MAA American Mathematics Competitions
2017 Invitational
COMPETITIONS
TEACHER’S MANUAL
A guide for administering the AIME and USA(J)MO
COMPETITION DATES: AIME: TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 OR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017
USA(J)MO: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 AND THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017
Mathematical Association of America
PO Box 471 Annapolis Junction, MD 20701
800-527-3690 • amc.maa.org
Introduction to American Invitational Mathematics Exam and USA Mathematical Olympiad
WELCOME TO THE 2017 COMPETITION
35TH ANNUAL AMERICAN INVITATIONAL MATHEMATICS EXAM
AND THE 46TH ANNUAL USA MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD
What is the American Mathematics
Competitions (AMC) Program?
The Mathematical Association of America’s (MAA)
American Mathematics Competitions program leads the
nation in strengthening the mathematical capabilities of
the next generation of problem-solvers. Through
classroom resources and friendly competition, the MAA
AMC program helps America’s educators identify talent
and foster a love of mathematics. The MAA AMC program
positively impacts the analytical skills needed for future
careers in an innovative society.
The American Mathematics Competitions are a series of
examinations and curriculum materials that build
problem-solving skills and mathematical knowledge in
middle and high school students.
When is the AIME?
The AIME I (Main AIME Competition Date) is administered
on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The AIME II (Alternate AIME Competition Date) is administered on Wednesday, March 22, 2017.
On competition day, the exam should be administered
between 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the school’s US time zone.
For time zones outside of the continental US, the exam must
be given after 9AM, EDT (UTC-4) on the day of the exam.
When is the USA(J)MO?
Day one of the USA(J)MO is Wednesday, April 19, from
12:30 PM EDT to 5:00 PM EDT. Day two of the USA(J)MO
is Thursday, April 20, from 12:30 PM EDT to 5:00 PM EDT.
Three questions are given on each day, participants are
expected to compete on both days.
Invitational Exam Contact Information:
What is the American Invitational Mathematics
Examination (AIME)?
The AIME is a challenging exam offered to students
who excelled on the AMC 10 or AMC 12 exams. The AIME
is a 15 question, three hour examination, each answer is
an integer number between 0 to 999. The questions on
the AIME are more difficult than those on the AMC 10
and AMC 12 competitions. The top scoring students on
the AIME are invited to take the United States of
America Mathematical Olympiad (USAMO) or the United
States of America Junior Mathematical Olympiad
(USAJMO), the final examinations before the International
Mathematical Olympiad.
For any questions regarding
AIME Administration, please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 800-527-3690
For any questions regarding
USA(J)MO Administration, please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202-417-2048
Fax: 202-379-7852
Email contact is preferred.
THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA’S
What is the USA(J)MO?
The USAMO and the USAJMO (together referred to as
the USA(J)MO) are six-question proof examinations,
spread out over nine hours between two days. The top
scoring AMC 12 participants (based on a combination of
AMC 12 and AIME score) are invited to take the USAMO.
The top scoring AMC 10 participants (based on a combination of AMC 10 and AIME score) are invited to take
the USAJMO. U.S. citizens and students studying in the
United States and Canada (with qualifying scores) are
eligible to take the USAMO and USAJMO.
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AMERICAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITIONS
PROGRAM LEADS THE NATION
IN STRENGTHENING THE
MATHEMATICAL CAPABILITIES
OF THE NEXT GENERATION
OF PROBLEM-SOLVERS.
Pre-Exam Preparation: AIME
How do students qualify to participate in the AIME?
Administering the AIME: What You Need To Know
Qualification parameters for the AIME vary based on the
results of the AMC 10/12 competitions. For each AMC 10, at
least the top 2.5% of all scorers are invited, and for each
AMC 12, at least the top 5% of all scorers are invited.
A cutoff score for AIME qualification will be announced for
each exam (10A, 10B, 12A, and 12B) based on the distribution
of scores to include these students in the AIME. There is
no preset cutoff score for the 2017 AIME. Note that
this is a change from previous years.
Use these checklists to host a successful AIME competition.
How do you prepare students for the AIME?
The AIME has a different format than the AMC 10/12:
The exam is three hours, all answers are three-digit integers,
and there are 15 problems. If you have students who are firsttime AIME qualifiers, make sure to show them the MAA’s
AMC resource page so that they can familiarize themselves
with the types of problem on the AIME examination.
