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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What ages are kids qualified for mathcount, AMC & AIME? [/quote]

For mathcounts, only MS schoolers can participate. It is organized at every local MSs. At MCPS, typically the state qualifiers are from TP, Roberto Clemente (upper-county TP equivalent), RF, Hoover, CJ, and Thomas Pyle. It's a popular math competition for middle schoolers nation-wide, as the problems are not hard but very time constrained. There are quite some local and remote MS math competition opportunities, but probably kids or parents need to self-organize and participate. Some of the remote ones require driving, so equivalent to travel team.

For individual competition, the ladders are AMC10/AMC12 -> AIME -> USJMO/USAMO -> MOP -> IMO. Kids usually start from AMC8 at upper elementary or MS age.

For ES student, starting from Math Kangaroo is a good idea. Questions are easy and word problems are engaging. Kids are given long enough time to solve the problems. The beestar challenge level problem or singapore math challenge level problem are at about the same level of difficulty with math kangaroo. They are all good materials to awake kids' early interest into math and a good way for parents to check if your kid has talent in math. In upper elementary, some ESs organize to participate in math olympiad. An equivalent but relatively easier contest is mathleague.

In HS, other than the AMC -> IMO track, there are UMD math competition, ARML, etc. Some MSs also participate, depending on the schools.

Even for top math players who are qualified for MOP or even IMO, they can still participate various math competition like the prestigious Putman competition. [/quote]

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