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2005 AMC 8 Problems

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These are equivalent problems, but modified in form but preserving original math idea.

1. Shannon multiplies a number by 2 and gets 64 as her answer. However, she should have divided the number by 2 to get the correct answer. What is the correct answer?

(A) 8 (B) 16 (C) 32 (D) 128 (E) 256

2. Kent bought five notebooks from Pay-More at a cost of 4 dollars each. Pay-More had a 25%-off sale a week later. How much could Kent have saved on the purchase by waiting for the sale?

All numbers are in dollars: (A) 1.00 (B) 2.50 (C) 5.00 (D) 7.50 (E) 10.00


Answers: 1.B 2.C