Starting in grades 5-6 you can already make good use of the free content on mathinee.com. On this site, we have posted some lecture notes meant for review and self-study.
There are over 300 original problems on mathinee.com. By solving problems, you can become 'top problem solver of the week' and receive a mini-scholarship for Goods of the Mind math or programming classes.
Participation in contests such as Math Kangaroo, AMC-8 and MATHCOUNTS is the principal tool for incentivizing the study of math. We recommend that students focus first on obtaining an almost full score on AMC 8 before moving on to AMC 10. Experience shows that the score on AMC 8 is a very good indicator of future performance on AMC 10 and AIME. A newer contest,Purple Comet has extremely good problem sets - you can use them for training or you can set up a team and participate!
Most free resources (or almost free) that are good quality fall in the following categories:
- Past AMC 8 exam papers.
- Past Math Kangaroo exams.
- University of Waterloo math circles.
- Past Gauss and Pascal exams.
- The Wired Math worksheets.
- The wonderful problem sets of Tivadar Diveki for the International Abacus Math Contest.
For teachers and homeschooling parents who are interested in math, there is a beautiful set of essays written by Romualdas Kasuba that we recommend.
mathinee.com is a site that provides free self-training material: lecture notes, problems and diagnostic. Students who achieve a good track record on mathinee.com qualify for mini-scholarships on Goods of the Mind, LLC. Follow mathinee.com on Twitter to get notified when new material is posted and when the 'top problem solver of the week' has been selected.
Participation in contests such as AMC 10/12, MIT-Harvard Math Tournament, Bay Area Math Olympiad, Stanford Math Tournament, Math Kangaroo, Purple Comet, is the principal tool for incentivizing the study of math. Some of the contest sites offer free or almost free access to past exam papers. These papers are excellent training materials.
Most free resources (or almost free) that are good quality fall in the following categories:
- Past AMC 10/12 or AIME exam papers.
- Past Math Kangaroo exams.
- University of Waterloo math circles.
- Past Cayley, Fermat, Fryer, Galois, Hypatia, Euclid and COMC exams.
- The Wired Math worksheets.
- Past Furman-Wylie Mathematics Tournament exams.
- Past UNC Charlotte exams.
- Past exams from the Irish Mathematical (PRISM) competitions.
For teachers and homeschooling parents who are interested in math, there is a beautiful set of essays written by Romualdas Kasuba that we recommend.
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