{"id":2792,"date":"2026-02-06T10:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/areteem.org\/blog\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:12:10","slug":"2026-aime-i-answer-key-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/areteem.org\/blog\/2026-aime-i-answer-key-released\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 AIME I Answer Key Released"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year&#8217;s AIME I was held on February 5th, 2026. Middle school and high school students who qualified through the AMC 10 and AMC 12 were able to compete. Congrats to everyone who participated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problems can now be discussed! See below for the answer key for the 2026 AIME I questions as well as the concepts tested on each problem. All answers for the AIME are in the form of 3-digit integers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2026 AIME I Answers<\/strong><\/p><div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;\"><div style=\"width: 50%; min-width: 20em\"><div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>277<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">algebra: motion and systems of equations<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>062<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">combinatorics: palindromes, cases, patterns, and stars and bars<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>079<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">geometry: spheres, circles, tangents, and Pythagorean theorem<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>070<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">algebra and number theory: completing the rectangle, factoring, and prime factorization<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>065<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">geometry: rotations, triangles, parallelograms, and distance formula<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>441<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">algebra: logarithms, substitutions, quadratics, Vieta&#8217;s theorem, and number of factors<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>396<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">combinatorics: functions, counting permutations, cycles, and complementary counting<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>8<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>244<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">number theory: prime factorizations, Chinese Remainder Theorem, and modular arithmetic<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div style=\"width: 50%; min-width: 20em\"><div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>9<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>029<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">combinatorics: conditional probability, dice, and casework<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>156<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">geometry: triangles, areas, circumcenters, rotations, and trigonometry<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>11<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>896<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">combinatorics and algebra: maximizing differences, parity, graphs, and careful thinking<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>12<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>161<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">geometry: spheres, planes, coordinate geometry, lines, and slopes<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>13<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>039<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">number theory and algebra: binomial coefficients, Lucas&#8217;s theorem, and modular arithmetic<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;  align-items: top;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: right; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>14<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 0.2em 0.2em; min-width: 3em;\"><strong>681<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 0.2em 0.5em;\">geometry: pentagons, diagonals, Law of Cosines, and trigonometry<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; 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