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Pascal Contest
(Grade 9)
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
(in North America and South America)
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
(outside of North America and South America)

Time: 60 minutes ©2014 University of Waterloo

Calculators are allowed, with the following restriction: you may not use a device
that has internet access, that can communicate with other devices, or that contains
previously stored information. For example, you may not use a smartphone or a
tablet.
Instructions
1. Do not open the Contest booklet until you are told to do so.
2. You may use rulers, compasses and paper for rough work.
3. Be sure that you understand the coding system for your response form. If you are not sure,
ask your teacher to clarify it. All coding must be done with a pencil, preferably HB. Fill in
circles completely.
4. On your response form, print your school name and city/town in the box in the upper right
corner.
5. Be certain that you code your name, age, grade, and the Contest you are writing
in the response form. Only those who do so can be counted as eligible students.
6. This is a multiple-choice test. Each question is followed by five possible answers marked
A, B, C, D, and E. Only one of these is correct. After making your choice, fill in the
appropriate circle on the response form.
7. Scoring: Each correct answer is worth 5 in Part A, 6 in Part B, and 8 in Part C.
There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
Each unanswered question is worth 2, to a maximum of 10 unanswered questions.
8. Diagrams are not drawn to scale. They are intended as aids only.
9. When your supervisor tells you to begin, you will have sixty minutes of working time.
10. You may not write more than one of the Pascal, Cayley or Fermat Contest in any given
year.

Do not discuss the problems or solutions from this contest online for the next 48 hours.

The name, grade, school and location, and score range of some top-scoring students will be
published on our website, cemc.uwaterloo.ca. In addition, the name, grade, school and location,
and score of some top-scoring students may be shared with other mathematical organizations
for other recognition opportunities.
 Scoring: There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
Each unanswered question is worth 2, to a maximum of 10 unanswered questions.

Part A: Each correct answer is worth 5.

20 + 15
1. The value of is
30 − 25
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) 7 (E) 0

2. Which of the following figures is obtained when the shaded

figure shown is reflected about the line segment P Q? P Q

P Q P Q P Q
(A) (B) (C)

P Q
(D) (E)
P Q
3. If 8 + 6 = n + 8, then n equals
(A) 14 (B) 22 (C) 6 (D) −2 (E) 9

4. Which of the following numbers is greater than 0.7?

(A) 0.07 (B) −0.41 (C) 0.8 (D) 0.35 (E) −0.9
3 9
5. The expression 4 + 10 + 1000 is equal to
(A) 4.12 (B) 4.309 (C) 4.039 (D) 4.012 (E) 4.39

6. The average age of Andras, Frances and Gerta is 22 years.

What is Gerta’s age? Name Age (Years)
Andras 23
(A) 19 (B) 20 (C) 21
Frances 24
(D) 22 (E) 23 Gerta ?

7. If n = 7, which of the following expressions is equal to an even integer?

(A) 9n (B) n + 8 (C) n2 (D) n(n − 2) (E) 8n

8. Jitka hiked a trail. After hiking 60% of the length of the trail, she had 8 km left to
go. What is the length of the trail?
(A) 28 km (B) 12.8 km (C) 11.2 km (D) 13 31 km (E) 20 km

9. In the diagram, line segments P Q and RS intersect at T .

The value of x is Q
(A) 30 (B) 20 (C) 40 50˚
(D) 50 (E) 35
S R
x˚ T
110˚
P
 p √
10. The value of 16 × 16 is
(A) 21 (B) 22 (C) 23 (D) 24 (E) 25

Part B: Each correct answer is worth 6.

11. Jim wrote the sequence of symbols ♥ ♠ ♠ ♥ ♦ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♦ a total of 50 times. How many
more ♥ symbols than ♠ symbols did he write?
(A) 50 (B) 150 (C) 200 (D) 250 (E) 275

12. What is the smallest positive integer that is a multiple of each of 3, 5, 7, and 9?
(A) 35 (B) 105 (C) 210 (D) 315 (E) 630

13. Sixteen squares are arranged to form a region, as shown.

Each square has an area of 400 m2 . Anna walks along
the path formed by the outer edges of the region
exactly once. Aaron walks along the path formed
by the inner edges of the region exactly once. In total,
how far did Anna and Aaron walk?
(A) 160 m (B) 240 m (C) 320 m
(D) 400 m (E) 640 m
a b
14. The operation ⊗ is defined by a ⊗ b = + . What is the value of 4 ⊗ 8?
b a
1 5 5
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D) 2 (E)
2 4 2
15. At the end of the year 2000, Steve had $100 and Wayne had $10 000. At the end
of each following year, Steve had twice as much money as he did at the end of the
previous year and Wayne had half as much money as he did at the end of the previous
year. At the end of which year did Steve have more money than Wayne for the first
time?
(A) 2002 (B) 2003 (C) 2004 (D) 2005 (E) 2006

