MAA American Mathematics Competitions

34th Annual

AMC 8
American Mathematics Competition 8
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

INSTRUCTIONS
1. DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOUR COMPETITION MANAGER
TELLS YOU.
2. This is a 25-question multiple-choice exam. For each question, only one answer
choice is correct.
3. Mark your answer to each problem on the answer sheet with a #2 pencil. Check the
blackened circles for accuracy and erase errors and stray marks completely. Only
answers that are properly marked on the answer form will be scored.
4. There is no penalty for guessing. Your score is the number of correct answers.
5. Only scratch paper, graph paper, rulers, protractors, and erasers are allowed as aids.
Calculators are NOT allowed. No problems on the exam require the use of a calculator.
6. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
7. Before beginning the exam, your competition manager will ask you to record your name
and other information on the answer sheet.
8. You will have 40 minutes to complete the exam once your competition manager tells
you to begin.
9. When you finish the exam, sign your name in the space provided at the bottom of the
answer sheet.
The MAA Committee on the American Mathematics Competitions reserves the right to disqualify scores from a
school if it determines that the required security procedures were not followed.

The publication, reproduction or communication of the problems or solutions of this exam during the period
when students are eligible to participate seriously jeopardizes the integrity of the results. Dissemination via phone,
email, or digital media of any type during this period is a violation of the competition rules.
© 2018 Mathematical Association of America
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MAA Partner Organizations
We acknowledge the generosity of the following
organizations in supporting the MAA AMC and
Invitational Competitions:

Patron’s Circle
Akamai Foundation

Innovator’s Circle
The D. E. Shaw Group
Two Sigma

Winner’s Circle
MathWorks
Tudor Investment Corporation

Achiever’s Circle
Art of Problem Solving
Jane Street Capital

Sustainer’s Circle
American Mathematical Society
Ansatz Capital
Army Educational Outreach Program

Collaborator’s Circle
American Statistical Association
Casualty Actuarial Society
Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences
Mu Alpha Theta
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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1. An amusement park has a collection of scale models, with ratio 1:20, of build-
ings and other sights from around the country. The height of the United
States Capitol is 289 feet. What is the height in feet of its replica at this
park, rounded to the nearest whole number?

(A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) 18 (E) 20

2. What is the value of the product

           
1 1 1 1 1 1
1C
1C
1C
1C
1C
1C ‹
1 2 3 4 5 6

7 4 7
(A) (B) (C) (D) 7 (E) 8
6 3 2

3. Students Arn, Bob, Cyd, Dan, Eve, and Fon are arranged in that order in
a circle. They start counting: Arn first, then Bob, and so forth. When the
number contains a 7 as a digit (such as 47) or is a multiple of 7 that person
leaves the circle and the counting continues. Who is the last one present in
the circle?

(A) Arn (B) Bob (C) Cyd (D) Dan (E) Eve

4. The twelve-sided figure shown has been drawn on 1 cm  1 cm graph paper.

What is the area of the figure in cm2 ?

(A) 12 (B) 12:5 (C) 13 (D) 13:5 (E) 14

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5. What is the value of 1C3C5C


C2017C2019 2 4 6


2016 2018?

(A) 1010 (B) 1009 (C) 1008 (D) 1009 (E) 1010

6. On a trip to the beach, Anh traveled 50 miles on the highway and 10 miles on
a coastal access road. He drove three times as fast on the highway as on the
coastal road. If Anh spent 30 minutes driving on the coastal road, how many
minutes did his entire trip take?

(A) 50 (B) 70 (C) 80 (D) 90 (E) 100

7. The 5-digit number 2 0 1 8 U is divisible by 9. What is the remainder when

this number is divided by 8?

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

8. Mr. Garcia asked the members of his health class how many days last week
they exercised for at least 30 minutes. The results are summarized in the
following bar graph, where the heights of the bars represent the number of
students.

8
7
Number of Students

6
5
4
3
2
1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of Days of Exercise
What was the mean number of days of exercise last week, rounded to the
nearest hundredth, reported by the students in Mr. Garcia’s class?

(A) 3:50 (B) 3:57 (C) 4:36 (D) 4:50 (E) 5:00
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9. Tyler is tiling the floor of his 12 foot by 16 foot living room. He plans to place
one-foot by one-foot square tiles to form a border along the edges of the room
and to fill in the rest of the floor with two-foot by two-foot square tiles. How
many tiles will he use?

