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MATHCOUNTS
1996-97
I National Competition I

Sprint Round
Problems 1--30

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9 This round of the competition consists of 30 problems.

You will have 40 minutes to complete the problems. You
i are not allowed to use calculators, slide rules, books, or

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any other aids during this round. Calculations may be
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done on scratch paper. All answers must be complete,
legible, and simplified to lowest terms. Record only final
answers
in the blanks in the i‘ight—hancl column of the
competition booklet. If you complete the problems before
time is called, use the remaining time to cheek your
answers.

i\ Total Correct Score1"s Initials

MATHCOUNTS is a cooperative project of the National Society of Professional

Engineers, the CNA Insurance
Companies, The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, the General Motors Foundation, Texas l1isti'ui'iicnt5
lncorporated, BM Foundation, the National. Council of Teachers of l\/latheniatics, and the National Aeronautics
and Space Aclininistratioii.
The chief cook at Burgers—R-Us can cook eight hamburgers 1.
in 5 minutes. At the same rate, how many hours would it
take her to cook 672 hamburgers?

In the triangle shown, what is the positive difference between

the greatest and least possible integral values of ex?

What is the sum of all possible digits which could fill the
blank in 47,__21 so that the resulting five—digit number is
divisible by 3?

Given that =a:§ W332, what is the value of f(8)+f(2\/§)'?

An isosceles triangle has a height of 12 cm and an area of EL“!

24 sq cm. How many centimeters are in the perimeter of the

triangle? Express your answer in simplest radical form.

What is the exponent of 10 when 412 X 520 is written in

scientific notation?

All of the dimensions of a cereal box are increased by 20%.

By what percent is the volume increased? Express your
answer rounded to the nearest whole number.

One jar contains 40% purple n&n’s. A second jar contains 8.

60% purple n&n’s. The second jar contains 50% as many
n&n’s as the first
jar. When the contents of the two jars
are mixed together, exactly what percent of the n&;n s ill

the mixture are purple? Express your answer as a mixed

number.

A broken toaster toasts two slices of bread at once but toasts

only one side, so the bread must be flipped over to toast the
other side. It takes 45 seconds to toast one side. What is the
least number of minutes required to toast five slices of bread
on both sides? Express your answer as a mixed number.
 10. The area of the shaded region is 71 square meters. What 10.
is the number of square meters in the area of the larger of
the two inner squares given that all dimensions are positive
integers?

11. The length and width of a given rectangle are 3 cm and 11.
4 cm, respectively. A square is formed by using a diagonal
of the rectangle as a side. Then, a circle is circumscribed
about the square. How many square cm are in the area of
the circle? Express your answer as a common fraction in
terms of 7r.

12. In the Land of Eternal Darkness (LED), there is no light, 12.

so no one can see. All paper money consists of rectangles
with triangles cut off some, all or none of the four corners
\..i of the rectangles. Currency denominations are determined
by shape. The dimensions of the rectangles are 2.5 units
"

by 6 units and the triangles are right triangles with legs of

‘"'». ,i”
‘ length 1 unit. Citizens can recognize the Value of the money
,." " by feeling which corners have or have not been cut off. Of
course, they cannot tell the front from the back of these
"' ‘“=_ bills.How many different distinguishable denominations are

possible for the currency in this land?

13. A rectangular aquarium 16 inches long, 9 inches wide and 13.

10 inches tail is filled with Water to a level of 8 inches. A
solid steel cube with an edge of 3 inches is dropped into the
aquarium. How many inches high is the new water level in
the aquarium? Express your answer as a decimal rounded to
the nearest tenth.

14. A sum is formed by alternately adding and subtracting

consecutive odd integers starting with 1 and ending with 1997
as indicated. VVhat is the sum?

1—~3+5-7+9--11-i~...+1993—-1995+1997
15. The points A(~—5,5), B(2,6) and C(—-2,2) are the vertices
of a triangle in a coordinate plane. What is the number of
square units in the area of AABC?

16. In how many three—digit integers is a 5 either the tens digit, 16.
the units digit, or both?

.
gives Nancy $10, they have the same amount of money.
If Bill 17.
When Nancy gives Bill $10 instead, Bill has twice as much
as Nancy. How many dollars do they have together?

18. There are stage, arranged in a straight line

five chairs on 18.

parallel to the front of the

stage. Big -Kahuna, Major Dorno,
Em See, Lou Tenant and Captain Marv El will occupy the
five chairs, but Major Dorno cannot sit next to Big Kahuna.
How many seating arrangements are possible?

19. Equilateral AABC is inscribed in circle O. The radius of 19.

circle 0 is 12 inches. How many square inches are in the area
of AABC‘? Express your answer in simplest radical form.

20. E with endpoints A(-1,2) and B(5,5) is reflected over

the y—axis. .Then, its image is reflected over the :23—axis. VV hat
is the product of the coordinates of the midpoint of the final
image?

21. Given that A 2

l n is a natural number, GCD(n, 24) :
1, 21.
and 2}. What is the of the elements of A?
£1 < sum

22. The sequence shown formed

by writing the first letter
was 22.
of the alphabet followed
by writing the first two letters of
the alphabet and continuing the pattern by writing one more
letter of the alphabet each time. Continuing this pattern,
what letter is the 280th letter in this sequence‘?

A, A, B, A, B, C. A, B, do, A, B, c, D,E,

. A diagonal of the front face of a rectangular prism is 13 inches 23.

long, and a diagonal of the top face of the same prism is
15 inches long. The height of the front face of t .e prism is
5 inches long. How many cubic inches are in the volume of
the prism if each of the dimensions is an integer length‘?
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24. A harmonic sequence is a sequence of numbers in which the 24.

reciprocals form an arithmetic sequence. In the harmonic
sequence :1z—,;1i,»,1;,..., when the 50th term is divided by the
nth term, the quotient is 4. What is the value of 77.?

.VwW,—%v‘&f~_m 25. John ordered several

26. The
album to

50%
order?
more
give

than he

digits 1,2,3,
his friends.

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copies of his favorite rock star’s latest
He ordered 4 CD’s and
additional tapes. The price of a CD was double the price
of a tape. Wlien the order arrived, the number of CD5 had
been interchanged with the number of tapes. The bill was
expected. How many tapes did John

,9 are arranged, one per circle, in the

.

triangle shown so that the sum of the numbers on each side

of the triangle are the same. What is positive difference
some
25.

26.

between the greatest and least sums possible?

0
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27. Point P is on Kg. Point A has coordinates (3,11) and 27.

point B has coordinates (18,1). The ratio of AP : PB 2 2: 3.
What is the sum of the coordinates of point P?

28. VVhat is the greatest integral solntionof —-

5! > i222 —

5| ?

. . Two different integers are randomly selected from the set

of integers greater than 0 and less than 9. What is the
probability that they have no common prime factor‘? Express
your answer as a common fraction.

72
30. What integer 72, has the property that 595 is greater than 7'2,

and 596 is less than + 1)72'?