What the test covers
Every AMC 8 skill maps to the content the test covers, so practice time goes where the points are.
AMC 8
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Built around what the test covers
Your starting point
Aristotle finds what your child already knows and starts there, instead of drilling material they have mastered.
Your test date
Aristotle builds the plan backwards from test day and your child's target score.
Test prep
How does Aristotle help with AMC 8 prep?
Aristotle tracks 196 AMC 8 skills, finds the ones costing your child points, and plans review back from test day.
Skill-by-skill review
Follows what the test covers.
Exam-style practice
Your child talks it through. Aristotle coaches from the step that went wrong.
Help on demand
Any time before test day. No booking.
A parent view
See what's mastered and what's left.
Features
All the tools of a great tutor.
Talk things through, work side by side, and come back next time to a tutor who remembers where you left off.
Learn out loud
Ask questions out loud, hear explanations in Aristotle’s voice, and interrupt whenever you need to.
An interactive whiteboard
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Get practice problems tailored to the exact topics you’re struggling with.
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From middle-school math to AP exams to SAT/ACT prep. We also build custom plans matched to state standards and specific courses.
Review with ease
Revisit session summaries, session whiteboards, and uploads in one place.
Upload your own materials
Aristotle can read and navigate any PDFs and images with the learner. That includes textbooks with hundreds of pages!
Personalized tracking
We break all subjects down into granular skills, then track mistakes and mastery on each one. Parents can see the whole picture at a glance.
A tutor that knows you
Aristotle remembers every session: what you’ve covered, where you got stuck, how you like things explained. It picks up right where you left off.
The curriculum
196 AMC 8 skills, personalized to your child
Aristotle is designed to always know what to teach at exactly the right time.
Sample curriculum
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Arithmetic and Number Sense
Algebra and Word Problems
Counting and Probability
Number Theory
Geometry
Data, Logic, and Puzzles
Past Contests
AMC 8 tutoring curriculum196 skills across 7 units
Arithmetic and Number Sense
The foundational arithmetic toolkit for contest-level work: fraction and decimal fluency, percent reasoning, ratios and rates, unit conversion, and quick estimation. Topics: Fractions and Decimals, Percents, Ratios, Rates, and Unit Conversion, Estimation and Numeric Reasoning.
Algebra and Word Problems
Middle-school-level symbolic manipulation and the word problems it unlocks: evaluating and rewriting expressions, solving equations and inequalities in one or two variables, motion and work word problems, number patterns and sequences, and reasoning about maximum or minimum values under constraints. Topics: Expressions and Custom Operations, Solving Equations and Inequalities, Rate, Motion, and Work Word Problems, Patterns, Sequences, and Sums, Optimization and Word-Problem Synthesis.
Counting and Probability
The introductory combinatorics and probability toolkit: enumerating outcomes systematically, applying the multiplication principle, reasoning by cases, correcting for complementary or double-counted outcomes, counting permutations and combinations with restrictions, and computing probabilities from counted outcomes. Topics: Systematic Counting, Casework and Complementary Counting, Permutations, Combinations, and Restrictions, Probability.
Number Theory
Reasoning about whole numbers: prime factorization and divisor structure, divisibility rules and digit-based reasoning, parity and modular arithmetic, and an introduction to writing numbers in a base other than ten. Topics: Primes and Factors, Divisibility and Digit Reasoning, Parity and Modular Arithmetic, Number Systems.
Geometry
Visual and measurement reasoning about figures: angle chasing in triangles and polygons, triangle and quadrilateral properties, computing and comparing areas of composite regions, circles, points and figures on a coordinate grid, symmetry and other transformations, and three-dimensional solids. Topics: Angles and Triangles, Quadrilaterals and Polygons, Area, Decomposition, and Scaling, Circles, Coordinate Geometry and Transformations, Three-Dimensional Geometry.
Data, Logic, and Puzzles
Reading and summarizing data, and reasoning through logic puzzles: interpreting charts, tables, and graphs; computing mean, median, and mode; deducing conclusions from stated conditions; working backward from a result; and using elimination, extremal cases, and invariants to crack a puzzle without brute-force checking every possibility. Topics: Data Interpretation and Statistics, Logical Deduction and Strategy, Extremal and Invariant Reasoning.
Past Contests
Real past editions of this contest, organized by decade so a specific year and division can be found directly. Topics: 2020s Contests, 2010s Contests, 2000s Contests, 1990s Contests, 1980s Contests.
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Common questions about online AMC 8 tutoring
A few things you might wonder before getting started.
What does Aristotle's AMC 8 course cover?
Aristotle's AMC 8 course tracks 196 skills across 7 units, including Arithmetic and Number Sense, Algebra and Word Problems, and Counting and Probability. Every skill is linked to the skills it builds on, so the tutor always knows which parts of AMC 8 your child has mastered and what to teach next.
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