# Topic Question Answer

1 Number theory Find the largest common divisor for the numbers 8
11!"" + 11!"! + 11!"# + 11!"#
and
7!"" + 7!"! + 7!"# + 7!"# .

2 Geometry A rhombus has a 60 degree angle. What is the ratio of its area to that of a 8 3
circle inscribed inside it? Write your answer as a fraction. 3𝜋

3 Number theory What rational number equals

!
9+4 5+
!
9−4 5 3

4 Algebra If (x,y) is a point on the circle 𝑥 ! + 𝑦 ! = 1, and the distance from (x,y) to 7/25
!
(0,1) is , what is the value of y?
!
5 Algebra If 𝑥 ! + 𝑦 ! = 29 and 𝑥 ! 𝑦 ! = 100,000, what is (𝑥 − 𝑦)! ? 9
6 Problem Successive discounts of 10% and 15% is equivalent to what single 23.5%
Solving discount?

7 Combinatorics Four coins are tossed. What is the probability that 3 heads or 3 tails will turn 1/2
up?
8 Number theory ! ! 4.5
What is the sum of the infinite series 3, 1, , , …?
! !

9 Problem Tarantulas A, B, and C start together at the same time and race straight 28 feet to go
solving along a 100 foot path, each running at a constant speed the whole distance.
When A reaches the end, B still has 10 feet more to run. When B reaches
the end, C has 20 feet more to run. How many more feet does Tarantula C
have to run when Tarantula A reaches the end?

10 Geometry The sum of the lengths of the three sides of a right triangle is 56. The 84
sum of the squares of the lengths of the three sides of the same right
triangle is 1250. What is the area of the triangle?

11 Number theory Compute the sum log ! 1 + log ! 2 + log ! 3 + ⋯ + log ! 10 . 19

The notation [x] means the greatest integer less than or equal to x.

12 Problem A box of 500 balls contains balls numbered 1, 2, 3, …, 100 in each of five 21 balls
solving different colors. Without ever looking at any of the balls, you are to choose
balls at random from the box and put them into a bag. If you must be sure
that when you finish, the bag contains at least one set of five balls of the
same color, then what is the smallest number of balls that you can put in
the bag?

13 Problem A ticket fee was $10, but then it was reduced. The number of customers 8
Solving increased by 50%, but the amount of money received only increased by
20%. How many dollars was the reduced ticket price?

14 Geometry If the sum of the measures of two angles of a triangle is half the third angle, 120 degrees
what is the measure of the third angle?

15 Combinatorics Two fair 6-sided dice, colored red and white, are tossed. What is the 7/12
probability that the number on the red die is at least as large as that on the
white die?

16 Problem If Bill and Mary leave their houses at the same time, walking directly toward 15 minutes
solving each other, each at their own constant rate, they will meet after 5 minutes. If
Bill leaves 3 minutes later than Mary, they meet after he has walked for 3
minutes. How many minutes would it take him to walk all the way from his
house to Mary’s?

17 Number theory If 80 is divided by the positive integer n, the remainder is 4. What is the 2
remainder when 154 is divided by n?
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18 Geometry The sides of a right triangle are m, m+n and m+2n, where both m and n are m/n = 3
positive. Find m/n.

19 Number Theory Consider the sum 120

1 1 1
𝑆= + +⋯++
1+ 2 2+ 3 𝑛+ 𝑛+1

where n is a positive integer. If S = 10, what is the value of n?

20 Algebra ! −1 + 2
What is the value of ! ?
!! !
!!!!⋯

21 Number theory If the repeating decimal 2.363636 is written as a fraction in lowest terms, 37; fraction is
what is the sum of the numerator and denominator? 26/11

22 Problem The present ages of Louis and Niall are in the ratio of 1:2. Three years from Niall is 12 y.o.
solving now, the ages will be in the ratio 3:5. How old is Niall today?

23 Problem Lisa was down with a fever and had to take a test the day after. Her 96 25 students
solving raised the class average from 71 to 72. How many students, including Lisa,
took the test?

24 Geometry What is the acute angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a 75 degrees
clock when the time is 3:30?

