Elementary School Sprint Test 11022

Problems 1-30

Name: ___________________________________________
School: __________________________________________
Grade: _________________

Correct: _________________
Incorrect: ________________
SCORE (5 x Correct - 1 x Incorrect) = ________________

Scorer’s Initials: _______ Scorer’s Initials: ________

DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE

INSTRUCTED TO DO SO
This round of the competition consists of 30 problems. You
will have 40 minutes to complete the problems. You are NOT
allowed to use calculators, slide rules, books, or any other
aids during this round. If you are wearing a calculator wrist
watch, please put it on the end of the table now. Calculations
may be done on scratch paper. Record only the letter of the
answer in the blanks in the right-hand column of the
competition booklet. If you complete the problems before
time is called, use the remaining time to check your answers.
Scoring: Five points will be awarded for each correct answer.
One point will be deducted for each incorrect answer. No
deduction is taken for skipped problems.

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1. What is the value of 1617 + 1718 + 1819? 1. ____________
A) 4851 B) 5144 C) 5154 D) 5254

2. 120406 ÷ 11 = 2. ____________
A) 1246 B) 10906 C) 12496 D) 10946

3. Which of the following numbers is NOT prime? 3. ____________

A) 79 B) 77 C) 73 D) 71

4. 9 tens plus 3 hundreds minus 7 ones equals 4. ____________

A) 383 B) 397 C) 937 D) 923

2 6 10
5. x x = 5. ____________
3 5 9
18 8 4 60
A) B) C) D)
17 9 9 135
6. ____________
6. 27 is what percent of 60?
A) 30% B) 35% C) 45% D) 50%

7. In the land of CoCo, 3 pocos equals 1 moco, 5 locos equals 1 joco,

7. ____________
and 10 mocos equals 4 jocos. How many pocos equals 2 locos?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 10
8. ____________
8. What is the largest number that evenly divides both 231 and 105?
A) 1 B) 3 C) 15 D) 21
9. ____________
9. At the snack bar, a soda costs 49 cents, a fruit roll-up costs 29 cents,
and a granola bar costs 69 cents. How much will 2 sodas, 5 fruit roll-
ups, and 3 granola bars cost?
A) $4.60 B) $4.50 C) $4.40 D) $4.30
10.____________
10. (24 x 24) - (16 x 16) =
A) (8 x 8) B) (40 x 40) C) (8 x 2) D) (8 x 40)

11. What is the remainder when (11 x 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6) is divided by (1

11.____________
x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5)?
A) 11 B) 44 C) 7 D) 0

12. I takes Andre 2.5 hours to drive the 150 miles from Sacramento to
12.____________
Santa Cruz. What is Andre's average speed on the trip (in miles per
hour)?
A) 50 B) 55 C) 60 D) 75

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13. Jin gave one-half of his candy to Jack and one-third of his candy to 13. ___________
Kate. What fraction of his candy did Jin have left?
1 1 1 2
A) B) C) D)
3 6 18 9

14. Courtney has a length of string. She can make 36 squares with sides 14. ___________
of length 2 inches. If she makes triangles with sides of length 3
inches, how many triangles can she make?
A) 8 B) 12 C) 24 D) 32

15. What is the remainder when 1678394 is divided by 9? 15. ___________

A) 4 B) 7 C) 2 D) 0

16. Which of the following fractions is the SMALLEST? 16. ___________

5 4 2 3
A) B) C) D)
65 44 24 42

17. Carem has six different positive whole numbers and their average is
18. She picks five of the six numbers and takes their average. She 17. ___________
gets 20. What number did Carem NOT pick?
A) 4 B) 8 C) 15 D) 16

18. Which of the following is the largest? 18. ___________

A) (5x5) B) (4x4x4) C) (3x3x3x3) D) (2x2x2x2x2)

19. Zami bought a book whose cover price was $18.00. After the sales 19. ___________
tax was added, the final amount Zami paid was $19.08. What was the
sales tax rate, in percent?
2
A) 6% B) 6 % C) 7.5% D) 8%
3

20. A square, an equilateral triangle, and a regular hexagon all have the 20. ___________
same perimeter. If the area of the square is 36 sq cm, what is the
length of a side of the regular hexagon?
A) 9 cm B) 4 cm C) 8 cm D) 6 cm

21. 15 x 39 - 5 x 102 + 3 x 35 - 30 = ? 21. ___________

A) 150 B) 0 C) 50 D) 2,070,675

22. What is the value of (307 x 209 x 111)? 22. ___________

A) 7122013 B) 7122053 C) 7122073 D) 7122093

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23. Kathy uses the digits 1, 3, 5 and 9 to make four-digit numbers by 23. ___________
using each digit exactly once. What is the difference between the
second-largest number she can make and second-smallest number she
can make?
A) 7956 B) 8118 C) 7992 D) 8172

24. What is the largest prime number that is less than 110? 24. ___________
A) 103 B) 105 C) 107 D) 109

25. Desmond runs 5 miles at a constant speed of 11 feet per second. How 25. ___________
long, in minutes, does it take him to run the 5 miles?
A) 40 B) 55 C) 45 D) 50

26. Which of the following four math operations results in the LARGEST 26. ___________
result?
4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2
A) 1 + 1 B) 1 - 1 C) 1 x 1 D) 1 ÷ 1
5 3 5 3 5 3 5 3

27. Amy, her two parents, and her two brothers go to a football game. An
adult ticket is $23 and a child ticket is $16. They can also buy a 27. ___________
family pass for $69. If Amy and her brothers are eligible to purchase
child tickets, how much money does the family save by buying a
family pass?
A) $16 B) $9 C) $25 D) $23

28. Today (May 15, 2010) is a Saturday. What day of the week will May 28. ___________
14, 2011 fall on?
A) Friday B) Saturday C) Sunday D) Monday

29. Camille takes an odd prime number and multiplies it by itself, then 29. ___________
adds an even number that is not negative. Which of the following can
NOT be the answer?
A) 7 B) 9 C) 11 D) 29
30. ___________
30. Katie the Boxing Kangaroo hops three times for every two times she
punches. At the end of her boxing match, the sum of her hops and her
punches was 105. How many times did Katie hop in the boxing
match?
A) 105 B) 23 C) 42 D) 63

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 Elementary School Target Test 11022

Name: ___________________________________________
Grade: ___________________________________________
Team/School: ______________________________________

SCORE: # 1 _________
SCORE: # 2 _________

Scorer’s initials _______ Scorer’s initials _______

DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE

INSTRUCTED TO DO SO
This round of the competition consists of eight problems.
They will be presented to you in pairs. Work on one pair of
the problems will be completed and answers will be collected
before the next pair will be distributed. The time limit for
each set of the two problems is six minutes. The first pair of
problems is on the other side of this sheet. When instructed to
begin, pick up your pencil and begin working. Record your
final answer in the designated space on the problem sheet.
All answers must be complete, legible, and simplified to
lowest terms. This round allows the use of calculators, and
calculations may also be done on scratch paper, but no other
aids are allowed. If you complete the problems before time is
called, use the time remaining to check your answers.
Scoring: Ten points will be awarded for each correct answer.
No deduction is taken for incorrect answers or skipped
problems.

