G8 AMC practice 1

The nine-letter code MATHISFUN represents the nine digit 1-9, in order. What 4-digit number is represented by the code word FISH?

• 7564

• 7654

• 7565

• 9872

If September is a month that contains Friday the 13th , what day of the week is September 1?

• Monday

• Wednesday

• Sunday

• Thursday

Look at the equation, what is x+y ?

• 40

• 50

• 45

• 70

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CCSS.3.NF.A.3B

CCSS.4.NF.A.1

A ball is dropped from a height of 9 meters. On its first bounce it rises to a height of 6 meters. It keeps falling and bouncing to 2/3 of the height it reached in the previous bounce. On which bounce will it not rise to a height of 1.5 meters?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Tags

CCSS.HSF.BF.A.2

Mr Harman needs to know the combined weight in pounds of four boxes he wants to mail. However, the only available scale is not accurate for weights less than 20 pounds or more than 30 pounds. So the boxes are weighted in triples in every possible way. The results are 21, 28, 29 and 30 pounds. What is the possible sum of the weight in pounds of the two boxes?

• 12

• 24

• 21

• 19

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Nine points are spaced at intervals of one unit around a 2*2 square, as shown. Two of the 9 points are chosen at random. What is the probability that the points are one unit apart?

 

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 2/7

• 1/2

Tags

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.9

The students in math club took a penmanship test. Three-seventh of the boys and 8/11 of the girls passed the test, and an equal number of boys and girls passed the test. What is the minimum possible number of students in the class?

• 72

• 89

• 84

• 56

In rectangle ABCE, AF=3FE and ED=4DC. What is the ratio of the area of the triangle BFD to the area of rectangle ABCE.

• 1/6

• 2/9

• 17/40

• 1/3

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

As shown in the figure, the smallest circle has radius 5 inches, with each successive circles radius increasing by 5 inches. What is the probability that a dart thrown at random will land in the yellow area?

• 7/12

• 43/100

• 5/11

• 4/13

Tags

CCSS.7.G.B.4