WASHINGTON STATE MATHEMATICS COUNCIL
1999 MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH OLYMPIAD
EIGHTH GRADE NUMBER SENSE
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1. Satwal bought a CD, a game, and a backpack. The CD cost $8 more than a game. The backpack cost 3 times as much as the cost of the CD and game combined. All together, the three (without tax) cost $84. How much did the CD cost?

 

 

 

2. If your electricity bill this month is $99.64, which is a 17.5% increase over last month's bill, what was last month's electricity bill?

 

 

 

3. is what fraction of ?

 

 

 

4. How many numbers between 400 and 2,500 have exactly 3 factors each?

 

 

 

5. Which number below has the least value?

(a) (b) (c) (d)