AoPS Textbooks

AwesomeToad

Although the challenge problems in a chapter are much harder, are they still solvable using techniques from that chapter?

**Posted:** Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:01 am

rrusczyk

They are solvable using techniques from the chapter, and they are much harder than most of the problems in the chapter.

**Posted:** Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:46 am

AwesomeToad

I am working through the Intermediate series.
(Alg 3, Counting)

I saw lots of AIME problems, some USAMO, a few counting problems IMO.

I asked something similar before:
was wondering if the Intermediate series helps with USAMO and other olympiad.
People said no because supposedly the USAMO/Olympiad Problems in there were "old" problems that wouldn't help with today's level

**Posted:** Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:07 am

AIME15

Of course they will help you build a foundation, but only EASY olympiad problems appear in the Intermediate series, and they are the HARDEST problems in the book.

**Posted:** Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:59 am

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GOALS: MC School: 46 | Chapter: 46 | State: 46 | National: 46 | AMC 8: 25 | AMC 10: 150 | AMC 12: 150 | AIME: 15 | USAMO: 42 | TST: 63 | IMO: 42 |

AwesomeToad

What about the IMO problems?
I swear I saaw one in Alg 3 and a few in Interm C/P

**Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:20 am

Ihatepie

It's what AIME said. Only the easiest olympiad problems appear in the series. Maybe there was a particularly easy IMO problem that year.

**Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:12 am

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2010 Goals: ARML-7 AMC10- 144 AMC12- 126 AIME- 8 USAJMO-14?

AlphaBetaTheta

Does anyone know how to prep. for the really really hard AMC 12 and AIME problems?

**Posted:** Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:42 pm

AwesomeToad

I would think Intermediate/Precalc

**Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:49 am

rrusczyk

That's correct -- our Intermediate series, along with Volume 2, will help with these.

**Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:10 am

AwesomeToad

Wouldn't Vol. 2 be best as review, since it is cover a lot of topics, it doesn't go into as much detail about each one.

Also, is there going to be Interm NT any time soon?

**Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:05 am

AlphaBetaTheta

Probably not.
Does anyone know how to prep for the aime geometry problems?

**Posted:** Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:57 pm

AwesomeToad

**Posted:** Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:35 am

AIME15USAMO

Sorry to revive...

but are you sure Introduction to Geometry covers all AIME geometry? It doesn't seem like it's a very difficult book. But then again, I'm only about half way through the book.

**Posted:** Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:25 am

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Goals: | AMC10 : 150 | AMC12 : 132+ | AIME : 9+ | USAMO : score positive
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AlphaBetaTheta

yeah i agree with AIME15USAMO
the aime problems are 2 to 3 times harder than the back of the book

**Posted:** Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:06 am

AwesomeToad

**Posted:** Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:56 am