Contest Math 8: Introduction to Geometry

Choose the right level

Students who complete Contest Math 7B are ready for Contest Math 8. Similar to Honors Math 8: Intro to Geometry, 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 Art of Problem Solving curriculum to teach Contest Math 8: Intro to Geometry. AoPS curriculum is a much broader and deeper exploration of challenging mathematics than a typical math curriculum, preparing students for success at top universities and in competitive careers.

This course will require both the Introduction to Geometry and Art of Problem Solving, Volume 1 textbooks.

Contest Math 8
In this course, students learn the fundamentals of geometry, including the study of angles, triangle similarity and congruence, special quadrilaterals, polygons, the art of angle chasing, power of a point, three-dimensional geometry, transformations, analytic geometry, basic trigonometry, geometric proof, and more. Students are further challenged by contest problems that incorporate multiple concepts and skills, and sometimes require out-of-the-box thinking.

Format

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

Homework and exams

There are about 2 to 3 hours of homework each week. There are two timed exams in each course — one at the midpoint of the course, and one at the end — as well as practice contests spread across the lessons.

Drop and refund policies

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Schedule

The course runs for 36 weeks with one 120-minute lesson per week.