2001 AMC 8 Exam Problems

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1.

Casey's shop class is making a golf trophy. He has to paint 300300 dimples on a golf ball. If it takes him 22 seconds to paint one dimple, how many minutes will he need to do his job?

44

66

88

1010

1212

Answer: D
Solution:

It will take case 2300=6002 \cdot 300 = 600 seconds to do the job. This is the same as 600÷60=10600 \div 60 = 10 minutes.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

2.

I'm thinking of two whole numbers. Their product is 2424 and their sum is 11.11. What is the larger number?

33

44

66

88

1212

Answer: D
Solution:

Let the numbers be xx and y.y. Then we know that xy=24xy = 24 and x+y=11.x + y = 11.

From this, we get that x=11y,x = 11 - y, and substituting yields (11y)y=24y211y+24=0(y3)(y8)=0. \begin{align*} (11 - y)y &= 24 \\ y^2 - 11y + 24 &= 0 \\ (y - 3)(y - 8) &= 0. \end{align*} This means that yy is either 33 or 8,8, and xx is either 88 or 33 respectively. The larger number is 8.8.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

3.

Granny Smith has $63. Elberta has $2 more than Anjou and Anjou has one-third as much as Granny Smith. How many dollars does Elberta have?

1717

1818

1919

2121

2323

Answer: E
Solution:

Anjous has $62 \div 3 = $21. This means that Elberta has $21 + $2 = $23.

Thus, E is the correct answer.

4.

The digits 1,2,3,4,1, 2, 3, 4, and 99 are each used once to form the smallest possible even five-digit number. The digit in the tens place is

11

22

33

44

99

Answer: E
Solution:

To get a smaller number, we want the larger digits to appear towards the right of the number.

This means that the units digit is 44 (it has to be either 22 or 44 since the number is even).

The next largest number is 9,9, which then has to go in the tens place.

Thus, E is the correct answer.

5.

On a dark and stormy night Snoopy suddenly saw a flash of lightning. Ten seconds later he heard the sound of thunder. The speed of sound is 10881088 feet per second and one mile is 52805280 feet. Estimate, to the nearest half-mile, how far Snoopy was from the flash of lightning.

11

1121\frac{1}{2}

22

2122\frac{1}{2}

33

Answer: C
Solution:

In 1010 seconds, the thunder was able to travel 101088=1088010 \cdot 1088 = 10880 feet.

Note that 22 miles is about 25280=105602 \cdot 5280 = 10560 feet, which is close to what we found above.

Thus, C is the correct answer.

6.

Six trees are equally spaced along one side of a straight road. The distance from the first tree to the fourth is 6060 feet. What is the distance in feet between the first and last trees?

9090

100100

105105

120120

140140

Answer: B
Solution:

There are 33 gaps between the first and fourth trees, which means that one gap is 60÷3=2060 \div 3 = 20 feet long.

There are 55 gaps between the first and last trees. This means that they are 520=1005 \cdot 20 = 100 feet apart.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

7.

To promote her school’s annual Kite Olympics, Genevieve makes a small kite and a large kite for a bulletin board display. The kites look like the one in the diagram. For her small kite Genevieve draws the kite on a one-inch grid. For the large kite she triples both the height and width of the entire grid.

What is the number of square inches in the area of the small kite?

2121

2222

2323

2424

2525

Answer: A
Solution:

Recall that the area of a kite is the product of its diagonals divided by 2.2.

Therefore, the area of the small kite is 672=422=21. \dfrac{6 \cdot 7}{2} = \dfrac{42}{2} = 21.

Thus, A is the correct answer.

8.

To promote her school’s annual Kite Olympics, Genevieve makes a small kite and a large kite for a bulletin board display. The kites look like the one in the diagram. For her small kite Genevieve draws the kite on a one-inch grid. For the large kite she triples both the height and width of the entire grid.

Genevieve puts bracing on her large kite in the form of a cross connecting opposite corners of the kite. How many inches of bracing material does she need?

3030

3232

3535

3838

3939

Answer: E
Solution:

The long diagonal is 77 units, and the short one is 66 units.

In the large kite, one unit is 33 inches, so the total amount of bracing material needed is 3(7+6)=313=39 in. 3(7 + 6) = 3 \cdot 13 = 39 \text{ in.}

Thus, E is the correct answer.

9.

