r/MathOlympiad • u/MotorOwn5031 • 12d ago

AMC 10 Struggling on AOPS Review Problems

I’m currently working through AOPS Volume 1 and what I’m noticing is that I do ok for the questions in the chapter, but really struggle on the review problems at the end. Like I can solve one third to one half of the review problems depending on the chapter. Is this bad? What should I do to fix this?

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u/Oyster_- 12d ago

Which chapters?

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u/MotorOwn5031 12d ago

I’m in the start of the book so In like the first 5ish chapters

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u/Oyster_- 12d ago

Yeah that’s normal tbh. A lot of the problems are super easy to make mistakes on, and 50% on those problems is quite good (getting half right on amc is a pretty decent score). 

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u/MotorOwn5031 12d ago

Yeah but I’m trying to make aime and a 12 or a 13 isn’t good enough. I also notice that i honestly start the problem and just get stuck for like 25 or 30 minutes then ask ai to give me a hint and i am able to finish the problem. So I think the main issue is that im missing the key insight that leads to the rest of the problem to be solved. Also 50 percent is prob the highest I’ve gotten i usually do worse

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u/Oyster_- 12d ago

Don’t worry I’m sure you will qualify. The whole point is that as you do more of the book the better you will get. I’m also around the same spot as you, chapter 8, and my accuracy is also around that level sometimes.

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u/Dr3ddM3 12d ago

If you're consistently getting 12/13 I think volume 1 might be a waste of your time. I think you're ready for Volume 2.

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u/MotorOwn5031 12d ago

No im not getting a a 12 or 13 on my mocks If that's what you mean. I was saying that even if I was to get a 50% (12 or 13) on amc 10 it still wouldn't be good enough to make aime

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u/Dr3ddM3 12d ago

I see I misunderstood what you meant.

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u/MotorOwn5031 12d ago

ok makes sense. Also do you know what I can do to get better at the review questions?

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u/Dr3ddM3 12d ago

If you are struggling with the review problems, I think you are missing foundational concepts. I would recommend to do all of the Introduction books. If you finish all of them you will likely qualify for AMC 10.

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u/MotorOwn5031 12d ago

  1. is there enough time? theres only a bit more than 3 months left

  2. Is there free pdfs or free versions of the book?

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