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American Mathematics Competitions
30th Annual
AMC 8
American Mathematics Contest 8
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
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1. DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOUR PROCTOR TELLS YOU.
2. This is a twenty-five question multiple choice test. For each question, only one answer
choice is correct.
3. Mark your answer to each problem on the AMC 8 Answer Form with a #2 pencil.
Check the blackened circles for accuracy and erase errors and stray marks completely.
Only answers properly marked on the answer form will be graded.
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 test require the use of a calculator.
6. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
7. Before beginning the test, your proctor will ask you to record your information on
the answer form.
8. You will have 40 minutes to complete the test once your proctor tells you to begin.
9. When you finish the exam, sign your name in the space provided on the answer form.
The Committee on the American Mathematics Competitions reserves the right to re-examine students before
deciding whether to grant official status to their scores. The Committee also reserves the right to disqualify all
scores from a school if it determines that the required security procedures were not followed.
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30th AMC 8 2014 Problems 2
1. Harry and Terry are each told to calculate 8 − (2 + 5). Harry gets the correct
answer. Terry ignores the parentheses and calculates 8−2+5. If Harry’s answer
is H and Terry’s answer is T , what is H − T ?
(A) −10 (B) −6 (C) 0 (D) 6 (E) 10
2. Paul owes Paula 35 cents and has a pocket full of 5-cent coins, 10-cent coins,
and 25-cent coins that he can use to pay her. What is the difference between
the largest and the smallest number of coins he can use to pay her?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
3. Isabella had a week to read a book for a school assignment. She read an average
of 36 pages per day for the first three days and an average of 44 pages per day
for the next three days. She then finished the book by reading 10 pages on the
last day. How many pages were in the book?
(A) 240 (B) 250 (C) 260 (D) 270 (E) 280
4. The sum of two prime numbers is 85. What is the product of these two prime
numbers?
(A) 85 (B) 91 (C) 115 (D) 133 (E) 166
5. Margie’s car can go 32 miles on a gallon of gas, and gas currently costs $4 per
gallon. How many miles can Margie drive on $20 worth of gas?
(A) 64 (B) 128 (C) 160 (D) 320 (E) 640

6. Six rectangles each with a common base width of 2 have lengths of 1, 4, 9, 16, 25,
and 36. What is the sum of the areas of the six rectangles?
(A) 91 (B) 93 (C) 162 (D) 182 (E) 202
7. There are four more girls than boys in Ms. Raub’s class of 28 students. What
is the ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys in her class?
(A) 3 : 4 (B) 4 : 3 (C) 3 : 2 (D) 7 : 4 (E) 2 : 1
8. Eleven members of the Middle School Math Club each paid the same amount
for a guest speaker to talk about problem solving at their math club meeting.
They paid their guest speaker $1 A 2. What is the missing digit A of this 3-digit
number?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
9. In ABC, D is a point on side AC such that BD = DC and ∠BCD measures

70◦ . What is the degree measure of ∠ADB ?
(A) 100 (B) 120 (C) 135 (D) 140 (E) 150
10. The first AMC 8 was given in 1985 and it has been given annually since that
time. Samantha turned 12 years old the year that she took the seventh AMC 8.
In what year was Samantha born?
(A) 1979 (B) 1980 (C) 1981 (D) 1982 (E) 1983
11. Jack wants to bike from his house to Jill’s house, which is located three blocks
east and two blocks north of Jack’s house. After biking each block, Jack can
continue either east or north, but he needs to avoid a dangerous intersection one
block east and one block north of his house. In how many ways can he reach
Jill’s house by biking a total of five blocks?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 10
12. A magazine printed photos of three celebrities along with three photos of the
celebrities as babies. The baby pictures did not identify the celebrities. Readers
were asked to match each celebrity with the correct baby picture. What is the
probability that a reader guessing at random will match all three correctly?
1 1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
9 6 4 3 2
13. If n and m are integers and n2 +m2 is even, which of the following is impossible?
(A) n and m are even (B) n and m are odd (C) n + m is even
(D) n + m is odd (E) none of these is impossible
14. Rectangle ABCD and right triangle DCE have the same area. They are joined
to form a trapezoid, as shown. What is DE ?
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16

