1995~—-96

I National Competition ~::I

Sprint Round

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This round of the competition consists of 30 problems.
You Will have 40 minutes to complete the problems. You
are not allowed to use calculators, slide rules, books, or

any other aids during this round. Calculations may be

done on scratch paper. All answers must be complete,
legible, and simplified to lowest terms. Record only final
answers in the blanks in the right»-hand column of the

competition booklet. If you complete the problems before

tune is cahed, use the nnnannng tnne to check your

ansvvers.

Total Correct Scorefs Initials

MATHCOUNTS is a
<:ooperative project of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the CNA
Insurance Companies, The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, the General Motors Foundation, the Intel
l7‘our1dation, Texas Instruments Incorporated, the National Council of Teachers of l\4’latl:ez‘n.atir:s, anrl the
National Aeroriautics and Space Administration.
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ilk The sum of three
integers is 220. The two smaller are
consecutive integers and the two larger are consecutive odd
integers. Find the product of the smallest and largest.

Wanda weighed her four pet pot-bellied piglets in pairs.

Together Oinker and Squeaker Weighed 110 pounds, Squeaker
and Curly weighed 103 pounds and Curly and Porker totalled
108 pounds. How many pounds would Oinker and Porker
Weigh together?

In circle with center 0, the measure of [RIP is 36° and

Find the number of centimeters in the length
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of RP. Express your answer in terms of 7r.

How many integral solutions exist for :1: if % g -E 3 ‘DIN ?

A typical ID number in a college class consists of a four—digit

number, such as 0119. When an ID number is randomly
selected, what is the probability that no two of its digits are
the same? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest
thousandths.

A point E is chosen at random from Within square ABCD.

Express as a decimal to the nearest hundredth the probability
that AABE is obtuse.

How many positive integers n satisfy 3 < x"/100 < 5'?

Charlene’s calculator digits 0, 1, 6, 8 and 9

displays the
so that, when the calculator is held upside-down, these
digits appear to be 0, 1, 9, 8 and 6 respectively. How
many three—digit numbers look the same upside—down and
right~side—up when using these five possible digits? (A
three~digit string that begins with either “O” or “G0” is not
considered a three—digit number.)
 How many n0n~congruent rectangles with integer sides have
not more than 25 square units in their areas?

10. Given a list of 5 distinct

nonnegative integers with mean 10.
of 18 and median of 19, what is the greatest possible range?

11. The diagram is made of ll.

unit cubes and is hiding
no holes. The cubes are

rearranged to create a

rectangular solid with the II!

smallest possible surface
area. How many square
units are in this surface
area‘?

12. A convex quadrilateral has one vertex at (2, -1). The other 12.
three vertices are at the reflections of (2, -1) about the
:z:~aXis, y-aXis and the line y =2
m, respectively. What is the
area of this quadrilateral?

13. What is the probability that a randomly chosen factor of 1590 13.
is a multiple of 1555? Express your answer as a common
fraction.

14., Given that the perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 36 units 14.

and the altitude to the base is 12 units, what is the number
of square units in its area?

. The points (0,0), (1,7), (6,8), (10,3), (2,2) and (0,0) are 15. .

connected in order to form a pentagon. How many square

units are in the area of the pentagon?

16. AABC is an isosceles

right triangle with hypofinuse 16.
circle is drawn through B that is tangent to AC at P9 P5
is a diameter of the circle. Given that :55 is 8 units long,
how many square units are in the area of the region inside
the circle but outside the triangle? Express your answer in
terms of 721.

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"517. Pedro has twelve more pencils than Peter. Peter has nine 17.
more pencils than Paul. Peter, Pedro and Paul decide to
split the pencils so each of the three will have the same

number of pencils. How many pencils will Pedro lose?

18. In right triangle ABC, M‘ a._r_1_d_ N are midpoints of legs E 18.

a.nd—(l)3C, respectively. Leg AB is 6 units long, and leg BC
is 8 units long. How many square units are in the area.
of AAPC’?

19. A triangle whose side lengths are Whole numbers has one 19.
side which measures 25 inches and a perimeter of 80 inches.
What is the fewest number of inches that can be the length
of one of the remaining sides?

20. ‘What is the largest number (3 such that 22:2 + 593 + C O has :

at least one real number solution? Express your answer as a.

cornrnon fraction.

21. Replace each of the boxes with a. distinct number from

{1,2,3,4.,:‘3,6,7,819} so that the sum is as close as possible
to 1 without being greater than or equal to 1. What is the
sum. expressed as a cornrnon fraction?
 22. On a four~by—four grid, the points are 1 unit apart 22.
horizontally and vertically. Two distinct points P and Q are
randomly selected from this grid. What is the probability
that the distance between P and Q is less than 2.5? Express
your answer as a common fraction.

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23. A circle is inscribed in a

quarter-circle, Express in simplest 23.
radical form the radius 7' of the circle in terms of the radius R
of the quarter—cir<:le.

24. How many distinct triangles can be constructed by connecting 24.

three different Vertices of a cube?

25. In the diagram, circle Q is congruent to circle ‘W, and both

are tangent to circle 0 and to each other. Circle S and
circle T are congruent and are tangent to circle 0, to circle Q
and to circle W. Find the ratio of the area of the smallest
circle to the largest circle.

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ih. It takes Franz 45 minutes to walk between her home and 26.
school.One morning she walked half way to school and
remembered that she had left her calculator at home. She
ran home and then ran all the way to school. It took
5 minutes at home to get her calculator. She runs twice as
fastas she walks. How many minutes more than usual did it
take her to get to school? Express your answer as a mixed
number.

27. How many square units are in the area defined by the set of 27.

points (x, y) in the first quadrant which satisfy 3 ;<_ :1: + 3; § 5?

28. A certain three—digit number n is reduced in value to a 28.

number m when the hundreds and units are interchanged.
Given that 450 < n -

m < 550, what is 71

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777,?

29. The piece below, with all indicated lengths of five units, can 29.
be folded to form a regular tetrahedron. What is the volume

of the tetrahedron? Express your answer as a fraction in

simplest radical form.

FAVE
30. How many four~digit integers greater than 5000 are there for 30.
which the thousands digit equals the sum of the other three
digits?