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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not that trainable, though.  Nationally, there were 143 perfect scores.  In VA, there were 5.  There are a lot more than 143 kids in the country who are brilliant at math, practiced a lot, and wanted perfect scores.  Every kid with a perfect score is exceptional at math AND spent a lot of time practicing.

The 4th and 5th graders who do well are already taking algebra or geometry.

It's somewhat like the SAT - highly preppable, but very few kids can be prepped to a perfect score.  [/quote]

Not many kids have math competitions on their radar. It’s only popular in some school districts. I would say a very, very small percentage of schools even participate. Those schools that seem to really push the competitions have kids who score high. Go figure.

No one ever wants to admit this but the AMC is definitely a test you can figure out with practice. Now if a kid is figuring out the tricks on his own that’s talent. I say this as a parent of a child who is great at math, algebra I before 6th, aops student, yada yada yada. IMO it’s all training. I wonder if that’s a more eastern way of looking at high achievement though. [/quote]

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