Calculator Skills for Mathcounts Competitions

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Mathcounts competitions in all levels (School, Chapter, State, and National) have two rounds (Target and Team round) in which a calculator is allowed.

Students who are skillful in using calculators and have some training experience will have a significant advantage over students completely untrained. Calculator skills can help students solve hard problems and save time for other problems. The advantage is also evident for the SAT II Math test or AP calculus test.

This book shows you many skills needed to excel in Mathcounts competitions as well as SAT I and II Math tests. Click here for a sample file.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Rules about using the calculators 1

Mathcounts calculator policy1

College Board SAT/AP calculator policy2

Know your calculator 3

Problems and solutions 10

Chapter 2 Basic Arithmetic Calculations 13

Exponents13

Square roots 17

Cube roots and other radicals 20

Absolute values 22

Permutations and combinations 23

Problems and solutions 26

Chapter 3 Basic Algebra Calculations 37

Simplifying algebraic functions 38

Factoring and multiplying 40

Evaluating an expression 44

Evaluating functions 51

Partial fraction decomposition 53

Problems and solutions 56

Chapter 4 Solving An Equation 68

Linear equations 68

Nonlinear equations 72

Problems and solutions 79

Chapter 5 Solving Diophantine Equations92

Problems and solutions 100

Chapter 6 Solving A System of Equations 107

System of linear equations 107

System of nonlinear equations 114

Problems and solutions 118

Chapter 7 Solving Inequalities 129

Linear inequality 129

Absolute value inequality 132

Nonlinear inequality 134

System of inequalities 138

Problems and solutions 140

Chapter 8 Solving Geometry Problems 149

Problems and solutions 156

Chapter 9 Programming 162

Index 207


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