2007 AMC 10

AMC 10 2007

One ticket to a show costs $20 at full price. Susan buys 4 tickets using a coupon
that gives her a 25% discount. Pam buys 5 tickets using a coupon that gives
her a 30% discount. How many more dollars does Pam pay than Susan?
(A) 2

(B) 5

(C) 10

(D) 15

(E) 20
6@2
6#2 ?

Define a@b = ab b2 and a#b = a + b ab2 . What is

(A) 12
(B) 41
(C) 18
(D) 14
(E) 12

An aquarium has a rectangular base that measures 100 cm by 40 cm and has

a height of 50 cm. It is filled with water to a height of 40 cm. A brick with a
rectangular base that measures 40 cm by 20 cm and a height of 10 cm is placed
in the aquarium. By how many centimeters does the water rise?
(A) 0.5
(B) 1
(C) 1.5
(D) 2
(E) 2.5

The larger of two consecutive odd integers is three times the smaller. What is
their sum?
(A) 4
(B) 8
(C) 12
(D) 16
(E) 20

A school store sells 7 pencils and 8 notebooks for $4.15. It also sells 5 pencils
and 3 notebooks for $1.77. How much do 16 pencils and 10 notebooks cost?
(A) $1.76
(B) $5.84
(C) $6.00
(D) $6.16
(E) $6.32

At Euclid High School, the number of students taking the AMC10 was 60 in
2002, 66 in 2003, 70 in 2004, 76 in 2005, 78 in 2006, and is 85 in 2007. Between
what two consecutive years was there the largest percentage increase?
(A) 2002 and 2003

(B) 2003 and 2004

(C) 2004 and 2005

(D) 2005 and 2006

Last year Mr. John Q. Public received an inheritance. He paid 20% in federal
taxes on the inheritance, and paid 10% of what he has left in state taxes. He
paid a total of $10, 500 for both taxes. How many dollars was the inheritance?
(A) 30, 000

(B) 32, 500

(C) 35, 000

(D) 37, 500

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(E) 40, 000

(E

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Triangles ABC and ADC are isosceles with AB = BC and AD = DC. Point
D is inside ABC. ABC = 40 , and ADC = 140 . What is the degree
measure of BAD?
(A) 20

(B) 30

(C) 40

(D) 50

(E) 60

Real numbers a and b satisfy the equations 3a = 81b+2 and 125b = 5a3 . What
is ab?
(A) 60
(B) 17
(C) 9
(D) 12
(E) 60

10

The Dunbar family consists of a mother, a father, and some children. The
average age of the members of the family is 20, the father is 48 years old, and
the average age of the mother and children is 16. How many children are in the
family?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6

11

The numbers from 1 to 8 are placed at the vertices of a cube in such a manner
that the sum of the four numbers on each face is the same. What is this common
sum?
(A) 14
(B) 16
(C) 18
(D) 20
(E) 24

12

Two tour guides are leading six tourists. The guides decide to split up. Each
tourist must choose one of the guides, but with the stipulation that each guide
must take at least one tourist. How many different groupings of guides and
tourists are possible?
(A) 56
(B) 58
(C) 60
(D) 62
(E) 64

13

Yan is somewhere between his home and the stadium. To get to the stadium
he can walk directly to the stadium, or else he can walk home and then ride his
bicycle to the stadium. He rides 7 times as fast as he walks, and both choices
require the same amount of time. What is the ratio of Yans distance from his
home to his distance from the stadium?
(A) 32
(B) 34
(C) 45
(D) 65
(E) 67

14

A triangle with side lengths in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 is inscribed in a circle of radius

3. What is the area of the triangle?
(A) 8.64
(B) 12
(C) 5
(D) 17.28
(E) 18

15

Four circles of radius 1 are each tangent to two sides of a square and externally
tangent to a circle of radius 2, as shown. What is the area of the square?

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1
2

(A) 32

(B) 22 + 12 2

(C) 16 + 16 3

(D) 48

(E) 36 + 16 2

16

Integers a, b, c, and d, not necessarily distinct, are chosen independently and

at random from 0 to 2007, inclusive. What is the probability that ad bc is
even?
7
9
(A) 83
(B) 16
(C) 12
(D) 16
(E) 58

17

Suppose that m and n are positive integers such that 75m = n3 . What is the
minimum possible value of m + n?
(A) 15
(B) 30
(C) 50
(D) 60
(E) 5700

18

Consider the 12-sided polygon ABCDEF GHIJKL, as shown. Each of its

sides has length 4, and each two consecutive sides form a right angle. Suppose
that AG and CH meet at M . What is the area of quadrilateral ABCM ?

