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Registration news, preparation strategy and competition updates for the Australian Mathematics Competition.
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Preparing for a Read-Aloud Paper: How Pre-A Practice Works for Grades 1-2 (2026)
Pre-A papers are picture-heavy and read aloud, so preparing a six-year-old is a listening-and-looking exercise, not a reading one. What changes, and a seven-week rhythm.
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The Five Options Are Data: Multiple-Choice Technique for Australian AMC Questions 1-25 (2026)
Twenty-five of the thirty Australian AMC questions are multiple choice, and the options themselves are information most students throw away. Four ways to use them.
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Australian AMC vs US AMC: Same Three Letters, Two Different Competitions (2026)
The Australian AMC (AMT, since 1978) and the US AMC (MAA) share three letters and almost nothing else. A side-by-side read, plus how the two autumn calendars fit together.
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The Maths Isn't the Hard Part: Extracting the Condition from Australian AMC Word Problems (2026)
Most marks lost on long Australian AMC word problems are lost before any calculation. A four-line routine for turning English prose into a mathematical condition.
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What the New Pre-A Level Changes for Everyone Else: A Coaching Read on Australian AMC Levels A and B (2026)
Pre-A opened the Australian AMC to years 1-2 for the first time since 1978. What that means for Levels A and B, separating confirmed facts from our coaching judgement.
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The Long Runway: An Eight-Week Australian AMC Plan from Mid-August to 11 October (2026)
The 11 October China sitting gives you eight weeks from mid-August. Here is how to phase them so your peak lands on exam day instead of in September.
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Averages, Tables and Chance: The Australian AMC Data Questions, Decoded (2026)
Averages, tables and chance on the Australian AMC: the totals move that solves most average questions, the three classic traps, and how data questions scale from Pre-A to Level E.
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The Senior End of the Australian AMC: Sitting Levels D and E Alongside IB, A-Level and AP (2026)
Grades 10-12 students sitting Australian AMC Levels D and E on 11 October 2026: how to fit it around IB, A-Level and AP workloads, and when it is smarter to skip a year.
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Australian AMC Past Papers: The Four-Pass Method (and What Old Papers Cannot Tell You) (2026)
A four-pass method for Australian AMC past papers: cold sit, second chance, solution study, spaced re-test – plus what old papers cannot tell you before 11 October 2026.