AIME Administration Policy:
The AIME must be administered on the official date (March 7,
2017 for the AIME I and March 22, 2017 for the AIME II) to all
students. The exam must be administered at the same start
time and place for both days. Students who miss the AIME I
may take the AIME II. The AIME II is a new set of 15 questions,
different from, but comparable to the AIME I exam questions.
If you have a student that needs to take the AIME II
because they are unavailable to participate in the AIME I,
please register for the AIME II. To do this, you can register
online for the AIME II at amc-reg.maa.org, or submit an email
request to [email protected] for the AIME II by completing
the AIME II order form. Please note that there is a processing
fee for the AIME II. All AIME II answer forms must be
returned by trackable EXPRESS mail service and received
by the AMC office by March 28, 2017.
AIME Venue Policy:
Students should take the AIME at the same testing location
where they took the AMC 10/12 whenever possible. This is to
ensure that a student’s AMC 10/12 score can be accurately
matched with their AIME score for USA Mathematical
Olympiad USA(J)MO qualification. In the event that a student
absolutely cannot take the AIME at the same competition
location, they are to make arrangements with a different
competition manager who has the materials to proctor
the exam and the new proctor is to complete the Change
of Venue form available on amc-reg.maa.org. Students seeking
a new venue for AIME participation should reach out to schools
nearby, using the Additional Competition Locations tool to
look up other AIME host sites nearby. The AMC program will
only accommodate change of venue arrangements that have
been made between a student and an approved proctor.
Pre-exam checklist for AIME:
• Confirm with all of your qualifiers that they know they
have qualified and the time and place of the examination.
• Find the AIME materials that were mailed to you with
your AMC 10/12 materials. Instruct your student who
qualified for the AIME to complete side 1 of the AIME
Student Answer Form using the instructions found on
the form. Please carefully follow the marking instructions
printed on both the identification form and the student
answer form.
• Please review all answer forms to ensure that they
have been marked correctly.
• Students must use their full legal name, no nicknames or abbreviations. It is important for students
to pay special attention to marking their name and
address accurately. Remind them that student names
listed on the AMC website come from this form and
this is how they are identified and invited to the
USA(J)MO. Once student information has been
submitted the AMC program office can not edit any
of the information provided on the answer form.
• Reserve a quiet room for at least three hours and 30
minutes on the day of the competition, from 8:45 a.m.
to 12:15 p.m. in your own (U.S.) time zone, to allow time
for pre- and post-examination activities. For time zones
outside of the continental US, the exam must be given
after 9AM, EDT (UTC-4) on the day of the exam. In
extreme cases where you cannot administer the AIME
between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., please complete the
academic integrity pledge form.
• Complete the AIME School Identification Form and
USAMO/USAJMO Identification Form using the
instructions found on those forms.
• Review the complete set of examination rules.
• Make arrangements to mail the AIME Report Envelopes
with a mail service that offers tracking.
• The day before the competition, remind students of the
time and place of the AIME.
• Obtain a supply of #2 pencils with good erasers,
unmarked scratch paper, rulers, compasses, protractors
and graph paper for your students. Inform students that
no aids are permitted other than scratch paper, graph
paper, rulers, protractors, and erasers. No AIME questions
require the use of a calculator. NO CALCULATORS OR
ELECTRONIC DEVICES OF ANY KIND ARE ALLOWED.
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AIME Competition
Competition Delivery:
Watch your email inbox on Monday, March 6, 2017 (after
12:00 noon EDT) for an email from [email protected]
with an attachment containing the AIME I exam. If you
are proctoring the AIME II exam, this email will arrive
on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 (after 12:00 noon EDT). The
AIME I and AIME II will arrive as a PDF file attached to
the email. Print the competition questions found in the
PDF file and make enough copies for each participating
AIME qualifier.
Administering the AIME: What You Need To Know
Use these checklists to host a successful AIME competition.
Before the exam
• Ensure that you have enough copies of the AIME
questions for each of your participating AIME
qualifiers.
• Seat students so they are separated by an empty
space, if possible.
• Hand out the previously completed AIME answer
forms and provide a #2 lead pencil with a good
eraser for each student.
• Hand out the printed AIME questions and inform
students that they are not to open the packet
containing the questions until they are instructed
to do so.
• Instruct students to read the entire front cover of
the AIME exam. Allow 5 minutes for students to
review the front cover.
