2013 AMC 8 考试题目
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1.
Danica wants to arrange her model cars in rows with exactly 6 cars in each row. She now has 23 model cars. What is the smallest number of additional cars she must buy in order to be able to arrange all her cars this way?
Answer: A
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In order for Danica to arrange her model cars in rows of exactly six, the number of model cars she has must be a multiple of six. The smallest multiple of greater than is so she must buy more car to attain this amount.
Thus, A is the correct answer.
2.
A sign at the fish market says, " off, today only: half-pound packages for just per package." What is the regular price for a full pound of fish, in dollars?
Answer: D
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During the sale, the price for half a pound is and therefore, the price for a full pound is
The sale price is off the regular price, and so the regular price is twice the sale price. Therefore, the regular price for a full pound of fish is
Thus, D is the correct answer.
3.
What is the value of
Answer: E
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Within the parentheses, pair consecutive terms:
Each pair has sum , and there are pairs, so the value inside the parentheses is . Multiplying by gives .
Thus, E is the correct answer.
4.
Eight friends ate at a restaurant and agreed to share the bill equally. Because Judi forgot her money, each of her seven friends paid an extra to cover her portion of the total bill. What was the total bill?
Answer: C
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Since Judi's portion was fully covered by everyone's contributions, the portion of the bill she was responsible for was equal to
As everyone paid the same amount, we can conclude that the total bill is
Thus, C is the correct answer.
5.
Hammie is in the grade and weighs pounds. His quadruplet sisters are tiny babies and weigh and pounds. Which is greater, the average (mean) weight of these five children or the median weight, and by how many pounds?
Answer: E
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The median weight is the middle value, which we can find as: Therefore, the median is pounds.
The average (mean) can be calculated to be: This is greater than the median, specifically, the mean is pounds greater than the median.
Thus, E is the correct answer.
6.
The number in each box below is the product of the numbers in the two boxes that touch it in the row above. For example,
What is the missing number in the top row?
Answer: C
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The product of the numbers in the second row is so the missing number in the middle right box is
Now we know that the product of and the missing number in the first row is Therefore, the missing number is
Thus, C is the correct answer.
7.
Trey and his mom stopped at a railroad crossing to let a train pass. As the train began to pass, Trey counted 6 cars in the first 10 seconds. It took the train 2 minutes and 45 seconds to clear the crossing at a constant speed. Which of the following was the most likely number of cars in the train?
Answer: C
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Converting minutes and seconds into seconds, we get seconds. Since cars passed in seconds, at the same rate the number of cars passing in seconds satisfies
Solving gives The closest answer choice is .
Thus, C is the correct answer.
8.
A fair coin is tossed 3 times. What is the probability of at least two consecutive heads?
Answer: C
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The outcomes with at least two consecutive heads are , , and . There are equally likely outcomes from three fair coin tosses, so the probability is .
Thus, C is the correct answer.
9.
The Incredible Hulk can double the distance he jumps with each succeeding jump. If his first jump is meter, the second jump is meters, the third jump is meters, and so on, then on which jump will he first be able to jump more than kilometer ( meters)?
Answer: C
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On the th jump, the Hulk jumps meters. We need the smallest for which .
Since and , the first jump longer than meters has , so .
Thus, C is the correct answer.
10.
What is the ratio of the least common multiple of and to the greatest common factor of and
Answer: C
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Prime-factorize the two numbers:
The greatest common factor uses the smaller powers, so it is . The least common multiple uses the larger powers, so it is Therefore the desired ratio is .
Thus, C is the correct answer.
11.
Ted's grandfather used his treadmill on days this week. He went miles each day.
On Monday he jogged at a speed of miles per hour. He walked at the rate of miles per hour on Wednesday and at miles per hour on Friday.
If Grandfather had always walked at miles per hour, he would have spent less time on the treadmill. How many minutes less?
Answer: D
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Grandfather spent hours jogging on Monday. He spent hours walking on Wednesday and hours on Friday. Converting these times to minutes, we get for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday respectively. Therefore, Grandfather totaled minutes of exercise throughout the week.
If he walked at a pace of miles per hour each day, he would have spent hours each day walking. This equals minutes every day. If he did this for days, he would have totaled minutes of exercise.
Therefore, Grandfather would have walked for less minutes.
Thus, D is the correct answer.
12.
At the 2013 Winnebago County Fair a vendor is offering a "fair special" on sandals. If you buy one pair of sandals at the regular price of you get a second pair at a discount, and a third pair at half the regular price.
Javier took advantage of the "fair special" to buy three pairs of sandals. What percentage of the regular price did he save?
Answer: B
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Javier saved dollars on the second pair. He also saved dollars on the third pair. This shows that he saved a total of dollars.
As we can conclude that Javier saved compared to the regular price.
Thus, B is the correct answer.
13.
When Clara totaled her scores, she inadvertently reversed the units digit and the tens digit of one score. By which of the following might her incorrect sum have differed from the correct one?
Answer: A
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If the last two digits of the score are , then reversing those digits gives . The difference is so the incorrect sum must differ from the correct sum by a multiple of .
Among the answer choices, only is divisible by .
Thus, A is the correct answer.
