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MSP JR Math Wizard 2012 Elims

This document contains 20 multiple choice questions from a math competition for junior high students. The questions cover a range of math topics including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and probability.

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MSP JR Math Wizard 2012 Elims

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2012 MSP-NCR Search for Junior Math Wizard 2012 Elimination Round 1

1 Find the sum of the terms of the finite sequence 9, 18, 27, . . . , 2556, 2565.
2 The operation ∗ is defined by A ∗ B = 5A − 2B + AB for all real numbers A and B. For how many real
values B does 2 ∗ B = 5?
3 In a sequence of four numbers the first three are in a geometric sequence and the last three are in an
arithmetic sequence with common difference 6. If the first number is the same as the fourth, what is the
smallest number among the four numbers?
4 Three basketball teams enter a league. If Team A is twice as likely to win as Team B, B
and Team B is five times as likely to win as Team C, what is the probability of Team E
C winning?
5 If log y (x 3 ) = 2, then what is the value of logx (y 3 )?
D
C A
6 In right triangle ABC on the right, AE = AF and BD = BE. Find ∠DEF in degrees. F

7 How many ordered pairs of positive integers have least common multiple equal to 126 and greatest com-
mon factor equal to 6?
7π
8 What is the exact value of sin ?
12
9 Determine the sum of the reciprocals of the four roots of the equation 2x 3 + 5x 2 − 4x + 1 = 0.
10 What is the remainder when x 100 − 3x 49 + 1 is divided by x 2 − 1?
11 In an infinite sequence of squares, every square except for the first is formed by joining the midpoints of
sides of the previous square. What is the sum of the perimeters of the squares given that the first square
has perimeter 1?
12 A train travelling at 100 kph takes three seconds to enter a tunnel and an additional thirty seconds to
pass completely through it. What is the length of the tunnel?
13 What is the fifth digit (from right to left) of 20!?
π
14 If logsin x cos x = and 0 < x < , what is the value of sin x?
1
2 2
π π
15 Consider the range of the inverse sine function to be [− , ]. Find sin−1 cos .
2π
2 2 3
16 Suppose that 25% of all the wise people are nice and half of all the nice people are wise. Suppose further
that 25% if all the people are neither wise or nice. What percent of all people are both wise and nice?
17 A squirrel runs spirally up a cylindrical post making one circuit for each vertical rice of 4 ft. How many
feet does the squirrel travel if the post is 16 ft tall and 3 ft in circumference?
18 What is the probability that a randomly chosen divisor of 3375 is divisible by 5?
19 The mean of some set of n positive integers is 60. After removing one of the numbers, the mean of the
remaining n − 1 numbers is 70. What is the largest possible value of n?
20 If a rhombicosidodecahedron has 224 vertices and 120 sides, how many edges does it have?

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