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1. In square ABCD, let M be the midpoint of side CD, and let N be the reflection of
M over side AB. What fraction of 4M N D lies within ABCD?

1 5 2 3 7
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 8 3 4 8

2. Jack is reading a 100 page book. He reads two pages every minute. After every 12
pages he reads, he takes a one minute break, and then he goes back to reading. If
Jack starts reading at 2:00, what time will it be when he finishes reading his book?

(A) 2:32 (B) 2:56 (C) 2:58 (D) 3:05 (E) 3:18

3. Pedro currently has 2 quarters, 3 dimes and 2 pennies. If he can only obtain quarters,
dimes, nickels, and pennies, what is the minimum number of coins he needs to earn
in order to reach a total of exactly 1 dollar?

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 10

4. For how many integer values of b does the equation 2x2 + bx + 5 = 0 not have any
real solutions?

(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 14

5. Mark wants to distribute all 100 pieces of his candy to his five children, Albert, Bob,
Charlie, Diana and Ethan. Diana and Ethan insist on each having a prime number
of candies whose sum is also a prime number. Charlie insists on having exactly 35
candies, exactly 1 more than Albert and Bob’s amounts combined. Given that Ethan
has the smallest number of candies, how many candies must Mark give to Diana?

(A) 3 (B) 7 (C) 17 (D) 23 (E) 29

6. Positive real numbers a, b, c, d, and e satisfy a + b + c + d + e = 2020. Let S denote

the sum of the minimum and maximum values of bac + bbc + bcc + bdc + bec, where
brc denotes the largest integer less than or equal to r for all real numbers r. What is
the sum of the digits of S?

(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16

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7. In a regular hexagon with side length 2, three of the sides are chosen at random. Next,
the midpoints of each of the chosen sides are drawn. What is the probability that the
triangle formed by the three midpoints has a perimeter which is an integer?

1 1 1 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
10 5 4 5 2

8. A positive integer is called a flake if it has at least three distinct prime factors. Two
flakes are defined to be in a snowflake if there exists a prime that is divisible by
the greatest common divisor of the two flakes. When two flakes in a snowflake are
multiplied, what is the smallest possible number of divisors in the resulting number?

(A) 18 (B) 27 (C) 48 (D) 54 (E) 64

9. A group of people are in a room. It is given that 5 people have a pet dog, 6 people
have a pet cat, 8 people have a pet fish, and 3 people have no pets. If no one has
more than two pets, and no one has more than one of the same type of pet, what is
the smallest possible number of people in the room?

(A) 10 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 16 (E) 19

10. Let A and B be two distinct points in the plane. A ray is drawn emanating from A in
any random direction, and a ray is drawn emanating from B in any random direction.
What is the probability that the two rays intersect?

1 1 3 1 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
8 4 8 2 4

11. For a positive integer n, define a function f (n) to be equal to the largest integer k
such that n is divisible by 2k . For example, f (8) = 3 and f (12) = 2. Now, let p, q,
and r be distinct primes less than 100, so that M is the largest value that

f ((p + 1)(q + 1)(r + 1))

can take, and m is the smallest value. What is M + m?

(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16

12. A solution to z 27 − 1 = 0 is chosen at random. What is the probability that it is also

a solution to ω 6 + ω 3 + 1 = 0?

1 1 4 5 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
27 9 27 27 9
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13. A sequence is defined recursively by F0 = 0, F1 = 1, and Fn = Fn−1 + Fn−2 for all

integers n ≥ 2. Let S be the sum of all positive integers n such that |Fn − n2 | ≤ 3n.
What is the sum of the digits of S?

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 14

14. Let ABC be a triangle with circumcenter O and side lengths AB = 9, BC = 7, and
AC = 8. If D is the reflection of A across line BO, then the length AD can be written
as m
n , where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. What is m + n?

(A) 25 (B) 43 (C) 44 (D) 50 (E) 57

15. For how many positive integers n ≤ 15 does there exist a positive integer k such that

blog2 kc + blog3 kc + blog4 kc + · · · + blog8 kc = n?

