The AMC10/12 competitions are coming up!
Email Mr. Seamon (jseamon@williston.com) if you’d like to compete!
The AMC 10 and AMC 12 are both 25-question, 75-minute, multiple choice examinations in high school mathematics designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem-solving skills. The competitions will be given online. You’ll be able to take them from anywhere in the world. Complete info about the events is online here.
Not only are the competitions extremely fun, strong AMC scores can help you stand out during the college application process!
The AMC10A and AMC12A competitions will be given on February 4th.
The AMC10B and AMC12B competitions will be given on February 10th.
The A and B dates are the same difficulty. You can participate in BOTH events, but only at ONE level, either 10 or 12. (The advantage to competing on both dates is that you get two chances to score higher enough to qualify for the next competition, the AIME.)
The AMC 10 is for students in 10th grade and below, and covers the high school curriculum up to 10th grade. Students in grade 10 or below and under 17.5 years of age on the day of the contest can take the AMC 10.
The AMC 12 covers the entire high school curriculum including trigonometry, advanced algebra, and advanced geometry, but excluding calculus. Students in grade 12 or below and under 19.5 years of age on the day of the contest can take the AMC 12.
Lots of AMC example problems and solutions are online here.
Category Archives: AMC 10/12
AMC 2020 Signups!
This year we are offering TWO AMC competition dates!
The AMC10/12A will take place on Thursday, 1/30/20 from 9:40 to 11:10am in Plimpton. [You’d miss F period and the first 10 minutes of G period. It’s a green Thursday.]
The AMC10/12B will take place on Wednesday, 2/5/20 from 9:40 to 11:10am in Plimpton. [You’d miss E period and assembly. It’s a blue Wednesday.]
Student can sign up for BOTH competitions! [They are the same difficulty.]
A strong AMC score can be an EXCELLENT thing to submit on college applications! (It’s TOTALLY optional to submit your score.)
For complete competition information and to sign up, please head over to this page.
Sign up for the AMC 10/12 2019!
The AMC 10/12 will be run on Wednesday, February 13th from 8:30 to 10am in Plimpton.
You can sign up right here.
The competition is open to all Williston students who are taking at least Algebra 2.
Generally speaking, students students in Algebra 2 Honors or above should sign up for the AMC10 and students in Precalculus Honors or above should sign up for the AMC12.
There are 20 spots available for each competition. Spots will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
You can learn more about the competition right here.
Practice problems can be viewed here.
Competitors will miss D period and the first 30 minutes of E period on the day of the competition. Competitors are REQUIRED to speak to their D and E period teachers the week before the competition in order to prearrange how to best complete all make up work.
Email questions to Mr. Seamon at jseamon@williston.com
2018 – 2019 Competition Dates
Here are the preliminary competition dates for 2018-2019!
[Competition, Date, Type, Level, Location]
NEML HS 1 (Oct 15, 2018, Individual, All, On campus)
WPI (Oct 16, 2018, Individual & Team, HS – Select, Travel – WPI)
Yale Girls (Nov 3, 2018, Individual & Team, HS – Select, Travel – Yale)
HMMT November (Nov 10, 2018, Individual & Team, HS – Select, Travel – Harvard)
AMC 8 (Nov 13, 2018, Individual, MS, On campus)
NEML HS 2 (Nov 14, 2018, Individual, All, On campus)
PUMaC (Nov 17, 2018, Individual & Team, HS – Select, Travel – Princeton)
NEML HS 3 (Dec 11, 2018, Individual, All, On campus)
NEML HS 4 (Jan 14, 2019, Individual, All, On campus)
NEML HS 5 (Feb 11, 2019, Individual, All, On campus)
AMC 10/12 B (Feb 13, 2019, Individual, HS – All, On campus – Qualifier)
HMMT February (Feb 16, 2019, Individual & Team, HS – Select, Travel – MIT)
NEML: 7th Grade (Feb 19, 2019, Individual, MS, On campus)
NEML: 8th Grade (Feb 19, 2019, Individual, MS, On campus)
AIME I (Mar 13, 2019, Individual, HS – Select, On campus – Qualifier)
NEML HS 6 (Mar 25, 2019, Individual, All, On campus)
AIME II (Mar 21, 2019, Individual, HS – Select, On campus)
NEML: Algebra 1 (Apr 15, 2019, Individual, MS, On campus)
USAMO Day 1 (Apr 17, 2019, Individual, HS – Select, On campus)
USAMO Day 2 (Apr 18, 2019, Individual, HS – Select, On campus)
Yale (April, Individual & Team, HS – Select, Travel – Yale)
Exeter Math Club Comp (January, Individual & Team, MS, Travel – Exeter)
Wilbraham and Monson (March, Individual & Team, MS, Travel – WPI)
Deerfield Math Comp (May, Individual & Team, MS, Travel – Deerfield)
What a year!
