Richard Yang and Catherine Xu are teaching a class focusing on AMC 10 and AIME prep! Our suggested prerequisite is Algebra I/Geometry. If you’re interested, please fill out this form.
Meetings will be at MERGE, 136 S. Dubuque Street in downtown Iowa City, by the library. Instructors will guide you to the right room.
Not at this level yet? Check out our beginner’s sessions!
This class is held right after our coding sessions, in the same room. Feel free to participate in both!
Meeting Schedule and Topics:
June 4: Angle Chasing
Meeting Location: 2:15-4:15 PM Neumann Monson Room (downstairs)
June 11: Pythagorean Theorem
Meeting Location: 2:15-4:15 Neumann Monson Room
June 18: Coordinates
Meeting Location: 2:15-4:15 PM ImOn Communications Room
June 25: Counting and Casework
Meeting Location: 2:15-4:15 ImOn Communications Room
July 2nd: Probability and Expected Value
Meeting Location: 2:15-4:15 ImOn Communications Room
July 9th: Combinatorics
Meeting Location: 3:15-5:15 ImOn Communications Room
July 16th: Logarithms and Exponents
Meeting Location: 2:15-4:15 ImOn Communications Room
July 23rd: Sequences and Series
Meeting Location: 3:15-5:15 ImOn Communications Room
July 30th: Polynomials
Meeting Location: 2:15-4:15 ImOn Communications Room
Upcoming:
August 6th: Digits and Divisibility
Meeting Location: 2:15-4:15 ImOn Communications Room
Syllabus
Topics in bold are ones covered in class. The other topics will be covered in handouts released online. (Planned release dates in bold)
Geometry:
Similarity(8/1), Angle Chasing(7/25), Cyclic Quadrilaterals(8/8)
Pythagorean Theorem & Power of a Point, 3D Geometry(8/15), Trigonometry
Coordinate Geometry & Transformations, Complex Numbers
Counting and Probability:
Counting & Casework
Probability & Expected Value
Combinatorics
PIE, Recursion
Algebra:
Logarithms
Sequences & Series, Inequalities
Polynomials, Conic Sections
Number Theory
Digits and Divisibility
Prime Factorization
Modular Arithmetic I, Modular Arithmetic II
Suggested Reading:
We believe that the following books are an excellent complement to this class.
General:
The Art of Problem Solving Vol 1, AoPS
Algebra:
Introduction to Algebra, AoPS
Intermediate Algebra, AoPS
Combo:
Introduction to Counting and Probability, AoPS
Geometry:
Introduction to Geometry, AoPS
Number Theory:
Introduction to Number Theory, AoPS