• Read aloud the following instructions:
• For each question you answer, use a #2 pencil to
write your answer at the top of the problem’s
answer column. Use 3 digits: each problem has
only one correct answer, which is an integer
between 000 and 999 inclusive. Then, in each of
these columns, blacken the one circle which is
labeled with the digit you have written at the top.
• DO NOT BLACKEN ANSWERS UNTIL YOU ARE
CERTAIN OF YOUR FINAL CHOICE. Forms that
contain stray marks may not be read correctly
by the scanner that scores the competition.
• Ask if there are any questions about examination
procedures. Inform students that talking or asking
questions during the competition is not allowed.
They must do their own work.
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• When it is time to begin, tell students to open the
packet containing the AIME questions and to be
careful to match their answers to the corresponding
question. Remind students that there are 15 problems
and that they have three hours to complete the
competition. Then tell them to BEGIN.
During the exam
Note to competition managers: The competition should
be proctored continuously as you would for any important
exam. The person who proctors the exam must warn
any students whose eyes wander and disqualify any
students caught copying answers or collaborating. Try to
provide as quiet an environment as possible. Be sure
that no student has access to a calculator or any electronic devices during the competition.
• If there is an urgent need to use the bathroom, only
one student may leave at a time and the answer form
and the AIME questions packet should remain with
the competition manager while the student is out
of the room. If there is a health or medical emergency,
a backup competition manager should be available
to assist.
• Announce when there are 90 minutes left and when
there are 15 minutes left.
• When time is up at three hours, tell the students to
STOP and have them sign their name in the space
provided on the student answer form.
• Collect the answer forms and exams as quickly
as possible.
• Collect all of the AIME question packets following the
administration of the competition. As the answer forms
are received, check that each student’s name is correct
on the form and that it is bubbled in completely.
• Inform the students that the competition and solutions may not be discussed with anyone outside
of the room either orally or digitally, i.e. email,
internet, or social media of any type until after the
competition period is over (24 hours after the official
competition date). The AIME questions packets must
be collected from the students directly after the
competition, but they may be returned 24 hours
after the competition period is over.
AIME Competition
After the exam
• Please do not grade the answer forms. Send them
to the AMC for grading.
• Check student answer forms for complete personal
information (legal name, DOB, gender, etc.).
• Arrange the forms with each form facing the same
direction with the same side up. REMOVE ALL PAPER
CLIPS, RUBBER BANDS OR NOTE PAPER ATTACHED
TO ANY ANSWER FORMS. PLEASE FAN THE FORMS
TO SEPARATE ANY THAT MIGHT BE STUCK TOGETHER.
• Do not return blank forms or teacher “practice” forms.
• Place the AIME School Identification Form on top of the
answer forms and insert all forms in the report envelope.
• Complete the Certification Form and USAMO/USAJMO
Identification Form ask your principal or person
with comparable title to sign the Certification Form
and complete the rest of the form.
• Place the Certification Form in the AIME report envelope
with the answer forms, USAMO/USAJMO Identification
Form and School Identification Form, seal the envelope
and send it by a trackable mail service within 24 hours
after the examination has been administered. Schools
located outside of the US must return materials by
AIR EXPRESS MAIL (DHL, Federal Express, etc.)
• Indicate the number of packages you are returning
in the space provided on the Report Envelope.
• Affix adequate postage to the AIME report envelope.
• Note to teachers: The AIME student answer forms
sent to the AMC office in Annapolis Junction, MD
for grading will not be returned.
• After you have delivered all of the answer forms to
the school office to be mailed, you may discuss the
competition and solutions with your students.
Remember that there will be schools taking the
competition in other locations. This is why it is
important that no one discuss problems and solutions
in any online or public forum.
AIME Reports:
AIME scores, along with PDF certificates of participation
and AIME solutions guide, will be emailed to competition
managers after the exam has been scored. Please
retain this report for future reference in classroom files
or with the student counselor office. Many students cite
their scores on college applications, and those schools
may want verification. The AMC office cannot retrieve
or verify student scores.
USA(J)MO Qualification Announcements:
• The AMC office makes all possible attempts to contact
qualifiers and competition managers about
USA(J)MO qualification:
• Competition managers will be emailed the list
of students who took the AIME at their site and
qualified for the USAMO and for the USAJMO,
and their USA(J)MO student ID numbers needed
for all USA(J)MO paperwork.
