AMC – Mathematical Association of America

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Dismantling the Genius: A Pop Culture Lens on Math and Belonging

By Monica Morales Hernandez and Sherli Koshy-Chenthittayil Pop culture plays a significant role in shaping societal perceptions of who belongs in mathematics and other STEM fields. Media representations, whether in movies, television, literature, or social media, can either reinforce or challenge stereotypes about mathematicians and scientists. Historically, English-language pop culture has often depicted mathematicians as...

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Math

By Reggie Wideman Math was never really my thing. I majored in Eastern Philosophy with minors in Political Science and Creative Writing. True story: I was a Poli-Sci major, but I failed Statistics. Yeah, we had software that did the math, but we still needed to be able to show our work regardless and I...

AIME Thresholds Are Available

Updated January 6, 2025 Congratulations to all AMC 10 / AMC 12 participants! Thank you for joining us this cycle. Scores have been finalized, and the qualifying thresholds for the American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME) and other distinctions have been determined: This year the AIME I will take place on February 6, 2025, while the...

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Sample Competition: 2023 AMC 8

Test out your creative problem-solving skills! Try your hand at these problems from the 2023 American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 8 competition. This mathematical competition is for students in grades 8 and below. Interested in more? Purchase collections of past competitions from our store or participate in our next MAA AMC competition.

Sample Competition: 2022 AMC 10 A

Test out your creative problem-solving skills! Try your hand at these problems from the 2022 American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 10 A competition. This mathematical competition is for students in grades 10 and below. Interested in more? You can purchase collections of past competitions from our store or participate in our next MAA AMC competition.

USA Earns First Place at 65th International Mathematical Olympiad

The United States team has secured First Place in the 65th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

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Freaky Fraction Splitting

Take a pile of nine pebbles, nine coins, or nine cucumbers (but you can't use zucchini!) and split it into two piles. Then, split each of those piles into two piles. Keep doing this until you have nine piles, each with one object. What could be mathematically astounding about such a process? There is a...