15. The circumference of the circle with center O is divided into 12 equal arcs,
marked the letters A through L as seen below. What is the number of degrees
in the sum of angles x and y ?
(A) 75 (B) 80 (C) 90 (D) 120 (E) 150
16. The “Middle School Eight” basketball conference has 8 teams. Every season,
each team plays every other conference team twice (home and away), and each
team also plays 4 games against non-conference opponents. What is the total
number of games in a season involving “Middle School Eight” teams?
(A) 60 (B) 88 (C) 96 (D) 144 (E) 160
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 many miles per hour must George run the last
1
2 mile in order to arrive just as school begins today?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12

18. Four children were born at City Hospital yesterday. Assume each child is equally
likely to be a boy or a girl. Which of the following outcomes is most likely?
(A) all 4 are boys (B) all 4 are girls (C) 2 are girls and 2 are boys
(D) 3 are of one gender and 1 is of the other gender
(E) all of these outcomes are equally likely
19. A cube with 3-inch edges is to be constructed from 27 smaller cubes with 1-inch
edges. Twenty-one of the cubes are colored red and 6 are colored white. If
the 3-inch cube is constructed to have the smallest possible white surface area
showing, what fraction of the surface area is white?
5 1 5 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
54 9 27 9 3
20. Rectangle ABCD has sides CD = 3 and DA = 5. A circle of radius 1 is centered
at A, a circle of radius 2 is centered at B, and a circle of radius 3 is centered at
C. Which of the following is closest to the area of the region inside the rectangle
but outside all three circles?
(A) 3.5 (B) 4.0 (C) 4.5 (D) 5.0 (E) 5.5
21. The 7-digit numbers 7 4 A 5 2 B 1 and 3 2 6 A B 4 C are each multiples of 3. Which

of the following could be the value of C ?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5 (E) 8
22. A 2-digit number is such that the product of the digits plus the sum of the digits
is equal to the number. What is the units digit of the number?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9
23. Three members of the Euclid Middle School girls’ softball team had the following
conversation.
Ashley: I just realized that our uniform numbers are all 2-digit primes.
Bethany: And the sum of your two uniform numbers is the date of my birthday
earlier this month.
Caitlin: That’s funny. The sum of your two uniform numbers is the date of my
birthday later this month.
Ashley: And the sum of your two uniform numbers is today’s date.
What number does Caitlin wear?
(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 17 (D) 19 (E) 23
24. One day the Beverage Barn sold 252 cans of soda to 100 customers, and every
customer bought at least one can of soda. What is the maximum possible median
number of cans of soda bought per customer on that day?
(A) 2.5 (B) 3.0 (C) 3.5 (D) 4.0 (E) 4.5
25. A straight one-mile stretch of highway, 40 feet wide, is closed. Robert rides his
bike on a path composed of semicircles as shown. If he rides at 5 miles per hour,
how many hours will it take to cover the one-mile stretch?
Note: 1 mile = 5280 feet
π π π 2π 2π
(A) 11 (B) 10 (C) 5 (D) 5 (E) 3
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2016 AMC 8 Problems 2
1. The longest professional tennis match ever played lasted a total of 11 hours
and 5 minutes. How many minutes was this?
(A) 605 (B) 655 (C) 665 (D) 1005 (E) 1105
2. In rectangle ABCD, AB = 6 and AD = 8. Point M is the midpoint of AD.

What is the area of AMC?
(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 20 (E) 24

3. Four students take an exam. Three of their scores are 70, 80, and 90. If the
average of their four scores is 70, then what is the remaining score?
(A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 55 (D) 60 (E) 70
4. When Cheenu was a boy he could run 15 miles in 3 hours and 30 minutes.
As an old man he can now walk 10 miles in 4 hours. How many minutes
longer does it take for him to walk a mile now compared to when he was a
boy?
(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 18 (E) 30
5. The number N is a two-digit number.
• When N is divided by 9, the remainder is 1.

