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 1. Evaluate: (64) 3  32 ƒ ˆ4x q 24 ‰ ‚ 8(q 1)
1

(A) 0.5625 (B) 1 (C) 4.5 (D) 6 (E) 21.8333...

2. Rose Thorn went to the Fruits and Nuts Nursery to buy some trees. She paid $14.75 for each
fruit tree and $12.50 for each nut tree. She bought three fruit trees and two nut trees. Since Rose
belongs to the Sav-A-Tree club she received a 20% discount on fruit trees and a 15% discount on
nut trees. How much did the five trees cost her before taxes? (nearest cent)

(A) $42.13 (B) $45.01 (C) $55.08 (D) $55.48 (E) $56.65

3. Find the number of positive integral divisors of 2,400.

(A) 3 (B) 12 (C) 24 (D) 36 (E) 48

4. If P is 45% of Q and Q is 45 of R, then P is what percent less than R?

(A) 80% (B) 64% (C) 55% (D) 36% (E) 35%

5. Simplify: x2 q 4x q 5 ‚ x2  2x q 3
x2 q 2x q 15 x3  x2 q x q 1
5 1 3
(A)
3x4  3x3
(B) x q 1 (C) x  1 (D) x  1 (E) x q 1

6. Line m passing through (2, 3) has a slope of 12 . Line n is perpendicular to line m and passes
through (3, q 4). Lines m and n intersect at (x, y). Find y.

(A) q 1 (B) q 12 (C) 2 (D) 4 (E) 5

7. Three years ago, Ima Oldie was one year older than twice Ura Goodie's age. Six years from now
Ima's age will be ten years more than half of Ura's age. What is the sum of their ages now?

(A) 28 (B) 21 (C) 16 (D) 13 (E) 10

8. Let p and q be the roots of x2  2x q 15 = 0 . Find ¸p3 q 3p2 q  3pq2 q q3 ¸.

(A) 8 (B) 64 (C) 90 (D) 169 (E) 512

9. Leon D. Oiler folded a geometry net into a cuboctahedron. It has 24 edges, 12 vertices,
8 triangular faces and some square faces. How many square faces does it have?

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 10

10. If you slice a right circular cone with a plane having the same slope as the slant of the cone, the
cross section is a(n) _______________ .

(A) line (B) circle (C) elongated ellipse (D) parabola (E) hyperbola

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11. Find the perimeter of the hexagon ABCDEF if AB = 10 cm. (nearest tenth).
E

45

45 D
F
B 60

30

A C

(A) 54.5 cm (B) 51.5 cm (C) 49.1 cm (D) 44.4 cm (E) 39.9 cm

12. Point A (q 2, q 2) lying on the x-y plane is rotated 321 radians counter-clockwise about the
origin to point B. Point B is translated horizontally 3 units to the right to point C. Point C is
reflected across the line y = x to point D. Point D is translated vertically down 3 units to point E.
Point E is rotated 12 radians clockwise about the origin to point F (x, y). Find x  y.

(A) q 4 (B) q 2 (C) 0 (D) 1 (E) 3

13. These four examples are examples of one of the best-known conjectures of number theory.
1) 8 = 3  5 2) 20 = 7  13 3) 66 = 29  37 4) 100 = 11  89
Which of the these mathematicians is the conjecture attributed to?

(A) Zeno of Elea (B) John Napier (C) Theano (D) Lady Lovelace (E) Christian Goldbach

14. The sixth harmonic number is:

___________

(A) 0.0476190 (B) 2.5928... (C) 1.5 (D) 2.45 (E) 0.408333...

15. Willie Makette walks to the bus stop, gets on the bus and rides to the next bus stop, then walks
the rest of the way to school. Using the graph of Willie's trip to school, determine the difference
in time Willie spent walking and the time he spent riding the bus.

(A) 25 min (B) 20 min (C) 15 min (D) 10 min (E) 5 min

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  3)x
16. How many positive integral values of n exist such that (n
(n  1)x  30.

