Found problems: 21
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 8
A thin piece of wood of uniform density in the shape of an equilateral triangle with side length $3$ inches weighs $12$ 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 $5$ inches. Which of the following is closest to the weight, in ounces, of the second piece?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 14.0\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 16.0\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 20.0\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 33.3\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 55.6$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 20
A set of teams held a round-robin tournament in which every team played every other team exactly once. Every team won $10$ games and lost $10$ games; there were no ties. How many sets of three teams $\{A, B, C\}$ were there in which $A$ beat $B$, $B$ beat $C$, and $C$ beat $A?$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 385 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 665 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 945 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 1140 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 1330$
2016 AMC 10, 7
The ratio of the measures of two acute angles is $5:4$, 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?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 75\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 90\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 135\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 150\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 270$
2016 AMC 10, 3
Let $x=-2016$. What is the value of $\left| \ \bigl \lvert { \ \lvert x\rvert -x }\bigr\rvert -|x|{\frac{}{}}^{}_{}\right|-x$?
$\textbf{(A)}\ -2016\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 0\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2016\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4032\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 6048$
2016 AMC 10, 4
Zoey read $15$ books, one at a time. The first book took her $1$ day to read, the second book took her $2$ days to read, the third book took her $3$ days to read, and so on, with each book taking her $1$ more day to read than the previous book. Zoey finished the first book on a monday, and the second on a Wednesday. On what day the week did she finish her $15$th book?
$\textbf{(A)}\ \text{Sunday}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{Monday}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{Wednesday}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{Friday}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{Saturday}$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 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 $y=\pi x$, the line $y=-0.1$ and the line $x=5.1?$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 30 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 41 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 45 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 50 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 57$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 16
In how many ways can $345$ be written as the sum of an increasing sequence of two or more consecutive positive integers?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 7$
2016 AMC 10, 23
In regular hexagon $ABCDEF$, points $W$, $X$, $Y$, and $Z$ are chosen on sides $\overline{BC}$, $\overline{CD}$, $\overline{EF}$, and $\overline{FA}$ respectively, so lines $AB$, $ZW$, $YX$, and $ED$ are parallel and equally spaced. What is the ratio of the area of hexagon $WCXYFZ$ to the area of hexagon $ABCDEF$?
$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{3}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{10}{27}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{11}{27}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{4}{9}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{13}{27}$
2016 AMC 10, 20
A dilation of the plane—that is, a size transformation with a positive scale factor—sends the circle of radius $2$ centered at $A(2,2)$ to the circle of radius $3$ centered at $A’(5,6)$. What distance does the origin $O(0,0)$, move under this transformation?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 0\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \sqrt{13}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 4
The ratio of the measures of two acute angles is $5:4$, 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?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 75\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 90\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 135\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 150\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 270$
2016 AMC 10, 6
Laura added two three-digit positive integers. All six digits in these numbers are different. Laura's sum is a three-digit number $S$. What is the smallest possible value for the sum of the digits of $S$?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 21$
2016 AMC 10, 11
Carl decided to fence in his rectangular garden. He bought $20$ fence posts, placed one on each of the four corners, and spaced out the rest evenly along the edges of the garden, leaving exactly $4$ 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?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 256\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 336\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 384\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 448\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 512$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 3
Let $x=-2016$. What is the value of $\left| \ \bigl \lvert { \ \lvert x\rvert -x }\bigr\rvert -|x|{\frac{}{}}^{}_{}\right|-x$?
$\textbf{(A)}\ -2016\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 0\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2016\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4032\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 6048$
2016 AMC 10, 13
At Megapolis Hospital one year, multiple-birth statistics were as follows: Sets of twins, triplets, and quadruplets accounted for $1000$ of the babies born. There were four times as many sets of triplets as sets of quadruplets, and there was three times as many sets of twins as sets of triplets. How many of these $1000$ babies were in sets of quadruplets?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 25\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 40\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 64\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 100\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 160$
2016 AMC 10, 18
In how many ways can $345$ be written as the sum of an increasing sequence of two or more consecutive positive integers?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 7$
2016 AMC 10, 24
How many four-digit integers $abcd$, with $a \neq 0$, have the property that the three two-digit integers $ab<bc<cd$ form an increasing arithmetic sequence? One such number is $4692$, where $a=4$, $b=6$, $c=9$, and $d=2$.
$\textbf{(A)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 16\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 17\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 20$
2016 AMC 10, 22
A set of teams held a round-robin tournament in which every team played every other team exactly once. Every team won $10$ games and lost $10$ games; there were no ties. How many sets of three teams $\{A, B, C\}$ were there in which $A$ beat $B$, $B$ beat $C$, and $C$ beat $A?$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 385 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 665 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 945 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 1140 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 1330$
2016 AMC 10, 10
A thin piece of wood of uniform density in the shape of an equilateral triangle with side length $3$ inches weighs $12$ 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 $5$ inches. Which of the following is closest to the weight, in ounces, of the second piece?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 14.0\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 16.0\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 20.0\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 33.3\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 55.6$
2016 AMC 10, 19
Rectangle $ABCD$ has $AB=5$ and $BC=4$. Point $E$ lies on $\overline{AB}$ so that $EB=1$, point $G$ lies on $\overline{BC}$ so that $CG=1$. and point $F$ lies on $\overline{CD}$ so that $DF=2$. Segments $\overline{AG}$ and $\overline{AC}$ intersect $\overline{EF}$ at $Q$ and $P$, respectively. What is the value of $\frac{PQ}{EF}$?
[asy] pair A1=(2,0),A2=(4,4);
pair B1=(0,4),B2=(5,1);
pair C1=(5,0),C2=(0,4);
draw(A1--A2);
draw(B1--B2);
draw(C1--C2);
draw((0,0)--B1--(5,4)--C1--cycle);
dot((20/7,12/7));
dot((3.07692307692,2.15384615384));
label("$Q$",(3.07692307692,2.15384615384),N);
label("$P$",(20/7,12/7),W);
label("$A$",(0,4), NW);
label("$B$",(5,4), NE);
label("$C$",(5,0),SE);
label("$D$",(0,0),SW);
label("$F$",(2,0),S); label("$G$",(5,1),E);
label("$E$",(4,4),N);
dot(A1); dot(A2);
dot(B1); dot(B2);
dot(C1); dot(C2);
dot((0,0)); dot((5,4));[/asy]
$\textbf{(A)}~\frac{\sqrt{13}}{16} \qquad
\textbf{(B)}~\frac{\sqrt{2}}{13} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}~\frac{9}{82} \qquad
\textbf{(D)}~\frac{10}{91}\qquad
\textbf{(E)}~\frac19$
2016 AMC 10, 14
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 $y=\pi x$, the line $y=-0.1$ and the line $x=5.1?$
$\textbf{(A)}\ 30 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 41 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 45 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 50 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 57$
2016 AMC 12/AHSME, 9
Carl decided to fence in his rectangular garden. He bought $20$ fence posts, placed one on each of the four corners, and spaced out the rest evenly along the edges of the garden, leaving exactly $4$ 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?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 256\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 336\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 384\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 448\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 512$