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AMC 8 1988
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by Mrdavid445, rrusczyk

1 The diagram shows part of a scale of a measuring device. The arrow indicates an approximate
reading of

10 11

(A) 10.05 (B) 10.15 (C) 10.25 (D) 10.3 (E) 10.6

2 The product 8 × .25 × 2 × .125 =

(A) 1
8 (B) 1
4 (C) 1
2 (D) 1 (E) 2

1 2 3
3 10 + 20 + 30 =
(A) .1 (B) .123 (C) .2 (D) .3 (E) .6

4 The figure consists of alternating light and dark squares. The number of dark squares exceeds
the number of light squares by (A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 11

same
pattern here

5 If ∠CBD is a right angle, then this protractor indicates that the measure of ∠ABC is approximately

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A D
20 160

O 0 180
B

(A) 20◦ (B) 40◦ (C) 50◦ (D) 70◦ (E) 120◦

(.2)3
6 (.02)2
= (A) .2 (B) 2 (C) 10 (D) 15 (E) 20

7 2.46 × 8.163 × (5.17 + 4.829) is closest to:

(A) 100 (B) 200 (C) 300 (D) 400 (E) 500

8 Betty used a calculator to find the product 0.075 × 2.56. She forgot to enter the decimal points.
The calculator showed 19200. If Betty had entered the decimal points correctly, the answer would
have been
(A) .0192 (B) .192 (C) 1.92 (D) 19.2 (E) 192

9 An isosceles triangle is a triangle with two sides of equal length. How many of the five triangles
on the square grid below are isosceles?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

10 Chris’ birthday is on a Thursday this year. What day of the week will it be 60 days after her
birthday?
(A) Monday (B) Wednesday (C) Thursday (D) Friday (E) Saturday

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11 164 is
(A) 42 (B) less than 10 (C) between 10 and 11 (D) between 11 and 12 (E) between 12 and 13

12 Suppose the estimated 20 billion dollar cost to send a person to the planet Mars is shared equally
by the 250 million people in the U.S. Then each person’s share is
(A) 40 dollars (B) 50 dollars (C) 80 dollars (D) 100 dollars (E) 125 dollars

13 If rose bushes are spaced about 1 foot apart, approximately how many bushes are needed to
surround a circular patio whose radius is 12 feet?
(A) 12 (B) 38 (C) 48 (D) 75 (E) 450

14 ♢ and ∆ are whole numbers and ♢ × ∆ = 36. The largest possible value of ♢ + ∆ is
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 20 (E) 37

The reciprocal of 1 1
is


15 2 + 3

(A) 1
6 (B) 2
5 (C) 6
5 (D) 5
2 (E) 5

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Placing no more than one x in each small square, what is the greatest number of x’s that can
be put on the grid shown without getting three x’s in a row vertically, horizontally, or diagonally?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

17 The shaded region formed by the two intersecting perpendicular rectangles, in square units, is

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(A) 23 (B) 38 (C) 44 (D) 46 (E) unable to be determined from the information given

18 The average weight of 6 boys is 150 pounds and the average weight of 4 girls is 120 pounds.
The average weight of the 10 children is
(A) 135 pounds (B) 137 pounds (C) 138 pounds (D) 140 pounds (E) 141 pounds

19 What is the 100th number in the arithmetic sequence: 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, ...
(A) 397 (B) 399 (C) 401 (D) 403 (E) 405

20 The glass gauge on a cylindrical coffee maker shows that there are 45 cups left when the coffee
maker is 36% full. How many cups of coffee does it hold when it is full?

(A) 80 (B) 100 (C) 125 (D) 130 (E) 262

21 A fifth number,n , is added to the set {3, 6, 9, 10} to make the mean of the set of five numbers
equal to its median. The number of possible values of n is

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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) more than 4

22 Tom’s Hat Shoppe increased all original prices by 25%. Now the shoppe is having a sale where
all prices are 20% off these increased prices. Which statement best describes the sale price of
an item?
(A) The sale price is 5% higher than the original price. (B) The sale price is higher than the original price, bu
(C) The sale price is higher than the original price, but by more than 5%. (D) The sale price is lower than the
(E) The sale price is the same as the original price.

23 Maria buys computer disks at a price of 4 for 5 dollars and sells them at a price of 3 for 5 dollars.
How many computer disks must she sell in order to make a profit of 100 dolars?
(A) 100 (B) 120 (C) 200 (D) 240 (E) 1200

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1. 2.
3.
4.

The square in the first diagram ”rolls” clockwise around the fixed regular hexagon until it reaches
the bottom. In which position will the solid triangle be in diagram 4?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

25 A palindrome is a whole number that reads the same forwards and backwards. If one neglects
the colon, certain times displayed on a digital watch are palindromes. Three examples are:
1 : 01 , 12 : 21 .
How many times during a 12-hour period will be palindromes?
(A) 57 (B) 60 (C) 63 (D) 90 (E) 93

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