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State 2003 Mathcounts

The document contains the questions and solutions to a 2003 state math competition sprint round. It includes 25 multiple choice questions across various math topics, from arithmetic to geometry. The questions range in difficulty from finding percentages and averages to solving word problems involving rates and ratios. The detailed solutions show the step-by-step work for arriving at each answer.

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2003 STATE COMPETITION

SPRINT ROUND QUESTIONS

1. Row A shows the integers 4 and 10.


Row B shows the integers 3, 5, 9, 11.
Row C shows the integers 2, 6, 8, 12,
14.
Row D shows the integers 1, 7, 13.
14 will appear in Row C, 15 in Row
B and 16 in Row A. So Row A now
as 4, 10 and 16. The pattern
emerges. Each integer in Row A is 6
greater than the previous integer in
Row A. And the first integer is 2
less than 6. So the value can be
expressed as 6x - 2. Therefore, the
eighth value in Row A is:
6 8 - 2 = 48 - 2 = 46. Ans.
2. First, assume there are no leap years.
Later, we will see whether it matters
or not. There are 365 days in a year.
365 7
= 365 with
7

no remainder. It

does not matter whether there is a


leap year or not within the 7 years
(or even two or none at all) because
the additional days would not create
an additional week. 365 Ans.
3. We are asked to find the perfectsquare integer that is closest to 273.
102 = 100 and 202 = 400. Obviously,
the value is in between. 152 = 225,
162 = 256 and 172 = 289. It must be
either 16 or 17.
273 - 256 = 17
289 - 273 = 16
289 is closer by 1. 289 Ans.
4. There are 300 students that took the
test. To find a value that is better
than 75% of the scores, we must find
the 225th value since 225 students are

75% of the total. That is the 76th


score if we start from the highest.
7 + 16 = 23 with a score 11.
23 + 37 = 60 with a score 10.
60 + 45 = 105 with a score 9.
The 225th student must have scored a
9. To have a score that is higher than
that, add 1. 10 Ans.
5. 17, a, b, c, 41 is an arithmetic
sequence. This means that the
difference between two values in the
sequence is always the same.
41 - 17 = 24
This increment of 24 is reached in 4
stages so the difference between
values is

1
4

24 = 6.

17 + 6 = 23
23 + 6 = 29
Therefore, b = 29. Ans.
6. Two complementary angles are in
the ratio of 7 to 23. The complement
of angle A is angle B and the
complement of angle B is angle A.
Thus, the ratio of angle B to angle A
is just the opposite of the ratio of
angle A to angle B or

23
7

. Ans.

7. In 7 years, Rich's money doubled


from $100 to $200. In 7 more years
his money will double to $400. 7
more years will bring it to $800 and
7 more years will bring it to $1600.
7 + 7 + 7 = 21 Ans.
8. Find the slope of a line parallel to:
2x + 4y = -17.
First represent the line in the form:
y = mx + b
4y = -2x - 17
y=

2 x 17

4
4

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y=

1
17
x
2
4
1
2

The slope, or m, is - . The slope of


a line parallel to this line will have
this exact slope.

1
Ans.
2

9. How many distinct positive integers


can be represented as the difference
of two numbers in the set
{1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13}?
Clearly, each integer subtracted from
the integer directly on its right gives
a difference of 2. Each integer
subtracted from the integer, two
values to the right, gives a difference
of 4. Similarly, we can get
differences of 6, 8, 10 and 12 for a
total of 6 integers. 6 Ans.
10. Point P is located at (1,3) and Point
R is located at (7,15). Point M is the
midpoint of segment PR. The xcoordinate of the M is:
7-1=6
62=3
1+3=4
The y-coordinate of M is:
15 - 3 = 12
12 2 = 6
3+6=9
So M is (4, 9).
Segment PR is reflected over the xaxis as in the figure below.

