Found problems: 84
ABMC Online Contests, 2019 Oct
[b]p1.[/b] Fluffy the Dog is an extremely fluffy dog. Because of his extreme fluffiness, children always love petting Fluffy anywhere. Given that Fluffy likes being petted $1/4$ of the time, out of $120$ random people who each pet Fluffy once, what is the expected number of times Fluffy will enjoy being petted?
[b]p2.[/b] Andy thinks of four numbers $27$, $81$, $36$, and $41$ and whispers the numbers to his classmate Cynthia. For each number she hears, Cynthia writes down every factor of that number on the whiteboard. What is the sum of all the different numbers that are on the whiteboard? (Don't include the same number in your sum more than once)
[b]p3.[/b] Charles wants to increase the area his square garden in his backyard. He increases the length of his garden by $2$ and increases the width of his garden by $3$. If the new area of his garden is $182$, then what was the original area of his garden?
[b]p4.[/b] Antonio is trying to arrange his flute ensemble into an array. However, when he arranges his players into rows of $6$, there are $2$ flute players left over. When he arranges his players into rows of $13$, there are $10$ flute players left over. What is the smallest possible number of flute players in his ensemble such that this number has three prime factors?
[b]p5.[/b] On the AMC $9$ (Acton Math Competition $9$), $5$ points are given for a correct answer, $2$ points are given for a blank answer and $0$ points are given for an incorrect answer. How many possible scores are there on the AMC $9$, a $15$ problem contest?
[b]p6.[/b] Charlie Puth produced three albums this year in the form of CD's. One CD was circular, the second CD was in the shape of a square, and the final one was in the shape of a regular hexagon. When his producer circumscribed a circle around each shape, he noticed that each time, the circumscribed circle had a radius of $10$. The total area occupied by $1$ of each of the different types of CDs can be expressed in the form $a + b\pi + c\sqrt{d}$ where $d$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a + b + c + d$.
[b]p7.[/b] You are picking blueberries and strawberries to bring home. Each bushel of blueberries earns you $10$ dollars and each bushel of strawberries earns you $8$ dollars. However your cart can only fit $24$ bushels total and has a weight limit of $100$ lbs. If a bushel of blueberries weighs $8$ lbs and each bushel of strawberries weighs $6$ lbs, what is your maximum profit. (You can only pick an integer number of bushels)
[b]p8.[/b] The number $$\sqrt{2218 + 144\sqrt{35} + 176\sqrt{55} + 198\sqrt{77}}$$ can be expressed in the form $a\sqrt5 + b\sqrt7 + c\sqrt{11}$ for positive integers $a, b, c$. Find $abc$.
[b]p9.[/b] Let $(x, y)$ be a point such that no circle passes through the three points $(9,15)$, $(12, 20)$, $(x, y)$, and no circle passes through the points $(0, 17)$, $(16, 19)$, $(x, y)$. Given that $x - y = -\frac{p}{q}$ for relatively prime positive integers $p$, $q$, Find $p + q$.
[b]p10.[/b] How many ways can Alfred, Betty, Catherine, David, Emily and Fred sit around a $6$ person table if no more than three consecutive people can be in alphabetical order (clockwise)?
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2019 ABMC, 2019 Dec
[b]p1.[/b] Let $a$ be an integer. How many fractions $\frac{a}{100}$ are greater than $\frac17$ and less than $\frac13$ ?.
[b]p2.[/b] Justin Bieber invited Justin Timberlake and Justin Shan to eat sushi. There were $5$ different kinds of fish, $3$ different rice colors, and $11$ different sauces. Justin Shan insisted on a spicy sauce. If the probability of a sushi combination that pleased Justin Shan is $6/11$, then how many non-spicy sauces were there?
[b]p3.[/b] A palindrome is any number that reads the same forward and backward (for example, $99$ and $50505$ are palindromes but $2020$ is not). Find the sum of all three-digit palindromes whose tens digit is $5$.
[b]p4.[/b] Isaac is given an online quiz for his chemistry class in which he gets multiple tries. The quiz has $64$ multiple choice questions with $4$ choices each. For each of his previous attempts, the computer displays Isaac's answer to that question and whether it was correct or not. Given that Isaac is too lazy to actually read the questions, the maximum number of times he needs to attempt the quiz to guarantee a $100\%$ can be expressed as $2^{2^k}$. Find $k$.
[b]p5.[/b] Consider a three-way Venn Diagram composed of three circles of radius $1$. The area of the entire Venn Diagram is of the form $\frac{a}{b}\pi +\sqrt{c}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ where $a$, $b$ are relatively prime. Find $a+b+c$. (Each of the circles passes through the center of the other two circles)
[b]p6.[/b] The sum of two four-digit numbers is $11044$. None of the digits are repeated and none of the digits are $0$s. Eight of the digits from $1-9$ are represented in these two numbers. Which one is not?
[b]p7.[/b] Al wants to buy cookies. He can buy cookies in packs of $13$, $15$, or $17$. What is the maximum number of cookies he can not buy if he must buy a whole number of packs of each size?
[b]p8.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a right triangle with base $AB = 2$ and hypotenuse $AC = 4$ and let $AD$ be a median of $\vartriangle ABC$. Now, let $BE$ be an altitude in $\vartriangle ABD$ and let $DF$ be an altitude in $\vartriangle ADC$. The quantity $(BE)^2 - (DF)^2$ can be expressed as a common fraction $\frac{a}{b}$ in lowest terms. Find $a + b$.
[b]p9.[/b] Let $P(x)$ be a monic cubic polynomial with roots $r$, $s$, $t$, where $t$ is real. Suppose that $r + s + 2t = 8$, $2rs + rt + st = 12$ and $rst = 9$. Find $|P(2)|$.
[b]p10.[/b] Let S be the set $\{1, 2,..., 21\}$. How many $11$-element subsets $T$ of $S$ are there such that there does not exist two distinct elements of $T$ such that one divides the other?
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ABMC Online Contests, 2022 Dec
[b]p1.[/b] If $A = 0$, $B = 1$, $C = 2$, $...$, $Z = 25$, then what is the sum of $A + B + M+ C$?
[b]p2.[/b] Eric is playing Tetris against Bryan. If Eric wins one-fifth of the games he plays and he plays $15$ games, find the expected number of games Eric will win.
[b]p3.[/b] What is the sum of the measures of the exterior angles of a regular $2023$-gon in degrees?
[b]p4.[/b] If $N$ is a base $10$ digit of $90N3$, what value of $N$ makes this number divisible by $477$?
[b]p5.[/b] What is the rightmost non-zero digit of the decimal expansion of $\frac{1}{2^{2023}}$ ?
[b]p6.[/b] if graphs of $y = \frac54 x + m$ and $y = \frac32 x + n$ intersect at $(16, 27)$, what is the value of $m + n$?
[b]p7.[/b] Bryan is hitting the alphabet keys on his keyboard at random. If the probability he spells out ABMC at least once after hitting $6$ keys is $\frac{a}{b^c}$ , for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ where $b$, $c$ are both as small as possible, find $a+b+c$. Note that the letters ABMC must be adjacent for it to count: AEBMCC should not be considered as correctly spelling out ABMC.
[b]p8.[/b] It takes a Daniel twenty minutes to change a light bulb. It takes a Raymond thirty minutes to change a light bulb. It takes a Bryan forty-five minutes to change a light bulb. In the time that it takes two Daniels, three Raymonds, and one and a half Bryans to change $42$ light bulbs, how many light bulbs could half a Raymond change? Assume half a person can work half as productively as a whole person.
[b]p9.[/b] Find the value of $5a + 4b + 3c + 2d + e$ given $a, b, c, d, e$ are real numbers satisfying the following equations: $$a^2 = 2e + 23$$
$$b^2 = 10a - 34$$
$$c^2 = 8b - 23$$
$$d^2 = 6c - 14$$
$$e^2 = 4d - 7.$$
[b]p10.[/b] How many integers between $1$ and $1000$ contain exactly two $1$’s when written in base $2$?
[b]p11.[/b] Joe has lost his $2$ sets of keys. However, he knows that he placed his keys in one of his $12$ mailboxes, each labeled with a different positive integer from $1$ to $12$. Joe plans on opening the $2$ mailbox labeled $1$ to see if any of his keys are there. However, a strong gust of wind blows by, opening mailboxes $11$ and $12$, revealing that they are empty. If Joe decides to open one of the mailboxes labeled $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$, $9$ , or $10$, the probability that he finds at least one of his sets of keys can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$, where a and b are relatively prime positive integers. Find the sum $a + b$. Note that a single mailbox can contain $0$, $1$, or $2$ sets of keys, and the mailboxes his sets of keys were placed in are determined independently at random.
[b]p12.[/b] As we all know, the top scientists have recently proved that the Earth is a flat disc. Bob is standing on Earth. If he takes the shortest path to the edge, he will fall off after walking $1$ meter. If he instead turns $90$ degrees away from the shortest path and walks towards the edge, he will fall off after $3$ meters. Compute the radius of the Earth.
[b]p13.[/b] There are $999$ numbers that are repeating decimals of the form $0.abcabcabc...$ . The sum of all of the numbers of this form that do not have a $1$ or $2$ in their decimal representation can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ for relatively prime positive integers $a$, $b$. Find $a + b$.
[b]p14.[/b] An ant is crawling along the edges of a sugar cube. Every second, it travels along an edge to another adjacent vertex randomly, interested in the sugar it notices. Unfortunately, the cube is about to be added to some scalding coffee! In $10$ seconds, it must return to its initial vertex, so it can get off and escape. If the probability the ant will avoid a tragic doom can be expressed as $\frac{a}{3^{10}}$ , where $a$ is a positive integer, find $a$.
Clarification: The ant needs to be on its initial vertex in exactly $10$ seconds, no more or less.
[b]p15.[/b] Raymond’s new My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Collector’s book arrived in the mail! The book’s pages measure $4\sqrt3$ inches by $12$ inches, and are bound on the longer side. If Raymond keeps one corner in the same plane as the book, what is the total area one of the corners can travel without ripping the page? If the desired area in square inches is $a\pi+b\sqrt{c}$ where $a$, $b$, and $c$ are integers and $c$ is squarefree, find $a + b + c$.
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2018 ABMC, 2018 Oct
[b]p1.[/b] Compute the greatest integer less than or equal to $$\frac{10 + 12 + 14 + 16 + 18 + 20}{21}$$
[b]p2.[/b] Let$ A = 1$.$B = 2$, $C = 3$, $...$, $Z = 26$. Find $A + B +M + C$.
[b]p3.[/b] In Mr. M's farm, there are $10$ cows, $8$ chickens, and $4$ spiders. How many legs are there (including Mr. M's legs)?
[b]p4.[/b] The area of an equilateral triangle with perimeter $18$ inches can be expressed in the form $a\sqrt{b}{c}$ , where $a$ and $c$ are relatively prime and $b$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a + b + c$.
[b]p5.[/b] Let $f$ be a linear function so $f(x) = ax + b$ for some $a$ and $b$. If $f(1) = 2017$ and $f(2) = 2018$, what is $f(2019)$?
[b]p6.[/b] How many integers $m$ satisfy $4 < m^2 \le 216$?
[b]p7.[/b] Allen and Michael Phelps compete at the Olympics for swimming. Allen swims $\frac98$ the distance Phelps swims, but Allen swims in $\frac59$ of Phelps's time. If Phelps swims at a rate of $3$ kilometers per hour, what is Allen's rate of swimming? The answer can be expressed as $m/n$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$. Find $m + n$.
[b]p8.[/b] Let $X$ be the number of distinct arrangements of the letters in "POONAM," $Y$ be the number of distinct arrangements of the letters in "ALLEN" and $Z$ be the number of distinct arrangements of the letters in "NITHIN." Evaluate $\frac{X+Z}{Y}$ :
[b]p9.[/b] Two overlapping circles, both of radius $9$ cm, have centers that are $9$ cm apart. The combined area of the two circles can be expressed as $\frac{a\pi+b\sqrt{c}+d}{e}$ where $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime and the fraction is simplified. Find $a + b + c + d + e$.
[b]p10.[/b] In the Boxborough-Acton Regional High School (BARHS), $99$ people take Korean, $55$ people take Maori, and $27$ people take Pig Latin. $4$ people take both Korean and Maori, $6$ people take both Korean and Pig Latin, and $5$ people take both Maori and Pig Latin. $1$ especially ambitious person takes all three languages, and and $100$ people do not take a language. If BARHS does not o er any other languages, how many students attend BARHS?
[b]p11.[/b] Let $H$ be a regular hexagon of side length $2$. Let $M$ be the circumcircle of $H$ and $N$ be the inscribed circle of $H$. Let $m, n$ be the area of $M$ and $N$ respectively. The quantity $m - n$ is in the form $\pi a$, where $a$ is an integer. Find $a$.
[b]p12.[/b] How many ordered quadruples of positive integers $(p, q, r, s)$ are there such that $p + q + r + s \le 12$?
[b]p13.[/b] Let $K = 2^{\left(1+ \frac{1}{3^2} \right)\left(1+ \frac{1}{3^4} \right)\left(1+ \frac{1}{3^8}\right)\left(1+ \frac{1}{3^{16}} \right)...}$. What is $K^8$?
