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AMC 10 2013A: all 25 problems

Each problem has a solution worked from first principles and the first grade (by CCSS standards) that can solve it.

  1. AMC 10 2013A #1 grade 5+ arithmetic

    A taxi ride costs $1.50 plus $0.25 per mile traveled. How much does a 5-mile taxi ride cost?

  2. AMC 10 2013A #2 grade 5+ arithmetic

    Alice is making a batch of cookies and needs 21/2 cups of sugar. Unfortunately, her measuring cup holds only 1/4 cup of…

  3. AMC 10 2013A #3 grade 6+ geometry-2d

    Square ABCD has side length 10. Point E is on BC, and the area of bigtriangleup ABE is 40. What is BE?

  4. AMC 10 2013A #4 grade 4+ logic, counting

    A softball team played ten games, scoring 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 runs. They lost by one run in exactly five g…

  5. AMC 10 2013A #5 grade 4+ arithmetic

    Tom, Dorothy, and Sammy went on a vacation and agreed to split the costs evenly. During their trip Tom paid $105, Doroth…

  6. AMC 10 2013A #6 grade 1+ arithmetic

    Joey and his five brothers are ages 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13. One afternoon two of his brothers whose ages sum to 16 went…

  7. AMC 10 2013A #7 grade 7+ counting

    A student must choose a program of four courses from a menu of courses consisting of English, Algebra, Geometry, History…

  8. AMC 10 2013A #8 grade 8+ algebra

    What is the value of (2²⁰¹⁴+2²⁰¹²)/(2²⁰¹⁴-2²⁰¹²) ?

  9. AMC 10 2013A #9 grade 6+ arithmetic

    In a recent basketball game, Shenille attempted only three-point shots and two-point shots. She was successful on 20% of…

  10. AMC 10 2013A #10 grade 6+ rate-ratio

    A flower bouquet contains pink roses, red roses, pink carnations, and red carnations. One third of the pink flowers are…

  11. AMC 10 2013A #11 grade 7+ counting

    A student council must select a two-person welcoming committee and a three-person planning committee from among its memb…

  12. AMC 10 2013A #12 grade 8+ geometry-2d

    In △ ABC, AB=AC=28 and BC=20. Points D,E, and F are on sides AB, BC, and AC, respectively, such that DE and EF are paral…

  13. AMC 10 2013A #13 grade 6+ number-theory

    How many three-digit numbers are not divisible by 5, have digits that sum to less than 20, and have the first digit equa…

  14. AMC 10 2013A #14 grade 3+ geometry-3d

    A solid cube of side length 1 is removed from each corner of a solid cube of side length 3. How many edges does the rema…

  15. AMC 10 2013A #15 grade 7+ geometry-2d

    Two sides of a triangle have lengths 10 and 15. The length of the altitude to the third side is the average of the lengt…

  16. AMC 10 2013A #16 grade 8+ geometry-2d

    A triangle with vertices (6, 5), (8, -3), and (9, 1) is reflected about the line x=8 to create a second triangle. What i…

  17. AMC 10 2013A #17 grade 6+ number-theory

    Daphne is visited periodically by her three best friends: Alice, Beatrix, and Claire. Alice visits every third day, Beat…

  18. AMC 10 2013A #18 grade 8+ geometry-2d

    Let points A = (0, 0), B = (1, 2), C=(3, 3), and D = (4, 0). Quadrilateral ABCD is cut into equal area pieces by a line…

  19. AMC 10 2013A #19 grade 6+ number-theory

    In base 10, the number 2013 ends in the digit 3. In base 9, on the other hand, the same number is written as (2676)₉ and…

  20. AMC 10 2013A #20 grade 8+ geometry-2d

    A unit square is rotated 45° about its center. What is the area of the region swept out by the interior of the square?

  21. AMC 10 2013A #21 grade 6+ number-theory

    A group of 12 pirates agree to divide a treasure chest of gold coins among themselves as follows. The k^th pirate to tak…

  22. AMC 10 2013A #22 grade 8+ geometry-3d

    Six spheres of radius 1 are positioned so that their centers are at the vertices of a regular hexagon of side length 2.…

  23. AMC 10 2013A #23 grade 7+ geometry-2d

    In △ ABC, AB = 86, and AC=97. A circle with center A and radius AB intersects BC at points B and X. Moreover BX and CX h…

  24. AMC 10 2013A #24 grade 8+ counting

    Central High School is competing against Northern High School in a backgammon match. Each school has three players, and…

  25. AMC 10 2013A #25 grade 8+ counting

    All 20 diagonals are drawn in a regular octagon. At how many distinct points in the interior of the octagon (not on the…

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