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Problem 1

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Problem 2

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Problem 3

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Problem 4
Martians measure angles in clerts. There are clerts in a full circle. How many clerts are there in a right angle?

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Problem 5
The area of the rectangular region is

Solution

Problem 6
The smallest product one could obtain by multiplying two numbers in the set is

Solution

Problem 7
The large cube shown is made up of identical sized smaller cubes. For each face of the large cube, the opposite face is shaded the same
way. The total number of smaller cubes that must have at least one face shaded is

Solution

Problem 8
If and are nonzero digits, then the number of digits (not necessarily different) in the sum of the three whole numbers is

Solution

Problem 9
When finding the sum , the least common denominator used is

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Problem 10

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Problem 11
The sum is between

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Problem 12
What fraction of the large by rectangular region is shaded?

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Problem 13
Which of the following fractions has the largest value?

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Problem 14
A computer can do additions per second. How many additions can it do in one hour?

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Problem 15
The sale ad read: "Buy three tires at the regular price and get the fourth tire for three dollars;." Sam paid for a set of four tires at the
sale. What was the regular price of one tire?

Solution

Problem 16
Joyce made of her first shots in the first three games of this basketball game, so her seasonal shooting average was . In her next
game, she took shots and raised her seasonal shooting average to . How many of these shots did she make?

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Problem 17
Abby, Bret, Carl, and Dana are seated in a row of four seats numbered #1 to #4. Joe looks at them and says:

"Bret is next to Carl."

"Abby is between Bret and Carl."

However each one of Joe's statements is false. Bret is actually sitting in seat #3. Who is sitting in seat #2?

Solution

Problem 18
Half the people in a room left. One third of those remaining started to dance. There were then people who were not dancing. The original
number of people in the room was

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Problem 19
A calculator has a squaring key which replaces the current number displayed with its square. For example, if the display is and
the key is depressed, then the display becomes . If the display reads , how many times must you depress the key to
produce a displayed number greater than ?

Solution

Problem 20
"If a whole number is not prime, then the whole number is not prime." A value of which shows this statement to be false is

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Problem 21
Suppose means , the reciprocal of . For example, . How many of the following statements are true?

i)
ii)
iii)
iv)

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Problem 22
is a rectangle, is the center of the circle, and is on the circle. If and , then the area of the shaded region is between

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Problem 23
Assume the adjoining chart shows the U.S. population, in millions, for each region by ethnic group. To the nearest percent, what percent of
the U.S. Black population lived in the South?

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Problem 24
A multiple choice examination consists of questions. The scoring is for each correct answer, for each incorrect answer, and for
each unanswered question. John's score on the examination is . What is the maximum number of questions he could have answered
correctly?

Solution

Problem 25
Ten balls numbered to are in a jar. Jack reaches into the jar and randomly removes one of the balls. Then Jill reaches into the jar and
randomly removes a different ball. The probability that the sum of the two numbers on the balls removed is even is

Solution

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