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2025 AMC 8 Problems

Problem 1
The eight-pointed star, shown in the figure below, is a popular
quilting pattern. What percent of the entire 4×4 grid is covered by
the star?

A. 40
B. 50
C. 60
D. 75
E. 80
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Problem 2
The table below shows the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs that were
used to represent different numbers.

For example, the number 32 was represented by the hieroglyphs

. What number is represented by the following
combination of hieroglyphs?

A. 1423
B. 10423
C. 14023
D. 14203
E. 14230
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Problem 3
Buffalo Shuffle-o is a card game in which all the cards are
distributed evenly among all players at the start of the game. When
Annika and 3 of her friends play Buffalo Shuffle-o, each player is
dealt 15 cards. Suppose 2 more friends join the next game. How
many cards will be dealt to each player?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12
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Problem 4
Lucius is counting backward by 7s. His first three numbers
are 100, 93, and 86. What is his 10th number?
A. 30
B. 37
C. 42
D. 44
E. 47
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Problem 5
Betty drives a truck to deliver packages in a neighborhood whose
street map is shown below. Betty starts at the factory (labled F)
and drives to location A, then B, then C, before returning to F. What
is the shortest distance, in blocks, she can drive to complete the
route?

A. 20
B. 22
C. 24
D. 26
E. 28
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Problem 6
Sekou writes the numbers 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. After he erases one of
his numbers, the sum of the remaining four numbers is a multiple
of 4. Which number did he erase?
A. 15
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18
E. 19
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Problem 7
On the most recent exam on Prof. Xochi's class,
5 students earned a score of at least 95%
13 students earned a score of at least 90%
27 students earned a score of at least 85%
50 students earned a score of at least 80%
How many students earned a score of at least 80% and less
than 90%?
A. 8
B. 14
C. 22
D. 37
E. 45
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Problem 8
Isaiah cuts open a cardboard cube along some of its edges to form
the flat shape shown on the right, which has an area of square
centimeters. What is the volume of the cube in cubic centimeters?

A. 3√3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 6√3
E. 9√3
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Problem 9
Ningli looks at the 6 pairs of numbers directly across from each
other on a clock. She takes the average of each pair of numbers.
What is the average of the resulting 6 numbers?

A. 5
B. 6.5
C. 8
D. 9.5
E. 12
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Problem 10
In the figure below, ABCD is a rectangle with sides of length 𝐴𝐵 =
5 inches and 𝐴𝐷 = 3 inches. Rectangle ABCD is rotated 90°
clockwise around the midpoint of side DC to give a second
rectangle. What is the total area, in square inches, covered by the
two overlapping rectangles?

A. 21
B. 22.25
C. 23
D. 23.75
E. 25
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Problem 11
A tetromino consists of four squares connected along their edges.
There are five possible tetromino shapes, I, O, L, T, and S, shown
below, which can be rotated or flipped over. Three tetrominoes are
used to completely cover a 3 × 4 rectangle. At least one of the tiles
is an S tile. What are the other two tiles?

A. I and L
B. I and T
C. L and L
D. L and S
E. O and T
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Problem 12
The region shown below consists of 24 squares, each with side
length 1 centimeter. What is the area, in square centimeters, of the
largest circle that can fit inside the region, possibly touching the
boundaries?

A. 3𝜋
B. 4𝜋
C. 5𝜋
D. 6𝜋
E. 8𝜋
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Problem 13
Each of the even numbers 2, 4, 6, … , 50 is divided by 7. The
remainders are recorded. Which histogram displays the number of
times each remainder occurs?
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Problem 14
A number N is inserted into the list 2, 6, 7, 7, 28. The mean is now
twice as great as the median. What is N?
A. 7
B. 14
C. 20
D. 28
E. 34
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Problem 15
Kei draws a 6-by-6 grid. He colors 13 of the unit squares silver and
the remaining squares gold. Kei then folds the grid in half vertically,
forming pairs of overlapping unit squares. Let m and M equal the
least and greatest possible number of gold-on-gold pairs,
respectively. What is the value of 𝑚 + 𝑀?

