Simon’s Favorite Factoring Trick — AMC & AIME Problems
Practice every real AMC 8, AMC 10, AMC 12, and AIME problem that uses Simon’s Favorite Factoring Trick — 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 10
2004 AMC 10B Problem 11 · 2008 AMC 10B Problem 23 · 2015 AMC 10A Problem 15 · 2015 AMC 10A Problem 20 · 2015 AMC 10A Problem 23 · 2015 AMC 10B Problem 25 · 2018 AMC 10B Problem 23 · 2021 AMC 10B Spring Problem 11
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