To promote her school’s annual Kite Olympics, Genevieve makes a small kite and a large kite for a bulletin board display. The kites look like the one in the diagram. For her small kite Genevieve draws the kite on a one-inch grid. For the large kite she triples both the height and width of the entire grid.

The large kite is covered with gold foil. The foil is cut from a rectangular piece that just covers the entire grid. How many square inches of waste material are cut off from the four corners?

6363

7272

180180

189189

264264

Answer: D
Solution:

The area of the entire grid would be 3736=378. 3 \cdot 7 \cdot 3 \cdot 6 = 378. The area of the kite is one-half this area from the formula for the area of the kite, so the wasted material is 378÷2=189.378 \div 2 = 189.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

10.

A collector offers to buy state quarters for 2000%2000\% of their face value. At that rate how much will Bryden get for his four state quarters?

$20

$50

$200

$500

$2000

Answer: A
Solution:

Four state quarters is the same as on $1.

2000%2000\% of this is $1 \cdot \dfrac{2000}{100} = $1 \cdot 20 = $20.

Thus, A is the correct answer.

11.

Points A,A, B,B, CC and DD have these coordinates: A(3,2),A(3,2), B(3,2),B(3,-2), C(3,2)C(-3,-2) and D(3,0).D(-3, 0). What is the area of quadrilateral ABCD?ABCD?

1212

1515

1818

2121

2424

Answer: C
Solution:

We can see that ABCDABCD is a trapezoid since DCAB.\overline{DC} || \overline{AB}.

Recall that the formula for the area of a trapezoid is A=12(b1+b2)h. A = \dfrac{1}{2} (b_1 + b_2) h.

Plugging in b1=DC=2, b_1 = DC = 2, b2=AB=4, b_2 = AB = 4, and h=CB=6, h = CB = 6, we get that A=12(2+4)6 A = \dfrac{1}{2} (2 + 4) \cdot 6 =1266=18.= \dfrac{1}{2} \cdot 6 \cdot 6 = 18.

Thus, C is the correct answer.

12.

If ab=a+bab,a \otimes b = \dfrac{a + b}{a - b}, then (64)3=(6 \otimes 4) \otimes 3 =

44

1313

1515

3030

7272

Answer: A
Solution:

We can evaluate it as follows (64)3=6+4643=53=5+353=4. \begin{align*} (6 \otimes 4) \otimes 3 &= \dfrac{6 + 4}{6 - 4} \otimes 3 \\ &= 5 \otimes 3 \\&= \dfrac{5 + 3}{5 - 3} \\&= 4. \end{align*}

Thus, A is the correct answer.

13.

Of the 3636 students in Richelle's class, 1212 prefer chocolate pie, 88 prefer apple, and 66 prefer blueberry. Half of the remaining students prefer cherry pie and half prefer lemon. For Richelle's pie graph showing this data, how many degrees should she use for cherry pie?

1010

2020

3030

5050

7272

Answer: D
Solution:

The number of students that prefer cherry or lemon pie is 361286=10. 36 - 12 - 8 - 6 = 10. Half of these like cherry pie, which is 10÷2=5.10 \div 2 = 5.

The number of degrees for cherry pie would then be 360536=510=50. 360^{\circ} \cdot \dfrac{5}{36} = 5 \cdot 10^{\circ} = 50 ^{\circ}.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

14.

Tyler has entered a buffet line in which he chooses one kind of meat, two different vegetables and one dessert. If the order of food items is not important, how many different meals might he choose?

Meat: beef, chicken, pork

Vegetables: baked beans, corn, potatoes, tomatoes

Dessert: brownies, chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, ice cream

44

2424

7272

8080

144144

Answer: C
Solution:

He has 33 choices for the meat and 44 for the desert.

He has 44 options for the first vegetable and 33 for the second. Since order doesn't matter teh number of options for the vegetables is 432=122=6. \dfrac{4 \cdot 3}{2} = \dfrac{12}{2} = 6.

This gives him a total of 364=72 3 \cdot 6 \cdot 4 = 72 combinations of meals.

Thus, C is the correct answer.

15.

Homer began peeling a pile of 4444 potatoes at the rate of 33 potatoes per minute. Four minutes later Christen joined him and peeled at the rate of 55 potatoes per minute. When they finished, how many potatoes had Christen peeled?

2020

2424

3232

3333

4040

Answer: A
Solution:

Homer had peeled 34=123 \cdot 4 = 12 potatoes by the time Christen joined him, leaving 4412=3244 - 12 = 32 potatoes.

