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Grade 8
American Mathematics Olympiad
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Choose correct answer(s) from the given choices

(1) The number of boys in a class is four times the number of girls. Which one of the following numbers
cannot represent the total number of children in the class?
a. 25 b. 43
c. 15 d. 60

1 1
(2) If p2 + = 5 , find the value of p + .
2
p p

a. √5 b. √2
c. √6 d. √7

(3) For each positive integer n, which of the following is also a square number (a perfect square)?

a. n2 + 6n + 9 b. n2 + 2n + 2

c. n2 + 4n + 2 d. n2 + 8n + 4

2 2
x + x − 1 + |x − (x − 1)|
(4) Find the largest real number x such that = 28x − 160 .
2

a. 20 b. 9
c. 14 d. 7

Fill in the blanks

(5) The value of the following expression is .

2 2 2 2
3293 (3292 − 3291) 3291 (3292 + 3293)
×
2 3 3
(3292 − 1)(3292 + 1) (3292 − 1)

 Hint: x = 3292

(27)2 − (13)2
(6) = (Solve using standard identities).
14

(7) A sum of money becomes 4 times of itself at simple interest in 21 years, it would take years

for same amount to become 5 times.

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Answer the questions

(8) If the sum of three consecutive multiples of 4 is 84, find the numbers.

(9) A bookmark-maker sells bookmarks for $4 each or 8 for $31. What is the smallest amount Aaron
would pay for 1097 bookmarks?

(10) n is a positive integer. Let's say that {n} denotes the sum of all the positive divisors of n except for
n itself. For example, {4} = 1 + 2 = 3 and {8} = 1 + 2 + 4 = 7. What is {{{6}}}?

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