(A) none (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 5 (E) 6

17. Determine the range of f()) = 5sin(3)  1.51) q 2.

(A) [ q 4.5, 1.5] (B) [ q 3.5 , 3.5] (C) [3 , 7] (D) [ q 3 , 2] (E) [ q 7 , 3]

18. Simplify: (1 q sin2 x)(1  tan2 x)

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) cos x (D) cos2 x (E) 1 q cos2 x

19. Find C if the remainder of 8x 4  4x 3  7x 2  5x  C divided by x  1 is 9.

(A) q 3 (B) q 1 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) 1

20. In the binomial expansion of (2x  1)6 , the sum of the coefficients of the 2nd , 4th , and 6th terms
is:

(A) 729 (B) 96 (C) 556 (D) 720 (E) 364

21. Betty Luzes spins the spinner shown, where all sectors are the same size. If it lands on a prime
number she gets that number of points tripled. If it lands on a unit she gets that number of
points doubled. If it lands on any other number, she loses 5 points. Assuming it does not land on
a line, what is the mathematical expectation on any one spin?

1
6
3 10

1 15
3 1

(A)  2.75 pts (B)  1.125 pts (C) q 0.375 pts (D) q 0.75 pts (E) q 4.0 pts

22. How many distinguishable ways can the letters in the word ARRANGEMENT be arranged?

(A) 2,494,800 (B) 1,260 (C) 226,800 (D) 1,247,800 (E) 5,040

23. A group of 75 northern Aleuts took a survey about ice cream. The results showed the following:
39 liked chocolate; 47 liked vanilla; 38 liked strawberry; 1 did not like ice cream; 11 liked
chocolate and strawberry, but not vanilla; 14 liked vanilla and strawberry, but not chocolate;
7 liked chocolate and vanilla, but not strawberry; and 9 liked all three flavors. How many of the
Aleuts liked only strawberry?

(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 12 (E) 17

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 1 4x  3 2
Ax  Bx  C ABC
24. Let 2x
3x q 2 q 5x q 3 = Px2  Qx  R . Find P  Q  R .

(A) q 5 12 (B) q 19 1
(C) q 20 1
(D) q 10 (E) q 12

25. A water tank in the shape of a regular hexagonal based prism with side lengths of 4 feet and a
height of 5 feet is 80% full of water. How many gallons of water would it take to fill the tank?
(nearest gallon)

(A) 389 gal (B) 363 gal (C) 346 gal (D) 324 gal (E) 311 gal

26. If a1 = q 1, a2 = 3, a3 = q 2 and an = (anq1 q anq3 ) (anq2 ), where n 4, then a7 equals:

(A) q 468 (B) q 42 (C) 0 (D) 265 (E) 12,800

27. The equation y = D  Asin(Bx q C1), where q 21 Ÿ x Ÿ 21, will produce this graph.
If A, B, C, and D  0, which of the following is the sum of A, B, C, and D?

(A) 8.5 (B) 7 (C) 6.5 (D) 5 (E) 4.5

28. If (5  3i)(4  2i)(7 q i) = a  bi then a  b is:

(A) 260 (B) 140 (C) 76 (D) q 20 (E) q 12

29. How many kinds of symmetry does the graph of the polar equation, r = 5cos(4)), have?

(A) none (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

30. Find the slope of the line tangent to the curve y = 3x2  4x q 5 at the point (q 2, q 1).

(A) q 21 (B) q 8 (C) q 6 (D) q 2 (E) q 1

31. A freshman, a sophomore, and a junior are working on this problem. The probability that the
freshman will solve this problem is 14 , that the sophomore will solve it is 13 , and that the junior
will solve it is 35 . What is the probability that the freshman and the sophomore will solve it, but
the junior will not? (nearest tenth)

(A) 3.3% (B) 16.7% (C) 18.3% (D) 31.7% (E) 33.3%

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32. P varies jointly as Q and R and inversely as the square of Z. If P = 150, Q = 15, R = 18, and
Z = 9, find P when Q = 21, R = 12, and Z = 6.