16. Anca and Bruce left Mathville at the same time.

They drove along a straight highway towards 200 km
Staton. Bruce drove at 50 km/h. Anca drove
Mathville Staton
at 60 km/h, but stopped along the way to rest.
They both arrived at Staton at the same time.
For how long did Anca stop to rest?
(A) 40 minutes (B) 10 minutes (C) 67 minutes
(D) 33 minutes (E) 27 minutes
17. In the diagram, six identical circles just touch the edges of
rectangle P QRS and each circle just touches the adjacent P Q
T U V
circles. The centres T, V, W, Y of four of these circles form
a smaller rectangle T V W Y , as shown. The centres U and
X lie on this rectangle. If the perimeter of T V W Y is 60,
what is the area of P QRS? Y X W
S R
(A) 600 (B) 900 (C) 400
(D) 1200 (E) 1000
18. In a magic square, the numbers in each row, the numbers
in each column, and the numbers on each diagonal have a 13 b
the same sum. In the magic square shown, the sum
19 c 11
a + b + c equals
(A) 49 (B) 54 (C) 47 12 d 16
(D) 50 (E) 46

19. Krystyna has some raisins. She gives one-third of her raisins to Mike. She then eats
4 raisins, after which she gives one-half of her remaining raisins to Anna. If Krystyna
then has 16 raisins left, how many raisins did she have to begin?
(A) 42 (B) 54 (C) 60 (D) 84 (E) 108

20. André has an unlimited supply of $1 coins, $2 coins, and $5 bills. Using only these
coins and bills and not necessarily using some of each kind, in how many different
ways can he form exactly $10?
(A) 10 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 7 (E) 6

Part C: Each correct answer is worth 8.

21. Each diagram shows a triangle, labelled with its area.

y y y
(1, 4) (4, 4)
(0, 4)
(4, 3)
Area = p
Area = m Area = n
(4, 1) (0, 1)
x x x
(0, 0) (0, 0) (3, 0) (0, 0) (2, 0)

What is the correct ordering of the areas of these triangles?

(A) m < n < p (B) p < n < m (C) n < m < p
(D) n < p < m (E) p < m < n

22. The chart shown gives the cost of installing carpet in four rectangular rooms of various
sizes. The cost per square metre of installing carpet is always the same.

Width (metres)
10 y
Length (metres) 15 $397.50 $675.75
x $742.00 $z

What is the value of z?

(A) 331.25 (B) 463.75 (C) 1815.25 (D) 476.00 (E) 1261.40
23. How many triples (a, b, c) of positive integers satisfy the conditions 6ab = c2 and
a < b < c ≤ 35?
(A) 10 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 9

24. Paula, Quinn, Rufus, and Sarah are suspects in a crime. The police found links
between exactly four pairs of suspects: Paula and Quinn, Quinn and Rufus, Rufus
and Paula, and Quinn and Sarah. These links can be shown in a diagram by drawing
a point to represent each suspect and a line or curve joining two points whenever the
two corresponding suspects are linked. An example of a drawing that represents this
information is:

P R

Ali, Bob, Cai, Dee, Eve, and Fay are suspects in a second crime. The police found
links between exactly eight pairs of suspects: Ali and Bob, Bob and Cai, Cai and
Dee, Dee and Eve, Eve and Fay, Fay and Ali, Ali and Dee, and Bob and Eve. For
how many of the following drawings can the six dots be labelled with the names of
the six suspects so that each of the eight links given is represented by a line or curve
in that drawing?