[b]p14.[/b] Neetin, Neeton, Neethan, Neethine, and Neekhil are playing basketball. Neetin starts out with the ball. How many ways can they pass 5 times so that Neethan ends up with the ball?
[b]p15.[/b] In an octahedron with side lengths $3$, inscribe a sphere. Then inscribe a second sphere tangent to the first sphere and to $4$ faces of the octahedron. The radius of the second sphere can be expressed in the form $\frac{\sqrt{a}-\sqrt{b}}{c}$ , where the square of any prime factor of $c$ does not evenly divide into $b$. Compute $a + b + c$.
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2023 ABMC, 2023 Dec
[b]p1.[/b] Eric is playing Brawl Stars. If he starts playing at $11:10$ AM, and plays for $2$ hours total, then how many minutes past noon does he stop playing?
[b]p2.[/b] James is making a mosaic. He takes an equilateral triangle and connects the midpoints of its sides. He then takes the center triangle formed by the midsegments and connects the midpoints of its sides. In total, how many equilateral triangles are in James’ mosaic?
[b]p3.[/b] What is the greatest amount of intersections that $3$ circles and $3$ lines can have, given that they all lie on the same plane?
[b]p4.[/b] In the faraway land of Arkesia, there are two types of currencies: Silvers and Gold. Each Silver is worth $7$ dollars while each Gold is worth $17$ dollars. In Daniel’s wallet, the total dollar value of the Silvers is $1$ more than that of the Golds. What is the smallest total dollar value of all of the Silvers and Golds in his wallet?
[b]p5.[/b] A bishop is placed on a random square of a $8$-by-$8$ chessboard. On average, the bishop is able to move to $s$ other squares on the chessboard. Find $4s$.
Note: A bishop is a chess piece that can move diagonally in any direction, as far as it wants.
[b]p6.[/b] Andrew has a certain amount of coins. If he distributes them equally across his $9$ friends, he will have $7$ coins left. If he apportions his coins for each of his $15$ classmates, he will have $13$ coins to spare. If he splits the coins into $4$ boxes for safekeeping, he will have $2$ coins left over. What is the minimum number of coins Andrew could have?
[b]p7.[/b] A regular polygon $P$ has three times as many sides as another regular polygon $Q$. The interior angle of $P$ is $16^o$ greater than the interior angle of $Q$. Compute how many more diagonals $P$ has compared to $Q$.
[b]p8.[/b] In an certain airport, there are three ways to switch between the ground floor and second floor that are 30 meters apart: either stand on an escalator, run on an escalator, or climb the stairs. A family on vacation takes 65 seconds to climb up the stairs. A solo traveller late for their flight takes $25$ seconds to run upwards on the escalator. The amount of time (in seconds) it takes for someone to switch floors by standing on the escalator can be expressed as $\frac{u}{v}$ , where $u$ and $v$ are relatively prime. Find $u + v$.
(Assume everyone has the same running speed, and the speed of running on an escalator is the sum of the speeds of riding the escalator and running on the stairs.)
[b]p9.[/b] Avanish, being the studious child he is, is taking practice tests to improve his score. Avanish has a $60\%$ chance of passing a practice test. However, whenever Avanish passes a test, he becomes more confident and instead has a $70\%$ chance of passing his next immediate test. If Avanish takes $3$ practice tests in a row, the expected number of practice tests Avanish will pass can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime. Find $a + b$.
[b]p10.[/b] Triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ has sides $AB = 51$, $BC = 119$, and $AC = 136$. Point $C$ is reflected over line $\overline{AB}$ to create point $C'$. Next, point $B$ is reflected over line $\overline{AC'}$ to create point $B'$. If $[B'C'C]$ can be expressed in the form of $a\sqrt{b}$, where $b$ is not divisible by any perfect square besides $1$, find $a + b$.
[b]p11[/b]. Define the following infinite sequence $s$: $$s = \left\{\frac{1}{1},\frac{1}{1 + 3},\frac{1}{1 + 3 + 6}, ... ,\frac{1}{1 + 3 + 6 + ...+ t_k},...\right\},$$
where $t_k$ denotes the $k$th triangular number. The sum of the first $2024$ terms of $s$, denoted $S$, can be
expressed as $$S = 3 \left(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{a}-\frac{1}{b}\right),$$ where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers. Find the minimal possible value of $a + b$.
[b]p12.[/b] Omar writes the numbers from $1$ to $1296$ on a whiteboard and then converts each of them into base $6$. Find the sum of all of the digits written on the whiteboard (in base $10$), including both the base $10$ and base $6$ numbers.
[b]p13.[/b] A mountain number is a number in a list that is greater than the number to its left and right. Let $N$ be the amount of lists created from the integers $1$ - $100$ such that each list only has one mountain number. $N$ can be expressed as
$$N = 2^a(2^b - c^2),$$
where $a$, $b$ and $c$ are positive integers and $c$ is not divisible by $2$. Find $a + b+c$.
(The numbers at the beginning or end of a list are not considered mountain numbers.)[hide]Original problem was voided because the original format of the answer didn't match the result's format. So I changed it in the wording, in order the problem to be correct[/hide]
[b]p14.[/b] A circle $\omega$ with center $O$ has a radius of $25$. Chords $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{CD}$ are drawn in $\omega$ , intersecting at $X$ such that $\angle BXC = 60^o$ and $AX > BX$. Given that the shortest distance of $O$ with $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{CD}$ is $7$ and $15$ respectively, the length of $BX$ can be expressed as $x - \frac{y}{\sqrt{z}}$ , where $x$, $y$, and $z$ are positive integers such that $z$ is not divisible by any perfect square. Find $x + y + z.$ [hide]two answers were considered correct according to configuration[/hide]
[b]p15.[/b] How many ways are there to split the first $10$ natural numbers into $n$ sets (with $n \ge 1$) such that all the numbers are used and each set has the same average?
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ABMC Online Contests, 2020 Oct
[b]p1.[/b] Catherine's teacher thinks of a number and asks her to subtract $5$ and then multiply the result by $6$. Catherine accidentally switches the numbers by subtracting 6 and multiplying by $5$ to get $30$. If Catherine had not swapped the numbers, what would the correct answer be?
[b]p2.[/b] At Acton Boxborough Regional High School, desks are arranged in a rectangular grid-like configuration. In order to maintain proper social distancing, desks are required to be at least 6 feet away from all other desks. Assuming that the size of the desks is negligible, what is the maximum number of desks that can fit in a $25$ feet by $25$ feet classroom?
[b]p3.[/b] Joshua hates writing essays for homework, but his teacher Mr. Meesh assigns two essays every $3$ weeks. However, Mr. Meesh favors Joshua, so he allows Joshua to skip one essay out of every $4$ that are assigned. How many essays does Joshua have to write in a $24$-week school year?
[b]p4.[/b] Libra likes to read, but she is easily distracted. If a page number is even, she reads the page twice. If a page number is an odd multiple of three, she skips it. Otherwise, she reads the page exactly once. If Libra's book is $405$ pages long, how many pages in total does she read if she starts on page $1$? (Reading the same page twice counts as two pages.)
[b]p5.[/b] Let the GDP of an integer be its Greatest Divisor that is Prime. For example, the GDP of $14$ is $7$. Find the largest integer less than $100$ that has a GDP of $3$.
[b]p6.[/b] As has been proven by countless scientific papers, the Earth is a flat circle. Bob stands at a point on the Earth such that if he walks in a straight line, the maximum possible distance he can travel before he falls off is $7$ miles, and the minimum possible distance he can travel before he falls off is $3$ miles. Then the Earth's area in square miles is $k\pi$ for some integer $k$. Compute $k$.
[b]p7.[/b] Edward has $2$ magical eggs. Every minute, each magical egg that Edward has will double itself. But there's a catch. At the end of every minute, Edward's brother Eliot will come outside and smash one egg on his forehead, causing Edward to lose that egg permanently. For example, starting with $2$ eggs, after one minute there will be $3$ eggs, then $5$, $9$, and so on. After $1$ hour, the number of eggs can be expressed as $a^b + c$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ where $a > 1$, and $a$ and $c$ are as small as possible. Find $a + b + c$.
[b]p8.[/b] Define a sequence of real numbers $a_1$, $a_2$, $a_3$, $..$, $a_{2019}$, $a_{2020}$ with the property that $a_n =\frac{a_{n-1} + a_n + a_{n+1}}{3}$ for all $n = 2$, $3$, $4$, $5$,$...$, $2018$, $2019$. Given that $a_1 = 1$ and $a_{1000} = 1999$, find $a_{2020}$.
[b]p9.[/b] In $\vartriangle ABC$ with $AB = 10$ and $AC = 12$, points $D$ and $E$ lie on sides $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AC}$, respectively, such that $AD = 4$ and $AE = 5$. If the area of quadrilateral $BCED$ is $40$, find the area of $\vartriangle ADE$.
[b]p10.[/b] A positive integer is called powerful if every prime in its prime factorization is raised to a power greater than or equal to $2$. How many positive integers less than 100 are powerful?
[b]p11.[/b] Let integers $A,B < 10, 000$ be the populations of Acton and Boxborough, respectively. When $A$ is divided by $B$, the remainder is $1$. When $B$ is divided by $A$, the remainder is $2020$. If the sum of the digits of $A$ is $17$, find the total combined population of Acton and Boxborough.
[b]p12.[/b] Let $a_1$, $a_2$, $...$, $a_n$ be an increasing arithmetic sequence of positive integers. Given $a_n - a_1 = 20$ and $a^2_n - a^2_{n-1} = 63$, find the sum of the terms in the arithmetic sequence.
[b]p13.[/b] Bob rolls a cubical, an octahedral and a dodecahedral die ($6$, $8$ and $12$ sides respectively) numbered with the integers from $1$ to $6$, $1$ to $8$ and $1$ to $12$ respectively. If the probability that the sum of the numbers on the cubical and octahedral dice equals the number on the dodecahedral die can be written as $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m, n$ are relatively prime positive integers, compute $n - m$.
[b]p14.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be inscribed in a circle with center $O$ with $AB = 13$, $BC = 14$, $AC = 15$. Let the foot of the perpendicular from $A$ to BC be $D$ and let $AO$ intersect $BC$ at $E$. Given the length of $DE$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m$, $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m + n$.
[b]p15.[/b] The set $S$ consists of the first $10$ positive integers. A collection of $10$ not necessarily distinct integers is chosen from $S$ at random. If a particular number is chosen more than once, all but one of its occurrences are removed. Call the set of remaining numbers $A$. Let $\frac{a}{b}$ be the expected value of the number of the elements in $A$, where $a, b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find the reminder when $a + b$ is divided by $1000$.
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2021 ABMC., Team
[u]Round 5[/u]
[b]5.1.[/b] Julia baked a pie for herself to celebrate pi day this year. If Julia bakes anyone pie on pi day, the following year on pi day she bakes a pie for herself with $1/3$ probability, she bakes her friend a pie with $1/6$ probability, and she doesn't bake anyone a pie with $1/2$ probability. However, if Julia doesn't make pie on pi day, the following year on pi day she bakes a pie for herself with $1/2$ probability, she bakes her friend a pie with $1/3$ probability, and she doesn't bake anyone a pie with $1/6$ probability. The probability that Julia bakes at least $2$ pies on pi day in the next $5$ years can be expressed as $p/q$, for relatively prime positive integers $p$ and $q$. Compute $p + q$.
[b]5.2.[/b] Steven is flipping a coin but doesn't want to appear too lucky. If he ips the coin $8$ times, the probability he only gets sequences of consecutive heads or consecutive tails that are of length $4$ or less can be expressed as $p/q$, for relatively prime positive integers $p$ and $q$. Compute $p + q$.
[b]5.3.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a square with side length $3$. Further, let $E$ be a point on side$ AD$, such that $AE = 2$ and $DE = 1$, and let $F$ be the point on side $AB$ such that triangle $CEF$ is right with hypotenuse $CF$. The value $CF^2$ can be expressed as $m/n$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Compute $m + n$.
[u]Round 6[/u]
[b]6.1.[/b] Let $P$ be a point outside circle $\omega$ with center $O$. Let $A,B$ be points on circle $\omega$ such that $PB$ is a tangent to $\omega$ and $PA = AB$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $AB$. Given $OM = 1$, $PB = 3$, the value of $AB^2$ can be expressed as $m/n$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$. Find $m + n$.
[b]6.2.[/b] Let $a_0, a_1, a_2,...$with each term defined as $a_n = 3a_{n-1} + 5a_{n-2}$ and $a_0 = 0$, $a_1 = 1$. Find the remainder when $a_{2020}$ is divided by $360$.
[b]6.3.[/b] James and Charles each randomly pick two points on distinct sides of a square, and they each connect their chosen pair of points with a line segment. The probability that the two line segments intersect can be expressed as $m/n$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$. Find $m + n$.
[u]Round 7[/u]
[b]7.1.[/b] For some positive integers $x, y$ let $g = gcd (x, y)$ and $\ell = lcm (2x, y)$: Given that the equation $xy+3g+7\ell = 168$ holds, find the largest possible value of $2x + y$.
