Additional Practice for USACO Silver
Author: Nathan Wang
Final tips for Silver and additional practice problems.
What Now?
After completing this section on the USACO Guide, you should be comfortable with the topics that have historically appeared in the USACO Silver division. In order to maximize your chance at promoting, you should aim to practice by doing more problems.
Uncategorized Problems
Below we list some problems that we think are roughly Silver level but don't really fit in previous modules. The difficulties listed here are relative to the Silver division (difficulty is subjective and isn't always accurate though). We'll be expanding this list as we get more problem suggestions.
| Status | Source | Problem Name | Difficulty | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSES | Easy | Show TagsPrefix Sums | |||
| CF | Easy | Show TagsBinary Search | |||
| CEOI | Easy | Show TagsBinary Search | |||
| CF | Easy | Show Tags2P, Binary Search, Greedy | |||
| CF | Easy | Show TagsBinary Search | |||
| CF | Normal | Show TagsBinary Search, Sorting | |||
| AC | Normal | Show TagsBinary Search, Prefix Sums | |||
| CCC | Normal | Show TagsBinary Search | |||
| Silver | Normal | Show TagsGames, Number Theory | |||
| Gold | Normal | Show TagsBinary Search | |||
| CF | Normal | Show TagsBinary Search, Sorting | |||
| CF | Normal | Show TagsBinary search, Two pointers | |||
| CF | Normal | Show TagsBinary Search, 2P | |||
| CF | Hard | Show TagsBinary Search, Bitmasks | |||
| AC | Hard | Show TagsGames, Trees | |||
| CEOI | Hard | Show Tags2P, Sorting | |||
| CF | Hard | Show Tags2P, Greedy |
Final Thoughts
Refer to our FAQ to find more problems to practice. You may also find the How to Practice module worth reading. Best of luck on future contests!
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