8/19/2025 student reflection notes from H

2020 AMC 12B Reflections

Wrong Questions

• Q19: Not sure how to approach. My casework method was too complicated.
• Q21: Solution made sense. I made the substitution u = 70n + 50, but couldn’t expand it properly.
• Q23: Saw that n = 2, n = 3 worked, but I couldn’t eliminate later cases of n ≥ 4.
• Q25: Solution seemed easy, but I didn’t see the graphical method earlier. I have to get better at identifying that.

Correct Questions

• Q15: Solved correctly.
• Q16: Solved correctly.
• Q17: Solved correctly.
• Q18: Solved correctly.
• Q20: Solved correctly.
• Q22: Solved correctly.
• Q24: Solved correctly.

8/15/2025 2020 AMC 12 A student reflection notes from H while in India

2020 AMC 12A Log

Wrong

• Q18 – Tried other equation → could not solve
• Q23 – Hard casework (I could guess if correct, more of a check)
• Q24 – Weird set, specialized translations in geometric problem
• Q25 – Really hard Q. Required graphing + adaptation for 2π trap but not confident/solid

Right

• Q15
• Q16
• Q17
• Q19
• Q20
• Q21
• Q22

8/14/2025 SAT/AMC 12 student reflection notes from Ay

1) Reviewed the attached problems and solutions 2) Reviewed the SAT vocabulary words and tried the SAT questions. I was able to answer all three questions correctly. 3) Attempted the 2023 AMC 12 A. I skipped these questions- #15, #21, #22, #24 and #25 Rest all questions were answered correctly.

8/6/2025 2014 AMC 12 B student reflection notes from H while in India :)

2014 AMC 12B Log

Correct:

• 15
• 16
• 17
• 18 – took time
• 19
• 20
• 22 – time-sink
• 24
• 25

Wrong:

• 21 – struggled with too many variables
• 23 – no idea how to approach

7/27/2025 2023 Mathcounts state sprint student reflection notes An

2023 Mathcounts State Sprint: 

Q13 Rate silly mistake made miscalculation when I was trying to find the rates always double check if the rates if it make sense with the question 

Q21 number theory had an idea but it didn't work because I didn't count all the ordered triplets
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Q22 probability didn't know how to do it 

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Q23 Algebra didn't know how to do it
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Q25 number Theory didn't know how to do it

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Q26 number Theory didn't know how to do it

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Q27 Algebra didn't know how to do it

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Q28 Geometry didn't know how to do it

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Q29 Algebra didn't know how to do it

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Q30 Geometry didn't know how to do it

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