2021

AAMC
AAMC 10A Apocalyptic American Mathematics Competitions
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1. Anna, Bella, and Carly are running for school president. If Anna earned twice as
many votes as Bella, and Bella earned three times as many votes as Carly, what
percentage of votes did Bella win?
(A) 10% (B) 15% (C) 20% (D) 24% (E) 30%
√
2. For how many integers N is 20 ≤ N ≤ 21?
(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 41 (D) 42 (E) 84

3. In isosceles triangle ABC with AB = AC, point D lies on AC such that BD ⊥ AC.
Given that 4ABD is isosceles, what is the degree measure of ∠C?
(A) 45◦ (B) 60◦ (C) 67.5◦ (D) 72◦ (E) 75◦

4. Ponce rolls a four-sided die (1 − 4), a six-sided die (1 − 6), and an eight-sided die
(1 − 8), all of which are perfectly fair. What is the probability that all three dice show
the same number?
1 1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
24 32 36 48 64

5. Pentagon ABCDE has perimeter 36. If the perimeter of quadrilateral ABCD is 29,
and the perimeter of triangle DEA is 17, what is the length of AD?
(A) 4 (B) 4.5 (C) 5 (D) 5.5 (E) 6

6. Alexis starts at the park, walks 80 meters south, 340 meters in some direction, and
then 160 meters east. Given that her ending location is k meters directly north from
the park, what is the value of k?
(A) 200 (B) 210 (C) 220 (D) 230 (E) 240

7. Three distinct positive integers have a mean of 20, a range of 21, and a median of 17.
What is their maximum?
(A) 28 (B) 29 (C) 30 (D) 31 (E) 32
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23. Let N be the number of positive integers a < 1000 for which the sum of the digits of 8. Define the operation so that:
a is one-half the sum of the digits of 11a. What is the sum of the digits of N ?
x y = max{0, x − y}.
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 19 What is the sum of all real values of x for which:

24. The cubic equation x3 − 7x2 + 3x + 2 has irrational roots r, s, and t, with r ≥ s ≥ t. x (20 x) = 21
There exists a unique set of rational numbers A, B, and C, such that the cubic is satisfied?
x3 + Ax2 + Bx + C has r + s as a root. What is A + B + C? 41 63 83
(A) 21 (B) (C) (D) 41 (E)
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 19 2 2 2

9. For some point P on the coordinate plane, reflecting P about the line y = 4 is the
25. Point P lies on side AD of square ABCD with side length 3 such that AP = 1 and
same as translating it down 4 units, and reflecting P about the line x = 10 is the
DP = 2. Point Q is the unique point on segment BP
√ such√that the measure of angle same as translating it right 10 units. What is the sum of the coordinates of P ?
∠DQC is maximized. If P Q can be expressed as m − n for positive integers m
and n, what is the value of m + n? (A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12 (E) 13
(A) 86 (B) 90 (C) 94 (D) 98 (E) 102
10. Penny places five quarters into distinct cells of the grid below so that no two quarters
lie in the same row or column, and no quarter is on a shaded cell. Which labeled cell
must contain a quarter, regardless of how Penny places the quarters?

B C E

A D

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E

11. For how many sets of three distinct positive integers is the absolute difference between
each pair of integers also in the set?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) infinitely many

12. Let ABCD be a rectangle with AB = 5 and BC = 8. There exists a circle tangent
to sides AB, BC, and CD of the rectangle that meets side DA at points X and Y .
What is XY 2 ?
(A) 48 (B) 50 (C) 54 (D) 56 (E) 60
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13. A racetrack is divided into two sections of equal length. Farley can drive the first 17. Let M and N be the midpoints of sides AB and AC, respectively, of 4ABC. Given
section at 18 miles per hour and the second section at a faster k miles per hour. By that BN = 9, CM = 12, and BC = 10, what is the area of 4ABC?
the time she is 50% done with the race, Farley has only driven 35% of the length of √ √ √
the track. What is the value of k? (A) 48 (B) 48 2 (C) 72 (D) 48 3 (E) 60 2

(A) 27 (B) 30 (C) 36 (D) 45 (E) 51 18. Let N be the unique positive integer satisfying:
1981 × 2001 × 2021
14. Let f (x) be a function such that N≤ ≤ N + 1.
2000
f (x) = f (x − 1) + 3 What is the sum of the digits of N ?
for all reals x. What is the value of f (f (x + 3)) − f (f (x))? (A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 19
(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 27 (D) f (x) + 9 (E) 3f (x)
19. How many sequences of five nonzero digits are such that the product of any two
15. When the two equations below are graphed in the coordinate plane, they enclose a consecutive digits is a perfect square?
region of finite area. What is the area of this region? (A) 279 (B) 280 (C) 281 (D) 282 (E) 283
(
y = |x + 8| + 4
20. Call a pair of positive integers (m, n) tweenies if and only if their least common
y = −|x + 15| + 21 multiple is 30. What is the sum of all possible products of two positive integers that
are tweenies?
(A) 60 (B) 72 (C) 80 (D) 90 (E) 120
(A) 1800 (B) 1920 (C) 1960 (D) 2160 (E) 2196
16. The table below shows Melinda’s twelve grades over the four quarters of a school
year. Each quarter is associated with a grade equal to the average of all grades in 21. Given that there is exactly one point P in the same plane as rectangle ABCD with
that quarter, and Melinda’s final grade is the average of all of her quarter grades. AB = 6 such that ∠AP B = 60◦ and ∠CP D = 90◦ , what is the sum of all possible
Before the final grade is calculated, Melinda can remove exactly one of her grades lengths of BC?
from the table. Which grade should she remove to maximize her final grade? √ √ √ √
(A) 3 3 − 3 (B) 6 (C) 4 3 (D) 3 3 + 3 (E) 6 3
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
22. Cherry makes a slight fold along the diagonal AC of a square ABCD of side length
100 92 90 47 6. She then places base 4ABD onto a flat table, such that 4ABD is equilateral.
70 93 96 59 How high up is vertex C from the table?
100 94 54 73 √ √ √ √ √
(A) 2 5 (B) 2 6 (C) 3 3 (D) 2 7 (E) 4 2

(A) 47 (B) 54 (C) 70 (D) 92 (E) do not remove any