Geometry

American Mathematics contest 8 (AMC 8) - Geometry problems

Try these AMC 8 Geometry Questions and check your knowledge!

AMC 8, 2023, Problem 2

A square piece of paper is folded twice into four equal quarters, as shown
below, then cut along the dashed line. When unfolded, the paper will match
which of the following figures?

(A)

(B)
(C)

(D)

(E)

AMC 8, 2023, Problem 7

A rectangle, with sides parallel to the x-axis and y-axis, has opposite vertices
located at (15,3) and (16,5). A line is drawn through points A(0,0) and B(3,1).
Another line is drawn through points C(0,10) and D(2,9). How many points on
the rectangle lie on at least one of the two lines?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

AMC 8, 2023, Problem 12

The figure below shows a large white circle with a number of smaller white
and shaded circles in its interior. What fraction of the interior of the large white
circle is shaded?
(A) 14
(B) 1136
(C) (13)
(D) (\frac{19}{36})
(E) (\frac{5}{9})

AMC 8, 2023, Problem 17

A regular octahedron has eight equilateral triangle faces with four faces
meeting at each vertex. Jun will make the regular octahedron shown on the
right by folding the piece of paper shown on the left. Which numbered face
will end up to the right of Q?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

AMC 8, 2023, Problem 19

An equilateral triangle is placed inside a larger equilateral triangle so that the

region between them can be divided into three congruent trapezoids, as
shown below. The side length of the inner triangle is 23 the side length of the
larger triangle. What is the ratio of the area of one trapezoid to the area of the
inner triangle?

(A) 1: 3
(B) 3: 8
(C) 5: 12
(D) 7: 16
(E) 4: 9

AMC 8, 2023, Problem 24

Isosceles triangle A B C has equal side lengths A B and B C. In the figures

below, segments are drawn parallel to 𝐴𝐶― so that the shaded portions of /(
\triangle A B C /) have the same area. The heights of the two unshaded
portions are 11 and 5 units, respectively. What is the height h of △𝐴𝐵𝐶?
(A) 14.6
(B) 14.8
(C) 15
(D) 15.2
(E) 15.4

AMC 8, 2022, Problem 1

The Math Team designed a logo shaped like a multiplication symbol, shown
below on a grid of 1-inch squares. What is the area of the logo in square
inches?
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 14
(E) 15

AMC 8, 2022, Problem 4

The letter 𝑀 in the figure below is first reflected over the line 𝑞 and then
reflected over the line 𝑝. What is the resulting image?

AMC 8, 2022, Problem 18

The midpoints of the four sides of a rectangle are (−3,0),(2,0),(5,4), and (0,4).
What is the area of the rectangle?
(A) 20
(B) 25
(C) 40
(D) 50
(E) 80

AMC 8, 2022, Problem 24

The figure below shows a polygon 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸𝐹𝐺𝐻, consisting of rectangles and

right triangles. When cut out and folded on the dotted lines, the polygon forms
a triangular prism. Suppose that 𝐴𝐻=𝐸𝐹=8 and 𝐺𝐻=14. What is the volume of
the prism?

(A) 112
(B) 128
(C) 192
(D) 240
(E) 288

AMC 8, 2020, Problem 18

Rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is inscribed in a semicircle with diameter 𝐹𝐸― as shown in

the figure. Let 𝐷𝐴=16, and let 𝐹𝐷=𝐴𝐸=9.What is the area of 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷?
(A) 240 (B) 248 (C) 256 (D) 264 (E) 272.

AMC 8, 2019, Problem 2

Three identical rectangles are put together to form rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷, as shown
in the figure below. Given that the length of the shorter side of each of the
smaller rectangles is 5 feet, what is the area in square feet of rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷?

(A) 45 (B) 75 (C) 100 (D) 125 (E) 150.

AMC 8, 2019, Problem 4

Quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a rhombus with perimeter 52 meters. The length of

diagonal 𝐴𝐶― is 24 meters. What is the area in square meters of
rhombus 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷?
(A) 60 (B) 90 (C) 105 (D) 120 (E) 144.

