2016 AMC 8 Problems
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Problem 1
The longest professional tennis match ever played lasted a total of hours and
minutes. How many minutes was this?
Problem 2
In rectangle ,
and
. Point
is the midpoint of
. What is the area of
?
Problem 3
Four students take an exam. Three of their scores are and
. If the average of their four scores is
, then what is the remaining score?
Problem 4
When Cheenu was a boy he could run miles in
hours and
minutes. As an old man he can now walk
miles in
hours. How many minutes longer does it take for him to walk a mile now compared to when he was a boy?
Problem 5
The number is a two-digit number.
• When is divided by
, the remainder is
.
• When is divided by
, the remainder is
.
What is the remainder when is divided by
?
Problem 7
Which of the following numbers is not a perfect square?
Problem 8
Find the value of the expression
Problem 9
What is the sum of the distinct prime integer divisors of ?
Problem 10
Suppose that means
What is the value of
if
Problem 11
Determine how many two-digit numbers satisfy the following property: when the number is added to the number obtained by reversing its digits, the sum is
Problem 12
Jefferson Middle School has the same number of boys and girls. Three-fourths of the girls and two-thirds of the boys went on a field trip. What fraction of the students were girls?
Problem 13
Two different numbers are randomly selected from the set and multiplied together. What is the probability that the product is
?
Problem 14
Karl's car uses a gallon of gas every miles, and his gas tank holds
gallons when it is full. One day, Karl started with a full tank of gas, drove
miles, bought
gallons of gas, and continued driving to his destination. When he arrived, his gas tank was half full. How many miles did Karl drive that day?
Problem 15
What is the largest power of that is a divisor of
?
Problem 16
Annie and Bonnie are running laps around a -meter oval track. They started together, but Annie has pulled ahead, because she runs
faster than Bonnie. How many laps will Annie have run when she first passes Bonnie?
Problem 17
An ATM password at Fred's Bank is composed of four digits from to
, with repeated digits allowable. If no password may begin with the sequence
then how many passwords are possible?
Problem 20
The least common multiple of and
is
, and the least common multiple of
and
is
. What is the least possible value of the least common multiple of
and
?
Problem 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?
Problem 22
Rectangle below is a
rectangle with
. What is the area of the "bat wings" (shaded area)?
Problem 23
Two congruent circles centered at points and
each pass through the other circle's center. The line containing both
and
is extended to intersect the circles at points
and
. The circles intersect at two points, one of which is
. What is the degree measure of
?
Problem 24
The digits ,
,
,
, and
are each used once to write a five-digit number
. The three-digit number
is divisible by
, the three-digit number
is divisible by
, and the three-digit number
is divisible by
. What is
?
Problem 25
A semicircle is inscribed in an isosceles triangle with base and height
so that the diameter of the semicircle is contained in the base of the triangle as shown. What is the radius of the semicircle?
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