[b]7.2.[/b] Marco writes the polynomials $$f(x) = nx^4 +2x^3 +3x^2 +4x+5$$ and $$g(x) = a(x-1)^4 +b(x-1)^3 +6(x-1)^2 + d(x - 1) + e,$$ where $n, a, b, d, e$ are real numbers. He notices that $g(i) = f(i) - |i|$ for each integer $i$ satisfying $-5 \le i \le -1$. Then $n^2$ can be expressed as $p/q$ for relatively prime positive integers $p, q$. Find $p + q$.
[b]7.3. [/b]Equilateral $\vartriangle ABC$ is inscribed in a circle with center $O$. Points $D$ and $E$ are chosen on minor arcs $AB$ and $BC$, respectively. Segment $\overline{CD}$ intersects $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AE}$ at $Y$ and $X$, respectively. Given that $\vartriangle DXE$ and $\vartriangle AXC$ have equal area, $\vartriangle AXY$ has area $ 1$, and $\vartriangle ABC$ has area $52$, find the area of $\vartriangle BXC$.
[u]Round 8[/u]
[b]8.[/b] Let $A$ be the number of total webpage visits our website received last month. Let $B$ be the number photos in our photo collection from ABMC onsite 2017. Let $M$ be the mean speed round score. Further, let $C$ be the number of times the letter c appears in our problem bank. Estimate
$$A \cdot B + M \cdot C.$$Your answer will be scored according to the following formula, where $X$ is the correct answer and $I$ is your input.
$$max \left\{ 0, \left\lceil min \left\{13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.05 |I|}, 13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.05 |I-2X|} \right\} \right\rceil \right\}$$
PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-4 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h2766251p24226451]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].
2020 ABMC, Team
[u]Round 5[/u]
[b]5.1.[/b] Quadrilateral $ABCD$ is such that $\angle ABC = \angle ADC = 90^o$ , $\angle BAD = 150^o$ , $AD = 3$, and $AB = \sqrt3$. The area of $ABCD$ can be expressed as $p\sqrt{q}$ for positive integers $p, q$ where $q$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $p + q$.
[b]5.2.[/b] Neetin wants to gamble, so his friend Akshay describes a game to him. The game will consist of three dice: a $100$-sided one with the numbers $1$ to $100$, a tetrahedral one with the numbers $1$ to $4$, and a normal $6$-sided die. If Neetin rolls numbers with a product that is divisible by $21$, he wins. Otherwise, he pays Akshay $100$ dollars. The number of dollars that Akshay must pay Neetin for a win in order to make this game fair is $a/b$ for relatively prime positive integers $a, b$. Find $a + b$. (Fair means the expected net gain is $0$. )
[b]5.3.[/b] What is the sum of the fourth powers of the roots of the polynomial $P(x) = x^2 + 2x + 3$?
[u]Round 6[/u]
[b]6.1.[/b] Consider the set $S = \{1, 2, 3, 4,..., 25\}$. How many ordered $n$-tuples $S_1 = (a_1, a_2, a_3,..., a_n)$ of pairwise distinct ai exist such that $a_i \in S$ and $i^2 | a_i$ for all $1 \le i \le n$?
[b]6.2.[/b] How many ways are there to place $2$ identical rooks and $ 1$ queen on a $ 4 \times 4$ chessboard such that no piece attacks another piece? (A queen can move diagonally, vertically or horizontally and a rook can move vertically or horizontally)
[b]6.3.[/b] Let $L$ be an ordered list $\ell_1$, $\ell_2$, $...$, $\ell_{36}$ of consecutive positive integers who all have the sum of their digits not divisible by $11$. It is given that $\ell_1$ is the least element of $L$. Find the least possible value of $\ell_1$.
[u]Round 7[/u]
[b]7.1.[/b] Spencer, Candice, and Heather love to play cards, but they especially love the highest cards in the deck - the face cards (jacks, queens, and kings). They also each have a unique favorite suit: Spencer’s favorite suit is spades, Candice’s favorite suit is clubs, and Heather’s favorite suit is hearts. A dealer pulls out the $9$ face cards from every suit except the diamonds and wants to deal them out to the $3$ friends. How many ways can he do this so that none of the $3$ friends will see a single card that is part of their favorite suit?
[b]7.2.[/b] Suppose a sequence of integers satisfies the recurrence $a_{n+3} = 7a_{n+2} - 14a_{n+1} + 8a_n$. If $a_0 = 4$, $a_1 = 9$, and $a_2 = 25$, find $a_{16}$. Your answer will be in the form $2^a + 2^b + c$, where $2^a < a_{16} < 2^{a+1}$ and $b$ is as large as possible. Find $a + b + c$.
[b]7.3.[/b] Parallel lines $\ell_1$ and $\ell_2$ are $1$ unit apart. Unit square $WXYZ$ lies in the same plane with vertex $W$ on $\ell_1$. Line $\ell_2$ intersects segments $YX$ and $YZ$ at points $U$ and $O$, respectively. Given $UO =\frac{9}{10}$, the inradius of $\vartriangle YOU$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$. Find $m + n$.
[u]Round 8[/u]
[b]8.[/b] Let $A$ be the number of contestants who participated in at least one of the three rounds of the 2020 ABMC April contest. Let $B$ be the number of times the letter b appears in the Accuracy Round. Let $M$ be the number of
people who submitted both the speed and accuracy rounds before 2:00 PM EST. Further, let $C$ be the number of
times the letter c appears in the Speed Round. Estimate
$$A \cdot B + M \cdot C.$$Your answer will be scored according to the following formula, where $X$ is the correct answer and $I$ is your input.
$$max \left\{ 0, \left\lceil min \left\{13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.05 |I|}, 13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.05 |I-2X|} \right\} \right\rceil \right\}$$
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ABMC Online Contests, 2018 Dec
[b]p1.[/b] Fun facts! We know that $1008^2-1007^2 = 1008+1007$ and $1009^2-1008^2 = 1009+1008$. Now compute the following: $$1010^2 - 1009^2 - 1.$$
[b]p2.[/b] Let $m$ be the smallest positive multiple of $2018$ such that the fraction $m/2019$ can be simplified. What is the number $m$?
[b]p3.[/b] Given that $n$ satisfies the following equation $$n + 3n + 5n + 7n + 9n = 200,$$ find $n$.
[b]p4.[/b] Grace and Somya each have a collection of coins worth a dollar. Both Grace and Somya have quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. Serena then observes that Grace has the least number of coins possible to make one dollar and Somya has the most number of coins possible. If Grace has $G$ coins and Somya has $S$ coins, what is $G + S$?
[b]p5.[/b] What is the ones digit of $2018^{2018}$?
[b]p6.[/b] Kaitlyn plays a number game. Each time when Kaitlyn has a number, if it is even, she divides it by $2$, and if it is odd, she multiplies it by $5$ and adds $1$. Kaitlyn then takes the resulting number and continues the process until she reaches $1$. For example, if she begins with $3$, she finds the sequence of $6$ numbers to be $$3, 3 \cdot 5 + 1 = 16, 16/2 = 8, 8/2 = 4, 4/2 = 2, 2/2 = 1.$$ If Kaitlyn's starting number is $51$, how many numbers are in her sequence, including the starting number and the number $1$?
[b]p7.[/b] Andrew likes both geometry and piano. His piano has $88$ keys, $x$ of which are white and $y$ of which are black. Each white key has area $3$ and each black key has area $11$. If the keys of his piano have combined area $880$, how many black keys does he have?
[b]p8.[/b] A six-sided die contains the numbers $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, and $6$ on its faces. If numbers on opposite faces of a die always sum to $7$, how many distinct dice are possible? (Two dice are considered the same if one can be rotated to obtain the other.)
[b]p9.[/b] In $\vartriangle ABC$, $AB$ is $12$ and $AC$ is $15$. Alex draws the angle bisector of $BAC$, $AD$, such that $D$ is on $BC$. If $CD$ is $10$, then the area of $\vartriangle ABC$ can be expressed in the form $\frac{m \sqrt{n}}{p}$ where $m, p$ are relatively prime and $n$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $m + n + p$.
[b]p10.[/b] Find the smallest positive integer that leaves a remainder of $2$ when divided by $5$, a remainder of $3$ when divided by $6$, a remainder of $4$ when divided by $7$, and a remainder of $5$ when divided by $8$.
[b]p11.[/b] Chris has a bag with $4$ marbles. Each minute, Chris randomly selects a marble out of the bag and flips a coin. If the coin comes up heads, Chris puts the marble back in the bag, while if the coin comes up tails, Chris sets the marble aside. What is the expected number of seconds it will take Chris to empty the bag?
[b]p12.[/b] A real fixed point $x$ of a function $f(x)$ is a real number such that $f(x) = x$. Find the absolute value of the product of the real fixed points of the function $f(x) = x^4 + x - 16$.
[b]p13.[/b] A triangle with angles $30^o$, $75^o$, $75^o$ is inscribed in a circle with radius $1$. The area of the triangle can be expressed as $\frac{a+\sqrt{b}}{c}$ where $b$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a + b + c$.
[b]p14.[/b] Dora and Charlotte are playing a game involving flipping coins. On a player's turn, she first chooses a probability of the coin landing heads between $\frac14$ and $\frac34$ , and the coin magically flips heads with that probability. The player then flips this coin until the coin lands heads, at which point her turn ends. The game ends the first time someone flips heads on an odd-numbered flip. The last player to flip the coin wins. If both players are playing optimally and Dora goes first, let the probability that Charlotte win the game be $\frac{a}{b}$ . Find $a \cdot b$.
[b]p15.[/b] Jonny is trying to sort a list of numbers in ascending order by swapping pairs of numbers. For example, if he has the list $1$, $4$, $3$, $2$, Jonny would swap $2$ and $4$ to obtain $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$. If Jonny is given a random list of $400$ distinct numbers, let $x$ be the expected minimum number of swaps he needs. Compute $\left \lfloor \frac{x}{20} \right \rfloor$.
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ABMC Speed Rounds, 2023
[i]25 problems for 30 minutes[/i]
[b]p1.[/b] Compute $2^2 + 0 \cdot 0 + 2^2 + 3^3$.
[b]p2.[/b] How many total letters (not necessarily distinct) are there in the names Jerry, Justin, Jackie, Jason, and Jeffrey?
[b]p3.[/b] What is the remainder when $20232023$ is divided by $50$?
[b]p4.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a square. The fraction of the area of $ABCD$ that is the area of the intersection of triangles $ABD$ and $ABC$ can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ relatively prime positive integers. Find $a + b$.
[b]p5.[/b] Raymond is playing basketball. He makes a total of $15$ shots, all of which are either worth $2$ or $3$ points. Given he scored a total of $40$ points, how many $2$-point shots did he make?
[b]p6.[/b] If a fair coin is flipped $4$ times, the probability that it lands on heads more often than tails is $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ relatively prime positive integers. Find $a + b$.
[b]p7.[/b] What is the sum of the perfect square divisors of $640$?
[b]p8.[/b] A regular hexagon and an equilateral triangle have the same perimeter. The ratio of the area between the hexagon and equilateral triangle can be expressed in the form $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $a + b$.
[b]p9.[/b] If a cylinder has volume $1024\pi$, radius of $r$ and height $h$, how many ordered pairs of integers $(r, h)$ are possible?
[b]p10.[/b] Pump $A$ can fill up a balloon in $3$ hours, while pump $B$ can fill up a balloon in $5$ hours. Pump $A$ starts filling up a balloon at $12:00$ PM, and pump $B$ is added alongside pump $A$ at a later time. If the balloon is completely filled at $2:00$ PM, how many minutes after $12:00$ PM was Pump $B$ added?
[b]p11.[/b] For some positive integer $k$, the product $81 \cdot k$ has $20$ factors. Find the smallest possible value of $k$.
[b]p12.[/b] Two people wish to sit in a row of fifty chairs. How many ways can they sit in the chairs if they do not want to sit directly next to each other and they do not want to sit with exactly one empty chair between them?
[b]p13.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be an equilateral triangle with side length $2$ and $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$. Let $P$ be a point in the same plane such that $2PM = BC$. The minimum value of $AP$ can be expressed as $\sqrt{a}-b$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers such that $a$ is not divisible by any perfect square aside from $1$. Find $a + b$.
[b]p14.[/b] What are the $2022$nd to $2024$th digits after the decimal point in the decimal expansion of $\frac{1}{27}$ , expressed as a $3$ digit number in that order (i.e the $2022$nd digit is the hundreds digit, $2023$rd digit is the tens digit, and $2024$th digit is the ones digit)?
[b]p15.[/b] After combining like terms, how many terms are in the expansion of $(xyz+xy+yz+xz+x+y+z)^{20}$?
[b]p16.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid with $AB \parallel CD$ where $AB > CD$, $\angle B = 90^o$, and $BC = 12$. A line $k$ is dropped from $A$, perpendicular to line $CD$, and another line $\ell$ is dropped from $C$, perpendicular to line $AD$. $k$ and $\ell$ intersect at $X$. If $\vartriangle AXC$ is an equilateral triangle, the area of $ABCD$ can be written as $m\sqrt{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers such that $n$ is not divisible by any perfect square aside from $1$. Find $m + n$.
[b]p17.[/b] If real numbers $x$ and $y$ satisfy $2x^2 + y^2 = 8x$, maximize the expression $x^2 + y^2 + 4x$.
[b]p18.[/b] Let $f(x)$ be a monic quadratic polynomial with nonzero real coefficients. Given that the minimum value of $f(x)$ is one of the roots of $f(x)$, and that $f(2022) = 1$, there are two possible values of $f(2023)$. Find the larger of these two values.
