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1 Square ABCD has side length 10. Point E is on BC, and the area of 4ABE is 40. What is
BE?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
B E C
A D
2 A softball team played ten games, scoring 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 runs. They lost by one
run in exactly five games. In each of the other games, they scored twice as many runs as their
opponent. How many total runs did their opponents score?
(A) 35 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 50 (E) 55
3 A flower bouquet contains pink roses, red roses, pink carnations, and red carnations. One
third of the pink flowers are roses, three fourths of the red flowers are carnations, and six
tenths of the flowers are pink. What percent of the flowers are carnations?
(A) 15 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 60 (E) 70
4 What is the value of
22014 + 22012
?
22014 − 22012
5
(A) − 1 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 2013 (E) 24024
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5 Tom, Dorothy, and Sammy went on a vacation and agreed to split the costs evenly. During
their trip Tom paid $105, Dorothy paid $125, and Sammy paid $175. In order to share the
costs equally, Tom gave Sammy t dollars, and Dorothy gave Sammy d dollars. What is t − d?
(A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 30 (E) 35
6 In a recent basketball game, Shenille attempted only three-point shots and two-point shots.
She was successful on 20% of her three-point shots and 30% of her two-point shots. Shenille
attempted 30 shots. How many points did she score?
(A) 12 (B) 18 (C) 24 (D) 30 (E) 36
7 The sequence S1 , S2 , S3 , · · · , S10 has the property that every term beginning with the third
is the sum of the previous two. That is,
Sn = Sn−2 + Sn−1 for n ≥ 3.
Suppose that S9 = 110 and S7 = 42. What is S4 ?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 16
2
8 Given that x and y are distinct nonzero real numbers such that x + x = y + y2 , what is xy?
1 1
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 4
9 In 4ABC, AB = AC = 28 and BC = 20. Points D, E, and F are on sides AB, BC, and
AC, respectively, such that DE and EF are parallel to AC and AB, respectively. What is
the perimeter of parallelogram ADEF ?
B E C
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(A) 48 (B) 52 (C) 56 (D) 60 (E) 72
10 Let S be the set of positive integers n for which n1 has the repeating decimal representation
0.ab = 0.ababab · · · , with a and b different digits. What is the sum of the elements of S?
(A) 11 (B) 44 (C) 110 (D) 143 (E) 155
11 Triangle ABC is equilateral with AB = 1. Points E and G are on AC and points D and F
are on AB such that both DE and F G are parallel to BC. Furthermore, triangle ADE and
trapezoids DF GE and F BCG all have the same perimeter. What is DE + F G?
A D F B
3 21 13 5
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 13 8 3
12 The angles in a particular triangle are in arithmetic √progression, and the side lengths are
√
4, 5, x. The sum of the possible values of x equals a + b + c where a, b, and c are positive
integers. What is a + b + c?
(A) 36 (B) 38 (C) 40 (D) 42 (E) 44
13 Let points A = (0, 0), B = (1, 2), C = (3, 3), and D = (4, 0). Quadrilateral ABCD is cut
into equal area pieces by a line passing through A. This line intersects CD at point pq , rs ,
where these fractions are in lowest terms. What is p + q + r + s?
(A) 54 (B) 58 (C) 62 (D) 70 (E) 75
14 The sequence
log12 162, log12 x, log12 y, log12 z, log12 1250
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is an arithmetic progression. What is x?
√ √ √
(A) 125 3 (B) 270 (C) 162 5 (D) 434 (E) 225 6
15 Rabbits Peter and Pauline have three offspringFlopsie, Mopsie, and Cotton-tail. These five
rabbits are to be distributed to four different pet stores so that no store gets both a parent
and a child. It is not required that every store gets a rabbit. In how many different ways can
this be done?
(A) 96 (B) 108 (C) 156 (D) 204 (E) 372
16 A, B, C are three piles of rocks. The mean weight of the rocks in A is 40 pounds, the mean
weight of the rocks in B is 50 pounds, the mean weight of the rocks in the combined piles A
and B is 43 pounds, and the mean weight of the rocks in the combined piles A and C is 44
pounds. What is the greatest possible integer value for the mean in pounds of the rocks in
the combined piles B and C?