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1. Rose's family donated the entire contents of their "change 1.__________
jar" to charity. In the change jar were 243 pennies, 87
nickels, 49 dimes, 85 quarters, and four dollar coins. How
much money was in the change jar?

2. Sawyer is racing in the Great Australian Animal Race. In 2.__________

this race, you run a 5 mile race (against a kangaroo), swim a
1 mile race (against a crocodile), and climb a 100 foot tree
(against a koala). If Sawyer's total time for all three races is
less than the animals' total time, Sawyer wins. A kangaroo
runs at 4 miles per hour. A crocodile swims at 1.5 miles per
hour. A koala climbs 2.5 feet per minute. Sawyer runs at a
speed of 6 miles per hour, but he only swims at a speed of
0.75 miles per hour. As long as Sawyer can climb faster than
a certain speed (in feet per minute), he can win the race.
What is that speed?

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 Elementary School Target Test 11022

Name: ___________________________________________
Grade: ___________________________________________
Team/School: ______________________________________

SCORE: # 3 _________
SCORE: # 4 _________

Scorer’s initials _______ Scorer’s initials _______

DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE

INSTRUCTED TO DO SO
The second pair of problems is on the other side of this sheet.
When instructed to begin, pick up your pencil and begin
working. Record your final answer in the designated space on
the problem sheet. All answers must be complete, legible,
and simplified to lowest terms. This round allows the use of
calculators, and calculations may also be done on scratch
paper, but no other aids are allowed. If you complete the
problems before time is called, use the time remaining to
check your answers.

Scoring: Ten points will be awarded for each correct answer.

No deduction is taken for incorrect answers or skipped
problems.

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3. Rose is going to France for a vacation and she needs French 3.__________
money (euros). At the airport, there is a money exchange
center where she can exchange American dollars for French
euros. For each one dollar she exchanges, she can receive
0.80 euros. The exchange center charges a fee for
exchanging money. The fee is $7.95 for the first 100 dollars
exchanged, and then 3 cents for each dollar exchanged after
the first 100. If Rose wants to end up with 140 French euros,
how much money (in American dollars and cents) must she
give the money exchange center? (Round to the nearest cent,
and an error of plus or minus 1 cent will be allowed).

4. Sun has three squares, one with side length 6, one with side 4.__________
length 8, and one with side length 10. She arranges them so
that the corner of the second square is at the center of the
first square, and that the corner of the third square is at the
center of the second square. The result is figure shown in the
diagram below. What is the area of this figure?

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 Elementary School Target Test 11022

Name: ___________________________________________
Grade: ___________________________________________
Team/School: ______________________________________

SCORE: # 5 _________
SCORE: # 6 _________

Scorer’s initials _______ Scorer’s initials _______

DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE

INSTRUCTED TO DO SO
The third pair of problems is on the other side of this sheet.
When instructed to begin, pick up your pencil and begin
working. Record your final answer in the designated space on
the problem sheet. All answers must be complete, legible,
and simplified to lowest terms. This round allows the use of
calculators, and calculations may also be done on scratch
paper, but no other aids are allowed. If you complete the
problems before time is called, use the time remaining to
check your answers.

Scoring: Ten points will be awarded for each correct answer.

No deduction is taken for incorrect answers or skipped
problems.

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5. If the sum of the first 111 natural numbers (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5.__________
… + 111) is 6216, what is the sum of the natural numbers
from 9 to 119 (9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + … + 119)?

6. A group of people is invited to a special community event. 6.__________

All the people are put into Room #1. Next, half of them are
chosen to go to Room #2. Next, one-third of the people in
Room #2 are chosen to go to Room #3. Next, 25% of the
people in Room #3 are chosen to go to Room #4. Finally,
20% of the people in Room #4 are chosen to go to Room #5.
At the start of the event, there were 840 people in Room #1.
When the event was over, how many people were in Room
#5?

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 Elementary School Target Test 11022

Name: ___________________________________________
Grade: ___________________________________________
Team/School: ______________________________________

SCORE: # 7 _________
SCORE: # 8 _________

Scorer’s initials _______ Scorer’s initials _______

DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE

INSTRUCTED TO DO SO
The fourth pair of problems is on the other side of this
sheet. When instructed to begin, pick up your pencil and
begin working. Record your final answer in the designated
space on the problem sheet. All answers must be complete,
legible, and simplified to lowest terms. This round allows
the use of calculators, and calculations may also be done
on scratch paper, but no other aids are allowed. If you
complete the problems before time is called, use the time
remaining to check your answers.

Scoring: Ten points will be awarded for each correct

answer. No deduction is taken for incorrect answers or
skipped problems.

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7. When 90 is divided by a certain number D, the remainder is 7.__________
10. What is the smallest possible value of the number D?

8. Juliet is a contestant on the game show FIND THOSE 8.__________

SQUARES!. On this show, a contestant is shown a diagram
and wins money for finding squares. For each square she
finds, she wins money equal to the area of the square in
square units. For example, for finding a 1 unit by 1 unit
square she wins $1; for finding a 2 unit by 2 unit square she
wins $4. Juliet is shown the below diagram. If she finds all
the squares in the diagram, how much money will Juliet
win?

