AoPS Community 2002 AMC 10

AMC 10 2002
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by worthawholebean, redcomet46, djmathman, rrusczyk

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102000 + 102002
1 The ratio is closest to which of the following numbers?
102001 + 102001
(A) 0.1 (B) 0.2 (C) 1 (D) 5 (E) 10

2 For the nonzero numbers a, b, c, define

a b c
(a, b, c) = + + .
b c a
Find (2, 12, 9).
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8

3 According to the standard convention for exponentiation,

 
22
22 2( )
22 =2 = 216 = 65,536.
If the order in which the exponentiations are performed is changed, how many other values are
possible?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

4 For how many positive integers m does there exist at least one positive integer n such that
m · n ≤ m + n?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12 (E) infinitely many

5 Each of the small circles in the figure has radius one. The innermost circle is tangent to the
six circles that surround it, and each of those circles is tangent to the large circle and to its
small-circle neighbors. Find the area of the shaded region.

(A) π (B) 1.5π (C) 2π (D) 3π (E) 3.5π

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6 Cindy was asked by her teacher to subtract 3 from a certain number and then divide the result
by 9. Instead, she subtracted 9 and then divided the result by 3, giving an answer of 43. What
would her answer have been had she worked the problem correctly?
(A) 15 (B) 34 (C) 43 (D) 51 (E) 138

7 If an arc of 45◦ on circle A has the same length as an arc of 30◦ on circle B, then the ratio of the
area of circle A to the area of circle B is
(A) 49 (B) 23 (C) 56 (D) 32 (E) 94

8 Betsy designed a flag using blue triangles, small white squares, and a red center square, as
shown. Let B be the total area of the blue triangles, W the total area of the white squares, and
R the area of the red square. Which of the following is correct?

(A) B = W (B) W = R (C) B = R (D) 3B = 2R (E) 2R = W

9 Suppose A, B, and C are three numbers for which 1001C − 2002A = 4004 and 1001B + 3003A =
5005.The average of the three numbers A, B, and C is
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 9 (E) not uniquely determined

10 Compute the sum of all the roots of (2x + 3)(x − 4) + (2x + 3)(x − 6) = 0.
(A) 7/2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 13

11 Jamal wants to store 30 computer files on floppy disks, each of which has a capacity of 1.44
megabytes (MB). Three of his files require 0.8 MB of memory each, 12 more require 0.7 MB each,
and the remaining 15 require 0.4 MB each. No file can be split between floppy disks. What is the
minimal number of floppy disks that will hold all the files?
(A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16

12 Mr. Earl E. Bird leaves his house for work at exactly 8:00 A.M. every morning. When he averages
40 miles per hour, he arrives at his workplace three minutes late. When he averages 60 miles per
hour, he arrives three minutes early. At what average speed, in miles per hour, should Mr. Bird
drive to arrive at his workplace precisely on time?
(A) 45 (B) 48 (C) 50 (D) 55 (E) 58

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13 The sides of a triangle have lengths of 15, 20, and 25. Find the length of the shortest altitude.
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 12.5 (D) 13 (E) 15

14 Both roots of the quadratic equation x2 −63x+k = 0 are prime numbers. The number of possible
values of k is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) more than four

15 The digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 are used to form four two-digit prime numbers, with each digit
used exactly once. What is the sum of these four primes?
(A) 150 (B) 160 (C) 170 (D) 180 (E) 190

16 If a + 1 = b + 2 = c + 3 = d + 4 = a + b + c + d + 5, then a + b + c + d is
(A) − 5 (B) − 10/3 (C) − 7/3 (D) 5/3 (E) 5

17 Sarah pours four ounces of coffee into an eight-ounce cup and four ounces of cream into a
second cup of the same size. She then transfers half the coffee from the first cup to the second
and, after stirring thoroughly, transfers half the liquid in the second cup back to the first. What
fraction of the liquid in the first cup is now cream?
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/3 (C) 3/8 (D) 2/5 (E) 1/2

18 A 3 × 3 × 3 cube is formed by gluing together 27 standard cubical dice. (On a standard die, the
sum of the numbers on any pair of opposite faces is 7.) The smallest possible sum of all the
numbers showing on the surface of the 3 × 3 × 3 cube is
(A) 60 (B) 72 (C) 84 (D) 90 (E) 96