• When N is divided by 10, the remainder is 3.
What is the remainder when N is divided by 11?
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 7

6. The following bar graph represents the length (in letters) of the names of
19 people. What is the median length of these names?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
frequency
7
0
3 4 5 6 7
name length
7. Which of the following numbers is not a perfect square?
(A) 12016 (B) 22017 (C) 32018 (D) 42019 (E) 52020
8. Find the value of the expression
100 − 98 + 96 − 94 + 92 − 90 + · · · + 8 − 6 + 4 − 2.
(A) 20 (B) 40 (C) 50 (D) 80 (E) 100
9. What is the sum of the distinct prime integer divisors of 2016?
(A) 9 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 49 (E) 63
10. Suppose that a ∗ b means 3a − b. What is the value of x if
2 ∗ (5 ∗ x) = 1 ?
1 10
(A) (B) 2 (C) (D) 10 (E) 14
10 3
11. Determine how many two-digit numbers satisfy the following property:
When the number is added to the number obtained by reversing its digits,
the sum is 132.
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 11 (E) 12

12. Jefferson Middle School has the same number of boys and girls. Three-
fourths of the girls and two-thirds of the boys went on a field trip. What
fraction of the students on the field trip were girls?
1 9 7 2 14
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 17 13 3 15
13. Two different numbers are randomly selected from the set {−2, −1, 0, 3, 4, 5}
and multiplied together. What is the probability that the product is 0?
1 1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
6 5 4 3 2
14. Karl’s car uses a gallon of gas every 35 miles, and his gas tank holds 14
gallons when it is full. One day Karl started with a full tank of gas, drove
350 miles, bought 8 gallons of gas, and continued driving to his destination.
When he arrived, his gas tank was half full. How many miles did Karl drive
that day?
(A) 525 (B) 560 (C) 595 (D) 665 (E) 735
15. What is the largest power of 2 that is a divisor of 134 − 114 ?
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 32 (D) 64 (E) 128
16. Annie and Bonnie are running laps around a 400-meter oval track. They
started together, but Annie has pulled ahead, because she runs 25% faster
than Bonnie. How many laps will Annie have run when she first passes
Bonnie?
1 1
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 25
4 3
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?
(A) 30 (B) 7290 (C) 9000 (D) 9990 (E) 9999

18. In an All-Area track meet, 216 sprinters enter a 100-meter dash competi-
tion. The track has 6 lanes, so only 6 sprinters can compete at a time. At the
end of each race the five non-winners are eliminated, and the winner will
compete again in a later race. How many races are needed to determine the
champion sprinter?
(A) 36 (B) 42 (C) 43 (D) 60 (E) 72
19. The sum of 25 consecutive even integers is 10, 000. What is the largest of
these 25 consecutive even integers?
(A) 360 (B) 388 (C) 412 (D) 416 (E) 424
20. The least common multiple of a and b is 12, and the least common multiple
of b and c is 15. What is the least possible value of the least common
multiple of a and c?
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 60 (D) 120 (E) 180
21. A box 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 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
10 5 2 5 3
22. Rectangle DEFA below is a 3 × 4 rectangle with DC = CB = BA = 1. The
area of the “bat wings” (the shaded area) is
1 1
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 3 (E) 4
2 2
D 1 C 1 B 1 A
E F
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23. Two congruent circles centered at points A and B each pass through the
other’s center. The line containing both A and B is extended to intersect the
circles at points C and D. The two circles intersect at two points, one of
which is E. What is the degree measure of ∠CED?
(A) 90 (B) 105 (C) 120 (D) 135 (E) 150
24. The digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 are each used once to write a five-digit num-
ber 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
25. A semicircle is inscribed in an isosceles triangle with base 16 and height 15