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 Elementary School Team Test 11022

Problems 1-10

Team Name: _______________________________________________________

School: ___________________________________________________________
Team Members: (Captain)________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________
SCORE: ________________

Scorer’s Initials: _________ Scorer’s Initials: ________

DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE

INSTRUCTED TO DO SO

This round of the competition consists of 10 problems, which

the team has 20 minutes to complete. Team members may
work together in any way to solve the problems. Team
members may talk during this section of the competition.
This round allows the use of calculators, and calculations
may also be done on scratch paper, but no other aids are
allowed. All answers must be complete, legible, and
simplified to lowest terms. The team captain must record
answers on her/his own problem sheet. If the team completes
the problems before time is called, use the remaining time to
check your answers.
Scoring: Ten points will be awarded for each correct answer.
No deduction is taken for incorrect answers or skipped
problems.

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1. What is the only two-digit number whose value is equal to 1. __________
two times the sum of its digits?

2. Miles adds up all the numbers from 1 through 25 (1 + 2 + 3 2. __________

+ … + 24 + 25), then multiplies his sum by 26. Sawyer
adds up all the numbers from 1 through 26 (1 + 2 + 3 + …
+ 25 + 26), then multiplies his sum by 25. What is the
positive difference between their two totals?

3. The hot water faucet of a bathtub can fill the tub in 8 3. __________
minutes. The drain of the bathtub, when opened, can empty
the full tub in 10 minutes. The bathtub is half-full and the
drain is closed. Michael opens the drain and turns on the
how water faucet. How long (in minutes) will it take to fill
the tub?

4. Bret burps 2 times every 45 seconds. Jermaine burps once

4. __________
every 36 seconds. Dave burps 3 times every 50 seconds.
Together, how many times do they burp in 15 minutes?

5. 379ABC is a six-digit number where the letters A, B, and C

5. __________
each represent a different digit (which can not be 3, 7, or 9).
If the number 379ABC is evenly divisible by 45, and the
digit represented by the letter B is even, what is the largest
possible value of the digit represented by the letter A?

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6. Mr. Douglas has 6 one-dollar bills that he is going to divide 6. __________
between his three sons Mike, Robbie, and Chip. If each son
has to receive at least one dollar bill, how many different
ways are there for Mr. Douglas to distribute the dollar bills
between his three sons?

7. Single copies of the new Porry Hatter book usually cost $16 7. __________
each. If Libby buys 20 or more copies of the book, they cost
only $13 each. How much money does Libby save by
buying 20 copies of the Porry Hatter book instead of 19
copies?

8. A rectangle is divided into two squares by a line segment 8. __________

going from one side to the side opposite it. If the area of
one square is 25, what is the perimeter of the rectangle?

9. The month of May has 31 days. What is the greatest 9. __________

number of Saturdays that could occur in the month of May?

10. A horse and a mule are carrying packs on an expedition. 10. _________
The horse and the mule are each carrying a different
number of sacks. The sacks are all the same size and
weight. The horse says "My load is so heavy!" The mule
says "Why are you complaining? If one sack was moved
from your back to mine, I would be carrying twice as many
sacks as you. If one sack was moved from my back to
yours, we would be carrying the same number of sacks."
How many sacks was the horse carrying?

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 Elementary Countdown Round 11022

1) What is (2 + 3 + 4 + 5 - 6 - 8)? [0]

2) Today is Saturday. What day will it be 100 days from now? [Monday]

3) 36 divided by 3 equals 3 times what number? [4]

4) Sundeep and Murthy both start with the same number. Sundeep adds 6 to the number.
Murthy multiplies the number by 2. They both get the same result. What number did they
both start with? [6]

5) It is 2:00 PM right now. What time will it be in 100 hours? (Make sure to say if it is AM
or PM). [6:00 PM]

6) Deveena has a pile of coins consisting of only quarters and dimes. Together, the change
is worth 85 cents. What is the most number of dimes Deveena could have? [6]

7) What is the smallest odd prime number? [3]

8) On the math contest, a student receives 5 points for each correct answer and loses one
point for each incorrect answer. Francesca gets 19 problems correct and 2 problems
incorrect. What is her score? [93]

9) Karel has 8 nickels, 16 dimes, and four quarters. How much money (in dollars and cents)
does he have all together? [$3.00]

10) What is the smallest positive number that can be evenly divided by 2, by 3, and by 5?
[30]

11) How many dots are in the figure below? [21]

12) May 5 is a "Palindrome Day", because the number of the month and the number of the
day are the same (5/5). How many Palindrome Days are there in the year 2010? [12]

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13) Shen buys a robot for $5, sells it for $7, buys it back for $10, then sells it again for $16.
How much profit did she make on all the deals together? [$8]

14) On the last four math contests, Yi scored 100, 84, 92 and 120. What was Yi's average
score on the four math contests? [99]

15) A big cube is sliced into smaller cubes by making cuts halfway through each edge, as
shown below. Once all the cuts are finished, how many smaller cubes result? [8]

16) What is the value of 111 ones plus 1 hundred plus 11 tens? [321]

17) Greta puts the numbers starting from 1 into four columns (A, B, C, and D) using the
pattern shown below. Into which column (A, B, C, or D) will Greta write the number 42?
[B]

A B C D
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12

18) A digital camera and a memory card cost $100 together. If the digital camera costs $80
more than the memory card, how much does the memory card cost? [$10]

19) If a train travels 1.5 miles in one minute, what is its speed in miles per hour? [90]

20) Eloise starts with a number. She multiplies the number by 4, adds 8 to the result of that
operation, then divides that result by 3. If the final result was 28, what was the original
number Eloise started with? [19]

21) Perkins has floor tiles measuring 4 inches by 6 inches. How many of these tiles would
take to cover a floor measuring 2 feet by 3 feet, without overlapping any tiles? [36]

22) When a number is multiplied by itself, the result is called a "square number". For
example: 1 (= 1x1) and 4 (=2x2) are square numbers. What is the largest square number
that is less than 100? [81]

23) VJ has 40 M&Ms, all are either red or yellow. He gives half his yellow M&Ms to Mark.
After this, VJ has 27 M&Ms left. How many red M&Ms does he have? [14]

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24) What is the largest multiple of 3 that is less than 100? [99]

25) What is 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22? [100]

26) The product of two whole numbers is 19. What is their sum? [20]

27) 12 dozen shoes are divided into pairs. How many pairs are there? [72]

28) What is the time 7 hours and 7 minutes after 8:08 AM? (Make sure to put AM or PM
after your answer) [3:15 PM]

