2003 AMC 8 考试题目

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1.

Jamie counted the number of edges of a cube, Jimmy counted the numbers of corners, and Judy counted the number of faces. They then added the three numbers. What was the resulting sum?

1212

1616

2020

2222

2626

Answer: E
Solution:

A cube has 1212 edges, 88 corners, and 66 faces. Adding these together yields 12+8+6=26. 12 + 8 + 6 = 26.

Thus, E is the correct answer.

2.

Which of the following numbers has the smallest prime factor?

5555

5757

5858

5959

6161

Answer: C
Solution:

Note that the smallest prime number is 2.2. This means that any even number would be our answer.

Thus, C is the correct answer.

3.

A burger at Ricky C's weighs 120120 grams, of which 3030 grams are filler. What percent of the burger is not filler?

60%60 \%

65%65 \%

70%70 \%

75%75 \%

90%90 \%

Answer: D
Solution:

We get that 12030=90120 - 30 = 90 grams are not filler. The percentage is therefore 10090120=10034=75%. 100 \cdot \dfrac{90}{120} = 100 \cdot \dfrac{3}{4} = 75 \%.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

4.

A group of children riding on bicycles and tricycles rode past Billy Bob's house. Billy Bob counted 77 children and 1919 wheels. How many tricycles were there?

22

44

55

66

77

Answer: C
Solution:

Let bb be the number of bicycles and tt be the number of tricycles. Then we can set up the following system of equations: b+t=7,2b+3t=19. \begin{gather*} b + t = 7, \\ 2b + 3t = 19. \end{gather*} Multiplying the first equation by 22 and subtracting from the second equation, we get t=5.t = 5.

Thus, C is the correct answer.

5.

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

1515

1818

2020

2424

3030

Answer: B
Solution:

Since 20%20\% of the number is 1212, 10%10\% of the number is 66.

Therefore 30%30\% of the same number is 36=183\cdot6=18.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

6.

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

1313

3030

6060

300300

18001800

Answer: B
Solution:

We get that the side lengths of the squares are 169=13 \sqrt{169} = 13144=12, \sqrt{144} = 12, 25=5. \sqrt{25} = 5. respectively. Note that these lengths form a Pythagorean triple.

Therefore, the interior triangle is right. Its area is 12512=30. \dfrac{1}{2} \cdot 5 \cdot 12 = 30.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

7.

Blake and Jenny each took four 100100-point tests. Blake averaged 7878 on the four tests. Jenny scored 1010 points higher than Blake on the first test, 1010 points lower than him on the second test, and 2020 points higher on both the third and fourth tests. What is the difference between Jenny's average and Blake's average on these four tests?

1010

1515

2020

2525

4040

Answer: A
Solution:

The total point difference between the two is 1010+202=40. 10 - 10 + 20 \cdot 2 = 40. The average of this difference is 40÷4=10.40 \div 4 = 10.

Thus, A is the correct answer.

8.

Problems 8,9,8, 9, and 1010 use the data found in the accompanying paragraph and figures.

Bake Sale

Four friends, Art, Roger, Paul and Trisha, bake cookies, and all cookies have the same thickness. The shapes of the cookies differ, as shown.

• Art's cookies are trapezoids:

• Roger's cookies are rectangles:

• Paul's cookies are parallelograms:

• Trisha's cookies are triangles:

Each friend uses the same amount of dough, and Art makes exactly 1212 cookies.

Who gets the fewest cookies from one batch of cookie dough?

Art\text{Art}

Paul\text{Paul}

Roger\text{Roger}

Trisha\text{Trisha}

There is a tie for fewest.\text{There is a tie for fewest.}

Answer: A
Solution:

Since the cookies all have the same thickness and use the same amount of dough, the largest cookie shape produces the fewest cookies.

Art’s trapezoid has area 12(3+5)3=12\frac12(3+5)\cdot3=12. Roger’s rectangle has area 42=84\cdot2=8. Paul’s parallelogram has area 32=63\cdot2=6, and Trisha’s triangle has area 1234=6\frac12\cdot3\cdot4=6.

Art has the largest cookie area, so Art gets the fewest cookies from one batch.

Thus, A is the correct answer.

9.

Art's cookies sell for 6060¢ each. To earn the same amount from a single batch, how much should one of Roger's cookies cost?

1818¢

2525¢

4040¢

7575¢

9090¢

Answer: C
Solution:

Art makes 1212 cookies that sell for 6060 cents each, so one batch earns 1260=72012\cdot60=720 cents.

The batch has 1212=14412\cdot12=144 square inches of dough area, and each Roger cookie has area 42=84\cdot2=8. Thus Roger makes 144÷8=18144\div8=18 cookies.

To earn 720720 cents from 1818 cookies, each Roger cookie should cost 720÷18=40720\div18=40 cents.

Thus, C is the correct answer.

10.

How many cookies will be in one batch of Trisha's cookies?