19 Spot’s doghouse has a regular hexagonal base that measures one yard on each side. He is
tethered to a vertex with a two-yard rope. What is the area, in square yards, of the region outside
of the doghouse that Spot can reach?
(A) 2π/3 (B) 2π (C) 5π/2 (D) 8π/3 (E) 3π

20 Points A, B, C, D, E and F lie, in that order, on AF , dividing it into five segments, each of length
1. Point G is not on line AF . Point H lies on GD, and point J lies on GF . The line segments
HC, JE, and AG are parallel. Find HC/JE.
(A) 5/4 (B) 4/3 (C) 3/2 (D) 5/3 (E) 2

21 The mean, median, unique mode, and range of a collection of eight integers are all equal to 8.
The largest integer that can be an element of this collection is
(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15

22 A sit of tiles numbered 1 through 100 is modified repeatedly by the following operation: remove
all tiles numbered with a perfect square, and renumber the remaining tiles consecutively starting

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with 1. How many times must the operation be performed to reduce the number of tiles in the
set to one?
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 18 (D) 19 (E) 20

23 Points A, B, C and D lie on a line, in that order, with AB = CD and BC = 12. Point E is not on
the line, and BE = CE = 10. The perimeter of △AED is twice the perimeter of △BEC. Find
AB.
(A) 15/2 (B) 8 (C) 17/2 (D) 9 (E) 19/2

24 Tina randomly selects two distinct numbers from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and Sergio randomly se-
lects a number from the set {1, 2, ..., 10}. The probability that Sergio’s number is larger than the
sum of the two numbers chosen by Tina is
(A) 2/5 (B) 9/20 (C) 1/2 (D) 11/20 (E) 24/25

25 In trapezoid ABCD with bases AB and CD, we have AB = 52, BC = 12, CD = 39, and DA = 5.
The area of ABCD is

D 39 C

5 12

A 52 B

(A) 182 (B) 195 (C) 210 (D) 234 (E) 260

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2001 2003
1 The ratio 2 62002
·3
is
(A) 16 (B) 13 (C) 1
2 (D) 2
3 (E) 3
2

2 For the nonzero numbers a, b, and c, define

abc
(a, b, c) = .
a+b+c
Find (2, 4, 6).
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 24

3 The arithmetic mean of the nine numbers in the set {9, 99, 999, 9999, ..., 999999999} is a 9-digit
number M , all of whose digits are distinct. The number M does not contain the digit
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8

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4 What is the value of

(3x − 2)(4x + 1) − (3x − 2)4x + 1
when x = 4?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12

5 Circles of radius 2 and 3 are externally tangent and are circumscribed by a third circle, as shown
in the figure. Find the area of the shaded region.

3 2

(A) 3π (B) 4π (C) 6π (D) 9π (E) 12π

6 For how many positive integers n is n2 − 3n + 2 a prime number?

(A) none (B) one (C) two (D) more than two, but finitely many
(E) infinitely many

7 Let n be a positive integer such that 21 + 13 + 17 + n1 is an integer. Which of the following statements
is not true?
(A) 2 divides n (B) 3 divides n (C) 6 divides n (D) 7 divides n
(E) n > 84

8 Suppose July of year N has five Mondays. Which of the following must occur five times in
August of year N ? (Note: Both months have 31 days.)
(A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Thursday (E) Friday

9 Using the letters A, M , O, S, and U , we can form 120 five-letter ”words”. If these ”words” are
arranged in alphabetical order, then the ”word” U SAM O occupies position
(A) 112 (B) 113 (C) 114 (D) 115 (E) 116

10 Suppose that a and b are are nonzero real numbers, and that the equation x2 + ax + b = 0 has
solutions a and b. Then the pair (a, b) is

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(A) (−2, 1) (B) (−1, 2) (C) (1, −2) (D) (2, −1) (E) (4, 4)

11 The product of three consecutive positive integers is 8 times their sum. What is the sum of their
squares?
(A) 50 (B) 77 (C) 110 (D) 149 (E) 194

12 For which of the following values of k does the equation x−1

x−2 = x−k
x−6 have no solution for x?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

13 Find the value(s) of x such that 8xy − 12y + 2x − 3 = 0 is true for all values of y.
(A) 23 (B) 32 or − 14 (C) − 23 or − 41 (D) 32 (E) − 23 or − 41