(Here, brc denotes the largest integer less than or equal to r for all real numbers r.)

(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 15

16. A fair coin is painted such that one side is red and the other side is blue. A fair die is
painted such that all 6 faces are blue. Each move, Daniel flips the coin and rolls the
die. He then paints the face facing up on the die the color of the side facing up on
the coin. The probability that the die is completely red after 7 moves is 12pq , where p
and q are positive integers such that p is not divisible by 12. What is p + q?

(A) 35 (B) 75 (C) 110 (D) 180 (E) 215

17. How many distinct cubic polynomials P (x) with all integer coefficients and leading
coefficient 1 exist such that P (0) = 3, |P (1)| < 12, and P (x) has three (not necessarily
real or distinct) roots whose squares sum to 34?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

18. A positive integer is called edgy if the sum of its digits divides the sum of the squares
of its digits. For example, the number 19 is not an edgy number because 1 + 9 = 10
does not divide 12 + 92 = 82. How many two-digit edgy numbers are there?

(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 22 (E) 23

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19. A positive integer with 2n digits is twisted if the last n digits is some permutation of
the first n digits, and the leading digit is nonzero. Let N be the number of twisted
6-digit integers. What is the sum of the digits of N ?

(A) 18 (B) 21 (C) 24 (D) 27 (E) 30

20. Andy and Aidan want to meet up at school to exchange phone numbers. Before
meeting, they each choose a random time between 12:00 PM and 1:30 PM to arrive.
After arriving, Andy will wait 40 minutes before leaving, while Aidan will wait 10
minutes before leaving. Later, Andy learns that he has an unexpected recital he has
to attend at 1:10 PM, so if Andy is waiting for Aidan to arrive and the time passes
1:10 PM, Andy will leave, and if Andy chose a time after 1:10 PM, Andy will not
come to the meeting at all. What is the probability that Andy and Aidan meet?

2 37 53 29 7
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
9 162 162 81 18

21. In acute 4ABC with circumcircle Γ, the lines tangent to Γ at points B and C intersect
at point D. Line segment AD intersects Γ at another point E, distinct from A, and
BC at a point F . If BF = 8, CF = 6, and EF = 4, then the area of 4BCD can be
√
expressed as m n, where m and n are positive integers, and n is not divisible by the
square of any prime. What is m + n?

(A) 146 (B) 147 (C) 148 (D) 149 (E) 150

22. For how many ordered triples of integers (a, b, c) between 1 and 10, inclusive, does

ab2 + bc2 + ca2

abc
have a terminating (non-repeating) decimal expansion?

(A) 226 (B) 232 (C) 240 (D) 244 (E) 250

23. Consider the quadratic equation P (x) = ax2 + bx + 144, where a and b are real
numbers. It is known that P (x) has two distinct positive integer roots, and its graph
is tangent to the graph of y = −x2 . The sum of all possible values of a1 can be written
as mn , where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. What is m + n?

(A) 61 (B) 62 (C) 63 (D) 64 (E) 65

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24. Let 4ABC have ∠BAC = 60◦ and incenter I. Let ωA be a circle in the exterior of
4ABC that is tangent to side BC and the extensions of the other two sides. Let IA
be the center of ωA . √If BIA = 4 and CIA = 3, then the area of quadrilateral BICIA
can be written as mp n , where m and p are relatively prime positive integers, and n
is a positive integer not divisible by the square of any prime. What is m + n + p?

(A) 31 (B) 32 (C) 33 (D) 34 (E) 35

25. Let a, b, c, and d be real numbers with a ≥ b ≥ c ≥ d satisfying

a + b + c + d = 0,
a + b2 + c2 + d2 = 100,
2

a3 + b3 + c3 + d3 = (a + b)(a + c)(b + c).

m
The maximum possible value of a2 + b can be written as n, where m and n are
relatively prime positive integers. What is m + n?

(A) 201 (B) 203 (C) 205 (D) 207 (E) 209
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