Middle School Math Competitions
The problem-solving toolkit behind MATHCOUNTS, the AMC 8 and Math Kangaroo, built idea by idea and tested against the clock.
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This course runs 6 months (24 weeks), repeatable as a second season with new problem sets at 2 live classes/week + weekly problem sets and timed rounds. The range allows for background and pace: a complete beginner uses the full span, and a student with prior knowledge finishes sooner. The syllabus below is planned to the shorter end, with margin kept for revision.
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At a glance
- Who it is for
- Students roughly aged 10 to 14 (grades 5 to 8) who are comfortable with school maths and want more challenge. Age: Roughly 10 to 14 (grades 5 to 8). Younger students who are strong at maths are welcome after the free demo.
- Prerequisites
- Comfortable with school maths at grade level, including fractions, decimals and basic equations. No contest experience needed
- Format
- Live, interactive classes with a real teacher, never pre-recorded videos. Live classes run about one hour.
- Language
- English or Hindi, depending on the batch.
- Duration
- 6 months (24 weeks), repeatable as a second season with new problem sets
- Weekly commitment
- 2 live classes/week + weekly problem sets and timed rounds
- Class size
- Group batches of 15 to 20 students, mini batches of up to 6, or 1-on-1.
- Certificate
- Certificate from Modern Age Coders, awarded on passing the final assessment
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Program Overview
Middle school math competitions ask for something school maths rarely does: seeing an unfamiliar problem, choosing an idea, and getting it right quickly. The three best-known contests for this age reward the same core toolkit. MATHCOUNTS is a national program for students in grades 6 to 8, with four levels of competition (school, chapter, state and national) and four rounds: the Sprint Round of 30 problems in 40 minutes without a calculator, the Target Round of four pairs of problems with 6 minutes per pair, the Team Round of 10 problems in 20 minutes, and the optional fast-paced Countdown Round. Math Kangaroo USA is a 75-minute multiple-choice test with 30 questions for students in grade 5 and above, scored 3, 4 or 5 points per question with no points taken away for wrong answers. The AMC 8, from the Mathematical Association of America, is a multiple-choice contest for middle school students.
This 6-month live course teaches that shared toolkit in a deliberate order: arithmetic and number sense, number theory, algebra and word problems, counting and probability, geometry, then patterns, sequences and logic. Every topic is taught through problems written in the styles of these contests, and every month includes a timed round so speed and accuracy grow together.
The final two months are contest craft: Sprint and Countdown speed without a calculator, Target and Team strategy with one, and multiple-choice technique for the AMC 8 and Math Kangaroo. Students keep an error log from the first week, so they learn as much from mistakes as from successes. We teach the mathematics and the habits; we never promise medals or qualification, and families register for each contest through the routes the organisers set.
What Makes This Program Different
- One toolkit for three contests: MATHCOUNTS, the AMC 8 and Math Kangaroo reward the same core ideas, so students prepare for all three at once
- Topics taught in a deliberate order, from number sense to geometry, so each idea builds on the one before
- A timed round every month, so speed and accuracy are trained together rather than left to the final weeks
- Round-specific craft: no-calculator speed for Sprint and Countdown, calculator strategy for Target and Team, and elimination for multiple-choice tests
- An error log kept from week one, reviewed with the teacher every month
- Problems written in the contest styles, plus the official free sample problems the organisers publish
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Topics Covered
- A diagnostic round to find each student's starting point
- How MATHCOUNTS, the AMC 8 and Math Kangaroo are structured
- Mental arithmetic shortcuts: compensation, doubling and halving, and multiplying near 100
- Fractions, decimals and percents converted quickly
- Order of operations and careful reading
- Starting an error log
Projects You Build
- Personal diagnostic summary with three target topics and an opened error log
Practice & Assignments
Daily ten-minute arithmetic sprint, with the time and score recorded each day
Topics Covered
- Divisibility rules and why they work
