📐 Gauss · AMC 8
Gauss / AMC 8 — Level 1
Foundation-level problem solving covering core topics in algebra, number theory, combinatorics, and geometry.
Course Purpose
Students completing this level will be equipped to solve Part A and Part B problems in the University of Waterloo Gauss Contest, and problems 1–20 in the AMC 8 competition.
🏫 Gauss Contest — Parts A & B
🏆 AMC 8 — Problems 1–20
Curriculum
- Permutations
- Combinations
- Word rearrangements
- Casework
- Complementary counting
- Ratios and Percentages
- Algebraic manipulations and Equations
- Speed, Distance, Time
- Sequences
- Telescoping
- Mean, Median, Mode
- Primes and Divisibility
- Factors
- GCD and LCM
- Diophantine Equations
- Modular Arithmetic
- Angle Chasing
- Triangles
- Quadrilaterals
- Circles
- Similar Triangles
- Areas and Lengths