Recursion — AMC & AIME Problems

Practice every real AMC 8, AMC 10, AMC 12, and AIME problem that uses recursion — a algebra 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.

All of these problems are used with official legal permission of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA).

AMC 8

1990 AMC 8 Problem 21 · 1998 AMC 8 Problem 22 · 2009 AMC 8 Problem 5 · 2023 AMC 8 Problem 22

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