(A)

44
3

(B) 16

(C)

88
5

(D) 20

(E)

62
3

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19

A paint brush is swept along both diagonals of a square to produce the symmetric painted area, as shown. Half the area of the square is painted. What is
the ratio of the side length of the square to the brush width?

(A) 2 2 + 1

(B) 3 2

(C) 2 2 + 2

(D) 3 2 + 1

(E) 3 2 + 2

20

Suppose that the number a satisfies the equation 4 = a + a1 . What is the

value of a4 + a4 ?
(A) 164
(B) 172
(C) 192
(D) 194
(E) 212

21

A sphere is inscribed in a cube that has a surface area of 24 square meters. A

second cube is then inscribed within the sphere. What is the surface area in
square meters of the inner cube?
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 12

22

A finite sequence of three-digit integers has the property that the tens and
units digits of each terms are, respectively, the hundreds and tens digits of the
next term, and the tens and units digits of the last term are, respectively, the
hundreds and tens digits of the first term. For example, such a sequence might
begin with terms 247, 475, and 756 and end with the term 824. Let S be the
sum of all the terms in the sequence. What is the largest prime number that
always divides S?
(A) 3
(B) 7
(C) 13
(D) 37
(E) 43

23

How many ordered pairs (m, n) of positive integers, with m > n, have the
property that their squares differ by 96?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 9
(E) 12

24

Circles centered at A and B

each have radius 2, as shown. Point O is the
midpoint of AB, and OA = 2 2. Segments OC and OD are tangent to the

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circles centered at A and B, respectively, and EF is a common tangent. What

is the area of the shaded region ECODF ?

F
C

8 2
3

(B) 8 2 4

O
2

(A)

(C) 4 2 (D) 4 2 + 8

(E) 8 2 2 2

25

For each positive integer n, let S(n) denote the sum of the digits of n. For how
many values of n is n + S(n) + S(S(n)) = 2007?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

Isabellas house has 3 bedrooms. Each bedroom is 12 feet long, 10 feet wide,
and 8 feet high. Isabella must paint the walls of all the bedrooms. Doorways
and windows, which will not be painted, occupy 60 square feet in each bedroom.
How many square feet of walls must be painted?
(A) 678
(B) 768
(C) 786
(D) 867
(E) 876

Define the operation by a b = (a + b)b. What is (3 5) (5 3)?

(A) 16
(B) 8
(C) 0
(D) 8
(E) 16

A college student drove his compact car 120 miles home for the weekend and
averaged 30 miles per gallon. On the return trip the student drove his parents
SUV and averaged only 20 miles per gallon. What was the average gas mileage,
in miles per gallon, for the round trip?
(A) 22
(B) 24
(C) 25
(D) 26
(E) 28

The point O is the center of the circle circumscribed about ABC, with
BOC = 120 and AOB = 140 , as shown. What is the degree measure
of ABC?

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140 120

(A) 35

(B) 40

(C) 45

(D) 50

(E) 60

In a certain land, all Arogs are Brafs, all Crups are Brafs, all Dramps are
Arogs, and all Crups are Dramps. Which of the following statements is implied
by these facts?
(A) All Dramps are Brafs and are Crups.
(B) All Brafs are Crups and are Dramps.
(C) All Arogs are Crups and are Dramps.
(D) All Crups are Arogs and are Brafs.
(E) All Arogs are Dramps and some Arogs may not be Crups.

The 2007 AMC 10 will be scored by awarding 6 points for each correct response,
0 points for each incorrect response, and 1.5 points for each problem left unanswered. After looking over the 25 problems, Sarah has decided to attempt the
first 22 and leave only the last 3 unanswered. How many of the first 22 problems
must she solve correctly in order to score at least 100 points?
(A) 13
(B) 14
(C) 15
(D) 16
(E) 17

All sides of the convex pentagon ABCDE are of equal length, and A = B =
90 . What is the degree measure of E?
(A) 90
(B) 108
(C) 120
(D) 144
(E) 150

On the trip home from the meeting where this AMC10 was constructed, the
Contest Chair noted that his airport parking receipt had digits of the form
bbcac, where 0 a < b < c 9, and b was the average of a and c. How many
different five-digit numbers satisfy all these properties?
(A) 12
(B) 16
(C) 18
(D) 20
(E) 24

A cryptographic code is designed as follows. The first time a letter appears in

a given message it is replaced by the letter that is 1 place to its right in the
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alphabet (assuming that the letter A is one place to the right of the letter Z).
The second time this same letter appears in the given message, it is replaced
by the letter that is 1 + 2 places to the right, the third time it is replaced by
the letter that is 1 + 2 + 3 places to the right, and so on. For example, with
this code the word banana becomes cbodqg. What letter will replace the
last letter s in the message Lees sis is a Mississippi miss, Chriss!?
(A) g
(B) h
(C) o
(D) s
(E) t
10

