This book is for students who are preparing for middle school math competitions such as AMC 8 and MathCounts. It contains four AMC 8 practice exams with new problems not used in any past competitions and with insightful solutions.The authors of the book, AlphaStar Math Development Team, is a group of expert students and alumni of AlphaStar Academy, an education company located in Bay Area, California offering online courses for contest preparation in Math, Computer Science, and Physics. The authors themselves participated and got excellent results in Math competitions and Olympiads. In particular, in AMC 8, the authors had a combined number of 6 Perfect scores and 21 Distinguished Honor Roll Awards which is given to only top 1% of participants. Dr. Ali Gurel, AlphaStar Academy co-founder and Math Director, led the team and also did the editing.

This book can be used by 5th to 8th grade students preparing for AMC 8. Each chapter consists of (1) basic skill and knowledge section with plenty of examples, (2) about 30 exercise problems, and (3) detailed solutions to all problems. Training class is offered: http://www.mymathcounts.com/Copied-2015-Summer-AMC-8-Online-Training-Program.php

This book can be used by 5th to 8th grade students preparing for AMC 8. Each chapter consists of (1) basic skill and knowledge section with plenty of examples, (2) about 30 exercise problems, and (3) detailed solutions to all problems. Training class is offered: http://www.mymathcounts.com/Copied-2015-Summer-AMC-8-Online-Training-Program.php

The best preparing method for all exams is to solve the past papers of the exam! Analysis of the AMC 8 revealed that there are 81 item types in the test. This book, Past Papers AMC 8 vol.1, contains 1.Linear Equation 2.Venn Diagram 3.Pythagorean Theorem 4.Prime Factorization 5.Number of Ways 6.Average And this book provides correct answers and detailed explanations. In addition, by providing item types for each question, students could make feedback based on incorrect answers. Practice like you test, Test like you practice!

The American Mathematics Competition (AMC) series is a group of contests that judge students’ mathematical abilities in the form of a timed test. The AMC 8 is the introductory level competition in this series and is taken by tens of thousands of students every year in grades 8 and below. Students are given 40 minutes to complete the 25 question test. Every right answer receives 1 point and there is no penalty for wrong or missing answers, so the maximum possible score is 25/25. While all AMC 8 problems can be solved without any knowledge of trigonometry, calculus, or more advanced high school mathematics, they can be tantalizingly difficult to attempt without much prior experience and can take many years to master because problems often have complex wording and test the knowledge of mathematical concepts that are not covered in the school curriculum. This book is meant to teach the skills necessary to solve mostly any problem on the AMC 8. However, our goal is to not only teach you how to perfect the AMC 8, but we also want you to learn and understand the topics presented as if you were in a classroom setting. Above all, the first and foremost goal is for you to have a good time learning math! The units that will be covered in this book are the following: - Test Taking Strategies for the AMC 8 - Number Sense in the AMC 8 - Number Theory in the AMC 8 - Algebra in the AMC 8 - Counting and Probability in the AMC 8 - Geometry in the AMC 8 - Advanced Competition Tricks for the AMC 8

This book presents the most popular methods and techniques that are used to solve the problems from AMC 8 (American Mathematics Contest). It also contains 120 practice problems in AMC 8 format with full solutions.