AMC 8 competition

This thread is dedicated to discussion of the AMC 8 (American Mathematics Competition.) The following is a brief "laydown" of the competition

• 25 multiple choice question of varying difficulty
  
• 40 minutes to solve each question
  
• Perfect scores attain national distinction and attention of personal math coaches
  
• 5th to 8th graders are allowed to participate
  
• Target: Algebra I and above will most likely score above 20 in the test
  
• Scores of above 20 are allowed to proceed to the AMC 10 competition

Further information can be found here: http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e4-amc08/amc8.shtml

I will now leave the thread open for questions and comments about this examination.