Together, Homer and Christen peel 5+3=85 + 3 = 8 potatoes per minute, taking them 32÷8=432 \div 8 = 4 minutes to peel the rest.

In 44 minutes, Christen peeled 45=204 \cdot 5 = 20 potatoes.

Thus, A is the correct answer.

16.

A square piece of paper, 44 inches on a side, is folded in half vertically. Both layers are then cut in half parallel to the fold. Three new rectangles are formed, a large one and two small ones. What is the ratio of the perimeter of one of the small rectangles to the perimeter of the large rectangle?

13\dfrac{1}{3}

12\dfrac{1}{2}

34\dfrac{3}{4}

45\dfrac{4}{5}

56\dfrac{5}{6}

Answer: E
Solution:

The square is folded in half to create a 4×24 \times 2 rectangle.

Cutting the folded paper in half yields 22 smaller 4×14 \times 1 rectangles and one 4×24 \times 2 rectangle.

The ratio of the perimeter of the small to rectangle to that of the large rectangle is therefore 2(4+1)2(4+2)=56. \dfrac{2(4 + 1)}{2(4 + 2)} = \dfrac{5}{6}.

Thus, E is the correct answer.

17.

For the game show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?, the dollar values of each question are shown in the following table (where K\text{K} = 1000). Question123Value100200300 \begin{array}{ccccc} \text{Question} & 1 & 2 & 3 \\ \text{Value} & 100 & 200 & 300 \end{array} 456785001K2K4K8K \begin{array}{cccccc} 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 \\ 500 & 1\text{K} & 2\text{K} & 4\text{K} & 8\text{K} \end{array} 910111216K32K64K125K \begin{array}{ccccc} 9 & 10 & 11 & 12 \\ 16\text{K} & 32\text{K} & 64\text{K} & 125\text{K} \end{array} 131415250K500K1000K \begin{array}{ccc} 13 & 14 & 15 \\ 250\text{K} & 500\text{K} & 1000\text{K} \end{array} Between which two questions is the percent increase of the value the smallest?

From 11 to 22

From 22 to 33

From 33 to 44

From 1111 to 1212

From 1414 to 1515

Answer: B
Solution:

Note that must of the increases are doubling. The only exceptions are 22 to 3,3, 33 to 4,4, and 1111 to 12.12.

1111 to 1212 is close to doubling, so we can ignore that. 22 to 33 is a 300200200=12=50% \dfrac{300 - 200}{200} = \dfrac{1}{2} = 50 \% increase. 33 to 44 is a 500300300=2367% \dfrac{500 - 300}{300} = \dfrac{2}{3} \approx 67 \% increase.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

18.

Two dice are thrown. What is the probability that the product of the two numbers is a multiple of 5?5?

136\dfrac{1}{36}

118\dfrac{1}{18}

16\dfrac{1}{6}

1136\dfrac{11}{36}

13\dfrac{1}{3}

Answer: D
Solution:

The only way for the product to be a multiple of 55 is if at least one of the rolls is 5.5.

We can do complementary counting. The probability that neither rolls is a 55 is 5656=2536. \dfrac{5}{6} \cdot \dfrac{5}{6} = \dfrac{25}{36}.

Therefore, the probability that at least one roll is a 55 is 12536=1136. 1 - \dfrac{25}{36} = \dfrac{11}{36}.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

19.

Car MM traveled at a constant speed for a given time. This is shown by the dashed line. Car NN traveled at twice the speed for the same distance. If Car NsN'\text{s} speed and time are shown as solid line, which graph illustrates this?

Answer: D
Solution:

Car NN travels at twice the speed of car M,M, so it is represented by a point that is twice as high on the speed axis as car M.M.

Since car NN travels at the same distance as car MM but at a faster speed, it takes half the time to complete the trip.

Therefore, the line representing car NN's speed is half the length of the line representing car MM's speed.

Both lines are horizontal because the speeds are constant. Examining the given graphs, the only one that meets these conditions is graph D.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

20.

Kaleana shows her test score to Quay, Marty and Shana, but the others keep theirs hidden. Quay thinks, "At least two of us have the same score." Marty thinks, "I didn't get the lowest score." Shana thinks, "I didn't get the highest score." List the scores from lowest to highest for Marty (M\text{M}), Quay (Q\text{Q}) and Shana (S\text{S}).