(A) 55 (B) 56 (C) 57 (D) 58 (E) 59
17 A group of 12 pirates agree to divide a treasure chest of gold coins among themselves as
k
follows. The k th pirate to take a share takes 12 of the coins that remain in the chest. The
number of coins initially in the chest is the smallest number for which this arrangement will
allow each pirate to receive a positive whole number of coins. How many coins doe the 12th
pirate receive?
(A) 720 (B) 1296 (C) 1728 (D) 1925 (E) 3850
18 Six spheres of radius 1 are positioned so that their centers are at the vertices of a regular
hexagon of side length 2. The six spheres are internally tangent to a larger sphere whose
center is the center of the hexagon. An eighth sphere is externally tangent to the six smaller
spheres and internally tangent to the larger sphere. What is the radius of this eighth sphere?
√ √
(A) 2 (B) 32 (C) 53 (D) 3 (E) 2
19 In 4ABC, AB = 86, and AC = 97. A circle with center A and radius AB intersects BC at
points B and X. Moreover BX and CX have integer lengths. What is BC?
(A) 11 (B) 28 (C) 33 (D) 61 (E) 72
20 Let S be the set {1, 2, 3, ..., 19}. For a, b ∈ S, define a b to mean that either 0 < a − b ≤ 9 or
b − a > 9. How many ordered triples (x, y, z) of elements of S have the property that x y,
y z, and z x?
(A) 810 (B) 855 (C) 900 (D) 950 (E) 988
21 Consider A = log(2013 + log(2012 + log(2011 + log(· · · + log(3 + log 2) · · · )))). Which of the
following intervals contains A?
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(A) (log 2016, log 2017) (B) (log 2017, log 2018) (C) (log 2018, log 2019) (D) (log 2019, log 2020)
(E) (log 2020, log 2021)
22 A palindrome is a nonnegatvie integer number that reads the same forwards and backwards
when written in base 10 with no leading zeros. A 6-digit palindrome n is chosen uniformly
n
at random. What is the probability that 11 is also a palindrome?
8 33 7 9 11
(A) 25 (B) 100 (C) 20 (D) 25 (E) 30
√ √
23 ABCD is a square of side length 3 + 1. Point P is on AC such that AP = 2. The square
region bounded by ABCD is rotated 90◦ counterclockwise with center P , sweeping out a
region whose area is 1c (aπ + b), where a, b, and c are positive integers and gcd(a, b, c) = 1.
What is a + b + c?
(A) 15 (B) 17 (C) 19 (D) 21 (E) 23
24 Three distinct segments are chosen at random among the segments whose end-points are the
vertices of a regular 12-gon. What is the probability that the lengths of these three segments
are the three side lengths of a triangle with positive area?
553 443 111 81 223
(A) 715 (B) 572 (C) 143 (D) 104 (E) 286
25 Let f : C → C be defined by f (z) = z 2 + iz + 1. How many complex numbers z are there such
that Im(z) > 0 and both the real and the imaginary parts of f (z) are integers with absolute
value at most 10?
(A) 399 (B) 401 (C) 413 (D 431 (E) 441
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1 On a particular January day, the high temperature in Lincoln, Nebraska, was 16 degrees
higher than the low temperature, and the average of the high and low temperatures was 3◦ .
In degrees, what was the low temperature in Lincoln that day?
(A) − 13 (B) − 8 (C) − 5 (D) 3 (E) 11
2 Mr Green measures his rectangular garden by walking two of the sides and finds that it is 15
steps by 20 steps. Each or Mr Green’s steps is two feet long. Mr Green expect half a pound
of potatoes per square foot from his garden. How many pounds of potatoes does Mr Green
expect from his garden?