• If the AMC office has been given a legible student
email on the AIME answer form, the AMC office
will also email these students individually to let
them know they have qualified and provide the
student with their USA(J)MO ID number.
• A list of USAMO qualifiers and USAJMO qualifiers
will be posted on the AMC website on Tuesday,
April 4, 2017. This list will provide the first initial, last
name, school, city, state and grade of each qualifier.
• PLEASE NOTE: Some students may appear on
this list that had scores below the USAMO and
USAJMO cutoff scores. In certain cases, the
USA(J)MO committee invites students from
unrepresented states. For this reason, please
check this list even if none of your students
scored above the USA(J)MO cutoffs.
• Cutoff scores will be announced on the AMC website
on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. If you discover a student
with a score above the cutoff who did not receive a
student ID number or was not listed on the qualifier
list, please contact [email protected] to see if
there was an error in matching the student AIME
and AMC 10/12 scores.
AFTER YOU HAVE DELIVERED ALL OF THE ANSWER FORMS
TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE TO BE MAILED, YOU MAY DISCUSS
THE COMPETITION AND SOLUTIONS WITH YOUR STUDENTS.
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Pre-Exam Preparation: USA(J)MO
How do students qualify to participate
in the USA(J)MO?
Administering the USA(J)MO - What You Need To Know
After the AIME I and AIME II are scored, the USA(J)MO
committee and AMC program determines cutoff indexes
that will qualify students for USA(J)MO participation.
The goal is to select approximately 500 students total
for the two Olympiads. A student’s USAMO index is
defined as their AMC 12 score plus ten times the AIME
score. A student’s USAJMO index is defined as their
AMC 10 score plus ten times the AIME score. When
determining the cutoff index, the USA(J)MO committee considers the difference in difficulty of the various
AMC 10/12 A and B exams, as well as the difference in
difficulty in the AIME I and AIME II, as determined by
score distribution. If this difference is significant,
different cutoffs may be announced for different
exams. If a student’s scores qualify them for both the
USAMO and the USAJMO, they will be invited to take
the USAMO.
Pre-exam checklist for USA(J)MO:
The USA(J)MO committee may choose to invite
additional students to take the USAMO or USAJMO.
For example, the committee may invite the top scoring
student from unrepresented states to take the exam.
Only students who are U.S. citizens or attending
school in the United States or Canada are eligible to
participate in the USA(J)MO
How do you prepare students for the USA(J)MO?
The format of the USA(J)MO is identical to the format
used for the International Mathematical Olympiad.
The USA(J)MO consists of six proof-based questions to
be solved over two days: three questions will be given
on Wednesday, and students will have four hours and
30 minutes to solve them; then three more questions
will be given on Thursday, and students will have
four hours and 30 minutes to solve the second set
of questions.
Student answers will be graded for the method of
approach, clarity of reasoning, evidence of ingenuity, inventiveness, and general insight. Please make
sure students have read the USA(J)MO Instruction
Sheet, and look at our AMC Resource Page to prepare
for the exam.
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Use these checklists to host a successful competition.
• Reserve a room for April 19, 2017 and April 20, 2017
from 12:00 p.m. EDT to 5:30 p.m. EDT on both days to
allow for pre- and post-exam activities. Note that the
competition must be administered starting at 12:30 p.m.
EDT and ending at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
• If you cannot proctor the students for the entire time
on both exam dates, please find an alternate competition manager to assist you to make sure the students
are supervised for the duration of both days of the exam.
When submitting any forms, provide names and contact
information for anyone who helped proctor.
• Confirm with participating students that they know their
ID number, the date and location of the exam, and that
they plan on participating in the competition. Tell all students
to arrive in the room by 12:15 p.m. EDT on the day of the
exam. The exam must begin at 12:30 p.m. EDT and students
cannot be given any additional time past 5:00 p.m. EDT.
• Review the exam distribution instructions that were sent
via email along with your list of student qualifiers. If you
have not received any instructions or a list of qualifiers,
and will have students sitting for the exam, email
[email protected] as soon as possible.
• PLEASE NOTE that unlike 2016, a password is
required to download the 2017 USAMO and
USAJMO exams from an email sent to competition
managers. A test email will be sent to competition
managers to make sure they are able to download this pdf in advance of the contest.
