Combinations — AMC & AIME Problems

Practice every real AMC 8, AMC 10, AMC 12, and AIME problem that uses Combinations — a combinatorics concept — each with a professionally curated solution, many with a video solution too, from LIVE by Po-Shen Loh. Browse all concepts or the full past-contest archive.

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AMC 8

1996 AMC 8 Problem 21 2001 AMC 8 Problem 14 2002 AMC 8 Problem 21 2004 AMC 8 Problem 4 2005 AMC 8 Problem 21 2006 AMC 8 Problem 20 2012 AMC 8 Problem 14 2014 AMC 8 Problem 18 2017 AMC 8 Problem 10 2020 AMC 8 Problem 7 2025 AMC 8 Problem 25 2026 AMC 8 Problem 20

More combinatorics concepts

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