State Mathematics Contest: Geometry

May 3, 2001
1.

Find the area of an equilateral triangle whose vertices lie on a circle with radius 2 cm.
a. 3 cm2

2.

d. 6 cm2

e. none of these

If a boat travels North for 5 miles then East for 12, then Southeast for 6, approximately how far is
it from its starting point?
b. 19.01 miles

c. 23.21 miles

d. 16.26 miles

e. none of these

Given the following two circles, find the algebraic equation of the chord they share in common.
Circle I: ( x 1)2 + ( y + 2 )2 = 9
Circle II: ( x + 3)2 + ( y 1) 2 = 16
a. 4 x 3 y = 1

5.

3 cm2

Sam, Chris, Pat, and Jo

Chris, Sam, Pat, and Jo
Sam, Pat, Chris, and Jo
Chris, Sam, Jo, and Pat
Sam, Chris, Jo, and Pat

a. 13 miles

4.

c.

The following statements describe a race between: Pat, Chris, Jo, and Sam.
i.
Pat is 12 seconds behind the next runner.
ii.
The leader is 20 seconds ahead of the last person.
iii. Chris is 1 second ahead of somebody.
iv. Sam is 19 seconds ahead of Jo.
Which of the following gives the order of the runners. (Runners listed from first to last.)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

3.

b. 3 3 cm2

b. 3x + 4 y = 1

c. 2 x y = 10

d. x 3 y = 5

e. none of these

The area of a 300' by 400' rectangle is doubled by adding a strip of

width "w" around the perimeter. Approximately how wide is that
strip?

a. 87.50'

b. 83.41'

c. 72.84'

d. 71.22'

e. none of these

6.

Find the length of the perimeter of a right triangle whose area is 30 cm2 and whose hypotenuse is
13 cm.
a. 23 + 69 cm

7.

c. 84 sq units

d. 168 sq units

e. none of these

b. 16 min

c. 16 13 min

d. 16 12 min

e. none of these

b.

3.6

c. 18

d. 16

e. none of these

A given circular cylindrical can is made up of a square piece of metal and two circular disks each
with diameter c inches. What is the volume of this cylindrical can?
a. 2 c 3 in

11.

b. 54 sq units

If the size of a rectangle's area is twice as large as the size of its perimeter, and the length of one
of its sides is 4.5, what is the length of the other side?
a. 36

10.

e. none of these

Given that it is 3 o'clock, exactly how long will it take for the minute hand to catch up with the
hour hand?
a. 15 min

9.

d. 7 + 3 13 cm

Find the area of a triangle whose vertices are (0,0), (12, 9) and (14, 6).
a. 27 sq units

8.

b. 16 + 2 34 cm c. 30 cm

b.

2 c3
in
4

c.

3c 3
in
6

d. 2.467 c 3 in

e. none of these

Two chords AB and DC intersect each other so that AO = 1.2, OB = 7.5, and OC = DO. How
long is DC ?
a. 6 units
b. 8.7 units
c. 35 units
d. 8.7 units
e. none of these

12.

Find the area of parallelogram ABCD, given that AB = BE = ED = 1, and ABE = 90 .

2
1.707
2 2
c.
2
2+ 2
d.
2
e. none of these
a.
b.

13.

Find the solution set for y given that x, y, z are natural numbers and the following are true:
i.
If y < 3 then x < 3
ii.
z+ y<7
iii.
x + z > 10 .
a. y {1,2}

14.

e. y {1, 2, L,6}

b. 4:3

c. 5:4

d. 2:3

e. none of these

Two 5-12-13 triangles are combined to form a parallelogram. Which of the following statements
must be true?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

16.

d. y {3, 4,5}

A rectangle is inscribed in a triangle such that its upper right

vertex bisects the triangles side. What is the ratio of the area
of the shaded region to the area of the unshaded region?
a. 1:2

15.

b. y {1,2,L ,5} c. y {3, 4,5,6}

The parallelogram is a rectangle.

The perimeter of the parallelogram is 34 units long.
The area of the parallelogram is 60 square units.
One of the sides of the parallelogram is 12 units long.
All of these statements must be true.

To construct a circle that circumscribes a triangle one finds its center by locating the intersection
of which two lines.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

The perpendicular bisectors of two sides.

The bisectors of two of the angles.
Two medians.
Two altitudes.
It is not possible to construct a circle that circumscribes a triangle.

17.

Form a triangle by connecting the centers of three

circles. Each of these circles is tangent to the other two
and their radii are 1, 2, and 3 units long. How large is
area of the triangle?
a. 12

18.

b.

c. 24

d.

17

e. 6

Given the graph below, how many different paths are there from S to E if one never visits the
same point twice?
a. less than 11
b. 11
c. 12
d. 13
e. more than 13

19.

A pentagon is inscribed in a circle of radius 7. How long is the circular arc that connects two
neighboring vertices?
a. 1.4

20.

d. 7

e. none of these

p 2 4c 2
b.
8

p 2 + 2c 2
2

c.

p2 + c 2
d.
2

e. none of these

A rectangular solid with a square base has dimensions 5 x 5 x 8. If its volume is quadrupled by
doubling the lengths of sides of the base, by what factor is its surface area increased?
a. 4

22.

c. 2.8

If a rectangle has a diagonal of length c and a perimeter of length p then the expression for its area
is?
a. pc

21.

b. 2.1

b. 2

c.

d. 2 10
21

e. none of these

d. 12 ft

e. none of these

How long is the room shown in the figure on the right,

given that it has a 7.5 foot ceiling, and an infra red beam
that starts at one end of the room is bounced off the ceiling
then the floor and finally hits the opposite side of the room
5.4 feet above the floor? The point at which it bounces
off the ceiling is two feet from the wall.
a. 8.6 ft

b. 10.6 ft

c. 2 + 72 ft

23.

