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AMC 12 2020A: 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 12 2020A #1 grade 6+ arithmetic

    Carlos took 70% of a whole pie. Maria took one third of the remainder. What portion of the whole pie was left?

  2. AMC 12 2020A #2 grade 8+ geometry-2d

    The acronym AMC is shown in the rectangular grid below with grid lines spaced 1 unit apart. In units, what is the sum of…

  3. AMC 12 2020A #3 grade 6+ rate-ratio

    A driver travels for 2 hours at 60 miles per hour, during which her car gets 30 miles per gallon of gasoline. She is pai…

  4. AMC 12 2020A #4 grade 4+ number-theory

    How many 4-digit positive integers (that is, integers between 1000 and 9999, inclusive) having only even digits are divi…

  5. AMC 12 2020A #5 grade 6+ arithmetic

    The 25 integers from -10 to 14, inclusive, can be arranged to form a 5-by-5 square in which the sum of the numbers in ea…

  6. AMC 12 2020A #6 grade 5+ geometry-2d

    In the plane figure shown below, 3 of the unit squares have been shaded. What is the least number of additional unit squ…

  7. AMC 12 2020A #7 grade 8+ geometry-3d

    Seven cubes, whose volumes are 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, 216, and 343 cubic units, are stacked vertically to form a tower in wh…

  8. AMC 12 2020A #8 grade 6+ arithmetic

    What is the median of the following list of 4040 numbers? 1, 2, 3, …, 2020, 1², 2², 3², …, 2020²

  9. AMC 12 2020A #9 grade 11+ algebra

    How many solutions does the equation tan(2x)=cos(x/2) have on the interval [0,2π]?

  10. AMC 12 2020A #10 grade 11+ algebra

    There is a unique positive integer n such thatlog₂(log₁₆n) = log₄(log₄n).What is the sum of the digits of n?

  11. AMC 12 2020A #11 grade 7+ probability

    A frog sitting at the point (1, 2) begins a sequence of jumps, where each jump is parallel to one of the coordinate axes…

  12. AMC 12 2020A #12 grade 10+ geometry-2d

    Line l in the coordinate plane has equation 3x-5y+40=0. This line is rotated 45° counterclockwise about the point (20,20…

  13. AMC 12 2020A #13 grade 11+ algebra

    There are integers a, b, and c, each greater than 1, such that ^a√(N^b√(N^c√N)) = ³⁶√N²⁵ for all N ≠ 1. What is b?

  14. AMC 12 2020A #14 grade 10+ geometry-2d

    Regular octagon ABCDEFGH has area n. Let m be the area of quadrilateral ACEG. What is m/n?

  15. AMC 12 2020A #15 grade 11+ algebra

    In the complex plane, let A be the set of solutions to z³-8=0 and let B be the set of solutions to z³-8z²-8z+64=0. What…

  16. AMC 12 2020A #16 grade 8+ geometry-2d

    A point is chosen at random within the square in the coordinate plane whose vertices are (0, 0), (2020, 0), (2020, 2020)…

  17. AMC 12 2020A #17 grade 11+ geometry-2d

    The vertices of a quadrilateral lie on the graph of y=lnx, and the x-coordinates of these vertices are consecutive posit…

  18. AMC 12 2020A #18 grade 8+ geometry-2d

    Quadrilateral ABCD satisfies ∠ ABC = ∠ ACD = 90°, AC=20, and CD=30. Diagonals AC and BD intersect at point E, and AE=5.…

  19. AMC 12 2020A #19 grade 8+ number-theory

    There exists a unique strictly increasing sequence of nonnegative integers a₁ < a₂ < … < a_k such that(2²⁸⁹+1)/(2¹⁷+1) =…

  20. AMC 12 2020A #20 grade 8+ geometry-2d

    Let T be the triangle in the coordinate plane with vertices (0,0), (4,0), and (0,3). Consider the following five isometr…

  21. AMC 12 2020A #21 grade 8+ number-theory

    How many positive integers n are there such that n is a multiple of 5, and the least common multiple of 5! and n equals…

  22. AMC 12 2020A #22 grade 11+ algebra

    Let (a_n) and (b_n) be the sequences of real numbers such that (2 + i)ⁿ = a_n + b_ni for all integers n≥ 0, where i = √(…

  23. AMC 12 2020A #23 grade 7+ probability

    Jason rolls three fair standard six-sided dice. Then he looks at the rolls and chooses a subset of the dice (possibly em…

  24. AMC 12 2020A #24 grade 8+ geometry-2d

    Suppose that △ABC is an equilateral triangle of side length s, with the property that there is a unique point P inside t…

  25. AMC 12 2020A #25 grade 9+ algebra

    The number a=p/q, where p and q are relatively prime positive integers, has the property that the sum of all real number…

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