Each point has the same x and y


coordinates except the y-coordinate
is negated. So the reflected point for

M is:
(4, -9).
4 + -9 = -5 Ans.
11. In a three-digit number, the hundreds
digit is greater than 5, the tens digit
is greater than 4 but less than 8 and
the units digit is the smallest prime
number. How many three-digit
numbers satisfy all of these
conditions?
The hundreds digit is greater than 5
which means 6, 7, 8, or 9 for a total
of 4 possible values. The tens digit
is greater than 4 but less than 8 or 5,
6, 7 for a total of 3 different values.
The units digit is the smallest prime
number or 2. This is a total of only
one digit.
4 3 1 = 12 Ans.
12. The trip from Carville to Nikpath
1
2

requires 4 hours when traveling at


an average speed of 70 miles per
hour. This means the total distance
is 4

1
2

70 =

9
2

70 = 9 35 = 315

miles. If traveling at a speed of 60


miles per hour, the trip must take:
315
15
1
= 5
= 5
60
60
4

= 5.25 Ans.

13. Rectangle ABCD has the vertices


A(0,0), B(6,0), C(6,10), and D(0,10).
The point E is on segment CD at
(2,10). A line connecting E with A
is drawn as in the figure below.

This creates a right triangle, ADE,


with two of the sides being 10 and 2.
The area of the triangle is:

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1
2

10 2 = 10

The area of quadrilateral ABCE is


the area of triangle ADE subtracted
from the area of rectangle ABCD.
The area of ABCD is 10 6 = 60.
The area of quadrilateral ABCE is:
60 - 10 = 50
The ratio of the area of triangle ADE
to the area of quadrilateral ABCE is:
10 1
=
50 5

Ans.

14. The digits 2, 4, 6 and 9 are placed


such that two are in the numerator
and two are in the denominator. We
are asked to find the smallest of all
the common fractions that can be
formed. The smallest value will
occur when the smallest value is on
top and the largest value is on the
bottom. Choose 24 for the
numerator and 96 for the
denominator.
24 1
=
96 4

Ans.

15. At 10 AM, Boon Tee is the 225th


person in line to ride the roller
coatser. Each roller coaster train
holds 36 people and a full train
leaves every four minutes. The first
36 people in line leave on the10:01
train. First determine which group
Boon Tee will be in.
225
36

The triangle is a right triangle with


horizontal length, 2, and vertical
length, 3. The triangle is rotated 90
degrees counterclockwise around B.
This means the triangle will have
vertical length, 2, and horizontal
length 3, as in this picture.

= 6 R 9.

Boon Tee will be in the 7th group.


The first group leaves at 10:01. It
will take 6 4 = 24 more minutes
until Boon Tee can leave.
10:01 + 24 = 10:25 Ans.
16. A triangle has vertices A(6,1), B(4,1)
and C(4,4) as shown in the picture.

Since B is at (4,1), A must be 2 units


higher, or (4,3). C is now 3 units to
the left of B or (1,1). Ans.
17. What is the least natural number that
can be added to 40,305 to create a
palindrome? A palindrome is the
same number when read forwards or
backwards. The nearest palindrome
would be 40,304 but we must find
the next palindrome greater than
40,305. There can be no more
palindromes in the 40,300 range. So
we must look at 40,400 and larger.
The next palindrome is 40,404.
40404 - 40305 = 99 Ans.
A
+ A B
B

18. A @ B =
4@2=

4
2

20 @ 10 =

+ 4 2 = 2 + 8 = 10
20
10

+ 20 10

= 2 + 200 = 202 Ans.


19. Numbers on a standard six-faced die
are arranged such that numbers on
opposite faces always add to seven.
We need to find the largest product
of all faces except the top and
bottom. Clearly the larger the
number the larger the product will
be. But we are limited by opposing

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values having to add to 7. Certainly


the ideal is to get rid of a 1 in the
product. So we remove 6 and 1.
5 4 3 2 = 120 Ans.
20. Angle PQR is a right angle. The
three quadrilaterals shown are
squares.

selected is

1
.
3

The probability of

picking a green ball from Container I


is

4
4 1
=
=
8 + 4 12 3

Thus, the

probability of selecting a green ball


from Container I is

1 1 1
=
3 3 9

The probability of selecting


Container II is

1
.
3

The probability of

selecting a green ball is

The sum of the areas of the three


squares is 338 square centimeters.
We must find the area of the largest
square. What we are looking for,
then, is the addition of three perfect
squares to equal 338. In addition
triangle PQR is a right triangle so
these values are probably one of our
favorite right triangles which are:
3, 4, 5
6, 8, 10
5, 12, 13
8, 15, 17
The square of 5 is 25. This will be
too small.
The square of 10 is 100. The sum
will be too small.
The square of 13 is 169, 12 is 144
and 5 is 25.
169 + 144 + 25 = 338 Bingo!
169 Ans.
21. Container I holds 8 red balls and 4
green balls.
Container II holds 2 red balls and 4
green balls.
Container III also holds 2 red balls
and 4 green balls.
We selected a container and a ball at
random and must find the probability
that the selected ball is green.
The probability of Container I being

