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==Problem 5== | ==Problem 5== | ||
− | The losing team of each game is eliminated from the tournament. If sixteen teams compete, how many games will be played to determine the winner? | + | Ms. Hamilton's eighth-grade class wants to participate in the annual three-person-team basketball tournament. The losing team of each game is eliminated from the tournament. If sixteen teams compete, how many games will be played to determine the winner? |
<math> \textbf{(A)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 16 </math> | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 16 </math> | ||
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[[2004 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 5|Solution]] | [[2004 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 5|Solution]] |
Revision as of 20:26, 6 January 2016
Contents
[hide]- 1 Problem 1
- 2 Problem 2
- 3 Problem 3
- 4 Problem 4
- 5 Problem 5
- 6 Problem 6
- 7 Problem 7
- 8 Problem 8
- 9 Problem 9
- 10 Problem 10
- 11 Problem 11
- 12 Problem 12
- 13 Problem 13
- 14 Problem 14
- 15 Problem 15
- 16 Problem 16
- 17 Problem 17
- 18 Problem 18
- 19 Problem 19
- 20 Problem 20
- 21 Problem 21
- 22 Problem 22
- 23 Problem 23
- 24 Problem 24
- 25 Problem 25
- 26 See Also
Problem 1
On a map, a -centimeter length represents kilometers. How many kilometers does a -centimeter length represent?
Problem 2
How many different four-digit numbers can be formed by rearranging the four digits in ?
Problem 3
Twelve friends met for dinner at Oscar's Overstuffed Oyster House, and each ordered one meal. The portions were so large, there was enough food for people. If they shared, how many meals should they have ordered to have just enough food for the of them?
Problem 4
Ms. Hamilton’s eighth-grade class wants to participate in the annual three-person-team basketball tournament. Lance, Sally, Joy, and Fred are chosen for the team. In how many ways can the three starters be chosen?
Problem 5
Ms. Hamilton's eighth-grade class wants to participate in the annual three-person-team basketball tournament. The losing team of each game is eliminated from the tournament. If sixteen teams compete, how many games will be played to determine the winner?
Problem 6
After Sally takes shots, she has made of her shots. After she takes more shots, she raises her percentage to . How many of the last shots did she make?
Problem 7
An athlete's target heart rate, in beats per minute, is of the theoretical maximum heart rate. The maximum heart rate is found by subtracting the athlete's age, in years, from . To the nearest whole number, what is the target heart rate of an athlete who is years old?
Problem 8
Find the number of two-digit positive integers whose digits total .
Problem 9
The average of the five numbers in a list is . The average of the first two numbers is . What is the average of the last three numbers?
Problem 10
Handy Aaron helped a neighbor hours on Monday, minutes on Tuesday, from 8:20 to 10:45 on Wednesday morning, and a half-hour on Friday. He is paid per hour. How much did he earn for the week?
Problem 11
The numbers and are rearranged according to these rules:
1. The largest isn’t first, but it is in one of the first three places. 2. The smallest isn’t last, but it is in one of the last three places. 3. The median isn’t first or last.
What is the average of the first and last numbers?
Problem 12
Niki usually leaves her cell phone on. If her cell phone is on but she is not actually using it, the battery will last for hours. If she is using it constantly, the battery will last for only hours. Since the last recharge, her phone has been on hours, and during that time she has used it for minutes. If she doesn’t talk any more but leaves the phone on, how many more hours will the battery last?
Problem 13
Amy, Bill and Celine are friends with different ages. Exactly one of the following statements is true.
I. Bill is the oldest. II. Amy is not the oldest. III. Celine is not the youngest.
Rank the friends from the oldest to the youngest.
Problem 14
What is the area enclosed by the geoboard quadrilateral below?
Problem 15
Thirteen black and six white hexagonal tiles were used to create the figure below. If a new figures is created by attaching a border of white tiles with the same size and shape as the others, what will be the difference between the total number of white tiles and the total number of black tiles in the new figure?
Problem 16
Two mL pitchers contain orange juice. One pitcher is full and the other pitcher is full. Water is added to fill each pitcher completely, then both pitchers are poured into one large container. What fraction of the mixture in the large container is orange juice?
Problem 17
Three friends have a total of identical pencils, and each one has at least one pencil. In how many ways can this happen?
Problem 18
Five friends compete in a dart-throwing contest. Each one has two darts to throw at the same circular target, and each individual's score is the sum of the scores in the target regions that are hit. The scores for the target regions are the whole numbers through . Each throw hits the target in a region with a different value. The scores are: Alice points, Ben points, Cindy points, Dave points, and Ellen points. Who hits the region worth points?
Problem 19
A whole number larger than leaves a remainder of when divided by each of the numbers and . The smallest such number lies between which two numbers?
Problem 20
Two-thirds of the people in a room are seated in three-fourths of the chairs. The rest of the people are standing. If there are empty chairs, how many people are in the room?
Problem 21
Spinners and are spun. On each spinner, the arrow is equally likely to land on each number. What is the probability that the product of the two spinners' numbers is even?
Problem 22
At a party there are only single women and married men with their wives. The probability that a randomly selected woman is single is . What fraction of the people in the room are married men?
Problem 23
Tess runs counterclockwise around rectangular block . She lives at corner . Which graph could represent her straight-line distance from home?
Problem 24
In the figure, is a rectangle and is a parallelogram. Using the measurements given in the figure, what is the length of the segment that is perpendicular to and ?
Problem 25
Two squares intersect at right angles, bisecting their intersecting sides, as shown. The circle's diameter is the segment between the two points of intersection. What is the area of the shaded region created by removing the circle from the squares?
See Also
2004 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by 2003 AMC 8 |
Followed by 2005 AMC 8 | |
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions |
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