Instructions
- This is a 25-question, multiple choice test. Each question is followed by
answers marked A, B, C, D and E. Only one of these is correct.
- You will receive 6 points for each correct answer, 2.5 points for each
problem left unanswered if the year is before 2006, 1.5 points for each problem
left unanswered if the year is after 2006, and 0 points for each incorrect
answer.
- No aids are permitted other than scratch paper, graph paper, ruler, compass,
protractor and erasers (and calculators that are accepted for use on the test if
before 2006. No problems on the test will require the use of a
calculator).
- Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
- You will have 75 minutes working time to complete the test.
Problem 1
What is the value of

when

?
Problem 2
The harmonic mean of two numbers can be calculated as twice their product
divided by their sum. The harmonic mean of

and

is closest to which integer?
Problem 3
Let

. What is the value of

?
Problem 4
The ratio of the measures of two acute angles is

, and the complement of one of these two angles is twice as
large as the complement of the other. What is the sum of the degree measures of
the two angles?
Problem 5
The War of

started with a declaration of war on Thursday, June

,

. The peace treaty to end the war was signed

days later, on December

,

. On what day of the week was the treaty signed?
Problem 6
All three vertices of

lie on the parabola defined by

, with

at the origin and

parallel to the

-axis. The area of the triangle is

. What is the length of

?
Problem 7
Josh writes the numbers

. He marks out

, skips the next number

, marks out

, and continues skipping and marking out the next number to
the end of the list. Then he goes back to the start of his list, marks out the
first remaining number

, skips the next number

, marks out

, skips

, marks out

, and so on to the end. Josh continues in this manner until
only one number remains. What is that number?
Problem 8
A thin piece of wood of uniform density in the shape of an equilateral
triangle with side length

inches weighs

ounces. A second piece of the same type of wood, with the
same thickness, also in the shape of an equilateral triangle, has side length of

inches. Which of the following is closest to the weight, in
ounces, of the second piece?
Problem 9
Carl decided to in his rectangular garden. He bought

fence posts, placed one on each of the four corners, and
spaced out the rest evenly along the edges of the garden, leaving exactly

yards between neighboring posts. The longer side of his
garden, including the corners, has twice as many posts as the shorter side,
including the corners. What is the area, in square yards, of Carl’s garden?
Problem 10
A quadrilateral has vertices

,

,

, and

, where

and

are integers with

. The area of

is

. What is

?
Problem 11
How many squares whose sides are parallel to the axes and whose vertices have
coordinates that are integers lie entirely within the region bounded by the line

, the line

and the line
Problem 12
All the numbers

are written in a

array of squares, one number in each square, in such a way
that if two numbers of consecutive then they occupy squares that share an edge.
The numbers in the four corners add up to

. What is the number in the center?
Problem 13
Alice and Bob live

miles apart. One day Alice looks due north from her house
and sees an airplane. At the same time Bob looks due west from his house and
sees the same airplane. The angle of elevation of the airplane is

from Alice's position and

from Bob's position. Which of the following is closest to
the airplane's altitude, in miles?
Problem 14
The sum of an infinite geometric series is a positive number

, and the second term in the series is

. What is the smallest possible value of
Problem 15
All the numbers

are assigned to the six faces of a cube, one number to each
face. For each of the eight vertices of the cube, a product of three numbers is
computed, where the three numbers are the numbers assigned to the three faces
that include that vertex. What is the greatest possible value of the sum of
these eight products?
Problem 16
In how many ways can

be written as the sum of an increasing sequence of two or
more consecutive positive integers?
Problem 17
In

shown in the figure,

,

,

, and

is an altitude. Points

and

lie on sides

and

, respectively, so that

and

are angle bisectors, intersecting

at

and

, respectively. What is

?
Problem 18
What is the area of the region enclosed by the graph of the equation
Problem 19
Tom, Dick, and Harry are playing a game. Starting at the same time, each of
them flips a fair coin repeatedly until he gets his first head, at which point
he stops. What is the probability that all three flip their coins the same
number of times?
Problem 20
A set of teams held a round-robin tournament in which every team played every
other team exactly once. Every team won

games and lost

games; there were no ties. How many sets of three teams

were there in which

beat

,

beat

, and

beat
Problem 21
Let

be a unit square. Let

be the midpoint of

. For

let

be the intersection of

and

, and let

be the foot of the perpendicular from

to

. What is
Problem 22
For a certain positive integer

less than

, the decimal equivalent of

is

, a repeating decimal of period of

, and the decimal equivalent of

is

, a repeating decimal of period

. In which interval does

lie?
Problem 23
What is the volume of the region in three-dimensional space defined by the
inequalities

and
Problem 24
There are exactly

ordered quadruplets

such that

and

. What is the smallest possible value for

?
Problem 25
The sequence

is defined recursively by

,
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, and

for

. What is the smallest positive integer

such that the product

is an integer?
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