2019 AMC

2019 AMC Middle Primary Solutions

Middle Primary
Solutions Solutions
– Middle Primary Division

1. There are 12 + 6 = 18,

hence (D).

2. In order the numbers are 14, 44, 140, 401, 410,

hence (B).

3. One metre is 100 centimetres, so 3 m = 300 cm,

hence (C).

4. Seven peaches were removed from the bowl, one to each child, so there were 7 children,
hence (C).

5. (Also UP2)
From the top, Caz scored 8, then Evan scored 7,
hence (E).

6. Counting on: 1089, 1090, 1091, . . . ,

hence (A).

7. (Also UP4)
A is under 4, 4 is under 5, 5 is under 3, and 3 is under 2. So the order of
dropping is A 4 5 3 2,
hence (B).

8. In the row ‘Boys’ and the column ‘Dog’ is Finn,

hence (C).

9. (Also UP5)
From 1st Street to 4th Street, she walks 3 blocks east. From 1st Avenue to 3rd Avenue,
she walks 2 blocks north,

hence (D).

10. (Also UP6)

In Jake’s hand, there are (A) 3 hearts, (B) no diamonds, (C) 2 spades, (D) 2 picture cards,
and (E) 1 even-numbered card. All 7 cards are equally likely, so (A) is the most likely,
hence (A).

11. In the left-hand circle 1 + 3 + 5 + = 13. So 4 goes in the empty box on the left.
In the right-hand circle 1 + 3 + 7 + = 13. So 2 goes in the empty box on the right.
In the top circle 1 + 2 + 4 + ? = 13. So 6 goes in the box ? ,
hence (E).

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12. In steps through the top line: 8 − 5 = 3, 3 × 5 = 15. Is 15 > 100? No, so go left.
15 − 5 = 10, 10 × 5 = 50. Is 50 > 100? No, so go left.
50 − 5 = 45, 45 × 5 = 225. Is 225 > 100? Yes, so End with 225,
hence (D).

13. The number 1 will be halfway between 0 and 2, as shown.

0 A B C 1 D E 2

1
The number will be halfway between 0 and 1, which is B,
2
hence (B).

14. In a mirror, the word BESSIE looks like EISSEB. The digits closest to this are 312238.
When is viewed in the mirror, it looks like ,
hence (E).

15. On the faces that can’t be seen, 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 4 + 6 = 45,

hence (E).

16. I have $4.20 to spend on pencils. I can get 4 pencils for a dollar, so I buy 16 pencils. With
$0.20 change, I cannot afford another pencil,
hence (B).

17. The 3 × 3 × 3 cube is made up with 3 × 3 × 3 = 27 1 × 1 cubes.

The 4 × 4 × 4 cube is made up with 4 × 4 × 4 = 64 1 × 1 cubes.
So, I need 64 − 27 = 37 more 1 × 1 cubes,
hence (E).

18. If Meena buys the car, then she has $11 left, and can’t afford the bear or the cube, but
she can buy the yo-yo. She spends $45 in this case.
If Meena doesn’t buy the car, then the bear, the cube and the yo-yo together cost $44.
So the most she can spend is $45, and her change is $5,
hence (C).

19. Here is the paper as it is unfolded:



hence (B).

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20. It takes Preeti 15 minutes to cycle.

It takes her mother 5 minutes to drive her to school,
hence (C).

21. (Also J17, I12)

If the students were lined up in order, they would look something like this:

B A

12 shorter than Alice 4 between 14 taller than Bob

Then the number of students in the class is 12 + 14 − 4 = 22,

hence (A).

22. (Also UP21)

Alternative 1
Testing, we can see that 2 × 1 + 9 = 11, 2 × 2 + 7 = 11, 2 × 3 + 5 = 11, 2 × 4 + 3 = 11,
2 × 5 + 1 = 11. The only one which works for 15 is 15 × 3 + 5 = 50. So her first number
is 3 and second is 5, and when I say 6 she should say 6 × 3 + 5 = 23,
hence (A).
Alternative 2
A table of possible games would look like this:

I say 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
She says 11 50

Then 15 − 2 = 13, and 50 − 11 = 39, which is 3 × 13.