29) If 2 groops are equal to 3 floops, and 4 floops are equal to 5 shoops, then how many
groops are equal to 15 shoops? [8]

30) What is the value of (400 - 78 - 22 - 84 - 16 - 81 - 19 - 27)? [73]

31) Ana divided a certain number N by 6 and got 4 as her answer. If Carmen multiplied the
same number N by 2, what would be her answer? [48]

32) Marcia is three years older than Jan. Greg is four years older than Jan. Peter is two years
younger than Greg. How many years older than Peter is Marcia? [1]

33) Min has a collection of figures, all of them are either squares and triangles. She counts all
the sides of the figures and gets a total of 19. What is the largest number of triangles Min
could have? [5]

34) A rectangle and a square have the same area. The rectangle has side lengths of 2 and 8.
What is the side length of the square? [4]

35) In one day, Sparky can eat 6 oranges and Anna can eat 2 oranges. How many days would
it take the both of them to eat 24 oranges? [3]

36) What is the value of (45 + 37 + 24 - 30 - 20 - 40)? [16]

37) Rowena has a bug collection. Each day she adds 3 new bugs to her collection. If she has
28 bugs after 4 days, how many bugs will she have after 10 days? [46]

38) What is the value of (25 x 6 x 14)? [2100]

39) A swimming pool measuring 10 meters by 20 meters is enclosed by a deck that measures
1 meter in width. What is the area of the deck (in square meters)? [64]

40) Kaia stands in a line of people. She is the 13th person, counting from the front of the line.
She is the 8th person, counting from the rear of the line. How many people are in the
line? [20]

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41) Paper clips cost 48 cents for one dozen. How many paper clips can be bought for $1? [25]

42) If the inner square has side length 4, and the outer square has side length 6, what is the
area of the shaded region? [20]

43) In the months of March and April, it only rained on every odd-numbered day. In those
two months, how many days did it rain? [31]

44) 8 hours and 37 minutes is how many minutes? [517]

45) There are 4 people at a party. If each person shakes hands with each other person one
time, then how many handshakes will happen? [6]

46) Nikolai writes down the numbers from 1 to 100. In how many different numbers does the
digit 3 appear? [19]

47) What is the largest two-digit odd number with an even tens' digit? [89]

48) If Taji can run 10 kilometers in one hour, how long (in minutes) would it take her to run
500 meters? [3]

49) When Nnendi sells a short story, she gets paid 4 cents per word. If she sells a short story
that is 3500 words, how much money (in dollars) does she get paid? [$140.00]

50) Jenny can mail up to 3 books in one Special Book Mailing Box. If she has 26 books to
mail, how many Special Book Mailing Boxes does Jenny need? [9]

51) If (the number of sides in a triangle) is multiplied by (the number of sides in a pentagon),
what is the result? [15]

52) 2 lines can intersect in at most 1 point. What is the maximum number of points in which
4 lines can intersect? [6]

53) What is the average of 9, 18 and 36? [21]

54) Eleni has 1 quarter, 2 dimes, 3 nickels and 4 pennies. How much money (in cents) does
Eleni have? [64 cents]

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55) A line and a circle are drawn on a piece of paper so that the line passes through the center
of the circle. How many times does the line cross the circle? [2]

56) A teacher brought 32 cookies to school for her class. Every student got a cookie, and 10
students took two cookies. If ¼ of the cookies were left over, how many students are in
the class? [14]

57) Annika is watching the new Math Girl movie in the theatre. The movie is 1 hour and 26
minutes long, and there were 9 minutes of previews before the movie. If the previews
started at 2:30, what time will the movie be done? [4:05]

58) How many positive integers less than 30 are divisible by 3 or 5 but not both? [12]

59) Azza likes to kick footballs. If he kicked one football 42 yards, two footballs 44 yards
each, and one football 54 yards, what was the average distance (in yards) of all four of his
kicks? [46 yards]

60) Maral has 100 pennies and Charlotte has no pennies. Maral gives half her pennies to
Charlotte. Charlotte then gives half her pennies back to Maral. How many pennies does
Maral have when they're done? [75]

61) What is the value of (45 + 45 + 45 + 45) + (55 + 55 + 55 + 55)? [400]

62) What is the sum of the first four positive prime numbers? [17]

63) Kylie has five coins. Only one of them is a penny. What is the least amount of money (in
cents) that Kylie can have? [21 cents]

64) What is the value of (27 x 27) - (13 x 13)? [560]

MATH BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND QUESTIONS

65) In the Math Bowl Championship Round, two teams compete to answer 11 questions.
Only one team can get credit for answering a question correctly. What is the minimum
number of questions a team must answer correctly in order to ensure they win the Math
Bowl Championship Round? [6]

66) What is (18 x 25 x 22) ÷ (55 x 15)? [12]

67) June has 10 shapes which are either triangles or squares. When June counts up all the
sides, the total is 34 sides. How many triangles does June have? [6]

68) Angel uses the digits 1 through 9 to make three three-digit numbers by using each digit
exactly once. He then adds the three numbers together. What is the largest possible value
of the sum he gets as his result? [2556]

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69) What is the ones' digit of the product (79 x 79 x 79)? [9]

70) What is (the number of faces of a cube) times (the number of vertices of a cube)? [48]

71) We define the operation Ω as the average of two numbers, in other words (A Ω B) =
(A+B)/2. What is 2 Ω (6 Ω 4)? [3 1/2 or 3.5]

72) Toya has 27 cent stamps and 9 cent stamps. She needs to put a total of 72 cents on a
package. What is the smallest number of stamps she can use? [4]

73) Dr. Marvin Candle was born in an interesting year. The tens digit was three times the
thousands digit, the hundreds digit was three times the tens digit, and the ones digit was
the sum of the tens digit and the thousands digit. What year was Dr. Candle born? [1934]

74) When a certain two-digit number is divided by 7, the remainder is 5, and when it is
divided by 9, the remainder is also 5. What is the smallest possible value of the number?
[68]

75) In a Fibonacci sequence, each number after the second number is the sum of the previous
two numbers. For example, the sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5 is a Fibonacci sequence. Carlos
makes a Fibonacci sequence starting with two numbers A and B. The sequence starts A,
B, 11, 20, 31. What is the value of A? [2]

