AMO MOCK TEST #2

Grade 8-9

INSTRUCTION
1. Please DO NOT OPEN the contest booklet until the Proctor has given permission to start.
2. TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes.
3. Attempt all 25 questions. Each question scores 1 point. No points are deducted for incorrect
answers.
4. Write your answers neatly on the answer sheet.
5. PROCTORING : No one may help any student in any way during the contest.
6. No calculators are allowed.
7. All students must fill in your Name and School.
8. MINIMUM TIME: Students must stay in the exam hall at least 1h 15 min.
9. Students must show detailed working and put answers on the answer sheet.
10. No spare papers can be used in writing this contest. Enough space is provided for your
working of each question.
Remark: Counting numbers are whole numbers except 0, i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...

GOOD LUCK!

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Problem 1. A student answered 3 of the first 8 questions in the test correctly. How many of the
remaining 12 questions must be answered correctly by the student so that 65% of all problems
would be correctly answered?

 X
2015 X Y X +Y Y
Problem 2. If 144 =2 ×3 . What is the value of ?
X −Y

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Problem 3. What number should replace the question mark?

1, 101, 15, 4, 29, –93, 43, –190, ?

Problem 4. Find the number of integers n that the value of 27 − (n − 3)2 is a prime number.

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Problem 5. Find the tens digit of T ,
1 × 2 × 3 × 4 × . . . × 124 × 125
T = .
5| × 5 × .{z
. . × 5 × 5}
29 numbers

Problem 6. The integers from 1 to 50 have been written down on 50 cards. What is the minimum
number of cards that we would need to draw without looking in order to make sure we have
drawn at least 3 cards with prime numbers on them?

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Problem 7. Let D be the midpoint of the median CM of the 4ABC. If the point E is an
intersection of the straight line AD and the line segment BC, find the length of the line segment
CE in centimeters if the line segment CB is 168 cm long.

E
D

A B
M

Problem 8. What remainder is left when 3 + 32 + 33 + · · · + 32018 + 32019 is divided by 13?

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Problem 9. Find the value of A if
1 1 1 1 1 A
+ 2 + 3 + · · · + 2016 + = .
3 3 3 3 2 × 32016 816

Problem 10. 4ABC is an equilateral triangle with sides of length 300 cm. The points M , N and
P are respectively found on the sides BA, AC and CB, and are such that M N is perpendicular
to AC, N P is perpendicular to CB and P M is perpendicular to AB. Calculate the length of the
segment AM .

A B
M

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Problem 11. The whole number are arranged five at a time, in every row, as shown. What is the
sum of the row number and the column number of 2019?

1st column 2nd column 3rd column 4th column 5th column
st
1 row 1 2 3 4 5
2nd row 10 9 8 7 6
3rd row 11 12 13 14 15
4th row 20 19 18 17 16
5th row 21 22 23 24 25
... ... ... ... ... ...

Problem 12. How many positive factors of 1001 are not prime?

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Problem 13. Find the positive difference between the sum of all possible integers x and the sum
of all possible integers y that satisfy the equation xy = 256.

Problem 14. Three gnomes and three elves sit down in a row of six chairs. If no gnome will sit
next to another gnome and no elf will sit next to another elf, in how many different ways can the
elves and gnomes sit?

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Problem 15. Let p, q and r be counting numbers such that
1 25
p+ = .
1 19
q+
r
What is the value of q?

Problem 16. In 2008, there were 21 states with 10 or more electoral votes, as shown in the table.

Electoral votes Frequency

10 4
11 4
12 1
13 1
15 3
17 1
20 1
21 2
21 1
31 1
34 1
55 1

Based on the table, what was the median number of electoral votes for these 21 states?

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Problem 17. What is the largest positive integer n that satisfies n200 < 3500 ?

Problem 18. Find the next number in the following sequence:

4, 12, 8, 16, 12, 20, 16, 24, . . .

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Problem 19. Let x and y be positive integers such that
• x is greater than y,
• x + xy = 391.

What is the value of (x + y) ?

Problem 20. Four positive numbers are given. You choose three of them, calculate their arithmetic
mean and then add the fourth number. This can be done in four different ways. The results are 17,
21, 23 and 29 respectively. What is the largest of the given four numbers?

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Problem 21. There are 105 numbers written in a row: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 . . . (Each
number n is written exactly n times). How many of these numbers are divisible by 3 ?

Problem 22. Gordon buys 5 dolls for his 5 nieces. The gifts include two identical Sun-and-Fun
beach dolls, one Elegant Eddie dress-up doll, one G.l. Josie army doll, and one Tulip Troll doll. If
the youngest niece does not want the G.l. Josie doll, in how many different ways can he give the
gifts?

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Problem 23. If the product

23 + 1 33 + 1 43 + 1 103 + 1
     
...
23 − 1 33 − 1 43 − 1 103 − 1
a  
is expressed in the simplest form as , find the value of a + b ?
b

Problem 24. The 380 movies in the Netflix store fall into the following three categories: 100
action, 200 drama, and 180 comedy. However, some movies are classified under more than one
category: 50 are both action and drama, 30 are both action and comedy, and 40 are both drama
and comedy. How many action-drama-comedy movies are there?

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Problem 25. In the following figure, the length of the line segments CD and CB are the same,
the measure of angles ∠DCB, ∠DAB, ∠CEA are 90◦ and the line segment CE is 24cm long.
Find the area of quadrilateral ABCD, in square centimeters.

A E D

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