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AMC 8 1997
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by bluecarneal, rrusczyk

1 9 9 7
1 + + + =
10 100 1000 10000
(A) 0.0026 (B) 0.0197 (C) 0.1997 (D) 0.26 (E) 1.997

2 Ahn chooses a two-digit integer, subtracts it from 200, and doubles the result. What is the largest
number Ahn can get?
(A) 200 (B) 202 (C) 220 (D) 380 (E) 398

3 Which of the following numbers is the largest?

(A) 0.97 (B) 0.979 (C) 0.9709 (D) 0.907 (E) 0.9089

4 Julie is preparing a speech for her class. Her speech must last between one-half hour and three-
quarters of an hour. The ideal rate of speech is 150 words per minute. If Julie speaks at the ideal
rate, which of the following number of words would be an appropriate length for her speech?
(A) 2250 (B) 3000 (C) 4200 (D) 4350 (E) 5650

5 There are many two-digit multiples of 7, but only two of the multiples have a digit sum of 10.
The sum of these two multiples of 7 is
(A) 119 (B) 126 (C) 140 (D) 175 (E) 189

6 In the number 74982.1035 the value of the ”place” occupied by the digit 9 is how many times as
great as the value of the ”place” occupied by the digit 3?
(A) 1, 000 (B) 10, 000 (C) 100, 000 (D) 1, 000, 000 (E) 10, 000, 000

7 The area of the smallest square that will contain a circle of radius 4 is
(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 32 (D) 64 (E) 128

8 Walter gets up at 6:30 a.m., catches the school bus at 7:30 a.m., has 6 classes that last 50
minutes each, has 30 minutes for lunch, and has 2 hours additional time at school. He takes the
bus home and arrives at 4:00 p.m. How many minutes has he spent on the bus?
(A) 30 (B) 60 (C) 75 (D) 90 (E) 120

9 Three students, with different names, line up single file. What is the probability that they are in
alphabetical order from front-to-back?

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1 1 1 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
12 9 6 3 3

10 What fraction of this square region is shaded? Stripes are equal in width, and the figure is drawn
to scale.

5 1 7 2 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
12 2 12 3 6

11 Let N mean the number of whole number divisors of N . For example, 3 = 2 because 3 has
two divisors, 1 and 3. Find the value of

11 × 20 .

(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16 (E) 24

12 ∠1 + ∠2 = 180◦
∠3 = ∠4
Find ∠4.

40◦

70◦
1 2 3

(A) 20◦ (B) 25◦ (C) 30◦ (D) 35◦ (E) 40◦

13 Three bags of jelly beans contain 26, 28, and 30 beans. The ratios of yellow beans to all beans
in each of these bags are 50%, 25%, and 20%, respectively. All three bags of candy are dumped

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into one bowl. Which of the following is closest to the ratio of yellow jelly beans to all beans in
the bowl?
(A) 31% (B) 32% (C) 33% (D) 35% (E) 95%

14 There is a set of five positive integers whose average (mean) is 5, whose median is 5, and whose
only mode is 8. What is the difference between the largest and smallest integers in the set?
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8

15 Each side of the large square in the figure is trisected (divided into three equal parts). The cor-
ners of an inscribed square are at these trisection points, as shown. The ratio of the area of the
inscribed square to the area of the large square is

√ √
3 5 2 5 7
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3 9 3 3 9

16 Penni Precisely buys $100 worth of stock in each of three companies: Alabama Almonds, Boston
Beans, and California Cauliflower. After one year, AA was up 20%, BB was down 25%, and CC
was unchanged. For the second year, AA was down 20% from the previous year, BB was up 25%
from the previous year, and CC was unchanged. If A, B, and C are the final values of the stock,
then
(A) A = B = C (B) A = B < C (C) C < B = A
(D) A < B < C (E) B < A < C

17 A cube has eight vertices (corners) and twelve edges. A segment, such as x, which joins two
vertices not joined by an edge is called a diagonal. Segment y is also a diagonal. How many
diagonals does a cube have?

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(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 14 (E) 16

18 At the grocery store last week, small boxes of facial tissue were priced at 4 boxes for $5. This
week they are on sale at 5 boxes for $4. The percent decrease in the price per box during the
sale was closest to
(A) 30% (B) 35% (C) 40% (D) 45% (E) 65%

3 4 5 6 a
19 If the product · · · · . . . · = 9, what is the sum of a and b?
2 3 4 5 b
(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 17 (D) 35 (E) 37

20 A pair of 8-sided dice have sides numbered 1 through 8. Each side has the same probability
(chance) of landing face up. The probability that the product of the two numbers that land face-
up exceeds 36 is
5 11 3 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
32 64 16 4 2

21 Each corner cube is removed from this 3 cm × 3 cm × 3 cm cube. The surface area of the re-
maining figure is

(A) 19 sq.cm (B) 24 sq.cm (C) 30 sq.cm (D) 54 sq.cm (E) 72 sq.cm

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22 A two-inch cube (2×2×2) of silver weighs 3 pounds and is worth $200. How much is a three-inch
cube of silver worth?
(A) 300 dollars (B) 375 dollars (C) 450 dollars (D) 560 dollars (E) 675 dollars

23 There are positive integers that have these properties:

* the sum of the squares of their digits is 50, and
* each digit is larger than the one to its left.
The product of the digits of the largest integer with both properties is
(A) 7 (B) 25 (C) 36 (D) 48 (E) 60

24 Diameter ACE is divided at C in the ratio 2 : 3. The two semicircles, ABC and CDE, divide
the circular region into an upper (shaded) region and a lower region. The ratio of the area of the
upper region to that of the lower region is

A C E

(A) 2 : 3 (B) 1 : 1 (C) 3 : 2 (D) 9 : 4 (E) 5 : 2

25 All of the even numbers from 2 to 98 inclusive, excluding those ending in 0, are multiplied to-
gether. What is the rightmost digit (the units digit) of the product?
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8

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