My older son has been preparing for the AMC8 and this problem from 2011 gave him a little trouble:
We talked through it this morning and he was still a little confused about why his original answer isn’t correct. The error is pretty subtle – especially for a test that gives you roughly 2 min per problem:
So, we talked for a bit more and he was able to find some numbers that he counted that did not fit the requirements of the problem:
Finally, when he got home from school tonight we revisited the problem and counted the number of solutions directly:
I like this problem a lot – it is a great one for helping you learn how to count carefully!
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