[b]p19.[/b] I am thinking of a positive integer. After realizing that it is four more than a multiple of $3$, four less than a multiple of $4$, four more than a multiple of 5, and four less than a multiple of $7$, I forgot my number. What is the smallest possible value of my number?
[b]p20.[/b] How many ways can Aston, Bryan, Cindy, Daniel, and Evan occupy a row of $14$ chairs such that none of them are sitting next to each other?
[b]p21.[/b] Let $x$ be a positive real number. The minimum value of $\frac{1}{x^2} +\sqrt{x}$ can be expressed in the form \frac{a}{b^{(c/d)}} , where $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ are all positive integers, $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime, $c$ and $d$ are relatively prime, and $b$ is not divisible by any perfect square. Find $a + b + c + d$.
[b]p22.[/b] For all $x > 0$, the function $f(x)$ is defined as $\lfloor x \rfloor \cdot (x + \{x\})$. There are $24$ possible $x$ such that $f(x)$ is an integer between $2000$ and $2023$, inclusive. If the sum of these $24$ numbers equals $N$, then find $\lfloor N \rfloor$.
Note: Recall that $\lfloor x \rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$, called the floor function. Also, $\{x\}$ is defined as $x - \lfloor x \rfloor$, called the fractional part function.
[b]p23.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle with $AD = 1$. Let $P$ be a point on diagonal $\overline{AC}$, and let $\omega$ and $\xi$ be the circumcircles of $\vartriangle APB$ and $\vartriangle CPD$, respectively. Line $\overleftrightarrow{AD}$ is extended, intersecting $\omega$ at $X$, and $\xi$ at $Y$ . If $AX = 5$ and $DY = 2$, find $[ABCD]^2$.
Note: $[ABCD]$ denotes the area of the polygon $ABCD$.
[b]p24.[/b] Alice writes all of the three-digit numbers on a blackboard (it’s a pretty big blackboard). Let $X_a$ be the set of three-digit numbers containing a somewhere in its representation, where a is a string of digits. (For example, $X_{12}$ would include $12$, $121$, $312$, etc.) If Bob then picks a value of $a$ at random so $0 \le a \le 999$, the expected number of elements in $X_a$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find$ m + n$.
[b]p25.[/b] Let $f(x) = x^5 + 2x^4 - 2x^3 + 4x^2 + 5x + 6$ and $g(x) = x^4 - x^3 + x^2 - x + 1$. If $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ are the roots of $g(x)$, then find $f(a) + f(b) + f(c) + f(d)$.
PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].
ABMC Team Rounds, 2018
[u]Round 5[/u]
[b]5.1.[/b] A triangle has lengths such that one side is $12$ less than the sum of the other two sides, the semi-perimeter of the triangle is $21$, and the largest and smallest sides have a difference of $2$. Find the area of this triangle.
[b]5.2.[/b] A rhombus has side length $85$ and diagonals of integer lengths. What is the sum of all possible areas of the rhombus?
[b]5.3.[/b] A drink from YAKSHAY’S SHAKE SHOP is served in a container that consists of a cup, shaped like an upside-down truncated cone, and a semi-spherical lid. The ratio of the radius of the bottom of the cup to the radius of the lid is $\frac23$ , the volume of the combined cup and lid is $296\pi$, and the height of the cup is half of the height of the entire drink container. What is the volume of the liquid in the cup if it is filled up to half of the height of the entire drink container?
[u]Round 6[/u]
[i]Each answer in the next set of three problems is required to solve a different problem within the same set. There is one correct solution to all three problems; however, you will receive points for any correct answer regardless whether other answers are correct.[/i]
[b]6.1.[/b] Let the answer to problem $2$ be $b$. There are b people in a room, each of which is either a truth-teller or a liar. Person $1$ claims “Person $2$ is a liar,” Person $2$ claims “Person $3$ is a liar,” and so on until Person $b$ claims “Person $1$ is a liar.” How many people are truth-tellers?
[b]6.2.[/b] Let the answer to problem $3$ be $c$. What is twice the area of a triangle with coordinates $(0, 0)$, $(c, 3)$ and $(7, c)$ ?
[b]6.3.[/b] Let the answer to problem $ 1$ be $a$. Compute the smaller zero to the polynomial $x^2 - ax + 189$ which has $2$ integer roots.
[u]Round 7[/u]
[b]7.1. [/b]Sir Isaac Neeton is sitting under a kiwi tree when a kiwi falls on his head. He then discovers Neeton’s First Law of Kiwi Motion, which states:
[i]Every minute, either $\left\lfloor \frac{1000}{d} \right\rfloor$ or $\left\lceil \frac{1000}{d} \right\rceil$ kiwis fall on Neeton’s head, where d is Neeton’s distance from the tree in centimeters.[/i]
Over the next minute, $n$ kiwis fall on Neeton’s head. Let $S$ be the set of all possible values of Neeton’s distance from the tree. Let m and M be numbers such that $m < x < M$ for all elements $x$ in $S$. If the least possible value of $M - m$ is $\frac{2000}{16899}$ centimeters, what is the value of $n$?
Note that $\lfloor x \rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$, and $\lceil x \rceil$ is the least integer greater than or equal to $x$.
[b]7.2.[/b] Nithin is playing chess. If one queen is randomly placed on an $ 8 \times 8$ chessboard, what is the expected number of squares that will be attacked including the square that the queen is placed on? (A square is under attack if the queen can legally move there in one move, and a queen can legally move any number of squares diagonally, horizontally or vertically.)
[b]7.3.[/b] Nithin is writing binary strings, where each character is either a $0$ or a $1$. How many binary strings of length $12$ can he write down such that $0000$ and $1111$ do not appear?
[u]Round 8[/u]
[b]8.[/b] What is the period of the fraction $1/2018$? (The period of a fraction is the length of the repeated portion of its decimal representation.) Your answer will be scored according to the following formula, where $X$ is the correct answer and $I$ is your input.
$$max \left\{ 0, \left\lceil min \left\{13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.1 |I|}, 13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.1 |I-2X|} \right\} \right\rceil \right\}$$
PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-4 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h2765571p24215461]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].
2019 ABMC, Team
[u]Round 1[/u]
[b]1.1.[/b] Suppose a certain menu has $3$ sandwiches and $5$ drinks. How many ways are there to pick a meal so that you have exactly a drink and a sandwich?
[b]1.2.[/b] If $a + b = 4$ and $a + 3b = 222222$, find $10a + b$.
[b]1.3.[/b] Compute $$\left\lfloor \frac{2019 \cdot 2017}{2018} \right\rfloor $$ where $\lfloor x \rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$.
[u]Round 2[/u]
[b]2.1.[/b] Andrew has $10$ water bottles, each of which can hold at most $10$ cups of water. Three bottles are thirty percent filled, five are twenty-four percent filled, and the rest are empty. What is the average amount of water, in cups, contained in the ten water bottles?
[b]2.2.[/b] How many positive integers divide $195$ evenly?
[b]2.3.[/b] Square $A$ has side length $\ell$ and area $128$. Square $B$ has side length $\ell/2$. Find the length of the diagonal of Square $B$.
[u]Round 3[/u]
[b]3.1.[/b] A right triangle with area $96$ is inscribed in a circle. If all the side lengths are positive integers, what is the area of the circle? Express your answer in terms of $\pi$.
[b]3.2.[/b] A circular spinner has four regions labeled $3, 5, 6, 10$. The region labeled $3$ is $1/3$ of the spinner, $5$ is $1/6$ of the spinner, $6$ is $1/10$ of the spinner, and the region labeled $10$ is $2/5$ of the spinner. If the spinner is spun once randomly, what is the expected value of the number on which it lands?
[b]3.3.[/b] Find the integer k such that $k^3 = 8353070389$
[u]Round 4[/u]
[b]4.1.[/b] How many ways are there to arrange the letters in the word [b]zugzwang [/b] such that the two z’s are not consecutive?
[b]4.2.[/b] If $O$ is the circumcenter of $\vartriangle ABC$, $AD$ is the altitude from $A$ to $BC$, $\angle CAB = 66^o$ and $\angle ABC = 44^o$, then what is the measure of $\angle OAD$ ?
[b]4.3.[/b] If $x > 0$ satisfies $x^3 +\frac{1}{x^3} = 18$, find $x^5 +\frac{1}{x^5}$
[u]Round 5[/u]
[b]5.1.[/b] Let $C$ be the answer to Question $3$. Neethen decides to run for school president! To be entered onto the ballot, however, Neethen needs $C + 1$ signatures. Since no one else will support him, Neethen gets the remaining $C$ other signatures through bribery. The situation can be modeled by $k \cdot N = 495$, where $k$ is the number of dollars he gives each person, and $N$ is the number of signatures he will get. How many dollars does Neethen have to bribe each person with to get exactly C signatures?
[b]5.2.[/b] Let $A$ be the answer to Question $1$. With $3A - 1$ total votes, Neethen still comes short in the election, losing to Serena by just $1$ vote. Darn! Neethen sneaks into the ballot room, knowing that if he destroys just two ballots that voted for Serena, he will win the election. How many ways can Neethen choose two ballots to destroy?
[b]5.3.[/b] Let $B$ be the answer to Question $2$. Oh no! Neethen is caught rigging the election by the principal! For his punishment, Neethen needs to run the perimeter of his school three times. The school is modeled by a square of side length $k$ furlongs, where $k$ is an integer. If Neethen runs $B$ feet in total, what is $k + 1$? (Note: one furlong is $1/8$ of a mile).
[u]Round 6[/u]
[b]6.1.[/b] Find the unique real positive solution to the equation $x =\sqrt{6 + 2\sqrt6 + 2x}- \sqrt{6 - 2\sqrt6 - 2x} -\sqrt6$.
[b]6.2.[/b] Consider triangle ABC with $AB = 13$ and $AC = 14$. Point $D$ lies on $BC$, and the lengths of the perpendiculars from $D$ to $AB$ and $AC$ are both $\frac{56}{9}$. Find the largest possible length of $BD$.
[b]6.3.[/b] Let $f(x, y) = \frac{m}{n}$, where $m$ is the smallest positive integer such that $x$ and $y$ divide $m$, and $n$ is the largest positive integer such that $n$ divides both $x$ and $y$. If $S = \{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10\}$, what is the median of the distinct values that $f(a, b)$ can take, where $a, b \in S$?
[u]Round 7[/u]
[b]7.1.[/b] The polynomial $y = x^4 - 22x^2 - 48x - 23$ can be written in the form $$y = (x - \sqrt{a} - \sqrt{b} - \sqrt{c})(x - \sqrt{a} +\sqrt{b} +\sqrt{c})(x +\sqrt{a} -\sqrt{b} +\sqrt{c})(x +\sqrt{a} +\sqrt{b} -\sqrt{c})$$ for positive integers $a, b, c$ with $a \le b \le c$. Find $(a + b)\cdot c$.
[b]7.2.[/b] Varun is grounded for getting an $F$ in every class. However, because his parents don’t like him, rather than making him stay at home they toss him onto a number line at the number $3$. A wall is placed at $0$ and a door to freedom is placed at $10$. To escape the number line, Varun must reach 10, at which point he walks through the door to freedom. Every $5$ minutes a bell rings, and Varun may walk to a different number, and he may not walk to a different number except when the bell rings. Being an $F$ student, rather than walking straight to the door to freedom, whenever the bell rings Varun just randomly chooses an adjacent integer with equal chance and walks towards it. Whenever he is at $0$ he walks to $ 1$ with a $100$ percent chance. What is the expected number of times Varun will visit $0$ before he escapes through the door to freedom?
[b]7.3.[/b] Let $\{a_1, a_2, a_3, a_4, a_5, a_6\}$ be a set of positive integers such that every element divides $36$ under the condition that $a_1 < a_2 <... < a_6$. Find the probability that one of these chosen sets also satisfies the condition that every $a_i| a_j$ if $i|j$.
[u]Round 8[/u]
[b]8.[/b] How many numbers between $1$ and $100, 000$ can be expressed as the product of at most $3$ distinct primes?
Your answer will be scored according to the following formula, where $X$ is the correct answer and $I$ is your input.
$$max \left\{ 0, \left\lceil min \left\{13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.1 |I|}, 13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.1 |I-2X|} \right\} \right\rceil \right\}$$
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ABMC Team Rounds, 2021
[u]Round 1[/u]
[b]1.1.[/b] There are $99$ dogs sitting in a long line. Starting with the third dog in the line, if every third dog barks three times, and all the other dogs each bark once, how many barks are there in total?
[b]1.2.[/b] Indigo notices that when she uses her lucky pencil, her test scores are always $66 \frac23 \%$ higher than when she uses normal pencils. What percent lower is her test score when using a normal pencil than her test score when using her lucky pencil?
[b]1.3.[/b] Bill has a farm with deer, sheep, and apple trees. He mostly enjoys looking after his apple trees, but somehow, the deer and sheep always want to eat the trees' leaves, so Bill decides to build a fence around his trees. The $60$ trees are arranged in a $5\times 12$ rectangular array with $5$ feet between each pair of adjacent trees. If the rectangular fence is constructed $6$ feet away from the array of trees, what is the area the fence encompasses in feet squared? (Ignore the width of the trees.)
