2011 AMC 12A Problems

Problem 1

A cell phone plan costs   dollars each month, plus   cents per text message sent, plus   cents for

each minute used over   hours. In January Michelle sent   text messages and talked for   

hours. How much did she have to pay?

Solution

Problem 2

There are   coins placed flat on a table according to the figure. What is the order of the coins from top

to bottom?

Solution

Problem 3

A small bottle of shampoo can hold   milliliters of shampoo, whereas a large bottle can hold   

milliliters of shampoo. Jasmine wants to buy the minimum number of small bottles necessary to

completely fill a large bottle. How many bottles must she buy?

Solution

Problem 4

At an elementary school, the students in third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade run an average
of  ,  , and   minutes per day, respectively. There are twice as many third graders as fourth

graders, and twice as many fourth graders as fifth graders. What is the average number of minutes

run per day by these students?

Solution

Problem 5

Last summer   of the birds living on Town Lake were geese,   were swans,   were herons, and   

were ducks. What percent of the birds that were not swans were geese?
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Problem 6

The players on a basketball team made some three-point shots, some two-point shots, and some one-

point free throws. They scored as many points with two-point shots as with three-point shots. Their

number of successful free throws was one more than their number of successful two-point shots. The
team's total score was   points. How many free throws did they make?

Solution

Problem 7

A majority of the   students in Ms. Demeanor's class bought pencils at the school bookstore. Each of
these students bought the same number of pencils, and this number was greater than  . The cost of a

pencil in cents was greater than the number of pencils each student bought, and the total cost of all
the pencils was  . What was the cost of a pencil in cents?

Solution

Problem 8

In the eight term sequence  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , the value of   is   and the sum of any three

consecutive terms is  . What is  ?

Solution

Problem 9

At a twins and triplets convention, there were   sets of twins and   sets of triplets, all from different

families. Each twin shook hands with all the twins except his/her siblings and with half the triplets.

Each triplet shook hands with all the triplets except his/her siblings and with half the twins. How many

handshakes took place?

Solution

Problem 10
A pair of standard  -sided dice is rolled once. The sum of the numbers rolled determines the diameter

of a circle. What is the probability that the numerical value of the area of the circle is less than the

numerical value of the circle's circumference?

Solution

Problem 11

Circles   and   each have radius 1. Circles   and   share one point of tangency. Circle   has a

point of tangency with the midpoint of   What is the area inside circle   but outside circle   and

circle 

Solution

Problem 12

A power boat and a raft both left dock   on a river and headed downstream. The raft drifted at the

speed of the river current. The power boat maintained a constant speed with respect to the river. The

power boat reached dock   downriver, then immediately turned and traveled back upriver. It

eventually met the raft on the river 9 hours after leaving dock   How many hours did it take the

power boat to go from   to 

Solution

Problem 13
Triangle   has side-lengths   and   The line through the incenter

of   parallel to   intersects   at   and   at   What is the perimeter of 

Solution

Problem 14

Suppose   and   are single-digit positive integers chosen independently and at random. What is the
probability that the point   lies above the parabola  ?
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Problem 15

The circular base of a hemisphere of radius   rests on the base of a square pyramid of height  . The

hemisphere is tangent to the other four faces of the pyramid. What is the edge-length of the base of

the pyramid?

Solution

Problem 16

Each vertex of convex polygon   is to be assigned a color. There are   colors to choose from,

and the ends of each diagonal must have different colors. How many different colorings are possible?

Solution

Problem 17

Circles with radii  ,  , and   are mutually externally tangent. What is the area of the triangle

determined by the points of tangency?

Solution

Problem 18
Suppose that  . What is the maximum possible value of  ?

Solution

Problem 19

At a competition with   players, the number of players given elite status is equal
to  . Suppose that   players are given elite status. What is the sum of the two

smallest possible values of  ?

Solution
 Problem 20
Let  , where  ,  , and   are integers. Suppose that 

,  ,  ,   for some integer  . What

is  ?

Solution

Problem 21
Let  , and for integers  , let  . If   is the largest

value of   for which the domain of   is nonempty, the domain of   is  . What is  ?

Solution

Problem 22
Let   be a square region and   an integer. A point   in the interior or   is called n-ray

partitional if there are   rays emanating from   that divide   into   triangles of equal area. How
many points are  -ray partitional but not  -ray partitional?

Solution

Problem 23
Let   and  , where   and   are complex numbers. Suppose that   

and   for all   for which   is defined. What is the difference between the largest

and smallest possible values of  ?

Solution

Problem 24

Consider all quadrilaterals   such that  ,  ,  , and  . What

is the radius of the largest possible circle that fits inside or on the boundary of such a quadrilateral?

Solution
 Problem 25
Triangle   has  ,  ,  , and  . Let  ,  , and   be

the orthocenter, incenter, and circumcenter of  , repsectively. Assume that the area of

pentagon   is the maximum possible. What is  ?

Solution