AMC8 Prep #1

PROBLEM 1 (2008 AMC 8 #17)

Ms.Osborne asks each student in her class to draw a rectangle with integer side lengths and a perimeter of 50 units. All of her students cal-
culate the area of the rectangle they draw. What is the difference between the largest and smallest possible areas of the rectangles?

(A) 76 (B) 120 (C) 128 (D) 132 (E) 136

PROBLEM 2 (1995 AJHSME #17)

The table below gives the percent of students in each grade at Annville and Cleona elementary schools:

K​ 1 2​ 3 4​ 5 6​ ​ ​ ​

Annville: ​ 16% 15% 15% 14% 13% 16% 11%

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Cleona: 12% 15% 14% 13% 15% 14% 17%

Annville has 100 students and Cleona has 200 students. In the two schools combined, what percent of the students are in grade 6?

(A) 12% (B) 13% (C) 14% (D) 15% (E) 28%

PROBLEM 3 (1992 AJHSME #20)

Which pattern of identical squares could NOT be folded along the lines shown to form a cube?
PROBLEM 4 (2017 AMC 8 #19)

For any positive integer M , the notation M ! denotes the product of the integers 1 through M . What is the largest integer n for which 5n is
a factor of the sum 98! + 99! + 100! ?

(A) 23 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 27

PROBLEM 5 (2001 AMC 8 #19)

Car M traveled at a constant speed for a given time. This is shown by the dashed line. Car N traveled at twice the speed for the same dis-
tance. If Car M and Car N's speed and time are shown as solid line, which graph illustrates this?
PROBLEM 6 (1987 AJHSME #17)

Abby, Bret, Carl, and Dana are seated in a row of four seats numbered #1 to #4. Joe looks at them and says:

"Bret is next to Carl."

"Abby is between Bret and Carl."

However each one of Joe's statements is false. Bret is actually sitting in seat #3. Who is sitting in seat #2?

(A) Abby (B) Bret (C) Carl (D) Dana (E) There is not enough information to be sure.

PROBLEM 7 (2016 AMC 8 #17)

An ATM password at Fred's Bank is composed of four digits from 0 to 9, with repeated digits allowable. If no password may begin with the
sequence 9, 1, 1, then how many passwords are possible?

PROBLEM 8 (2006 AMC 8 #17)

Jeff rotates spinners P , Q and R and adds the resulting numbers. What is the probability that his sum is an odd number?

(A)  14 ​ (B)  13 ​ (C)  12 ​ (D)  23 ​ (E)  34 ​

PROBLEM 9 (1996 AJHSME #20)

Suppose there is a special key on a calculator that replaces the number x currently displayed with the number given by the formula 1/(1 −
x). For example, if the calculator is displaying 2 and the special key is pressed, then the calculator will display -1 since 1/(1 − 2) = −1. Now
suppose that the calculator is displaying 5. After the special key is pressed 100 times in a row, the calculator will display

(A)  − 0.25 (B) 0 (C) 0.8 (D) 1.25 (E) 5

PROBLEM 10 (2020 AMC 8 #19)

A number is called flippy if its digits alternate between two distinct digits. For example, 2020 and 37373 are flippy, but 3883 and 123123 are
not. How many five-digit flippy numbers are divisible by 15?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 8

PROBLEM 11 (1999 AMC 8 #18)

At Central Middle School the 108 students who take the AMC8 meet in the evening to talk about problems and eat an average of two cook-
ies apiece. Walter and Gretel are baking Bonnie's Best Bar Cookies this year. Their recipe, which makes a pan of 15 cookies, lists this items:
1 12 cups flour, 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons butter, 34 cups sugar, and 1 package of chocolate drops. They will make only full recipes, not partial
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recipes.

They learn that a big concert is scheduled for the same night and attendance will be down 25%. How many recipes of cookies should they
make for their smaller party?

(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 11

PROBLEM 12 (1988 AJHSME #19)

What is the 100th number in the arithmetic sequence: 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, ...?

(A) 397 (B) 399 (C) 401 (D) 403 (E) 405

PROBLEM 13 (1990 AJHSME #19)

There are 120 seats in a row. What is the fewest number of seats that must be occupied so the next person to be seated must sit next to
someone?

