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2018 AMC 8

Question 1

An amusement park has a collection of scale models, with a ratio of $ 1: 20,$ of buildings and other sights from around the country. The height of the United States Capitol is $289$ feet. What is the height in feet of its replica at this park, rounded to the nearest whole number?
  1. $ 14 $
  2. $ 15 $
  3. $ 16 $
  4. $ 18 $
  5. $ 20 $

Question 2

What is the value of the product $$
\begin{align*} &\left(1+\frac{1}{1}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{2}\right)\\ &\quad{}\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{3}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{4}\right)\\ &\quad{}\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{5}\right)\cdot\left(1+\frac{1}{6}\right)? \end{align*}
$$
  1. $ \dfrac{7}{6} $
  2. $ \dfrac{4}{3} $
  3. $ \dfrac{7}{2} $
  4. $ 7 $
  5. $ 8 $

Question 3

Students Arn, Bob, Cyd, Dan, Eve, and Fon are arranged in that order in a circle. They start counting: Arn first, then Bob, and so forth. When the number contains a $7$ as a digit (such as $47$) or is a multiple of $7$ that person leaves the circle and the counting continues. Who is the last one present in the circle?
  1. $ \text{Arn} $
  2. $ \text{Bob} $
  3. $ \text{Cyd} $
  4. $ \text{Dan} $
  5. $ \text{Eve} $

Question 4

The twelve-sided figure shown has been drawn on $1 \text{ cm}\times 1 \text{ cm}$ graph paper. What is the area of the figure in $\text{cm}^2?$

Question illustration
  1. $ 12 $
  2. $ 12.5 $
  3. $ 13 $
  4. $ 13.5 $
  5. $ 14 $

Question 5

What is the value of $$
\begin{align*} &1+3+5+\cdots+2017+2019 \\ -&2-4-6-\cdots-2016-2018? \end{align*}
$$
  1. $ -1010 $
  2. $ -1009 $
  3. $ 1008 $
  4. $ 1009 $
  5. $ 1010 $

Question 6

On a trip to the beach, Anh traveled $50$ miles on the highway and $10$ miles on a coastal access road. He drove three times as fast on the highway as on the coastal road. If Anh spent $30$ minutes driving on the coastal road, how many minutes did his entire trip take?
  1. $ 50 $
  2. $ 70 $
  3. $ 80 $
  4. $ 90 $
  5. $ 100 $

Question 7

The $5$-digit number $\underline{2}$ $\underline{0}$ $\underline{1}$ $\underline{8}$ $\underline{U}$ is divisible by $9.$ What is the remainder when this number is divided by $8?$
  1. $ 1 $
  2. $ 3 $
  3. $ 5 $
  4. $ 6 $
  5. $ 7 $

Question 8

Mr. Garcia asked the members of his health class how many days last week they exercised for at least $30$ minutes. The results are summarized in the following bar graph, where the heights of the bars represent the number of students.

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What was the mean number of days of exercise last week, rounded to the nearest hundredth, reported by the students in Mr. Garcia’s class?
  1. $ 3.50 $
  2. $ 3.57 $
  3. $ 4.36 $
  4. $ 4.50 $
  5. $ 5.00 $

Question 9

Tyler is tiling the floor of his $12$ foot by $16$ foot living room. He plans to place one-foot by one-foot square tiles to form a border along the edges of the room and to fill in the rest of the floor with two-foot by two-foot square tiles. How many tiles will he use?
  1. $ 48 $
  2. $ 87 $
  3. $ 91 $
  4. $ 96 $
  5. $ 120 $

Question 10

The *harmonic mean* of a set of non-zero numbers is the reciprocal of the average of the reciprocals of the numbers. What is the harmonic mean of $1,$ $2,$ and $4?$
  1. $ \dfrac{3}{7} $
  2. $ \dfrac{7}{12} $
  3. $ \dfrac{12}{7} $
  4. $ \dfrac{7}{4} $
  5. $ \dfrac{7}{3} $

