AMC-8 Workshop #3 – 12/12/21

A few basic facts and theorems that will be helpful for some of these questions:

• The Pythagorean Theorem states that in a right triangle with legs (short sides) 𝑎 and 𝑏,
and hypotenuse 𝑐, these lengths will satisfy 𝑎! + 𝑏 ! = 𝑐 ! .
• Two common sets of side lengths that satisfy Pythagorean Theorem, or “Pythagorean
triples”, are 3, 4, 5 and 5, 12, 13:

13
5 5
3

4 12

(In each case, they do satisfy the theorem: 3! + 4! = 9 + 16 = 25, which equals 5! .
And 5! + 12! = 25 + 144 = 169, which equals 13! .)

If you memorize these triples, then you can sometimes fill in missing side lengths a little
more quickly than if you used the Pythagorean Theorem directly. Also, any multiple of
one of these sets of lengths will also be a Pythagorean triple. For instance, if we’re
given the triangle:

35 21

𝑥
We could solve for 𝑥 using the theorem, via the equation 𝑥 ! + 21! = 35! . Solving this
would give 𝑥 ! + 441 = 1225 → 𝑥 ! = 784 → 𝑥 = √784 = 28. Or, we could
recognize that both the given side lengths are 7 times side lengths in the 3-4-5 triangle
(35 = 5 × 7, and 21 = 3 × 7), so therefore the third side must be 7 times 4, i.e. 28.

• Area formulas:
o Square: 𝐴 = 𝑠 !
o Circle: 𝐴 = 𝜋𝑟 !
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o Triangle: 𝐴 = ! 𝑏ℎ
o Rectangle or parallelogram: 𝐴 = 𝑏ℎ
#! $#"
o Trapezoid: 𝐴 = 9 !
:ℎ
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o Rhombus: 𝐴 = ! 𝑑" 𝑑! where 𝑑" and 𝑑! are the diagonals

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• In a circle, the distance from the center to the edge of the circle is a fixed length (the
radius). In circle questions, it is often useful to draw a radius in the picture.

• A “tangent” to a circle is a line that “grazes” the edge of the circle, only touching it at a
single point. Where a radius of a circle meets a tangent line, they will form a right angle.

• Similar figures are those that are the same ‘shape’, but different sizes.
o If two triangles have all the same angles, then they will be similar.
o In similar figures, all the matching sides will be in a fixed ratio, so to solve such
problems you’ll often use proportions.
o If two figures are similar, and the ratio of their side length is 𝑎: 𝑏, then the ratio
of their areas is the square of that ratio, 𝑎! : 𝑏 ! . (For instance, if two
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quadrilaterals are similar, and the side lengths of the larger one are all & times
the corresponding side lengths in the smaller one, then the larger quadrilateral’s
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area is 9&: , i.e. (
, time the area of the smaller one.)
• In two triangles with the same height, the ratio of their heights is equal to the ratio of
their areas.

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 wiches cost $4.50 each and soft drinks cost $1.00 each. Ike and Mike plan
to buy as many sandwiches as they can and use any remaining money to buy
soft drinks. Counting both soft drinks and sandwiches, how many items will
they buy?
Exercises
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10
2016 AMC 8 hoblems 2
1. (2019 AMC-8 Question 2)
l.2. Three identical
The longest rectangles are
professional putmatch
tennis together to played
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t hours
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many minutes of the shorter side of each of the
was this?
smaller rectangles is s feet, what is the area in square feet of rectangle A B C D ?
(A) 60s (B) 6ss D
(C) 66s (D)
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(A) 45 (B) 75 (C) 100 (D) 125 (E) 150

2. (2016 AMC-8 Question 2)

B

Which of the following is the correct order of the fractions 1-4, 114, and 117-s,
2. In rectangle ABCD, AB : 6 and AD: 8. Point M is the midpoint of AD.
from least to greatest?
What is the area of LAMC?
15 17 19 15 19 17 17 19 15

(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 20 (E\ 24

19 15 17 19 17 15
3. Four students take an exam. Three oftheir scores are 70, 80, and 90. Ifthe
average of their four scores is 70, then what is the remaining score?
3. (2015 AMC-8 Question 1)
(A) 40
4. Quadrilateral s0
(B) is a rhombus
ABCD ss
(c) with perimeter
(D) 52 meters.60
(E) 70The length of
diagonal AC is 24 meters. What is the area in square meters of rhombus
When Cheenu was a boy he could run 15 miles in 3 hours and 30 minutes.
4. ABCD'.
As an old man he can now walk 10Dmiles in 4 hours. How many minutes
longer does it take for him to walk a mile now compared to when he was a
boy?
4. (2018 AMC-8 Question
A 9) C
(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 1s (D) 18 (E) 30

5. The number N is a two-digit number.

B

o WhenN is divided by 9, the remainder is 1.