A. 12
B. 14
C. 16
D. 18
E. 20
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Problem 16
Five distinct integers from 1 to 10 are chosen, and five distinct
integers from 11 to 20 are chosen. No two numbers differ by
exactly 10. What is the sum of the ten chosen numbers?
A. 95
B. 100
C. 105
D. 110
E. 115
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Problem 17
In the land of Markovia, there are three cities: A, B, and C. There
are 100 people who live in A, 120 who live in B, and 160 who live
in C. Everyone works in one of the three cities, and a person may
work in the same city where they live. In the figure below, an arrow
pointing from one city to another is labeled with the fraction of
people living in the first city who work in the second city. (For
1
example, of the people who live in A work in B.) How many people
4

work in A?

A. 55
B. 60
C. 85
D. 115
E. 160
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Problem 18
The circle shown below on the left has a radius of 1 unit. The region
between the circle and the inscribed square is shaded. In the circle
shown on the right, one quarter of the region between the circle
and the inscribed square is shaded. The shaded regions in the two
circles have the same area. What is the radius R, in units, of the
circle on the right?

A. √2
B. 2
C. 2√2
D. 4
E. 4√2
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Problem 19
Two towns, A and B, are connected by a straight road, 15 miles
long. Traveling from town A to town B, the speed limit changes
every 5 miles: from 25 to 40 to 20 miles per hour (mph). Two cars,
one at town A and one at town B, start moving toward each other
at the same time. They drive at exactly the speed limit in each
portion of the road. How far from town A, in miles, will the two cars
meet?

A. 7.75
B. 8
C. 8.25
D. 8.5
E. 8.75
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Problem 20
Sarika, Dev, and Rajiv are sharing a large block of cheese. They take
turns cutting off half of what remains and eating it: first Sarika eats
half of the cheese, then Dev eats half of the remaining half, then
Rajiv eats half of what remains, then back to Sarika, and so on. They
stop when the cheese is too small to see. About what fraction of the
original block of cheese does Sarika eat in total?
4
A.
7
3
B.
5
2
C.
3
3
D.
4
7
E.
8
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Problem 21
The Konigsberg School has assigned grades 1 through 7 to
pods A through G, one grade per pod. Some of the pods are
connected by walkways, as shown in the figure below. The school
noticed that each pair of connected pods has been assigned grades
differing by 2 or more grade levels. (For example, grades 1 and 2
will not be in pods directly connected by a walkway.) What is the
sum of the grade levels assigned to pods C, E, and F?

A. 12
B. 13
C. 14
D. 15
E. 16
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Problem 22
A classroom has a row of 35 coat hooks. Paulina likes coats to be
equally spaced, so that there is the same number of empty hooks
before the first coat, after the last coat, and between every coat and
the next one. Suppose there is at least 1 coat and at least 1 empty
hook. How many different numbers of coats can satisfy Paulina's
pattern?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 7
E. 9
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Problem 23
How many four-digit numbers have all three of the following
properties?
(I) The tens and ones digit are both 9.
(II) The number is 1 less than a perfect square.
(III) The number is the product of exactly two prime numbers.
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
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Problem 24
In trapezoid ABCD, angles B and C measure 60° and 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐷𝐶. The
side lengths are all positive integers, and the perimeter
of ABCD is 30 units. How many non-congruent trapezoids satisfy
all of these conditions?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
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Problem 25
Makayla finds all the possible ways to draw a path in a 5 × 5
diamond-shaped grid. Each path starts at the bottom of the grid
and ends at the top, always moving one unit northeast or
northwest. She computes the area of the region between each path
and the right side of the grid. Two examples are shown in the
figures below. What is the sum of the areas determined by all
possible paths?

