The Alberta High School Mathematics Competition

PART I
November 19, 2019

1. Two circles C 1 ,C 2 have radius 6 cm and 8 cm, respectively. A third circle’s area is the same as the sum of the
areas of C 1 and C 2 . The radius of the third circle in cm is

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

2. The number of positive integers b such that logb (64) is an integer is

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) none of these

3. The sum of the digits of a positive integer n is 2019. The smallest number of digits n can have is

(A) 222 (B) 223 (C) 224 (D) 225 (E) 226

4. The polynomial P (x) = (2x 3 − 1)673 can be expanded as

(2x 3 − 1)673 = a 2019 x 2019 + a 2018 x 2018 + · · · + a 1 x + a 0 .

Then, the sum a 2019 + · · · + a 1 + a 0 is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2019 (D) 2673 (E) 22019

5. In how many different ways can you write 20202019 as the product of two positive integers x and y with no
common prime factor ? Here, two products of the same numbers in a different order are considered the
same.

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8 (E) none of these

6. Consider a = 21000 , b = 3600 , and c = 10300 . Which of the following is true?

(A) a < b < c (B) a < c < b (C) b < a < c (D) b < c < a (E) c < a < b

7. If (k + 2)(x 2 + y 2 ) ≥ 2(x + y)2 holds for all real numbers x and y, then the minimum possible value of k is

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

8. There are exactly two real values of a such that the line y = ax − 5 intersects the parabola y = x 2 + x + 1 at
exactly one point. If a 1 and a 2 are these values, then a 1 · a 2 is equal to

(A) −25 (B) −23 (C) 23 (D) 25 (E) none of these

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 9. A domino is a rectangular tile divided into 2 equally sized squares, each of which contains anywhere from
0 to 100 dots. Two dominos A, B are considered the same when one of the squares on A contains the same
number of dots as one of the squares on B , and the other square on A contains the same number of dots as
the other square on B . How many distinct dominos are there?

(A) 5050 (B) 5150 (C) 5151 (D)10000 (E) none of these

10. A tall cabinet 52 cm wide is standing 50 cm away from a table 120 cm high. The cabinet is tilted until it
touches the top of the table, as in the figure.

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How far from the floor (in cm) is the corner C of the cabinet? Note that the figure is not drawn to scale.

(A) 16 (B) 18 (C) 20 (D) 24 (E) 26

11. A and B are positive integers such that (i) A + B = 2019, (ii) all the digits of A are odd and all the digits of B
are even, and (iii) A and B are as close together as possible with these properties. The largest prime number
dividing into B is

(A) 7 (B) 13 (C) 19 (D) 29 (E) 37

12. Four containers are weighed in pairs giving the values 215 kg, 235 kg, 260 kg, 265 kg, 290 kg and 310 kg. The
weight (in kg) of the heaviest container is

(A) 167.5 (B) 170 (C) 175 (D) 180 (E) not uniquely determined

13. Each of the integers 1, 2, 3, . . . , 9 is coloured either blue, yellow or red such that any two numbers whose
difference is odd do not have the same colour. It is not required that all three colours be used. The number
of acceptable possibilities is

(A) 132 (B) 138 (C) 144 (D) 209 (E) none of these

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14. p(x) is a sixth degree polynomial such that p(k) = 2k 2 + 1 for k = ±1, k = ±2, k = ±3. If p(0) = −71 then p( 3)
is
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(A) -17 (B) 3 3 (C) 7 (D) 31 (E) 49

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15. If a 0 = 1, a 1 = 0 and a n+2 = 3a n+1 − 3a n for all integers n ≥ 0, then a 2019 is

(A) −31010 (B) −31009 (C) 0 (D) 31009 (E) 31010

16. In triangle ABC , D lies inside the segment BC so that AD ⊥ BC , B D = 12, C D = 2 and ∠B AC = 60◦ . The area
of triangle ABC is

p
p 83 3 p p
(A) 2 + 40 3 (B) (C) 42 3 (D) 43 3 (E) none of these
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