Art of Problem Solving

Special AMC 12 Seminar

Mock AMC 12
Instructions
This is a twenty-five question multiple choice test. Each question is followed by answers marked A, B,
C, D and E. Only one of these is correct.
SCORING: You will receive 6 points for each correct answer, 1.5 points for each problem left unanswered, and 0 points for each incorrect answer.
No aids are permitted other than scratch paper, graph paper, rulers, compass, protractors, and erasers.
No calculators are allowed. No problems on the test will require the use of a calculator.
Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
You have 75 minutes to complete the test.

Art of Problem Solving

Special AMC 12 Seminar

Mock AMC 12
1. The sum 250 249 + 248 247 + 246 + 2 1 is
(A) 124

(B) 125

(C) 126

(D) 225

(E) 250

2. How many triangles can be drawn using the points in the diagram below as vertices?

(A) 10

(B) 12

(C) 20

(D) 24

(E) 32

3. In copying a problem involving multiplication of two numbers, George mistakenly wrote one of the
numbers as 54 instead of 45. His answer was 198 larger than it should have been. The correct answer
to the multiplication problem is
(A) 405

(B) 945

(C) 990

(D) 1188

(E) 1200

4. The game of Four-doku is played on a 4 4 grid. When completed, each of the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4
occurs in each row and column of the 4 4 grid, and in each 2 2 grid inside the bold lines.

2
1
1 3
4
When the grid shown is completed, the sum of the four numbers in the corners of the 4 4 grid is
(A) 10

(B) 11

(C) 12

(D) 13

(E) 15

5. In a mathematical competition consisting of 12 problems, 8 points are given for each correct response,
0 points for each incorrect response, and 3 points for no response. Vicki scored 35 points in the
competition. The largest number of incorrect responses she could have had is
(A) 1

(B) 2

(C) 7

(D) 8

(E) 11

6. In rectangle P QRS, P Q = 2x and P S = x. The diagonals P R and QS meet at T . X lies on RS so

that QX divides pentagon P QRST into two regions of equal area.

P
T
S
The length of RX is
x
3x
(A)
(B)
(C) x
2
4

(D)

5x
4

(E)

3x
2

Art of Problem Solving

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Mock AMC 12
7. Five bales of hay are weighed two at a time, in all possible combinations. The weights, in kilograms,
are 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, and 121. What is the weight, in kilograms, of the
heaviest bale?
(A) 61

(B) 62

(C) 63

(D) 64

(E) 65

8. The smallest positive integer n for which 10n 1 is a multiple of 63 is

(A) 4

(B) 5

(C) 6

(D) 7

(E) 8

9. How many odd integers between 1000 and 9999 have distinct digits?
(A) 2235

(B) 2240

(C) 2242

(D) 2245

(E) 2246

10. In the coordinate plane, point A is on the x-axis and point B is on the line y = 2x such that the
midpoint of AB is (2, 1). Find the distance between A and B.

y = 2x

y
B

(2, 1)
x
A

(A) 2 2

(B) 3

(C) 3 2

(D) 4

(E) 2 5

11. In triangle ABC, AC = 4, BC = 6, and C = 90 . A semicircle whose center lies on AB is tangent

to both AC and BC. Find the radius of the semicircle.

A
4
C
(A) 2

(B)

12
5

(C)

5
2

(D) 3

2
(E)
3 13

12. The greatest common divisor of 878787878787 and 787878787878 equals

(A) 3

(B) 9

(C) 27

(D) 10101010101

(E) 30303030303

Art of Problem Solving

Special AMC 12 Seminar

Mock AMC 12
13. In the figure, AB, DE, and F G are parallel, and regions CDE, DF GE, and F ABG all have equal
areas. Compute CD/F A.

C
D

A
(A)

3+1

(B)

2+

(C)

B
5+1

(D)

3+2

(E)

5+3
2

14. Let N be a four-digit number, and let M be the number obtained by writing the digits of N in reverse
order. If 9 N = M , then what is the sum of the digits of N ?
(A) 9

(B) 16

(C) 18

(D) 20

(E) 27

15. Three integers a, b, and c have a product of 9! and satisfy a b c. What is the smallest possible
value of c a?
(A) 0

(B) 1

(C) 2

(D) 42

(E) 51

x
16. A positive rational number is added to its reciprocal. The sum is
, where x is a positive integer that
60
is relatively prime to 60. The number of possible values of x is
(A) 2

(B) 3

(C) 4

(D) 5

(E) 6

17. When the product 1 3 5 7 99 is written as a number, its tens digit is

(A) 0

(B) 2

(C) 3

(D) 5

(E) 7

18. For a tetrahedron ABCD, a plane P is called a middle plane if all four distances from the vertices A,
B, C, and D to the plane P are equal. How many middle planes are there for a given tetrahedron?
(A) 1

(B) 3

(C) 4

(D) 6

19. Find the value of

(A)

3
6



1
1
sin arcsin arcsin
.
2
3

2 2 3
3 22 3
(C)
(D)
6
6

(B)

(E) 7

6
6

(E)

1
6

20. How many positive integers n < 1000 satisfy



n/3
bn/3c
=
,
150
150
where bxc denotes the greatest integer that is less than or equal to x?
(A) 5

(B) 6

(C) 8

(D) 9

(E) 10

21. Florence is having a party, and she is serving cake. She knows that 10 or 11 people are attending, but
she does not know which. She slices the cake into pieces (not necessarily the same size), so that no
matter if 10 or 11 people show up, each person can be served a number of pieces so that everyone gets
the same amount of cake. What is the smallest number of pieces that the cake can be sliced into?
(A) 11

(B) 20

(C) 30

(D) 55

(E) 110

Art of Problem Solving

Special AMC 12 Seminar

Mock AMC 12
22. When x16 +2x12 +3x8 +4x4 +5 is divided by x4 x3 +x2 x+1, the remainder is a3 x3 +a2 x2 +a1 x+a0 .
Find a3 + a2 + a1 + a0 .
(A) 0

(B) 1

(C) 3

(D) 5

(E) 15

23. Let the numbers a1 , a2 , . . . , a20 be a permutation of the numbers 1, 2, . . . , 20. How many such
permutations have the property that if m divides n, then am divides an ?
(A) 1

(B) 2

(C) 6

(D) 24

(E) 48

24. A bug in the coordinate plane can move in steps as follows: For each step, the bug moves 8 units
horizontally or vertically, then 3 units in a perpendicular direction. For example, if the bug is at (5, 7),
then it can move to eight other points, such as (3, 10) and (8, 15). If the bug starts at (0, 0), what is
the least number of steps it can take to get to (15, 0)?
(A) 7

(B) 9

(C) 11

(D) 13

(E) 19

25. Eleven points are randomly chosen on the surface of a sphere. What is the probability that there is a
hemisphere of the sphere that contains all eleven points?
7
1
63
23
11
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(A)
2048
128
2
8192
256