A. 2520
B. 3150
C. 3840
D. 4730
E. 5050
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2024 AMC 8 Problems

Problem 1
What is the unit digit of: 222222 − 22222 − 2222 − 222 − 22 − 2?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8
E. 10
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Problem 2
What is the value of this expression in decimal form?
44 110 44
+ +
11 44 1100
A. 6.4
B. 6.504
C. 6.54
D. 6.9
E. 6.94
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Problem 3
Four squares of side length 4, 7, 9, and 10 are arranged in
increasing size order so that their left edges and bottom edges
align. The squares alternate in color white-gray-white-gray,
respectively, as shown in the figure. What is the area of the visible
gray region in square units?

A. 42
B. 45
C. 49
D. 50
E. 52
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Problem 4
When Yunji added all the integers from 1 to 9, she mistakenly left
out a number. Her sum turned out to be a square number. What
number did Yunji leave out?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9
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Problem 5
Aaliyah rolls two standard 6-sided dice. She notices that the
product of the two numbers rolled is a multiple of 6. Which of the
following integers cannot be the sum of the two numbers?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9
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Problem 6
Sergei skated around an ice rink, gliding along different paths. The
gray lines in the figures below show four of the paths
labeled P, Q, R, and S. What is the sorted order of the four paths
from shortest to longest?

A. P, Q, R, S
B. P, R, S, Q
C. Q, S, P, R
D. R, P, S, Q
E. R, S, P, Q
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Problem 7
A 3 × 7 rectangle is covered without overlap by 3 shapes of
tiles: 2 × 2, 1 × 4, and 1 × 1, shown below. What is the minimum
possible number of 1 × 1 tiles used?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
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Problem 8
On Monday Taye has $2. Every day, he either gains $3 or doubles
the amount of money he had on the previous day. How many
different dollar amounts could Taye have on Thursday, 3 days
later?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7
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Problem 9
All the marbles in Maria's collection are red, green, or blue. Maria
has half as many red marbles as green marbles and twice as many
blue marbles as green marbles. Which of the following could be the
total number of marbles in Maria's collection?
A. 24
B. 25
C. 26
D. 27
E. 28
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Problem 10
In January 1980 the Moana Loa Observation recorded carbon
dioxide (𝐶𝑂2 ) levels of 338 ppm (parts per million). Over the years
the average 𝐶𝑂2 reading has increased by about 1.515 ppm each
year. What is the expected 𝐶𝑂2 level in ppm in January 2030?
Round your answer to the nearest integer.
A. 399
B. 414
C. 420
D. 444
E. 459
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Problem 11
The coordinates of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 are 𝐴(5,7), 𝐵(11,7), and 𝐶(3, 𝑦),
with 𝑦 > 7. The area of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 12. What is the value of y?

A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12
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Problem 12
Rohan keeps a total of 90 guppies in 4 fish tanks.
There is 1 more guppy in the 2nd tank than the 1st tank.
There are 2 more guppies in the 3rd tank than the 2nd tank.
There are 3 more guppies in the 4th tank than the 3rd tank.
How many guppies are in the 4th tank?
A. 20
B. 21
C. 23
D. 24
E. 26
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Problem 13
Buzz Bunny is hopping up and down a set of stairs, one step at a
time. In how many ways can Buzz Bunny start on the ground, make
a sequence of 6 hops, and end up back on the ground? (For
example, one sequence of hops is up-up-down-down-up-down.)

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8
E. 12
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Problem 14
What is the distance of the shortest route from A to Z?

A. 28
B. 29
C. 30
D. 31
E. 32
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Problem 15
Let the letters F, L, Y, B, U, G represent distinct digits. Suppose
̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ is the GREATEST number that satisfies the equation
𝐹𝐿𝑌𝐹𝐿𝑌
𝐹𝐿𝑌𝐹𝐿𝑌 = ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
8 ∙ ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ 𝐵𝑈𝐺𝐵𝑈𝐺
𝐹𝐿𝑌 + ̅̅̅̅̅̅
What is the value of ̅̅̅̅̅ 𝐵𝑈𝐺 ?
A. 1089
B. 1098
C. 1107
D. 1116
E. 1125
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Problem 16
Minh enters the numbers 1 through 81 into the cells of a 9 × 9 grid
in some order. She calculates the product of the numbers in each
row and column. What is the least number of rows and columns
that could have a product divisible by 3?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12
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Problem 17
A chess king is said to attack all squares one step away from it
(basically any square right next to it in any direction), horizontally,
vertically, or diagonally. For instance, a king on the center square
of a 3 x 3 grid attacks all 8 other squares, as shown below. Suppose
a white king and a black king are placed on different squares of 3 x
3 grid so that they do not attack each other. In how many ways can
this be done?