- Prime factorisation and factor trees
- Greatest common divisor and least common multiple
- Counting the factors of a number from its prime factorisation
- Perfect squares and cubes
- Contest problems that hide a factorisation
Projects You Build
- Number theory toolkit page: each rule with a worked contest-style example
Practice & Assignments
A 20-problem number theory set, with the idea used written beside each answer
Assessment
Month 1 timed round: a short no-calculator round on arithmetic and number theory
Topics Covered
- Ratios and proportions set up from words
- Rates, work and distance problems
- Percent change and successive percentages
- Writing and solving linear equations from a story
- Averages and how adding a value changes them
- Checking an answer against the question
Projects You Build
- Word problem casebook: ten problem types, each with a model solution
Practice & Assignments
A 20-problem word problem set, half solved with an equation and half by reasoning
Topics Covered
- Making organised lists so nothing is missed or counted twice
- The multiplication principle
- Arrangements: permutations of objects in a row
- Choosing groups: combinations
- Complementary counting: count what you do not want
- Venn diagrams for overlapping groups
Projects You Build
- Counting toolkit page: when to list, multiply, arrange, choose or subtract
Practice & Assignments
A 15-problem counting set, each answer checked by a second method where possible
Assessment
Phase 1 assessment: a timed mixed round covering number theory, word problems and counting
Topics Covered
- Probability as favourable outcomes over possible outcomes
- Dice, coins, cards and spinners
- Independent events and multiplying probabilities
- Using counting to find probabilities
- Complementary probability
- Simple expected value
Projects You Build
- Probability lab: run a small experiment, compare it with the calculated answer and explain the difference
Practice & Assignments
A 15-problem probability set with a sketch of the sample space for every problem
Topics Covered
- Angle facts: straight lines, triangles, polygons and parallel lines
- The Pythagorean theorem and common Pythagorean triples
- Area of triangles, quadrilaterals and composite shapes
- Similar triangles and scale factors
- Adding a helpful line to a diagram
- Coordinate geometry: distance and area on a grid
Projects You Build
- Geometry fact sheet with a diagram for every fact
Practice & Assignments
A 15-problem geometry set, redrawing each diagram to scale before solving
Assessment
Month 3 timed round: probability and geometry, with a written review of every miss
Topics Covered
- Circumference, area, arcs and sectors
- Shaded-region problems
- Surface area and volume of prisms, cylinders, pyramids and cones
- Nets and cube-counting puzzles
- Visualising folds, rotations and views of solids
- Exact answers in terms of pi
Projects You Build
- Shaded-region and solids casebook with ten worked problems
Practice & Assignments
A 15-problem circles and solids set, with exact answers left in terms of pi
Topics Covered
- Arithmetic sequences and the sum of the first n terms
- Spotting and proving simple patterns
- Units digits and remainders in long calculations
- Number bases beyond ten
- Logic puzzles: truth-tellers, ordering and elimination grids
- Visual reasoning puzzles of the kind Math Kangaroo is known for
Projects You Build
- Patterns and logic casebook, with a one-line explanation of why each pattern holds
Practice & Assignments
A mixed set of patterns, remainders and logic puzzles, half with a timer and half without
Assessment
Phase 2 assessment: a timed mixed round across all topics so far
Topics Covered
- Sprint Round pacing: 30 problems in 40 minutes without a calculator
- Which problems to bank first and which to return to
- Mental shortcuts that save seconds on common problem types
- Countdown Round practice: answering against a short per-problem clock
- Staying accurate when going fast
- Reviewing a sprint: speed errors versus knowledge errors
Projects You Build
- Two timed Sprint-style rounds with a personal pacing plan written after each
Practice & Assignments
One Sprint-style round a week under exact timing, with every miss logged
Topics Covered
- Target Round pacing: pairs of problems in 6 minutes
- Using a calculator well, and knowing when not to
- Showing enough working to check an answer quickly
- Team Round: 10 problems in 20 minutes, splitting and checking work
- Communicating clearly in a team
- Practising with the organisers' free sample problems
Projects You Build
- Full MATHCOUNTS-style mock: Sprint, Target and Team rounds, with a written review