[u]Round 2[/u]
[b]2.1.[/b] If $x + 3y = 2$, then what is the value of the expression $9^x * 729^y$?
[b]2.2.[/b] Lazy Sheep loves sleeping in, but unfortunately, he has school two days a week. If Lazy Sheep wakes up each day before school's starting time with probability $1/8$ independent of previous days, then the probability that Lazy Sheep wakes up late on at least one school day over a given week is $p/q$ for relatively prime positive integers $p, q$. Find $p + q$.
[b]2.3.[/b] An integer $n$ leaves remainder $1$ when divided by $4$. Find the sum of the possible remainders $n$ leaves when divided by $20$.
[u]Round 3[/u]
[b]3.1. [/b]Jake has a circular knob with three settings that can freely rotate. Each minute, he rotates the knob $120^o$ clockwise or counterclockwise at random. The probability that the knob is back in its original state after $4$ minutes is $p/q$ for relatively prime positive integers $p, q$. Find $p + q$.
[b]3.2.[/b] Given that $3$ not necessarily distinct primes $p, q, r$ satisfy $p+6q +2r = 60$, find the sum of all possible values of $p + q + r$.
[b]3.3.[/b] Dexter's favorite number is the positive integer $x$, If $15x$ has an even number of proper divisors, what is the smallest possible value of $x$? (Note: A proper divisor of a positive integer is a divisor other than itself.)
[u]Round 4[/u]
[b]4.1.[/b] Three circles of radius $1$ are each tangent to the other two circles. A fourth circle is externally tangent to all three circles. The radius of the fourth circle can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}-\sqrt{c}}{d}$ for positive integers $a, b, c, d$ where $b$ is not divisible by the square of any prime and $a$ and $d$ are relatively prime. Find $a + b + c + d$.
[b]4.2. [/b]Evaluate $$\frac{\sqrt{15}}{3} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{35}}{5} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{63}}{7}... \cdot \frac{\sqrt{5475}}{73}$$
[b]4.3.[/b] For any positive integer $n$, let $f(n)$ denote the number of digits in its base $10$ representation, and let $g(n)$ denote the number of digits in its base $4$ representation. For how many $n$ is $g(n)$ an integer multiple of $f(n)$?
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ABMC Online Contests, 2020 Nov
[b]p1.[/b] A large square is cut into four smaller, congruent squares. If each of the smaller squares has perimeter $4$, what was the perimeter of the original square?
[b]p2.[/b] Pie loves to bake apples so much that he spends $24$ hours a day baking them. If Pie bakes a dozen apples in one day, how many minutes does it take Pie to bake one apple, on average?
[b]p3.[/b] Bames Jond is sent to spy on James Pond. One day, Bames sees James type in his $4$-digit phone password. Bames remembers that James used the digits $0$, $5$, and $9$, and no other digits, but he does not remember the order. How many possible phone passwords satisfy this condition?
[b]p4.[/b] What do you get if you square the answer to this question, add $256$ to it, and then divide by $32$?
[b]p5.[/b] Chloe the Horse and Flower the Chicken are best friends. When Chloe gets sad for any reason, she calls Flower, so Chloe must remember Flower's $3$ digit phone number, which can consist of any digits $0-5$. Given that the phone number's digits are unique and add to $5$, the number does not start with $0$, and the $3$ digit number is prime, what is the sum of all possible phone numbers?
[b]p6.[/b] Anuj has a circular pizza with diameter $A$ inches, which is cut into $B$ congruent slices, where $A$,$B$ are positive integers. If one of Anuj's pizza slices has a perimeter of $3\pi + 30$ inches, find $A + B$.
[b]p7.[/b] Bob really likes to study math. Unfortunately, he gets easily distracted by messages sent by friends. At the beginning of every minute, there is an $\frac{6}{10}$ chance that he will get a message from a friend. If Bob does get a message from a friend, there is a $\frac{9}{10}$ chance that he will look at the message, causing him to waste $30$ seconds before resuming his studying. If Bob doesn't get a message from a friend, there is a $\frac{3}{10}$ chance Bob will still check his messages hoping for a message from his friends, wasting $10$ seconds before he resumes his studying. What is the expected number of minutes in $100$ minutes for which Bob will be studying math?
[b]p8.[/b] Suppose there is a positive integer $n$ with $225$ distinct positive integer divisors. What is the minimum possible number of divisors of n that are perfect squares?
[b]p9.[/b] Let $a, b, c$ be positive integers. $a$ has $12$ divisors, $b$ has $8$ divisors, $c$ has $6$ divisors, and $lcm(a, b, c) = abc$. Let $d$ be the number of divisors of $a^2bc$. Find the sum of all possible values of $d$.
[b]p10.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a triangle with side lengths $AB = 17$, $BC = 28$, $AC = 25$. Let the altitude from $A$ to $BC$ and the angle bisector of angle $B$ meet at $P$. Given the length of $BP$ can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ where $gcd(a, c) = 1$ and $b$ is not divisible by the square of any prime, find $a + b + c$.
[b]p11.[/b] Let $a$, $b$, and $c$ be the roots of the cubic equation $x^3-5x+3 = 0$. Let $S = a^4b+ab^4+a^4c+ac^4+b^4c+bc^4$. Find $|S|$.
[b]p12.[/b] Call a number palindromeish if changing a single digit of the number into a different digit results in a new six-digit palindrome. For example, the number $110012$ is a palindromeish number since you can change the last digit into a $1$, which results in the palindrome $110011$. Find the number of $6$ digit palindromeish numbers.
[b]p13.[/b] Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial of degree $3$ with real coecients and leading coecient $1$. Let the roots of $P(x)$ be $a$, $b$, $c$. Given that $\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}= 4$ and $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 36$, the coefficient of $x^2$ is negative, and $P(1) = 2$, let the $S$ be the sum of possible values of $P(0)$. Then $|S|$ can be expressed as $\frac{a + b\sqrt{c}}{d}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ such that $gcd(a, b, d) = 1$ and $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a + b + c + d$.
[b]p14.[/b] Let $ABC$ be a triangle with side lengths $AB = 7$, $BC = 8$, $AC = 9$. Draw a circle tangent to $AB$ at $B$ and passing through $C$. Let the center of the circle be $O$. The length of $AO$ can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c\sqrt{d}}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ where $gcd(a, c) = gcd(b, d) = 1$ and $b$,$ d$ are not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a + b + c + d$.
[b]p15.[/b] Many students in Mr. Noeth's BC Calculus class missed their first test, and to avoid taking a makeup, have decided to never leave their houses again. As a result, Mr. Noeth decides that he will have to visit their houses to deliver the makeup tests. Conveniently, the $17$ absent students in his class live in consecutive houses on the same street. Mr. Noeth chooses at least three of every four people in consecutive houses to take a makeup. How many ways can Mr. Noeth select students to take makeups?
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2021 ABMC., Accuracy
[b]p1.[/b] There is a string of numbers $1234567891023...910134 ...91012...$ that concatenates the numbers
$1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$, $9$, $10$, then $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$, $9$, $10$, $1$, then $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$, $9$, $10$, $1$, $2$, and so on. After $10$, $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$, $9$, the string will be concatenated with $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$, $9$, $10$ again. What is the $2021$st digit?
[b]p2.[/b] Bob really likes eating rice. Bob starts eating at the rate of $1$ bowl of rice per minute. Every minute, the number of bowls of rice Bob eats per minute increases by $1$. Given there are $78$ bowls of rice, find number of minutes Bob needs to finish all the rice.
[b]p3.[/b] Suppose John has $4$ fair coins, one red, one blue, one yellow, one green. If John flips all $4$ coins at once, the probability he will land exactly $3$ heads and land heads on both the blue and red coins can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ for relatively prime positive integers $a$, $b$, Find $a + b$.
[b]p4.[/b] Three of the sides of an isosceles trapezoid have lengths $1$, $10$, $20$ Find the sum of all possible values of the fourth side.
[b]p5.[/b] An number two-three-delightful if and only if it can be expressed as the product of $2$ consecutive integers larger than $1$ and as the product of $3$ consecutive integers larger than $1$. What is the smallest two-three-delightful number?
[b]p6.[/b] There are $3$ students total in Justin's online chemistry class. On a $100$ point test, Justin's two classmates scored $4$ and $7$ points. The teacher notices that the class median score is equal to $gcd(x, 42)$, where the positive integer $x$ is Justin's score. Find the sum of all possible values of Justin's score.
[b]p7.[/b] Eddie's gym class of $10$ students decides to play ping pong. However, there are only $4$ tables and only $2$ people can play at a table. If $8$ students are randomly selected to play and randomly assigned a partner to play against at a table, the probability that Eddie plays against Allen is $\frac{a}{b}$ for relatively
prime positive integers $a$, $b$, Find $a + b$.
[b]p8.[/b] Let $S$ be the set of integers $k$ consisting of nonzero digits, such that $300 < k < 400$ and $k - 300$ is not divisible by $11$. For each $k$ in $S$, let $A(k)$ denote the set of integers in $S$ not equal to $k$ that can be formed by permuting the digits of $k$. Find the number of integers $k$ in $S$ such that $k$ is relatively prime to all elements of $A(k)$.
[b]p9.[/b] In $\vartriangle ABC$, $AB = 6$ and $BC = 5$. Point $D$ is on side $AC$ such that $BD$ bisects angle $\angle ABC$. Let $E$ be the foot of the altitude from $D$ to $AB$. Given $BE = 4$, find $AC^2$.
[b]p10.[/b] For each integer $1 \le n \le 10$, Abe writes the number $2^n + 1$ on a blackboard. Each minute, he takes two numbers $a$ and $b$, erases them, and writes $\frac{ab-1}{a+b-2}$ instead. After $9$ minutes, there is one number $C$ left on the board. The minimum possible value of $C$ can be expressed as $\frac{p}{q}$ for relatively prime positive integers $p, q$. Find $p + q$.
[b]p11.[/b] Estimation (Tiebreaker) Let $A$ and $B$ be the proportions of contestants that correctly answered Questions $9$ and $10$ of this round, respectively. Estimate $\left \lfloor \dfrac{1}{(AB)^2} \right \rfloor$
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2021 ABMC., Team
[u]Round 1[/u]
[b]1.1.[/b] There are $99$ dogs sitting in a long line. Starting with the third dog in the line, if every third dog barks three times, and all the other dogs each bark once, how many barks are there in total?
[b]1.2.[/b] Indigo notices that when she uses her lucky pencil, her test scores are always $66 \frac23 \%$ higher than when she uses normal pencils. What percent lower is her test score when using a normal pencil than her test score when using her lucky pencil?
[b]1.3.[/b] Bill has a farm with deer, sheep, and apple trees. He mostly enjoys looking after his apple trees, but somehow, the deer and sheep always want to eat the trees' leaves, so Bill decides to build a fence around his trees. The $60$ trees are arranged in a $5\times 12$ rectangular array with $5$ feet between each pair of adjacent trees. If the rectangular fence is constructed $6$ feet away from the array of trees, what is the area the fence encompasses in feet squared? (Ignore the width of the trees.)
[u]Round 2[/u]
[b]2.1.[/b] If $x + 3y = 2$, then what is the value of the expression $9^x * 729^y$?
[b]2.2.[/b] Lazy Sheep loves sleeping in, but unfortunately, he has school two days a week. If Lazy Sheep wakes up each day before school's starting time with probability $1/8$ independent of previous days, then the probability that Lazy Sheep wakes up late on at least one school day over a given week is $p/q$ for relatively prime positive integers $p, q$. Find $p + q$.
[b]2.3.[/b] An integer $n$ leaves remainder $1$ when divided by $4$. Find the sum of the possible remainders $n$ leaves when divided by $20$.
[u]Round 3[/u]
[b]3.1. [/b]Jake has a circular knob with three settings that can freely rotate. Each minute, he rotates the knob $120^o$ clockwise or counterclockwise at random. The probability that the knob is back in its original state after $4$ minutes is $p/q$ for relatively prime positive integers $p, q$. Find $p + q$.
[b]3.2.[/b] Given that $3$ not necessarily distinct primes $p, q, r$ satisfy $p+6q +2r = 60$, find the sum of all possible values of $p + q + r$.
[b]3.3.[/b] Dexter's favorite number is the positive integer $x$, If $15x$ has an even number of proper divisors, what is the smallest possible value of $x$? (Note: A proper divisor of a positive integer is a divisor other than itself.)
[u]Round 4[/u]
[b]4.1.[/b] Three circles of radius $1$ are each tangent to the other two circles. A fourth circle is externally tangent to all three circles. The radius of the fourth circle can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}-\sqrt{c}}{d}$ for positive integers $a, b, c, d$ where $b$ is not divisible by the square of any prime and $a$ and $d$ are relatively prime. Find $a + b + c + d$.
[b]4.2. [/b]Evaluate $$\frac{\sqrt{15}}{3} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{35}}{5} \cdot \frac{\sqrt{63}}{7}... \cdot \frac{\sqrt{5475}}{73}$$
[b]4.3.[/b] For any positive integer $n$, let $f(n)$ denote the number of digits in its base $10$ representation, and let $g(n)$ denote the number of digits in its base $4$ representation. For how many $n$ is $g(n)$ an integer multiple of $f(n)$?
