How to Prepare
Use the MATHCOUNTS School Handbook. The handbook is used by schools all across the U.S. We encourage you to become familiar with the rules, competition structure, scoring and forms of answers. This publication mirrors the difficulty level you can expect to see in our competition. It is divided into four ‘rounds’: Sprint Round, Target Round, Team Round, and the Countdown Round. We suggest you and your students become familiar with each round.
The official MATHCOUNTS website provides problems from previous competitions (at each level of competition). Practice problems can also be found in the school handbook.
"Warm-up" practice problems in the handbook will help students prepare for the Sprint Round. Calculators are not allowed in this round. “Workout” practice problems will help students prepare for the Target Round. Calculators are allowed in this round.
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