after the AMC 12 can have lasting educational value. Talents will be enhanced if one practices beforehand, by working through previous examinations, and, most importantly, by studying mathematics more intensely than one normally does in high school. To that end, Mr. Carlson has been holding before school sessions since early fall to enhance students’ skills.
A special purpose of the AMC 12/10 is to help identify those few students with truly exceptional mathematics talent. Students who are among the very best deserve some indication of how they stand relative to other students in the country and around the world .The AMC 12 is one in a series of examinations (followed in the United States by the American Invitational Examination and the USA Mathematical Olympiad) that culminate in participation in the International Mathematical Olympiad, the most prestigious and difficult secondary mathematics examination in the world.