• In the exam distribution instruction email, competition
managers will be given information about the site to
ensure they will be able to download the question sets
on the day of the exam. If you try to download this
sample pdf and are unable to download the sample
set of questions, contact [email protected] to be
added to the list of proctors who will have the exam
emailed to them at 12:15pm EDT on the day of the exam.
• Complete the 2017 USA(J)MO Teacher Acknowledgement
Form and email the completed form to [email protected]
The USA(J)MO office strongly prefers that you scan and
email this form to [email protected]. Proctors may also
fax the completed form to 202-379-7852. The deadline
for this form to be completed is Friday, April 14, 2017.
• Either parents, students or competition managers should
complete and submit the 2017 Student/Parent Response Form
The USA(J)MO office strongly prefers that you scan and
email in this form to [email protected]. Proctors may
also fax the completed form to 202-379-7852. The deadline
for completion of this form is Friday, April 14, 2017.
USA(J)MO Competition
Administering the USA(J)MO - What You Need To Know
Use these checklists to host a successful competition.
Before the exam:
• Please note that these instructions are for both day
one and day two of the USA(J)MO.
• Students should come prepared with a lunch and/or
snacks since there will be no lunch break during the
exam. Make sure that the room has enough working
space for students and that students will be free
from interruptions.
• Before the students arrive, print out plenty of blank
USA(J)MO answer sheets. There will be three questions
each exam day. Students may require several answer
sheets for each of these proof-based questions.
• When students arrive in the classroom, ask them to
put away all electronic devices. The only materials
they may access while they are in the exam room
are a ruler, compass, scratch paper, pencil and eraser.
• Change to: At 12:15PM EDT, the link to download the
exam will be emailed to the USA(J)MO competition
manager. Be sure to check your spam filter and
refresh your email browser when looking for this
message. If by 12:17PM EDT you have not received
an email, email [email protected] to have the
email re-sent.
• Print enough copies of the exam for each of your
students. Please be sure to print copies of the
USAMO for all USAMO qualifiers, and to print copies
of the USAJMO for all USAJMO qualifiers. If your
student takes the wrong version of the exam, they
will not be given credit for their work.
• Before handing out the exam, read the USA(J)MO
Instruction Sheet to students.
During the exam:
The competition should be proctored continuously as
you would for any important exam. The competition
manager must warn any students whose eyes wander
and disqualify any students caught copying answers or
collaborating. Try to provide as quiet an environment as
possible. Be sure that no student has access to a calculator or calculating device during the competition.
• If there is a need to use the bathroom, only one student
may leave at a time. Their answer form and contest
booklet should be retained by you while the student
is out of the room. If there is a health or medical
emergency, a backup competition manager should
be available to assist.
• Announce when there are 3 hours left, 2 hours left,
1 hour left and 5 minutes left.
• When time is up at 5:00PM EDT, tell the students to STOP
and check that they have labeled the problem number
and page number on all of their answer sheets, as well
as their USA(J)MO student ID number on every page.
• Collect all the students’ exam questions and answer
forms following the administration.
• Inform the students that the competition and solutions
may not be discussed with anyone either orally or
digitally, i.e. email, internet, or social media of any
type until at least 7PM EDT, the day of the exam.
The competition questions must be collected from
the students directly after the competition, but
they may be returned 24 hours after the competition
period is over.
• Hand out the exam face down to each student, again
making sure that USAMO qualifiers receive the USAMO
and USAJMO qualifiers receive the USAJMO.
• At 12:30 p.m. EDT, tell the students to BEGIN.
WHEN STUDENTS ARRIVE IN THE CLASSROOM,
ASK THEM TO PUT AWAY ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
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USA(J)MO Competition
After the exam:
USA(J)MO Grading:
Please note that these instructions are for both day
one and day two of the USA(J)MO.
Each paper is read by as many as four different graders,
who agree on a score between 0 and 7 for each question.
Every paper is scored against the same standard as
every other paper. If a paper was 'borderline' for an
award or Mathematical Olympiad Program (MOP) qualification, it will be subject to further scrutiny from
graders. Scores will be posted on amc.maa.org on
May 5, 2017 by student ID number. All competition
managers are emailed student scores that day
Students also receive email score reports with their
total score, but score breakdowns by question are not
available. All scores are final.
• DO NOT MAIL IN ANY ANSWER SHEETS TO THE
AMC OFFICE UNLESS INSTRUCTED.