14 The number 2564 · 6425 is the square of a positive integer N . In decimal representation, the sum
of the digits of N is
(A) 7 (B) 14 (C) 21 (D) 28 (E) 35

15 The positive integers A, B, A − B, and A + B are all prime numbers. The sum of these four
primes is
(A) even (B) divisible by 3 (C) divisible by 5 (D) divisible by 7
(E) prime

16 For how many integers n is 20−n

n
the square of an integer?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 10

17 A regular√octagon ABCDEF
√ GH has sides
√ of length two.
√Find the area√
of △ADG.
(A) 4 + 2 2 (B) 6 + 2 (C) 4 + 3 2 (D) 3 + 4 2 (E) 8 + 2

18 Four distinct circles are drawn in a plane. What is the maximum number of points where at least
two of the circles intersect?
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 16

19 Suppose that {an } is an arithmetic sequence with

a1 + a2 + · · · + a100 = 100 and a101 + a102 + · · · + a200 = 200.

What is the value of a2 − a1 ?

(A) 0.0001 (B) 0.001 (C) 0.01 (D) 0.1 (E) 1

20 Let a, b, and c be real numbers such that a − 7b + 8c = 4 and 8a + 4b − c = 7. Then a2 − b2 + c2 is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 7 (E) 8

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21 Andy’s lawn has twice as much area as Beth’s lawn and three times as much area as Carlos’
lawn. Carlos’ lawn mower cuts half as fast as Beth’s mower and one third as fast as Andy’s
mower. If they all start to mow their lawns at the same time, who will finish first?
(A) Andy (B) Beth (C) Carlos (D) Andy and Carlos tie for first. (E) All three tie.

22 Let △XOY be a right-angled triangle with m∠XOY = 90◦ . Let M and N be the midpoints of
legs OX and OY , respectively. Given that XN = 19 and Y M = 22, find XY .
(A) 24 (B) 26 (C) 28 (D) 30 (E) 32

23 Let {ak } be a sequence of integers such that a1 = 1 and am+n = am + an + mn, for all positive
integers m and n. Then a12 is
(A) 45 (B) 56 (C) 67 (D) 78 (E) 89

24 Riders on a Ferris wheel travel in a circle in a vertical plane. A particular wheel has radius 20 feet
and revolves at the constant rate of one revolution per minute. How many seconds does it take
a rider to travel from the bottom of the wheel to a point 10 vertical feet above the bottom?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7.5 (D) 10 (E) 15

25 When 15 is appended to a list of integers, the mean is increased by 2. When 1 is appended to

the enlarged list, the mean of the enlarged list is decreased by 1. How many integers were in the
original list?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8

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-1 This test and the matching AMC 12P were developed for the use of a group of Taiwan schools,
in early January of 2002. When Taiwan had taken the contests, the AMC released the questions
here as a set of practice questions for the 2002 AMC 10 and AMC 12 contests.

(24 )8
1 The ratio equals
(48 )2
1 1
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 8
4 2

2 The sum of eleven consecutive integers is 2002. What is the smallest of these integers?
(A) 175 (B) 177 (C) 179 (D) 180 (E) 181

3 Mary typed a six-digit number, but the two 1s she typed didn’t show. What appeared was 2002.
How many different six-digit numbers could she have typed?
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 15 (E) 20

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4 Which of the following numbers is a perfect square?

(A) 44 55 66 (B) 44 56 65 (C) 45 54 66 (D) 46 54 65 (E) 46 55 64

5 Let (an )n≥1 be a sequence such that a1 = 1 and 3an+1 − 3an = 1 for all n ≥ 1. Find a2002 .
(A) 666 (B) 667 (C) 668 (D) 669 (E) 670

6 The perimeter of a rectangle is 100 and its diagonal has length x. What is the area of this rect-
angle?
x2 x2 x2
(A) 625 − x2 (B) 625 − (C) 1250 − x2 (D) 1250 − (E) 2500 −
2 2 2

7 The dimensions of a rectangular box in inches are all positive integers and the volume of the
box is 2002 in3 . Find the minimum possible sum in inches of the three dimensions.
(A) 36 (B) 38 (C) 42 (D) 44 (E) 92

8 How many ordered triples of positive integers (x, y, z) satisfy (xy )z = 64?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9

9 The function f is given by the table

x 1 2 3 4 5
f (x) 4 1 3 5 2

If u0 = 4 and un+1 = f (un ) for n ≥ 0, find u2002 .