The numbers she says must be equally spaced, going up by the number she is multiplying
by. This means her numbers go up by 3s:

I say 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
She says 5 8 11 14 17 20 23 26 29 32 35 38 41 44 47 50

So when I say 6, she says 23,

hence (A).

23. Alternative 1
Compared to the third day (the middle), the first day is 10 cents less, the second day is 5
cents less, the fourth day is 5 cents more, and the fifth day is 10 cents more.
So the same 100 cents would be saved if the student saved this middle amount for 5 days
in a row. So this middle amount is 20 cents.
Then the five amounts are 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 cents,
hence (C).

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Alternative 2
Estimate the first day’s savings to be 20 cents, then the total amount is 20 + 25 + 30 +
35 + 40 = 150 cents. This is 50 cents too much, so we subtract 10 cents from each day to
get 10 + 15 + 20 + 25 + 30 = 100 cents,
hence (C).

24. Both views show the side A , and we can make part of a net for the cube by seeing how
the other visible faces join to this face.
From this net, when the front shows C , the face A will be pointing C
down, against the table. D A

F
Also, the face opposite C is E , but with A against the table, it

E
will be this way around: ,
E

hence (D).

25. Suppose she uses 2 red and 2 blue. Then there are two different squares she can make:
RRBB and RBRB. Similarly if she uses 2 red and 2 green there are two different squares
she can make, and if she uses 2 blue and 2 green there are another two. So there are 6
squares that only use two of the colours.
Suppose she uses all three colours, say with 2 red, 1 green and 1 blue. Then there are
two different squares she can make: RRGB and RGRB (squares 1 and 3 in the question).
Similarly if she has 2 blue, 1 red and 1 green she can make two different squares and if she
has 2 green, 1 red and 1 blue, she can also make two. So there are 6 squares that use two
of one colour and one each of the other two.
These are the only possible choices of colours, so there are 12 different squares she can
make,
hence (C).

26. Half of 777 is 388 12 , so my neighbour and I had tickets 388 and 389. The next ticket was
then number 390,
hence (390).

27. If the girls are divided into 3 equal groups and the boys are divided into 2 equal groups,
then all 5 groups are the same size. Each of these groups has 390 ÷ 5 = 78 children. Then
the number of girls is 78 × 3 = 234,
hence (234).

28. There are two types here, depending on whether the tens digit or the units digit is 0.
If the tens digit is 0, then there are 9 possibilities for the hundreds digit: any digit from
1 to 9. For each choice of hundreds digit, there are 9 possibilities for the units digit: any
digit from 1 to 9. So there are 9 × 9 = 81 three-digit numbers where only the tens digit
is 0.
If the units digit is 0, the hundreds and tens digit can each be any digit from 1 to 9, so just
as in the previous case, there are 81 three-digit numbers where only the units digit is 0.
In total, there are 2 × 81 = 162 numbers,
hence (162).

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29. (Also UP23, J26)

The base (no octahedra) uses 3 rods. Completing each additional octahedron uses 9 rods,
so for n octahedra, the number of rods is 3 + 9n.
With 2019 rods in the tower, 3 + 9n = 2019 and n = 2016 ÷ 9 = 224,
hence (224).

30. (Also UP28)

Using estimates such as 40 × 41 = 1640 and 50 × 51 = 2550, we find that 44 × 45 = 1980
and 45 × 46 = 2070, so that Mary is 44 and John is 45.
Using the same strategy, 8 × 10 × 12 = 960 and 18 × 20 × 22 = 7920. Then we find that
10 × 12 × 14 = 1680 and 11 × 13 × 15 = 2145 so that the children have ages 10, 12 and 14.
So all five ages add to 44 + 45 + 10 + 12 + 14 = 125,
hence (125).

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