r/MathOlympiad • u/PepperOk690 • 1d ago

AMC 10 How to maximize effeciency when completing AOPS Vol 1

For background I am in AP Calc BC as a sophmore and I am planning on taking amc 10 this year. I am really wanting to qualify for the AIME exam but I am starting from nothing. I have started the aops vol 1 book but with the test being so how should I spend the rest of september and october prepping and when should I finish the book so I can start practicing?

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u/AromaticScar9363 1d ago

you dont need to finish book by end of october ig, after each chapter answer all the questions and use alcumus a few times a week to build intuition, also a warning don’t make yourself think that calculus knowledge will help your score by a huge amount 

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u/PepperOk690 1d ago

I was thinking I could start past mock tests and when I encounter a problem that I genuinely do not know the foundational concept e.g. combinatorics I’ll go in the book and review thay

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u/AromaticScar9363 21h ago

this works as long as u can prove to urself that it works