Ithaca College Math Day Competition MARCH 31, 2008

ITHACA COLLEGE MATH DAY COMPETITION
MARCH 31, 2008

Note: Some of the problems here were adapted from previous American Mathematics
Competitions. We would like to thank the Mathematical Association of America for their
permission to include these problems here.
1. Fill in the blank squares to make a magic square, that is, each row, each column and
the two diagonals all add up to the same value:

24 3 18
9 1 !1
12 27 6

!. "hat is the value o# $%

10
3. &wo asteroids are speeding directl' towards each other on a collision course, one at
9,((( miles per hour and the other at !1,((( miles per hour. "hen scientists #irst spotted
them the' were !((,((( miles apart. )ow #ar apart are the' one minute be#ore the'
collide%
500 miles
*. +n the sequence
, , , , 3 , ! , 1 , 1 , ( , , , , , d c b a
each term is the sum o# the two
previous terms. Find the value o#
a
.
-3
. +n an o##ice, at various times during the da' the boss gives the secretar' a letter to
t'pe, each time putting the letter on top o# the pile in the secretar'-s in.bo$. "hen there
is time, the secretar' takes the top letter o## the pile and t'pes it. +# there are #ive letters
in all, and the boss delivers them in order 1 ! 3 * , which o# the #ollowing could not be
the order in which the secretar' t'pes them%
(A) 1!3* (B) !*31 (C) 3!*1 (D) *!31 (E) *3!1
D
/. &he #ollowing #our statements, and onl' these are #ound on a card:
0n this card e$actl' one statement is #alse.
0n this card e$actl' two statements are #alse.
0n this card e$actl' three statements are #alse.
0n this card e$actl' #our statements are #alse.
1ssume each statement is either true or #alse. )ow man' o# these #our statements are
#alse%
3
2. &he h'potenuse c and one side a o# a right triangle are consecutive integers. &he
square o# the second side is
3A4
ca
(B)
a
c
(C) a c + (D)
a c
(E) none o# these
(C) c+a
,. )ow man' integers between 99 and 999 have as digits at least one 1 and at least one
3%
52
9. &wo identical bolts are placed together so that their helical grooves intermesh. +# 'ou
move the bolts around each other as 'ou would twiddle 'our thumbs, holding each bolt
#irml' b' the head so that it does not rotate and twiddling them in the direction shown,
will the heads 3a4 move inward, 3b4 move outward, or 3c4 remain the same distance #rom
each other%

(C) remain same
1(. +nitiall' an urn contains 1(( red marbles and 1(( blue marbles. 5epeatedl', three
marbles are removed #rom the urn and replaced #rom a pile outside the urn according to
the #ollowing rules:
6arbles 5emoved 5eplaced "ith
3 red 1 red
! red, 1 blue 1 red, 1 blue
1 red, ! blue ! blue
3 blue 1 red, 1 blue
"hich o# the #ollowing sets o# marbles could be the contents o# the urn a#ter repeated
applications o# this procedure%
(A) ! red marbles (B) ! blue marbles (C) 1 red marble
(D) 1 red and 1 blue marble (E) 1 blue marble
(B) 2 lue
11. Find the ratio o# the area o# a square inscribed in a semicircle to the area o# the
square inscribed in the entire circle.
2!5
1!. 7et b a represent the operation on two numbers which selects the larger o# the two
numbers, with
a a a =
. 7et b a represent the operation on two numbers which
selects the smaller o# the two numbers, with
a a a =
. 8etermine which o# the
#ollowing rules are correct.
314 a b b a =
3!4
c b a c b a = 4 3 4 3
334
4 3 4 3 4 3 c a b a c b a =
1ll &rue
13. 9articipation in sports at a high school is 1(: higher than last 'ear. &he number o#
males increased b' : and the number o# #emales increased b' !(:. "hat #raction o#
the participants is now #emale%
*;11
1*. For how man' positive integers n is 13 !( ,
! 3
+ n n n a prime number%
1 3onl' n<!4
1. 1 #unction # is given b' the table:
$ 1 ! 3 *
#3$4 * 3 ! 1
+#
*
(
= a
and
4 3
1 n n
a f a =
+
#or ( n , #ind
!((,
a
1/. 1 number is chosen at random #rom =1,!,3,>,1((?. "hat-s the probabilit' that the
integer chosen is a multiple o# ! but not a multiple o# 3%
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12. &wo #err' boats start at the same instant #rom opposite sides o# a river, traveling
across the water on routes at right angles to the shores. @ach travels at a constant speed,
but one is #aster than the other. &he' pass at a point 2!( 'ards #rom the nearest shore.
Aoth boats remain at the docks #or e$actl' 1( minutes be#ore starting back. 0n return
trips the' meet *(( 'ards #rom the other shore. )ow wide is the river%
1760 #ards
1,. 1 semicircle o# diameter 1 sits at the top o# a semicircle o# diameter ! as shown.
8etermine the area o# the shaded region B the area inside the smaller semi.circle which
lies outside o# the larger semi.circle.
!* *
3
19. &he #unction

f
satis#ies the equation
1 4 3 4 3 4 3 + = + xy y x f y f x f
#or ever' pair
$,' o# real numbers. +#
1 4 1 3 = f
, then the number o# integers 1 n #or which
n n f = 4 3

is:
1 ($(-2)%-2)
!(. Cuppose * 3 ! 1
x x x x x < < < <
are real numbers. For an' real number $ de#ine
D D D D D D D D D D 4 3
* 3 ! 1
x x x x x x x x x x x s + + + + =
"hat value o# $ makes s3$4 as small as possible%
&
3
A0EFC GF@C&+0E 3"ill be used as a tie.breaker.4
1ssuming a match is a unit o# length, it is possible to place 1! matches on a plane in
various wa's to #orm pol'gons with whole number areas. For e$ample, the square below
has are nine square units, and the cross below has area o# #ive square units. Fsing all 1!
matches 3the entire length o# each match must be used4 in a similar #ashion #orm the
perimeter o# a pol'gon with an area o# e$actl' #our square units.

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