A. 20
B. 24
C. 27
D. 28
E. 32
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Problem 18
Three concentric circles centered at O have a radius of 1, 2 and 3.
Points B and C lie on the largest circle. The region between the two
smaller circles is shaded, as is the portion of the region between
the two larger circles bounded by central angle BOC, as shown in
the figure below. Suppose the shaded and unshaded regions are
equal in area. What is the measure of ∠𝐵𝑂𝐶 in degrees?

A. 108
B. 120
C. 135
D. 144
E. 150
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Problem 19
Jordan owns 15 pairs of sneakers. Three fifths of the pairs are red
and the rest are white. Two thirds of the pairs are high-top and the
rest are low-top. The red high-top sneakers make up a fraction of
the collection. What is the least possible value of this fraction?

A. 0
1
B.
5
4
C.
15
1
D.
3
2
E.
5
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Problem 20
Any three vertices of the cube PQRSTUVW, shown in the figure
below, can be connected to form a triangle. (For example,
vertices P, Q, and R can be connected to form ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅) How many of
these triangles are equilateral and contain P as a vertex?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 6
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Problem 21
A group of frogs (called an army) is living in a tree. A frog turns
green when in the shade and turns yellow when in the sun. Initially,
the ratio of green to yellow frogs was 3 : 1. Then 3 green frogs
moved to the sunny side and 5 yellow frogs moved to the shady
side. Now the ratio is 4 : 1. What is the difference between the
number of green frogs and the number of yellow frogs now?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 16
D. 20
E. 24
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Problem 22
A roll of tape is 4 inches in diameter and is wrapped around a ring
that is 2 inches in diameter. A cross section of the tape is shown in
the figure below. The tape is 0.015 inches thick. If the tape is
completely unrolled, approximately how long would it be? Round
your answer to the nearest 100 inches.

A. 300
B. 600
C. 1200
D. 1500
E. 1800
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Problem 23
Rodrigo has a very large sheet of graph paper. First he draws a line
segment connecting point (0,4) to point (2,0) and colors the 4 cells
whose interiors intersect the segment, as shown below. Next
Rodrigo draws a line segment connecting point (2000,3000) to
point (5000,8000). How many cells will he color this time?

A. 6000
B. 6500
C. 7000
D. 7500
E. 8000
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Problem 24
Jean has made a piece of stained glass art in the shape of two
mountains, as shown in the figure below. One mountain peak
is 8 feet high while the other peak is 12 feet high. Each peak forms
a 90° angle, and the straight sides form a 45° angle with the ground.
The artwork has an area of 183 square feet. The sides of the
mountain meet at an intersection point near the center of the
artwork, h feet above the ground. What is the value of h?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 4√2
D. 6
E. 5√2
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Problem 25
A airplane has 4 rows of seats with 3 seats in each row. Eight
passengers have boarded the plane and are distributed randomly
among the seats. A married couple is next to board. What is the
probability there will be 2 adjacent seats in the same row for the
couple?

