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2023 Chapter Competition

Sprint Round Problems 1−30
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This section of the competition consists of 30 problems. You will have 40 minutes to
complete all the problems. You are not allowed to use calculators, books or 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 left-hand
column of the competition booklet. If you complete the problems before time is called, use
the remaining time to check your answers.

In each written round of the competition, the required Total Correct Scorer’s Initials
unit for the answer is included in the answer blank.
The plural form of the unit is always used, even if the
answer appears to require the singular form of the unit.
The unit provided in the answer blank is the only form
of the answer that will be accepted.
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1. $_____________ What is the total cost of 3 jars of peanut butter priced $5 each
and 5 jars of jelly priced $3 each?

2. _____________ What is the absolute difference between 25 and 52?

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3. _____________ What is the value of the expression + ? Express your answer as a common
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fraction.

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4. _____________ Bob has $50 in his pocket when he sets off for the movie theatre.
After he pays $10 for a ticket, $8 for popcorn and $7 for a soda,
how much money does Bob have left in his pocket?

cm2
5. _____________ What is the area of the right triangle shown with legs of lengths 5 cm and 8 cm?

8 cm 5 cm

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6. _____________
% The figure shows a large square divided into 25 congruent
squares. What percent of the figure is shaded?

7. _____________ On the number line shown, the number n is one-third of the way from 0 to 6.
What is the value of n?

0 n 6

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8. _____________ What is the value of of of of 240?
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y
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4
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9. _____________ For the function graphed here, what is the greatest

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value of x for which y = −1? −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 1 2 3 4 5
x
−1
−2
−3
−4
−5

10. _____________ If 4n + 1 = 250, what is the nearest integer to the value of n?

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11. _____________ What is the value of the expression + + ? Express your answer as
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a common fraction.

12. _____________ The sum of two numbers is 9 and their absolute difference is 3. What is their
product?

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13. _____________
fish Of the fish in Ari’s aquarium, are red, are blue and are black. The
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remaining 4 fish are yellow. Given that all of Ari’s fish are a single color, how
many fish are in Ari’s aquarium?

marbles
14. _____________ A bag is filled with 100 marbles each colored red, white or blue. The table
shows the results when Cia randomly draws
10 marbles. Based on this data, how many of
the marbles in the bag are expected to be red?

15. _____________
tea Margaret holds tea parties every Tuesday afternoon for the purpose
parties of using her collection of 100 teacups. If she invites n people,
she will use n + 1 teacups: one for each invited guest and one for
herself. If she has already had 24 tea parties, each with two guests,
how many tea parties with three guests should she host to ensure
each teacup is used exactly once?

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16. _____________
: a.m. Evan gets stuck in an elevator. At 12:11 a.m., the elevator repair company
dispatches a technician who is 75 miles away. The technician drives at an
average speed of 50 mi/h, and after arriving, takes 10 minutes to enter
the building, and then an additional 7 minutes to unlock the elevator.
At what time is Evan released from the elevator?

17. _____________ If the median of the data set {x + 2, x + 3, x − 4, x − 1, x + 1} is 6, what is the

value of x?

18. _____________ Let x, y and z be positive integers with x < y < z. If the mean of x, y and z is 99,
what is the greatest possible value of z?

19. _____________ Which digit should replace E in the units place of the number 1,234,56E so that
the number is divisible by 9?

20. _____________
minutes During P.E. class, twelve students take turns playing an 8-player game. If
class lasts 1 hour and each student plays the same amount of time, what is the
maximum number of minutes each student can actively be playing the game?

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21. _____________ Triangle ABC has AB = 10 and BC = 6. How many different integer lengths are
possible for side AC?

22. _____________ Consider the geometric sequence a1 = 1, a2 = 2, a3 = 4, a4 = 8,…. What is the

average of the first 10 terms of this sequence? Express your answer as a decimal
to the nearest tenth.

23. _____________
cm Isosceles trapezoid MATH, shown here, has height 4 cm. If AT = HM = 5 cm
and TH = 4 cm, what is the perimeter of trapezoid MATH?

T 4 H
5
4

A M

24. _____________ If x + 2y = 9 and 5x + 4y = −4, what is the value of 8x + 10y?

25. _____________
cupcakes Grace made over four dozen cupcakes. If she makes packages of 2 cupcakes,
then there is 1 left over. Packaging in groups of 3 cupcakes leaves 2 left over,
and packaging in groups of 4 cupcakes leaves 3 left over. What is the fewest
number of cupcakes Grace could have made?

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26. _____________ What is the value of ? Express your answer as a common fraction
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in simplest radical form.

