For greater than 50 years, the Mathematical organization of the United States has been engaged within the building and management of difficult contests for college students in American and Canadian excessive colleges. the issues on those contests are built within the wish that each one highschool scholars drawn to arithmetic can have the chance to take part within the contests and may locate the event mathematically enriching. those contests are meant for college kids in any respect degrees, from the common scholar at a customary institution who enjoys arithmetic to some of the best scholars on the so much distinctive college.

In the yr 2000, the Mathematical organization of the USA initiated the yank arithmetic Competitions 10 (AMC 10) for college students as much as grade 10. the competition challenge publication VIII is the 1st choice of difficulties from that festival overlaying the years 2001-2007. J. Douglas Faires and David Wells have been the joint administrators of the AMC 10 and AMC 12 in the course of that interval, and feature assembled this e-book of difficulties and suggestions.

There are 350 difficulties from the 1st 14 contests integrated during this assortment. an issue Index behind the booklet classifies the issues into the next significant topic parts: Algebra and mathematics, Sequences and sequence, Triangle Geometry, Circle Geometry, Quadrilateral Geometry, Polygon Geometry, Counting Coordinate Geometry, strong Geometry, Discrete chance, information, quantity thought, and common sense. the foremost topic parts are then damaged down into subcategories for ease of reference. the issues are cross-referenced once they signify numerous topic areas.