2020 AIME I Problems and Answers

Problem 1

In with , point lies strictly between and on side , and

point lies strictly between and on side such that

The degree measure of is , where and are relatively prime positive integers.
Find .

Problem 2

There is a unique positive real number such that the three numbers

and

in that order, form a geometric progression with positive common ratio. The number can be
written as where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .

Problem 3

A positive integer has base-eleven representation and base-eight representation

where , , and represent (not necessarily distinct) digits. Find the least such expressed in
base ten.
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Problem 4

Let be the set of positive integers with the property that the last four digits of are 2020,
and when the last four digits are removed, the result is a divisor of . For example, is
in because 4 is a divisor of . Find the sum of all the digits of all the numbers in . For
example, the number contributes to this total.

Problem 5

Six cards numbered 1 through 6 are to be lined up in a row. Find the number of arrangements of
these six cards where one of the cards can be removed leaving the remaining five cards in either
ascending or descending order.

Problem 6

A flat board has a circular hole with radius and a circular hole with radius 2 such that the
distance between the centers of the two holes is 7. Two spheres with equal radii sit in the two
holes such that the spheres are tangent to each other. The square of the radius of the spheres

is , where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .

Problem 7

A club consisting of men and women needs to choose a committee from among its
members so that the number of women on the committee is one more than the number of men on
the committee. The committee could have as few as member or as many as members.

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Let be the number of such committees that can be formed. Find the sum of the prime numbers
that divide .

Problem 8

A bug walks all day and sleeps all night. On the first day, it starts at point , faces east, and walks
a distance of 5 units due east. Each night the bug rotates counterclockwise. Each day it walks in
this new direction half as far as it walked the previous day. The bug gets arbitrarily close to
point . Then

where and are relatively prime positive integers. Find .

Problem 9

Let be the set of positive integer divisors of Three numbers are chosen independently
and at random from the set and labeled and in the order they are chosen. The

probability that both divides and divides is where and are relatively
prime positive integers. Find

Problem 10

Let 𝑚 and 𝑛 be positive integers satisfying the conditions

 gcd(𝑚 + 𝑛, 210) = 1,
 𝑚𝑚 is a multiple of 𝑛𝑛 , and
 𝑚 is not a multiple of 𝑛.

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Find the least possible value of 𝑚 + 𝑛.

Problem 11

For integers , , , and , let

and .

Find the number of ordered triples of integers with absolute values not exceeding 10 for
which there is an integer such that

Problem 12

Let be the smallest positive integer such that

is a multiple of .

Determine the number of positive integer factors of .

Problem 13

Point lies on side of so that bisects . The perpendicular bisector

of intersects the bisectors of and in points and , respectively. Given
that

, , and ,

the area of can be written as , where and are relatively prime positive integers,
and is a positive integer not divisible by the square of any prime. Find .

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Problem 14

Let be a quadratic polynomial with complex coefficients whose coefficient

is . Suppose the equation

has four distinct solutions, . Find the sum of all possible values of .

Problem 15

Let be an acute triangle with circumcircle and orthocenter . Suppose the tangent to
the circumcircle of at intersects at points and with

, , and .

The area of can be written as , where and are positive integers, and is
not divisible by the square of any prime. Find .

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Answer Key

1. 547
2. 017
3. 621
4. 093
5. 052
6. 173
7. 081
8. 103
9. 077
10. 407
11. 510
12. 270
13. 036
14. 085
15. 058

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