4
4 2
= = .
2+ 4 6 3

Thus, the probability of selecting a


green ball from Container II is
1 2 2
= .
3 3 9

The probability of selecting a green


ball from Container III is the same as
the probability of selecting a green
ball from Container II or
1 2 2 5
+ + =
9 9 9 9

2
9

Ans.

22. The arithmetic mean of nine


numbers is 54. If two numbers u and
v are added to the list, the mean of
the eleven-member list becomes 66.
Since the mean of the original nine
numbers is 54, the sum of all 9
values must be 54 9 = 486.
Adding two numbers gives a mean of
66, so the sum of all 11 numbers is
726.
726 - 486 = 240
240 is the sum of u and v. Thus, the
mean of u and v is

240
2

= 120. Ans.

23. A gasoline gauge originally read

1
8

full. Then, 15 gallons of gasoline


were added and the gauge read

3
4

full. Thus,

2003 MATHCOUNTS State Competition solutions

3 1 6 1 5
= =
4 8 8 8 8

of the tank holds 15

gallons of gas. So
holds
is

3
4

15
5

1
8

of the tank

= 3 gallons. Since the tank

full it is actually

1 2
=
4 8

empty.

2 3 = 6 Ans.
24. Three fair, standard six-faced dice of
different colors are rolled. In how
many ways can the dice be rolled
such that the sum of the numbers
rolled is 10? Below is a table. No
combination will be repeated.
1
2
3
1
1
8 Impossible!
1
2
7 Impossible!
1
3
6 6 ways
1
4
5 6 ways
2
2
6 3 ways
2
3
5 6 ways
2
4
4 3 ways
3
3
4 3 ways
Any other combination has already
been entered.
6 + 6 + 3 + 6 + 3 + 3 = 27 Ans.
25. Arlene skips all multiples of 3 and
all numbers that contain the digit 3.
In the first 10 numbers there is one
number containing 3 and 3 multiples
of 3 (one of which is 3) so 3 numbers
are discounted. Therefore there are 7
numbers between 1 and 10.
In the next 10 numbers, i.e., 11-20,
there are 3 multiples divisible by 3
and one number containing 3 (that is
not divisible by 3), so 4 numbers are
discounted, leaving 6. 7 + 6 = 13.
In the next 10 numbers, i.e., 21-30
there are 4 numbers divisible by 3
and one number containing 3 (that is
not divisible by 3, i.e., 23) and one
number containing 3 (that is divisible

by 3 and so is already counted, i.e.,


30) so 5 numbers are discounted. 13
+ 5 = 18
In the next 10 numbers, i.e., 31-40
only one number has no 3 in it and it
(40) is not divisible by 3 so only 1
number is discounted. 18 + 1 = 19
Starting with 41-50 the pattern
emerges - 7, 6, 5 for every thirty
numbers.
19 + 6 = 25 (41-50)
25 + 5 = 30 (51-60)
30 + 7 = 37 (61-70)
Since we are looking for the 40th
number, there are only 3 to go. 71 is
the 38th number. 72 is divisible by 3
and 73 ends in 3. Therefore, the 39th
number is 74. 75 is divisible by 3 so
the 40th number is 76. Ans.
26. n2 gives a remainder of 4 when
divided by 5 and n3 gives a
remainder of 2 when divided by 5.
If n2 gives a remainder of 4 when
divided by 5, the number must have
a square which ends in either 4 or 9.
Then, if n3 gives a remainder of 2
when divided by 5, the number must
also have a cube which ends in either
2 or 7.
Case I: Numbers that, when squared,
end in 4, must end in 2 or 8. 23 = 8
so a number ending in 2, when cubed
would end in 8. So n cannot end in
2. 83 = 512 so the number could end
in 8.
Case II: Numbers that, when
squared, end in 9, must end in 3 or 7.
73 = 343 so a number ending in 7,
when cubed would end in 3. So n
cannot end in 7. 33 = 27 so the
number could end in 3.
When any number ending in 8 or 3 is
divided by 5, the remainder will be
3. Ans.