What a year for the @WillistonNS math team! Read all about it here: https://t.co/ylBbSMkFYu pic.twitter.com/tAYKozyITc
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) June 8, 2018
The math team has been busy!
There have been lots of math team events over the last several weeks!
As well as one coming up! The next round of the New England Math League (NEML) will take place on Thursday, 12/14 from 2:35 to 3:45 in Schoolhouse 25. The competition lasts 30 minutes, calculators are allowed, and everyone must begin by 3:15pm. Anyone at any level of math is encouraged to participate! (The highest level content on this competition is Algebra 2.)
After the first two round of the NEML, we are in 30th place out of 125 teams! Here are our current top scorers:
First Name |
Last Name |
Score |
Steven |
Wang |
12 |
Ethan |
Huang |
8 |
Panut (T) |
Sawatyanon |
7 |
Jack |
Long |
6 |
Jun Hong |
Park |
6 |
Toyo |
Sato |
6 |
On Tuesday, 11/14, 30 middle school students sat for the AMC8 math competition! We’ll get our results in about a month!
The @maanow #amc8 has begun @WillistonNS! #TheFutureIsBright! pic.twitter.com/NcyN8MpYAK
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) November 14, 2017
On Saturday, 11/11, the team finished 64th out of 110 — our best ever! — at the ultra-competitive Harvard-MIT Math Tournament!
The @WillistonNS math team is about to begin competing here @Harvard HMMT! https://t.co/sRHQOtDlSK pic.twitter.com/G0oOZJveVU
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) November 11, 2017
On Tuesday, 10/17, the team finished 7th out of 90 in our first time attending the WPI math competition!
The @WillistonNS math team finished 7th out of 90 teams at the @WPI meet! Steven Wang (‘20) earned a perfect score on the individual round! pic.twitter.com/jfTo3V7eOa
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) October 17, 2017
Go Wildcats!
AMC 10/12 Registration 2018
The AMC10/12 will be given from 8:30 to 10am on Thursday, 2/15/18 in Plimpton.
Anyone in Algebra 2 or above is welcome to participate!
There are 40 spots available and they will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
You can sign up right here!
You can learn more about the contest right here. Practice problems are online here.
Steven Wang Qualifies for the AIME!
Steven Wang, Williston’s own 9th grade math phenom just qualified for the prestigious American Invitational Mathematics Examination by virtual of scoring in the top 5% nationally on the AMC12 math competition!
Steven will sit for the 3-hour AIME competition on March 22nd, the results of which could propel him to the USA Mathematical Olympiad!
Congratulations Steven!
Our complete AMC10/12 results are as follows:
Last Name |
First Name |
Score |
Contest |
WANG |
ZEYU |
135.0 |
AMC12B |
HUANG |
YICHENG |
111.0 |
AMC10B |
LU |
KEYU |
97.5 |
AMC10B |
WANG |
KENNETH |
84.0 |
AMC10B |
CHO |
SEOYOUNG |
79.5 |
AMC10B |
YEN |
LIN |
76.5 |
AMC10B |
ZHOU |
WANGCHEN |
72.0 |
AMC12B |
LEE |
JIN YOUNG |
70.5 |
AMC12B |
KANG |
LANXI |
67.5 |
AMC12B |
HAN |
EUNYUL |
66.0 |
AMC10B |
PARK |
JUNHONG |
64.5 |
AMC10B |
IKEMOTO |
HARUKA |
63.0 |
AMC12B |
SAWATYANON |
PANUT |
61.5 |
AMC10B |
ANDREWS |
SARAH |
61.5 |
AMC12B |
SEO |
CHANGHYUN |
60.0 |
AMC10B |
ZHAO |
HANZHANG |
60.0 |
AMC12B |
TOYOKAZU |
SATO |
55.5 |
AMC10B |
MIZOBUCHI |
SOMA |
55.5 |
AMC12B |
GAO |
ZIDONG |
55.5 |
AMC12B |
PALUCHOWSKI |
TOMASZ |
54.0 |
AMC12B |
YOUNG |
CHRISTOPHER |
52.5 |
AMC12B |
JUNG |
WILEY |
48.0 |
AMC12B |
OSTBERG |
IAN |
45.0 |
AMC12B |
DANG |
HOANG |
43.5 |
AMC10B |
GOLD |
ALEX |
39.0 |
AMC12B |
ZHANG |
ZIWEI |
37.5 |
AMC10B |
IKUKU |
ENIOLA |
28.5 |
AMC12B |
Big Competition Update!
