Mock AMC 8

By RadicalCyclization
June 22, 2014
1. Mike gets the disease geometritis and must take one black pill and one yellow pill each day
for 4 weeks. A black pill costs $3 more than a yellow pill, and his pills cost a total of $196.
How much does one black pill cost?
A)2 B)5 C)7 D)28 E)196
2. Mario was asked by Luigi to subtract 8 from a certain number and then divide the result by
4. Instead, he subtracted 4 and then divided by 8, giving an answer of 3. What would his
answer have been if he had worked through the problem correctly?
A)7 B)4 C)
28
5
D)5 E) None of these
3. On a 25 problem test, each correct answer is worth 6 points and each unanswered question is
1.5. Which of the following is not a possible score?
A)114 B)99 C)123 D)82.5 E)91
4. A 90 degree arc of Circle X is the same length as the length of a 60 degree arc of Circle Y.
What is the ratio of the area of Circle X to Circle Y in simplest form?
A)
2
9
B)
3
7
C)
72
162
D)
2
3
E)
4
9
5. Bart and Lisa each bought 12 ounces of coke in a 24 ounce cup. Bart drank 2 ounces of his
coke and then added 4 ounces of water. Lisa added 4 ounces of water, stirred it well, and
then drank 2 ounces. What is the current ratio of the amount of water in Barts coke to that
in Lisas coke?
A)12 B)
25
2
C)16 D)
1
16
E) None of these
6. On planet Ghaap, two Gheeps are worth three Ghiips, two Ghiips are worth ve Ghoops, and
three Ghoops are worth two Ghuups. How many Ghuups are seven Gheeps worth? (Source:
Introduction to Algebra)
A)
17
2
B)17 C)17.25 D)
3
2
E)17.5
7. John and Mike are running for janitorial position at McDonalds. Of the rst 50% of the
ballots that are counted, John receives 20% of the votes and Mike receives 30%. At least what
percentage of the remaining votes must John receive to catch up to Mike in the election?
A)22 B)24 C)25 D)28 E) None of these
8. What is the product of the roots of (8z + 7)(3z 4) + (5z + 1)(6z 7) = 2?
A)
20
27
B)
37
40
C)
22
29
D)
37
54
E)
37
55
9. A number of bacteria are placed in a jar. One second later each bacterium divides in two, the
next second each of the resulting bacteria divides in two again, and so on. After one minute
the glass is full. When was the jar half-full?
A) 30 seconds B) 59 seconds C) 58 seconds D) 56 seconds E) 31 seconds
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10. What is the area of a triangle with side lengths 13, 14, 15?
A)91 B)
195
2
C)105 D)98 E)84
11. Convex quadrilateral WXYZ has WX= 9 and YZ= 12. Diagonals WY and XZ intersect at
V, WY= 14, and triangle WVZ and triangle XVY have equal areas. What is WV?
A)5 B)6 C)8 D)7 E)14
12. If f(4x + 3) = 2x + 1 then nd f(9).
A) 9 B)5 C) 5 D)9 E)3
13. The volume of a regular rectangular solid, the area of the top face is 135, the area of the front
face is 30, and the area of the right face is 50. What is the volume of the solid?
A)450 B)225 C)215 D)135 E)400
14. In the equation 2x
2
3x + 4 = 0, what is the sum of the squares of the roots? (Source: Art of
Problem Solving Volume 1: The Basics)
A)
3
2
B)
3
2
C)2 D)
7
4
E)
7
4
15. A car travels 250 miles from point X to Y at 50 mph, and returns the same distance at 75
mph. What is the average speed for the round trip?
A)45 B)50 C)48 D)52 E) 60
16. What time was it 1950 minutes after midnight on January 1, 1950?
A) 6:50 PM B) 7:50 AM C) 8:30 AM D) 7:30 AM E) 8:50 AM
17. Tom wants to buy 6 cars from an ample supply of 4 dierent types of cars. How many
dierent selections are possible?
A)6!4! B)6! + 4! C)
9!
6!3!
D)10! E) Not given
18. For real numbers yandz, y?z =
y
50
z
49
. Find the value of 9?3.
A)3
47
B)3
50
C)9
25
D)3
51
E)9
51
19. Sailing directly against the current a yellow submarine requires 16 hours to go 1440 kilometers.
Returning with the same current, the submarine covers the distance in 10 hours. In kilometers
per hour, what is the speed of the submarine in still water?
A)110.77 B)117 C)132 D)144 E) None of these
20. A dodecahedron has 12 faces, each of which is a pentagon. How many vertices are there on
a dodecahedron?
A)22 B)12 C)17 D)20 E)19
21. A cylinder is inscribed within a sphere. The cylinder has a 18 inch diameter and is 24 inches
tall. What is the volume of the sphere?
A)4500 B)225 C)1125 D)375 E)1944
22. Find AB if
1
A
+
1
B
=
2
3
, and A + B = 24.
A)12 B)24 C)18 D)36 E)30
23. Given that f(ax)= a*f(x) for all real a, and f(3)=24, what is f(24)?
A)576 B)72 C)192 D)216 E)3
24. Find z
5
+ (
1
z
5
)ifz
2
+ (
1
z
2
) = 14 (source: Art of Problem Solving Volume 1: The Basics)
A)362 B)52 C)721 D)723 E)724
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25. Find the remainder when x
3
2x + 4 is divided by x + 3.
A)0 B)1 C) 17 D) 18 E) 20
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