8
A.
15
32
B.
55
20
C.
33
34
D.
55
8
E.
11
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2024 AMC 10A Problems

Problem 1
What is the value of 901 ∙ 101 − 99 ∙ 10101?
A. 2
B. 20
C. 200
D. 202
E. 2020
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Problem 2
A model used to estimate the time it will take to hike to the top of
the mountain on a trail is of the form 𝑇 = 𝑎𝐿 + 𝑏𝐺 where a and b
are constants, T is the time in minutes, L is the length of the trail in
miles, and G is the altitude gain in feet. The model estimates that it
will take 69 minutes to hike to the top if a trail is 1.5 miles long and
ascends 800 feet, as well as if a trail is 1.2 miles long and ascends
1100 feet. How many minutes does the model estimates it will take
to hike to the top if the trail is 4.2 miles long and ascends 4000 feet?
A. 240
B. 246
C. 252
D. 258
E. 264
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Problem 3
What is the sum of the digits of the smallest prime that can be
written as a sum of 5 distinct primes?
A. 5
B. 7
C. 8
D. 10
E. 13
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Problem 4
The number 2024 is written as the sum of not necessarily distinct
two-digit numbers. What is the least number of two-digit numbers
needed to write this sum?
A. 20
B. 21
C. 22
D. 23
E. 24
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Problem 5
What is the least value of n such that 𝑛! is a multiple of 2024?
A. 11
B. 21
C. 22
D. 23
E. 253
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Problem 6
What is the minimum number of successive swaps of adjacent
letters in the string ABCDEF that are needed to change the string to
FEDCBA? (For example, 3 swaps are required to change AB to CBA
one such sequence of swaps is 𝐴𝐵𝐶 → 𝐵𝐴𝐶 → 𝐵𝐶𝐴 → 𝐶𝐵𝐴.)
A. 6
B. 10
C. 12
D. 15
E. 24
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Problem 7
The product of three integers is 60. What is the least possible
positive sum of the three integers?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. 6
E. 13
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Problem 8
Amy, Bomani, Charlie, and Daria work in a chocolate factory. On
Monday Amy, Bomani, and Charlie started working at 1 ∶ 00 𝑃𝑀
and were able to pack 4, 3, and 3 packages, respectively,
every 3 minutes. At some later time, Daria joined the group, and
Daria was able to pack 5 packages every 4 minutes. Together, they
finished packing 450 packages at exactly 2 ∶ 45 𝑃𝑀. At what time
did Daria join the group?
A. 1 ∶ 25 𝑃𝑀
B. 1 ∶ 35 𝑃𝑀
C. 1 ∶ 45 𝑃𝑀
D. 1 ∶ 55 𝑃𝑀
E. 2 ∶ 05 𝑃𝑀
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Problem 9
In how many ways can 6 juniors and 6 seniors form 3 disjoint
teams of 4 people so that each team has 2 juniors and 2 seniors?
A. 720
B. 1350
C. 2700
D. 3280
E. 8100
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Problem 10
Consider the following operation. Given a positive integer n, if n is
𝑛
a multiple of 3, then you replace n by . If n is not a multiple of 3,
3

then you replace n by 𝑛 + 10. For example, beginning with 𝑛 = 4,

this procedure gives 4 → 14 → 24 → 8 → 18 → 6 → 2 → 12 → ⋯ .
Suppose you start with 𝑛 = 100. What value results if you perform
this operation exactly 100 times?
A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40
E. 50
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Problem 11
How many ordered pairs of integers (𝑚, 𝑛) satisfy √𝑛2 − 49 = 𝑚?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. Infinitely many
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Problem 12
Zelda played the Adventures of Math game on August 1 and scored
1,700 points. She continued to play daily over the next 5 days. The
bar chart below shows the daily change in her score compared to
the day before. (For example, Zelda's score on August 2 was
1,700 + 80 = 1,780 points.) What was Zelda's average score in
points over the 6 days?

A. 1700
B. 1702
C. 1703
D. 1713
E. 1715
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Problem 13
Two transformations are said to commute if applying the first
followed by the second gives the same result as applying the
second followed by the first. Consider these four transformations
of the coordinate plane:
 a translation units to the right,
 a 90°-rotation counterclockwise about the origin,
 a reflection across the x-axis, and
 a dilation centered at the origin with scale factor 2
Of the 6 pairs of distinct transformations from this list, how many
commute?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
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Problem 14
One side of an equilateral triangle of height 24 lies on line 𝑙. A circle
of radius 12 is tangent to line 𝑙 and is externally tangent to the
triangle. The area of the region exterior to the triangle and the
circle and bounded by the triangle, the circle, and line 𝑙 can be
written as 𝑎√𝑏 − 𝑐𝜋, where a, b, and c are positive integers and b is
not divisible by the square of any prime. What is 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐?
A. 72
B. 73
C. 74
D. 75
E. 76
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Problem 15
Let M be the greatest integer such that both 𝑀 + 1213 and
𝑀 + 3773 are perfect squares. What is the units digit of M?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 6
E. 8
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Problem 16
All of the rectangles in the figure below, which is drawn to scale,
are similar to the enclosing rectangle. Each number represents the
area of the rectangle. What is length AB?