AMC 8, 2019, Problem 24

In triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, point 𝐷 divides side 𝐴𝐶― so that 𝐴𝐷:𝐷𝐶=1:2. Let 𝐸 be the
midpoint of 𝐵𝐷― and let 𝐹 be the point of intersection of line 𝐵𝐶 and line 𝐴𝐸.
Given that the area of △𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 360, what is the area of △𝐸𝐵𝐹?

(A) 24 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) 36 (E) 40.

AMC 8, 2018, Problem 4

The twelve-sided figure shown has been drawn on 1 cm×1 cm graph paper.
What is the area of the figure in cm2?
(A) 12 (B) 12.5 (C) 13 (D) 13.5 (E) 14.

AMC 8, 2018, Problem 9

Bob is tiling the floor of his 12 foot by 16 foot living room. He plans to place
one-foot by one-foot square tiles to form a border along the edges of the
room and to fill in the rest of the floor with two-foot by two-foot square tiles.
How many tiles will he use?

(A) 48 (B) 87 (C) 91 (D) 96 (E) 120.

AMC 8, 2018, Problem 15

In the diagram below, a diameter of each of the two smaller circles is a radius
of the larger circle. If the two smaller circles have a combined area of 1 square
unit, then what is the area of the shaded region, in square units?

(A) 14 (B) 13 (C) 12 (D) 1 (E) 𝜋2

AMC 8, 2018, Problem 20

In △𝐴𝐵𝐶, a point 𝐸 is on 𝐴𝐵― with 𝐴𝐸=1 and 𝐸𝐵=2. Point 𝐷 is on 𝐴𝐶― so

that 𝐷𝐸―∥𝐵𝐶― and point 𝐹 is on 𝐵𝐶― so that 𝐸𝐹―∥𝐴𝐶―. What is the ratio of
the area of 𝐶𝐷𝐸𝐹 to the area of △𝐴𝐵𝐶?
(A)49 (B) 12 (C)59 (D) 35 (E)23.

AMC 8, 2018, Problem 22

Point 𝐸 is the midpoint of side 𝐶𝐷― in square 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷, and 𝐵𝐸― meets
diagonal 𝐴𝐶― at 𝐹. The area of quadrilateral 𝐴𝐹𝐸𝐷 is 45. What is the area
of 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷?

(A) 100 (B) 108 (C) 120 (D) 135 (E) 144.

AMC 8, 2018, Problem 23

From a regular octagon, a triangle is formed by connecting three randomly
chosen vertices of the octagon. What is the probability that at least one of the
sides of the triangle is also a side of the octagon?

(A) 27 (B) 542 (C)1114 (D) 57 (E) 67.

AMC 8, 2018, Problem 24

In the cube 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸𝐹𝐺𝐻 with opposite vertices 𝐶 and 𝐸, 𝐽 and 𝐼 are the
midpoints of edges 𝐹𝐵― and 𝐻𝐷―, respectively. Let 𝑅 be the ratio of the area
of the cross-section 𝐸𝐽𝐶𝐼 to the area of one of the faces of the cube. What
is 𝑅2?

(A) 54 (B) 43 (C) 32 (D) 2516 (E) 94.

AMC 8, 2017, Problem 16

In the figure below, choose point 𝐷 on 𝐵𝐶― so that △𝐴𝐶𝐷 and △𝐴𝐵𝐷 have
equal perimeters. What is the area of △𝐴𝐵𝐷?

(A) 34 (B) 32 (C) 2 (D) 125 (E)52.

AMC 8, 2017, Problem 18

In the non-convex quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 shown below, ∠𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a right

angle, 𝐴𝐵=12, 𝐵𝐶=4, 𝐶𝐷=3, and 𝐴𝐷=13. What is the area of the
quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷?

(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) 26 (D) 30 (E) 36.

AMC 8, 2017, Problem 22

In the right triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐶=12, 𝐵𝐶=5, and angle 𝐶 is a right angle. A semicircle
is inscribed in the triangle as shown. What is the radius of the semicircle?
(A) 76 (B) 135 (C) 5918 (D) 103 (E) 6013.

AMC 8, 2017, Problem 25

In the figure shown, 𝑈𝑆― and 𝑈𝑇― are line segments each of length 2,
and 𝑚∠𝑇𝑈𝑆=60∘. Arcs 𝑇𝑅 and 𝑆𝑅 are each one-sixth of a circle with radius 2.
What is the area of the region shown?

