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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AMC8 is targeted at students who are enrolled in prealgebra or higher. There is an honor roll for 6th graders who score 15+ out of 25. (But AMC honor rolls are secret now, so that's not very exciting anymore.) If s student is not scoring at least 15 on a practice test, I wouldn't go chasing down a random site to test at. But you should encourage your school to offer the contest to all the students. [/quote] 6th grade AAP math is basically prealgebra and should suffice. I disagree about needing a 15 on practice tests. If OP's kid tries a practice test and enjoys it, there's no problem with finding a random testing site to take the test. There's no need to meet an arbitrary benchmark, and the AMC tests are supposed to be open to anyone who wants to take them. [/quote] It's not a social / team activity. What's important about going out of your way to get an official score 2 years early? Is sitting quietly in a random classroom more fun than sitting at home? You can do an extra practice test in the time it takes to commute back and forth to the testing site, then chat about the problems. [/quote] It isn't 2 years early. AMC8 is for kids in 8th grade and under. It's not specifically for 8th graders. For the 2022 contest, only about 40% of the participants were 8th graders. About 27% were 6th grade and under. Mocking contests at home is not at all the same as taking them in person. If OP's kid eventually wants to do well, he would be better served by taking actual contests than just practicing them at home. [/quote]
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