25 Number theory Find log ! 𝑦 if 4

log ! 𝑥 ! 𝑦 ! = −2
log ! 𝑥 ! 𝑦 ! = −1

26 Algebra A line with slope 2 intersects a line with slope 6 at the point (40; 30). What 160
is the distance between the y-intercepts of these lines?

27 Problem A hog trading team sells two hogs for $120 each. They sell one of the hogs 6 dollars loss
solving for 125% of the price they paid for the hog. They sell the other hog for 80%
of the price they paid for it. How much is the overall profit or loss overall in
dollars for the trading team?

28 Trigonometry Given tan 𝑎 + tan 𝑏 = 20 and cot 𝑎 + cot 𝑏 = 16, what is tan(𝑎 + 𝑏)? -80

29 Number theory How many of the first two hundred positive integers are divisible by all of 3
the numbers 2, 3, 4, and 5?

30 Geometry What is the perimeter of a right triangle whose base has length 7 and 31 ½
whose hypotenuse is 2 greater than the third side?

31 Problem One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times as fast as a second pipe. When both 11.25 hours
solving pipes are opened, they fill the pool in five hours. How many hours would it
take to fill the pool if only the slower pipe is used?

32 Number theory If 𝑘 is the smallest positive integer such that (2! )(5!"" ) has 303 digits when 11
expanded, then what is the sum of the digits of the expanded number?

33 Algebra ! ! 5778
If 𝑥 + = 3, 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑥 ! +
! !!

34 Trigonometry ! 11/16
If sin 𝑥 + cos 𝑥 = , find 𝑠𝑖𝑛! 𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 ! 𝑥.
!
35 Algebra ! -1, 0, 1, 2, 3
For what integral values of 𝑥 is 𝑥 − 2𝑥 − 8 < 0?
36 Number theory What are the last two digits of 3!"!! ? 09

37 Problem There is a row of 10 houses. The houses are numbered using consecutive 15
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solving odd numbers. (House One is numbered X; House Two is numbered X + 2;
House Three is numbered X + 4, and so on and so forth.) The sum of the
numbers of all the houses is 200. What is the number of House Three?

38 Problem It takes 849 digits to number the pages of a book consecutively. How many 319 pages
solving pages are there in the book?

39 Algebra There are three consecutive integers such that the sum of twice the second 13, 14, 15
and three times the third is five less than six times the first. What are the
three integers?

40 Number theory If 𝑛 is a positive integer, let 𝑟(𝑛) denote the number obtained by reversing 8
the order of the digits of 𝑛. For example, 𝑟 16 = 61. For how many 2-digit
positive integers n is 𝑛 + 𝑟(𝑛) a square of a positive integer?

41 Trigonometry !"# !"!! !

Compute tan30 =
!"# !"!! !

42 Geometry The sum of the perimeters of two equilateral triangles is 45 inches, and the 36 3
area of the larger one is 16 times the area of the smaller one. What is the
area, in square inches, of the larger triangle? Express your answer in
simplest radical form.

43 Number theory Find the value of the product 101/200

1 1 1 1
1− ! 𝑥 1− ! 𝑥 1− ! 𝑥…𝑥 1−
2 3 4 100!

44 Number theory Solve for x: log ! log ! log ! 𝑥 =0 8

th
45 Algebra What is the 4 term in the binomial expansion of (𝑥 + 2)! ? 168 2𝑥 !

46 Geometry Half the perimeter of a rectangular garden, whose length is 4m more than 16m width x
its width, is 36m. Find the dimensions of the garden. 20m height

47 Problem A bicyclist riding against the wind averages 10 miles per hour in traveling 12 mph
solving from A to B, but with the wind averages 15 miles per hour in returning from
B to A. How many miles per hour is his average speed for the trip?
!
48 Algebra If log ! 𝑥 = 3 + log ! 𝑦, what is the value of ? 125
!

49 Number theory What is the largest power of 2 that divides 2!"#$ + 10!"#$ ? 2!"#$

50 Number theory How many natural numbers n exist such that 2 (n = 1 or 3)

1! + 2! + 3! + … + n!
is a complete square?