(A) 33−𝜋 (B) 43−4𝜋3 (C) 23 (D) 43−2𝜋3 (E) 4+4𝜋3.

AMC 8, 2016, Problem 2

In rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷, 𝐴𝐵=6 and 𝐴𝐷=8. Point 𝑀 is the midpoint of 𝐴𝐷―. What is the
area of △𝐴𝑀𝐶?
(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 20 (E) 24.

AMC 8, 2016, Problem 22

Rectangle 𝐷𝐸𝐹𝐴 below is a 3×4 rectangle with 𝐷𝐶=𝐶𝐵=𝐵𝐴. What is the area of
the "bat wings" (shaded area)?

(A) 2 (B) 212 (C) 3 (D) 312 (E) 5.

AMC 8, 2016, Problem 23

Two congruent circles centered at points 𝐴 and 𝐵 each pass through the other
circle's center. The line containing both 𝐴 and 𝐵 is extended to intersect the
circles at points 𝐶 and 𝐷. The circles intersect at two points, one of which is 𝐸.
What is the degree measure of ∠𝐶𝐸𝐷?

(A) 90 (B) 105 (C) 120 (D) 135 (E) 150

AMC 8, 2016, Problem 25

A semicircle is inscribed in an isosceles triangle with base 16 and height 15 so

that the diameter of the semicircle is contained in the base of the triangle as
shown. What is the radius of the semicircle?

(A) 43 (B) 12017 (C) 10 (D) 1722

(E) 1732.

AMC 8, 2015, Problem 1

How many square yards of carpet are required to cover a rectangular floor
that is 12 feet long and 9 feet wide? (There are 3 feet in a yard.)

(A) 12 (B)36 (C) 108 (D) 324 (E) 972.

AMC 8, 2015, Problem 2

Point 𝑂 is the center of the regular octagon 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸𝐹𝐺𝐻, and 𝑋 is the midpoint
of the side 𝐴𝐵―. What fraction of the area of the octagon is shaded?
(A) 1132 (B) 38 (C) 1332 (D) 716 (E) 1532.

AMC 8, 2015, Problem 6

In △𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐵=𝐵𝐶=29, and 𝐴𝐶=42. What is the area of △𝐴𝐵𝐶?

(A)100 (B) 420 (C) 500 (D) 609 (E) 701.

AMC 8, 2015, Problem 8

What is the smallest whole number larger than the perimeter of any triangle
with a side of length 5 and a side of length 19?

(A) 24 (B) 29 (C) 43 (D) 48 (E) 57.

AMC 8, 2015, Problem 12

How many pairs of parallel edges, such as 𝐴𝐵― and 𝐺𝐻― or 𝐸𝐻― and 𝐹𝐺―,
does a cube have?
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 24 (E) 36.

AMC 8, 2015, Problem 19

A triangle with vertices as 𝐴=(1,3), 𝐵=(5,1), and 𝐶=(4,4) is plotted on a 6×5 grid.
What fraction of the grid is covered by the triangle?

(A) 16 (B)15 (C) 14 (D) 13 (E) 12

AMC 8, 2015, Problem 21

In the given figure hexagon 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸𝐹 is equiangular, 𝐴𝐵𝐽𝐼 and 𝐹𝐸𝐻𝐺 are squares
with areas 18 and 32 respectively, △𝐽𝐵𝐾 is equilateral and 𝐹𝐸=𝐵𝐶. What is the
area of △𝐾𝐵𝐶?
(A) 62 (B)9 (C) 12 (D) 92 (E) 32.

AMC 8, 2015, Problem 25

One-inch squares are cut from the corners of this 5 inch square. What is the
area in square inches of the largest square that can fit into the remaining
space?

(A) 9 (B) 1212 (C) 15 (D)1512 (E)17

AMC 8, 2014, Problem 9

In △𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐷 is a point on side 𝐴𝐶― such that 𝐵𝐷=𝐷𝐶 and ∠𝐵𝐶𝐷 measures 70∘.
What is the degree measure of ∠𝐴𝐷𝐵?
(A) 100 (B)120 (C) 135 (D) 140 (E) 150.