1010

1212

1616

1818

2424

Answer: E
Solution:

Art’s cookie area is 1212 square inches, so the whole batch has area 1212=14412\cdot12=144 square inches.

Trisha’s triangular cookie has area 1234=6\frac12\cdot3\cdot4=6 square inches.

Therefore Trisha can make 144÷6=24144\div6=24 cookies per batch.

Thus, E is the correct answer.

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%.10 \%. 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\$40 on Thursday?

$36\$36

$39.60\$39.60

$40\$40

$40.40\$40.40

$44\$44

Answer: B
Solution:

On Friday, the shoes are marked up by 10%10\%, so the listed price becomes 401.10=4440\cdot1.10=44 dollars.

On Monday, the 10%10\% discount is taken from $44\$44, giving 440.90=39.6044\cdot0.90=39.60 dollars.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

12.

When a fair six-sided die is tossed on a table top, the bottom face cannot be seen. What is the probability that the product of the numbers on the five faces that can be seen is divisible by 66?

13\frac 13

12\frac 12

23\frac 23

56\frac 56

11

Answer: E
Solution:

If the face numbered 66 is visible, then the visible product is divisible by 66.

If the face numbered 66 is on the bottom, then the visible faces include both 22 and 33, so their product is still divisible by 66.

Every possible toss works, so the probability is 11.

Thus, E is the correct answer.

13.

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

44

66

88

1010

1212

Answer: B
Solution:

A cube has exactly four painted faces exactly when it is attached to exactly two other cubes.

The 44 top cubes touch only one other cube, so they have 55 painted faces. The 44 bottom corner cubes touch three other cubes, so they have 33 painted faces.

The remaining 1444=614-4-4=6 cubes each touch exactly two other cubes, so they have exactly four painted faces.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

14.

In this addition problem, each letter stands for a different digit. TWO+TWOFOUR\begin{array}{cccc}&T & W & O\\ +&T & W & O\\ \hline F& O & U & R\end{array} If T=7T = 7 and the letter OO represents an even number, what is the only possible value for W?W?

00

11

22

33

44

Answer: D
Solution:

Since both TT's are 7,7, we get that OO is either 44 or 5.5. Since OO is even, we get that O=4.O = 4.

Then, we get that R=4+4=8.R = 4 + 4 = 8. We also know that W+WW + W doesn't carry over, since otherwise OO would be 5.5.

Therefore, WW is less than 55 and cannot be 44 or 1.1. If W=2,W = 2, then U=4,U = 4, which is also not allowed.

This makes W=3.W = 3.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

15.

A figure 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 figure with the front and side views shown?

33

44

55

66

77

Answer: B
Solution:

The front view requires an L-shape with three visible positions, so at least three cubes are needed.

With only three cubes, all cubes would have to occupy those three front-view positions. Then the side view would have only one depth column, not the required L-shape.

The shown four-cube construction has both required views, so the minimum is 44.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

16.

Ali, Bonnie, Carlo and Dianna are going to drive together to a nearby theme park. The car they are using has four seats: one driver’s seat, one front passenger seat and two back seats. Bonnie and Carlo are the only two who can drive the car. How many possible seating arrangements are there?

22

44

66

1212

2424

Answer: D
Solution:

There are 22 options for who sits in the driver's seat. There are 33 options for the other front seat, and 22 options for the first passenger seat.

The last person has to sit in the last seat, for a total of 232=12 2 \cdot 3 \cdot 2 = 12 possible seating arrangements.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

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?

Nadeen and Austin

Benjamin and Sue

Benjamin and Austin

Nadeen and Tevyn

Austin and Sue

Answer: E
Solution:

Note that Nadeen, Austin, and Sue are the only individuals who share a characteristic with Jim. We need to find which of the 33 are completely different from the others.

Austin and Sue both have blue eyes, which makes Nadeen the odd one out. Therefore, Austin and Sue are Jim's siblings.

Thus, E is the correct answer.

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 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?

11

44

55

66

77

Answer: D
Solution:

Sarah invites her friends and the classmates who are friends with at least one of her friends. In graph terms, she invites dots that are 11 or 22 line segments away from Sarah.

From the graph, 44 dots are disconnected from Sarah’s component, and 22 more dots in Sarah’s component are 33 segments away.

Those 4+2=64+2=6 classmates will not be invited.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

19.

How many integers between 10001000 and 20002000 have all three of the numbers 15,20,15, 20, and 2525 as factors?

11

22

33

44

55

Answer: C
Solution:

If a number xx has these three numbers as factors, then their least common multiple must also divide x.x.

These numbers have the following prime factorizations: 15=35, 15 = 3 \cdot 5,20=225, 20 = 2^2 \cdot 5,25=52. 25 = 5^2.

From these values, we get that the least common multiple is 22352=300. 2^2 \cdot 3 \cdot 5^2 = 300.