(A) 337.5 (B) 315 (C) 71 37 (D) 45 (E) 28.4

33. Find AP if EP = 16 cm.

B

B E
P

A C
B

(A) 32 cm (B) 48 cm (C) 40 (D) 24 cm (E) 8 cm

34. If (q 1, 1), (2, q 3), and (5, k) are members of the function {(x, y) | y = 4a  bx}, then k = ?

(A) q 8 (B) q 7 (C) q 6 (D) q 5 (E) q 4

35. Let vector u = (q 2, 4) and vector v = (q 1, q 3). Find the measure of the angle with initial side
u and terminal side v. (nearest minute)

(A) 135° 0' (B) 132° 16' (C) 124° 0' (D) 116° 34' (E) 108° 26'

36. The directrix of the parabola 12x  y2  6y = 3 is:

(A) x = 9 (B) x = 6 (C) x = 4 (D) x = q 2 (E) x = q 3

37. Find the area of the shaded region in square units.

(A) 34 23 (B) 35 (C) 35 13 (D) 36 (E) 36 23

38. The probability that statement P is true is 35%, and the probability that statement Q is true is
70%. Determine the probability that P î Q is false.

(A) 10.5% (B) 24.5% (C) 27% (D) 50% (E) 52.5%

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39. Eratosthenes numbered 20 ping pong balls from 1 to 20 and mixed them up in a bag. He drew
out three balls, without replacement, and recorded their numbers. What is the probability all
three of them were prime numbers? (nearest tenth)

(A) 3.1 % (B) 4.9 % (C) 6.7 % (D) 25.5% (E) 40.0 %

40. Chef Sal Add wants to make a salad dressing using two types of vegetable oil. One type of oil
contains 8% saturated fats and a second oil contains 25% saturated fats. How many ounces of
the second oil will Chef Sal have to add to 10 ounces of the first oil if the per cent of saturated
fats is to be 15%?

(A) 17 oz (B) 15 oz (C) 10 oz (D) 8 oz (E) 7 oz

41. Ray Diaz waters his crops using a long pipe with multiple sprinkler heads on it. One end of the
pipe is connected to a pivot on his well. The well is 400 feet from the corner of his field on a
bearing of 55°. The other end of the irrigation pipe is 300 feet from the same corner of his field
on a bearing of 100°. The pipe rotates in a circular motion about the well when it is turned on.
How many acres of land will his sprinkler system water when it completes one revolution if
1 acre equals 43,560 square feet. (nearest tenth)

(A) 3.9 acres (B) 4.5 acres (C) 5.8 acres (D) 6.7 acres (E) 8.1 acres

42. If the set of numbers {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...} continue in the triangular pattern shown below, in what
row would you find the number 14,878?
1 (row 1)
2 3 4 (row 2)
5 6 7 8 9 (row 3)
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 (row 4)
... ( ... )

(A) 148 (B) 122 (C) 130 (D) 154 (E) 112

43. Given the two concentric circles with center O: the ratio of the radii is 1 to 3; segment AB is the
diameter of the larger circle; chord BC is tangent to the smaller circle; and AC = 12 ". Find the
radius of the larger circle.
C

A
O
B

(A) 8 " (B) 15 " (C) 16 " (D) 18 " (E) 24 "

44. Let f(x q 1) = 1  2f(x). Find f(q 2) if f(1) = q 1.

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) q 1 (E) q 2

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 Ú 2x  1
45. Find lim f(x), if it exists. Let f(x) = Û 3
if x  q 1,

Ü 2x  1 if x  1.
if q 1  x  1,
xÄq1

(A) q 1 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) does not exist

46. Phil Whitwatter is putting water in his small cylindrical shaped pool. The diameter of the pool is
12 feet and the height of the pool is 4 feet. The water is flowing into the tank at a rate of 3 cubic
feet per minute. How fast is the water rising when the water is 2 feet deep? (nearest tenth)

(A) 0.7 ft/hr (B) 1.1 ft/hr (C) 1.6 ft/hr (D) 2.1 ft/hr (E) 2.4 ft/hr

¸4x  1¸
47. Which of the following is NOT a member of the solution set for 3 q2 5?