Question 11

Abby, Bridget, and four of their classmates will be seated in two rows of three for a group picture, as shown. $$
\begin{array}{ccc} \text{\text{X}}&\text{X}&\text{X} \\ \text{X}&\text{X}&\text{X} \end{array}
$$ If the seating positions are assigned randomly, what is the probability that Abby and Bridget are adjacent to each other in the same row or the same column?
  1. $ \dfrac{1}{3} $
  2. $ \dfrac{2}{5} $
  3. $ \dfrac{7}{15} $
  4. $ \dfrac{1}{2} $
  5. $ \dfrac{2}{3} $

Question 12

The clock in Sri’s car, which is not accurate, gains time at a constant rate. One day as he begins shopping he notes that his car clock and his watch (which is accurate) both say $12{:}00$ noon. When he is done shopping, his watch says $12{:}30$ and his car clock says $12{:}35.$ Later that day, Sri loses his watch. He looks at his car clock and it says $7{:}00.$ What is the actual time?
  1. $ 5:50 $
  2. $ 6:00 $
  3. $ 6:30 $
  4. $ 6:55 $
  5. $ 8:10 $

Question 13

Laila took five math tests, each worth a maximum of $100$ points. Laila’s score on each test was an integer between $0$ and $100,$ inclusive. Laila received the same score on the first four tests, and she received a higher score on the last test. Her average score on the five tests was $82.$ How many values are possible for Laila’s score on the last test?
  1. $ 4 $
  2. $ 5 $
  3. $ 9 $
  4. $ 10 $
  5. $ 18 $

Question 14

Let $N$ be the greatest five-digit number whose digits have a product of $120.$ What is the sum of the digits of $N?$
  1. $ 15 $
  2. $ 16 $
  3. $ 17 $
  4. $ 18 $
  5. $ 20 $

Question 15

In the diagram below, a diameter of each of the two smaller circles is a radius of the larger circle. If the two smaller circles have a combined area of $1$ square unit, then what is the area of the shaded region, in square units?

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  1. $ \dfrac{1}{4} $
  2. $ \dfrac{1}{3} $
  3. $ \dfrac{1}{2} $
  4. $ 1 $
  5. $ \dfrac{\pi}{2} $

Question 16

Professor Chang has nine different language books lined up on a bookshelf: two Arabic, three German, and four Spanish. How many ways are there to arrange the nine books on the shelf keeping the Arabic books together and keeping the Spanish books together?
  1. $ 1440 $
  2. $ 2880 $
  3. $ 5760 $
  4. $182{,}440$
  5. $362{,}880$

Question 17

Bella begins to walk from her house toward her friend Ella’s house. At the same time, Ella begins to ride her bicycle toward Bella’s house. They each maintain a constant speed, and Ella rides $5$ times as fast as Bella walks. The distance between their houses is $2$ miles, which is $10{,}560$ feet, and Bella covers $2 \tfrac{1}{2}$ feet with each step. How many steps will Bella take by the time she meets Ella?
  1. $ 704 $
  2. $ 845 $
  3. $ 1056 $
  4. $ 1760 $
  5. $ 3520 $

Question 18

How many positive factors does $23{,}232$ have?
  1. $ 9 $
  2. $ 12 $
  3. $ 28 $
  4. $ 36 $
  5. $ 42 $

Question 19

In a sign pyramid a cell gets a “+” if the two cells below it have the same sign, and it gets a “-” if the two cells below it have different signs. The diagram below illustrates a sign pyramid with four levels. How many possible ways are there to fill the four cells in the bottom row to produce a “+” at the top of the pyramid?

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  1. $ 2 $
  2. $ 4 $
  3. $ 8 $
  4. $ 12 $
  5. $ 16 $

Question 20

In $\triangle ABC,$ a point $E$ is on $\overline{AB}$ with $AE=1$ and $EB=2.$ Point $D$ is on $\overline{AC}$ so that $\overline{DE} \parallel \overline{BC}$ and point $F$ is on $\overline{BC}$ so that $\overline{EF} \parallel \overline{AC}.$ What is the ratio of the area of $CDEF$ to the area of $\triangle ABC?$

Question illustration
  1. $ \dfrac{4}{9} $
  2. $ \dfrac{1}{2} $
  3. $ \dfrac{5}{9} $
  4. $ \dfrac{3}{5} $
  5. $ \dfrac{2}{3} $