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29. My local ice cream shop offers 20 different flavors of ice cream. If I 29. with half that, 14 points, should be commended! High-scoring students
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many combinations of two scoops of ice cream are possible?
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30. Inez multiplied 21 by the product of 21 21s. Then she subtracted 21 30.
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from that product 2121 times. With what number did she end up? Write answers in the Answers column. A correct answer is worth 1 point.
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1. (2021¸4) + (2021¸4) + (2021¸4) + (2021¸4) = 1. 14. Nan knits new tops for newborns. Today 14.
she knit one more top than yesterday.
A) 2020 B) 2021 C) 2022 D) 8084
The number of tops she knit in the two
2. Kirok the dragon has 2021 scales on his neck, 2. days combined could be
3031 scales on his wings, and 5051 scales on A) 12 B) 23 C) 34 D) 100
the rest of his body. What is the total number
of scales on Kirok’s body? 15. 12 dozen socks = ? pairs of socks 15.
A) 1013 B) 7073 C) 10 103 D) 100 103 A) 24 B) 36 C) 72 D) 144
3. What is the remainder when (5 + 55 + 555 + 5555) is divided by 5? 3. 16. A boy is in line with 20 people behind him and twice as many 16.
ahead of him. How many people are in this line?
A) 0 B) 1 C) 4 D) 1234
A) 30 B) 31 C) 60 D) 61
4. Four out of every five dentists recommend HiGlo toothpaste. If I 4.
ask 120 dentists whether they would recommend HiGlo toothpaste, 17. If the sum of 6 consecutive integers is 243, what is the sum of the 17.
how many of the dentists will recommend it? greatest and the least of the integers?
A) 24 B) 30 C) 90 D) 96 A) 38 B) 43 C) 81 D) 85
5. What is the perimeter of a square that has an area of 100? 5. 18. Paola ran the 100 m from her door to the bus in 15 seconds. What 18.
was her speed in km/hr?
A) 10 B) 40 C) 100 D) 400
A) 12 B) 14 C) 16 D) 24
6. 10 20 30 = 60 _?_ 6.
19. What is the product of all the positive divisors of 36? 19.
A) 1 B) 10 C) 100 D) 1000
7. Each angle of a rectangle is _?_ degrees greater than each angle of 7. A) 36 B) 4 362 C) 6 364 D) 365
an equilateral triangle. 20. In 30 years my age will double, my sister’s age will triple, and my 20.
A) 30° B) 60° C) 90° D) 120° brother’s age will quadruple! What is the sum of our ages now?
8. It is 2021 hours after midnight. What time is it? 8. A) 32.5 B) 55 C) 90 D) 100.5
A) 5 AM B) 7 AM C) 5 PM D) 7 PM 21. The greatest prime factor of the number of seconds in 1331 hours is 21.
9. If 30% of a number is 60, what is 60% of the same number? A) 11 B) 13 C) 17 D) 19
9.
A) 30 B) 90 C) 120 D) 150 22. In the country of Latka, 6 simkas are worth 25 ibidas and 2 ibidas 22.
are worth 15 yatabes. If I pay 12 simkas for a chicken that is priced
10. As he rides, Sir Reginald von Prime is going to 10. at 365 yatabes, how many yatabes should I expect in change?
plant a flag every time the total distance he has
ridden is a prime number of km. How far will A) 10 B) 12 C) 13 D) 15
he have gone when he plants his 10th flag?
A lighthouse can be seen from at most 50 km on a 23.
A) 23 km B) 27 km C) 29 km D) 31 km clear night but from at most 20 km during fog..
The greatest viewing distance on a clear night
3 32 and 33 52 11. is what percent of the greatest during fog?
A) 3 B) 32 C) 33 D) 35 A) 40 B) 60 C) 150 D) 250
12. How many 2-digit odd numbers do not have 3 as either digit? 12. 24.
A) 32 B) 36 C) 40 D) 44
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8
13. My average score on the 3 tests I’ve taken so far is 88. What score do 13.
I have to get on the next test to raise my average score to 90? 25. How many squares of integers have 3 digits? 25.
A) 92 B) 94 C) 95 D) 96 A) 20 B) 21 C) 22 D) 23

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