14.
Abe holds green and red jelly bean in his hand. Bea holds green, yellow, and red jelly beans in her hand. Each randomly picks a jelly bean to show the other. What is the probability that the colors match?
Answer: C
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There are equally likely ways for Abe and Bea to choose their jelly beans. The colors match if they both choose green, which can happen in way, or if they both choose red, which can happen in ways.
Thus of the outcomes match, for probability .
Thus, C is the correct answer.
15.
If , , and , what is the product of , , and ?
Answer: B
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Subtract the known number from each equation:
Therefore , , and . Their product is .
Thus, B is the correct answer.
16.
A number of students from Fibonacci Middle School are taking part in a community service project. The ratio of -graders to -graders is and the ratio of -graders to -graders is What is the smallest number of students that could be participating in the project?
Answer: E
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The number of -graders must be a multiple of and which means that it is at least Using this number, we get that the number of -graders is Similarly, the number of -graders is
The total number of students is therefore
Thus, E is the correct answer.
17.
The sum of six consecutive positive integers is What is the largest of these six integers?
Answer: B
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Let the six consecutive integers be . Their sum is
Thus , so . The largest integer is .
Thus, B is the correct answer.
18.
Isabella uses one-foot cubical blocks to build a rectangular fort that is feet long, feet wide, and feet high. The floor and the four walls are all one foot thick. How many blocks does the fort contain?
Answer: B
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The rectangular prism determined by the outside faces has volume cubic feet. The empty inside is smaller by feet in length, feet in width, and foot in height, so its dimensions are .
The empty volume is cubic feet, so the fort contains one-foot cubical blocks.
Thus, B is the correct answer.
19.
Bridget, Cassie, and Hannah are discussing the results of their last math test. Hannah shows Bridget and Cassie her test, but Bridget and Cassie don't show theirs to anyone. Cassie says, "I didn't get the lowest score in our class," and Bridget adds, "I didn't get the highest score." What is the ranking of the three girls from highest to lowest?
Hannah, Cassie, Bridget
Hannah, Bridget, Cassie
Cassie, Bridget, Hannah
Cassie, Hannah, Bridget
Bridget, Cassie, Hannah
Answer: D
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Since Cassie deduced she didn't get the lowest score, she must have got a higher score than Hannah. Similarly, Bridget's statement reveals that she must have got a lower score than Hannah.
Therefore, the ranking from highest to lowest is Cassie, Hannah, and then Bridget.
Thus, D is the correct answer.
20.
A rectangle is inscribed in a semicircle with the longer side on the diameter. What is the area of the semicircle?
Answer: C
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Using the Pythagorean theorem, we get that the radius of the semicircle is This means that the area of the semicircle is Thus, C is the correct answer.
21.
Samantha lives blocks west and block south of the southwest corner of City Park.
Her school is blocks east and blocks north of the northeast corner of City Park. On school days she bikes on streets to the southwest corner of City Park, then takes a diagonal path through the park to the northeast corner, and then bikes on streets to school.
If her route is as short as possible, how many different routes can she take?
Answer: E
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To reach the southwest corner of the park as quickly as possible, Samantha must go blocks east and block north, which can be arranged in ways. After the diagonal path through the park, she must go blocks east and blocks north to reach school, which can be arranged in ways.
The choices before and after the park are independent, so the total number of shortest routes is .
Thus, E is the correct answer.
22.
Toothpicks are used to make a grid that is toothpicks long and toothpicks high. How many toothpicks are used altogether?
Answer: E
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A -by- grid has vertical grid lines, each made of toothpicks, and horizontal grid lines, each made of toothpicks.
Therefore the total number of toothpicks is
Thus, E is the correct answer.
23.
Angle of is a right angle. The sides of are the diameters of semicircles as shown. The area of the semicircle on equals and the arc of the semicircle on has length What is the radius of the semicircle on
Answer: B
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The semicircle on has area , so its full circle would have area . Its radius is therefore , and .
A semicircle of radius has arc length . Since the arc on has length , its radius is , so .
Using the Pythagorean theorem in right triangle , The radius of the semicircle on is .
Thus, B is the correct answer.
24.
Squares and are equal in area. Points and are the midpoints of sides and respectively. What is the ratio of the area of the shaded pentagon to the sum of the areas of the three squares?
Answer: C
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Let each square have side length , so the total area of the three squares is . It is easier to subtract the unshaded region to the left of diagonal from this total.
Using the solution diagram, rectangle has area , and triangle has area Thus the unshaded area is , so the shaded pentagon has area .
The requested ratio is .
Thus, C is the correct answer.
25.
A ball with diameter inches starts at point to roll along the track shown. The track is comprised of semicircular arcs whose radii are inches, inches, and inches, respectively. The ball always remains in contact with the track and does not slip. What is the distance in inches the center of the ball travels over the course from to ?
Answer: A
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The ball has radius . As the ball rolls, its center follows semicircular arcs parallel to the track. On the first and third arcs the center path is inside the track arcs, so those radii are and . On the middle arc the center path is outside the track arc, so that radius is .
The total distance traveled by the center is the sum of the three semicircle lengths:
Thus, A is the correct answer.