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2024 AMC 8 Problems

2024 AMC 8 (Answer Key)
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Instructions

1. This is a 25-question, multiple

choice test. Each question is
followed by answers marked
A, B, C, D and E. Only one of
these is correct.
2. You will receive 1 point for
each correct answer. There is
no penalty for wrong
answers.
3. No aids are permitted other
than plain scratch paper,
writing utensils, ruler, and
erasers. In particular, graph
paper, compass, protractor,
calculators, computers,
smartwatches, and
smartphones are not
permitted. Rules
4. Figures are not necessarily
drawn to scale.
5. You will have 40 minutes
working time to complete the
test.

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Contents [hide]
1 Problem 1
2 Problem 2
3 Problem 3
4 Problem 4
5 Problem 5
6 Problem 6
7 Problem 7
8 Problem 8
9 Problem 9
10 Problem 10
11 Problem 11
12 Problem 12
13 Problem 13
14 Problem 14
15 Problem 15
16 Problem 16
17 Problem 17
18 Problem 18
19 Problem 19
20 Problem 20
21 Problem 21
22 Problem 22
23 Problem 23
24 Problem 24
25 Problem 25
26 See Also
26.1 Check out some additional problems!

Problem 1
What is the ones digit of

Solution

Problem 2
What is the value of this expression in decimal form?

Solution

Problem 3
Four squares of side length and are arranged in
increasing size order so that their left edges and bottom
edges align. The squares alternate in color white-gray-
white-gray, respectively, as shown in the figure. What is the
area of the visible gray region in square units?

Solution

Problem 4
When Yunji added all the integers from to , she
mistakenly left out a number. Her sum turned out to be a
square number. What number did Yunji leave out?

Solution

Problem 5
Aaliyah rolls two standard 6-sided dice. She notices that the
product of the two numbers rolled is a multiple of . Which
of the following integers cannot be the sum of the two
numbers?

Solution

Problem 6
Sergei skated around an ice rink, gliding along different
paths. The gray lines in the figures below show four of the
paths labeled , , , and . What is the sorted order of
the four paths from shortest to longest?

Solution

Problem 7
A rectangle is covered without overlap by 3 shapes
of tiles: , , and , shown below. What is the
minimum possible number of tiles used?

Solution

Problem 8
On Monday Taye has . Every day, he either gains or
doubles the amount of money he had on the previous day.
How many different dollar amounts could Taye have on
Thursday, days later?

Solution

Problem 9
All the marbles in Maria's collection are red, green, or blue.
Maria has half as many red marbles as green marbles and
twice as many blue marbles as green marbles. Which of the
following could be the total number of marbles in Maria's
collection?

Solution

Problem 10
In January 1980 the Moana Loa Observation recorded
carbon dioxide levels of 338 ppm (parts per
million). Over the years the average reading has
increased by about 1.515 ppm each year. What is the
expected level in ppm in January 2030? Round your
answer to the nearest integer.

Solution

Problem 11
The coordinates of are , , and
, with . The area of is 12. What is
the value of ?

Solution

Problem 12
Rohan keeps a total of guppies in fish tanks.
There is more guppy in the nd tank than the st
tank.
There are more guppies in the 3rd tank than the nd
tank.
There are more guppies in the 4th tank than the rd
tank.
How many guppies are in the th tank?

Solution

Problem 13
Buzz Bunny is hopping up and down a set of stairs, one
step at a time. In how many ways can Buzz Bunny start on
the ground, make a sequence of hops, and end up back
on the ground? (For example, one sequence of hops is up-
up-down-down-up-down.)

Solution

Problem 14
The one-way routes connecting towns and
are shown in the figure below (not drawn to scale).The
distances in kilometers along each route are marked.
Traveling along these routes, what is the shortest distance
from A to Z in kilometers?

Solution

Problem 15
Let the letters , , , , , represent distinct digits.
Suppose is the GREATEST number that
satisfies the equation

What is the value of ?

Solution

Problem 16
Minh enters the numbers through into the cells of a
grid in some order. She calculates the product of the
numbers in each row and column. What is the least number
of rows and columns that could have a product divisible by
?

Solution

Problem 17
A chess king is said to attack all squares one step away
from it (basically any square right next to it in any direction),
horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. For instance, a king on
the center square of a 3 x 3 grid attacks all 8 other squares,
as shown below. Suppose a white king and a black king are
placed on different squares of 3 x 3 grid so that they do not
attack each other. In how many ways can this be done?

Solution

Problem 18
Three concentric circles centered at have radii of , ,
and . Points and lie on the largest circle. The region
between the two smaller circles is shaded, as is the portion
of the region between the two larger circles bounded by
central angle , as shown in the figure below. Suppose
the shaded and unshaded regions are equal in area. What is
the measure of in degrees?

Solution

Problem 19
Jordan owns 15 pairs of sneakers. Three fifths of the pairs
are red and the rest are white. Two thirds of the pairs are
high-top and the rest are low-top. The red high-top sneakers
make up a fraction of the collection. What is the least
possible value of this fraction?

Solution

Problem 20
Any three vertices of the cube shown in
the figure below, can be connected to form a triangle. For
example, vertices and can be connected to form
How many of these triangles are equilateral and
contain as a vertex?

Solution

Problem 21
A group of frogs (called an army) is living in a tree. A frog
turns green when in the shade and turns yellow when in the
sun. Initially, the ratio of green to yellow frogs was .
Then green frogs moved to the sunny side and yellow
frogs moved to the shady side. Now the ratio is . What
is the difference between the number of green frogs and
the number of yellow frogs now?

Solution

Problem 22
A roll of tape is inches in diameter and is wrapped around
a ring that is inches in diameter. A cross section of the
tape is shown in the figure below. The tape is inches
thick. If the tape is completely unrolled, approximately how
long would it be? Round your answer to the nearest
inches.

Solution

Problem 23
Rodrigo has a very large sheet of graph paper. First he
draws a line segment connecting point to point
and colors the cells whose interiors intersect the
segment, as shown below. Next Rodrigo draws a line
segment connecting point to point
. How many cells will he color this time?

Solution

Problem 24
Jean has made a piece of stained glass art in the shape of
two mountains, as shown in the figure below. One mountain
peak is feet high while the other peak is feet high.
Each peak forms a angle, and the straight sides form a
angle with the ground. The artwork has an area of
square feet. The sides of the mountain meet at an
intersection point near the center of the artwork, feet
above the ground. What is the value of

Solution

Problem 25
A airplane has rows of seats with seats in each row.
Eight passengers have boarded the plane and are
distributed randomly among the seats. A married couple is
next to board. What is the probability there will be
adjacent seats in the same row for the couple?

Solution

See Also
2024 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key •
Resources)
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