AMC 8, 2014, Problem 14

Rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 and right triangle 𝐷𝐶𝐸 have the same area. They are joined to
form a trapezoid, as shown. What is 𝐷𝐸?

(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16.

AMC 8, 2014, Problem 15

The circumference of the circle with center 𝑂 is divided into 12 equal arcs,
marked the letters 𝐴 through 𝐿 as seen below. What is the number of degrees
in the sum of the angles 𝑥 and 𝑦?
(A) 75 (B) 80 (C) 90 (D) 120 (E) 150.

AMC 8, 2014, Problem 19

A cube with 3-inch edges is to be constructed from 27 smaller cubes with 1-

inch edges. Twenty-one of the cubes are colored red and 6 are colored white.
If the 3-inch cube is constructed to have the smallest possible white surface
area showing, what fraction of the surface area is white?

(A) 554 (B) 19 (C) 527 (D)29

(E) 13

AMC 8, 2014, Problem 20

Rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 has sides 𝐶𝐷=3 and 𝐷𝐴=5. A circle with a radius of 1 is
centered at 𝐴, a circle with a radius of 2 is centered at 𝐵, and a circle with a
radius of 3 is centered at 𝐶. Which of the following is closest to the area of the
region inside the rectangle but outside all three circles?
(A) 3.5 (B) 4.0 (C) 4.5 (D) 5.0 (E) 5.5.

AMC 8, 2013, Problem 18

Isabella uses one-foot cubical blocks to build a rectangular fort that is 12 feet
long, 10 feet wide, and 5 feet high. The floor and the four walls are all one foot
thick. How many blocks does the fort contain?

(A)204 (B) 280 (C) 320 (D) 340 (E) 600.

AMC 8, 2013, Problem 20

A 1×2 rectangle is inscribed in a semicircle with longer side on the diameter.

What is the area of the semicircle?

(A)𝜋2 (B) 2𝜋3 (C)𝜋 (D)4𝜋3 (E)5𝜋3.

AMC 8, 2013, Problem 21

Samantha lives 2 blocks west and 1 block south of the southwest corner of
City Park. Her school is 2 blocks east and 2 blocks north of the northeast
corner of City Park. On school days she bikes on streets to the southwest
corner of City Park, then takes a diagonal path through the park to the
northeast corner, and then bikes on streets to school. If her route is as short as
possible, how many different routes can she take?

(A)3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12 (E) 18.

AMC 8, 2013, Problem 23

Angle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 of △𝐴𝐵𝐶 is a right angle. The sides of △𝐴𝐵𝐶 are the diameters of
semicircles as shown. The area of the semicircle on 𝐴𝐵― equals 8𝜋, and the
arc of the semicircle on 𝐴𝐶― has length 8.5𝜋. What is the radius of the
semicircle on 𝐵𝐶―?

(A)7 (B)7.5 (C)8 (D)8.5 (E)9

AMC 8, 2013, Problem 24

Squares 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷, 𝐸𝐹𝐺𝐻, and 𝐺𝐻𝐼𝐽 are equal in area. Points 𝐶 and 𝐷 are the
midpoints of sides 𝐼𝐻 and 𝐻𝐸, respectively. What is the ratio of the area of the
shaded pentagon 𝐴𝐽𝐼𝐶𝐵 to the sum of the areas of the three squares?
(A)14 (B)724 (C)13 (D)38 (E)512.

AMC 8, 2013, Problem 25

A ball with diameter 4 inches starts at point A to roll along the track shown.
The track is comprised of 3 semicircular arcs whose radii
are 𝑅1=100 inches, 𝑅2=60 inches, and 𝑅3=80 inches, respectively. The ball
always remains in contact with the track and does not slip. What is the
distance the center of the ball travels over the course from 𝐴 to 𝐵?

(A)238𝜋 (B)240𝜋 (C)260𝜋 (D)280𝜋 (E)500𝜋.

AMC 8, 2012, Problem 5

In the diagram, all angles are right angles and the lengths of the sides are
given in centimeters. Note the diagram is not drawn to scale. What is the
length in 𝑋, in centimeters?
(A)1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5.