A. 4 + 4√5
B. 10√2
C. 5 + 5√5
4
D. 10 √8
E. 20
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Problem 17
Two teams are in a best-two-out-of-three playoff: the teams will
play at most 3 games, and the winner of the playoff is the first team
to win 2 games. The first game is played on Team A's home field,
and the remaining games are played on Team B's home field. Team
2
A has a chance of winning at home, and its probability of winning
3

when playing away from home is 𝑝. Outcomes of the games are

1
independent. The probability that Team A wins the playoff is .
2
1
Then 𝑝 can be written in the form (𝑚 − √𝑛), where m and n are
2

positive integers. What is 𝑚 + 𝑛?

A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
E. 14
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Problem 18
There are exactly K positive integers 5 ≤ 𝑏 < 2024 such that the
base-b integer 2024𝑏 is divisible by 16 (where 16 is in base ten).
What is the sum of the digits of K?
A. 16
B. 17
C. 18
D. 20
E. 21
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Problem 19
The first three terms of a geometric sequence are the integers a,
720 and b, where 𝑎 < 720 < 𝑏. What is the sum of the digits of the
least possible value of b?
A. 9
B. 12
C. 16
D. 18
E. 21
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Problem 20
Let S be a subset of {1, 2, 3, … , 2024} such that the following two
conditions hold:
If x and y are distinct elements of S, then |𝑥 − 𝑦| > 2.
If x and y are distinct odd elements of S, then |𝑥 − 𝑦| > 6.
What is the maximum possible number of elements in S?
A. 436
B. 506
C. 608
D. 654
E. 675
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Problem 21
The numbers, in order, of each row and the numbers, in order, of
each column of a 5 × 5 array of integers form an arithmetic
progression of length 5. The numbers in positions (5,5), (2,4), (4,3)
and (3,1) are 0, 48, 16, and 12, respectively. What number is in
position (1,2)?

A. 19
B. 24
C. 29
D. 34
E. 39
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Problem 22
Let K be the kite formed by joining two right triangles with
legs 1 and √3 along a common hypotenuse. Eight copies of K are
used to form the polygon shown below. What is the area of
triangle ABC?

A. 2 + 3√3
9
B. √3
2
10+8√3
C.
3

D. 8
E. 5√3
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Problem 23
Integers a, b, and c satisfy 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑐 = 100, 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑎 = 87, and 𝑐𝑎 + 𝑏 =
60. What is 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎?
A. 212
B. 247
C. 258
D. 276
E. 284
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Problem 24
A bee is moving in three-dimensional space. A fair six-sided die
with faces labeled 𝐴+ , 𝐴− , 𝐵+ , 𝐵− , 𝐶 + , and 𝐶 − is rolled. Suppose the
bee occupies the point (𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐). If the die shows 𝐴+ , then the bee
moves to the point (𝑎 + 1, 𝑏, 𝑐) and if the die shows 𝐴− , then the
bee moves to the point (𝑎 − 1, 𝑏, 𝑐). Analogous moves are made
with the other four outcomes. Suppose the bee starts at the
point (0,0,0) and the die is rolled four times. What is the probability
that the bee traverses four distinct edges of some unit cube?
1
A.
54
7
B.
54
1
C.
6
5
D.
18
2
E.
5
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Problem 25
The figure below shows a dotted grid 8 cells wide and 3 cells tall
consisting of 1" × 1" squares. Carl places 1-inch toothpicks along
some of the sides of the squares to create a closed loop that does
not intersect itself. The numbers in the cells indicate the number of
sides of that square that are to be covered by toothpicks, and any
number of toothpicks are allowed if no number is written. In how
many ways can Carl place the toothpicks?