51 Geometry A circle whose center is on the x-axis passes through the points (3,5) and C(3,0)
(6,4). Find the coordinates of the center of the circle.

52 Algebra If P is a polynomial that satisfies 𝑃 𝑥 ! + 1 = 5𝑥 ! + 7𝑥 ! + 19, then what is P(x) = 5𝑥 ! -

P(x)? 3x+17
53 Problem Amy, Bob, and Chris each took a 6-question true-false exam. Their answers 3 (possible
solving to the six questions in order were Amy:FFTTTT, Bob:TFFTTT, and correct
Chris:TTFFTT. Amy and Bob each got 5 right. What is the most that Chris answers
could have gotten right? FFFTTT or
TFTTTT)

54 Algebra ! ! 1442
If 𝑥 = 6 + , what is the value of 𝑥 ! + !?
! !
55 Problem In a group of five friends, the sums of the ages of each group of four of 23
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solving them are 124, 128, 130, 136, and 142. What is the age of the youngest?

56 Geometry What is the circumference of a circle inside of which is inscribed a triangle 5𝜋

with side lengths 3, 4, and 5?

57 Number theory A googol can be written in decimal form as 1 followed by 100 zeroes. How 40,401
many factors does googol x googol have?

58 Algebra Let 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽be solutions of the quadratic equation 𝑥 ! + 𝑏𝑥 + 3 = 0. Find all b = ±3
values of b such that 𝛼 ! + 𝛽 ! = 3.

59 Problem From a group of men and women, 15 women leave. There are then left two 40 women, 50
solving men for each woman. From this reduced group 45 men leave. There are men
then 5 women for each man. How many women were in the original group?

60 Combinatorics A total of 36 handshakes was exchanged at the conclusion of a party. 9 people

Assuming that each was equally polite to all (meaning each person shook
hands with everyone else in the party), how many people were there?

61 Combinatorics The letters P, H, I, L, I, P, P, I, N, E, S are written on 11 tiles, one letter per 3/55
tile. If Amy selects two tiles at random, what is the probability she gets two
P’s?

62 Number theory The first two terms of a sequence are 1 and 2. Each of the following terms 384
in the sequence is the sum of all the terms which come before it. What is
th
the 10 term in the sequence?

63 Problem Five students play chess matches against each other. Each student plays 30 matches
solving three matches against each of the other students. How many matches are
played in total?

64 Problem A quart of liquid contains 10% alcohol, and another 3-quart bottle contains 25%
solving 30% alcohol. They are mixed together. What is the percentage of alcohol in
the mixture?

65 Geometry Isosceles trapezoid ABCD has AB=10, CD=20, BC=AD, and an area of 13
180. Compute the length of BC.

66 Algebra Given that 𝑚 = 𝑥 + 43, 𝑛 = 𝑥 + 16, and x are positive integers, what is m=14, n=13,
the value of the sum m+n? m+n=27

67 Number theory Evaluate 1 ∙ 1! + 2 ∙ 2! + 3 ∙ 3! + 4 ∙ 4! + 5 ∙ 5! + 6 ∙ 6! + 7 ∙ 7!? 8!-1 = 40319

68 Problem Mr. Rodrigo is 11 times as old as his daughter Sara. Thirty-six years from Sara is at most
Solving now he will be at most twice as old as Sara. At most, how old is Sara? 4 years old

69 Problem Aiza held a fundraising concert last week to give to three different charities. She gave
Solving She collected a total of P1,230,000. To cover the expenses, she had to take P210,000 to
away one third of what she collected. With the remainder, she gave Charity Charity A
B P30,000 less twice the amount of what she gave Charity A. And for
Charity C, she gave half of P50,000 more than what she gave to Charity B.
How much money did she give to Charity A?

70 Problem Isaac is shorter than Jasper. Faye is taller than Gaston. Jasper is taller than Jasper
solving Faye. Hans is shorter than Gaston. Who is the tallest?

71 Problem How many digits were used to number the pages of a 135-page book? 297 digits
solving