so that the diameter of the semicircle is contained in the base of the triangle
as shown. What is the radius of the semicircle?
√ √
√ 120 17 2 17 3
(A) 4 3 (B) (C) 10 (D) (E)
17 2 2
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOUR COMPETITION MANAGER
TELLS YOU.
2. This is a 25 question multiple choice test. For each question, only one answer
choice is correct.
3. Mark your answer to each problem on the answer sheet with a #2 pencil.
Only answers properly marked on the answer form will be scored.
7. Before beginning the test, 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 test 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.
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1. Which of the following values is largest?
(A) 2 C 0 C 1 C 7 (B) 2 0 C 1 C 7 (C) 2 C 0 1 C 7

(D) 2 C 0 C 1 7 (E) 2 0 1 7
2. Alicia, Brenda, and Colby were the candidates in a recent election

for student president. The pie chart below shows how the votes were
distributed among the three candidates. If Brenda received 36 votes,
then how many votes were cast all together?
(A) 70 (B) 84 (C) 100 (D) 106 (E) 120
r q
p
3. What is the value of the expression 16 8 4 ?
p p
(A) 4 (B) 4 2 (C) 8 (D) 8 2 (E) 16
4. When 0:000315 is multiplied by 7;928;564 the product is closest to

which of the following?
(A) 210 (B) 240 (C) 2;100 (D) 2;400 (E) 24;000
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5. What is the value of the expression ?
1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8
(A) 1020 (B) 1120 (C) 1220 (D) 2240 (E) 3360
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6. If the degree measures of the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 3 W 3 W
4, what is the degree measure of the largest angle of the triangle?
(A) 18 (B) 36 (C) 60 (D) 72 (E) 90
7. Let Z be a 6-digit positive integer, such as 247247, whose first three

digits are the same as its last three digits taken in the same order.
Which of the following numbers must be a factor of Z ?
(A) 11 (B) 19 (C) 101 (D) 111 (E) 1111
8. Malcolm wants to visit Isabella after school today and knows the street
where she lives but doesn’t know her house number. She tells him,
“My house number has two digits, and exactly three of the following
four statements about it are true.”
(1) It is prime.
(2) It is even.
(3) It is divisible by 7.
(4) One of its digits is 9.

This information allows Malcolm to determine Isabella’s house num-
ber. What is its units digit?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
9. All of Marcy’s marbles are blue, red, green, or yellow. One third of her
marbles are blue, one fourth of them are red, and six of them are green.
What is the smallest number of yellow marbles that Marcy could have?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

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10. A box contains five cards, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Three cards
are selected randomly without replacement from the box. What is the
probability that 4 is the largest value selected?
1 1 3 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
10 5 10 5 2
11. A square-shaped floor is covered with congruent square tiles. If the

total number of tiles that lie on the two diagonals is 37, how many
tiles cover the floor?
(A) 148 (B) 324 (C) 361 (D) 1296 (E) 1369
12. The smallest positive integer greater than 1 that leaves a remainder of
1 when divided by 4, 5, and 6 lies between which of the following
pairs of numbers?
(A) 2 and 19 (B) 20 and 39 (C) 40 and 59

(D) 60 and 79 (E) 80 and 124
13. Peter, Emma, and Kyler played chess with each other. Peter won 4
games and lost 2 games. Emma won 3 games and lost 3 games. If
Kyler lost 3 games, how many games did he win?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
14. Chloe and Zoe are both students in Ms. Demeanor’s math class. Last
night they each solved half of the problems in their homework assign-
ment alone and then solved the other half together. Chloe had correct
answers to only 80% of the problems she solved alone, but overall
88% of her answers were correct. Zoe had correct answers to 90% of
the problems she solved alone. What was Zoe’s overall percentage of
correct answers?
(A) 89 (B) 92 (C) 93 (D) 96 (E) 98

