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Problem 1
Which pair of numbers does NOT have a product equal to ?

Solution

Problem 2
When the fraction is expressed in simplest form, then the sum of the numerator and the denominator will be

Solution

Problem 3
Which of the following numbers has the largest prime factor?

Solution

Problem 4

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Problem 5
Which one of the following bar graphs could represent the data from the circle graph?

Solution

Problem 6
A can of soup can feed adults or children. If there are cans of soup and children are fed, then how many adults would the remaining
soup feed?

Solution

Problem 7

Solution

Problem 8
To control her blood pressure, Jill's grandmother takes one half of a pill every other day. If one supply of medicine contains pills, then the
supply of medicine would last approximately

Solution

Problem 9
Consider the operation defined by the following table:

For example, . Then

Solution

Problem 10
This line graph represents the price of a trading card during the first months of .

The greatest monthly drop in price occurred during

Solution

Problem 11
Consider this histogram of the scores for students taking a test:

The median is in the interval labeled

Solution

Problem 12
If each of the three operation signs, , , , is used exactly ONCE in one of the blanks in the expression

then the value of the result could equal

Solution

Problem 13
The word "HELP" in block letters is painted in black with strokes unit wide on a by rectangular white sign with dimensions as shown. The
area of the white portion of the sign, in square units, is

Solution

Problem 14
The nine squares in the table shown are to be filled so that every row and every column contains each of the numbers . Then

Solution

Problem 15
The arithmetic mean (average) of four numbers is . If the largest of these numbers is , then the mean of the remaining three numbers is

Solution

Problem 16

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Problem 17
Square corners, units on a side, are removed from a unit by unit rectangular sheet of cardboard. The sides are then folded to form an
open box. The surface area, in square units, of the interior of the box is

Solution

Problem 18
The rectangle shown has length , width , and and are midpoints of and , respectively. The area of quadrilateral
is

Solution

Problem 19

Solution

Problem 20
When is expressed as a single whole number, the sum of the digits is

Solution

Problem 21
If the length of a rectangle is increased by and its width is increased by , then the area is increased by

Solution

Problem 22
Pat Peano has plenty of 0's, 1's, 3's, 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's, 8's and 9's, but he has only twenty-two 2's. How far can he number the pages of his scrapbook
with these digits?

Solution

Problem 23
Five runners, , , , , , have a race, and beats , beats , beats , and finishes after and before . Who could NOT have
finished third in the race?

Solution

Problem 24
What number is directly above in this array of numbers?

Solution

Problem 25
A checkerboard consists of one-inch squares. A square card, inches on a side, is placed on the board so that it covers part or all of the area
of each of squares. The maximum possible value of is

Solution

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