Prepare For Amo - Grade 8-9 2019

TRAINING COURSE FOR AMO 2019
PREPARE FOR AMO 2019 - GRADE 8-9

Week 1
Introduction: This problem set is to help students get used to the problems appearing in AMO. Students should finish this set in
30 minutes.
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The space after each question is intentionally left blank for students to draft. In the real test, students do not have any drafts out of
the blank spaces in the test paper.
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Exercise 1. The below diagram shows an equilateral triangle and a square of side length 2 joined
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Exercise 2. In 4P QR, U is a point on P R, S is a point on P Q, T is a point on QR with U S k RQ
and U T k P Q. The area of 4P SU is 120 cm2 and the area of 4T U R is 270 cm2 . What is the area
of 4QST ?
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Exercise 3. In the below figure, we have AB = 13, BC = 15 and AC = 4. Find the area of the
rectangle BECD.
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Exercise 4. Which of the following expressions is never a prime number when p is a prime number?
(A) p2 + 16 (B) p2 + 24 (C) p2 + 26 (D) p2 + 46 (E) p2 + 96
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Exercise 5. How many of the first 2019 numbers in the sequence 101, 1001, 10001, 100001, . . . are
divisible by 101?
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Exercise 6. Calculate the following sum
100 − 98 + 96 − 94 + 92 − 90 + · · · + 8 − 6 + 4 − 2.
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Exercise 7. Calculate the following sum
12 − 22 + 32 − 42 + . . . − 20182 + 20192 .
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Exercise 8. Let n be a positive integer and a be a real number, calculate the following sums
1 + a + a2 + a3 + . . . + an .
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Exercise 9. The blood groups of 200 people is distributed as follows: 50 have type A blood, 65
have B blood type, 70 have O blood type and 15 have type AB blood. If a person from this group
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is selected at random, what is the probability that this person has O blood type?
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Exercise 10. A box contains 5 chips, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Chips are drawn randomly one at
a time without replacement until the sum of the values drawn exceeds 4. What is the probability
that the number of draws is 3?
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Exercise 11. A number m is randomly selected from the set {11, 13, 15, 17, 19}, and a number n is
randomly selected from {1999, 2000, 2001, . . . , 2018}. What is the probability that the unit digit of
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mn is 1?
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ANSWER KEY
Exercise 1. 1 Exercise 2. 180 Exercise 3. 108
Exercise 4. C Exercise 5. 505 Exercise 6. 50
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Exercise 10.
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Week 3
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30 minutes.
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Exercise 1. In the subtraction shown, X and Y are digits. What is the value of X + Y ?
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Exercise 2. In the multiplication shown, each of P, Q, R, S and T are a digit. The value of P + Q +
R + S + T is?
P Q R S T4
× 4
4 P Q R S T
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Exercise 3. In the addition shown, each of X, Y and Z represents a digit. What is the value of
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X + Y + Z?
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Exercise 4. In the diagram, M is the midpoint of Y Z, the measure of ∠XM Z = 30◦ , and the
measure of ∠XY Z = 15◦ . What is the measure of ∠XZY ?
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Exercise 5. In the diagram, OM N P is a square, O is a centre of a circle and OM is a radius. Point
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Exercise 6. Ms. Forest likes to let her students choose who their partners will be; however, no
pair of students may work together more than seven class periods in a row. Adam and Baxter have
studied together seven class periods in a row. Carter and Dennis have worked together three class
periods in a row. Carter does not want to work with Adam. Who should be assigned to work with
Baxter? In your answer sheet, write 001 for Adam, 002 for Baxter, 003 for Carter, 004 for Dennis.
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Exercise 7. The high school math department needs to appoint a new chairperson, which will
be based on seniority. Ms. West has less seniority than Mr. Temple, but more than Ms. Brody. Mr.
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Rhodes has more seniority than Ms. West, but less than Mr. Temple. Mr. Temple doesn’t want the
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job. Who will be the new math department chairperson? In your answer sheet, write 001 for Ms.
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West, 002 for Mr. Temple, 003 for Ms. Brody, 004 for Mr. Rhodes.
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Exercise 8. As they prepare for the state championships, one gymnast must be moved from the
Level 2 team to the Level 1 team. The coaches will move the gymnast who has won the biggest prize
and who has the most experience. In the last competition, Roberta win a bronze medal and has
competed seven times before. Jamie has won a silver medal and has competed fewer times than
Roberta. Beth has won a higher medal than Jamie and has competed more times than Roberta.
Michele has won a bronze medal, and it is her third time competing. Who will be moved to the
