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INSTRUCTIONS
1. DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOUR COMPETITION MANAGER
TELLS YOU.
2. This is a 25 question multiple choice test. For each question, only one answer choice is correct. 3. Mark your answer to each problem on the answer sheet with a #2 pencil. Check the blackened circles for accuracy and erase errors and stray marks completely. Only answers properly marked on the answer form will be scored. 4. There is no penalty for guessing. Your score is the number of correct answers. 5. Only scratch paper, graph paper, rulers, protractors, and erasers are allowed as aids. Calculators are NOT allowed. No problems on the test require the use of a calculator. 6. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale. 7. Before beginning the test, your competition manager will ask you to record your name
and other information on the answer sheet. 8. You will have 40 minutes to complete the test once your competition manager tells
you to begin. 9. When you finish the exam, sign your name in the space provided at the bottom of the
answer sheet.
MAA American Mathematics Competitions
33rd Annual AMC 8
American Mathematics Competition 8 Tuesday, November 14, 2017
AMC 8
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MAA AMC 8 2
1. Which of the following values is largest?
(A) 2 C 0 C 1 C 7 (B) 2 0 C 1 C 7 (C) 2 C 0 1 C 7
(D) 2 C 0 C 1 7 (E) 2 0 1 7
2. Alicia, Brenda, and Colby were the candidates in a recent election for student president. The pie chart below shows how the votes were distributed among the three candidates. If Brenda received 36 votes, then how many votes were cast all together?
(A) 70 (B) 84 (C) 100 (D) 106 (E) 120
3. What is the value of the expression
r
16 q
8 p
4 ?
(A) 4 (B) 4 p
2 (C) 8 (D) 8 p
2 (E) 16
4. When 0:000315 is multiplied by 7;928;564 the product is closest to which of the following?
(A) 210 (B) 240 (C) 2;100 (D) 2;400 (E) 24;000
5. What is the value of the expression 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 C 5 C 6 C 7 C 8?
(A) 1020 (B) 1120 (C) 1220 (D) 2240 (E) 3360
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