(A) 60 (B) 90 (C) 105 (D) 120 (E) 144
o When N is divided by 10, the remainder is 3.

What is the remainder when N is divided by 11?

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(A) o (B\2 (c) 4 (D) s (E) 7

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5. (2014 AMC-8 Question 9)

6. (2015 AMC-8 Question 14)

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7. (2015 AMC-8 Question 2)

8. (2014 AMC-8 Question 15)

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9. (2018 AMC-8 Question 4)

10. (2015 AMC-8 Question 19)

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 15 17 19 15 19 17 17 19 15

19 15 17 19 17 15

11. (2019 AMC-8 Question 4)

4. Quadrilateral ABCD is a rhombus with perimeter 52 meters. The length of
diagonal AC is 24 meters. What is the area in square meters of rhombus
ABCD'.
D

A C

(A) 60 (B) 90 (C) 105 (D) 120 (E) 144

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12. (2017 AMC-8 Question 18)
18. In the non-convex quadrilateral ABCD shown below, LBCD is a
right angle, AB = 12, BC = 4, CD = 3, and AD = 13.

What is the azea of quadrilateral ABCD?

(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) 26 (D) 30 (E) 36

19. For any positive integer M, the notation M! denotes the product of the
integers 1 through M. What is the lazgest integer n for which 5" is a
factor of the sum 98! + 99! + 100! ?

(A) 23 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 27

20. An integer between 1000 and 9999, inclusive, is chosen at random.

What is the probability [hat it is an odd integer whose digits are all
distinct?

(A) B) (C) (D) (E)

75 225 400 25 25 7

21. Suppose a, b, and c are nonzero real numbers, and a + b + c = 0.

13. (2015 AMC-8 Question 21)

14. (2015 AMC-8 Question 25)

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15. (2018 AMC-8 Question 24)

16. (2018 AMC-8 Question 15)

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 17. (2014 AMC-8 Question 20)

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18. (2017 AMC-8 Question 25)
25. In the figure shown, US and UT aze line segments each of length 2,
,-. .-.
and m LT US = 60°. Arcs TR and SR aze each one-sixth of a circle
with radius 2. What is the azea of the region shown?
U

(A)3~—n (B)4~- 3
4 (C)2~
(D)4~-23

(E) 4 +
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17. How many factors of 2020 have more than 3 factors? (As an example, 12
has 6 factors, namely 1; 2; 3; 4; 6, and 12.)

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10

19. (2020 AMC-8 Question 18)

18. Rectangle ABCD is inscribed in a semicircle with diameter FE, as shown
in the figure. Let DA D 16, and let FD D AE D 9. What is the area of
ABCD ?

(A) 240 (B) 248 (C) 256 (D) 264 (E) 272
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20. (2017 AMC-8 Question 22)
19.
22. A
In number
the rightistriangle
called flippy
ABC, if AC
its digits
= 12, alternate
BC = between two distinct
5, and angle digits.
C is a right
For example,
angle. 2020 and
A semicircle is37373 are flippy,
inscribed in the but andshown.
3883 as
triangle are not.
123123What How
is the
many five-digit flippy numbers are divisible by 15 ?
radius of the semicircle?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 8