(A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 41 (D) 60 (E) 119

PROBLEM 14 (1988 AJHSME #18)

The average weight of 6 boys is 150 pounds and the average weight of 4 girls is 120 pounds. The average weight of the 10 children is

(A) 135 pounds (B) 137 pounds (C) 138 pounds (D) 140 pounds (E) 141 pounds

PROBLEM 15 (2018 AMC 8 #19)

In a sign pyramid a cell gets a "+" if the two cells below it have the same sign, and it gets a "-" if the two cells below it have different signs.
The diagram below illustrates a sign pyramid with four levels. How many possible ways are there to fill the four cells in the bottom row to
produce a "+" at the top of the pyramid?

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 12 (E) 16

PROBLEM 16 (1985 AJHSME #19)

If the length and width of a rectangle are each increased by 10%, then the perimeter of the rectangle is increased by

(A) 1% (B) 10% (C) 20% (D) 21% (E) 40%

PROBLEM 17 (2020 AMC 8 #17)

How many positive integer factors of 2020 have more than 3 factors? (As an example, 12 has 6 factors, namely 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.)

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10

PROBLEM 18 (2012 AMC 8 #18)

What is the smallest positive integer that is neither prime nor square and that has no prime factor less than 50?

(A) 3127 (B) 3133 (C) 3137 (D) 3139 (E) 3149

PROBLEM 19 (2014 AMC 8 #17)

George walks 1 mile to school. He leaves home at the same time each day, walks at a steady speed of 3 miles per hour, and arrives just as
school begins. Today he was distracted by the pleasant weather and walked the first 12 mile at a speed of only 2 miles per hour. At how
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many miles per hour must George run the last 12 mile in order to arrive just as school begins today?
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(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12

PROBLEM 20 (2004 AMC 8 #21)

Spinners A and B are spun. On each spinner, the arrow is equally likely to land on each number. What is the probability that the product of
the two spinners' numbers is even?

(A)  14 ​ (B)  13 ​ (C)  12 ​ (D)  23 ​ (E)  34 ​

PROBLEM 21 (1996 AJHSME #22)

The horizontal and vertical distances between adjacent points equal 1 unit. What is the area of triangle ABC ?

(A) 1/4 (B) 1/2 (C) 3/4 (D) 1 (E) 5/4

PROBLEM 22 (2018 AMC 8 #23)

From a regular octagon, a triangle is formed by connecting three randomly chosen vertices of the octagon. What is the probability that at
least one of the sides of the triangle is also a side of the octagon?

(A)  27 ​
5
(B)  42 ​ (C)  11
14 ​ (D)  57 (E)  67 ​
PROBLEM 23 (1985 AJHSME #23)

King Middle School has 1200 students. Each student takes 5 classes a day. Each teacher teaches 4 classes. Each class has 30 students and 1
teacher. How many teachers are there at King Middle School?

(A) 30 (B) 32 (C) 40 (D) 45 (E) 50

PROBLEM 24 (2016 AMC 8 #21)

A top hat contains 3 red chips and 2 green chips. Chips are drawn randomly, one at a time without replacement, until all 3 of the reds are
drawn or until both green chips are drawn. What is the probability that the 3 reds are drawn?
3 2 1 3 7
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D)  (E) 
10 5 2 5 10
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PROBLEM 25 (2000 AMC 8 #21)

Keiko tosses one penny and Ephraim tosses two pennies. The probability that Ephraim gets the same number of heads that Keiko gets is

(A)  14 ​ (B)  38 ​ (C)  12 ​ (D)  23 ​ (E)  34 ​

PROBLEM 26 (2011 AMC 8 #23)

How many 4-digit positive integers have four different digits, where the leading digit is not zero, the integer is a multiple of 5, and 5 is the
largest digit?

(A) 24 (B) 48 (C) 60 (D) 84 (E) 108

PROBLEM 27 (2020 AMC 8 #22)

When a positive integer N is fed into a machine, the output is a number calculated according to the rule shown below.

For example, starting with an input of N = 7, the machine will output 3 ⋅ 7 + 1 = 22. Then if the output is repeatedly inserted into the ma-
chine five more times, the final output is 26.

7 → 22 → 11 → 34 → 17 → 52 → 26

When the same 6-step process is applied to a different starting value of N , the final output is 1. What is the sum of all such integers N ?

