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1. Old MacDonald had a farm with only chickens and pigs. Chickens have two legs
and pigs have four legs. One day Old MacDonald decided to count his animals. He
counted 20 animals and 56 legs. How many chickens does he have?
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12

2. Define a ⊗ b = a/b + b/a. Find (2009 ⊗ 2010) ⊗ (2010 ⊗ 2009).

2009 2010 4018 4020
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2 (E)
2010 2009 2010 2009
3. Bob is a real estate agent. He can choose between two plans: Plan A gives him a
base salary of $30,000 and a 5% commission on what he sells. Plan B gives him a
base salary of $45,000 and a 2% commission on what he sells. How much should he
sell so that he earns the same in each plan?
(A) $100,000 (B) $200,000 (C) $300,000 (D) $400,000 (E) $500,000

7 8 9 2010
4. Evaluate: · · ··· .
6 7 8 2009
(A) 7 (B) 41 (C) 287 (D) 335 (E) 2004

5. How many of the following letters have a line of symmetry as printed?

Q W E R T Y U I O P
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9

6. A positive real number x has the property that it is 2 more than its multiplicative
inverse. Which of the following is true?
(A) .5 < x < 1 (B) 1 < x < 1.5 (C) 1.5 < x < 2 (D) 2 < x < 2.5
(E) 2.5 < x < 3

7. A jar has blue, red, and yellow marbles. Yellow marbles make up 20% of the marbles
in this jar. Once 5 blue marbles are added to the jar, blue marbles make up 64%
of the marbles. Another 5 blue marbles are added, and now blue marbles make up
70% of the marbles in the jar. How many red marbles are in the jar?
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20 (E) 25
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8. Let P (n) be the product of the digits of n. How many positive integers n have the
property P (n) = n?
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 9 (E) Infinitely many

9. The areas of the six faces of a rectangular prism are 77, 77, 91, 91, 143, and 143.
Find the volume of this prism.
(A) 143 (B) 911 (C) 1001 (D) 1331 (E) 2002

10. The Mock AMC committee wants to issue commemorative lisence plates, consisting
of a permutation of the letters M OCKAM C. For aesthetic reasons, the two M’s
cannot be together and the two C’s must be next to each other. How many different
lisence plates can be made under the given constraints?
(A) 120 (B) 240 (C) 360 (D) 1260 (E) 5040

11. In triangle ∆ABC, the median from A to BC is half the length of BC. Given that
AB = 20 and AC = 21, find the area of this triangle.
√ √
(A) 126 (B) 140 (C) 140 2 (D) 140 3 (E) 210

12. Two days ago, Mr. Wilson got stuck in traffic on the way to work, so he drove at
an average speed of 30 mph and arrived at work 10 minutes late. Yesterday he left
at the same time as two days ago but drove at a constant average speed of 60 mph.
Unfortunately he was tagged for speeding and had to wait for 20 min, and ended up
arriving to work 10 minutes late again. Today he woke up late and left the house
10 minutes later than usual, and arrived at work 10 minutes late yet again. If Mr.
Wilson takes the same route to work each day, what was his average speed today?
(A) 36 mph (B) 40 mph (C) 42 mph (D) 45 mph (E) 48 mph

13. Suppose n is the product of 5 consecutive integers greater than 2010. Which of the
following numbers does not necessarily divide n?
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 24 (E) 30

14. Ann randomly chooses a number in the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} and Bob randomly
chooses two different numbers in {1, 2, 3, 4}. What is the probability that the sum
of Bob’s numbers is greater than Ann’s number?
5 3 1 4 9
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
14 7 2 7 14
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15. Suppose x, y are positive real numbers such that x + y ≤ 3. What is the probability
that x + 2y and 2x + y are both less than 3?
1 1 1 2 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
6 3 2 3 6
16. In quadrilateral ABCD, the area of ∆ABC is the same as the area of ∆DAB. Given
that AB = 12, BC = 4, CD = 7, CD = 5, find the ratio of the area of ∆BCD to
the area of ∆CDA.
7 4 5 7
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) (E)
12 5 4 12
17. You are given a cone. Using a plane parallel to the cone’s base, you cut the cone
into two pieces: a cone and a frustum. Given that this frustum has height 5 and the
area of its bases are 6π and 96π, find its volume.
(A) 42π (B) 126π (C) 210π (D) 510π (E) 630π

18. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal play in an exhibition series. The first match will
be played on a grass court. After that, if Roger wins the previous game, then the
next match is played on grass; otherwise the next match is played on clay. The first
person to win two matches wins the series, and there are no ties. Given that Roger
Federer wins on clay 25% of the time and wins on grass 50% percent of the time,
what is the probablilty that Rafael Nadal wins the series?
1 9 5 11 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 16 8 16 4
19. Each of four faces of a regular tetrahedron is colored one of 10 colors. How many
distinct ways are there to color the tetrahedron? (Two colorings are considered
distinct if they cannot be rotated to look like each other.)
(A) 925 (B) 980 (C) 1024 (D) 1090 (E) 1450
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20. At each vertice of a cube, a tetrahedron is cut off, resulting in a solid with 6 regular
octagons and 8 equilateral triangles as its faces. What fraction of the cube was cut
off?
√ √
1 10 − 7 2 3−2 2 √ √
(A) (B) (C) (D) 10 − 7 2 (E) 3 − 2 2
48 3 3
21. The Rectangle Marching band has between 130 and 200 members. Originally the
band members can be put into an array of m rows and n columns with no members
left over. However, 17 more people join the band, so now they can march in m + 2
rows and n−1 columns with no members left over. How many people were originally
in the Rectangle Marching Band?
(A) 148 (B) 154 (C) 165 (D) 171 (E) 182

22. ABCD is a rhombus with side length 1 such that ∠ABC = 60o . What is the area
of the largest semicircle that can fit inside this rhombus?
π π π π π
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
8 6 4 3 2
23. In the town of Cartesia, the Slanted River runs along the line y = x and the Hori-
zontal River runs along the x-axis. Renee’s home is located at the point (7,1). Renee
starts from his house, runs to the Slanted River, then runs to the Horizontal River,
and then runs back to his house. What is the least distance he could have run?
√ √ √ 71 √
(A) 10 (B) 6 3 (C) 3 2 + 34 (D) (E) 1 + 85
7
24. A 2010 × 2010 rectangular table is tiled completely with 4040100 1 × 1 tiles. A
circular coin with with diameter 2 is randomly tossed onto the table. Given that the
coin lands completely on the table, what is the probability that it completely covers
a tile?
√ √ π √ 2π √
(A) 2 − 3 (B) π − 2 2 (C) 1 + − 3 (D) − 3 (E) 1
3 3
25. Pete the mailman is delivering mail to the ten houses on the right side of Elm Street.
He notices the following things: No two adjacent houses both get mail, and at most
three houses in a row don’t get any mail. How many ways are there for this to occur?
(A) 28 (B) 55 (C) 79 (D) 89 (E) 144