Two points B and C are in a plane. Let S be the set of all points A in the
plane for which ABC has area 1. Which of the following describes S?
(A) two parallel lines
(B) a parabola
(C) a circle
(D) a line segment

11

A circle passes through the three vertices of an isosceles triangle that has two
sides of length 3 and a base of length 2. What is the area of this circle?
81
(C) 32

(D) 3
(E) 72
(A) 2
(B) 52

12

Toms age is T years, which is also the sum of the ages of his three children.
T
His age N years ago was twice the sum of their ages then. What is N
?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6

13

Two circles of radius 2 are centered at (2, 0) and at (0, 2). What is the area of
the intersection of the interiors
of the two circles?
(A) 2
(B) 2
(C) 3 3
(D) 2( 2)
(E)

14

Some boys and girls are having a car wash to raise money for a class trip to
China. Initially 40% of the group are girls. Shortly thereafter two girls leave
and two boys arrive, and then 30% of the group are girls. How many girls were
initially in the group?
(A) 4
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 10
(E) 12

15

The angles of quadrilateral ABCD satisfy A = 2B = 3C = 4D. What

is the degree measure of A, rounded to the nearest whole number?
(A) 125
(B) 144
(C) 153
(D) 173
(E) 180

16

A teacher gave a test to a class in which 10% of the students are juniors and
90% are seniors. The average score on the test was 84. The juniors all received
the same score, and the average score of the seniors was 83. What score did
each of the juniors receive on the test?
(A) 85
(B) 88
(C) 93
(D) 94
(E) 98

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(E) two

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17

Point P is inside equilateral ABC. Points Q, R and S are the feet of the
perpendiculars from P to AB, BC, and CA, respectively. Given that P Q =
1, P R = 2, and PS = 3, what is AB?
(A) 4
(B) 3 3
(C) 6
(D) 4 3
(E) 9

18

A circle of radius 1 is surrounded by 4 circles of radius r as shown. What is r?

1
r

(A)
19

(B) 1 +

(C)

(D) 3

(E) 2 +

The wheel shown is spun twice, and the randomly determined numbers opposite
the pointer are recorded. The first number is divided by 4, and the second
number is divided by 5. The first remainder designates a column, and the
second remainder designates a row on the checkerboard shown. What is the
probability that the pair of numbers designates a shaded square?

6
3

Pointer

4
3
2
1

1
7

1 2 3
(A)

1
3

(B)

4
9

(C)

1
2

(D)

5
9

(E)

2
3

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20

A set of 25 square blocks is arranged into a 5 5 square. How many different

combinations of 3 blocks can be selected from that set so that no two are in the
same row or column?
(A) 100
(B) 125
(C) 600
(D) 2300
(E) 3600

21

Right ABC has AB = 3, BC = 4, and AC = 5. Square XY ZW is inscribed

in ABC with X and Y on AC, W on AB, and Z on BC. What is the side
length of the square?

(A)
22

3
2

(B)

60
37

(C)

12
7

(D)

23
13

(E) 2

A player chooses one of the numbers 1 through 4. After the choice has been
made, two regular four-sided (tetrahedral) dice are rolled, with the sides of the
dice numbered 1 through 4. If the number chosen appears on the bottom of
exactly one die after it is rolled, then the player wins $1. If the number chosen
appears on the bottom of both of the dice, then the player wins $2. If the
number chosen does not appear on the bottom of either of the dice, the player
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loses $1. What is the expected return to the player, in dollars, for one roll of
the dice?
1
1
(B) 16
(C) 0
(D) 16
(E) 81
(A) 81
23

A pyramid with a square base is cut by a plane that is parallel to its base and is
2 units from the base. The surface area of the smaller pyramid that is cut from
the top is half the surface area of the original pyramid. What is the altitude of
the original pyramid?

(A) 2
(B) 2 + 2
(C) 1 + 2 2
(D) 4
(E) 4 + 2 2

24

Let n denote the smallest positive integer that is divisible by both 4 and 9, and
whose base-10 representation consists of only 4s and 9s, with at least one of
each. What are the last four digits of n?
(A) 4444
(B) 4494
(C) 4944
(D) 9444
(E) 9944

25

How many pairs of positive integers (a, b) are there such that gcd(a, b) = 1 and
a 14b
+
b
9a
is an integer?
(A) 4
(B) 6

(C) 9

(D) 12

(E) infinitely many

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