(A) 600 (B) 800 (C) 1000 (D) 1200 (E) 1400
3 When counting from 3 to 201, 53 is the 51st number counted. When counting backwards from
201 to 3, 53 is the nth number counted. What is n?
(A) 146 (B) 147 (C) 148 (D) 149 (E) 150
4 Ray’s car averages 40 miles per gallon of gasoline, and Tom’s car averages 10 miles per gallon
of gasoline. Ray and Tom each drive the same number of miles. What is the cars’ combined
rate of miles per gallon of gasoline?
(A) 10 (B) 16 (C) 25 (D) 30 (E) 40
5 The average age of 33 fifth-graders is 11. The average age of 55 of their parents is 33. What
is the average age of all of these parents and fifth-graders?
(A) 22 (B) 23.25 (C) 24.75 (D) 26.25 (E) 28
6 Real numbers x and y satisfy the equation x2 + y 2 = 10x − 6y − 34. What is x + y?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 6 (E) 8
7 Jo and Blair take turns counting from 1 to one more than the last number said by the other
person. Jo starts by saying ”1”, so Blair follows by saying ”1, 2”. Jo then says ”1, 2, 3”, and
so on. What is the 53rd number said?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 8
8 Line `1 has equation 3x − 2y = 1 and goes through A = (−1, −2). Line `2 has equation y = 1
and meets line `1 at point B. Line `3 has positive slope, goes through point A, and meets `2
at point C. The area of 4ABC is 3. What is the slope of `3 ?
2 3 4 3
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 3 (E) 2
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9 What is the sum of the exponents of the prime factors of the square root of the largest perfect
square that divides 12!?
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12
10 Alex has 75 red tokens and 75 blue tokens. There is a booth where Alex can give two red
tokens and receive in return a silver token and a blue token, and another booth where Alex
can give three blue tokens and receive in return a silver token and a red token. Alex continues
to exchange tokens until no more exchanges are possible. How many silver tokens will Alex
have at the end?
(A) 62 (B) 82 (C) 83 (D 102 (E) 103
11 Two bees start at the same spot and fly at the same rate in the following directions. Bee
A travels 1 foot north, then 1 foot east, then 1 foot upwards, and then continues to repeat
this pattern. Bee B travels 1 foot south, then 1 foot west, and then continues to repeat this
pattern. In what directions are the bees traveling when they are exactly 10 feet away from
each other?
(A) A east, B west (B) A north, B south (C) A north, B west (D) A up, B south (E) A u
12 Cities A, B, C, D, and E are connected by roads AB,
g AD,g AE,g BC,g BD, g CD,
g DE.g How
many different routes are there from A to B that use each road exactly once? (Such a route
will necessarily visit cities more than once.)
C
E
A B
(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 16 (E) 18
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13 The internal angles of quadrilateral ABCD form an arithmetic progression. Triangles ABD
and DCB are similar with ∠DBA = ∠DCB and ∠ADB = ∠CBD. Moreover, the angles
in each of these two triangles also form an arithmetic progression. In degrees, what is the
largest possible sum of the two largest angles of ABCD?
(A) 210 (B) 220 (C) 230 (D 240 (E) 250
14 Two non-decreasing sequences of nonnegative integers have different first terms. Each se-
quence has the property that each term beginning with the third is the sum of the previous
two terms, and the seventh term of each sequence is N . What is the smallest possible value
of N ?
(A) 55 (B) 89 (C) 104 (D 144 (E) 273
15 The number 2013 is expressed in the form
a1 !a2 ! · · · am !
2013 = ,
b1 !b2 ! · · · bn !
where a1 ≥ a2 ≥ · · · ≥ am and b1 ≥ b2 ≥ · · · ≥ bn are positive integers and a1 + b1 is as small
as possible. What is |a1 − b1 |?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D 4 (E) 5
16 Let ABCDE be an equiangular convex pentagon of perimeter 1. The pairwise intersections
of the lines that extend the side of the pentagon determine a five-pointed star polygon. Let
s be the perimeter of the star. What is the difference between the maximum and minimum
possible perimeter of s?