(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 3 (E) 5

25. The first four rows of a table with columns V , W , X,

Y , and Z are shown. For each row, whenever integer V W X Y Z
n appears in column V , column W contains the integer 1 3 4 6 8
2n + 1, column X contains 3n + 1, column Y contains 2 5 7 11 15
5n+1, and column Z contains 7n+1. For every row after 9 19 28 46 64
the first, the number in column V is the smallest positive 10 21 31 51 71
integer that does not yet appear in any previous row. The
integer 2731 appears in column W . The complete list of
columns in which 2731 appears is
(A) W
(B) W , X, Y , and Z
(C) W , X and Z
(D) W , Y and Z
(E) W and Z
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Cayley Contest
(Grade 10)
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
(in North America and South America)
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
(outside of North America and South America)

Time: 60 minutes ©2014 University of Waterloo

Calculators are allowed, with the following restriction: you may not use a device
that has internet access, that can communicate with other devices, or that contains
previously stored information. For example, you may not use a smartphone or a
tablet.
Instructions
1. Do not open the Contest booklet until you are told to do so.
2. You may use rulers, compasses and paper for rough work.
3. Be sure that you understand the coding system for your response form. If you are not sure,
ask your teacher to clarify it. All coding must be done with a pencil, preferably HB. Fill in
circles completely.
4. On your response form, print your school name and city/town in the box in the upper right
corner.
5. Be certain that you code your name, age, grade, and the Contest you are writing
in the response form. Only those who do so can be counted as eligible students.
6. This is a multiple-choice test. Each question is followed by five possible answers marked
A, B, C, D, and E. Only one of these is correct. After making your choice, fill in the
appropriate circle on the response form.
7. Scoring: Each correct answer is worth 5 in Part A, 6 in Part B, and 8 in Part C.
There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
Each unanswered question is worth 2, to a maximum of 10 unanswered questions.
8. Diagrams are not drawn to scale. They are intended as aids only.
9. When your supervisor tells you to begin, you will have sixty minutes of working time.
10. You may not write more than one of the Pascal, Cayley or Fermat Contest in any given
year.

Do not discuss the problems or solutions from this contest online for the next 48 hours.

The name, grade, school and location, and score range of some top-scoring students will be
published on our website, cemc.uwaterloo.ca. In addition, the name, grade, school and location,
and score of some top-scoring students may be shared with other mathematical organizations
for other recognition opportunities.
 Scoring: There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
Each unanswered question is worth 2, to a maximum of 10 unanswered questions.

Part A: Each correct answer is worth 5.

1. The value of 2 × 2015 − 2015 is

(A) 2015 (B) 4030 (C) 6045 (D) 0 (E) −2015
√ √
2. The expression 1+ 9 is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

3. The base of a rectangular box measures 2 cm by 5 cm. The volume of the box is
30 cm3 . What is the height of the box?
(A) 1 cm (B) 2 cm (C) 3 cm (D) 4 cm (E) 5 cm

4. In the diagram, R lies on line segment P S.

The value of x is P
(A) 120 (B) 130 (C) 135 50˚
(D) 140 (E) 150
R
x˚ Q
S

5. The bar graph shows the number of provinces and territories that joined Canadian
Confederation during each of four 40 year time periods.

When Canadian Provinces and Territories

joined Confederation
8

6
Number of
Provinces and
4
Territories

1850 to 1889 1890 to 1929 1930 to 1969 1970 to 2009

Time Period

If one of the 13 provinces or territories is chosen at random, what is the probability

that it joined Canadian Confederation between 1890 and 1969?
12 4 5 3 2
(A) 13 (B) 13 (C) 13 (D) 13 (E) 13

6. If a2 = 9, then a4 equals
(A) 27 (B) 81 (C) 243 (D) 729 (E) 2187
 1 4
7. The expression 3 + 10 + 100 is not equal to
14 5 7 157
(A) 3 100 (B) 3.14 (C) 3 110 (D) 3 50 (E) 50

8. Violet has one-half of the money she needs to buy her mother a necklace. After her
sister gives her $30, she has three-quarters of the amount she needs. Violet’s father
agrees to give her the rest. The amount that Violet’s father will give her is
(A) $7.50 (B) $15 (C) $22.50 (D) $30 (E) $120

9. John goes for a jog every 3 days. He went for a jog on Monday, January 5. He went
for his next jog on January 8. What was the date of the next Monday on which he
went for a jog?
(A) January 12 (B) January 19 (C) January 26
(D) February 2 (E) February 9

10. In the diagram, square P QRS is 3 × 3. Points T and U

are on side QR with QT = T U = U R = 1. Points V P Q
and W are on side RS with RV = V W = W S = 1. Line
segments T X and U Y are perpendicular to QR and line T
X
segments V Y and W X are perpendicular to RS. The
Y U
ratio of the shaded area to the unshaded area is
(A) 2 : 1 (B) 7 : 3 (C) 7 : 4
S W V R
(D) 5 : 4 (E) 3 : 1

Part B: Each correct answer is worth 6.