27. _____________
cm3 Each face of a right square pyramid has a perimeter of 24 cm. What is the
volume of the pyramid? Express your answer in simplest radical form.

28. _____________ If each of a, b and c is the cube of some nonzero integer, what is the product of
abc ab ac bc a b c
all of the different possible values of + + + + + + ?
abc ab ac bc a b c

29. _____________
cm The area of a rectangle is 32 cm2. What is the least possible integer perimeter of
the rectangle?

30. _____________ Consider the six points on the circle shown. If George draws line segments
connecting pairs of points so that each point is connected to exactly two other
points, what is the probability that the resulting figure is a convex hexagon?
Express your answer as a common fraction.

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 Forms of Answers
The following list explains acceptable forms for answers. Coaches should ensure that Mathletes are familiar with these
rules prior to participating at any level of competition. Competition answers will be scored in compliance with these rules
for forms of answers.
Units of measurement are not required in answers, but they must be correct if given. When a problem asks for an
answer expressed in a specific unit of measure or when a unit of measure is provided in the answer blank, equivalent
answers expressed in other units are not acceptable. For example, if a problem asks for the number of ounces and 36 oz
is the correct answer, 2 lbs 4 oz will not be accepted. If a problem asks for the number of cents and 25 cents is the correct
answer, $0.25 will not be accepted.
The plural form of the units will always be provided in the answer blank, even if the answer appears to require the
singular form of the units.
Geometric figures may not be drawn to scale and lengths of geometric figures should be assumed to be measured in
“units” unless otherwise stated.
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All answers must be expressed in simplest form. A “common fraction” is to be considered a fraction in the form ± b ,
where a and b are natural numbers and GCF(a, b) = 1. In some cases the term “common fraction” is to be considered a
fraction in the form BA , where A and B are algebraic expressions and A and B do not share a commona factor. A simplified
“mixed number” (“mixed numeral,” “mixed fraction”) is to be considered a fraction in the form ± N b , where N, a and b
are natural numbers, a < b and GCF(a, b) = 1. Examples:
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Problem: What is 8 ÷ 12 expressed as a common fraction? Answer: 3 Unacceptable: 6
3 12 1
Problem: What is 12 ÷ 8 expressed as a common fraction? Answer: 2 Unacceptable: 8 , 12
1
Problem: What is the sum of the lengths of the radius and the circumference of a circle with diameter 4 unit expressed as
1+ 2 π
a common fraction in terms of π? Answer: 8
Problem: What is 20 ÷ 12 expressed as a mixed number? Answer: 2
13 Unacceptable: 112 , ,,
88 55
12 33

Ratios should be expressed as simplified common fractions unless otherwise specified. Examples:
Acceptable Simplified Forms: 222,,,, πππ,,,, 666
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777 333 444−π −π
−π
Unacceptable: 3 1212 ,, 3434 , 3.5, 2:1

Radicals must be simplified. A simplified radical must satisfy: 1) no radicands have a factor which possesses the root
indicated by the index; 2) no radicands contain fractions; and 3) no radicals appear in the denominator of a fraction.
Numbers with fractional exponents are not in radical form. Examples:
Problem: What is 15 15××× 55 expressed in simplest radical form? Answer: 5 3 Unacceptable: 75

Answers to problems asking for a response in the form of a dollar amount or an unspecified monetary unit (e.g.,
“How many dollars...,” “How much will it cost...,” “What is the amount of interest...”) should be expressed in the
form ($) a.bc or a.bc (dollars), where a is an integer and b and c are digits. The only exceptions to this rule are when a
is zero, in which case it may be omitted, or when b and c both are zero, in which case they both may be omitted. Answers
in the form ($) a.bc or a.bc (dollars) should be rounded to the nearest cent unless otherwise specified. Examples:
Acceptable Forms: 2.35, 0.38, .38, 5.00, 5 Unacceptable: 4.9, 8.0
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Do not make approximations for numbers (e.g., π, 3
,5 3 ) in the data given or in solutions unless the problem says to
do so.
Do not perform any intermediate rounding (other than the “rounding” a calculator does) when calculating solutions.
All rounding should be done at the end of the computation process.

Scientific notation should be expressed in the form a × 10n where a is a decimal, 1 < |a| < 10, and n is an integer. Examples:
Problem: What is 6895 expressed in scientific notation? Answer: 6.895 × 103
Problem: What is 40,000 expressed in scientific notation? Answer: 4 × 104 or 4.0 × 104
An answer expressed to a greater or lesser degree of accuracy than called for in the problem will not be accepted.
Whole-number answers should be expressed in their whole-number form. Thus, 25.0 will not be accepted for 25, and
25 will not be accepted for 25.0.