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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How hard is Alcumus for your child and where are they math wise? I (an adult with an engineering degree) started doing some geometry problems and after around 15 problems I got stumped. Couldn't solve the problem in half an hour. There seems to be many more harder problems ahead. Who are the kids who can solve these problems?[/quote] My kid took AP calc in 8th grade and was already qualifying for AIME in 6th. When he was at the Algebra, Geometry, etc. levels, he probably couldn't solve around 10% of the problems. Keep in mind that part of the point for Alcumus is to struggle on some fraction of the problems and then either ask for help in the forums, or give up on the problem but read the solution to understand it. No matter how smart the kid is, they shouldn't expect to be able to solve all of the problems. It's also possible to change the difficulty level of the problems.[/quote]
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