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15. In the arrangement of letters and numerals below, by how many differ-
ent paths can one spell AM C 8? Beginning at the A in the middle, a
path allows only moves from one letter to an adjacent (above, below,
left, or right, but not diagonal) letter. One example of such a path is
traced in the picture.
8 C 8
8 C M C 8
C M A M C
8 C M C 8
8 C 8
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 24 (E) 36
16. In the figure shown below, choose point D on side BC so that 4ACD
and 4ABD have equal perimeters. What is the area of 4ABD ?
C
5
3
A 4 B
3 3 12 5
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D) (E)
4 2 5 2
17. Starting with some gold coins and some empty treasure chests, I tried
to put 9 gold coins in each treasure chest, but that left 2 treasure chests
empty. So instead I put 6 gold coins in each treasure chest, but then I
had 3 gold coins left over. How many gold coins did I have?
(A) 9 (B) 27 (C) 45 (D) 63 (E) 81

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18. In the non-convex quadrilateral ABCD shown below, †BCD is a
right angle, AB D 12, BC D 4, CD D 3, and AD D 13.
B A
What is the area of quadrilateral ABCD?
(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) 26 (D) 30 (E) 36
19. For any positive integer M , the notation M Š denotes the product of the
integers 1 through M . What is the largest integer n for which 5n is a
factor of the sum 98Š C 99Š C 100Š ?
(A) 23 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 27
20. An integer between 1000 and 9999, inclusive, is chosen at random.

What is the probability that it is an odd integer whose digits are all
distinct?
14 56 107 7 9
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
75 225 400 25 25
21. Suppose a, b, and c are nonzero real numbers, and a C b C c D 0.

a b c abc
What are the possible value(s) for C C C ?
jaj jbj jcj jabcj
(A) 0 (B) 1 and 1 (C) 2 and 2 (D) 0, 2, and 2
(E) 0, 1, and 1
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22. In the right triangle ABC , AC D 12, BC D 5, and angle C is a right
angle. A semicircle is inscribed in the triangle as shown. What is the
radius of the semicircle?
B
A C
12
7 13 59 10 60
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
6 5 18 3 13
23. Each day for four days, Linda traveled for one hour at a speed that
resulted in her traveling one mile in an integer number of minutes.
Each day after the first, her speed decreased so that the number of
minutes to travel one mile increased by 5 minutes over the preceding
day. Each of the four days, her distance traveled was also an integer
number of miles. What was the total number of miles for the four
trips?
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 25 (D) 50 (E) 82
24. Mrs. Sanders has three grandchildren, who call her regularly. One
calls her every three days, one calls her every four days, and one calls
her every five days. All three called her on December 31, 2016. On
how many days during the next year did she not receive a phone call
from any of her grandchildren?
(A) 78 (B) 80 (C) 144 (D) 146 (E) 152

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25. In the figure shown, US and U T are line segments each of length 2,
_ _
and m†T US D 60ı . Arcs TR and SR are each one-sixth of a circle
with radius 2. What is the area of the region shown?
U
S T
R
p p 4 p p 2
(A) 3 3 (B) 4 3 (C) 2 3 (D) 4 3
3 3
4
(E) 4 C
3
How will I receive my score?
Scores and solutions will be sent to your competition manager who can share that
information with you. 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
exams that are open to younger participants. These are both 25 question, 75-min-
ute, multiple choice mathematics 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 connected to 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:
amchq@maa.org
Send questions and comments about administrative arrangements to:
amcinfo@maa.org
or
P.O. Box 471
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AMC 8
American Mathematics Competition 8
INSTRUCTIONS
1. DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOUR COMPETITION MANAGER
TELLS YOU.
2. his 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. here is no penalty for guessing. Your score is the number of correct answers.
Calculators are NOT allowed. No problems on the exam require the use of a calculator.
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 inish the exam, sign your name in the space provided at the bottom of the
answer sheet.
he 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.
he 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.
AMC 8
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
he D. E. Shaw Group
Two Sigma
Winner’s Circle
MathWorks
Achiever’s Circle
Jane Street Capital
Sustainer’s Circle
Ansatz Capital
Mu Alpha heta
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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?

