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Guides, updates and answers about the AMC 8 — registration, the exam, preparation and results.
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AMC 8 Cubes, Nets and Views: The Spatial Reasoning Card With Four Lookup Tables and a 10-Problem Worked Key
A spatial reasoning card for AMC 8 solids: painted-cube counts, net rules for opposite faces, reading stacks from views, glued-cube surface area and ten worked problems.
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AMC 8 Logic Puzzles: Seven Types, Four Tools and a 10-Problem Worked Key
A lookup card for AMC 8 logic questions: seven puzzle types, four tools from liar tables to worst cases, two worked diagrams and ten original problems with a worked key.
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AMC 8 Patterns and Sequences: The Seven-Type Lookup Card, Four Formulas and a 12-Problem Worked Key
A lookup card for AMC 8 sequence questions: seven pattern types with their first move, four formulas, digit-position tables and twelve original problems with a worked key.
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What an AMC 8 Result Does Inside an Application File: A Cross-Validation Worksheet
A worksheet for checking whether an AMC 8 result is corroborated by your transcript, activity list and writing, plus how to phrase the line honestly.
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AIME 2027 Changed the Ladder Above the AMC 8: A Gate-by-Gate Planner for 2026-27
MAA rewrote AIME for 2027: fixed 100 and 85 thresholds, no AMC index, an age-13 floor and one February window. A gate-by-gate planner for AMC 8 families in China.
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AMC 8 Ratios, Rates and Percents: The Multiplier Card, Six Setups and Ten Drills With a Worked Key
A working reference for AMC 8 ratio, rate and percent questions: a multiplier lookup table, six setups with their signal words, ten original drills and a worked key.
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Run an AMC 8 Club in Ten Sessions: A Printable Planner Built Backwards From the January Sitting
A printable ten-session planner for school AMC 8 clubs: the backwards calendar from the January sitting, a 60-minute run sheet, mixed-grade lanes and a tracking grid.
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The AMC 8 Already Has an International Edition: What the January 2026 Paper Tells Us About China Sittings
According to the China organising channel’s records, the January 2026 AMC 8 used a dedicated international edition across China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Singapore, with Australia and New Zealand adopting it too. Here is what that does – and does not – mean for your preparation, and what remains unannounced for AMC…
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AMC 8 Statistics and Data Displays: The Mean-Median-Mode-Range Card, Five Chart Types, and the Trap in Each
A reference card for the AMC 8 data strand: exact definitions of mean, median, mode and range, five chart types with the trap in each, and nine worked examples with answers.
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The AMC 8 Bilingual Paper Protocol: Which Column to Read, and 14 Convention Flips to Check Before January
Per centre information, the January China sitting uses a bilingual paper. Here is the two-column reading protocol, 14 classroom conventions that flip between languages, and a pre-flight check.