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Advanced Math Marathon-03
1) If n is integer, which of the following must be even?
a) n – 1 b) n + 1 c) 3n + 1 d) 2n + 2 e) 2n + n
2) In a certain box of candy, the ratio of light chocolates to dark chocolates is 4:5. If the box contains 36
candies, how many of the candies are dark chocolates?
a) 9 b) 18 c) 20 d) 24 e) 27
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3) If the figure above is a square, what is the perimeter of the figure?
a) 28 b) 16 c) 9 d) 3
e) Cannot be determined form the information given.
4) Machine X produces w widgets in five minutes. Machine X and Machine Y, working at the same time,
produce w widgets in two minutes. How long will it take Machine Y working alone to produce w widgets?
a) 2 min. 30 sec b) 2 min. 40 sec c) 3 min. 20 sec d) 3 min. 30 sec e) 3 min. 40 sec
5) What is 111% of 17?
a) 1.887 b) 18.87 c) 1.77 d) 17.77
6) If n is an even number, all of the following must also be even EXCEPT
a) n3 b) n2 c) 2n d) 2n + n e) 2n + 5
7) A $1,000 bonus is to be divided among three people so that Jane receives twice as much as Robert, who
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receives as much as Wendy. How much money should Wendy receive?
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a) $100 b) $125 c) $250 d) $375 e) $625
8) The average weight of four packages on a scale is 16 pounds. When one of those packages is removed
the average of the remaining three packages is 14 pounds. What is the weight in pounds of the package
that was removed?
a) 16 b) 18 c) 21 d) 22 e) 24
9) If (x + y)2 – (x – y)2 = 20, then xy =
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 5
10) If pencils costs x cents each, how many pencils can be purchased for y dollars?
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100 xy 100 y y
a) b) c) d) e) 100xy
xy 100 x 100 x
11) The temperature at 12:00 noon is 66 degrees. If the temperature increases by 25% during the afternoon,
then decreases by 25% during the evening, what is the temperature at the end of the evening?
a) 61 7/8 b) 66 c) 1/4 d) 62 7/8
12) If p pounds of coffee costs d dollars, how many pounds of coffee can be purchases for x dollars?
pd x xp d
a) b) c) d) e) xpd
x pd d xp
13) In a playground, there are x seesaws. If 50 children are all riding on seesaws, two to a seesaw, and five
seesaws are not in use, what is x?
a) 15 b) 20 c) 25 d) 30 e) 35
2y y 1
14) . What is the value of y?
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a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
15) A candy bar weighing 4 ounces costs c cents. If the size of the candy bar is reduced to 3.6 ounces while
the price remains the same, then the old price per ounce is what fraction f the new price per ounce?
10c 9c 10 9 9
a) b) c) d) e)
9 10 9c 10c 10
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16) Of 60 employees at Microfirm Company, x employees are computer programmers. If of the remaining
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employees are salespeople, express the number of Microfirm employees who are neither programmers
nor salespeople, in terms of x. Express your answer in simplest terms.
a) 20-1/3X b) 1/3X-20 c) 20 d) 1/3X
17) If a portion of $10,000 is invested at 6% and the remaining portion is invested at 5%, and if x represents
the amount invested at 6%, express the annual income in dollars from the 5% investment in terms of x.
a) 0.05X+500 b) 500-0.05X c) 0.05X-500 d) 0.05X
18) Jill is now 20 years old and her brother Gary is now 14 year old. How many years ago was Jill three times
as old as Gary was at that time?
a) 10 b) 12 c) 11 d) 13
19) Lisa has 45 coins which are worth a total of $3.50. If the coins are all nickels and dimes, how many more
dimes than nickels does she have?
a) 15 b) 5 c) 20 d) 25
20) Two buses are 515 miles apart. At 9:30 a.m. they start traveling toward each other at rates of 48 and 55
miles per hour. After what time will they pass each other?
a) 6 hrs b) 5 hrs c) 7 hrs d) 8 hrs
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21) If a machine seals cans at the rate of 4 cans every three seconds, how many minutes will it take the
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machine to seal 720 cans?
