2015 ’Hard’ Mock AMC 8

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1. Compute 12 + 22 − 32 + 42 + 52 − 62 + 72 + 82 − 92 + 102 .
(A) 19 (B) 89 (C) 133 (D) 259 (E) 385

2. Below is a 4x4 puzzle with each row, column, and quadrant with the digits 1-4 each used once with no
repetitions. What number should replace the question mark?

2 4

? 2 4

3 2

4 1

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) Not Enough Information

3. If f (x) = x2 − x − 7, What is f (f (f (3)))?

(A) − 5 (B) − 1 (C) 6 (D) 23 (E) 36

4. Michael and Nancy each drew a circle. Michael says: My circle has a circumference of 36π. Nancy says: My
circle has an area of 36π! Assuming that they are both telling the truth, what is the ratio of the radius of
Nancy’s circle to Michael’s circle?
1 1 1 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
6 4 3 2 3

5. Andy sells apples. He sold 23 thirds of them to Billy. Then, Cameron came and bought 1
2 of the remaining
apples, leaving Andy with only 4 left. How many apples did Billy buy?
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 24 (D) 32 (E) 48

6. Ben has a box of donuts, and he has more than three donuts. When he tries to put his donuts in groups of 4,
15, or 24, there are 3 donuts left over. What is the least possible number of donuts in the box?
(A) 60 (B) 63 (C) 120 (D) 123 (E) 1443

7. Jane and her sister are both under the age of 50. Jane is 1 year younger than half of her sister’s age. Nine
years ago both of them had an age that was a perfect cube. How old is Jane’s sister?
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 17 (D) 27 (E) 36

8. What is the sum of the prime factors of 64 + 62 + 1?

(A) 42 (B) 48 (C) 60 (D) 68 (E) 74
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9. There are 4 people: A, B, C, and D. Out of them 4, there is only 1 truth teller. They make the following
statements below:

A : I tell the truth

B : Person A is lying, only I tell the truth
C : Person B is lying
D : Only I tell the truth

Who could be the truth teller?

(A) A only (B) B only (C) A or D (D) B or C (E) None

10. Two regular polygons, A and B, have an equal perimeter. Polygon A has an interior angle of 165 degrees.
Polygon B has an exterior angle of 10 degrees. What is the ratio of the length of a side of polygon A to a side
of polygon B?
1 1 2 3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
8 3 3 2 2

11. What is the sum of the possible values of x + y in the following equation:

x(2y + x) + y 2
+1−y =x
7

(A) − 7 (B) − 2 (C) 2 (D) 424 (E) 7

12. When Jack wakes up everyday, he picks a sock. There is 1 blue sock, 2 white socks, 3 red socks, and 4 yellow
socks. Because Jack is biased in his pick, the probability of him picking out a blue sock is 4 times as likely as
a yellow sock, 3 times as likely as a red sock, and 2 times as likely as a white sock. What is the probability of
him picking a yellow or white sock?
1 9 3 16 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
5 25 5 25 8

13. Isosceles Triangle ABC is shown below. Points D and E are the midpoints of line AB and AC respectively.
Line DE has length 16. The line from point A to the midpoint of line BC has length 30. What is the ratio of
line DF, to line FC?

D E

B C

8 4 1 8 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
23 9 2 15 4
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14. How many positive even factors does 2016 have?

(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 30 (E) 60

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15. The sum of the lengths of all the diagonals of a unit cube can be expressed in the form a b + c d, where all
roots are simplified to lowest terms. Find a + b + c + d. Space and face diagonals should be included in your
answer.
(A) 18 (B) 21 (C) 24 (D) 27 (E) 30

16. Four friends each have a different pokemon card. They put their pokemon cards into a pile of four, and then
each person randomly chooses one pokemon card. In how many ways can they do this, such that at least one
person ends up with their own pokemon card?
(A) 1 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 15 (E) 23

17. In acute △ABC, draw AD such that D is on BC. Draw DX such that X is on AC and DX is perpendicular
to AC. If m∠XDB = 2m∠CAD + 6, and m∠ADB = 2m∠XDC − 12, what is m∠ACB?
(A) 24 (B) 36 (C) 48 (D) 60 (E) 72

18. A cylinder of diameter of 16 in. and a height of 20 in. is drilled 53 of the way through the center of the base to
the center of the other base. The hole happens to be a cone with diameter of 10 in. as shown below. Find the
surface area of the resulting figure.

(A) 488π (B) 512π (C) 548π (D) 640π (E) 720π

19. How many positive integer factors of 20152 are less than 2015?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 17

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20. Define an to be xn + xn . If a1 = 3, what is the sum of the digits of a11 ?
(A) 17 (B) 18 (C) 19 (D) 20 (E) 21
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21. A number is called perfect digital if the sum of its digits is a perfect square. How many 3 digit perfect digital
numbers are there?
(A) 126 (B) 128 (C) 165 (D) 189 (E) 212

22. Right triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle of area C where 100 < C < 200. The side lengths of the triangle
are of length y, x, and x + 1, where x and y are integers. What is the radius of the largest circle that can be
inscribed in the medial triangle of triangle ABC? Express your answer in simplest form. (The medial triangle
is defined to be the triangle formed by connecting the midpoints of a triangle.)
1 2 3
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) (E) 2
2 3 2

23. During a flight on an airplane, Eric strikes up a chat with Erica, the person sitting next to him. It turns out
that Erica has two kids, and at least one of them is a girl born on a Tuesday. Being a mathematician, Eric
decides to find the probability that Erica has a boy and a girl before asking her. What is the probability that
Erica has one boy, and one girl? Assume an equal chance of giving birth to either gender and an equal chance
to giving birth on any day.
1 7 1 14 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3 20 2 27 3

24. Forrest and Alex have 9 distinct marbles. To divide them between each other, Forrest will first take a group
of marbles (he can take all of them, or none of them). Alex will then choose one marble from the remaining
marbles, add it to Forrest’s group of marbles, and take the rest of the marbles. In how many ways can this be
done?
(A) 81 (B) 512 (C) 1800 (D) 2304 (E) 2700

25. Compute the remainder when 530 · 393 is divided by 67.

(A) 2 (B) 9 (C) 27 (D) 45 (E) 66
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