November 2011
? National Level ?
Round One Test
Time Limit:
40 minutes
Name:
1. Consider the points with coordinates (0, 2) and (1, 1). How many circles
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pass through both of these points and are also tangent to the x-axis?
2. Write the numbers from 1 to 100 in the grid of squares shown
here, going from left to right across each row, filling the rows
from top to bottom. Next combine all the numbers within the 1
highlighted region by adding together the even numbers, then
subtracting the odd numbers. What is the total?
3. Draw any unbroken path from (1, 1) to (4, 4) in the Cartesian plane. Now
check each point having integer coordinates, such as (2, 3) or (0, 4), and color
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it red if it lies within 0.9 units of some point on the path. What is the smallest
possible number of red points one could obtain?
4. Find the smallest positive integer n for which the sum 14 + 15 + · · · + n is
2
equal to a power of 3.
5. Recall that the Fibonacci numbers are defined as F1 = 1, F2 = 1, and
2 2
Fn+1 = Fn + Fn−1 for all n ≥ 2. Express 3F2012 − 4F2011 F2010 − 3F2010 as a 2
product of two Fibonacci numbers; i.e., write your answer in the form Fm Fn .
6. In how many ways is it possible to color the squares of a 4 × 4
grid either black or white so that every pair of rows has matching
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squares at exactly two of the four positions within the rows? One
such configuration is shown at right.
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1+
4
7. Calculate the exact value of the 2+ 2
infinite continued fraction at right. 4 3
22 +
3
4
23 +
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c Greater Testing Concepts 2011
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