Therefore, the multiples of 300300 between 10001000 and 20002000 are 1200,1500,1200, 1500, and 1800.1800.

Thus, C is the correct answer.

20.

What is the measure of the acute angle formed by the hands of a clock at 4:204:20 a.m.?

00^{\circ}

55^{\circ}

88^{\circ}

1010^{\circ}

1212^{\circ}

Answer: D
Solution:

At 4:20,4 : 20, the hour hand will be a 13\frac{1}{3} of the way between 44 and 5.5.

Each hour represents 360÷12=30.360 \div 12 = 30^{\circ}. This means the hour hand will be 30÷3=1030 \div 3 = 10^{\circ} past 4.4.

Note that at 2020 minutes, the minute hand will be at 4.4. This means the degree formed is 10.10^{\circ}.

Thus, D is the correct answer.

21.

The area of trapezoid ABCDABCD is 164 cm2.164\text{ cm}^2. The altitude is 88 cm, ABAB is 1010 cm, and CDCD is 1717 cm. What is BC,BC, in centimeters?

99

1010

1212

1515

2020

Answer: B
Solution:

Drop perpendiculars from BB and CC to AD\overline{AD}, meeting it at EE and FF.

In the left and right right triangles, AE=10282=6AE=\sqrt{10^2-8^2}=6 and FD=17282=15FD=\sqrt{17^2-8^2}=15.

The two side triangles have areas 1268=24\frac12\cdot6\cdot8=24 and 12158=60\frac12\cdot15\cdot8=60. The middle rectangle has area 8BC8\cdot BC.

Thus 164=24+60+8BC164=24+60+8BC, so 8BC=808BC=80 and BC=10BC=10.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

22.

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

AA only

BB only

CC only

both AA and BB

all are equal

Answer: C
Solution:

In figure AA, the shaded area is the area of a 22 by 22 square minus a circle of radius 11, so it is 4π4-\pi.

Figure BB is made of four half-size copies of figure AA, so its total shaded area is also 4π4-\pi.

In figure CC, the circle has radius 11, and the inscribed square has diagonal 22, so its area is 22. The shaded area is π2\pi-2.

Since π>3\pi>3, we have π2>4π\pi-2>4-\pi, so figure CC has the largest shaded area.

Thus, C is the correct answer.

23.

In the pattern below, the cat moves clockwise through the four squares and the mouse moves counterclockwise through the eight exterior segments of the four squares.

If the pattern is continued, where would the cat and mouse be after the 247247th move?

Answer: A
Solution:

The cat’s position repeats every 44 moves, and the mouse’s position repeats every 88 moves.

Since 2473(mod4)247\equiv3\pmod 4, the cat is in the same position as after the 33rd move: the lower right square.

Since 2477(mod8)247\equiv7\pmod 8, the mouse is in the same position as after the 77th move: the left side of the lower left square.

Thus, A is the correct answer.

24.

A ship travels from point AA to point BB along a semicircular path, centered at Island X.X. Then it travels along a straight path from BB to C.C. Which of these graphs best shows the ship’s distance from Island XX as it moves along its course?

Answer: B
Solution:

Every point on the semicircular path from AA to BB is the same distance from the center XX, so the graph starts horizontally.

On the straight path from BB to CC, the ship first gets closer to XX and then farther away from XX.

Only graph BB starts flat and then decreases before increasing.

Thus, B is the correct answer.

25.

In the figure, the area of square WXYZWXYZ is 25 cm2.25 \text{ cm}^2. The four smaller squares have sides 11 cm long, either parallel to or coinciding with the sides of the large square. In ABC,\triangle ABC, AB=AC,AB = AC, and when ABC\triangle ABC is folded over side BC,\overline{BC}, point AA coincides with O,O, the center of square WXYZ.WXYZ. What is the area of ABC,\triangle ABC, in square centimeters?

154\dfrac{15}{4}

214\dfrac{21}{4}

274\dfrac{27}{4}

212\dfrac{21}{2}

272\dfrac{27}{2}

Answer: C
Solution:

We get that the side lengths of WXYZWXYZ are 55 cm, since 25=5.\sqrt{25} = 5.

We also know that the distance from WZ\overline{WZ} to BC\overline{BC} is 22 since it is the sum of the side lengths of 22 unit squares.

Finally, the distance from AA to BC\overline{BC} is the same as the distance from BC\overline{BC} to O,O, which is 2+52=92 cm 2 + \dfrac{5}{2} = \dfrac{9}{2} \text{ cm}

Now, we can find BC,BC, which is WZ2=52=3 cm WZ - 2 = 5 - 2 = 3 \text{ cm}

Therefore, the area of ABC\triangle ABC is 12392=274 cm2 \dfrac{1}{2} \cdot 3 \cdot \dfrac{9}{2} = \dfrac{27}{4} \text{ cm}^2

Thus, C is the correct answer.