The contest problem book VI : American high school mathematics examinations 1989-1994 /
Contest Problem Book VI chronicles the high school competitions sponsored by the Mathematical Association of America. It contains 180 challenging problems from the six years of the American High School Mathematics Examination [AHSME], 1989 through 1994, as well as a selection of other problems. Many...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Mathematical Association of America,
©2000.
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| Series: | Anneli Lax new mathematical library ;
v. 40. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- ""Cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""How To Use This Book""; ""Special Notation""; ""AHSME Honor Roll""; ""The Difficulty of the AHSME""; ""Related Mathematics Competitions""; ""Related Problem Solving References""; ""Use of calculators""; ""Generating the Examinations""; ""Reaction to these tests""; ""Creating the Problems""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Sponsors""; ""Name""; ""AHSME RULES""; ""40 AHSME""; ""Some Comments on the Distractors""; ""Answers and Response Distribution""; ""41 AHSME""; ""Some Comments on the Distractors""; ""Answers and Response Distribution""
- ""42 AHSME""""Some Comments on the Distractors""; ""Answers and Response Distribution""; ""43 AHSME""; ""Some Comments on the Distractors""; ""Answers and Response Distribution""; ""44 AHSME""; ""Some Comments on the Distractors""; ""Answers and Response Distribution""; ""45 AHSME""; ""Some Comments on the Distractors""; ""Answers and Response Distribution""; ""Solutions ""; ""40 AHSME Solutions""; ""41 AHSME Solutions""; ""42 AHSME Solutions""; ""43 AHSME Solutions""; ""44 AHSME Solutions""; ""45 AHSME Solutions""; ""An Insider's Look at the AHSME Problems""
- ""Solutions Affect Interest in Problem""""Problem Difficulty""; ""Problems on Applications""; ""Auxiliary Lines""; ""Fashion in Problems""; ""Problem Clarity""; ""Most Problems are Fresh""; ""Sensitivity and Problems""; ""AHSME Constants""; ""Multiple Choice""; ""AHSME Variables""; ""Inside Jokes""; ""Mathematical Problem Solving for Competitions""; ""Tools for Mathematics Competitions""; ""A Geometric Tool""; ""Number Theory Tools""; ""A Logarithmic Tool""; ""The Tool of Mathematical Induction""; ""Tools for Exponential Equations""; ""Euler's Formula""
- ""One Final Comment on Problem-Solving""""Classification of Problems""; ""Algebra""; ""Complex Numbers""; ""Discrete Mathematics""; ""Geometry""; ""Number Theory""; ""Statistics""; ""Trigonometry""