20. A scientist walking through a forest recorded as integers the heights of 5

trees standing in a row. She observed that each tree was either twice as tall
or half as tall as the one to its right. Unfortunately some of her data was lost
when rain fell on her notebook. Her notes are shown below, with blanks
~
indicating ~
the missing 60
numbers. Based0on her observations, the scientist
(A) (B) (C)
was able to reconstruct the 18 (D) (E)
lost data. What was the average height of the
trees, in meters?
2016 AMC 8 Problems 6
21. (2016 AMC-8 Question 23)
23. Each day for four days, Tree Linda 1 traveled formeters one hour at a speed that
23. Two congruent circles centered at points A and B each pass through the
resulted
other's in her
center. The traveling onebothA
Tree
line containing in Banis11integer
2mile and metersnumber
extended
of minutes.
to intersect the
Each
circles day afterC the
at points Theher
first,
and D. circles decreased
twospeed so points,
intersect at two that theonenumber
of of
which is E.toWhat Tree 3 of ICED? meters
minutes is the
travel increuPd
milemeasure
onedegree by 5 minutes over the preceding
day.e0 Tree 4 meters was also an integer
(A) Each of 10s
(B)the four days, her distance
(c) 120 (D) 13straveled (E) 150
number of miles. What Tree was 5the total number meters
of miles for the four
24. T"he digits 1, 2,3,4, and 5 are each used once to write a five-digit num-
trips?
ber PQRST. The three-digit Average
numberheight
PQR is divisible.2 meters
by 4,
the three-digit
number QRS is divisible by 5, and thelhree-digit number RSI is divisible
(A)3.22:2
(A)
by 10
What is (B) 24:2 (C)(C)
(B)15
P? 25 33:2(D) 50 (E) 82 (E) 37:2
(D) 35:2
(A) 1 (B\2 (c) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
24. Mrs. Sanders has three grandchildren, who call her regulazly. One
25. A semicircle is inscribed in an isosceles triangle with base 16 and height 15
so that her
calls every three
the diameter of thedays, one iscalls
semicircle her every four days, and one calls
contained in the base of the triangle 11
hershown.
as everyWhatfiveisdays. Allofthree
the radius called her on December 31, 2016. On
the semicircle?
how many days during the next yeaz did she not receive a phone call
24. T"he digits 1, 2,3,4, and 5 are each used once to write a five-digit num-
ber PQRST. The three-digit number PQR is divisible by 4, the three-digit
number QRS is divisible by 5, and thelhree-digit number RSI is divisible
by 3. What is P?

(A) 1 (B\2 (c)

22. (2016 AMC-8 Question 25)
3
(D) 4
(E) 5

25. A semicircle
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so that the diameterof the semicircle is contained in the base of the triangle
15. In the arrangement
as shown. What is the of letters
radius andsemicircle?
of the numerals below, by how many differ-
ent paths can one spell AMC8? Beginning at the A in the middle, a
path allows only moves from one letter to an adjacent (above, below,
left, or right, but not diagonal) letter. One example of such a path is
traced in the picture.
8 C
C 8
C M ~M C
(N4\/t (B)4
'17 8 (c)
C 10M C @ry
8 @ry
8 C 8

(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 24 (E) 36

23. (2017 AMC-8 Question 16)
16. In the figure shown below, choose point D on side BC so that DACD
and DABD have equal perimeters. What is the area of DABD ?
C

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

4 2 2 5 2

17. Starting with some gold coins and some empty treasure chests, I tried
to put 9 gold coins in each treasure chest, but that lefr 2 treasure chests
empty. So instead I put 6 gold coins in each treasure chest, but then I
had 3 gold coins left over. How many gold coins did I have?

(A) 9 (B) 27 (C) 45 (D) 63 (E) 81

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 than 2 points. What was the total number of points scored by the other 7 team
members?

(A)10 (B)11 (C)12 (D)13 (E)14

24. (2019 AMC-8 Question 24)

24. In triangle ABC, point D divides side AC so that AD : DC = l : 2. Let E
be the midpoint of BD and let F be the point of intersection of line BC and
line AE. Given that the area of aABC is 360, what is the area of aEBF ?

B F C

(A) 24 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) 36 (E) 40

25. (2018 AMC-8 Question 20)

25. Alice has 24 apples. In how many ways can she share them with Becky and
Chris so that e:ach of the three people has at least two apples?

(A)105 (B)114 (C)190 (D)210 (E)380

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 tion. The track has 6lanes, so only 6 sprinters can compete at a time. At the
end of each race the five non-winners are eliminated, and the winner will
compete again in a later race. How many races are needed to determine the
champion sprinter?

26. 36 AMC-8(B\Question
(A)(2018 42 22)(c) 43 (D) 60 (E)72
19. The sum of 25 consecutive even integers is f 0,000. What is the largest of
these 25 consecutive even integers?

(A) 360 (B) 388 (C) 4r2 (D) 416 (E) 424

20. T\e least common multiple of a andb is 12, and the least common multiple
of b and c is 15. What is the least possible value of the least common
multiple of a and c?

(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 60 (D) 120 (E) 180

21. A box contains 3 red chips and 2 green chips. Chips are drawn randomly,
one at a time without replacement, until all 3 of the reds are drawn or until
both green chips are drawn. What is the probability that the 3 reds are
drawn?

(A)
* (B)
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27. (2016 AMC-8 Question 22)
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22. Rectangle DEFA below is a3 x 4 rectangle with DC : CB : BA : 1. The
area of the "bat wings" (the shaded area) is

(A) 2 @)2: (c) 3 (D) 3: (E) 4

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