MSI 2023 AMC 8 Mock Test

Problem 1 Which of the following values can replace the square to make the value
of 7 between 5 and 6?

(A) 30 (B) 32 (C) 37 (D) 43 (E) 45

Problem 2 (Canadian Math Competition) Yihana walks for 10 minutes. A graph

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Problem 3 (Simplification of UK Math Competition) Naomi has a broken calcu-

lator. All it can do is either add one to the previous answer, or square
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the previous answer. (It performs the operations correctly.) Naomi

starts with 2 on the screen. In how many ways can she obtain an
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answer of 20?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

Problem 4 For how many positive integers n between 1 and 10, n3n is NOT a
perfect square?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

Problem 5 (Australian Math Competition) A square piece of paper is folded along

the diagonals twice as shown.

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 A cut is made along the dotted line in the third diagram to remove the
corner. When the paper is unfolded, which of the following diagrams

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Problem 6 Benjamin and his classmates, arranged in a grid, are standing at the
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playground. Each row has the same number of kids. Benjamin’s po-
sition is second from the front, third from the back. If there are two
kids on this left and three kids on his right, how many kids are there?
(A) 15 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 24 (E) 30

Problem 7 How many six-digit integers of the form ‘ababab’ are multiples of 12?
For example, 121212 is such a number.

(A) 22 (B) 23 (C) 24 (D) 25 (E) 28

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 Problem 8 (UK Math Competition) The diagram shows a regular pentagon inside
a square. What is the value of x?

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(A) 48 (B) 51 (C) 54 (D) 60 (E) 72
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Problem 9 A sequence has 7 positive integer numbers. Its average, median, range,
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largest number in the sequence?
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Problem 10 Five sixth of kids in a room were boys. After 30 boys left the room,
80% of remaining kids were boys. How many kids were in the room at
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(A) 180 (B) 360 (C) 540 (D) 720 (E) 900
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Problem 11 Each of four friends A, B, C and D picked a number.

“Your number is greater than mine,” said A to B.
“That is not true,” said B to A.
“You are both wrong,” said C, to them both.
“You are right,” said D to C.
How many of the four statements were true?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

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Problem 12 (Math Kangaroo) Five squares and two right-angles triangles are ar-
ranged as shown. The numbers 3, 8 and 22 inside three of the squares
indicate their areas in square meters. What is the area of the square
containing the question mark, in square meters?

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Problem 13 (Canadian Math Competition) A public holiday is always celebrated
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on the third Wednesday of a certain month. In that month, the holiday
cannot occur on which of the following days?
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(A) 16th (B) 18th (C) 19th (D) 21st (E) 22nd

Problem 14 A sector of a circle has radius 1 and area 1, as shown. What is the arc
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length of the sector?

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π π2
(A) 1.5 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 4 (E) 2.5

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Problem 15 (Australian Math Competition) Hexagonal paving stones are laid to
form a continuous path across a lawn. This path is bordered by lengths
of wood, one for each side of a paving stone not touching another
paving stone. If 98 pieces of wood are used, how many hexagonal
paving stones are used?

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(A) 16 (B) 17 (C) 24 (D) 25 (E) 49

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Problem 16 There are two groups of numbers. Group 1 has M numbers and group
2 has N numbers. The average of numbers in group 1 is 8. The average
of numbers in group 2 is 20. If the average of both groups of numbers
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combined is 16, what is M : N ?

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Note: there is some mistake in the numbers.

Problem 17 (Modification of Yingchun Cup Math Competition, China) A cylinder

has a height that is twice of the radius of its base. Cut it into two
cylinders (one is smaller than the other). If the the volume of the
larger one is five times the volume of the smaller one, what is the ratio
between surface area of the larger one and that of the smaller one?

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 (A) 3 : 2 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 5 : 2 (D) 3 : 1 (E) 5 : 1

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Problem 18 (Australian Math Competition) On a 3 × 5 chessboard, a counter can

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move one square at a time along a row or a column, but not along any
diagonal. Starting from some squares, it can visit each of the other 14

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(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
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Problem 19 (Modification of Canadian Math Competition) Jack is making a dart’s
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target as follows. The smaller circle has a radius of 1 and the larger
circle has a radius of 3. If he wants to place points P and Q on the
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larger circle so that the probabilities of a dart hitting the two shaded
regions are equal, what should be ∠P OQ?
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(A) 30◦ (B) 36◦ (C) 40◦ (D) 45◦ (E) 50◦

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Problem 20 (Yingchun Cup Math Competition, China) Positive numbers are ar-
ranged as follows. The first turn happens at number “2”, the second
at “3”, the third at “5” and so on. What is the number on the 45th
turn?

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Problem 21 A = (−2, 4), B = (6, 2), C = (6, 0) and D = (−2, 0) are four vertices
of a trapezoid ABCD. E = (x, 0) is a point between C and D. If the
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area of 4ABE is half of the area of ABCD, what is x?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1.5 (D) 2 (E) 3
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Problem 22 Two friends set out at the same time, each walking at a constant pace.
One person travels from point A to point B, and the other travels
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from point B to point A. They meet at noon, non-stop all the way,
and arrive at points B and A at 4 pm and 9 pm, respectively. What
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time do they set out?

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(A) 5 am (B) 6am (C) 7 am (D) 8 am (E) 9 am

Problem 23 (Modification of Yingchun Cup Math Competition, China) 4ABC

and 4ADE are both right triangles with ∠B = ∠ADE = 90◦ . D is a
point on AB. AD = 14, DE = DB = 4, BC = 10. What is the area
of 4ACE?

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Problem 24 In triangle 4ABC, D and E are midpoints of AB and AC respectively.
F is the midpoint of AD. G is a point on AE with AG : GE = 1 : 2.
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H, I are points on BC such that F I k AC and GH k AB. What is
the ratio between the area of 4ABC and the area of shaded triangle
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(A) 16 (B) 25 (C) 36 (D) 64 (E) 144

Problem 25 Toss three regular dice, what is the probability that the product of
these obtained values has 8 distinct positive factors?
1 7 1 5 1
(A) 12 (B) 72 (C) 9 (D) 36 (E) 6

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 Answers

1. C, 2. B, 3. D, 4. B 5. A

6. D, 7. A, 8. C, 9. A, 10. A

11. B, 12. D, 13. E, 14. C, 15. C

16. D, 17. B 18. D, 19. C, 20. D

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