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ABMC Online Contests, 2019 Dec
[b]p1.[/b] Let $a$ be an integer. How many fractions $\frac{a}{100}$ are greater than $\frac17$ and less than $\frac13$ ?.
[b]p2.[/b] Justin Bieber invited Justin Timberlake and Justin Shan to eat sushi. There were $5$ different kinds of fish, $3$ different rice colors, and $11$ different sauces. Justin Shan insisted on a spicy sauce. If the probability of a sushi combination that pleased Justin Shan is $6/11$, then how many non-spicy sauces were there?
[b]p3.[/b] A palindrome is any number that reads the same forward and backward (for example, $99$ and $50505$ are palindromes but $2020$ is not). Find the sum of all three-digit palindromes whose tens digit is $5$.
[b]p4.[/b] Isaac is given an online quiz for his chemistry class in which he gets multiple tries. The quiz has $64$ multiple choice questions with $4$ choices each. For each of his previous attempts, the computer displays Isaac's answer to that question and whether it was correct or not. Given that Isaac is too lazy to actually read the questions, the maximum number of times he needs to attempt the quiz to guarantee a $100\%$ can be expressed as $2^{2^k}$. Find $k$.
[b]p5.[/b] Consider a three-way Venn Diagram composed of three circles of radius $1$. The area of the entire Venn Diagram is of the form $\frac{a}{b}\pi +\sqrt{c}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ where $a$, $b$ are relatively prime. Find $a+b+c$. (Each of the circles passes through the center of the other two circles)
[b]p6.[/b] The sum of two four-digit numbers is $11044$. None of the digits are repeated and none of the digits are $0$s. Eight of the digits from $1-9$ are represented in these two numbers. Which one is not?
[b]p7.[/b] Al wants to buy cookies. He can buy cookies in packs of $13$, $15$, or $17$. What is the maximum number of cookies he can not buy if he must buy a whole number of packs of each size?
[b]p8.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a right triangle with base $AB = 2$ and hypotenuse $AC = 4$ and let $AD$ be a median of $\vartriangle ABC$. Now, let $BE$ be an altitude in $\vartriangle ABD$ and let $DF$ be an altitude in $\vartriangle ADC$. The quantity $(BE)^2 - (DF)^2$ can be expressed as a common fraction $\frac{a}{b}$ in lowest terms. Find $a + b$.
[b]p9.[/b] Let $P(x)$ be a monic cubic polynomial with roots $r$, $s$, $t$, where $t$ is real. Suppose that $r + s + 2t = 8$, $2rs + rt + st = 12$ and $rst = 9$. Find $|P(2)|$.
[b]p10.[/b] Let S be the set $\{1, 2,..., 21\}$. How many $11$-element subsets $T$ of $S$ are there such that there does not exist two distinct elements of $T$ such that one divides the other?
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2017 ABMC, Team
[u]Round 1[/u]
[b]1.1.[/b] A circle has a circumference of $20\pi$ inches. Find its area in terms of $\pi$.
[b]1.2.[/b] Let $x, y$ be the solution to the system of equations: $x^2 + y^2 = 10 \,\,\, , \,\,\, x = 3y$.
Find $x + y$ where both $x$ and $y$ are greater than zero.
[b]1. 3.[/b] Chris deposits $\$ 100$ in a bank account. He then spends $30\%$ of the money in the account on biology books. The next week, he earns some money and the amount of money he has in his account increases by $30 \%$. What percent of his original money does he now have?
[u]Round 2[/u]
[b]2.1.[/b] The bell rings every $45$ minutes. If the bell rings right before the first class and right after the last class, how many hours are there in a school day with $9$ bells?
[b]2.2.[/b] The middle school math team has $9$ members. They want to send $2$ teams to ABMC this year: one full team containing 6 members and one half team containing the other $3$ members. In how many ways can they choose a $6$ person team and a $3$ person team?
[b]2.3.[/b] Find the sum:
$$1 + (1 - 1)(1^2 + 1 + 1) + (2 - 1)(2^2 + 2 + 1) + (3 - 1)(3^2 + 3 + 1) + ...· + (8 - 1)(8^2 + 8 + 1) + (9 - 1)(9^2 + 9 + 1).$$
[u]Round 3[/u]
[b]3.1.[/b] In square $ABHI$, another square $BIEF$ is constructed with diagonal $BI$ (of $ABHI$) as its side. What is the ratio of the area of $BIEF$ to the area of $ABHI$?
[b]3.2.[/b] How many ordered pairs of positive integers $(a, b)$ are there such that $a$ and $b$ are both less than $5$, and the value of $ab + 1$ is prime? Recall that, for example, $(2, 3)$ and $(3, 2)$ are considered different ordered pairs.
[b]3.3.[/b] Kate Lin drops her right circular ice cream cone with a height of $ 12$ inches and a radius of $5$ inches onto the ground. The cone lands on its side (along the slant height). Determine the distance between the highest point on the cone to the ground.
[u]Round 4[/u]
[b]4.1.[/b] In a Museum of Fine Mathematics, four sculptures of Euler, Euclid, Fermat, and Allen, one for each statue, are nailed to the ground in a circle. Bob would like to fully paint each statue a single color such that no two adjacent statues are blue. If Bob only has only red and blue paint, in how many ways can he paint the four statues?
[b]4.2.[/b] Geo has two circles, one of radius 3 inches and the other of radius $18$ inches, whose centers are $25$ inches apart. Let $A$ be a point on the circle of radius 3 inches, and B be a point on the circle of radius $18$ inches. If segment $\overline{AB}$ is a tangent to both circles that does not intersect the line connecting their centers, find the length of $\overline{AB}$.
[b]4.3.[/b] Find the units digit to $2017^{2017!}$.
[u]Round 5[/u]
[b]5.1.[/b] Given equilateral triangle $\gamma_1$ with vertices $A, B, C$, construct square $ABDE$ such that it does not overlap with $\gamma_1$ (meaning one cannot find a point in common within both of the figures). Similarly, construct square $ACFG$ that does not overlap with $\gamma_1$ and square $CBHI$ that does not overlap with $\gamma_1$. Lines $DE$, $FG$, and $HI$ form an equilateral triangle $\gamma_2$. Find the ratio of the area of $\gamma_2$ to $\gamma_1$ as a fraction.
[b]5.2.[/b] A decimal that terminates, like $1/2 = 0.5$ has a repeating block of $0$. A number like $1/3 = 0.\overline{3}$ has a repeating block of length $ 1$ since the fraction bar is only over $ 1$ digit. Similarly, the numbers $0.0\overline{3}$ and $0.6\overline{5}$ have repeating blocks of length $ 1$. Find the number of positive integers $n$ less than $100$ such that $1/n$ has a repeating block of length $ 1$.
[b]5.3.[/b] For how many positive integers $n$ between $1$ and $2017$ is the fraction $\frac{n + 6}{2n + 6}$ irreducible? (Irreducibility implies that the greatest common factor of the numerator and the denominator is $1$.)
[u]Round 6[/u]
[b]6.1.[/b] Consider the binary representations of $2017$, $2017 \cdot 2$, $2017 \cdot 2^2$, $2017 \cdot 2^3$, $... $, $2017 \cdot 2^{100}$. If we take a random digit from any of these binary representations, what is the probability that this digit is a $1$ ?
[b]6.2.[/b] Aaron is throwing balls at Carlson’s face. These balls are infinitely small and hit Carlson’s face at only $1$ point. Carlson has a flat, circular face with a radius of $5$ inches. Carlson’s mouth is a circle of radius $ 1$ inch and is concentric with his face. The probability of a ball hitting any point on Carlson’s face is directly proportional to its distance from the center of Carlson’s face (so when you are $2$ times farther away from the center, the probability of hitting that point is $2$ times as large). If Aaron throws one ball, and it is guaranteed to hit Carlson’s face, what is the probability that it lands in Carlson’s mouth?
[b]6.3.[/b] The birth years of Atharva, his father, and his paternal grandfather form a geometric sequence. The birth years of Atharva’s sister, their mother, and their grandfather (the same grandfather) form an arithmetic sequence. If Atharva’s sister is $5$ years younger than Atharva and all $5$ people were born less than $200$ years ago (from $2017$), what is Atharva’s mother’s birth year?
[u]Round 7[/u]
[b]7. 1.[/b] A function $f$ is called an “involution” if $f(f(x)) = x$ for all $x$ in the domain of $f$ and the inverse of $f$ exists. Find the total number of involutions $f$ with domain of integers between $ 1$ and $ 8$ inclusive.
[b]7.2.[/b] The function $f(x) = x^3$ is an odd function since each point on $f(x)$ corresponds (through a reflection through the origin) to a point on $f(x)$. For example the point $(-2, -8)$ corresponds to $(2, 8)$. The function $g(x) = x^3 - 3x^2 + 6x - 10$ is a “semi-odd” function, since there is a point $(a, b)$ on the function such that each point on $g(x)$ corresponds to a point on $g(x)$ via a reflection over $(a, b)$. Find $(a, b)$.
[b]7.3.[/b] A permutations of the numbers $1, 2, 3, 4, 5$ is an arrangement of the numbers. For example, $12345$ is one arrangement, and $32541$ is another arrangement. Another way to look at permutations is to see each permutation as a function from $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$ to $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$. For example, the permutation $23154$ corresponds to the function f with $f(1) = 2$, $f(2) = 3$, $f(3) = 1$, $f(5) = 4$, and $f(4) = 5$, where $f(x)$ is the $x$-th number of the permutation. But the permutation $23154$ has a cycle of length three since $f(1) = 2$, $f(2) = 3$, $f(3) = 1$, and cycles after $3$ applications of $f$ when regarding a set of $3$ distinct numbers in the domain and range. Similarly the permutation $32541$ has a cycle of length three since $f(5) = 1$, $f(1) = 3$, and $f(3) = 5$. In a permutation of the natural numbers between $ 1$ and $2017$ inclusive, find the expected number of cycles
of length $3$.
[u]Round 8[/u]
[b]8.[/b] Find the number of characters in the problems on the accuracy round test. This does not include spaces and problem numbers (or the periods after problem numbers). For example, “$1$. What’s $5 + 10$?” would contain $11$ characters, namely “$W$,” “$h$,” “$a$,” “$t$,” “$’$,” “$s$,” “$5$,” “$+$,” “$1$,” “$0$,” “?”. If the correct answer is $c$ and your answer is $x$, then your score will be $$\max \left\{ 0, 13 -\left\lceil \frac{|x-c|}{100} \right\rceil \right\}$$
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2022 ABMC, Accuracy
[b]p1.[/b] Let $X = 2022 + 022 + 22 + 2$. When $X$ is divided by $22$, there is a remainder of $R$. What is the value of $R$?
[b]p2.[/b] When Amy makes paper airplanes, her airplanes fly $75\%$ of the time. If her airplane flies, there is a $\frac56$ chance that it won’t fly straight. Given that she makes $80$ airplanes, what is the expected number airplanes that will fly straight?
[b]p3.[/b] It takes Joshua working alone $24$ minutes to build a birdhouse, and his son working alone takes $16$ minutes to build one. The effective rate at which they work together is the sum of their individual working rates. How long in seconds will it take them to make one birdhouse together?
[b]p4.[/b] If Katherine’s school is located exactly $5$ miles southwest of her house, and her soccer tournament is located exactly $12$ miles northwest of her house, how long, in hours, will it take Katherine to bike to her tournament right after school given she bikes at $0.5$ miles per hour? Assume she takes the shortest path possible.
[b]p5.[/b] What is the largest possible integer value of $n$ such that $\frac{4n+2022}{n+1}$ is an integer?
[b]p6.[/b] A caterpillar wants to go from the park situated at $(8, 5)$ back home, located at $(4, 10)$. He wants to avoid routes through $(6, 7)$ and $(7, 10)$. How many possible routes are there if the caterpillar can move in the north and west directions, one unit at a time?
[b]p7.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a triangle with $AB = 2\sqrt{13}$, $BC = 6\sqrt2$. Construct square $BCDE$ such that $\vartriangle ABC$ is not contained in square $BCDE$. Given that $ACDB$ is a trapezoid with parallel bases $\overline{AC}$, $\overline{BD}$, find $AC$.
[b]p8.[/b] How many integers $a$ with $1 \le a \le 1000$ satisfy $2^a \equiv 1$ (mod $25$) and $3^a \equiv 1$ (mod $29$)?
[b]p9.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a right triangle with right angle at $B$ and $AB < BC$. Construct rectangle $ADEC$ such that $\overline{AC}$,$\overline{DE}$ are opposite sides of the rectangle, and $B$ lies on $\overline{DE}$. Let $\overline{DC}$ intersect $\overline{AB}$ at $M$ and let $\overline{AE}$ intersect $\overline{BC}$ at $N$. Given $CN = 6$, $BN = 4$, find the $m+n$ if $MN^2$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$.
[b]p10.[/b] An elimination-style rock-paper-scissors tournament occurs with $16$ players. The $16$ players are all ranked from $1$ to $16$ based on their rock-paper-scissor abilities where $1$ is the best and $16$ is the worst. When a higher ranked player and a lower ranked player play a round, the higher ranked player always beats the lower ranked player and moves on to the next round of the tournament. If the initial order of players are arranged randomly, and the expected value of the rank of the $2$nd place player of the tournament can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$ what is the value of $m+n$?
