2015 AMC 8 Problems
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[hide]Problem 1
How many square yards of carpet are required to cover a rectangular floor that is feet long and feet wide? (There are 3 feet in a yard.)
Problem 2
Point is the center of the regular octagon , and is the midpoint of the side What fraction of the area of the octagon is shaded?
Problem 3
Jack and Jill are going swimming at a pool that is one mile from their house. They leave home simultaneously. Jill rides her bicycle to the pool at a constant speed of miles per hour. Jack walks to the pool at a constant speed of miles per hour. How many minutes before Jack does Jill arrive?
Problem 4
The Centerville Middle School chess team consists of two boys and three girls. A photographer wants to take a picture of the team to appear in the local newspaper. She decides to have them sit in a row with a boy at each end and the three girls in the middle. How many such arrangements are possible?
Problem 5
Billy's basketball team scored the following points over the course of the first 11 games of the season: If his team scores 40 in the 12th game, which of the following statistics will show an increase?