Class Summary
On January 18th, 2025, members of AYLUS Puget Sound finished the final session of the 2025 AMC 8 Prep course! Classes have run weekly throughout the course of 8 weeks each Saturday from 4:00 PM through 5:00 PST.
Our 2025 AMC 8 Prep was taught by instructors Raymond Zhu and Hannah Ma. The instructors teamed up to create topic-specific slideshows, compile problem sets, write a mock contest, and communicate with students. In the past few weeks, we have gone over the four main subtopics of competition math — number theory, algebra, geometry, and combinatorics.
Approximately 50+ students attended class each week.
Classes youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL97P04_xBik80wIdS6P_HmJwk4I2gYLtM
HOURS SUMMARY
Raymond Zhu, Hannah Ma and Christina Liu attended a meeting to discuss logistics for 3 hrs on Saturday, August 30th, 2024. The meeting ran from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
Raymond Zhu, Hannah Ma and Christina Liu spent 3 hrs creating posters and advertising the class on Saturday, October 24th, 2024.
Raymond Zhu and Hannah Ma spent 2 hrs setting up Zoom, classroom information, and conducting test meetings on 6:00 PM-8:00 PM Friday, November 15th, 2024.
Raymond Zhu taught Area on the AMC 8 for 1 hr on Saturday, November 16th, 2024. Hannah Ma was present as a TA, answering questions for 1 hr. They spent 2.5 hrs before class to prepare notes. After class, both discussed contents for the next class, answered questions over email, uploaded recordings, and sent class announcements for 1 hr.
Hannah Ma taught Geometry on the AMC 8 for 1 hr on Saturday, November 23th, 2024. Raymond Zhu was present as a TA, answering questions for 1 hr. They spent 2.5 hrs before class to prepare notes. After class, both discussed contents for the next class, answered questions over email, uploaded recordings, and sent class announcements for 1 hr.
Raymond Zhu taught Counting on the AMC 8 for 1 hr on Saturday, December 7th 2024. Hannah Ma was present as a TA, answering questions for 1 hr. They spent 2.5 hrs before class to prepare notes. After class, both discussed contents for the next class, answered questions over email, uploaded recordings, and sent class announcements for 1 hr.
Hannah Ma taught Probability on the AMC 8 for 1 hr on Saturday, December 14th, 2024. Raymond Zhu was present as a TA, answering questions for 1 hr. They spent 2.5 hrs before class to prepare notes. After class, both discussed contents for the next class, answered questions over email, uploaded recordings, and sent class announcements for 1 hr.
Raymond Zhu taught Number Theory on the AMC 8 for 1 hr on Saturday, December 21st, 2024. Hannah Ma was present as a TA, answering questions for 1 hr. They spent 2.5 hrs before class to prepare notes. After class, both discussed contents for the next class, answered questions over email, uploaded recordings, and sent class announcements for 1 hr.
Hannah Ma taught Algebraic Manipulations on the AMC 8 for 1 hr on Saturday, January 4th, 2025. Raymond Zhu was present as a TA, answering questions for 1 hr. They spent 2.5 hrs before class to prepare notes. After class, both discussed contents for the next class, answered questions over email, uploaded recordings, and sent class announcements for 1 hr.
Raymond Zhu taught Lists and Series on the AMC 8 for 1 hr on Saturday, January 11th, 2025. Hannah Ma was present as a TA, answering questions for 1 hr. They spent 2.5 hrs before class to prepare notes. After class, both discussed contents for the next class, answered questions over email, uploaded recordings, and sent class announcements for 1 hr.
Raymond Zhu and Hannah Ma spent 7.5 hrs for creating an AMC 8 mock exam and
preparing full solutions on December 28th 2024 and January 17th, 2025.
On January 18th 2025, Raymond Zhu and Hannah Ma spent 1 hr proctoring an AYLUS AMC 8 mock test and explaining solutions. After class, both answered questions over email for 2 hrs.
In total, Hannah Ma logged 50 hrs, and Raymond Zhu logged 50 hrs Christina Liu logged 6 hrs.