AMC 8, 2012, Problem 6

A rectangular photograph is placed in a frame that forms a border two inches

wide on all sides of the photograph. The photograph measures 8 inches high
and 10 inches wide. What is the area of the border, in square inches?

(A) 36 (B) 40 (C) 64 (D) 72 (E) 88

AMC 8, 2012, Problem 17

A square with integer side length is cut into 10 squares, all of which have
integer side length and at least 8 of which have area 1. What is the smallest
possible value of the length of the side of the original square?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

AMC 8, 2012, Problem 21

Marla has a large white cube that has an edge of 10 feet. She also has enough
green paint to cover 300 square feet. Marla uses all the paint to create a white
square centered on each face, surrounded by a green border. What is the
area of one of the white squares, in square feet?

(A) 52 (B) 10 (C) 102 (D) 50 (E) 502.

AMC 8, 2012, Problem 23

An equilateral triangle and a regular hexagon have equal perimeters. If the
area of the triangle is 4, what is the area of the hexagon?

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 43 (E) 63.

AMC 8, 2012, Problem 24

A circle of radius 2 is cut into four congruent arcs. The four arcs are joined to
form the star figure shown. What is the ratio of the area of the star figure to
the area of the original circle?

(A) 4−𝜋𝜋 (B) 1𝜋 (C) 2𝜋 (D) 𝜋−1𝜋 (E) 3𝜋

AMC 8, 2009, Problem 7

The triangular plot of 𝐴𝐶𝐷 lies between Aspen Road, Brown Road and a
railroad. Main Street runs east and west, and the railroad runs north and
south. The numbers in the diagram indicate distances in miles. The width of
the railroad track can be ignored. How many square miles are in the plot of
land 𝐴𝐶𝐷?
(A)2 (B) 3 (C) 4.5 (D) 6 (E) 9.

AMC 8, 2009, Problem 9

Construct a square on one side of an equilateral triangle. On one non-

adjacent side of the square, construct a regular pentagon, as shown. On a
non-adjacent side of the pentagon, construct a hexagon. Continue to
construct regular polygons in the same way, until you construct an octagon.
How many sides does the resulting polygon have?
(A)21 (B)23 (C)25 (D)27 (E)29.

AMC 8, 2009, Problem 18

The diagram represents a 7-foot-by-7-foot floor that is tiled with 1-square-

foot black tiles and white tiles. Notice that the corners have white tiles. If a 15-
foot-by-15-foot floor is to be tiled in the same manner, how many white tiles
will be needed?

(A) 49 (B) 57 (C) 64 (D) 96 (E) 126.

AMC 8, 2009, Problem 20

How many non-congruent triangles have vertices at three of the eight points
in the array shown below?
(A)5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9.

AMC 8, 2009, Problem 25

A one-cubic-foot cube is cut into four pieces by three cuts parallel to the top
face of the cube. The first cut is 1/2 foot from the top face. The second cut
is 1/3 foot below the first cut, and the third cut is 1/17 foot below the second
cut. From the top to the bottom the pieces are labeled 𝐴,𝐵,𝐶, and 𝐷. The pieces
are then glued together end to end as shown in the second diagram. What is
the total surface area of this solid in square feet?
(A)6 (B)7 (C)41951 (D)15817 (E)11.

AMC 8, 2008, Problem 16

A shape is created by joining seven unit cubes, as shown. What is the ratio of
the volume in cubic units to the surface area in square units?

(A) 1:6 (B) 7:36 (C) 1:5 (D) 7:30 (E) 6:25.

AMC 8, 2008, Problem 18

Two circles that share the same center have radii 10 meters and 20 meters. An
aardvark runs along the path shown, starting at 𝐴 and ending at 𝐾. How many
meters does the aardvark run?

(A) 10𝜋+201 (B) 10𝜋+30 (C) 10𝜋+40 (D) 20𝜋+20 (E) 20 𝑝𝑖+40.

AMC 8, 2008, Problem 21

Jerry cuts a wedge from a 6-cm cylinder of bologna as shown by the dashed
curve. Which answer choice is closest to the volume of his wedge in cubic
centimeters?
(A) 48 (B) 75 (C) 151 (D) 192 (E) 603.