76) How many two digit numbers are there in which the tens digit is greater than the ones
digit? [45]

77) We will call 1234 a "mountain" number because each digit, reading left to right, is larger
than the previous digit. What is the largest "mountain" number that is less than 10,000?
[6789]

78) Morrison is counting numbers by starting at 100 and subtracting 7 each time. So, he starts
out with 100, 93, 86, and continues. What is the last positive number Morrison counts?
[2]

79) A rectangle has sides whose lengths are integers (whole numbers). The perimeter of the
rectangle is 18. What is the largest possible value for the area of the rectangle? [20]

80) What is the value of (26 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30 + 31 + 32 + 33 + 34)? [270]

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Problems 1-80

Name: ___________________________________________
School: __________________________________________
Grade: _________________

Correct: ______________
Incorrect: _____________
SCORE: (5 x Correct - 4 x Incorrect =) ________________

Scorer’s Initials: _______ Scorer’s Initials: ________

DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO DO SO

This is a 10-minute test. There are 80 problems. Solve accurately and

quickly as many as you can in the order in which they appear. ALL
PROBLEMS ARE TO BE SOLVED MENTALLY. Make no
calculations with paper and pen/pencil. Write only the answer in the
space provided for each problem. Answers must be complete, legible,
and simplified to lowest terms. You are not allowed to use calculators,
slide rules, books, or any other aids during this round.
Every tenth problem, marked with an asterisk (*), is an estimation
problem which requires approximate integer answers. Any answer to an
estimation problem that is within five percent of the correct answer will
be scored correct.
Scoring: Five points will be awarded for every correct answer. For every
incorrect answer or skipped problem, four points will be deducted. No
deduction is taken after the last problem attempted. Erasures, mark-
overs, mark-outs, and extraneous marks on the paper ARE counted
as INCORRECT.
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1. 60 - 23 = _______________________________________________________________

2. 4 + 44 + 444 = ___________________________________________________________

3. 13 x 2 x 5 = _____________________________________________________________

4. 108 ÷ 9 = ______________________________________________________________

5. What digit is in the hundredths place value of 1234.5678? _________________________

6. (3 x 100) + (1 x 10) + (2 x 1000) = __________________________________________

7. 12 + 13 + 14 - 15 = _______________________________________________________

8. 2418 ÷ 6 = _____________________________________________________________

9. What is the numerical value of CLXXVIII (Roman numerals)? ______________________

10. (*) Estimate the value of (678 + 203 + 449) ___________________________________

11. 123 x 11 = _____________________________________________________________

12. Round 6789 to the nearest thousands: ________________________________________

13. 30 x 50 x 70 = ___________________________________________________________

14. How many odd numbers are there between 6 and 25, inclusive?_____________________

15. 15 x 15 = ______________________________________________________________

16. What is the remainder when 375 is divided by 9? ______________________________

17. 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 = _____________________________________________________

18. 47 x 50 = ______________________________________________________________

19. What number added to twenty-four is thirty-three? ______________________________

20. (*) Estimate the value of (421305 ÷ 703) _____________________________________

21. What is the smallest prime number larger than 32? ______________________________

22. What is 15% expressed as a fraction? ________________________________________

23. 117 x 25 = _____________________________________________________________

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24. 8 yards is how many feet? _________________________________________________

25. 624 - 426 = _____________________________________________________________

26. 25 + 25 ÷ 5 = ___________________________________________________________

27. What is the largest whole number that evenly divides both 24 and 16? _______________

28. 2.1 + 3.7 + 1.4 = _________________________________________________________

29. 16 is to 24 as 10 is to what number? _________________________________________

30. (*) Estimate the value of (401 x 352) _________________________________________

31. Write the value of .8 as a fraction ______________________________________(fraction)

32. 10.7 + 11.6 + 3.5 = _______________________________________________________

33. 1.2 x 0.5 = _____________________________________________________________

34. 18 x 22 = ______________________________________________________________

35. 3 + 33 - 333 + 3333 = ____________________________________________________

7 1
36. - = _______________________________________________________________
9 9

37. 2 quarters and 8 nickels is equal in value to how many dimes? _____________________

38. (15 x 15) - (14 x 14) = ____________________________________________________

1
39. How many centimeters is 6 meters? ________________________________________
4

40. (*) Estimate the value of the positive number that, when multiplied by itself, equals 12089.

__________________________________________________________________

41. (6 x 6 x 6) = ____________________________________________________________

42. How many sides does a heptagon have? ______________________________________

43. If the perimeter of a square is 32 feet, what is its area? _________________ (square feet)

44. If N = 4, what is the value of (6 x N - 3)? _____________________________________

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45. Write the value of (4 x 4 ) as a mixed number: ______________________________
4 4

46. 15 x 38 = ______________________________________________________________

47. What is 30% of 40? _______________________________________________________

48. What is the next term in the sequence 2, 5, 8, 11, … ? ___________________________

2 1
49. Write the value of 5 - 4 as a mixed number: _______________________________
3 2

50. (*) Estimate the value of (39 x 40 x 41): ______________________________________

51. What is the value of (1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15)? __________________________

52. What number, when multiplied by 6, equals 156? ______________________________

53. If 1 quart is 32 ounces, how many ounces is 2.5 quarts? __________________________

54. How many prime numbers are there that are less than 30? ________________________

55. What is the largest number that evenly divides 36 and 63? ________________________

56. A square has area 25 square meters. What is its perimeter, in meters? _______________

57. What is the smallest positive integer that is a multiple of 4 and 6? __________________

3
58. 21 ÷ 1 = _____________________________________________________________
4

59. What is the largest integer that evenly divides 35, 63, and 91? _____________________

33
60. (*) Estimate the value of (1333 x ): _______________________________________
10

61. What positive number, when multiplied by itself, equals (16 x 36): _________________

62. 101 x 123 = ____________________________________________________________

4 5
63. Write the value of ( + ) as an improper fraction: ____________________________
5 4

64. 16 - 42 = _______________________________________________________________

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65. Write the value of as a decimal: _________________________________________
25

66. How much (in degrees) does each angle of a square measure? _____________________

67. 100 x 100 x 100 = ________________________________________________________

68. What percent of 60 is 21? ________________________________________________ %

69. What number, when multiplied by 0.25, gives a result of 1? _______________________

70. (*) Estimate the value of (12 x 12 x 12) ______________________________________

