First Steps for Math Olympians
by J. Douglas Faires
This text includes lessons, examples, and exercises on topics useful for the AMC 10 and AMC 12. Each of the 18 chapters focuses on a different subject area, including an introduction highlighting important results, examples showing implementation of these tools, then exercises for student practice. The text is ideal for self-study to prepare for the AMC exams, and for teachers developing lessons on specific topics in problem solving.
Problems in the text are drawn from the AMC 10, AMC 12, and AHSME exams. Solutions for the exercises are included in the text. The author of the text, Prof. J. Douglas Faires, has been the Director of the AMC 10 since 1999.
ISBN: 978-0-88385-824-0
307 pages.
Hardcover. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 7/8 inches.
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"Within each chapter, three well-chosen examples illustrate a variety of problem-solving strategies and applications of concepts. The examples are followed by ten exercises,
graduated in difficulty so that nearly every student reader will be able to solve at least one problem
easily and nearly every reader will struggle with at least one.
The thoughtful choice of examples and exercises is one of the book's stregths,
providing a wealth of opportunity for students to become experienced problem solvers
within a remarkably small number of pages."
-David Wells, Penn State University
"Professor Faires has prepared an impressive problem solving primer. The book
presents a wide variety of problems and problem solving strategies, and illustrates how the American Mathematics
Competitions can be used to develop many important mathematical techniques."
-Richard Gibbs, Fort Lewis College
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