AMC 8, 2008, Problem 23

In square 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐸,𝐴𝐹=2𝐹𝐸 and 𝐶𝐷=2𝐷𝐸. What is the ratio of the area of △𝐵𝐹𝐷 to
the area of square 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐸?

(A) 16 (B) 29 (C) 518 (D) 13

(E) 720.

AMC 8, 2008, Problem 25

Margie's winning art design is shown. The smallest circle has radius 2 inches,
with each successive circle's radius increasing by 2 inches. Which of the
following is closest to the percent of the design that is black?
(A) 41.7 (B) 44 (C) 45 (D) 46 (E) 48.

AMC 8, 2007, Problem 8

In trapezoid 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷, 𝐴𝐷 is perpendicular to 𝐷𝐶, 𝐴𝐷 = 𝐴𝐵 = 3, and 𝐷𝐶 = 6. In

addition, 𝐸 is on 𝐷𝐶, and 𝐵𝐸 is parallel to 𝐴𝐷. Find the area of △𝐵𝐸𝐶.

(A) 3 (B) 4.5 (C) 6 (D) 9 (E) 18

AMC 8, 2007, Problem 12

A unit hexagram is composed of a regular hexagon of side length 1 and

its 6 equilateral triangular extensions, as shown in the diagram. What is the
ratio of the area of the extensions to the area of the original hexagon?
(A) 1:1 (B) 6:5 (C) 3:2 (D) 2:1 (E) 3:1

AMC 8, 2007, Problem 14

The base of isosceles △𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 24 and its area is 60. What is the length of one
of the congruent sides?

(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 18

AMC 8, 2007, Problem 23

What is the area of the shaded pinwheel shown in the 5×5 grid?

(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12

AMC 8, 2006, Problem 5

Points 𝐴,𝐵,𝐶 and 𝐷 are midpoints of the sides of the larger square. If the larger
square has area 60, what is the area of the smaller square?

(A) 15 (B)20 (C) 24 (D) 30 (E) 40

AMC 8, 2006, Problem 6

The letter 𝑇 is formed by placing two 2×4 inch rectangles next to each other,
as shown. What is the perimeter of the 𝑇, in inches?

(A) 12 (B) 16 (C) 20 (D) 22 (E) 24

AMC 8, 2006, Problem 7

Circle 𝑋 has a radius of 𝜋. Circle 𝑌 has a circumference of 8𝜋. Circle 𝑍 has an

area of 9𝜋. List the circles in order from smallest to largest radius.
(A) 𝑋,𝑌,𝑍 (B) 𝑍,𝑋,𝑌 (C) 𝑌,𝑋,𝑍 (D) 𝑍,𝑌,𝑋 (E) 𝑋,𝑍,𝑌

AMC 8, 2006, Problem 18

A cube with 3-inch edges is made using 27 cubes with 1-inch edges. Nineteen
of the smaller cubes are white and eight are black. If the eight black cubes
are placed at the corners of the larger cube, what fraction of the surface area
of the larger cube is white?

(A) 19 (B) 14 (C)49 (D)59 (E)1927

AMC 8, 2006, Problem 19

Triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is an isosceles triangle with 𝐴𝐵―=𝐵𝐶―. Point 𝐷 is the midpoint of

both 𝐵𝐶― and 𝐴𝐸―, and 𝐶𝐸― is 11 units long. Triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐷 is congruent to
triangle 𝐸𝐶𝐷. What is the length of 𝐵𝐷―?

(A) 4 (B) 4.5 (C) 5 (D) 5.5 (E) 6

AMC 8, 2005, Problem 3

What is the minimum number of small squares that must be colored black so
that a line of symmetry lies on the diagonal 𝐵𝐷― of square 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷?
(A)1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

AMC 8, 2005, Problem 9

In quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷, sides 𝐴𝐵― and 𝐵𝐶― both have

length 10, sides 𝐶𝐷― and 𝐷𝐴― both have length 17, and the measure of
angle 𝐴𝐷𝐶 is 60∘. What is the length of diagonal 𝐴𝐶―?

(A) 13.5 (B) 14 (C) 15.5 (D) 17 (E) 18.5

AMC 8, 2005, Problem 13

The area of polygon 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸𝐹 is 52 with 𝐴𝐵=8,𝐵𝐶=9 and 𝐹𝐴=5. What is 𝐷𝐸+𝐸𝐹?
(A) 47 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 11

AMC 8, 2005, Problem 19

What is the perimeter of trapezoid 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷?