S,Q,M\text{S,Q,M}

Q,M,S\text{Q,M,S}

Q,S,M\text{Q,S,M}

M,S,Q\text{M,S,Q}

S,M,Q\text{S,M,Q}

Answer: A
Solution:

Since Quay only knows Kaleana's score, we get that Quay and Kaleana have the same score, so K=Q.\text{K} = \text{Q}.

Marty knows that his score is higher than Kaleana's, so M>K.\text{M} \gt \text{K}. Shana knows that her score is lower than Kaleana's, so S<K.\text{S} \lt \text{K}.

Substituting Q\text{Q} for K,\text{K}, we get the following inequality: S<Q<M.\text{S} \lt \text{Q} \lt \text{M}.

Thus, A is the correct answer.

21.

The mean of a set of five different positive integers is 15.15. The median is 18.18. The maximum possible value of the largest of these five integers is

1919

2424

3232

3535

4040

Answer: D
Solution:

The median of the set of numbers is the third largest number, which is 18.18. There are two numbers less than 1818 and two numbers greater than it.

The mean of the set is 15,15, so the sum of all the numbers is 515=75.5 \cdot 15 = 75. In order to maximize the largest number with this sum, the other numbers must be as small as possible.

The two numbers less than 1818 must be positive and distinct, so they must be 11 and 2.2.

The number immediately after 1818 must also be as small as possible, so it must be 19.19.

Therefore, the remaining number, the maximum possible value in the set, is 75121819=35. 75 - 1 - 2 - 18 - 19 = 35.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

22.

On a twenty-question test, each correct answer is worth 55 points, each unanswered question is worth 11 point and each incorrect answer is worth 00 points. Which of the following scores is NOT possible?

9090

9191

9292

9595

9797

Answer: E
Solution:

The highest possible score occurs if you get everything question right for a total of 205=10020 \cdot 5 = 100 points.

The next highest score is if there are 1919 right answers and one unanswered question for a total of 195+11=96. 19 \cdot 5 + 1 \cdot 1 = 96.

This means that any score between these 22 numbers is impossible.

Thus, E is the correct answer.

23.

Points R,R, SS and TT are vertices of an equilateral triangle, and points X,X, YY and ZZ are midpoints of its sides. How many noncongruent triangles can be drawn using any three of these six points as vertices?

11

22

33

44

2020

Answer: D
Solution:

Split this triangle into half (draw a line from SS to XX).

Note that any noncongruent triangle except for RST\triangle RST itself can be formed from these 44 points. Any other triangle can be reflected or rotated to get one of these triangles.

Counting the number of triangles in this half, we get 3,3, and adding on RST,\triangle RST, we get a total of 44 triangles.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

24.

Each half of this figure is composed of 33 red triangles, 55 blue triangles and 88 white triangles. When the upper half is folded down over the centerline, 22 pairs of red triangles coincide, as do 33 pairs of blue triangles. There are 22 red-white pairs. How many white pairs coincide?

44

55

66

77

99

Answer: B
Solution:

Each half of the group has 33 red triangles, 55 blue triangles, and 88 white triangles.

22 pairs of red triangles are used, leaving 11 red triangle on each half. 33 pairs of blue triangles are used, leaving 22 blue triangles on each half.

22 pairs of red-white triangles are used, using 11 red triangle and 11 white triangle on each half (one side cannot use both red triangles since they each only have 11).

This leaves 44 pairs of blue-white triangles since any more blue-blue pairs are not allowed (otherwise there would be more than 33 pairs).

This leaves 55 white-white pairs.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

25.

There are 2424 four-digit whole numbers that use each of the four digits 2,4,5,2, 4, 5, and 77 exactly once. Only one of these four-digit numbers is a multiple of another one. Which of the following is it?

57245724

72457245

72547254

74257425

75427542

Answer: D
Solution:

Let xx be the number that we are looking for.

Note that xx cannot be 44 times another number, since the smallest value of xx would then be 24574=9828, 2457 \cdot 4 = 9828, which is past the range of the set.

Now, let's see if xx is 33 times another number. The smallest possible value would then be 24573=7371, 2457 \cdot 3 = 7371, and the largest would be 24753=7425, 2475 \cdot 3 = 7425, since multiplying any other number in the set 33 would go past the range of the set.

We see that 74257425 is indeed a number in the set.

Thus, D is the correct answer.