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Problem 1
The median of the list is . What is the mean?

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Problem 2
A number is more than the product of its reciprocal and its additive inverse. In which interval does the number lie?

Solution

Problem 3
The sum of two numbers is . Suppose is added to each number and then each of the resulting numbers is doubled. What is the sum of the
final two numbers?

Solution

Problem 4
What is the maximum number for the possible points of intersection of a circle and a triangle?

Solution

Problem 5
How many of the twelve pentominoes pictured below have at least one line of symmetry?

Solution

Problem 6
Let and denote the product and the sum, respectively, of the digits of the integer . For example, and .
Suppose is a two-digit number such that . What is the units digit of ?

Solution

Problem 7
When the decimal point of a certain positive decimal number is moved four places to the right, the new number is four times the reciprocal of
the original number. What is the original number?

Solution

Problem 8
Wanda, Darren, Beatrice, and Chi are tutors in the school math lab. Their schedule is as follows: Darren works every third school day, Wanda
works every fourth school day, Beatrice works every sixth school day, and Chi works every seventh school day. Today they are all working in the
math lab. In how many school days from today will they next be together tutoring in the lab?

Solution

Problem 9
The state income tax where Kristin lives is levied at the rate of of the first of annual income plus of any amount above
. Kristin noticed that the state income tax she paid amounted to of her annual income. What was her annual income?

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Problem 10
If , , and are positive with , , and , then is

Solution

Problem 11
Consider the dark square in an array of unit squares, part of which is shown. The first ring of squares around this center square contains unit
squares. The second ring contains unit squares. If we continue this process, the number of unit squares in the ring is

Solution

Problem 12
Suppose that is the product of three consecutive integers and that is divisible by . Which of the following is not necessarily a divisor of ?

Solution

Problem 13
A telephone number has the form , where each letter represents a different digit. The digits in each part of the
numbers are in decreasing order; that is, , , and . Furthermore, , , and are consecutive even
digits; , , , and are consecutive odd digits; and . Find .

Solution

Problem 14
A charity sells benefit tickets for a total of . Some tickets sell for full price (a whole dollar amount), and the rest sells for half price.
How much money is raised by the full-price tickets?

Solution

Problem 15
A street has parallel curbs feet apart. A crosswalk bounded by two parallel stripes crosses the street at an angle. The length of the curb
between the stripes is feet and each stripe is feet long. Find the distance, in feet, between the stripes?

Solution

Problem 16
The mean of three numbers is more than the least of the numbers and less than the greatest. The median of the three numbers is . What
is their sum?

Solution

Problem 17
Which of the cones listed below can be formed from a sector of a circle of radius by aligning the two straight sides?

Solution

Problem 18
The plane is tiled by congruent squares and congruent pentagons as indicated. The percent of the plane that is enclosed by the pentagons is
closest to

Solution

Problem 19
Pat wants to buy four donuts from an ample supply of three types of donuts: glazed, chocolate, and powdered. How many different selections
are possible?

Solution

Problem 20
A regular octagon is formed by cutting an isosceles right triangle from each of the corners of a square with sides of length . What is the
length of each side of the octagon?

Solution

Problem 21
A right circular cylinder with its diameter equal to its height is inscribed in a right circular cone. The cone has diameter and altitude , and
the axes of the cylinder and cone coincide. Find the radius of the cylinder.

Solution

Problem 22
In the magic square shown, the sums of the numbers in each row, column, and diagonal are the same. Five of these numbers are represented by
, , , , and . Find .

Solution

Problem 23
A box contains exactly five chips, three red and two white. Chips are randomly removed one at a time without replacement until all the red chips
are drawn or all the white chips are drawn. What is the probability that the last chip drawn is white?

Solution

Problem 24
In trapezoid , and are perpendicular to , with , , and . What is ?

Solution

Problem 25
How many positive integers not exceeding are multiples of or but not ?

Solution

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