Vandermonde’s Convolution — AMC & AIME Practice Problems

Vandermonde’s Convolution — AMC & AIME Problems

Practice every real AMC 8, AMC 10, AMC 12, and AIME problem that uses Vandermonde’s Convolution — 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.

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

AIME

2008 AIME II Problem 12 · 2018 AIME I Problem 12 · 2020 AIME I Problem 7 · 2022 AIME I Problem 12

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