The AIME competition is a integer answer math competition held by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) for middle school and high school students who do well on the AMC 10 and 12 competitions<\/a>. It is offered twice a year and is the first invitational exam for students wishing to qualify for the US Math Olympiad Team. You can visit the official MAA AMC page by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See our AMC 10\/12: All You Need to Know post<\/a> for more information on the AMC 10 and 12 exams and qualifying for AIME.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To summarize, students taking either AMC 10 or AMC 12 can qualify for the AIME:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Students who qualify for and participate in AIME stand out on college applications, especially to top colleges. Getting a good score on the AMC 10\/12 exams shows dedication and hard work, and the AIME allows students to further push themselves and improve their math and problem solving skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For many students, qualifying for the AIME and doing their best during the competition is a great goal. For others, the AIME is just the next hurdle to overcome, hoping to qualify for the USA Mathematical Olympiad or Junior Math Olympiad (USA(J)MO) and be in contention for the US International Math Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scores from both the AMC 10\/12 and AIME are used for qualification for the USA(J)MO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cutoffs for USA(J)MO qualification vary by year. Typical cutoffs in recent years have ranged from index scores of 210 to 230 for both USAJMO and USAMO. Note: A student who take multiple exams (and thus has multiple index scores) only needs to qualify with one score to participate in the USA(J)MO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The easiest way to prepare is to practice solving old AMC 10\/12 and AIME problems. Click the links below to visit the ZIML Practice Page for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n ZIML Daily Magic Spells and Monthly Contests provide problems similar to the AMC 10\/12 and AIME that test their mathematical problem solving skills. Click the links below to visit the ZIML site for: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Areteem provides many programs that help students build the foundation and problem solving skills to succeed on the AIME. Click the links below to visit Areteem’s programs site for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Learn all about the AIME in this post! The AIME is a math competition for middle school and high school students who do well on the AMC 10 and\/or 12 exam. It contains 15 integer answer questions with a time limit of 3 hours. No calculators can be used.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[98,194],"tags":[123,125,126,136,137,147,151,152,153],"yoast_head":"\nKey Information:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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