a) 6 b) 8 c) 18 d) 36 e) 48
22) A clerk’s salary is $320.00 after a 25% raise. Before the clerk’s raise, the supervisor’s salary was 50%
greater than the clerk’s salary. If the supervisor also receives a raise in the same dollar amount as the
clerk’s raise, what is the supervisor’s salary after the raise?
a) 256 b) 384 c) 440 d) 448
23) How many ounces of soy sauce must be added to 18 ounces of a peanut sauce and soy sauce mixture
consisting of 32% peanut sauce to create a mixture which is 12% peanut sauce?
a) 20 b) 30 c) 40 d) 50
24) If 3n is an even number, which of the following must be an odd number?
a) n b) 2n c) n + 1 d) n + 2 e) n2
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150o
25) In the figure above, what is the value of x?
a) 60 b) 90 c) 120 d) 150 e) 180
26) Dan drove home from college at an average rate of 60 miles per hour. On his trip back to college, his rate
was 10 miles per hour slower and the trip took him one hour longer than the drive home. How far is Dan’s
home from the college in miles?
a) 5 b) 500 c) 8 d) 300
27) Harold is twice as old as Jack, who is three years older than Dan. If Harold’s age is five times Dan’s age,
how old in years is Jack?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 5 d) 8 e) 10
28) Two water hoses feed a 40-gallon tank. If one of the hoses dispenses water at the rate of 2 gallons per
minute, and the other hose dispenses water at the rate of 5 gallons per minute, how many minutes does it
take to fill the 40 gallon tank, if the tank is empty initially?
a) 5 4/7 b) 5 3/7 c) 6 d) 5 5/7
29) x2 – 4x = 21. Find all possible values of x.
a) 7 b) -3 c) 7 & -3 d) None of these
30) An investor wishes to sell some of the stock that he owns in MicroTron and Dynaco Corporations. He can
sell MicroTron stock for $36 per share, and he can sell Dynaco stock for $52 per share. If he sells 300
shares altogether at an average price per share of $40, how many shares of Dynaco stock has he sold?
31) a) 75 b) 80 c) 90 d) 105
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32) Of a group of 27 students, 18 belong to the French Club and 15 belong to the Spanish Club. If each
student belongs to at least one club, how many students belong to both clubs?
a) 3 b) 6 c) 8 d) 10 e) 24
33) If n is an integer, which of the following must be an odd number?
a) n + 1 b) 2n c) 2n + 1 d) 2(n + 1) e) 3(n + 1)
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34) On a shopping trip, Peter spent of his money for a jacket and another $5 for a hat. If Peter still had of
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his money left, how much money did he have originally?
a) $18 b) $24 c) $30 d) $48 e) $60
35) In a certain game, 3 nurbs are equal to 2 zimps, and 6 clabs are equal to 1 zimp. 4 clabs are equal to how
many nurbs?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5
36) Three printing presses can finish a certain job in 60 minutes. How many minutes will it take five such
printing presses to do the same job?
a) 15 b) 20 c) 30 d) 36 e)100
37) On a certain toll road, the toll charge is 10 cents per mile for the first 50 miles, 20 cents per mile for the
next 20 miles, and 30 cents per mile for the last 10 miles. What is the average cost per mile (in cents) for
the entire trip?
a) 10.5 b) 12 c) 12.5 d) 15 e) 18
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38) If the area of the rectangle above is equal to , then w =
3
1 2 1
a) b) c) 1 d)
2 3 3
39) If m, n, o, p and q are integers, then m(n + o) (p + q) must be even when which of the following is even?
a) m + n b) n + p c) m d) o e) p
1 x2
40) If x , then x =
3 3
1 3
a) b) 1 c) d) 2 e) 3
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40) A merchant increases the original price of an item by 10 percent. If she then reduces the new price by 10
percent, the final result in terms of the original price is
a) a decreases of 11 percent b) a decrease of 1 percent c) no net change d) an increase of 1 percent c) an
increase of 11 percent
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