The American Mathematics Competitions (AMC) seek to increase interest in mathematics and to develop problem solving abilities through a series of friendly mathematics competitions for junior (grades 8 and below) and senior (grades nine through twelve) high school students.

This is Michigan's site for the AMC 8, the competition designed for grades 8 and below. On this site you will find results from the last AMC 8 in Michigan as well as registration information for the next offering of the competition.

A cordial invitation is extended to your school to participate in the Seventeenth Annual AMC 8 to be held on

Tuesday, November 22, 2001.

A registration form for next year's examination is available at this site. We encourage you to register your school for next year's exam as soon as possible!

The AMC 8 covers material normally associated with the middle school mathematics curriculum. In additional to seventh and eighth grade students, each year an increasing number of accelerated fifth and sixth grade students take part in the AMC 8.

The subject matter includes (but is not limited to) such topics as:

The questions range in difficulty from easy to very difficult in order to appeal to a broad range of students. No problem requires the use of algebra. Even though calculators are allowed, no problem requires the use of a calculator. The AMC 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute multiple choice contest with no penalty for guessing. A student's score is the number of problems solved correctly. For general information on the American Mathematics Competitions, please visit the national AMC web site at www.unl.edu/amc. For additional information specific to the AMC 8, please visit www.amc8.org.

The American Mathematics Competitions are sponsored by the following national organizations:

Major Contributors
Mathematical Association of America
The Akamai Foundation
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Office of Naval Research
Army Research Office
The Microsoft Corporation

Contributing Members
Society of Actuaries
Mu Alpha Theta
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Casuality Actuarial Society
American Statistical Association
American Mathematical Association of Two-Year-Colleges
American Mathematical Society
American Society of Pension Actuaries
Consortium of Mathematics and its Applications
Pi Mu Epsilon
National Association of Mathematicians
School Science and Mathematics Association
Clay Mathematics Institute
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The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) placed the AMC 8 on the NASSP National Advisory List of Contests and Activities for 2001-02.

The Michigan AMC 8 is co-directed by Drs. Ricardo Alfaro and Kristina Hansen, both faculty members at the University of Michigan-Flint. Please feel free to contact either of them with any questions you may have about the exam.

Kristina HansenRicardo Alfaro
Associate ProfessorAssociate Professor
University of Michigan-FlintUniversity of Michigan-Flint
khansen@umich.edu ralfaro@umich.edu
ph: 810-762-3304ph: 810-762-????
University of Michigan-Flint
Mathematics Department
Flint, MI 48502
ph: 810-762-3244
fax: 810-766-6880