AoPS Community 1996 AMC 8

AMC 8 1996
www.artofproblemsolving.com/community/c4779
by youarebad, Mrdavid445, rrusczyk

1 How many positive factors of 36 are also multiples of 4?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

2 Jose, Thuy, and Kareem each start with the number 10. Jose subtracts 1 from the number 10,
doubles his answer, and then adds 2. Thuy doubles the number 10, subtracts 1 from her answer,
and then adds 2. Kareem subtracts 1 from the number 10, adds 2 to his number, and then doubles
the result. Who gets the largest final answer?
(A) Jose (B) Thuy (C) Kareem (D) Jose and Thuy (E) Thuy and Kareem

3 The 64 whole numbers from 1 through 64 are written, one per square, on a checkerboard (an 8
by 8 array of 64 squares). The first 8 numbers are written in order across the first row, the next 8
across the second row, and so on. After all 64 numbers are written, the sum of the numbers in
the four corners will be
(A) 130 (B) 131 (C) 132 (D) 133 (E) 134

2 + 4 + 6 + · · · + 34
4 =
3 + 6 + 9 + · · · + 51
1 2 3 17 34
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3 3 2 3 3

5 The letters P , Q, R, S, and T represent numbers located on the number line as shown.

P Q R S T

−3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3

Which of the following expressions represents a negative number?

S R S+T
(A) P − Q (B) P · Q (C) ·P (D) (E)
Q P ·Q R

6 What is the smallest result that can be obtained from the following process?
*Choose three different numbers from the set {3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17}.
*Add two of these numbers.

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*Multiply their sum by the third number.

(A) 15 (B) 30 (C) 36 (D) 50 (E) 56

7 Brent has goldfish that quadruple (become four times as many) every month, and Gretel has
goldfish that double every month. If Brent has 4 goldfish at the same time that Gretel has 128
goldfish, then in how many months from that time will they have the same number of goldfish?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8

8 Points A and B are 10 units apart. Points B and C are 4 units apart. Points C and D are 3 units
apart. If A and D are as close as possible, then the number of units between them is
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 9 (D) 11 (E) 17

9 If 5 times a number is 2, then 100 times the reciprocal of the number is

(A) 2.5 (B) 40 (C) 50 (D) 250 (E) 500

10 When Walter drove up to the gasoline pump, he noticed that his gasoline tank was 18 full. He
purchased 7.5 gallons of gasoline for $10. With this additional gasoline, his gasoline tank was
then 85 full. The number of gallons of gasoline his tank holds when it is full is
(A) 8.75 (B) 10 (C) 11.5 (D) 15 (E) 22.5

11 Let x be the number

0. 0000...0000
| {z } 1,
1996 zeros
where there are 1996 zeros after the decimal point. Which of the following expressions repre-
sents the largest number?
(A) 3 + x (B) 3 − x (C) 3 · x (D) 3/x (E) x/3

12 What number should be removed from the list

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
so that the average of the remaining numbers is 6.1?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8

13 In the fall of 1996, a total of 800 students participated in an annual school clean-up day. The
organizers of the event expect that in each of the years 1997, 1998, and 1999, participation will
increase by 50% over the previous year. The number of participants the organizers will expect
in the fall of 1999 is
(A) 1200 (B) 1500 (C) 2000 (D) 2400 (E) 2700

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14 Six different digits from the set

{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}
are placed in the squares in the figure shown so that the sum of the entries in the vertical column
is 23 and the sum of the entries in the horizontal row is 12.
The sum of the six digits used is

12

23

(A) 27 (B) 29 (C) 31 (D) 33 (E) 35

15 The remainder when the product 1492 · 1776 · 1812 · 1996 is divided by 5 is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

16 1 − 2 − 3 + 4 + 5 − 6 − 7 + 8 + 9 − 10 − 11 + · · · + 1992 + 1993 − 1994 − 1995 + 1996 =

(A) − 998 (B) − 1 (C) 0 (D) 1 (E) 998

17 Figure OP QR is a square. Point O is the origin, and point Q has coordinates (2, 2). What are the
coordinates for T so that the area of triangle P QT equals the area of square OP QR?

Q
R

T O P

NOT TO SCALE
(A) (−6, 0) (B) (−4, 0) (C) (−2, 0) (D) (2, 0) (E) (4, 0)

18 Ana’s monthly salary was $2000 in May. In June she received a 20% raise. In July she received a
20% pay cut. After the two changes in June and July, Ana’s monthly salary was
(A) 1920 dollars (B) 1980 dollars (C) 2000 dollars (D) 2020 dollars (E) 2040 dollars

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19 The pie charts below indicate the percent of students who prefer golf, bowling, or tennis at East
Junior High School and West Middle School. The total number of students at East is 2000 and
at West, 2500. In the two schools combined, the percent of students who prefer tennis is

22% 30% 36%

golf bowling
tennis
24%
golf
48% 40%
bowling tennis

East JHS West MS

2000 students 2500 students

(A) 30% (B) 31% (C) 32% (D) 33% (E) 34%

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−x 1
. For example, if the calculator is displaying 2 and the
special key is pressed, then the calculator will display −1 since 1−2 1
= −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

21 How many subsets containing three different numbers can be selected from the set

{89, 95, 99, 132, 166, 173}

so that the sum of the three numbers is even?

(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 24

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

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

23 The manager of a company planned to distribute a $50 bonus to each employee from the com-
pany fund, but the fund contained $5 less than what was needed. Instead the manager gave
each employee a $45 bonus and kept the remaining $95 in the company fund. The amount of
money in the company fund before any bonuses were paid was
(A) 945 dollars (B) 950 dollars (C) 955 dollars (D) 990 dollars (E) 995 dollars

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

50◦

A C

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

25 A point is chosen at random from within a circular region. What is the probability that the point
is closer to the center of the region than it is to the boundary of the region?
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/2 (D) 2/3 (E) 3/4

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