(A) 48 (B) 87 (C) 91 (D) 96 (E) 120

10. The harmonic mean of a set of non-zero numbers is the reciprocal of the
average of the reciprocals of the numbers. What is the harmonic mean of
1, 2, and 4?
3 7 12 7 7
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
7 12 7 4 3

11. Abby, Bridget, and four of their classmates will be seated in two rows of three
for a group picture, as shown.

X X X
X X X

If the seating positions are assigned randomly, what is the probability that
Abby and Bridget are adjacent to each other in the same row or the same
column?
1 2 7 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3 5 15 2 3

12. The clock in Sri’s car, which is not accurate, gains time at a constant rate. One
day as he begins shopping he notes that his car clock and his watch (which
is accurate) both say 12:00 noon. When he is done shopping, his watch says
12:30 and his car clock says 12:35. Later that day, Sri loses his watch. He
looks at his car clock and it says 7:00. What is the actual time?

(A) 5:50 (B) 6:00 (C) 6:30 (D) 6:55 (E) 8:10

13. Laila took five math tests, each worth a maximum of 100 points. Laila’s score
on each test was an integer between 0 and 100, inclusive. Laila received the
same score on the first four tests, and she received a higher score on the last
test. Her average score on the five tests was 82. How many values are possible
for Laila’s score on the last test?

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 18

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14. Let N be the greatest five-digit number whose digits have a product of 120.
What is the sum of the digits of N ?

(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 20

15. In the diagram below, a diameter of each of the two smaller circles is a radius
of the larger circle. If the two smaller circles have a combined area of 1 square
unit, then what is the area of the shaded region, in square units?

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

16. Professor Chang has nine different language books lined up on a bookshelf:
two Arabic, three German, and four Spanish. How many ways are there to
arrange the nine books on the shelf keeping the Arabic books together and
keeping the Spanish books together?

(A) 1440 (B) 2880 (C) 5760 (D) 182;440 (E) 362;880

17. Bella begins to walk from her house toward her friend Ella’s house. At the
same time, Ella begins to ride her bicycle toward Bella’s house. They each
maintain a constant speed, and Ella rides 5 times as fast as Bella walks. The
distance between their houses is 2 miles, which is 10,560 feet, and Bella
covers 2 12 feet with each step. How many steps will Bella take by the time
she meets Ella?

(A) 704 (B) 845 (C) 1056 (D) 1760 (E) 3520

18. How many positive factors does 23,232 have?

(A) 9 (B) 12 (C) 28 (D) 36 (E) 42

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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

20. In ABC , point E is on AB with AE D 1 and EB D 2. Point D is on AC

so that DE k BC and point F is on BC so that EF k AC . What is the ratio
of the area of CDEF to the area of ABC ?

A 1 E 2 B

4 1 5 3 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
9 2 9 5 3
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21. How many positive three-digit integers have a remainder of 2 when divided
by 6, a remainder of 5 when divided by 9, and a remainder of 7 when divided
by 11?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

22. Point E is the midpoint of side CD in square ABCD, and BE meets diagonal
AC at F . The area of quadrilateral AFED is 45. What is the area of ABCD?

A B

D E C

(A) 100 (B) 108 (C) 120 (D) 135 (E) 144

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?

2 5 11 5 6
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
7 42 14 7 7
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24. In the cube ABCDEF GH with opposite vertices C and E, J and I are the
midpoints of edges FB and HD, respectively. Let R be the ratio of the area
of the cross-section EJ CI to the area of one of the faces of the cube. What
is R2 ?
E

F
H
J G
A
I
B
D

C
5 4 3 25 9
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
4 3 2 16 4

25. How many perfect cubes lie between 28 C 1 and 218 C 1, inclusive?

(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 57 (E) 58

How will I receive my score?
Scores and solutions will be sent to your competition manager who can share that
information with you. You can use the solutions to learn more mathematics and
enhance your problem-solving skills.

Are there more math competitions that I can participate in?

The MAA American Mathematics Competitions also offers two high school level
mathematics exams that are open to younger participants. These are both 25-ques-
tion, 75-minute, multiple-choice exams designed to promote the development of
problem-solving skills. For more information visit maa.org/amc.

How can I prepare for future math competitions?

The best way to prepare for the MAA American Mathematics Competitions is to
practice creative, analytical thinking throughout the year. Schools involved with the
MAA AMC often have year-round activities such as special classes, math clubs, or
other extracurricular groups. Individual students can benefit greatly from practicing
math problems from past MAA AMC exams.

Questions?
Questions and comments about problems and solutions for this exam should be
sent to:
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or
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