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AMC 10 2000

1 In the year 2001, the United States will host the International Mathematical
Olympiad. Let I, M , and O be distinct positive integers such that the product
I · M · O = 2001. What’s the largest possible value of the sum I + M + O?
(A) 23 (B) 55 (C) 99 (D) 111 (E) 671

2 2000(20002000 ) =
(A) 20002001 (B) 40002000 (C) 20004000 (D) 4, 000, 0002000 (E) 20004,000,000

3 Each day, Jenny ate 20% of the jellybeans that were in her jar at the beginning
of the day. At the end of the second day, 32 remained. How many jellybeans
were in the jar originally?
(A) 40 (B) 50 (C) 55 (D) 60 (E) 75

4 Chandra pays an on-line service provider a fixed monthly fee plus an hourly
charge for connect time. Her December bill was $12.48, but in January her bill
was $17.54 because she used twice as much connect time as in December. What
is the fixed monthly fee?
(A)$2.53 (B)$5.06 (C)$6.24 (D)$7.42 (E)$8.77

5 Points M and N are the midpoints of sides P A and P B of △P AB. As P moves

along a line that is parallel to side AB, how many of the four quantities listed
below change?
(A) the length of the segmentM N
(B) the perimeter of △P AB
(C) the area of △P AB
(D) the area of trapezoidABN M

M N

A B

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(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

6 The Fibonacci Sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, . . . starts with two 1s and each
term afterwards is the sum of its predecessors. Which one of the ten digits is
the last to appear in the units position of a number in the Fibonacci Sequence?
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 9

7 In rectangle ABCD, AD = 1, P is on AB, and DB and DP trisect ∠ADC.

What is the perimeter of △BDP ?

A P B

D C

√
3
√
4 3
√ √
3+3 5
√
5 3
(A) 3 + 3 (B) 2 + 3 (C) 2 + 2 2 (D) 2 (E) 2 + 3

8 At Olympic High School, 52 of the freshmen and 54 of the sophomores took the
AMC-10. Given that the number of freshmen and sophomore contestants was
the same, which of the following must be true?
(A) There are five times as many sophomores as freshmen. (B) There are
twice as many sophomores as freshmen. (C) There are as many freshmen as
sophomores. (D) There are twice as many freshmen as sophomores. (E) There
are five times as many freshmen as sophomores.

9 If |x − 2| = p, where x < 2, then x − p =

(A) −2 (B) 2 (C) 2 − 2p (D) 2p − 2 (E) |2p − 2|

10 The sides of a triangle with positive area have lengths 4, 6, and x. The sides
of a second triangle with positive area have lengths 4, 6, and y. What is the
smallest positive number that is not a possible value of |x − y|?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 10

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11 Two different prime numbers between 4 and 18 are chosen. When their sum
is subtracted from their product, which of the following numbers could be ob-
tained?
(A) 21 (B) 60 (C) 119 (D) 180 (E) 231

12 Figures 0, 1, 2, and 3 consist of 1, 5, 13, and 25 nonoverlapping squares, respec-

tively. If the pattern were continued, how many nonoverlapping squares would
there be in figure 100?

Figure Figure Figure Figure

0 1 2 3

(A) 10401 (B) 19801 (C) 20201 (D) 39801 (E) 40801

13 There are 5 yellow pegs, 4 red pegs, 3 green pegs, 2 blue pegs, and 1 orange peg
on a triangular peg board. In how many ways can the pegs be placed so that
no (horizontal) row or (vertical) column contains two pegs of the same color?

15!
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 5! · 4! · 3! · 2! · 1! (D) 5!·4!·3!·2!·1! (E) 15!

14 Mrs. Walter gave an exam in a mathematics class of five students. She entered
the scores in random order into a spreadsheet, which recalculated the class
average after each score was entered. Mrs. Walter noticed that after each score
was entered, the average was always an integer. The scores (listed in ascending

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order) were 71, 76, 80, 82, and 91. What was the last score Mrs. Walter
entered?
(A) 71 (B) 76 (C) 80 (D) 82 (E) 91

15 Two non-zero real numbers, a and b, satisfy ab = a − b. Which of the following

is a possible value of ab + ab − ab?
(A) − 2 (B) − 21 (C) 13 (D) 12 (E) 2

16 The diagram show 28 lattice points, each one unit from its nearest neighbors.
Segment AB meets segment CD at E. Find the length of segment AE.

A
C
E

D B

√
4 5
√
5 5
√
12 5
√ √
5 65
(A) 3 (B) 3 (C) 7 (D) 2 5 (E) 9

17 Boris has an incredible coin changing machine. When he puts in a quarter,

it returns five nickels; when he puts in a nickel, it returns five pennies; and
when he puts in a penny, it returns five quarters. Boris starts with just one
penny. Which of the following amounts could Boris have after using the machine
repeatedly?
(A) $3.63 (B) $5.13 (C) $6.30 (D) $7.45 (E) $9.07

18 Charlyn walks completely around the boundary of a square whose sides are each
5 km long. From any point on her path she can see exactly 1 km horizontally
in all directions. What is the area of the region consisting of all points Charlyn
can see during her walk, expressed in square kilometers and rounded to the
nearest whole number?
(A) 24 (B) 27 (C) 39 (D) 40 (E) 42

19 Through a point on the hypotenuse of a right triangle, lines are drawn parallel
to the legs of the triangle so that the trangle is divided into a square and two
smaller right triangles. The area of one of the two small right triangles is m

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times the area of the square. The ratio of the area of the other small right
triangle to the area of the square is
1 1 1
(A) 2m+1 (B) m (C) 1 − m (D) 4m (E) 8m 2

20 Let A, M , and C be nonnegative integers such that A + M + C = 10. What is

the maximum value of A · M · C + A · M + M · C + C · A?
(A) 49 (B) 59 (C) 69 (D) 79 (E) 89

21 If all alligators are ferocious creatures and some creepy crawlers are alligators,
which statement(s) must be true?

I. All alligators are creepy crawlers.

II. Some ferocious creatures are creepy crawlers.
III. Some alligators are not creepy crawlers.
(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) II and III only (E) None must be true

22 One morning each member of Angela’s family drank an 8-ounce mixture of

coffee with milk. The amounts of coffee and milk varied from cup to cup, but
were never zero. Angela drank a quarter of the total amount of milk and a
sixth of the total amount of coffee. How many people are in the family?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

23 When the mean, median, and mode of the list 10, 2, 5, 2, 4, 2, x are arranged in
increasing order, they form a non-constant arithmetic progression. What is the
sum of all possible real values of x?
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 17 (E) 20

x
= x2 + x + 1. Find the sum of all values of


24 Let f be a function for which f 3
z for which f (3z) = 7.
(A) − 13 (B) − 19 (C) 0 (D) 5
9 (E) 5
3

25 In year N , the 300th day of the year is a Tuesday. In year N + 1, the 200th day
is also a Tuesday. On what day of the week did the 100th of year N − 1 occur?
(A) Thursday (B) Friday (C) Saturday (D) Sunday (E) Monday

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