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AMC 8 2003
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by Binomial-theorem, Mrdavid445, dragon96, rrusczyk

1 Jamie counted the number of edges of a cube, Jimmy counted the number of corners, and Judy
counted the number of faces. They then added the three numbers. What was the resulting sum?
(A) 12 (B) 16 (C) 20 (D) 22 (E) 26

2 Which of the following numbers has the smallest prime factor?

(A) 55 (B) 57 (C) 58 (D) 59 (E) 61

3 A burger at Ricky C’s weighs 120 grams, of which 30 grams are filler. What percent of the burger
is not filler?
(A) 60% (B) 65% (C) 70% (D) 75% (E) 90%

4 A group of children riding on bicycles and tricycles rode past Billy Bob’s house. Billy Bob counted
7 children and 19 wheels. How many tricycles were there?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

5 If 20% of a number is 12, what is 30% of the same number?

(A) 15 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 24 (E) 30

6 Given the areas of the three squares in the figure, what is the area of the interior triangle?

169

25

144

(A) 13 (B) 30 (C) 60 (D) 300 (E) 1800

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7 Blake and Jenny each took four 100 point tests. Blake averaged 78 on the four tests. Jenny
scored 10 points higher than Blake on the first test, 10 points lower on the second test, and 20
points higher on both the third and fourth test.
What is the difference between Blake’s average on the four tests and Jenny’s average on the
four tests?
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 25 (E) 40

8 Bake Sale
Four friends, Art, Roger, Paul and Trisha, bake cookies, and all cookies have the same thickness.
The shapes of the cookies di ffer, as shown.
◦ Art’s cookies are trapezoids:

3 in

3 in

5 in

◦ Roger’s cookies are rectangles:

2 in

4 in

◦ Paul’s cookies are parallelograms:

2 in

3 in

◦ Trisha’s cookies are triangles:

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4 in

3 in

Each friend uses the same amount of dough, and Art makes exactly 12 cookies. Who gets the
fewest cookies from one batch of cookie dough?
(A) Art (B) Roger (C) Paul (D) Trisha (E) There is a tie for fewest.

9 Bake Sale
Four friends, Art, Roger, Paul and Trisha, bake cookies, and all cookies have the same thickness.
The shapes of the cookies di ffer, as shown.
◦ Art’s cookies are trapezoids:

3 in

3 in

5 in

◦ Roger’s cookies are rectangles:

2 in

4 in

◦ Paul’s cookies are parallelograms:

2 in

3 in

◦ Trisha’s cookies are triangles:

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4 in

3 in

Each friend uses the same amount of dough, and Art makes exactly 12 cookies. Art’s cookies
sell for 60 cents each. To earn the same amount from a single batch, how much should one of
Roger’s cookies cost in cents?
(A) 18 (B) 25 (C) 40 (D) 75 (E) 90

10 Bake Sale
Four friends, Art, Roger, Paul and Trisha, bake cookies, and all cookies have the same thickness.
The shapes of the cookies di ffer, as shown.
◦ Art’s cookies are trapezoids:

3 in

3 in

5 in

◦ Roger’s cookies are rectangles:

2 in

4 in

◦ Paul’s cookies are parallelograms:

2 in

3 in

◦ Trisha’s cookies are triangles:

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4 in

3 in

Each friend uses the same amount of dough, and Art makes exactly 12 cookies. How many
cookies will be in one batch of Trisha’s cookies?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 18 (E) 24

11 Business is a little slow at Lou’s Fine Shoes, so Lou decides to have a sale. On Friday, Lou
increases all of Thursday’s prices by 10 percent. Over the weekend, Lou advertises the sale:
”Ten percent off the listed price. Sale starts Monday.” How much does a pair of shoes cost on
Monday that cost 40 dollars on Thursday?
(A) 36 (B) 39.60 (C) 40 (D) 40.40 (E) 44

12 When a fair six-sided dice is tossed on a table top, the bottom face cannot be seen. What is the
probability that the product of the 5 faces than can be seen is divisible by 6?
(A) 1/3 (B) 1/2 (C) 2/3 (D) 5/6 (E) 1

13 Fourteen white cubes are put together to form the fi gure on the right. The complete surface
of the figure, including the bottom, is painted red. The figure is then separated into individual
cubes. How many of the individual cubes have exactly four red faces?

(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12

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T W O
14 In this addition problem, each letter stands for a different digit. + T W O
F O U R
If T = 7 and the letter O represents an even number, what is the only possible value for W?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

15 A fi gure is constructed from unit cubes. Each cube shares at least one face with another cube.
What is the minimum number of cubes needed to build a fi gure with the front and side views
shown?

FRONT SIDE

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

16 Ali, Bonnie, Carlo, and Dianna are going to drive together to a nearby theme park. The car they
are using has 4 seats: 1 Driver seat, 1 front passenger seat, and 2 back passenger seat. Bon-
nie and Carlo are the only ones who know how to drive the car. How many possible seating
arrangements are there?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 12 (E) 24

17 The six children listed below are from two families of three siblings each. Each child has blue
or brown eyes and black or blond hair. Children from the same family have at least one of these
characteristics in common. Which two children are Jim’s siblings?

Child Eye Color Hair Color

Benjamin Blue Black
Jim Brown Blonde
Nadeen Brown Black
Austin Blue Blonde
Tevyn Blue Black
Sue Blue Blonde

(A) Nadeen and Austin (B) Benjamin and Sue (C) Benjamin and Austin (D) Nadeen and Tevyn

18 Each of the twenty dots on the graph below represents one of Sarah’s classmates. Classmates
who are friends are connected with a line segment. For her birthday party, Sarah is inviting only

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the following: all of her friends and all of those classmates who are friends with at least one of
her friends. How many classmates will not be invited to Sarah’s party?

Sarah

(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

19 How many integers between 1000 and 2000 have all three of the numbers 15, 20, and 25 as
factors?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

20 What is the measure of the acute angle formed by the hands of the clock at 4 : 20 PM?
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12

21 The area of trapezoid ABCD is 164cm2 . The altitude is 8cm, AB is 10cm, and CD is 17cm. What
is BC, in centimeters?

B C

10 17
8

A D

(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15 (E) 20

22 The following figures are composed of squares and circles. Which figure has a shaded region
with largest area?

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A B C

2 cm 2 cm 2 cm

(A) A only (B) B only (C) C only (D) both A and B (E) all are equal

23 In the pattern below, the cat (denoted as a large circle in the figures below) moves clockwise
through the four squares and the mouse (denoted as a dot in the figures below) moves coun-
terclockwise through the eight exterior segments of the four squares.

1 2 3 4 5

If the pattern is continued, where would the cat and mouse be after the 247th move?
(A)

(B)

(C)

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(D)

(E)

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?

X
A B

(A)

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distance to X
distance traveled

(B)

distance to X

distance traveled

(C)
distance to X

distance traveled

(D)
distance to X

distance traveled

(E)

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distance to X
distance traveled

25 In the figure, the area of square WXYZ is 25cm2 . The four smaller squares have sides 1 cm long,
either parallel to or coinciding with the sides of the large square. In ∆ABC, AB = AC, and when
∆ABC is folded over side BC, point A coincides with O, the center of square WXYZ. What is the
area of ∆ABC, in square centimeters?

W X

A O

Y
Z

15 21 27 21 27
(A) 4 (B) 4 (C) 4 (D) 2 (E) 2

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