[b]p11.[/b] Estimation (Tiebreaker) Estimate the number of twin primes (pairs of primes that differ by $2$) where both primes in the pair are less than $220022$.
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2018 ABMC, Team
[u]Round 5[/u]
[b]5.1.[/b] A triangle has lengths such that one side is $12$ less than the sum of the other two sides, the semi-perimeter of the triangle is $21$, and the largest and smallest sides have a difference of $2$. Find the area of this triangle.
[b]5.2.[/b] A rhombus has side length $85$ and diagonals of integer lengths. What is the sum of all possible areas of the rhombus?
[b]5.3.[/b] A drink from YAKSHAY’S SHAKE SHOP is served in a container that consists of a cup, shaped like an upside-down truncated cone, and a semi-spherical lid. The ratio of the radius of the bottom of the cup to the radius of the lid is $\frac23$ , the volume of the combined cup and lid is $296\pi$, and the height of the cup is half of the height of the entire drink container. What is the volume of the liquid in the cup if it is filled up to half of the height of the entire drink container?
[u]Round 6[/u]
[i]Each answer in the next set of three problems is required to solve a different problem within the same set. There is one correct solution to all three problems; however, you will receive points for any correct answer regardless whether other answers are correct.[/i]
[b]6.1.[/b] Let the answer to problem $2$ be $b$. There are b people in a room, each of which is either a truth-teller or a liar. Person $1$ claims “Person $2$ is a liar,” Person $2$ claims “Person $3$ is a liar,” and so on until Person $b$ claims “Person $1$ is a liar.” How many people are truth-tellers?
[b]6.2.[/b] Let the answer to problem $3$ be $c$. What is twice the area of a triangle with coordinates $(0, 0)$, $(c, 3)$ and $(7, c)$ ?
[b]6.3.[/b] Let the answer to problem $ 1$ be $a$. Compute the smaller zero to the polynomial $x^2 - ax + 189$ which has $2$ integer roots.
[u]Round 7[/u]
[b]7.1. [/b]Sir Isaac Neeton is sitting under a kiwi tree when a kiwi falls on his head. He then discovers Neeton’s First Law of Kiwi Motion, which states:
[i]Every minute, either $\left\lfloor \frac{1000}{d} \right\rfloor$ or $\left\lceil \frac{1000}{d} \right\rceil$ kiwis fall on Neeton’s head, where d is Neeton’s distance from the tree in centimeters.[/i]
Over the next minute, $n$ kiwis fall on Neeton’s head. Let $S$ be the set of all possible values of Neeton’s distance from the tree. Let m and M be numbers such that $m < x < M$ for all elements $x$ in $S$. If the least possible value of $M - m$ is $\frac{2000}{16899}$ centimeters, what is the value of $n$?
Note that $\lfloor x \rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$, and $\lceil x \rceil$ is the least integer greater than or equal to $x$.
[b]7.2.[/b] Nithin is playing chess. If one queen is randomly placed on an $ 8 \times 8$ chessboard, what is the expected number of squares that will be attacked including the square that the queen is placed on? (A square is under attack if the queen can legally move there in one move, and a queen can legally move any number of squares diagonally, horizontally or vertically.)
[b]7.3.[/b] Nithin is writing binary strings, where each character is either a $0$ or a $1$. How many binary strings of length $12$ can he write down such that $0000$ and $1111$ do not appear?
[u]Round 8[/u]
[b]8.[/b] What is the period of the fraction $1/2018$? (The period of a fraction is the length of the repeated portion of its decimal representation.) Your answer will be scored according to the following formula, where $X$ is the correct answer and $I$ is your input.
$$max \left\{ 0, \left\lceil min \left\{13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.1 |I|}, 13 - \frac{|I-X|}{0.1 |I-2X|} \right\} \right\rceil \right\}$$
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2020 ABMC, 2020 Nov
[b]p1.[/b] A large square is cut into four smaller, congruent squares. If each of the smaller squares has perimeter $4$, what was the perimeter of the original square?
[b]p2.[/b] Pie loves to bake apples so much that he spends $24$ hours a day baking them. If Pie bakes a dozen apples in one day, how many minutes does it take Pie to bake one apple, on average?
[b]p3.[/b] Bames Jond is sent to spy on James Pond. One day, Bames sees James type in his $4$-digit phone password. Bames remembers that James used the digits $0$, $5$, and $9$, and no other digits, but he does not remember the order. How many possible phone passwords satisfy this condition?
[b]p4.[/b] What do you get if you square the answer to this question, add $256$ to it, and then divide by $32$?
[b]p5.[/b] Chloe the Horse and Flower the Chicken are best friends. When Chloe gets sad for any reason, she calls Flower, so Chloe must remember Flower's $3$ digit phone number, which can consist of any digits $0-5$. Given that the phone number's digits are unique and add to $5$, the number does not start with $0$, and the $3$ digit number is prime, what is the sum of all possible phone numbers?
[b]p6.[/b] Anuj has a circular pizza with diameter $A$ inches, which is cut into $B$ congruent slices, where $A$,$B$ are positive integers. If one of Anuj's pizza slices has a perimeter of $3\pi + 30$ inches, find $A + B$.
[b]p7.[/b] Bob really likes to study math. Unfortunately, he gets easily distracted by messages sent by friends. At the beginning of every minute, there is an $\frac{6}{10}$ chance that he will get a message from a friend. If Bob does get a message from a friend, there is a $\frac{9}{10}$ chance that he will look at the message, causing him to waste $30$ seconds before resuming his studying. If Bob doesn't get a message from a friend, there is a $\frac{3}{10}$ chance Bob will still check his messages hoping for a message from his friends, wasting $10$ seconds before he resumes his studying. What is the expected number of minutes in $100$ minutes for which Bob will be studying math?
[b]p8.[/b] Suppose there is a positive integer $n$ with $225$ distinct positive integer divisors. What is the minimum possible number of divisors of n that are perfect squares?
[b]p9.[/b] Let $a, b, c$ be positive integers. $a$ has $12$ divisors, $b$ has $8$ divisors, $c$ has $6$ divisors, and $lcm(a, b, c) = abc$. Let $d$ be the number of divisors of $a^2bc$. Find the sum of all possible values of $d$.
[b]p10.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a triangle with side lengths $AB = 17$, $BC = 28$, $AC = 25$. Let the altitude from $A$ to $BC$ and the angle bisector of angle $B$ meet at $P$. Given the length of $BP$ can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ where $gcd(a, c) = 1$ and $b$ is not divisible by the square of any prime, find $a + b + c$.
[b]p11.[/b] Let $a$, $b$, and $c$ be the roots of the cubic equation $x^3-5x+3 = 0$. Let $S = a^4b+ab^4+a^4c+ac^4+b^4c+bc^4$. Find $|S|$.
[b]p12.[/b] Call a number palindromeish if changing a single digit of the number into a different digit results in a new six-digit palindrome. For example, the number $110012$ is a palindromeish number since you can change the last digit into a $1$, which results in the palindrome $110011$. Find the number of $6$ digit palindromeish numbers.
[b]p13.[/b] Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial of degree $3$ with real coecients and leading coecient $1$. Let the roots of $P(x)$ be $a$, $b$, $c$. Given that $\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}= 4$ and $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 36$, the coefficient of $x^2$ is negative, and $P(1) = 2$, let the $S$ be the sum of possible values of $P(0)$. Then $|S|$ can be expressed as $\frac{a + b\sqrt{c}}{d}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ such that $gcd(a, b, d) = 1$ and $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a + b + c + d$.
[b]p14.[/b] Let $ABC$ be a triangle with side lengths $AB = 7$, $BC = 8$, $AC = 9$. Draw a circle tangent to $AB$ at $B$ and passing through $C$. Let the center of the circle be $O$. The length of $AO$ can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c\sqrt{d}}$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ where $gcd(a, c) = gcd(b, d) = 1$ and $b$,$ d$ are not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a + b + c + d$.
[b]p15.[/b] Many students in Mr. Noeth's BC Calculus class missed their first test, and to avoid taking a makeup, have decided to never leave their houses again. As a result, Mr. Noeth decides that he will have to visit their houses to deliver the makeup tests. Conveniently, the $17$ absent students in his class live in consecutive houses on the same street. Mr. Noeth chooses at least three of every four people in consecutive houses to take a makeup. How many ways can Mr. Noeth select students to take makeups?
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2023 ABMC, Accuracy
[b]p1.[/b] Find $$2^{\left(0^{\left(2^3\right)}\right)}$$
[b]p2.[/b] Amy likes to spin pencils. She has an $n\%$ probability of dropping the $n$th pencil. If she makes $100$ attempts, the expected number of pencils Amy will drop is $\frac{p}{q}$ , where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $p + q$.
[b]p3.[/b] Determine the units digit of $3 + 3^2 + 3^3 + 3^4 +....+ 3^{2022} + 3^{2023}$.
[b]p4.[/b] Cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ is inscribed in circle $\omega$ with center $O$ and radius $20$. Let the intersection of $AC$ and $BD$ be $E$, and let the inradius of $\vartriangle AEB$ and $\vartriangle CED$ both be equal to $7$. Find $AE^2 - BE^2$.
[b]p5.[/b] An isosceles right triangle is inscribed in a circle which is inscribed in an isosceles right triangle that is inscribed in another circle. This larger circle is inscribed in another isosceles right triangle. If the ratio of the area of the largest triangle to the area of the smallest triangle can be expressed as $a+b\sqrt{c}$, such that $a, b$ and $c$ are positive integers and no square divides $c$ except $1$, find $a + b + c$.
[b]p6.[/b] Jonny has three days to solve as many ISL problems as he can. If the amount of problems he solves is equal to the maximum possible value of $gcd \left(f(x), f(x+1) \right)$ for $f(x) = x^3 +2$ over all positive integer values of $x$, then find the amount of problems Jonny solves.
[b]p7.[/b] Three points $X$, $Y$, and $Z$ are randomly placed on the sides of a square such that $X$ and $Y$ are always on the same side of the square. The probability that non-degenerate triangle $\vartriangle XYZ$ contains the center of the square can be written as $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $a + b$.
[b]p8.[/b] Compute the largest integer less than $(\sqrt7 +\sqrt3)^6$.
[b]p9.[/b] Find the minimum value of the expression $\frac{(x+y)^2}{x-y}$ given $x > y > 0$ are real numbers and $xy = 2209$.
[b]p10.[/b] Find the number of nonnegative integers $n \le 6561$ such that the sum of the digits of $n$ in base $9$ is exactly $4$ greater than the sum of the digits of $n$ in base $3$.
[b]p11.[/b] Estimation (Tiebreaker) Estimate the product of the number of people who took the December contest, the sum of all scores in the November contest, and the number of incorrect responses for Problem $1$ and Problem $2$ on the October Contest.
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ABMC Online Contests, 2022 Oct
[b]p1.[/b] How many two-digit primes have a units digit of $3$?
[b]p2.[/b] How many ways can you arrange the letters $A$, $R$, and $T$ such that it makes a three letter combination? Each letter is used once.
[b]p3.[/b] Hanna and Kevin are running a $100$ meter race. If Hanna takes $20$ seconds to finish the race and Kevin runs $15$ meters per second faster than Hanna, by how many seconds does Kevin finish before Hanna?
[b]p4.[/b] It takes an ant $3$ minutes to travel a $120^o$ arc of a circle with radius $2$. How long (in minutes) would it take the ant to travel the entirety of a circle with radius $2022$?
[b]p5.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be a triangle with angle bisector $AD$. Given $AB = 4$, $AD = 2\sqrt2$, $AC = 4$, find the area of $\vartriangle ABC$.
[b]p6.[/b] What is the coefficient of $x^5y^2$ in the expansion of $(x + 2y + 4)^8$?
[b]p7.[/b] Find the least positive integer $x$ such that $\sqrt{20475x}$ is an integer.
[b]p8.[/b] What is the value of $k^2$ if $\frac{x^5 + 3x^4 + 10x^2 + 8x + k}{x^3 + 2x + 4}$ has a remainder of $2$?
[b]p9.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a square with side length $4$. Let $M$, $N$, and $P$ be the midpoints of $\overline{AB}$, $\overline{BC}$ and $\overline{CD}$, respectively. The area of the intersection between $\vartriangle DMN$ and $\vartriangle ANP$ can be written as $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $a + b$.
[b]p10.[/b] Let $x$ be all the powers of two from $2^1$ to $2^{2023}$ concatenated, or attached, end to end ($x = 2481632...$). Let y be the product of all the powers of two from $2^1$ to $2^{2023}$ ($y = 2 \cdot 4 \cdot 8 \cdot 16 \cdot 32... $ ). Let 2a be the largest power of two that divides $x$ and $2^b$ be the largest power of two that divides $y$. Compute $\frac{b}{a}$ .
[b]p11.[/b] Larry is making a s’more. He has to have one graham cracker on the top and one on the bottom, with eight layers in between. Each layer can made out of chocolate, more graham crackers, or marshmallows. If graham crackers cannot be placed next to each other, how many ways can he make this s’more?
[b]p12.[/b] Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB = 3$, $BC = 4$, $AC = 5$. Circle $O$ is centered at $B$ and has radius $\frac{8\sqrt{3}}{5}$ . The area inside the triangle but not inside the circle can be written as $\frac{a-b\sqrt{c}-d\pi}{e}$ , where $gcd(a, b, d, e) =1$ and $c$ is squarefree. Find $a + b + c + d + e$.