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27. y = 7

y 14
=
z
3
x x y 4 14 4 2 8
= =
=
=
z y z 7 3
3
3
x y x + y 8 14 22
+ =
= +
=
z z
z
3 3
3

Ans.

28. Two different numbers are randomly


selected from the set
S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11}
The probability that their sum is 12
would be greater if the number n had
first been removed from the set.
If we remove 1, the pairs whose sum
would result in 12 are (2,10), (3, 9),
(4, 8), (5, 7) or 4 choices.
If 2 is removed from the set, the
choices whose sum would result in
12 are (1, 11), (3, 9), (4, 8), (5, 7) or
4 choices.
If 3 is removed from the set, the
pairs are (1, 11), (2, 10), (4, 8), (5, 7)
or 4 choices. Similarly for 4 and 5.
What about 6?
The choices are (1, 11), (2, 10), (3,
9), (4, 8), (5, 7) for 5 pairs. (This is
because 6 + 6 = 12 and we can't
choose the same value twice.)
Similarly, removing 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11
would give us 8 choices each time.
6 Ans.
29. The clock reads 4:20 and the second
hand makes one complete circle
every 4 seconds. The minute hand
and hour hand behave normally
within this context. Tomas came
into the room at 9:00 a.m. and will
leave at 9:50 a.m.
50 minutes = 50 60 = 3000
seconds.
Each 4 seconds are reflected by 60
seconds of movement in the clock.
This means that the clock moves

3000
60 = 45000 seconds
4
45000
= 750 minutes
60

or

750 minutes is 12 hours and 30


minutes. Since the clock was at 4:20
at 9, the clock will be at 4:50 when
Tomas leaves. 4:50 Ans.
30. x +

1
= 4
x

x+
x

x+
x

= x2 + 2 +

1
x2

= 16

1
1
x + = 64 =
= x 2 + 2 +
2
x
x

x2 2 1
+ +
=
x
x x3
x2
1
2 1
x 3 + 2x + + x + +
=
x
x x3
x 3 + 2x +

3 1
1
1

x +
+ x + + 2 x + =
3
x
x

3 1
1

x +
+ 3 x + =
3
x

3 1
x +

x3

64

= 64 - (3 4) = 64 -12 =

52 Ans.
TARGET ROUND QUESTIONS

1. A stack of 100 nickels is 6.25 inches


high.
100
x
x
=
=
6.25 12 8 96

6.25x = 96 100 = 9600


9600
= 1536 nickels
6.25
1536
= $76.80 Ans.
20

x=

2. In the picture below, all lines with


integer y-intercepts and slope 1 or -1
are drawn.

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the other side. This diagonal is the


hypotenuse of a right triangle whose
sides are an edge of the cube and a
diagonal of the face (which is the
same as d1 .
These lines are y = x, y = x + 1, y =
x + 2, etc. and y = -x + 2, y = -x + 3,
etc. As is evident, there are 8
intersection points within the shaded
region.
8 Ans.
3. The sum of 9 consecutive integers is
9. Let x be the fifth, or middle one.
x-4+x-3+x-2+x-1+x+x+
1+x+2+x+3+x+4=9
9x = 9
x=1
x - 4 = 1 - 4 = -3 Ans.
4. A cube is sliced by a plane which
goes through two opposite corners
and the midpoint of two edges as
shown.

The edge of the cube has length one


unit. So each side of the rhombus is
the hypotenuse of a triangle whose
other sides are 1 and

1
2

The area of a rhombus is


1
d1d 2
2

where d1 and d 2 are the

diagonals of the rhombus. The


shorter diagonal, d1 , is just the
equivalent of a diagonal of a face of
the cube.
d12 = 12 + 12 = 1 + 1 = 2
d1 =

The longer diagonal, d 2 , is the


diagonal from the bottom of the cube
on one side to the top of the cube on

d 22 = 12 +
d2 =

2 = 1+ 2 = 3

1
1
d1 d 2 =
2
2

3=

6
2

Ans.

5. 310 million of the 6.25 billion people


live in North America.
310,000,000
=
6,250,000,000

0.0496

0.0496 100 = 4.96 5 Ans.