71. A square whose sides measure 10 cm has the same area as a rectangle whose length is 5 cm

and whose width is what? _____________________________________________ (cm)

72. 20 + 21 + 23 + 26 + 30 = __________________________________________________

73. (4x4x4) x (4x4) ÷ (4x4x4x4) = ____________________________________________

74. (102 x 104) = ___________________________________________________________

75. (3 - 4 + 5 - 6 + 7 - 8 + 9 - 10 + 11 - 12) = _____________________________________

76. 15% of 16 equals 8% of what number? _______________________________________

77. (5x5) - ((3x3) + (4x4)) = ___________________________________________________

78. ((-3) x (5)) - (2 x 4) = _____________________________________________________

79. (64 x 13) + (16 x 13) = ____________________________________________________

80. (*) Estimate the value of (321 x 123 - 2222): __________________________________

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 Elementary School 11022 Answer Key

Sprint Test Target Test

1. C 1. $36.93
2. D 2. 4
3. B 3. $185.20
4. A 4. 175
5. B 5. 7104
6. C 6. 7
7. A 7. 16
8. D 8. $104
9. B
10. D Team Test
11. D 1. 18
12. C 2. 325
13. B 3. 20
14. D 4. 119
15. C 5. 8
16. D 6. 10
17. B 7. $44
18. C 8. 30
19. A 9. 5
20. B 10. 5
21. A
22. D
23. B
24. D
25. A
26. A
27. C
28. B
29. A
30. D

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Countdown Test 46. 19
1. 0 47. 89
2. Monday 48. 3
3. 4 49. $140.00
4. 6 50. 9
5. 6:00 PM 51. 15
6. 6 52. 6
7. 3 53. 21
8. 93 54. 64 cents
9. $3.00 55. 2
10. 30 56. 14
11. 21 57. 4:05
12. 12 58. 12
13. $8.00 59. 46 yards
14. 99 60. 75
15. 8 61. 400
16. 321 62. 17
17. B 63. 21
18. $10 64. 560
19. 90
20. 19 MATH BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP
21. 36 ROUND
22. 81 65. 6
23. 14 66. 12
24. 99 67. 6
25. 100 68. 2556
26. 20 69. 9
27. 72 70. 48
28. 3:15 PM 71. 3.5 or 3 1/2
29. 8 72. 4
30. 73 73. 1934
31. 48 74. 68
32. 1 75. 2
33. 5 76. 45
34. 4 77. 20
35. 3 78. 2
36. 16 79. 270
37. 46 80. 6789
38. 2100
39. 64
40. 20
41. 25
42. 20
43. 31
44. 517
45. 6

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1. 37 46. 570
2. 492 47. 12
3. 130 48. 14
4. 12 49. 1 1/6
5. 6 50. (*) [60762-67158] (64000?)
6. 2310 51. 64
7. 24 52. 26
8. 403 53. 80
9. 178 54. 10
10. (*) [1264-1396] (1330?) 55. 9
11. 1353 56. 20
12. 7000 57. 12
13. 105,000 58. 12
14. 10 59. 7
15. 225 60. (*) [4179-4618] (~4400)
16. 6 61. 24
17. 45 62. 12423
18. 2350 63. 41/20 = 2 1/20
19. 9 64. -26
20. (*) [570-629] (~600) 65. 0.36
21. 37 66. 90
22. 3/20 67. 1,000,000
23. 2925 68. 35
24. 24 69. 4
25. 198 70. (*) [1642-1814] (~1728)
26. 30 71. 20
27. 8 72. 120
28. 7.2 73. 4
29. 15 74. 10608
30. (*) [134094-148210] (140,000?) 75. -5
31. 4/5 76. 30
32. 25.8 77. 0
33. 0.6 78. -23
34. 396 79. 1040
35. 3036 80. (*) [35398-39124] (~30,000)
36. 2/3
37. 9 For the estimation problems, the numbers in
38. 29 brackets are the range of acceptable values
39. 625 for the answer. The number in parentheses is
40. (*) [105-115] (~110) the exact answer.
41. 216
42. 7
43. 64
44. 21
45. 20 3/16

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 Sprint Test Solutions perimeter of (3 x 3) = 9 inches. So she can make
288/9 = 32 triangles. Answer: 32 (D)
1. 1617+1718+1819 = 3335 + 1819 = 5154.
Answer: 5154 (C) 15. We could divide it out, but there's a faster way.
The remainder when a number is divided by 9 is
2. Dividing it gives 10946. Check: 10946 x 11 = equal to the remainder when (the sum of its
109460 + 10946 = 120406. Answer: 120406 (D) digits) is divided by 9. So the remainder is (1 + 6
+ 7 + 8 + 3 + 9 + 4)/9 = 38/9 = 4 with remainder
3. 77 = 7 x 11. Answer: 77 (B) 2. Answer: 2 (C)

