Contest Math 6: Prealgebra

Choose the right level

Students who complete Contest Math 6A are ready for Contest Math 6B. Similar to Honors Math 6: Prealgebra, this course takes conceptual understanding to the next level — while also integrating a special focus on highly challenging problems and practice contests for students who want to participate in math competitions.

To determine if your student is ready for this course or others at the Virtual Campus, learn more here.

Curriculum

Our expert instructors use the Art of Problem Solving curriculum to teach Contest Math 6: Prealgebra. AoPS curriculum is a much broader and deeper exploration of challenging mathematics than a typical math curriculum.

This course will require both the Prealgebra and Competition Math for Middle School textbooks.

Contest Math 6A
Prealgebra starts by formalizing the rules of arithmetic that students learned in elementary school. Students are then introduced to the topics of number theory and algebra, including common divisors and multiples, primes and prime factorizations, basic equations and inequalities, and ratios. Students are further challenged by contest problems that incorporate multiple concepts and skills, and sometimes require out-of-the-box thinking.

Contest Math 6B
‍‍Students study percents and square roots, dive into geometric tools and strategies, and are introduced to discrete mathematics and statistics — all while continuing to develop their general problem-solving strategies and capacity to untangle complicated problems often seen in math contests.

Format

Our instructors hold classes virtually, in a small-sized (10-16 students) videoconferencing classroom.

Homework and exams

There are about 1 to 3 hours of homework each week. There is one timed final exam at the end of the course.

Drop and refund policies

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Schedule

Each course runs for 18 weeks with one 120-minute lesson per week.

NEW THIS SUMMER - Accelerated Contest Math 6B, offering a 9 week session covering the same material as the other class formats. Each week includes two 120-minute lessons. Look for class 17631 to enroll.