6. Paco uses a spinner to select a
number from 1 through 5, each with
equal probability. Manu uses a
different spinner to select a number
from 1 through 10, each with equal
probability. We must find the
number of selections whose product
is less than 30. Clearly, there are 5
10 = 50 combinations.
If Paco chooses a 1, then Manu can
choose anything for 10
combinations.
If Paco chooses a 2, then Manu can
choose anything for 10 more
combinations.
If Paco chooses a 3, then Manu can
choose 1 through 9 for 9 more
combinations.
If Paco chooses a 4, then Manu can
choose 1 through 7 for 7 more
combinations.
If Paco chooses a 5, then Manu can
choose 1 through 5 for 5 more
combinations.
10 + 10 + 9 + 7 + 5 = 41
41
50

Ans.

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7. What is the smallest positive integer


N such that the value 7 + 30 N is
not a prime number.
7 + 30 1 = 7 + 30 = 37 is prime
7 + 30 2 = 7 + 60 = 67 is prime
7 + 30 3 = 7 + 90 = 97 is prime
7 + 30 4 = 7 + 120 = 127 is prime
7 + 30 5 = 7 + 150 = 157 is prime
7 + 30 6 = 7 + 180 = 187 = 11 17
187 is not prime.
6 Ans.
8. An ant starts at the top vertex of a
regular octahedron and walks along
the edges of the triangles without
ever traversing the same edge twice.
The ant could actually traverse all
edges except for the fact that the ant
must stop when it returns to the
starting vertex. The picture below
numbers the vertices.

The ant can only traverse one vertex


from 1 down to any of 2, 3, 4, or 5.
The ant will be able to move around
from 2 to 3 to 4 to 5 for a total of 4
edges and down to the bottom
vertex, 6, as many times as it takes
for 4 more edges. 1 + 4 + 4 = 9
One example is: 1, 2, 6, 3, 2, 5, 6, 4,
3, 1.
9 Ans.
TEAM ROUND QUESTIONS

1.

987670
128

= 7716.17185

7716 128 = 987648

987670 - 987648 = 22 Ans.


2. We are asked to find all rectangles of
area 8 square units that can be
formed using only the line segments
of the grid as the sides of the
rectangles. This means using
integral factors of 8. These are:
1 x 8 and
2x4
1 x 8 (or 8 x 1) is impossible because
the grid is 6 x 6. 2 x 4 (or 4 x 2) is
certainly possible. The picture
below shows the horizontal and
vertical types of rectangles that are
possible.

The 2 x 4 is featured at the top left


and the 4 x 2 is featured at the
bottom right. First, let's determine
how many 2 x 4 rectangles we can
get. If you move the 2 x 4 rectangle
one cube to the right you get another
legal 2 x 4 rectangle. Do it once
more and the rectangle will abut the
edge of the cube. So, there are 3
rectangles on that line. Similarly,
move the rectangle one row down.
You can do that for a total of 5 times
so you can have 5 3 = 15 of the 2 x
4 rectangles. Similarly, take the 4 x
2 rectangle and move it to the left
one cube and you get another valid 4
x 2 rectangle. You can continue
moving left for a total of 5
rectangles. You can also move up
towards the top of the cube for a total
of 3 rectangles. Again, 5 3 = 15.
15 + 15 = 30 Ans.
3. If t is an odd positive integer, then
the value of the following term is:
3t - 9
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If the value of a given term is an


even positive integer, then the value
of the following term is:
2t - 7
The terms of the sequence alternate
between two positive integers (a, b,
a, b, ... ).
Suppose a is odd. Then the next
term is 3a - 9 = b. 3a is always odd
and if you subtract an odd from an
odd, you get an even value so b is
even. Therefore the next value must
be 2t - 7 or 2(3a - 9) - 7 = 6a - 18 - 7
6a - 25 = a
5a = 25
a=5
b=6
This works.
Could a have been even? Then b
would be 2a - 7 which would be an
odd number. This would make the
next term 3(2a - 7) - 9 = 6a - 21 - 9
6a - 30 = a
5a = 30
a=6
Then, as we already know, b would
have to be 5.
5 + 6 = 11 Ans.
4. A, B, C, D, and E are all different
digits in the following addition:
C A E
+
C D
A B B
Either, E + D = B or
E + D = B + 10
So E + D - B = 0 or
E + D - B = B + 10 - B = 10
10 + 0 = 10 Ans.
5. 3x + y = 17
5y + z = 14
3x + 5z = 41
6x + 6y + 6z = 72
6(x + y + z) = 72
x + y + z = 12 Ans.