4. 90 + 300 - 7 = 390 - 7 = 383. Answer: 383 (A) 16. Let's simplify all four fractions. They become
(from A to D), 1/13, 1 11, 1/12 and 1/14. Since
5. The product = 120 / 135 = (8 x 15) / (9 x 15) = they have the same numerator (1), the smallest
8/9. Answer: 8/9 (B) fraction is the one with the largest denominator
which is 1/14 which is D. Answer: 3/42 (D)
6. 27/60 = 9/20 = 45/100 = 45% Answer: 45% (C)
17. For the six numbers, their sum is (6 x 18) = 108.
7. If 5 locos equals 1 joco, then 20 locos equals 4 Once Carem removes a number, the sum is (5 x
jocos. 4 jocos also equals 10 mocos. 10 mocos 20) = 100. The difference is the number she
equals 30 pocos. So, 20 locos equals 30 pocos, removed: (108 - 100) = 8. Answer: 8 (B)
so 2 locos equals 3 pocos. Answer: 3 (A)
18. The four values are, from A to D, 25, 64, 81, and
8. 231 = 21 x 11 = 3 x 7 x 11. 105 = 5 x 21 = 5 x 3 32. The largest is 81, which is C. Answer:
x 7. They both have (3 x 7) in common, so the (3x3x3x3) (C)
largest number that equally divides both of them
(also called the Greatest Common Factor) is 21. 19. The amount of sales tax is the difference
Answer: 21 (D) between the cover price and the final amount
paid, which is $19.08 - $18.00 = $1.08. To find
9. We could do all the multiplication ((2 x 49) + (5 the percentage, we divide the sales tax by the
x 29) + (3 x 69)). There is a faster way. Each cover price. $1.08 / $18.00 = 6/100, which is 6%.
item costs one penny less than a multiple of 10, Answer: 6% (A)
so we can figure out the amount as multiples of
10, then subtract one penny per item. ((2 x 50) + 20. If the area of the square is 36, its side has length
(5 x 30) + (3 x 70) - 10) = (100 + 150 + 210 - 10) 6, and its perimeter is 24. This is also the
= 450 cents = $4.50. Answer: $4.50 (B) perimeter of the hexagon. Since a hexagon has 6
sides, the side has length 24/6 = 4. Answer: 4
10. (24 x 24) - (16 x 16) = 576 - 256 = 320 = (8 x (B)
40). Answer: (8 x 40) (D)
21. We could do all the multiplication and
11. We notice that 5 divides 10, 4 divides 8, and subtraction and addition, but maybe there's a
(2x3) = 6. So the bottom evenly divides the top, faster way. (5 x 102) = (15 x 34). (3 x 35) = (15
and the remainder is zero. Answer: 0 (D) x 5). 30 = (15 x 2). So the value becomes (15 x
39) - (15 x 34) + (15 x 7) - (15 x 2). We can
12. Speed = Distance divided by Time. Andre's factor out the 15 to get 15 x (39 - 34 + 7 - 2) = 15
speed = 150 / 2.5 = 300 / 5 = 60 miles per hour. x (10) = 150. Answer: 150 (A)
Answer: 60 (C)
22. Look at the answers. Notice that they are the
13. Jin gave away (one-half plus one-third) of his same except for the value of the tens' digit! Since
candy. So he gave away (1/2 + 1/3) = (2/6 + 3/6) the answer is one of the four answers, we only
= 5/6 of his candy. So he had (1 - 5/6) = 1/6 of have to figure out the value of the tens' digit. We
his candy left. Answer: 1/6 (B) can do this by figuring out the tens' digit of the
product which would be (7 x 9 x 11) = (63 x 11)
14. Each square that Courtney makes has perimeter = 693, the tens' digit is 9, and the answer must be
(4 x 2) = 8 inches. So she has (8 x 36) = 288 7122093. Answer: 7122093 (D)
inches of string. Each triangle would have a

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23. The largest number she can make is 9531 and the
second-largest is 9513. The smallest is 1359 and
the second-smallest is 1395. The difference is
(9513 - 1359) = 8154. Answer: 8154 (B).

24. 105 is not prime (105 = 5 x 21) so it's not 105.

We can check each number by trying to divide it
by the prime numbers that are less than 11 (since
11 x 11 is greater than each of the numbers).
Since we're looking for the largest number, let's
start with 109. 109 turns out to be prime.
Answer: 109 (D)

25. 11 feet per second is (11 x 60) = 660 feet per

minute. Since one mile is 5280 feet, it takes
Desmond 5280/660 = 8 minutes to run one mile.
Five miles takes him (5 x 8) = 40 minutes.
Answer: 40 (A).

26. Since both numbers are greater than 1, division

and subtraction both result in numbers that are
less than 1 4/5, so the answer must be
multiplication or addition. When we add the two
fractions, we get 2 and 22/15, or 3 and 7/15.
When we multiply, we get (9/5 x 5/3) = (45/15)
= 3. Answer: 1 4/5 + 1 2/3 (A).

27. If they bought individual tickets, they would pay

(2 x $23) + (3 x $16) = $46 + $48 = $94. They
save $94 - $69 = $25. Answer: $25 (C).

28. There are 365 days in a year and 7 days in a

week, so one year is 52 weeks and 1 day. This
means that May 15, 2011 will be one day more
than May 15, 2010. So May 15, 2011 is Sunday,
which means that May 14, 2011 is Saturday.
Answer: Saturday (B)

29. The smallest odd prime is 3, and (3 x 3) = 9.

Since the smallest even number that is not
negative is 0, the smallest answer is 9. So 7 can't
be the result. Answer: 7 (A)

30. Since she hops three times for every two

punches, the sum of her hops and punches will
be a multiple of 5 and the hops will be 3/5 times
that total. Since there were 105 (hops and
punches), the number of hops is 3/5 * 105 =
315/5 = 63. Answer: 63 (D)

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 Target Test Solutions minus (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 =) 36, plus
(112 + 113 + 114 + 115 + 116 + 117 + 118 + 119
1. The total of the money, in cents, is (243 x 1) + =) 924. So the answer is (6216 - 36 + 924 =)
(87 x 5) + (49 x 10) + (85 x 25) + (3 x 100) = 7104 . Answer: 7104
(243 + 435 + 490 + 2125 + 300) = 36.93. There
was $36.93 in the money jar. Answer: $36.93 6. Let's walk through this step by step. There were
840 people in Room #1. Half of them went to
2. First, let's figure out how long it takes, in Room #2, so Room #2 had (1/2 x 840 =) 420
minutes, for the animals to do the three parts of people. One third of those (1/3 x 420 =) 140
the race. For the kangaroo, 5 miles at 4 miles per went to Room #3. 25% is also 1/4, so (140 x 1/4
hour takes (5/4) = 1.25 hours, which is (1.25 x =) 35went to Room #4. Finally 20% is 1/5, and
60) = 75 minutes. For the crocodile, a 1 mile (35 x 1/5 =) 7 people went to Room #5. Answer:
swim takes (1/1.5) = 2/3 hours, which is (2/3 x 7
60) = 40 minutes. For the koala, the climb takes
(100/2.5) = 40 minutes. The animals' total time is 7. If the remainder was 10, then the number D must
(75 + 40 + 40) = 155 minutes. Now, let's do be greater than 10. Also, since 90 - 10 is 80, 80
Sawyer's times. The run takes him (5/6 x 60) = must be a multiple of the number D (D must be a
50 minutes. The swim takes him (1/0.75) = 4/3 factor of 80). The only numbers greater than 10
hour, which is 80 minutes. To win, he must that evenly divide 80 are 16, 20, 40 and 80. The
climb the tree in less than (155 - 50 - 80) = 25 smallest of those is 16. Answer: 16
minutes. 100 feet in 25 minutes = 4 feet per
minute. Answer: 4 8. First, let's figure out how many squares of each
size are in the diagram. There are 16 squares that
3. Rose must give the exchange center enough are 1 unit by 1 unit, 9 squares that are 2 by 2, 4
American dollars to pay the fee and to get 140 that are 3 by 3, and 1 that is 4 by 4. So Ilana wins
euros back. First, let's do the euros. Since she $1 for each of the first 16 (1 by 1) squares, $4 for
gets 0.80 Euros for each dollar, to get 1 Euro (= the next 9 (2 by 2), $9 for each of the next 4 (3
0.80 + ¼ (0.80)) she must exchange (1 + ¼ by 3), and $16 for the (4 by 4). The grand total of
dollars) = $1.25. To get 140 euros, she must her winnings is (16 x $1) + (9 x $4) + (4 x $9) +
exchange ($1.25 x 140) = $175.00. The fee for (1 x $16) = $16 + $36 + $36 + $16 = $104.
exchanging $175.00 will be $7.95 for the first Answer: $104
100 dollars plus (0.03 x 75) = $2.25 for the
remaining 75 dollars. The total fee is $7.95 +
$2.25 = $10.20. The total she must give is $175
+ $10.20 = $185.20. Answer: $185.20