[b]p13.[/b] Let $F(x)$ be a quadratic polynomial. Given that $F(x^2 - x) = F (2F(x) - 1)$ for all $x$, the sum of all possible values of $F(2022)$ can be written as $\frac{a}{b}$ , where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $a + b$.
[b]p14.[/b] Find the sum of all positive integers $n$ such that $6\phi (n) = \phi (5n)+8$, where $\phi$ is Euler’s totient function.
Note: Euler’s totient $(\phi)$ is a function where $\phi (n)$ is the number of positive integers less than and relatively prime to $n$. For example, $\phi (4) = 2$ since only $1$, $3$ are the numbers less than and relatively prime to $4$.
[b]p15.[/b] Three numbers $x$, $y$, and $z$ are chosen at random from the interval $[0, 1]$. The probability that there exists an obtuse triangle with side lengths $x$, $y$, and $z$ can be written in the form $\frac{a\pi-b}{c}$ , where $a$, $b$, $c$ are positive integers with $gcd(a, b, c) = 1$. Find $a + b + c$.
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ABMC Online Contests, 2021 Dec
[b]p1.[/b] In rectangle $ABMC$, $AB= 5$ and $BM= 8$. If point $X$ is the midpoint of side $AC$, what is the area of triangle $XCM$?
[b]p2.[/b] Find the sum of all possible values of $a+b+c+d$ such that $(a, b, c, d)$ are quadruplets of (not necessarily distinct) prime numbers satisfying $a \cdot b \cdot c \cdot d = 4792$.
[b]p3.[/b] How many integers from $1$ to $2022$ inclusive are divisible by $6$ or $24$, but not by both?
[b]p4.[/b] Jerry begins his English homework at $07:39$ a.m. At $07:44$ a.m., he has finished $2.5\%$ of his homework. Subsequently, for every five minutes that pass, he completes three times as much homework as he did in the previous five minute interval. If Jerry finishes his homework at $AB : CD$ a.m., what is $A + B + C + D$? For example, if he finishes at $03:14$ a.m., $A + B + C + D = 0 + 3 + 1 + 4$.
[b]p5.[/b] Advay the frog jumps $10$ times on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. He jumps $7$ times on Tuesdays and Saturdays. He jumps $5$ times on Thursdays and Sundays. How many times in total did Advay jump in November if November $17$th falls on a Thursday? (There are $30$ days in November).
[b]p6.[/b] In the following diagram, $\angle BAD\cong \angle DAC$, $\overline{CD} = 2\overline{BD}$, and $ \angle AEC$ and $\angle ACE$ are complementary. Given that $\overline{BA} = 210$ and $\overline{EC} = 525$, find $\overline{AE}$.
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[b]p7.[/b] How many trailing zeros are there when $2021!$ is expressed in base $2021$?
[b]p8.[/b] When two circular rings of diameter $12$ on the Olympic Games Logo intersect, they meet at two points, creating a $60^o$ arc on each circle. If four such intersections exist on the logo, and no region is in $3$ circles, the area of the regions of the logo that exist in exactly two circles is $a\pi - b\sqrt{c}$ where $a$, $b$, $c$ are positive integers and $\sqrt{c}$ is fully simplified find $a + b + c$.
[b]p9.[/b] If $x^2 + ax - 3$ is a factor of $x^4 - x^3 + bx^2 - 5x - 3$, then what is $|a + b|$?
[b]p10.[/b] Let $(x, y, z)$ be the point on the graph of $x^4 +2x^2y^2 +y^4 -2x^2 -2y^2 +z^2 +1 = 0$ such that $x+y +z$ is maximized. Find $a+b$ if $xy +xz +yz$ can be expressed as $\frac{a}{b}$ where $a$, $b$ are relatively prime positive integers.
[b]p11.[/b] Andy starts driving from Pittsburgh to Columbus and back at a random time from $12$ pm to $3$ pm. Brendan starts driving from Pittsburgh to Columbus and back at a random time from $1$ pm to $4$ pm. Both Andy and Brendan take $3$ hours for the round trip, and they travel at constant speeds. The probability that they pass each other closer to Pittsburgh than Columbus is$ m/n$, for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. What is $m + n$?
[b]p12.[/b] Consider trapezoid $ABCD$ with $AB$ parallel to $CD$ and $AB < CD$. Let $AD \cap BC = O$, $BO = 5$, and $BC = 11$. Drop perpendicular $AH$ and $BI$ onto $CD$. Given that $AH : AD = \frac23$ and $BI : BC = \frac56$ , calculate $a + b + c + d - e$ if $AB + CD$ can be expressed as $\frac{a\sqrt{b} + c\sqrt{d}}{e}$ where $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$, $e$ are integers with $gcd(a, c, e) = 1$ and $\sqrt{b}$, $\sqrt{d}$ are fully simplified.
[b]p13.[/b] The polynomials $p(x)$ and $q(x)$ are of the same degree and have the same set of integer coefficients but the order of the coefficients is different. What is the smallest possible positive difference between $p(2021)$ and $q(2021)$?
[b]p14.[/b] Let $ABCD$ be a square with side length $12$, and $P$ be a point inside $ABCD$. Let line $AP$ intersect $DC$ at $E$. Let line $DE$ intersect the circumcircle of $ADP$ at $F \ne D$. Given that line $EB$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $ABP$ at $B$, and $FD = 8$, find $m + n$ if $AP$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$, $n$.
[b]p15.[/b] A three digit number $m$ is chosen such that its hundreds digit is the sum of the tens and units digits. What is the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $n$ cannot divide $m$?
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2021 ABMC., Speed
[i]25 problems for 30 minutes[/i]
[b]p1.[/b] You and nine friends spend $4000$ dollars on tickets to attend the new Harry Styles concert. Unfortunately, six friends cancel last minute due to the u. You and your remaining friends still attend the concert and split the original cost of $4000$ dollars equally. What percent of the total cost does each remaining individual have to pay?
[b]p2.[/b] Find the number distinct $4$ digit numbers that can be formed by arranging the digits of $2021$.
[b]p3.[/b] On a plane, Darnay draws a triangle and a rectangle such that each side of the triangle intersects each side of the rectangle at no more than one point. What is the largest possible number of points of intersection of the two shapes?
[b]p4.[/b] Joy is thinking of a two-digit number. Her hint is that her number is the sum of two $2$-digit perfect squares $x_1$ and $x_2$ such that exactly one of $x_i - 1$ and $x_i + 1$ is prime for each $i = 1, 2$. What is Joy's number?
[b]p5.[/b] At the North Pole, ice tends to grow in parallelogram structures of area $60$. On the other hand, at the South Pole, ice grows in right triangular structures, in which each triangular and parallelogram structure have the same area. If every ice triangle $ABC$ has legs $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AC}$ that are integer lengths, how many distinct possible lengths are there for the hypotenuse $\overline{BC}$?
[b]p6.[/b] Carlsen has some squares and equilateral triangles, all of side length $1$. When he adds up the interior angles of all shapes, he gets $1800^o$. When he adds up the perimeters of all shapes, he gets $24$. How many squares does he have?
[b]p7.[/b] Vijay wants to hide his gold bars by melting and mixing them into a water bottle. He adds $100$ grams of liquid gold to $100$ grams of water. His liquefied gold bars have a density of $20$ g/ml and water has a density of $1$ g/ml. Given that the density of the mixture in g/mL can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$, compute the sum $m + n$. (Note: density is mass divided by volume, gram (g) is unit of mass and ml is unit of volume. Further, assume the volume of the mixture is the sum of the volumes of the components.)
[b]p8.[/b] Julius Caesar has epilepsy. Specifically, if he sees $3$ or more flashes of light within a $0.1$ second time frame, he will have a seizure. His enemy Brutus has imprisoned him in a room with $4$ screens, which flash exactly every $4$, $5$, $6$, and $7$ seconds, respectively. The screens all flash at once, and $105$ seconds later, Caesar opens his eyes. How many seconds after he opened his eyes will Caesar first get a seizure?
[b]p9.[/b] Angela has a large collection of glass statues. One day, she was bored and decided to use some of her statues to create an entirely new one. She melted a sphere with radius $12$ and a cone with height of 18 and base radius of $2$. If Angela wishes to create a new cone with a base radius $2$, what would the the height of the newly created cone be?
[b]p10.[/b] Find the smallest positive integer $N$ satisfying these properties:
(a) No perfect square besides $1$ divides $N$.
(b) $N$ has exactly $16$ positive integer factors.
[b]p11.[/b] The probability of a basketball player making a free throw is $\frac15$. The probability that she gets exactly $2$ out of $4$ free throws in her next game can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers m and n. Find $m + n$.
[b]p12.[/b] A new donut shop has $1000$ boxes of donuts and $1000$ customers arriving. The boxes are numbered $1$ to $1000$. Initially, all boxes are lined up by increasing numbering and closed. On the first day of opening, the first customer enters the shop and opens all the boxes for taste testing. On the second day of opening, the second customer enters and closes every box with an even number. The third customer then "reverses" (if closed, they open it and if open, they close it) every box numbered with a multiple of three, and so on, until all $1000$ customers get kicked out for having entered the shop and reversing their set of boxes. What is the number on the sixth box that is left open?
[b]p13.[/b] For an assignment in his math class, Michael must stare at an analog clock for a period of $7$ hours. He must record the times at which the minute hand and hour hand form an angle of exactly $90^o$, and he will receive $1$ point for every time he records correctly. What is the maximum number of points Michael can earn on his assignment?
[b]p14.[/b] The graphs of $y = x^3 +5x^2 +4x-3$ and $y = -\frac15 x+1$ intersect at three points in the Cartesian plane. Find the sum of the $y$-coordinates of these three points.
[b]p15.[/b] In the quarterfinals of a single elimination countdown competition, the $8$ competitors are all of equal skill. When any $2$ of them compete, there is exactly a $50\%$ chance of either one winning. If the initial bracket is randomized, the probability that two of the competitors, Daniel and Anish, face off in one of the rounds can be expressed as $\frac{p}{q}$ for relatively prime positive integers $p$, $q$. Find $p + q$.
[b]p16.[/b] How many positive integers less than or equal to $1000$ are not divisible by any of the numbers $2$, $3$, $5$ and $11$?
[b]p17.[/b] A strictly increasing geometric sequence of positive integers $a_1, a_2, a_3,...$ satisfies the following properties:
(a) Each term leaves a common remainder when divided by $7$
(b) The first term is an integer from $1$ to $6$
(c) The common ratio is an perfect square
Let $N$ be the smallest possible value of $\frac{a_{2021}}{a_1}$. Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by $100$.
[b]p18.[/b] Suppose $p(x) = x^3 - 11x^2 + 36x - 36$ has roots $r, s,t$. Find %\frac{r^2 + s^2}{t}+\frac{s^2 + t^2}{r}+\frac{t^2 + r^2}{s}%.
[b]p19.[/b] Let $a, b \le 2021$ be positive integers. Given that $ab^2$ and $a^2b$ are both perfect squares, let $G = gcd(a, b)$. Find the sum of all possible values of $G$.
[b]p20.[/b] Jessica rolls six fair standard six-sided dice at the same time. Given that she rolled at least four $2$'s and exactly one $3$, the probability that all six dice display prime numbers can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$, $n$. What is $m + n$?
[b]p21.[/b] Let $a, b, c$ be numbers such $a + b + c$ is real and the following equations hold:
$$a^3 + b^3 + c^3 = 25$$
$$\frac{1}{ab}+\frac{1}{bc}+\frac{1}{ac}= 1$$
$$\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}=\frac{25}{9}$$
The value of $a + b + c$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m$, $n$. Find $m + n$.
[b]p22.[/b] Let $\omega$ be a circle and $P$ be a point outside $\omega$. Let line $\ell$ pass through $P$ and intersect $\omega$ at points $A,B$ and with $PA < PB$ and let $m$ be another line passing through $P$ intersecting $\omega$ at points $C,D$ with $PC < PD$. Let X be the intersection of $AD$ and $BC$. Given that $\frac{PC}{CD}=\frac23$, $\frac{PC}{PA}=\frac45$, and $\frac{[ABC]}{[ACD]}=\frac79$,the value of $\frac{[BXD]}{[BXA]}$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ for relatively prime positive integers $m, n$: Find $m + n$.
[b]p23.[/b] Define the operation $a \circ b =\frac{a^2 + 2ab + a - 12}{b}$. Given that $1 \circ (2 \circ (3 \circ (... 2019 \circ (2020 \circ 2021)))...)$ can be expressed as $-\frac{a}{b}$ for some relatively prime positive integers $a,b$, compute $a + b$.
[b]p24.[/b] Find the largest integer $n \le 2021$ for which $5^{n-3} | (n!)^4$
[b]p25.[/b] On the Cartesian plane, a line $\ell$ intersects a parabola with a vertical axis of symmetry at $(0, 5)$ and $(4, 4)$. The focus $F$ of the parabola lies below $\ell$, and the distance from $F$ to $\ell$ is $\frac{16}{\sqrt{17}}$. Let the vertex of the parabola be $(x, y)$. The sum of all possible values of $y$ can be expressed as $\frac{p}{q}$ for relatively prime positive integers $p, q$. Find $p + q$.
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