The Mathematical Association of America

American Mathematics Competitions

19th Annual

AMC 8
(American Mathematics Contest 8)

Solutions Pamphlet
Tuesday, NOVEMBER 18, 2003

This Solutions Pamphlet gives at least one solution for each problem on this years
exam and shows that all the problems can be solved using material normally associ-
ated with the mathematics curriculum for students in eighth grade or below. These
solutions are by no means the only ones possible, nor are they necessarily superior
to others the reader may devise.
We hope that teachers will share these solutions with their students. However, the
publication, reproduction, or communication of the problems or solutions of the
AMC 8 during the period when students are eligible to participate seriously jeopardizes
the integrity of the results. Duplication at any time via copier, telephone, e-mail,
World Wide Web or media of any type is a violation of the copyright law.
Correspondence about the problems and solutions should be addressed to:
Ms. Bonnie Leitch, AMC 8 Chair / [email protected]
548 Hill Avenue, New Braunfels, TX 78130
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Attn: Publications
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
P.O. Box 81606
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Mathematical Association of America
Solutions AMC 8 2003 2

1. (E) A cube has 12 edges, 8 corners and 6 faces. The sum is 26.
2. (C) The smallest prime is 2, which is a factor of every even number. Because
58 is the only even number, it has the smallest prime factor.
30
3. (D) Since 30 of the 120 grams are filler, 120 = 25% of the burger is filler. So
100% 25% = 75% of the burger is not filler.
OR
90
There are 120 30 = 90 grams that are not filler. So 120 = 75% is not filler.
4. (C) The following chart shows that the answer must be 5 tricycles.

Bicycles Tricycles Wheels

0 7 21
1 6 20
2 5 19
3 4 18
OR
Let b equal the number of bicycles and t equal the number of tricycles. Then
the number of vehicles is b + t = 7, and the number of wheels is 2b + 3t = 19.
Because b = 7 t, it follows that

2(7 t) + 3t = 19
14 2t + 3t = 19
14 + t = 19
t = 5.
OR
If each child had a bicycle, there would be 14 wheels. Since there are 19
wheels, 5 of the vehicles must be tricycles.
5. (B) If 20% of the number is 12, the number must be 60. Then 30% of 60 is
0.30 60 = 18.
OR
Since 20% of the number is 12, it follows that 10% of the number is 6. So
30% of the number is 18.
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6. (B)
13
1 5
A = ( 144)( 25)
2
1
A = 12 5 12
2
A = 30 square units

7. (A) Blake scored a total of 4 78 = 312 points on the four tests. Jenny
scored 10 10 + 20 + 20 = 40 more points than Blake, so her average was
352
4 = 88, or 10 points higher than Blakes.

OR
The total point difference between Jennys and Blakes tests was 10 10 +
20 + 20 = 40 points. The average difference is 40
4 = 10 points.

8. (A) Because all of the cookies have the same thickness, only the surface area
of their shapes needs to be considered. The surface area of each of Arts
trapezoid cookies is 21 3 8 = 12 in2 . Since he makes 12 cookies, the surface
area of the dough is 12 12 = 144 in2 .
Rogers rectangle cookies each have surface area 2 4 = 8 in2 ; therefore, he
makes 144 8 = 18 cookies.
Pauls parallelogram cookies each have surface area 2 3 = 6 in2 . He makes
144 6 = 24 cookies.
Trishas triangle cookies each have surface area 1
2 4 3 = 6 in2 . She makes
144 6 = 24 cookies.
So Art makes the fewest cookies.
9. (C) Arts 12 cookies sell for 12 $0.60 = $7.20. Rogers 18 cookies should
cost $7.20 18 = $.40 each.
OR

The trapezoids area is 12 in2 and 2

the rectangles area is 8 in . So the cost of
8
a rectangle cookie should be 12 60c| = 40c|.
10. (E) The triangles area is 6 in2 , or half that of the trapezoid. So Trisha will
make twice as many cookies as Art, or 24.
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11. (B) Thursdays price of $40 is increased 10% or $4, so on Friday the shoes are
marked $44. Then 10% of $44 or $4.40 is taken off, so the price on Monday
is $44 $4.40 = $39.60.
OR
Marking a price 10% higher multiplies the original price by 1.1, and reducing
a price by 10% multiplies the price by 0.9. So the price of a pair of shoes that
was originally $40 will be $40 1.1 0.9 = $39.60.
12. (E) If 6 is one of the visible faces, the product will be divisible by 6. If 6 is
not visible, the product of the visible faces will be 1 2 3 4 5 = 120,
which is also divisible by 6. Because the product is always divisible by 6, the
probability is 1.
13. (B) A cube has four red faces if it is attached to exactly two other cubes.
The four top cubes are each attached to only one other cube, so they have five
red faces. The four bottom corner cubes are each attached to three others,
so they have three red faces. The remaining six each have four red faces.

14. (D) As given, T = 7. This implies that F = 1 and that O equals either 4 or
5. Since O is even, O = 4. Therefore, R = 8. Replacing letters with numerals
gives
7 W 4
+ 7 W 4
1 4 U 8
W + W must be less than 10; otherwise, a 1 would be carried to the next
column, and O would be 5. So W < 5. W = 6 0 because W 6= U , W 6= 1
because F = 1, W 6= 2 because if W = 2 then U = 4 = O, and W 6= 4
because O = 4. So W = 3.
The addition problem is
7 3 4
+ 7 3 4
1 4 6 8
Solutions AMC 8 2003 5

15. (B) There are only two ways to construct a solid from three cubes so that
each cube shares a face with at least one other:

and

Neither of these configurations has both the front and side views shown. The
four-cube configuration has the required front and side views. Thus at least
four cubes are necessary.