N→ → → → → →1

(A) 73 (B) 74 (C) 75 (D) 82 (E) 83

PROBLEM 28 (1989 AJHSME #23)

An artist has 14 cubes, each with an edge of 1 meter. She stands them on the ground to form a sculpture as shown. She then paints the ex-
posed surface of the sculpture. How many square meters does she paint?

(A) 21 (B) 24 (C) 33 (D) 37 (E) 42

PROBLEM 29 (2016 AMC 8 #24)

The digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are each used once to write a five-digit number PQRST . The three-digit number PQR is divisible by 4, the
three-digit number QRS is divisible by 5, and the three-digit number RST is divisible by 3. What is P ?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

PROBLEM 30 (2004 AMC 8 #25)

Two 4 × 4 squares intersect at right angles, bisecting their intersecting sides, as shown. The circle's diameter is the segment between the two
points of intersection. What is the area of the shaded region created by removing the circle from the squares?

(A) 16 − 4π (B) 16 − 2π (C) 28 − 4π (D) 28 − 2π (E) 32 − 2π

PROBLEM 31 (1988 AJHSME #24)

The square in the first diagram "rolls" clockwise around the fixed regular hexagon until it reaches the bottom. In which position will the solid
triangle be in diagram 4?

PROBLEM 32 (1985 AJHSME #25)

Five cards are lying on a table as shown.

P ​ Q ​

​ ​ ​ ​ ​

3 ​ 4 ​ 6 ​

Each card has a letter on one side and a whole number on the other side. Jane said, "If a vowel is on one side of any card, then an even
number is on the other side." Mary showed Jane was wrong by turning over one card. Which card did Mary turn over? (Each card number is
the one with the number on it. For example card 4 is the one with 4 on it, not the fourth card from the left/right)

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) P (E) Q

PROBLEM 33 (1996 AJHSME #24)

The measure of angle ABC is 50∘ , AD bisects angle BAC , and DC bisects angle BCA. The measure of angle ADC is

(A) 90∘ (B) 100∘ (C) 115∘ (D) 122.5∘ (E) 125∘

PROBLEM 34 (2002 AMC 8 #25)

Loki, Moe, Nick and Ott are good friends. Ott had no money, but the others did. Moe gave Ott one-fifth of his money, Loki gave Ott one-
fourth of his money and Nick gave Ott one-third of his money. Each gave Ott the same amount of money. What fractional part of the
group's money does Ott now have?

1
(A)  10 ​ (B)  14 ​ (C)  13 ​ (D)  25 ​ (E)  12 ​
PROBLEM 35 (2003 AMC 8 #24)

A ship travels from point A to point B along a semicircular path, centered at Island X . Then it travels along a straight path from B to C .
Which of these graphs best shows the ship's distance from Island X as it moves along its course?

PROBLEM 36 (2007 AMC 8 #24)

A bag contains four pieces of paper, each labeled with one of the digits 1, 2, 3 or 4, with no repeats. Three of these pieces are drawn, one at
a time without replacement, to construct a three-digit number. What is the probability that the three-digit number is a multiple of 3? (A)  14 ​

(B)  13 (C)  12
​ (D)  23 ​ (E)  34​
PROBLEM 37 (2010 AMC 8 #24)

What is the correct ordering of the three numbers, 108 , 512 , and 224 ?

(A) 224 < 108 < 512

(B) 224 < 512 < 108
(C) 512 < 224 < 108
(D) 108 < 512 < 224
(E) 108 < 224 < 512

PROBLEM 38 (1998 AJHSME #25)

Three generous friends, each with some money, redistribute the money as followed: Amy gives enough money to Jan and Toy to double each
amount has. Jan then gives enough to Amy and Toy to double their amounts. Finally, Toy gives enough to Amy and Jan to double their
amounts. If Toy had 36 dollars at the beginning and 36 dollars at the end, what is the total amount that all three friends have?

(A) 108 (B) 180 (C) 216 (D) 252 (E) 288

PROBLEM 39 (1997 AJHSME #25)

All of the even numbers from 2 to 98 inclusive, excluding those ending in 0, are multiplied together. What is the rightmost digit (the units
digit) of the product?

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8

PROBLEM 40 (2019 AMC 8 #25)

Alice has 24 apples. In how many ways can she share them with Becky and Chris so that each of the three people has at least two apples?
(A) 105 (B) 114 (C) 190 (D) 210 (E) 380

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