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1. Tequila Mockingbird Ltd. had total sales of $10,000 this week. Studies have shownthatifthe
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previous week’ssalestotal.Ifthecompanydoesnotadvertiseforthenextfourweeks,whatis
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2. What is the value of given for real numbers ?
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3. Tuuli purchases a rectangular mirror (the shaded region) that fits exactly inside a frame. The
uter perimeter of the frame measures 60 cm by 80 cm. The width of each side of the frame is
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10 cm. What is the area of the mirror in terms of square dm(decimeters)?
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4. Kakámeanttoaddallofthemultiplesof7between1and100,butheaccidentallyleftoutone
fthem.Hecorrectlyaddedalltheothersandgotasumendingin0.Whatnumberdidheleave
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5. Twofairdice,eachwithfacesnumbered1through6,arerolledatthesametime.Eachdiehas
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ve exposed faces, which are summed. How many ways of the least commonmultipleofthe
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sums of the exposed faces is NOT a multiple of 6?
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6. Woodentoydollshavedifferentwidthsandheights.Theyarehollowandcanbeseparatedinto
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t wo parts. This means that a doll can be nested inside any other doll that is both wider and
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10, which in turn fits inside a doll with width 20 and height 20. After this, only one doll is visible.
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ntheotherhand,adollwithwidth20andheight20cannotfitinsideadollwithwidth25and
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height 15. Also, a doll with width 25 and height 15 cannot fit insideadollwithwidth20and
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height 20. So, if these are the only two dolls, they will both always be visible.
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Saku has the following collection of dolls and starts fitting them inside each other.
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What is the fewest possible number of dolls that are visible after Saku is done?
7. T woshadedidenticalrectangulardecorativetilesarefirstplaced(oneeach)atthetopandatthe
baseofadoorframeforahobbit-holes’house,asshowninFigure1.ThedistancefromWtoHis
45inches.Thenthesametwotilesarerearrangedatthetopandatthebaseofthedoorframe,
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as shown in Figure 2. The distance from Y to Z is 37 inches. What is the height of the door frame?
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8. A kihikohas400yen.Everyweekheearns17yen,buteverydayhespends6yen.Howmanyyen
will he have after three weeks?
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9. A llthemarblesinMaria'scollectionare10red,7blue,or5yellow. Bluemarblesarethenadded
in ordertochangetheprobabilityofrandomlyselectingabluemarblefromthejarto“greater
than ½” . What is the least number of blue marbles that must be added?
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10. Earth’satmosphereconsistsmainlyofnitrogenandoxygen.Thesegasesdonotreactwithmost
radiation,thustransmittingalmost100%.Somegasestransmitsometypesofradiation,suchas
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visiblelight,butabsorbotherportions,particularlyinfraredradiation.Gasesthatabsorbinfrared
(heat) radiation from Earth outward to space, of which the atmosphere in turncanemitpart
backdowntothesurface,helpwarmtheplanet.Thisiscalledthegreenhouseeffect.Suchgases
are called greenhouse gases or GHG. The major GHG (although minor components of the
atmosphere) are water vapor and carbon dioxide (CO2), as well as methane, nitrous oxide,
chlorofluorocarbons and others. Rising concentrations of CO2 pose aprobleminanenhanced
greenhouse effect.
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In 2004, the average annual concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (a GHG) was 377.6
partspermillionbyvolume(ppmv),andtheannualrateofincreasewasabout1.5ppmv.Atthis
rate of increase, how many years wouldittakethe2004levelofCO2todouble?Expressyour
answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.
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11. Find the sum of the x-coordinates of all possible positive integral solutions to .
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12. The table shows the price in Rohan’s fish store.
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Beta Fish $1.25
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S taceywantstobuysomefishbutsheischeapsoshewantstobuytenbetafishinsteadoftwo
clown fish. How much money did she save?
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13. A physics test has 10 questions worth 5 points each, 7 questions worth 6 points each, and4
questions worth 2pointseach.Noneofthesequestionswillbegivenpartialcredit.Howmany
s cores between 0 and 100 are impossible to score?
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14. Ritsuka starts at point B—the farthest point north—and walks toward the bottom, randomly
headingsoutheastorsouthwest,untilshereachesoneofthefivepoints.Whatistheprobability
e will arrive at point R?
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15. Apositiveintegeris“neighborly”ifnoneofitsdigitsdifferfromanyotherdigitbymorethan2.A
ositiveintegeris“sloped”ifthedigitsfromleft-to-rightareallinascendingordescendingorder.
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16. A6by6gridof36unitsquaresiscompletelycoveredinT-shapedpiecesconsistingoffourunit
lu gm squares.TheT-shapedpiecesdonotoverlap,butpiecesmayextendoverthesideofthe6by6
g rid. What is the fewest number of T-shaped pieces required to cover the 6 by 6 grid?
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17. Achessqueencanmoveanynumberofspacesinonedirection,eithervertically,horizontally,or
iagonally. On the chess board shown, the positionofthequeenismarkedwithanX.Tohow
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many squares could the queen move from its present position(not counting its present
position)?
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18. In1883,theartistClaudeMonetpaid1200francsandthecommunitypaid1800francstocreate
a lilypondinasquaregardeninClosNormaninGiverny,France.Therewasarectangularstorage
room 7 by 14 meters at the cornet of the garden as shown in the following figure.
What is the maximum pond area in square meters Monet could build?
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19. Jordan owns 11 pairs of shoes: six identical black pairs, three identical brown pairs and two
identical gray pairs. If he picks two shoes at random,whatistheprobabilitythattheyarethe
same color and that one isaleftshoeandtheotherisarightshoe?Expressyouranswerasa
common fraction.
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20. Twenty-two unit cubes are arranged in two square layersofninecubeswithasquarelayerof
f ourcubesbetweenthem,asshowninthefigure.Whatisthesurfaceareaoftheresultingsolid,
in square units?
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21. BuzzBunnyisgoingtohopupthestairsfromthefirstfloortothesecondfloor.Hoppingupthe
stairsonestepatatimewillrequireatotaloftenhops.IfBuzzcanhopone,twoorthreesteps
atatime,howmanydifferentsequencesofhopsarepossibleforBuzztoreachthesecondfloor
with each hop being upward?
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23. I nthe6-by-6grids hown,eachs quarecontainsa differentpositivei nteger.Hiroshiplacedcoinsons ome
s quaresi nthegrid.Nos quarehadmorethanonecoin,a ndthetotalnumberofcoinsi neachrowa ndi n
eachcolumni si ndicatedbytherowa ndcolumnl abelsi nbold.Whati sthes umofthenumbersi nthe
s quares on which Hiroshi placed a coin?
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24. A real number (where a nd a re relatively prime positive integers) satisfy the equation:
What is ?
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25. I na classof28s tudents,theteachers electsfours tudentsa trandomtoparticipatei na mathscontest.
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Dr. Lan 2025 AMC8 Mock up Answers
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