(A) 180 (B) 188 (C) 196 (D) 200 (E) 204

AMC 8, 2005, Problem 23

Isosceles right triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 encloses a semicircle of area 2𝜋. The circle has its
center 𝑂 on hypotenuse 𝐴𝐵― and is tangent to sides 𝐴𝐶― and 𝐵𝐶―. What is
the area of triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 ?
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 3𝜋 (D) 10 (E) 4𝜋

AMC 8, 2005, Problem 25

A square with side length 2 and a circle share the same center. The total area
of the regions that are inside the circle and outside the square is equal to the
total area of the regions that are outside the circle and inside the square.
What is the radius of the circle?

(A) 2𝜋 (B) 1+22 (C) 32

(D) 3 (E) 𝜋

AMC 8, 2004, Problem 14

What is the area enclosed by the geoboard quadrilateral below?

(A) 15 (B) 1812 (C) 2212 (D) 27 (E) 41.

AMC 8, 2004, Problem 24

In the figure, 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a rectangle and 𝐸𝐹𝐺𝐻 is a parallelogram. Using the

measurements given in the figure, what is the length 𝑑 of the segment that is
perpendicular to 𝐻𝐸― and 𝐹𝐺― ?

(A) 6.8 (B) 7.1 (C) 7.6 (D) 7.8 (E) 8.1

AMC 8, 2004, Problem 25

Two 4×4 squares intersect at right angles, bisecting their intersecting sides, as
shown. The circle's diameter is the segment between the two points of
intersection. What is the area of the shaded region created by removing the
circle from the squares?

(A) 16−4𝜋 (B) 16−2𝜋 (C) 28−4𝜋 (D) 28−2𝜋 (E) 32−2𝜋

AMC 8, 2003, Problem 6

Given the areas of the three squares in the figure, what is the area of the
interior triangle?

(A) 13 (B) 30 (C) 60 (D) 300 (E) 1800

AMC 8, 2003, Problem 8

Bake Sale
Four friends, Art, Roger, Paul and Trisha, bake cookies, and all cookies have the
same thickness. The shapes of the cookies differ, as shown.

Art's cookies are trapezoids.

Roger's cookies are rectangles.

Paul's cookies are parallelograms.

Trisha's cookies are triangles.

Each friend uses the same amount of dough, and Art makes
exactly 12 cookies. Who gets the fewest cookies from one batch of cookie
dough?

(A) Art (B) Roger (C) Paul (D) Trisha (E) There is a tie for fewest.

AMC 8, 2003, Problem 21

The area of trapezoid 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is 164 cm2. The altitude

is 8 cm,𝐴𝐵 is 10 cm, and 𝐶𝐷 is 17 cm. What is 𝐵𝐶, in centimeters?

(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15 (E) 20

AMC 8, 2003, Problem 22

The following figures are composed of squares and circles. Which figure has a
shaded region with largest area?

(A) A only (B) B (C) C only (D) both A and B (E) all are equal

AMC 8, 2003, Problem 25

In the figure, the area of square 𝑊𝑋𝑌𝑍 is 25 cm2. The four smaller squares
have sides 1 cm long, either parallel to or coinciding with the sides of the large
square. In △𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐵=𝐴𝐶, and when △𝐴𝐵𝐶 is folded over side 𝐵𝐶―,
point 𝐴 coincides with 𝑂, the center of square 𝑊𝑋𝑌𝑍. What is the area of △𝐴𝐵𝐶,
in square centimeters?

(A) 154 (B) 214 (C) 274 (D) 212

(E) 272

AMC 8, 2002, Problem 20

The area of triangle 𝑋𝑌𝑍 is 8 square inches. Points 𝐴 and 𝐵 are midpoints of
congruent segments 𝑋𝑌― and 𝑋𝑍―. Altitude 𝑋𝐶― bisects 𝑌𝑍―. The area (in
square inches) of the shaded region is

(A) 112 (B) 2 (C) 212 (D) 3 (E) 312

AMC 8, 2001, Problem 11

Points 𝐴,𝐵,𝐶 and 𝐷 have these coordinates: 𝐴(3,2),𝐵(3,−2),𝐶(−3,−2) and 𝐷(−3,0).