A. 130
B. 144
C. 146
D. 162
E. 196
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2024 AMC 10B Problems

Problem 1
In a long line of people arranged left to right, the 1013th person
from the left is also the 1010th person from the right. How many
people are in the line?
A. 2021
B. 2022
C. 2023
D. 2024
E. 2025
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Problem 2
What is 10! − 7! 6!
A. −120
B. 0
C. 120
D. 600
E. 720
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Problem 3
For how many integer values of x is |2𝑥 | ≤ 7𝜋?
A. 16
B. 17
C. 19
D. 20
E. 21
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Problem 4
Balls numbered 1, 2, 3, … are deposited in 5 bins, labeled A, B, C, D,
and E using the following procedure. Ball 1 is deposited in bin A,
and balls 2 and 3 are deposited in bin B. The next 3 balls are
deposited in bin C, the next 4 in bin D, and so on, cycling back to
bin A after balls are deposited in bin E. (For example, balls
numbered 22, 23, …, 28 are deposited in bin B at step 7 of this
process.) In which bin is ball 2024 deposited?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E
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Problem 5
In the following expression, Melanie changed some of the plus
signs to minus signs:1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ⋯ + 97 + 99. When the new
expression was evaluated, it was negative. What is the least
number of plus signs that Melanie could have changed to minus
signs?
A. 14
B. 15
C. 16
D. 17
E. 18
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Problem 6
A rectangle has integer side lengths and an area of 2024. What is
the least possible perimeter of the rectangle?
A. 160
B. 180
C. 222
D. 228
E. 390
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Problem 7
What is the remainder when 72024 + 72025 + 72026 is divided
by 19?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 7
D. 11
E. 18
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Problem 8
Let N be the product of all the positive integer divisors of 42. What
is the units digit of N?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
E. 8
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Problem 9
Real numbers a, b, and c have arithmetic mean 0. The arithmetic
mean of 𝑎2 , 𝑏 2 and 𝑐 2 is 10. What is the arithmetic mean of
𝑎𝑏, 𝑎𝑐, and 𝑏𝑐?
A. −5
10
B. −
3
10
C. −
9

D. 0
10
E.
9
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Problem 10
Quadrilateral ABCD is a parallelogram, and E is the midpoint of the
side AD. Let F be the intersection of lines EB and AC. What is the
ratio of the area of quadrilateral CDEF to the area of ∆𝐶𝐹𝐵?
A. 5 : 4
B. 4 : 3
C. 3 : 2
D. 5 : 3
E. 2 : 1
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Problem 11
In the figure below WXYZ is a rectangle with 𝑊𝑋 = 4 and 𝑊𝑍 = 8.
Point M lies on 𝑋𝑌, point A lies on 𝑌𝑍, and ∠𝑊𝑀𝐴 is a right angle.
The areas of ∆𝑊𝑋𝑀 and ∆𝑊𝐴𝑍 are equal. What is the area
of ∆𝑊𝑀𝐴?

A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16
E. 17
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Problem 12
A group of 100 students from different countries meet at a
mathematics competition. Each student speaks the same number
of languages, and, for every pair of students A and B,
student A speaks some language that student B does not speak, and
student B speaks some language that student A does not speak.
What is the least possible total number of languages spoken by all
the students?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 12
D. 51
E. 100
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Problem 13
Positive integers x and y satisfy the equation √𝑥 + √𝑦 = √1183.
What is the minimum possible value of 𝑥 + 𝑦?
A. 585
B. 595
C. 623
D. 700
E. 791
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Problem 14
A dartboard is the region B in the coordinate plane consisting of
points (𝑥, 𝑦) such that |𝑥 | + |𝑦| ≤ 8. A target T is the region where
(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 25)2 ≤ 49 A dart is thrown and lands at a random point
in B. The probability that the dart lands in T can be expressed as
𝑚
∙ 𝜋, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. What
𝑛