a b
11. The operation ⊗ is defined by a ⊗ b = + . What is the value of 4 ⊗ 8?
b a
1 5 5
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D) 2 (E)
2 4 2

12. The points (−1, q) and (−3, r) are on a line parallel to y = 23 x + 1. What is the value
of r − q?
4
(A) 3 (B) 3 (C) − 43 (D) − 43 (E) −3

13. At Barker High School, a total of 36 students are on either the baseball team, the
hockey team, or both. If there are 25 students on the baseball team and 19 students
on the hockey team, how many students play both sports?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 11

14. In the diagram, 4P QR is isosceles with P Q = P R

and 4P RS is isosceles with P S = SR = x. Also, the P
x
perimeter of 4P QR is 22, the perimeter of 4P RS is 22,
and the perimeter of P QRS is 24. What is the value S
of x?
(A) 7.5 (B) 6.5 (C) 7
(D) 6 (E) 8 R Q
15. If n is a positive integer, the symbol n! (read “n factorial”) represents the product of
the integers from 1 to n. For example, 4! = (1)(2)(3)(4) or 4! = 24. The ones (units)
digit of the sum 1! + 2! + 3! + 4! + 5! + 6! + 7! + 8! + 9! + 10! is
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9

16. In a magic square, the numbers in each row, the numbers

in each column, and the numbers on each diagonal have a 13 b
the same sum. In the magic square shown, the sum
19 c 11
a + b + c equals
(A) 49 (B) 54 (C) 47 12 d 16
(D) 50 (E) 46

17. For the first 30 minutes of a trip, Deanna drove at a constant speed. For the next
30 minutes, she drove at a constant speed 20 km/h faster than her original speed. If
the total distance that she travelled was 100 km, how fast did she drive for the first
30 minutes?
(A) 80 km/h (B) 90 km/h (C) 100 km/h (D) 110 km/h (E) 120 km/h

18. In the diagram, rectangle P QRS has side P Q on the

diameter of the semicircle with R and S on the semicircle. S R
If the diameter of the semicircle is 20 and the length of
P Q is 16, then the length of P S is
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 P Q
(D) 9 (E) 10

19. A bank teller has some stacks of bills. The total value of the bills in each stack
is $1000. Every stack contains at least one $20 bill, at least one $50 bill, and no
other types of bills. If no two stacks have the same number of $20 bills, what is the
maximum possible number of stacks that the teller could have?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 4 (E) 8
3 n


20. For how many integers n is 72 2 equal to an integer?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

Part C: Each correct answer is worth 8.

21. The average of a list of three consecutive odd integers is 7. When a fourth positive
integer, m, different from the first three, is included in the list, the average of the list
is an integer. What is the sum of the three smallest possible values of m?
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 21 (D) 29 (E) 33

22. Six players compete in a chess tournament. Each player plays exactly two games
against every other player. In each game, the winning player earns 1 point and the
losing player earns 0 points; if the game results in a draw (tie), each player earns
1
2 point. What is the minimum possible number of points that a player needs to earn
in order to guarantee that he has more points than every other player?
(A) 8 (B) 8 12 (C) 9 (D) 9 12 (E) 10
23. Nylah has her living room lights on a timer. Each evening, the timer switches
the lights on randomly at exactly 7:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m., or
9:00 p.m. Later in the evening, the timer switches the lights off at any random
time between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. For example, the lights could be switched on at
exactly 7:30 p.m. and off at any one of the infinite number of possible times between
11 p.m. and 1 a.m. On a given night, Nylah’s lights are on for t hours. What is the
probability that 4 < t < 5?
1 1 2 3 7
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 10 (E) 20

24. In the diagram, a rectangular ceiling P QRS measures

6 m by 4 m and is to be completely covered using P T Q
12 rectangular tiles, each measuring 1 m by 2 m. If there
is a beam, T U , that is positioned so that P T = SU = 2 m
and that cannot be crossed by any tile, then the number
of possible arrangements of tiles is
S R
(A) 180 (B) 190 (C) 185 U

(D) 170 (E) 175

25. Rectangular prism P QRSW T U V has a square base

P QRS. Point X is on the face T U V W so that P X = 12, W V
QX = 10 and RX = 8. The maximum possible area of
rectangle P QU T is closest to U
T
(A) 67.84 (B) 67.82 (C) 67.90 R
S
(D) 67.86 (E) 67.88

P Q
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Fermat Contest
(Grade 11)
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
(in North America and South America)
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
(outside of North America and South America)