Find the height of a square pyramid formed by four equilateral triangles whose sides all have
length 2.
6
a. 1
b.
c. 2
d. 3
e. none of these
2

24.

If a rectangle whose length is 9 times its width is modified so that its area is doubled but its
perimeter is kept constant, what is the ratio of length to width for the new rectangle?
a. 5 + 7 : 5 7

25.

b. Bo

b. 54

e.

6 + 1: 6 1

c. Chris

d. Dan

e. Ed

c. 126

d. 144

e. none of these

The following facts are given: a gallon of paint covers 400 square feet of wall space, the room to
be painted has an 8 foot ceiling, its dimensions are 20 by 14 feet, it has two doors (36 by 84
inches) and four large windows (72 by 60 inches), and you need two coats of paint. How much
paint do you need to paint the walls?
a. 1.47 gal.

28.

d. 1:1

A Quadrilateral ABCD is inscribed in a circle. If the size of the angle at vertex A is 36 then
the angle at vertex C is:
a. 72

27.

c. 7 + 5 : 7 5

One of the five statements below is false and the other four are true. Who told the falsehood?
Ann said, If the car was not locked then the wallet was stolen.
Bo said, If the tickets to the game are lost then Ann's statement is false.
Chris said, Anns statement is true
Dan said, The tickets to the game are not lost.
Ed said. The wallet was stolen but not the tickets to the game.
a. Ann

26.

b. 2:1

b. 2.06 gal.

c. 2.72 gal

d. 1.03 gal.

e. none of these

For the points (0, 2), (6, 6) and (10, 0) which of the following statements are true?
I. The points form the vertices of a right triangle.
II. The points form the vertices of an isosceles triangle.
III. The largest angle is at the vertex located on (6,6).
a. only III

b. II and III

c. I and III

d. all are true

e. none are true

29.

Given you have 4 sticks, two of length 5 and two of length 8, with which you are to form a
quadrilateral. If at least one of the angles is a right angle, how many different noncongruent
quadrilaterals could you form.
a. 1

30.

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

e. more than 4

A triangle with sides 6, 8, and 10 has its shortest side doubled in length while the other two sides
remain the same. What is the area of the new triangle?
a. 30

b. 40

c. 15 7

d. 8 30

e. none of these

31.

What is the size of an angle between two adjacent sides of a regular 12 sided polygon?
1080
a. 144
b. 120
c.
d. 30
e. none of these
7

32.

As shown in the figure on the right six similar

triangles are each sharing one side with the next
triangle and all are sharing one vertex. All angles at
that vertex measure 60. If the side of the last
(smallest) triangle that is adjoining the first triangle
is 16 as large as the longest side of that first triangle,
how many times larger is the area of the largest
triangle as compared to the smallest?
a. 6

33.

c. 3 6 5

d.

36

e. none of these

Three views of the same block are shown on the

right. What letter is on the side parallel to the side
with the letter A?
a. E

34.

b. 6 6 5

b. O

c. S

d. H

e. G

An arbelos is the region formed by three mutually tangent

circles whose centers are colinear, as noted in the image. If
the diameters of the two smaller circles are a and b, what
is the area of the arbelos.
a. ab

b.

ab
4

ab
c.
4

d.

a2 + b2
4

e. none of these

35.

A bicycle has a 70 cm diameter wheel. If a you ride in a 120 km race, approximately how many
revolutions does the wheel have to make to complete the race?
a. 54,600

36.

d. 732,100

e. none of these

b.

c. 2

d.

e. 4

A semicircle with diameter 12 inches is used to form a conical cup by bending the semicircle so
that its two corners are connected and the circles center forms the point of the cone. How large
is the volume?
a. 9 3

38.

c. 538,600

If the volume of a tetrahedron is doubled without changing its shape, by what factor is the surface
area increased?
a.

37.

b. 171,400

b. 27 3

c. 18 6

d. 2 15

e. none of these

Chord AB is parallel to the line tangent to the circle

at point C. If the distance between the chord and the
tangent line is 18, and the radius of the circle is 13,
how long is the chord AB ?
a. 12
b. 2 105
c. 2 155
d. 24
e. none of these

39.

A rectangle with dimensions 11 by 13 had its diagonal increased by 50% without lengthening the
shorter side. Approximately how big is the area of the new rectangle?
a. 214.5

40.

b. 321.75

c. 285.852

d. 175.139

e. 253.597

Nikki sees that the top of a 15 foot lamp, which is 250 feet away, lines up perfectly with the peak
of a distant mountain. Nikki knows that the mountain is 15 miles away so she uses the lamp to
determine the mountains height. If Nikki's eyes are 5 feet above the ground, what is the best
estimate of the mountains height relative to Nikki?
a. 900 feet

b. 3,178 feet

c. 4,752 feet

d. 5,625 feet

e. 6,648 feet