is 𝑚 + 𝑛?
A. 39
B. 71
C. 73
D. 75
E. 135
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Problem 15
A list of 9 real numbers consists of 1, 2.2, 3.2, 5.2, 6.2, and 7, as well
as x, y , and z with 𝑥 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 𝑧. The range of the list is 7, and the mean
and the median are both positive integers. How many ordered
triples (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) are possible?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. Infinitely many
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Problem 16
Jerry likes to play with numbers. One day, he wrote all the integers
from 1 to 2024 on the whiteboard. Then he repeatedly chose four
numbers on the whiteboard, erased them, and replaced them by
either their sum or their product. (For example, Jerry's first step
might have been to erase 1, 2, 3, and 5, and then write either 11,
their sum, or 30, their product, on the whiteboard.) After
repeatedly performing this operation, Jerry noticed that all the
remaining numbers on the whiteboard were odd. What is the
maximum possible number of integers on the whiteboard at that
time?
A. 1010
B. 1011
C. 1012
D. 1013
E. 1014
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Problem 17
In a race among 5 snails, there is at most one tie, but that tie can
involve any number of snails. For example, the result of the race
might be that Dazzler is first; Abby, Cyrus, and Elroy are tied for
second; and Bruna is fifth. How many different results of the race
are possible?
A. 180
B. 361
C. 420
D. 431
E. 720
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Problem 18
How many different remainders can result when the 100th power
of an integer is divided by 125?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 5
D. 25
E. 125
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Problem 19
In the following table, each question mark is to be replaced by
"Possible" or "Not Possible" to indicate whether a nonvertical line
with the given slope can contain the given number of lattice points
(points both of whose coordinates are integers). How many of the
12 entries will be "Possible"?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
E. 9
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Problem 20
Three different pairs of shoes are placed in a row so that no left
shoe is next to a right shoe from a different pair. In how many ways
can these six shoes be lined up?
A. 60
B. 72
C. 90
D. 108
E. 120
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Problem 21
1
Two straight pipes (circular cylinders), with radii 1 and , lie
4

parallel and in contact on a flat floor. The figure below shows a

head-on view. What is the sum of the possible radii of a third
parallel pipe lying on the same floor and in contact with both?

1
A.
9

B. 1
10
C.
9
11
D.
9
19
E.
9
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Problem 22
A group of 16 people will be partitioned into 4 indistinguishable 4-
person committees. Each committee will have one chairperson and
one secretary. The number of different ways to make these
assignments can be written as 3𝑟 𝑀, where r and M are positive
integers and M is not divisible by 3. What is r?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9
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Problem 23
The Fibonacci numbers are defined by 𝐹1 = 1, 𝐹2 = 1, and
𝐹𝑛 = 𝐹𝑛−1 + 𝐹𝑛−2 for 𝑛 ≥ 3 What is
𝐹2 𝐹4 𝐹6 𝐹20
+ + +⋯+
𝐹1 𝐹2 𝐹3 𝐹10
A. 318
B. 319
C. 320
D. 321
E. 322
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Problem 24
𝑚 𝑚2 𝑚4 𝑚8
Let 𝑝(𝑚) = + + + . How many of the values
2 4 8 8

𝑃(2022), 𝑃(2023), 𝑃(2024), and 𝑃(2025) are integers?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
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Problem 25
Each of 27 bricks (right rectangular prisms) has dimensions 𝑎 ×
𝑏 × 𝑐, where a, b, and c are pairwise relatively prime positive
integers. These bricks are arranged to form a 3 × 3 × 3 block, as
shown on the left below. A 28th brick with the same dimensions is
introduced, and these bricks are reconfigured into a 2 × 2 ×
7 block, shown on the right. The new block is 1 unit taller, 1 unit
wider, and 1 unit deeper than the old one. What is 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐?

A. 88
B. 89
C. 90
D. 91
E. 92