how do I prepare?

Atomos

I have been invited to a math contest that will take place a week from now. Its questions are all essay response (proofs and numerical answers) and it is difficult. I have never written a contest in this format before. How do I prepare for it? And how can I ensure that I am lucid as Euclid on the morning of the exam?

siddharth

Well, you could begin your practise by attempting the previous papers of this exam.

Atomos

I was only able to find one (last year's).

tribdog

stay up all night and drink a bunch of coffee?

SpaceTiger

The efficacy of this method speaks volumes about standardized testing.

I agree with siddharth. Also, you might want to try and match the tests to a textbook. If you can find one with a lot of overlap, then there's a good chance that most of the material on your test will be covered there as well.

rho

Are the questions like the ones in the attached file because i have loads of these if you want them.

Attached Files

bmo2-1999.pdf (38.7 KB, 4 views)

Atomos

Yes, they are olympiad style, so I suppose the BMOs would be good practice. You can send them in a zip or rar archive to my e-mail address
uhiggs(at)gmail.com
the placed the (at) there in place of @ so it cannot be picked up by spam bot.

Thanks in advance.

rho

Did you get my email?

Atomos

Yes, thankyou