Practice & Assignments
One Target-style set and one team problem set each week
Assessment
Month 5 assessment: the full MATHCOUNTS-style mock, reviewed round by round
Topics Covered
- Using the answer choices: elimination, estimation and testing values
- Spotting the trap answer a common mistake produces
- Math Kangaroo scoring: 3, 4 and 5-point questions and no penalty for wrong answers
- Pacing a 75-minute, 30-question Math Kangaroo paper
- Planning time for a multiple-choice contest and checking marked answers
- Reading each organiser's current rules before the contest
Projects You Build
- Timed multiple-choice mock papers in the AMC 8 and Math Kangaroo styles, with written reviews
Practice & Assignments
One timed multiple-choice paper a week and a written plan for the next one
Topics Covered
- A final mixed mock contest under exact timing
- Error log review: the five fixes that matter most
- Contest-day routine: sleep, materials and nerves
- How to keep practising between contests
- Planning the next season or moving toward high school contests
- Presenting a favourite problem and its solution to the class
Projects You Build
- Final mock contest and a personal next-season plan based on the error log
Practice & Assignments
Write a full solution to your favourite problem of the course, explained for a younger student
Assessment
Final assessment: a mixed mock contest plus a short conversation on method choices
Projects You'll Build
Build a professional portfolio with A complete contest kit: toolkit pages, casebooks, an error log and reviewed mock rounds real-world projects.
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Straight answers about Middle School Math Competitions: MATHCOUNTS, AMC 8 and Math Kangaroo Prep
- Who should take this course?
- Students roughly aged 10 to 14 (grades 5 to 8) who are comfortable with school maths and want more challenge. Age: Roughly 10 to 14 (grades 5 to 8). Younger students who are strong at maths are welcome after the free demo. It suits students who are good at school maths and want to try their first competition; students who have taken part before and want a structured toolkit and stronger timing; students aiming to join or contribute to a school mathcounts team.
- What will they learn and build?
- Middle school math competitions ask for something school maths rarely does: seeing an unfamiliar problem, choosing an idea, and getting it right quickly. The three best-known contests for this age reward the same core toolkit.
- How deeply are topics covered?
- The course runs 6 months (24 weeks), repeatable as a second season with new problem sets at 2 live classes/week + weekly problem sets and timed rounds, across 3 phases listed week by week in the syllabus below. A structured plan that builds the shared toolkit of MATHCOUNTS, the AMC 8 and Math Kangaroo in a deliberate order.
- Who teaches it?
- Modern Age Coders mentors, who teach the live classes themselves. You can watch them at work in the free class recordings before you decide.
- How do practice, feedback and assessment work?
- Classwork every session, a problem set after every class, a timed round every month, and a final mock contest that decides the certificate. Doubt support between classes over WhatsApp, so you are never left stuck. A certificate you earn by passing the final assessment, with a free retest after revision if needed.
- What does it cost?
- Three monthly plans: a group batch, a mini batch and 1-on-1. Prices are shown in your currency in the plans section. Monthly billing, cancel any time.
- When can classes take place?
- Live classes are scheduled around your week. Group batches meet at a fixed weekly slot; 1-on-1 students choose their own. International students are scheduled in their own timezone. Ask on WhatsApp for the current slots.
- Can I watch the teaching before deciding?
- Yes. Full recordings of real 13 and up classes are free to watch, free with a Google sign-in. These recordings show how we teach, not the exact syllabus of this course. Some classes are in English and some in Hindi; everyone follows at their own pace. Watch a class end to end, like you are in it. Sessions are interactive and each moment builds on the last.
- Can I enroll without a live demo?
- Yes. Choose a plan on this page and enrol directly; a demo is not required. If you would like to see a full class with a mentor first, book a Priority Demo.
- How do I reach you with a question?
- WhatsApp +91 91233 66161, email connect@modernagecoders.com, or call +91 91233 66161. Tell us the student's age and what they have learned so far, and we will point you to the right plan and batch.
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