Level 1 team? In your answer sheet, write 001 for Roberta, 002 for Jamie, 003 for Beth, 004 for
Michele.
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Exercise 9. The school that Stefan went to was selling tickets to a choral performance. On the first
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day of ticket sales the school sold 3 senior citizen tickets and 1 child ticket for a total of $38. The
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school took in $52 on the second day by selling 3 senior citizen tickets and 2 child tickets. Find the
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Exercise 10. Some students want to order shirts with their school logo. One company charges
$9.65 per shirt plus a setup fee of $43. Another company charges $8.40 per shirt plus a $58 fee. For
what number of shirts would the cost be the same?
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Exercise 11. Monica and Jacob decided to shoot arrows at a simple target with a large outer ring
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and a smaller bull’s-eye. Monica went first and landed 3 arrows in the outer ring and 5 arrows in
the bull’s-eye, for a total of 440 points. Jacob went second and got 1 arrow in the outer ring and
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4 arrows in the bull’s-eye, earning a total of 317 points. How many points was the outer ring is
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ANSWER KEY
Exercise 4. 75◦ Exercise 5. 135◦ Exercise 6. 003
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Exercise 10. 12 Exercise 11. 25
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Week 4
30 minutes.
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Exercise 1. In a group of people, the ratio of women to men is 12 : 8. The average age of women
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is 22 and that of men is 32. What is the average age of people in this group?
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Exercise 2. If x = −30 is one of the solutions of the equation x2 + 12x + c = 0, what is the other
solution of this equation ?
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Exercise 3. The function f has the properties that f (1) = 6 and f (2x + 1) = 3f (x) for every
integer x. What is the value of f (31) ?
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Exercise 4. Find the value of a if the polynomial x5 − x4 + 5x3 + 2x2 − 2x + 10 is divisible by
ax3 + b.
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Exercise 6. A woman is baking some cakes for her children. She counts the number of baked
cakes and thinks, "If each child receive 5 cakes, then I have to bake 3 more cakes; but if each child
receive 4 cakes, then there will be 3 remaining cakes for me." So, how many children does this
woman have?
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Exercise 7. Given a polynomial P (x) of degree 4 with leading coefficient 1 such that P (1) = 3,
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Exercise 8. An egg is thrown from a platform 100m in the air. From the time t in seconds when
thrown until it hits the ground below, the egg’s height from the ground in metres follows the
formula h = −5t2 + 30t + 100. Assume that air resistance is negligible. Find the difference between
the maximum height and the minimum height of the egg in the first 5 seconds.
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Exercise 9. A class has 30 students, most of them are boys. One night, all of them went to the
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cinema. In the first break time, each girl bought a cheese cake, each boy bought a coke (both the
price of a cheese cake and a coke are integers). In the second break time, each girl bought a coke,
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each boy bought a cheese cake. They realized that in the second break, they paid 2 dollars less
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than in the first break. How many boys does the class have?
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Exercise 10. The functions f and q satisfy
f (x) + g (x) = 3x + 5,
f (x) − g (x) = 5x + 7.
for all values of x. Determine the value of |2f (2) g (−2) |.
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Exercise 11. Lately, my wrist watch is running 56 minutes more slowly after 24 hours, and my alarm
clock is running 1 21 minutes more slowly after 24 hours. At the midday of Monday, I adjust my wrist
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watch and clock. A week later, I ask my mother what time it is. Mom said, "I don’t know, but the
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difference in time between your watch and your clock is 4 minutes and 15 seconds." So, what time
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ANSWER KEY
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Exercise 10. 28 Exercise 11. 9 pm
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TRAINING COURSE FOR AMO 2019

PREPARE FOR AMO 2019 - GRADE 8-9

Exercise 7. Calculate the following sum

Exercise 1. 1 Exercise 2. 180 Exercise 3. 108

Exercise 4. C Exercise 5. 505 Exercise 6. 50

PREPARE FOR AMO 2019 - GRADE 8-9

the measure of angle OLN[.

total price of a senior citizen ticket and a child ticket.

Exercise 1. 10 Exercise 2. 14 Exercise 3. 15

Exercise 4. 75◦ Exercise 5. 135◦ Exercise 6. 003

PREPARE FOR AMO 2019 - GRADE 8-9

Exercise 5. The function f (x) has the property that

for all x. If f (0) = 6, what is the value of f (9)

P (3) = 11, P (5) = 27. Find the value of 21 × (P (−2) + 7P (6)).

is it when I ask my mother about time?

Exercise 1. 26 Exercise 2. 18 Exercise 3. 486

Exercise 4. 2 Exercise 5. 33 Exercise 6. 6

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