Inclusion-exclusion — AMC & AIME Problems

Practice every real AMC 8, AMC 10, AMC 12, and AIME problem that uses inclusion-exclusion — 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).

AMC 8

1985 AMC 8 Problem 15 · 1988 AMC 8 Problem 17 · 1991 AMC 8 Problem 9 · 1991 AMC 8 Problem 23 · 1999 AMC 8 Problem 9 · 2004 AMC 8 Problem 25 · 2007 AMC 8 Problem 13 · 2008 AMC 8 Problem 11 · 2010 AMC 8 Problem 20 · 2011 AMC 8 Problem 6 · 2015 AMC 8 Problem 15 · 2017 AMC 8 Problem 24 · 2019 AMC 8 Problem 11 · 2020 AMC 8 Problem 23 · 2024 AMC 8 Problem 19 · 2024 AMC 8 Problem 24 · 2025 AMC 8 Problem 10

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