Multiplication principle — AMC & AIME Problems

Practice every real AMC 8, AMC 10, AMC 12, and AIME problem that uses Multiplication principle — 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

1985 AMC 8 Problem 22 1995 AMC 8 Problem 23 1999 AMC 8 Problem 15 2001 AMC 8 Problem 14 2003 AMC 8 Problem 16 2007 AMC 8 Problem 4 2009 AMC 8 Problem 22 2013 AMC 8 Problem 21 2015 AMC 8 Problem 4 2015 AMC 8 Problem 10 2015 AMC 8 Problem 11 2016 AMC 8 Problem 17 2017 AMC 8 Problem 15 2017 AMC 8 Problem 20 2018 AMC 8 Problem 19 2020 AMC 8 Problem 23 2023 AMC 8 Problem 23

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