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How good is art of problem solving?
Overall, the Art of Problem Solving provides a variety of resources to help struggling students succeed and to encourage and build enrichment for students to challenge themselves. The Beast Academy, in particular, is very good at providing students with different learning options.
Is AOPS advanced?
AoPS offers our advanced math books in both online and paperback format. Our comprehensive math curriculum covers prealgebra all the way through contest prep math.
Is Putnam prestigious?
It is widely considered to be the most prestigious university-level mathematics competition in the world, and its difficulty is such that the median score is often zero (out of 120) despite being attempted by students specializing in mathematics.
What are the best books to prepare for the IMO?
In particular, the best for preparation for the IMO are past IMO and IMO shortlist problems, but also some other national or international Olympiads (EGMO, MEMO, USA, Canada, Russia …) Art and Craft of Problem Solving by Paul Zeitz.
What do the AOPs books cover?
AOPS books cover basic mathematics and some harder problems up to levels of AIME. They also have some older problems from USAMO and IMO, but nothing newer.
How many courses did the USAMO winners take at AOPs?
For what it’s worth, the winning team at the International Mathematical Olympiad this year were from the US – and they were all WOOT alumni (some of them had taken the course multiple times). The USAMO winners were also all AoPS students, also all WOOT graduates, but between the 12 winners, they took a total of 88 courses at AoPS.
Is AOPs worth the money?
There is nothing magical about it, but in my opinion tackling AOPS WOOT with dedicated commitment and diligent focus it could very well be worth every penny it costs and time it takes. But that depends entirely on one’s commitment and focus. 8 clever moves when you have $1,000 in the bank.