(A) 4.875 (B) 21

4 (C) 8 (D) q 11
2 (E) q 6.125

48. Find the total surface area of a right cone with a height of 7 inches and a slant height of 9 inches.
(nearest sq. in)

(A) 187 sq. in (B) 243 sq. in (C) 260 sq. in (D) 278 sq. in (E) 335 sq. in

49. Find the sum of the coefficients of the quotient: ( 10x3  13x2  10x  3 ) ƒ ( 2x  1 )

(A) 29 (B) 17 (C) 14 (D) 12 (E) 6

50. ˜ABC is an equilateral triangle. Find the sum of the perimeters of ˜CAD and ˜BEC if
AD = 2" and BE = 8" (nearest tenth)
C

20 " 20 "

A B
D E

(A) 74.6" (B) 78.0" (C) 82.7" (D) 84.4" (E) 86.5"

! ! kk (x q k)= ?
q1 2
51. kk (x  k) 
k=q2 k=1

(A) 17(x4q 2) (B) 19x 4q 34 (C) 194x (D) 0 (E) 17x 4q 42

52. If f ww (x) = 20x3 q 24x2  18x q 8 and f w (1) = 3 and f(q 1) = q 21, then f(1) = _____.

(A) 21 (B) 6 (C) q 3 (D) q 7 (E) q 18

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53. Penni Tass flipped a penny five times and recorded the results. The odds of only three
consecutive heads happening is A:B. Find A ƒ B to the nearest hundredths.

(A) 0.25 (B) 0.14 (C) 0.28 (D) 0.16 (E) 0.19

54. Let K be a two-digit number such that the units digit is divisible by 4. What is the sum of these
numbers?

(A) 1,458 (B) 1,378 (C) 1,368 (D) 1,098 (E) 888

55. McDonald's mcnuggets comes in a 4-pack, a 6-pack, a 9-pack and a 20-pack. They do not sell
them in any other amounts and will not break up a pack. What is the largest number of
mcnuggets less than 40 can you NOT get?

(A) 39 (B) 32 (C) 19 (D) 14 (E) 11

56. (628 q 478  138 ) ‚ 38 = _________________ 8

(A) 102 (B) 52 (C) 132 (D) 24 (E) 104

57. Mei Yhun wants to change 5212014 from base 10 to base 20. Which of the following is the
correct base 20 number for 5212014.

(A) 1CBA0E (B) 13B107 (C) 578ABF (D) 52C014 (E) A4040A

58. Change the base 10 proper fraction 67 to a repeating decimal in base 4.

(A) 0.213213213...4 (B) 0.323232...4 (C) 0.312312312...4 (D) 0.232323...4 (E) 0.123123123... 4

59. Let P and Q be positive integers such that the harmonic mean of P and Q is 6.875. Find the
contraharmonic mean of P and Q.

(A) 7.0 (B) 7.75 (C) 8.375 (D) 8.625 (E) 9.125

60. Solve the system of equation for x: (log7 16)x  (log5 3)y = log49 8
(log3 25)x q (log2 7)y = log9 125

(A) 3 (B) 1.5 (C) 1 (D) 0.5 (E) 0.25

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 University Interscholastic League
MATHEMATICS CONTEST
HS ì State ì 2014
Answer Key

1. C 21. B 41. C

2. E 22. A 42. B

3. D 23. B 43. D

4. B 24. E 44. D

5. C 25. E 45. E

6. C 26. A 46. C

7. C 27. C 47. A

8. E 28. A 48. C

9. C 29. D 49. D

10. D 30. B 50. E

11. B 31. A 51. A

12. A 32. B 52. C

13. E 33. A 53. E

14. D 34. B 54. A

15. D 35. A 55. E

16. B 36. C 56. A

17. E 37. D 57. A

18. B 38. A 58. C

19. C 39. B 59. E

20. E 40. E 60. D