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[quote=Anonymous]I'll give the simple recap from an AoPS perspective.   If your kid wants to do reasonably well on Mathcounts, they will need at least the information from AoPS Intro to Algebra (which is Algebra I), Intro to Geometry (high school geometry), Intro to Number Theory, and Intro to counting and Probability.  The kid will also need a lot of experience with problem solving, but problem solving is covered in the AoPS books and classes.  If your kid wants to do well at the National level, the kid will also need the knowledge from Intermediate Algebra, Intermediate counting and probability, intermediate number theory, and trig, as these can lead to shortcuts in some of the otherwise time consuming problems.

The AoPS competition math classes are a great review of materials already learned, and they're a great opportunity to learn new tricks for solving common problems that appear in whatever contest.  They're not really a substitute for the Intro series, and they will not be sufficient for a child to do well on contests without the underlying Algebra and Geometry foundations.

VA is very competitive.  Kids who don't know Algebra and Geometry have no chance at earning a competitive score.  [/quote]

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