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

10 Let a and b be distinct real numbers for which

a a + 10b
+ = 2.
b b + 10a
a
Find .
b
(A) 0.6 (B) 0.7 (C) 0.8 (D) 0.9 (E) 1

11 Let P (x) = kx3 + 2k 2 x2 + k 3 . Find the sum of all real numbers k for which x − 2 is a factor of
P (x).
(A) − 8 (B) − 4 (C) 0 (D) 5 (E) 8

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12 For fn (x) = xn and a ̸= 1 consider

I. (f11 (a)f13 (a))14
II. f11 (a)f13 (a)f14 (a)
III. (f11 (f13 (a)))14
IV. f11 (f13 (f14 (a)))
Which of these equal f2002 (a)?
(A) I and II only (B) II and III only (C) III and IV only (D) II, III, and IV only (E) all of them

13 Participation in the local soccer league this year is 10% higher than last year. The number of
males increased by 5% and the number of females increased by 20%. What fraction of the soccer
league is now female?
1 4 2 4 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3 11 5 9 2

14 The vertex E of a square EF GH is at the center of square ABCD. The length of a side of ABCD
is 1 and the length of a side of EF GH is 2. Side EF intersects CD at I and EH intersects AD
at J. If angle EID = 60◦ , the area of quadrilateral EIDJ is
√ √ √
1 3 1 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
4 6 3 4 2

15 What is the smallest integer n for which any subset of {1, 2, 3, . . . , 20} of size n must contain
two numbers that differ by 8?
(A) 2 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 15

16 Two walls and the ceiling of a room meet at right angles at point P . A fly is in the air one meter
from one wall, eight meters from the other wall, and 9 meters from point P . How many meters
is the fly from the ceiling?
√ √ √ √
(A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 4 (E) 17

17 There are 1001 red marbles and 1001 black marbles in a box. Let Ps be the probability that two
marbles drawn at random from the box are the same color, and let Pd be the probability that
they are different colors. Find |Ps − Pd |.
1 1 2 1
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) (E)
2002 2001 2001 1000

18 For how many positive integers n is n3 − 8n2 + 20n − 13 a prime number?

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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) more than 4

19 If a, b, c are real numbers such that a2 + 2b = 7, b2 + 4c = −7, and c2 + 6a = −14, find a2 + b2 + c2 .

(A) 14 (B) 21 (C) 28 (D) 35 (E) 49

20 How many three-digit numbers have at least one 2 and at least one 3?
(A) 52 (B) 54 (C) 56 (D) 58 (E) 60

21 Let f be a real-valued function such that

 
2002
f (x) + 2f = 3x
x

for all x > 0. Find f (2).

(A) 1000 (B) 2000 (C) 3000 (D) 4000 (E) 6000

2002!
22 In how many zeroes does the number end?
(1001!)2
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 200 (E) 400

23 Let
12 22 32 10012
a= + + + ··· +
1 3 5 2001
and
12 22 32 10012
b= + + + ··· + .
3 5 7 2003
Find the integer closest to a − b.
(A) 500 (B) 501 (C) 999 (D) 1000 (E) 1001

24 What is the maximum value of n for which there is a set of distinct positive integers k1 , k2 , . . . , kn
for which
k12 + k22 + . . . + kn2 = 2002?
(A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) 17 (E) 18

25 Under the new AMC 10, 12 scoring method, 6 points are given for each correct answer, 2.5 points
are given for each unanswered question, and no points are given for an incorrect answer. Some
of the possible scores between 0 and 150 can be obtained in only one way, for example, the
only way to obtain a score of 146.5 is to have 24 correct answers and one unanswered ques-
tion. Some scores can be obtained in exactly two ways; for example, a score of 104.5 can be
obtained with 17 correct answers, 1 unanswered question, and 7 incorrect, and also with 12

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correct answers and 13 unanswered questions. There are three scores that can be obtained in
exactly three ways. What is their sum?
(A) 175 (B) 179.5 (C) 182 (D) 188.5 (E) 201

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