1 1 1
3 2
FRONT SIDE 2 3

Question: Is it possible to construct a five-cube configuration with these front

and side views?
16. (D) There are 2 choices for the driver. The other three can seat themselves
in 3 2 1 = 6 different ways. So the number of seating arrangements is
2 6 = 12.
17. (E) Because Jim has brown eyes and blond hair, none of his siblings can
have both blue eyes and black hair. Therefore, neither Benjamin nor Tevyn
can be Jims sibling. Consequently, there are only three possible pairs for
Jims siblings Nadeen and Austin, Nadeen and Sue, or Austin and Sue.
Since Nadeen has different hair color and eye color from both Austin and
Sue, neither can be Nadeens sibling. So Austin and Sue are Jims siblings.
Benjamin, Nadeen and Tevyn are siblings in the other family.
Solutions AMC 8 2003 6

18. (D) In the graph below, the six classmates who are not friends with Sarah or
with one of Sarahs friends are circled. Consequently, six classmates will not
be invited to the party.

Sarah

19. (C) A number with 15, 20 and 25 as factors must be divisible by their least
common multiple (LCM). Because 15 = 3 5, 20 = 22 5, and 25 = 52 , the
LCM of 15, 20 and 25 is 22 3 52 = 300. There are three multiples of 300
between 1000 and 2000: 1200, 1500 and 1800.
1
20. (D) Note that in the same period of time, the hour hand moves 12 as far as
the minute hand. At 4:00 a.m., the minute hand is at 12 and the hour hand is
at 4. By 4:20 a.m., the minute hand has moved 31 of way around the clock to
1
4, and the hour hand has moved 12 13 = 36
1
of the way around the clock from
1
4. Therefore, the angle formed by the hands at 4:20 a.m. is 36 360 = 10 .
OR
As the minute hand moves 31 of the way around the clock face from 12 to 4,
the hour hand will move 31 of the way from 4 to 5. So the hour hand will
move 13 of 12
1
of 360, or 10 .
Solutions AMC 8 2003 7

21. (B) Label the feet of the altitudes from B and C as E and F respectively.
Consideringright triangles AEB and DF C, AE = 10 2 82 = 36 = 6 cm,
1
and F D = 172 82 = 225 = 15 cm. So the area of 4AEB is 2 (6)(8) =
1
2

2
24 cm , and the area of 4DF C is 2 (15)(8) = 60 cm . Rectangle BCF E
has area 164 (24 + 60) = 80 cm2 . Because BE = CF = 8 cm, it follows
that BC = 10 cm.

B C

10 8 8 17

A E F D
OR
Let BC = EF = x. From the first solution we know that AE = 6 and
F D= 15. Therefore, AD = x + 21, and the area of the trapezoid ABCD is
(8) 21 [x + (x + 21)] = 164. So
4(2x + 21) = 164,
2x + 21 = 41,
2x = 20,
and x = 10.
22. (C) For Figure A, the area of the square is 22 = 4 cm2 . The diameter of the
circle is 2 cm, so the radius is 1 cm and the area of the circle is cm2 . So
the area of the shaded region is 4 cm2 .
For Figure B, the area of the square is also 4 cm2 . The radius of each of

2
the four circles is 21 cm, and the area of each circle is 21 = 41 cm2 . The
combined area of all four circles is cm2 . So the shaded regions in A and B
have the same area.
For Figure C, the radius of the circle is 1 cm, so the area of the circle is cm2 .
Because the diagonal of the inscribed square is the hypotenuse of a right
triangle with legs of equal lengths, use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine
the length s of one side of the inscribed square. That is, s2 + s2 = 22 = 4. So
s2 = 2 cm2 , the area of the square. Therefore, the area of the shaded region
is 2 cm2 . Because 2 > 1 and 4 < 1, the shaded region in Figure
C has the largest area.
Note that the second figure consists of four small copies of the first figure.
Because each of the four small squares has sides half the length of the sides
of the big square, the area of each of the four small figures is 41 the area of
Figure A. Because there are four such small figures in Figure B, the shaded
regions in A and B have the same area.
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23. (A) There are four different positions for the cat in the 2 2 array, so after
every fourth move, the cat will be in the same location. Because 247 = 4
61 + 3, the cat will be in the 3rd position clockwise from the first, or the lower
right quadrant. There are eight possible positions for the mouse. Because
247 = 8 30 + 7, the mouse will be in the 7th position counterclockwise from
the first, or the left-hand side of the lower left quadrant.

C
24. (B) All points along the semicircular part of the
course are the same distance from X, so the first D
part of the graph is a horizontal line. As the ship X
moves from B to D, its distance from X decreases, A B
then it increases as the ship moves from D to C.
Only graph B has these features.
25. (C) Let M be the midpoint of BC. Since 4ABC is isosceles, AM is an
altitude to base BC. Because A coincides with O when 4ABC is folded
along BC, it follows that AM = M O = 52 + 1 + 1 = 29 cm. Also, BC =
5 1 1 = 3 cm, so the area of 4ABC is 12 BC AM = 21 3 92 = 27 2
4 cm .

W X

B
A M O

Z Y
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