Time: 60 minutes ©2014 University of Waterloo

Calculators are allowed, with the following restriction: you may not use a device
that has internet access, that can communicate with other devices, or that contains
previously stored information. For example, you may not use a smartphone or a
tablet.
Instructions
1. Do not open the Contest booklet until you are told to do so.
2. You may use rulers, compasses and paper for rough work.
3. Be sure that you understand the coding system for your response form. If you are not sure,
ask your teacher to clarify it. All coding must be done with a pencil, preferably HB. Fill in
circles completely.
4. On your response form, print your school name and city/town in the box in the upper right
corner.
5. Be certain that you code your name, age, grade, and the Contest you are writing
in the response form. Only those who do so can be counted as eligible students.
6. This is a multiple-choice test. Each question is followed by five possible answers marked
A, B, C, D, and E. Only one of these is correct. After making your choice, fill in the
appropriate circle on the response form.
7. Scoring: Each correct answer is worth 5 in Part A, 6 in Part B, and 8 in Part C.
There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
Each unanswered question is worth 2, to a maximum of 10 unanswered questions.
8. Diagrams are not drawn to scale. They are intended as aids only.
9. When your supervisor tells you to begin, you will have sixty minutes of working time.
10. You may not write more than one of the Pascal, Cayley or Fermat Contest in any given
year.

Do not discuss the problems or solutions from this contest online for the next 48 hours.

The name, grade, school and location, and score range of some top-scoring students will be
published on our website, cemc.uwaterloo.ca. In addition, the name, grade, school and location,
and score of some top-scoring students may be shared with other mathematical organizations
for other recognition opportunities.
 Scoring: There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
Each unanswered question is worth 2, to a maximum of 10 unanswered questions.

Part A: Each correct answer is worth 5.

1. The average (mean) of the five numbers 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 is

(A) 12.5 (B) 8 (C) 9.6 (D) 9 (E) 10

2×3+4
2. The value of is
2+3
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 8 (D) 4 (E) 11

3. Six points P, Q, R, S, T, U are equally spaced along a

straight path. Emily walks from P to U and then back P Q R S T U
to P . At which point has she completed 70% of her
walk?
(A) T (B) Q (C) R
(D) S (E) U

4. If x = −3, then (x − 3)2 equals

(A) 12 (B) 36 (C) −12 (D) 0 (E) −36

5. The points P (3, −2), Q(3, 1), R(7, 1), and S form a rectangle. What are the coordinates
of S?
(A) (−1, −2) (B) (7, −2) (C) (7, 4) (D) (3, 7) (E) (1, −2)

6. In the diagram, M N P Q is a rectangle with

points M , N , P , and Q on the sides of 4XY Z, X
as shown. If ∠ZN M = 68◦ and ∠XY Z = 55◦ , N P
what is the measure of ∠Y XZ? 68˚
(A) 77◦ (B) 113◦ (C) 93◦
55˚
(D) 97◦ (E) 103◦ Z Y
M Q
7. Violet has one-half of the money she needs to buy her mother a necklace. After her
sister gives her $30, she has three-quarters of the amount she needs. Violet’s father
agrees to give her the rest. The amount that Violet’s father will give her is
(A) $7.50 (B) $15 (C) $22.50 (D) $30 (E) $120

8. If x and y are positive integers with 3x 5y = 225, then x + y equals

(A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 3 (E) 8

9. At Barker High School, a total of 36 students are on either the baseball team, the
hockey team, or both. If there are 25 students on the baseball team and 19 students
on the hockey team, how many students play both sports?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 11
10. Anca and Bruce left Mathville at the same time.
They drove along a straight highway towards 200 km
Staton. Bruce drove at 50 km/h. Anca drove
Mathville Staton
at 60 km/h, but stopped along the way to rest.
They both arrived at Staton at the same time.
For how long did Anca stop to rest?
(A) 40 minutes (B) 10 minutes (C) 67 minutes
(D) 33 minutes (E) 27 minutes

Part B: Each correct answer is worth 6.