6. We have 6 different Spiderman


comics, 5 different Archie comics,
and 4 different Garfield comics.
When stacked, each kind of comic is
grouped together with others of the
same kind. This means there are:
6! different combinations for the
Spiderman comics,
5! different combinations for the
Archie comics, and
4! different combinations for the
Garfield comics.
6! 5! 4! =
720 120 24 =
2,073,600 Are we done? Well, not
quite. There are 6 different ways
that you can place the sets of comic
books so:
6 2,073,600 = 12,441,600 Ans.
7. P(n) is the probability than an "n" is
rolled on a die.
P(1) = P(2)
P(3) = P(4) = P(5)
P(4) = 3(P(2))
P(5) = 2(P(6))
What is P(6)?
P(4) = 3(P(2))
P(3) = 3(P(2))
P(5) = 3(P(2))
P(6) =

P(5) 3P(2)
=
2
2

P(1) = P(2)
P(1) + P(2) + P(3) + P(4) + P(5) +
P(6) = 1

P(2) + P(2) + 3( P(2)) + 3( P(2)) + 3( P(2)) +

3P(2))
=1
2
3( P(2))
11( P(2)) +
=1
2
25( P(2))
=1
2
2
P(2) =
25

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P(6) =

3( P(2)) 3 2
3
=
=
2
2 25 25

Ans.

8. An isosceles trapezoid is inscribed in


a semicircle as shown below.

The three shaded regions are


congruent. The radius of the circle is
1. Since the trapezoid is an isosceles
trapezoid and the three shaded
regions are congruent, we can break
the trapezoid up into 3 congruent
equilateral triangles, each of side 1.
Therefore, the height of each triangle
is:
2
h2 + 1 = 12 = 1

h2 = 1 h=

1 3
=
4 4

3
2

The area of the triangle is


1
3
3

=
2 2
4

There are three triangles so the total


area is:
3 3
4

= 1.299038106 1.3 Ans.

9. What is the greatest positive integer


n such that 3n is a factor of 200!? To
answer this we need to know how
many multiples of 3 exist in 200!.
200
3

= 66 R 2 so there are at least 66

3's that come from factoring 200!


But now we have to consider how
many numbers are multiples of 9
which has two 3's in it.
200
9

= 22 R 2 so there are an

additional 22 multiples of 3. Now


consider how many numbers are

multiples of 27 which has three 3's in


it.
200
27

= 7 R 11 so there are an

additional 7 multiples of 3. Next,


consider how many numbers are
multiples of 81 which has 4 three's in
it.
200
81

= 2 R 38 so we have 2 more

multiples of 3. The next power of 3


is 243 which is too large.
n = 66 + 22 + 7 + 2 = 97 Ans.
10. An abundant number is a positive
integer, the sum of whose distinct
proper factors is greater than the
number. The proper factors are all
the factors except the number itself.
How many numbers less than 25 are
abundant numbers?
Remove 1 since it has no factors
other than 1. Remove all primes
since they have no factors other than
1 and themselves. This leaves just
the even numbers except for 2.
Factors of 4 are 1 and 2. No.
Factors of 6 are 1 2 and 3. No.
Factors of 8 are 1, 2, and 4. No.
Factors of 10 are 1, 2, and 5. No.
(Quite clearly we have to have some
of the favorite numbers which have
many factors but we'll keep going.)
Factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6. Yes!!!
Factors of 14 are 1, 2, and 7. No.
Factors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, and 8
(Perfect squares aren't good
candidates, are they?)
Factors of 18 are 1, 2, 3, 6, and 9.
Yes!!!
Factors of 20 are 1, 2, 4, 5, and 10.
Yes!!!
Factors of 22 are 1, 2, and 11. No.
Factors of 24 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and
12. Definitely yes!!!

2003 MATHCOUNTS State Competition solutions

So we have 12, 18, 20, and 24.


4 Ans.

2003 MATHCOUNTS State Competition solutions

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