What is the AMC8?

The AMC 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute, multiple choice examination in middle school mathematics designed to promote the development of problem-solving skills. The AMC 8 provides an opportunity for middle school students 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.

What is on the AMC8?

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. Our AMC 8 Prep Course covers all these topics and more, so sign up now!

When is the AMC8?

The exact date is not yet released, but we expect the AMC 8 to be hosted late January, 2023.

Where are the past AMC8s?

All past AMC 8 Problems and Solutions are on the AOPS Website: AMC8 Problems and Solutions