4. The area of the whole figure will be the sum of

the areas of the squares minus the areas where
they overlap. The areas of the squares are (6x6)
+ (8x8) + (10x10) = 200. If the corner of the
second square is on the center of the first square,
then the area where they overlap is ¼ of the area
of the small square = ¼ x36 = 9. Similarly, the
area where the second and third square overlap is
¼ x 64 = 16. So the area of the overall figure is
(200 - 9 - 16) = 175. Answer: 175

5. There are a couple ways we can approach this

problem. First way: There are (111 - 1 + 1 =) 111
numbers in the first sum, and (119 - 9 + 1 =) 111
numbers in the second sum. Also, each number
in the second sum is 8 more than a number in the
first sum (9 and 1, 10 and 2, etc). So the second
sum is (111x8 =) 888 more than the first sum,
making (6216 + 888 =) 7104. Another way is to
realize the second sum is equal to the first sum

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 Team Round Solutions (3,1,2) and (3,2,1). This makes 10 ways.
Answer: 10.
1. The smallest value of the sum of the digits of a
two-digit number is (1+0=) 1. The largest 7. If Libby buys 19 copies, it costs (19 x $16 =)
possible value is (9+9=) 18. So the two digit $304. If she buys 20 copies, it costs (20 x $13=)
number must be between 10 and (2x18=) 36. It $260. She saves ($304 - $260 =) $44. Answer:
must also be even. If we quickly try all even two- $44.
digit numbers between 10 and 36, the only one
that works is 18 (sum of digits is 9). Answer: 18 8. The line segment divides the rectangle into two
squares, each of area 25. This means that the side
2. We're certainly not going to do all the addition in of the square is 5. The rectangle has one square
this problem. We need some sort of shorthand to side along one of its sides, and two square sides
help us. Let's let the symbol S represent the sum along the other side. So the dimensions of the
of the numbers from 1 to 25 (1 + 2 + 3 + … + rectangle are 5 and 10, and the perimeter is 30.
25). Then we can write the sums as (S x 26) and Answer: 30.
(S + 26) x 25. The difference is (25x26 - S)
which, if we write it out, turns out to be S. So the 9. The most Saturdays would happen if the first day
difference is (1+2+3+ … +25). We can add these in May is a Saturday. So the days that would be
up, or pair numbers to make 26 12 times plus 13, Saturdays are May 1, May 8, May 15, May 22,
which is 325. Answer: 325 and May 29, making 5 Saturdays.. Answer: 5

3. In 1 minute, the faucet can fill 1/8 of the tub, and 10. From when the mule and the horse are carrying
the drain can drain 1/10 of the tub. So, in one the same number of sacks, we can move two
minute (1/8 - 1/10 = 5/40 - 4/40 =) 1/40 of the sacks from the horse to the mule and then the
tub will be filled. Since the tub is half-full, to fill mule would be carrying twice as many packs as
the tub ½ of it must be filled. Since ½ = 20/40, it the horse.Once the two packs are moved, the
will take 20 minutes to fill the tub. Answer: 20. mule would be carrying 4 more packs than the
horse (for example, if they were both carrying 3,
4. 15 minutes is (15 x 60 =) 900 seconds. In those then after two were moved the mule would have
900 seconds, Bret burps (900/45 x 2) = 40 times, 5 and the horse would have 1). Since the amount
Jemaine burps (900/36 x 1 =) 25 times, and Dave the mule carried would be twice the amount the
burps (900/50 x 3) = 54 times. Together they horse carried, the difference is the amount the
burp (40 + 25 + 54 =) 119 times. Answer: 119. horse is carrying which would be 4. So the mule
was carrying 8 packs after a pack was moved
5. If 379ABC is divisible by 45, then it is divisible from the horse to the mule, and the horse was
by 9 and by 5. If the number is divisible by 9, carrying 4 packs. This means that when they first
then the sum of its digits (3+7+9+A+B+C= started the mule was carrying (8-1=) 7 packs,
19+A+B+C) must be divisible by 9. If the and the horse was carrying (4+1=) 5 packs. We
number is divisible by 5, then it must end in 0 or can also solve this by trying possible values for
5 and C must be 0 or 5. Let's look at each of the packs the horse is carrying and see if we can
these two cases. If C is 0, then (19+A+B) is get numbers that fit the conditions of the
divisible by 9, so (A+B) must be 8 or 17. A can't problem. Answer: 5.
be 9, but A could be 8 and B could be 0. If C is
5, then (24+A+B) must be divisible by 9, so
(A+B) must be 3 or 12. In the second case, A
could be 8 and B could be 4. Either way, the
biggest possible value of A is 8. Answer: 8.

6. Since they each have to receive at least one

dollar, there's only 3 dollars left to divide
between them. Let's list out all the possibilities
for the distribution, with each trio of numbers
being the number for Mike, Robbie and Chip
respectively. The possibilities are: (1,1,4),
(1,4,1), (4,1,1), (1,2,3), (1,3,2), (2,1,3), (2,3,1),

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