√ √ √
(A) 0 (B) 21 (C) 5−12 (D) 5+1
2 (E) 5
17 Let a, b, and c be real numbers such that
a + b + c = 2, and
a + b2 + c2 = 12
2
What is the difference between the maximum and minimum possible values of c?
10 16 20
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 3 (E) 3
18 Barbara and Jenna play the following game, in which they take turns. A number of coins lie
on a table. When it is Barbara’s turn, she must remove 2 or 4 coins, unless only one coin
remains, in which case she loses her turn. When it is Jenna’s turn, she must remove 1 or 3
coins. A coin flip determines who goes first. Whoever removes the last coin wins the game.
Assume both players use their best strategy. Who will win when the game starts with 2013
coins and when the game starts with 2014 coins?
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(A) Barbara will win with 2013 coins, and Jenna will win with 2014 coins. (B) Jenna will
win with 2013 coins, and whoever goes first will win with 2014 coins. (C) Barbara will win
with 2013 coins, and whoever goes second will win with 2014 coins. (D) Jenna will win with
2013 coins, and Barbara will win with 2014 coins. (E) Whoever goes first will win with 2013
coins, and whoever goes second will win with 2014 coins.
19 In triangle ABC, AB = 13, BC = 14, and CA = 15. Distinct points D, E, and F lie on
segments BC, CA, and DE, respectively, such that AD ⊥ BC, DE ⊥ AC, and AF ⊥ BF .
The length of segment DF can be written as m
n , where m and n are relatively prime positive
integers. What is m + n?
(A) 18 (B) 21 (C) 24 (D 27 (E) 30
20 For 135◦ < x < 180◦ , points P = (cos x, cos2 x), Q = (cot x, cot2 x), R = (sin x, sin2 x) and
S = (tan x, tan2 x) are the vertices of a trapezoid. What is sin(2x)?
√ √ √ √
(A) 2 − 2 2 (B) 3 − 6 (C) 3 2 − 5 (D − 34 (E) 1 − 3
21 Consider the set of 30 parabolas defined as follows: all parabolas have as focus the point
(0,0) and the directrix lines have the form y = ax + b with a and b integers such that
a ∈ {−2, −1, 0, 1, 2} and b ∈ {−3, −2, −1, 1, 2, 3}. No three of these parabolas have a common
point. How many points in the plane are on two of these parabolas?
(A) 720 (B) 760 (C) 810 (D 840 (E) 870
22 Let m > 1 and n > 1 be integers. Suppose that the product of the solutions for x of the
equation
8(logn x)(logm x) − 7 logn x − 6 logm x − 2013 = 0
is the smallest possible integer. What is m + n?
(A) 12 (B) 20 (C) 24 (D 48 (E) 272
23 Bernardo chooses a three-digit positive integer N and writes both its base-5 and base-6
representations on a blackboard. Later LeRoy sees the two numbers Bernardo has written.
Treating the two numbers as base-10 integers, he adds them to obtain an integer S. For
example, if N = 749, Bernardo writes the numbers 10,444 and 3,245, and LeRoy obtains the
sum S = 13, 689. For how many choices of N are the two rightmost digits of S, in order, the
same as those of 2N ?
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D 20 (E) 25
24 Let ABC be a triangle where M is the midpoint of AC, and CN is the angle bisector of
∠ACB with N on AB. Let X be the intersection of the median BM and the bisector CN .
In addition 4BXN is equilateral and AC = 2. What is BN 2 ?
√ √ √ √ √
10−6 2 2 5 2−3 3 2 3 3−4
(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6 (E) 5 .
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25 Let G be the set of polynomials of the form
P (z) = z n + cn−1 z n−1 + · · · + c2 z 2 + c1 z + 50,
where c1 , c2 , · · · , cn−1 are integers and P (z) has n distinct roots of the form a + ib with a and
b integers. How many polynomials are in G?
(A) 288 (B) 528 (C) 576 (D 992 (E) 1056
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