• Complete the Certification Form for the day of the exam
and ask your principal or person with comparable
title to sign and complete the Certification Form.
• As soon as possible, scan and email the Certification
Form and student answers to [email protected].
If you cannot scan and email these forms, fax them
to 202-379-7852.
• When emailing the form and student answers,
use the subject line: Answer Sheets - Day (1 or 2),
IDs (List all student IDs)
• If multiple students participated, when possible
please upload each student’s answer sheets
as separate files. For example, if two students
took the exam, email two pdfs, one for each
student.
• The AMC office will check every certification form
and every answer sheet to make sure that it is
complete and legible. Due to the large volume
of responses, it may take up to 48 hours per
exam day to confirm receipt of all answer sheets.
It may take an additional week to confirm that
every page of every answer sheet is legible
enough for grading. For this reason, we ask that
competition managers keep student answer
sheets for at least seven days after the second
day of the exam.
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USAMO Winners:
The 12 top-scoring students on the USAMO will be invited
to attend an award ceremony held in Washington, D.C.
on June 5, 2017. Activities include a reception at the
Mathematical Association of America headquarters
and a celebration dinner with the mathematical sciences
community. These 12 students are emailed May 5, 2017
with details about the awards ceremony and their names
and schools are announced online.
Mathematical Olympiad Program (MOP):
The MOP is an invitational summer program for the US
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) team and top
scoring USAMO and USAJMO students. These students
are invited to enter a further series of Olympiad-style
tests that will determine the following year's IMO team.
The Mathematical Olympiad Program takes place
June 6–July 1, 2017 on the campus of Carnegie Mellon
University. Students take classes on advanced mathematical topics, meet special guest speakers, train for
mathematical competitions, and participate in related
social and mathematical activities. Students who are
invited to MOP receive emails on May 5, 2017 with
details about the program and all necessary forms. A
very small number of additional students may be sent
invitations after May 5 if any invited students are
unable to attend MOP.
AMC Policies
Policy for Changes: The Committee on AMC may, from
time to time, change the program rules, regulations,
awards and conditions of participation in whole or in
part. Whenever possible competition managers will be
notified of these changes ahead of time.
Early administration is NEVER permitted and will
lead to a disqualification of the results. Such an
administration would jeopardize the validity of all
scores from other schools.
Official administration: The only official days for the
AIME are March 7 for the AIME I and March 22 for the
AIME II. The only official days for the USA(J)MO are
April 19 and April 20 from 12:30 p.m. EDT to 5:00 p.m.
EDT. Only official AIME participants are eligible for
participation in the USA(J)MO and only official USA(J)MO
participants will be scored. Please note that if the AIME
is administered in a time zone outside of the continental
US the examination must begin after 9:00 a.m. EST on
the official competition day.
Competition Proctoring
• The proctoring of both the AIME and the USA(J)MO
should be by a teacher (preferably a mathematics
teacher) or administrator at the school; a college or
university teacher of mathematics, or a responsible
adult who is a math club or team coach, and not
related to any of the participants.
• The proctoring of the competition must take place
in a public building, (i.e., school library, college or
university, church, etc.).
• All students must take the competition at the same
time, either in one group or in separate classrooms
and be under the supervision of a proctor.
• The proctor should not be related to any of the
participants. Under no circumstances may a parent
proctor an exam for their child.
Students with Accommodation Plans (e.g., for
Visual or Learning Disabilities): If an AIME-qualified
student is visually impaired and/or learning disabled,
contact the AMC office at [email protected] to discuss
accommodations. Unfortunately, the AIME is not available in braille. The time allowance for students with
learning disabilities is four hours and 30 minutes. If a
USA(J)MO qualified student is visually impaired
and/or learning disabled, contact the USA(J)MO office
at [email protected].
Questionable Scores: If it is clear to the competition
manager from personal observation that a student has
cheated, then the competition manager must disqualify
the student. If the competition manager receives an
accusation or obtains indirect evidence of cheating,
then the manager must hold back the student’s paper
and immediately report all the facts of the situation to
the AMC Director, who in conjunction with the
Committee on AMC, will determine what to do.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES may the school decide on
its own to accept a questionable score.
GOOD LUCK TO
YOUR STUDENTS
ON THE 2017 AIME
& USA(J)MO!
We hope they find
the competitions
challenging
and exciting.
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