11. Three-digit positive integers such as 789 and 998 use no digits other than 7, 8 and 9.
In total, how many three-digit positive integers use no digits other than 7, 8 and 9?
(A) 36 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 18 (E) 27

12. If cos 60◦ = cos 45◦ cos θ with 0◦ ≤ θ ≤ 90◦ , then θ equals
(A) 0◦ (B) 15◦ (C) 30◦ (D) 45◦ (E) 60◦

13. At the end of the year 2000, Steve had $100 and Wayne had $10 000. At the end
of each following year, Steve had twice as much money as he did at the end of the
previous year and Wayne had half as much money as he did at the end of the previous
year. At the end of which year did Steve have more money than Wayne for the first
time?
(A) 2002 (B) 2003 (C) 2004 (D) 2005 (E) 2006

14. In the diagram, P QRS is a square and M is the midpoint

of P S. The ratio of the area of 4QM S to the area of P Q
square P QRS is
(A) 1 : 6 (B) 1 : 4 (C) 1 : 3
M
(D) 1 : 8 (E) 1 : 2

S R

15. A music test included 50 multiple choice questions. Zoltan’s score was calculated by
• adding 4 points for each correct answer,
• subtracting 1 point for each incorrect answer, and
• adding 0 points for each unanswered question.
Zoltan answered 45 of the 50 questions and his score was 135 points. The number of
questions that Zoltan answered incorrectly is
(A) 9 (B) 15 (C) 41 (D) 40 (E) 5

16. In the diagram, the line segment with endpoints P (−4, 0)

and Q(16, 0) is the diameter of a semi-circle. If the point y
R(0, t) is on the circle with t > 0, then t is
(A) 6 (B) 10 (C) 8
R (0, t)
(D) 9 (E) 7

x
P (– 4, 0) Q (16, 0)
 a+b a
17. If a and b are two distinct numbers with = 3, then equals
a−b b
(A) −1 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 5

18. There are two values of k for which the equation x2 + 2kx + 7k − 10 = 0 has two equal
real roots (that is, has exactly one solution for x). The sum of these values of k is
(A) 0 (B) −3 (C) 3 (D) −7 (E) 7

19. The y-intercepts of three parallel lines are 2, 3 and 4. The sum of the x-intercepts of
the three lines is 36. What is the slope of these parallel lines?
(A) − 31 (B) − 92 (C) − 61 (D) −4 (E) − 14

20. For how many integers a with 1 ≤ a ≤ 10 is a2014 + a2015 divisible by 5?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

Part C: Each correct answer is worth 8.

21. Amina and Bert alternate turns tossing a fair coin. Amina goes first and each player
takes three turns. The first player to toss a tail wins. If neither Amina nor Bert
tosses a tail, then neither wins. What is the probability that Amina wins?
21 5 3 11 9
(A) 32 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 16 (E) 16

22. Three distinct integers a, b and c satisfy the following three conditions:

• abc = 17 955 ,
• a, b and c form an arithmetic sequence in that order, and
• (3a + b), (3b + c), and (3c + a) form a geometric sequence in that order.

What is the value of a + b + c?

(An arithmetic sequence is a sequence in which each term after the first is obtained
from the previous term by adding a constant. For example, 3, 5, 7 is an arithmetic
sequence with three terms.
A geometric sequence is a sequence in which each term after the first is obtained from
the previous term by multiplying it by a non-zero constant. For example, 3, 6, 12 is
a geometric sequence with three terms.)
(A) −63 (B) −42 (C) −68 229 (D) −48 (E) 81

23. How many pairs (x, y) of non-negative integers with 0 ≤ x ≤ y satisfy the equation
5x2 − 4xy + 2x + y 2 = 624?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
24. In the diagram, two circles and a square lie between a
pair of parallel lines that are a distance of 400 apart.
The square has a side length of 279 and one of its sides
lies along the lower line. The circles are tangent to each
other, and each circle is tangent to one of the lines. Each
circle also touches the square at only one point – the
lower circle touches a side of the square and the upper
circle touches a vertex of the square. If the upper circle
has a radius of 65, then the radius of the lower circle is
closest to
(A) 151 (B) 152 (C) 153
(D) 154 (E) 155
m
25. There are F fractions with the properties:
n
• m and n are positive integers with m < n,
m
• is in lowest terms,
n
• n is not divisible by the square of any integer larger than 1, and
• the shortest sequence of consecutive digits that repeats consecutively and
m
indefinitely in the decimal equivalent of has length 6.
n
(Note: The length of the shortest sequence of consecutive digits that repeats
consecutively and indefinitely in 0.12745 = 0.12745745745745 . . . is 3 and the
length of the shortest sequence of consecutive digits that repeats consecutively
and indefinitely in 0.5 is 1.)
We define G = F + p, where the integer F has p digits. What is the sum of the
squares of the digits of G?
(A) 170 (B) 168 (C) 217 (D) 195 (E) 181