I. AMC 8 Exam Requirements
| Competition Time: | It takes place every January. |
| Application requirements: | Students in Grade 8 (second year of junior high) and under 14.5 years old (age as of the day of the assessment activity) |
| Exam Paper Structure: | 25 multiple choice questions |
| Competition language: | The AMC8 Mathematics Competition offers bilingual (Chinese and English) exam papers to meet the needs of students from different language backgrounds. |
| Scoring method: | The total score is 25 points. You get 1 point for each correct answer and 0 points for each incorrect answer. |
| Event duration: | Students have 40 minutes to complete all the questions. |
| Exam location: | Choose freely online or offline |
| Results Released: | The competition organizers will release the results within 6-8 weeks. Students can check their results on the official website. |
Note: The competition organizers will collect the exam answers and hand them over to professional graders for marking. The marking criteria are fair and strict.
II. What materials are allowed in the AMC 8 competition?
According to the MAA guidelines, students are only permitted to bring the following during the competition:
Writing supplies (including colored pens/pencils); laptops or tablets; blank scratch paper; erasers
Prohibited materials include:
Calculators; smartwatches; telephones; computing devices; compasses; protractors; graph paper
Note: To manage the competition digitally, students may use a laptop or tablet, opening a tab to view the competition. Otherwise, students may only use writing supplies, blank scratch paper, rulers, and erasers during the competition. Calculators, mobile phones, and any similar electronic devices are prohibited. Calculators are not required for any questions.
III. Student Accommodation Rules:
Competition administrators must make arrangements based on participants' accommodation plans.
AMC 8 accommodation for participants with physical and learning disabilities includes:
A 60-minute extension, and/or a teacher or school administrator reading questions aloud and marking answers under the participant's guidance. Student accommodation is in digital management format.
After registration, please submit a student accommodation form at maa.org/amc or on your competition manager dashboard to ensure the student's digital countdown is extended.
Translation, Braille, and large-print French and Spanish translation brochures will appear on the "Competition Brochures" page of your competition management portal and can be managed in both print and scan formats.
Large-printing needs can be met by managing the competition digitally and using the zoom function on the browser window.
Braille competition entries will be mailed to CM and must be returned by mail.
IV. Use of Translation Dictionaries
Students learning English as a Second Language (ESL) may use a paper, non-technical dictionary to translate between their native language and English. This dictionary must be submitted to the school's competition manager for review and kept on file for 24 hours prior to the competition.
Students using the translation dictionary will not receive additional time.
V. Competition Venue Qualification
The MAA AMC is organized by mathematics and education organizations and has physical venues for on-site testing:
Schools/Universities/Learning Centers/Math Circles
The legitimacy of the institution must be verified before registration. Homeschooling is not permitted.
Students participating in the MAA AMC may be required to pay a fee to cover competition administration costs. Failure to comply with the MAA AMC registration policy will result in disqualification.
VI. Submit allegations of cheating or suspicious behavior
The MAA AMC office takes all disqualifications, cheating allegations, and suspicious conduct seriously and requires reporting to AMCHQ@maa.org.
Supporting allegations with facts or documentation is crucial. If a competition manager receives an allegation or obtains circumstantial evidence of cheating, the competition manager must immediately report all relevant evidence to the MAA AMC office (AMCHQ@maa.org). The MAA AMC office has the authority to disqualify results if it determines that rules and procedures have not been followed.
VII. Unqualified students
If a student is found cheating in AMC 8 or AMC 10/12, they will be disqualified from participating in the remainder of the current cycle. If this occurs a second time, they will be removed from the MAA competition program and will be ineligible for future cycles.
If a student is found cheating in AIME, USAMO, USAJMO, or any other Olympiad-level competition, they will be disqualified from participating in the remainder of the cycle and will be ineligible for future competitions.
In both cases, all scores will be immediately deleted from the MAA competition history, and the student will be ineligible for cycle awards.
VIII. Refund/Credit Policy
If your school is unable to participate in the competition, please use these materials as a practice set to prepare for next year's competition, or as supplementary classroom material. No refunds or credits will be issued after registration.