he MAA American Mathematics Competitions also ofers two high school level
mathematics exams that are open to younger participants. hese 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?

he 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 oten have year-round activities such as special classes, math clubs, or
other extracurricular groups. Individual students can beneit 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:
amchq@maa.org
Send questions and comments about administrative arrangements to:
amcinfo@maa.org
or
P.O. Box 471
MMAMC
Scores and official competition solutions will be sent to your
competition manager who can share that information with you.
For more information about the MAA American Mathematics Competitions
program and our other competitions, please visit maa.org/amc.
Questions and comments about this competition should be sent to:
amcinfo@maa.org
or
P.O. Box471
The problems and solutions for this AMC 8 were prepared
by the MAA AMC 8 Editorial Board under the direction of:
Barbara Currier, Silva Chang, and Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo
MAA Partner Organizations

We acknowledge the generosity of the following organizations
in supporting the MAA AMC and Invitational Competitions:
Patron's Circle
Akamai Foundation
TBL Foundation
Innovator's Circle
The D. E. Shaw Group
Two Sigma
Winner's Circle
MathWorks
Achiever's Circle
Jane Street Capital
Sustainer's Circle
Ansatz Capital
Collaborator's Circle
Mu Alpha Theta

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American Mathematics Competitions

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

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9. In ABC, D is a point on side AC such that BD = DC and ∠BCD measures

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 10

(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16

(A) 75 (B) 80 (C) 90 (D) 120 (E) 150

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21. The 7-digit numbers 7 4 A 5 2 B 1 and 3 2 6 A B 4 C are each multiples of 3. Which

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5 (E) 8

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9

(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 17 (D) 19 (E) 23

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We thank the following donors for their generous support of the

Patron’s Circle Sustainer’s circle

AMC 10 & AMC 12

The American Mathematics Competitions are supported by:

Patron’s Circle Sustainer’s circle

2. In rectangle ABCD, AB = 6 and AD = 8. Point M is the midpoint of AD.

(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 20 (E) 24

(A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 55 (D) 60 (E) 70

(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 18 (E) 30

5. The number N is a two-digit number.

• When N is divided by 9, the remainder is 1.

What is the remainder when N is divided by 11?

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 7

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

7. Which of the following numbers is not a perfect square?

8. Find the value of the expression

(A) 20 (B) 40 (C) 50 (D) 80 (E) 100

9. What is the sum of the distinct prime integer divisors of 2016?

(A) 9 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 49 (E) 63

10. Suppose that a ∗ b means 3a − b. What is the value of x if

(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 11 (E) 12

15. What is the largest power of 2 that is a divisor of 134 − 114 ?

(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 32 (D) 64 (E) 128

17. An ATM password at Fred’s Bank is composed of four digits from 0 to 9,

(A) 30 (B) 7290 (C) 9000 (D) 9990 (E) 9999

(A) 36 (B) 42 (C) 43 (D) 60 (E) 72

(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 60 (D) 120 (E) 180

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(A) 90 (B) 105 (C) 120 (D) 135 (E) 150

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

25. A semicircle is inscribed in an isosceles triangle with base 16 and height 15

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(A) 2 C 0 C 1 C 7 (B) 2  0 C 1 C 7 (C) 2 C 0  1 C 7

2. Alicia, Brenda, and Colby were the candidates in a recent election

(A) 70 (B) 84 (C) 100 (D) 106 (E) 120

4. When 0:000315 is multiplied by 7;928;564 the product is closest to

(A) 18 (B) 36 (C) 60 (D) 72 (E) 90

9. In ABC, D is a point on side AC such that BD = DC and ∠BCD measures

(A) 2 C 0 C 1 C 7 (B) 2 0 C 1 C 7 (C) 2 C 0 1 C 7

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