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1. In the figure shown, the ratio of BD to DC 1. sq cm
is 4 to 3. The area of ~ABD is 24 square
centimeters. What is the area of L:,ADC?
B D C
2. The lattice shown is continued for 9 rows. What will be the 2.
third number in the 9th row?
Row l: 1 2 3 4 5
Row 2: 6 7 8 9 10
Row 3: 11 12 13 14 15
Row 4: 16 17 18 19 20
3. Simone has placed 18 dimes in a row on a table. Always starting 3. cents
from the left, first she exchanges each third coin for a quarter:
then she exchanges each second coin for a nickel; and finally,
she exchanges each ninth coin for a penny. In cents, how much
money does Simone have after the final exchange?
4. The value of the numerator of a particular fraction is one-half 4.
the value of its denominator. If the numerator is increased by
2 and the denominator is decreased bv 2. the, alue of the
resulting fraction is±. \\.hat is the denominator of the original
fraction·:
5. Mario is constructing a square dart board. It will inches
5.
consist of a smaller square centered in a larger
square. The smaller square measures 4 inches on
each side. The ratio of the area of the smaller
square to the area of the entire dart board is ¾.
How long is the side of the larger square?
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6. Friendly Tilers charges $75 per delivery and $43 for each hour 6. hours
worked. Tiles-R-Us charges $60 per -~~-~-us
delivery and Si45 for each hour worked. ,..♦-4. \ ~-
Assuming one delivery, what is the ;}
greatest whole number of hours for which ~<,;
Tiles-R-Us is the cheaper option?
7. A set of 11 distinct positive integers has a mean of 8 and a range 7.
less than 12. What is the largest possible integer that could be a
member of the set?
8. Base prime representation of a natural number is defined using 8.
the exponents of its prime factorization as follows. Each place
in a base prime represents a prime number, and it is occupied by
the corresponding exponent of that prime, starting on the right
side with the smallest prime number and proceeding to the left
with the next largest prime number. For instance, since
84 = 7 1 x 5° x 3 1 x 22,then 84 would be written as 1012 in base
prime. What is 225 written in base prime?
9. Billy is hiking in Colorado. lie walks 9. miles
- eastward four miles. then turns 60 degrees
northward and\\ alks six miles. HLm far is he
from his starting point? Express your ans\\ er in
simplest radical form.
10. What is the probability of rolling six 10.
standard, six-sided dice and getting six
distinct numbers? Express your answer as
a common fraction.
11. The product of three consecutive, odd positive integers is seven 11. --------
times their sum. What is the sum of the three integers?
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12. What is the remainder when 72010 is divided by 100? 12. _______ _
13. A bag contains 3 balls labeled 2, 4 and 8. A ball is to be picked, 13. ______ _
the value on the label is to be recorded and then the ball is to
be returned to the bag. This will be done three times and then
the values will be added together. What is the sum of all of the
possible distinct sums?
14. What is the volume, in cubic centimeters, of a right rectangular 14. -------- cu cm
prism with all integer edge lengths, and faces having areas of
30, 180 and 24 square centimeters?
15. What is the largest value of x such that 100! is divisible by 2'? 15. ------~
16. How many positive, three-digit integers contain at least 16. ______ in_t~eg...,_
1 e_rs
one 3 as a digit but do not contain a 5 as a digit?
17. In order, the first four terms of a sequence arc 2, 6, 12 and 72, 17. ------~
where each term, beginning with the third term, is the product
of the two preceding terms. If the ninth term is 2"3", what is the
value of a+ b?
18. Two cross sections of a right hexagonal pyramid are obtained 18. -------- feet
by cutting the pyramid with planes parallel to the hexagonal
base. The areas of the cross sections are 216f3 square feet and
486f3 square feet. The two planes are 8 feet apart. How far
from the apex of the pyramid is the larger cross section?
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19. Four dimes and four pennies are randomly placed in a row. 19. --------
What is the probability that the first and eighth coins are both
dimes? Express your answer as a common fraction.
20. If n is an integer, such that 2 :S n '.S2010, for how many values 20. --------
values
½
of n is ( 1 + )(1 + ½)...( 1 + ~ ) equal to a positive integer?
21. If the diameter of a right cylindrical can with circular 21. %
bases is increased by 25%, by what percent should the
height be increased in order to double the volume of the
original can?
22. Side AB of regular hexagon ABCDEF is extended past B 22. --------
units
to point X such that AX= 3AB. Given that each side of the
hexagon is 2 units long, what is the length of segment FX?
Express your answer in simplest radical form.
23. Charlize accidentally omitted two consecutive integers when 23. --------
adding the elements of the arithmetic sequence, { 1, 2, 3, ... ,
n}. If the sum she obtained is 241, what is the smallest possible
value of n?
24. An audience of 450 people is seated in an auditorium. Each 24. --------
rows
row contains the same number of seats and each scat in the
auditorium is occupied. With three fewer seats per row, and
five extra rows, the same audience could still be seated,
occupying all seats. How many rows does the auditorium have?
25. The sides of triangle CAB are in the ratio of 2:3:4. Segment 25. inches
BD is the angle bisector drawn to the shortest side, dividing it
into segments AD and DC. What is the length, in inches, of the
longer subsegment of side AC if the length of side AC is
10 inches? Express your answer as a common fraction.
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26. Four standard, six-sided dice are to be rolled. If the product 26. --------
of their values turns out to be an even number, what is the
probability their sum is odd? Express your answer as a
common fraction.
27. Annie, Ben and Claire are training for MATHCOUNTS. 27. ----~---
problems
On January I st, they each started to solve a large packet of
problems that their coach gave them. Each of them worked at a
constant rate. Annie solved six problems each day and finished
four days after Ben did. Claire solved three more problems
each day than Ben did and finished two days before he did.
How many problems were in the packet their coach gave them?
28. Mady has an infinite number of balls and empty boxes 28. --------
balls
available to her. The empty boxes, each capable of holding four
balls, arc arranged in a row from left to right. At the first step,
she places a ball in the first box of the row. At each subsequent
step, she places a ball in the first box of the row that still has
room for a ball and empties any previous boxes. How many
balls in total are in the boxes as a result of Mady's 2010th step?
29. A sphere is inscribed in a right cone 12 29. --------
with base radius 12 cm and height
24 cm, as shown. The radius of the
sphere can be expressed as
24
a✓c a cm. What is the value of
-
a+ c?
30. If x and y are positive real numbers for which 30. --------
(x + y)2 + (x - y) 2 = IO and (x + y) 4 + (x - y) 4 = 98, what is the
value of xy? Express your answer in simplest radical form.
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