The area of quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is

(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 18
(D) 21
(E) 24

AMC 8, 2001, Problem 16

A square piece of paper, 4 inches on a side, is folded in half vertically. Both
layers are then cut in half parallel to the fold. Three new rectangles are
formed, a large one and two small ones. What is the ratio of the perimeter of
one of the small rectangles to the perimeter of the large rectangle?

(A) 13 (B) 12 (C) 34 (D) 45

(E) 56.

AMC 8, 2000, Problem 6

Figure 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a square. Inside this square three smaller squares are drawn
with the side lengths as labeled. The area of the shaded 𝐿 -shaped region is
(A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 12.5 (D) 14 (E) 15.

AMC 8, 2000, Problem 13

In triangle 𝐶𝐴𝑇, we
have ∠𝐴𝐶𝑇=∠𝐴𝑇𝐶 and ∠𝐶𝐴𝑇=36∘. If 𝑇𝑅― bisects ∠𝐴𝑇𝐶 then ∠𝐶𝑅𝑇=

(A) 36∘ (B) 54∘ (C) 72∘ (D) 90∘

(E) 108∘.

AMC 8, 2000, Problem 15

Triangles 𝐴𝐵𝐶,𝐴𝐷𝐸, and 𝐸𝐹𝐺 are all equilateral. Points 𝐷 and 𝐺 are midpoints
of 𝐴𝐶― and 𝐴𝐸―, respectively. If 𝐴𝐵=4, what is the perimeter of
figure 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸𝐹𝐺?
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 18 (E) 21.

AMC 8, 2000, Problem 19

Three circular arcs of radius 5 units bound the region shown.

Arcs 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐴𝐷 are quarter circles, and arc 𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a semicircle. What is the
area, in square units, of the region?

(A) 25 (B) 10+5𝜋 (C) 50 (D) 50+5𝜋 (E) 25𝜋.

AMC 8, 2000, Problem 22

A cube has edge length 2 . Suppose that we glue a cube of edge length 1 on
top of the big cube so that one of its faces rests entirely on the top face of the
larger cube. The percent increase in the surface area (sides, top, and bottom)
from the original cube to the new solid formed is closest to
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 17 (D) 21 (E) 25.

AMC 8, 2000, Problem 24

If ∠𝐴=20∘ and ∠𝐴𝐹𝐺=∠𝐴𝐺𝐹, then ∠𝐵+∠𝐷=

(A) 48∘ (B) 60∘ (C) 72∘ (D) 80∘ (E) 90∘.

AMC 8, 2000, Problem 25

The area of rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is 72 . If point 𝐴 and the midpoints

of 𝐵𝐶― and 𝐶𝐷― are joined to form a triangle, the area of that triangle is
(A) 21 (B) 27 (C) 30 (D) 36 (E) 40.

AMC 8, 1999, Problem 5

A rectangular garden 60 feet long and 20 feet wide is enclosed by a fence. To

make the garden larger, while using the same fence, its shape is changed to
a square. By how many square feet does this enlarge the garden?

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

AMC 8, 1999, Problem 14

In trapezoid 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷, the sides 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐶𝐷 are equal. The perimeter of 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is

(A) 27 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) 34 (E) 48

AMC 8, 1999, Problem 21

The degree measure of angle 𝐴 is

(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 35 (D) 40 (E) 45.

AMC 8, 1999, Problem 23

Square 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 has sides of length 3. Segments 𝐶𝑀 and 𝐶𝑁 divide the square's
area into three equal parts. How long is segment 𝐶𝑀?

(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15.

AMC 8, 1999, Problem 25

Points 𝐵,𝐷, and 𝐽 are midpoints of the sides of right triangle 𝐴𝐶𝐺. Points 𝐾,𝐸,𝐼 are
midpoints of the sides of triangle 𝐽𝐷𝐺, etc. If the dividing and shading process
is done 100 times (the first three are shown) and 𝐴𝐶=𝐶𝐺=6, then the total area
of the shaded triangles is nearest

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10.