There’s been lots of competitive math action lately! Lots more upcoming too!
The 6th and last (!) round of the New England Math League will be held on Tuesday, 3/21 from 2:30 to 3:30 in Schoolhouse 25. The competition lasts 30 minutes and you must begin before 3:10. You may use a calculator and any student at any level of math is welcome to participate! Just show up! No signup required!
12 Williston Mathletes will be heading to Yale on Saturday, 4/1 to participate in the MMATHs competition! The two Williston teams of 6 will compete in individual and team rounds, as well as a round where they will work collaboratively with students from other schools!
Yesterday, on February 28th, 5 Williston Middle School students participated in the 7th and 8th grade level of the New England Math League! This is the first time the competition has run at Williston! Congratulations to these middle school mathlete pioneers!
The 7th & 8th grade New England Math League competition is underway here @WillistonNS! pic.twitter.com/eIzz3Y4jki
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) February 28, 2017
Back on February, 15th, 28 Williston students participated in the AMC10/12 math competition! Students scores will be known in a few weeks! AIME here we come!
The @maanow #AMC10 + #AMC12 are underway here @WillistonNS! #mathletes pic.twitter.com/tVq4EKPxsF
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) February 15, 2017
On February 13th, 19 Williston students participated in the 5th round of the New England Math League, earning a strong team score of 25!
It's math competition time here @WillistonNS! pic.twitter.com/QakpKxk5cS
— Josh Seamon (@MrJoshSeamon) February 13, 2017
Our overall team score of 120 puts us in 28th place out of over 130 teams from across New England! Complete round 5 league results can be viewed right here. Detailed individual results are online here (ask Mr. Seamon for the password). Congratulations to our current high-scoring students!
Steven Wang is currently tied for 5th place our of all 800+ individual competitors!
First Name |
Last Name |
Gr |
NEML Total |
Steven |
Wang |
9th |
29 |
Ethan |
Huang |
9th |
24 |
Derrick |
Zhao |
12th |
21 |
Nancy |
Kang |
12th |
20 |
Simon |
Kim |
10th |
19 |
Panut (T) |
Sawatyanon |
9th |
17 |
Shirley |
Zhou |
11th |
17 |
Hoang |
Dang |
10th |
11 |
Chloe |
Lee |
12th |
11 |
Ken |
Wang |
9th |
9 |
Josh |
Calianos |
11th |
8 |
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AMC10/12 2017 – Signup Form
The 2017 American Mathematics Competitions 10 and 12 will take place on Wednesday, 2/15 from 8:30 to 10am in Plimpton.
Anyone with any experience with at least Algebra 2 is welcome to participate!
Everyone who wishes to participate must sign up using this online form by Monday, 1/30. There are 20 spots for each competition. Spots will be given out on a first-come first-served basis.
Here are some practice problems:
2008 AMC 10: Questions, Answers
2010 AMC 10: Questions, Answers
2008 AMC 12: Questions, Answers
2010 AMC 12: Questions, Answers
About the competitions:
The AMC 10 is a 25-question, 75-minute, multiple choice examination in secondary school mathematics containing problems which can be understood and solved with algebra and geometry concepts.
The AMC 12 is a 25-question, 75-minute, multiple choice examination in secondary school mathematics containing problems which can be understood and solved with pre-calculus concepts.
No questions on either competition require the use of a calculator. No calculators may be used during the competitions.