The document is a 30 question math competition test for students with questions ranging from calculating rates and percentages to simplifying expressions and solving equations. It provides instructions to not begin until instructed with a 40 minute time limit and to show work. The test covers a variety of math topics for different grade levels.
The document is a 30 question math competition test for students with questions ranging from calculating rates and percentages to simplifying expressions and solving equations. It provides instructions to not begin until instructed with a 40 minute time limit and to show work. The test covers a variety of math topics for different grade levels.
The document is a 30 question math competition test for students with questions ranging from calculating rates and percentages to simplifying expressions and solving equations. It provides instructions to not begin until instructed with a 40 minute time limit and to show work. The test covers a variety of math topics for different grade levels.
The document is a 30 question math competition test for students with questions ranging from calculating rates and percentages to simplifying expressions and solving equations. It provides instructions to not begin until instructed with a 40 minute time limit and to show work. The test covers a variety of math topics for different grade levels.
This booklet contains 30 questions. You will have 40
minutes to complete all the questions. Calculators, slide rules, books, or any other aids are not permitted to be
used during the contest. Calculations may be done on
scratch paper. All answers must be complete, legible, and simplified to lowest terms. Record only final an»
swers in the blank in the right column of the contest
booklet. If you complete the round before time is called, use the remaining time to check your answers.
MATHCOUNTS is cooperative project of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the CNA Insurance a 3 Companies, the Cray Research Foundation, the General Motors Foundation, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the United States Department of Education. 1. A motorist travels 402 miles in 6 hours. At that rate, how many hours will it take to travel 737 miles?
2. What is the greatest common factor (GCF) of 238
and 374?
3. The length and width of a rectangle have a ratio of
9:6. The perimeter is 40 cm. Find the length of the rectangle in centimeters.
* 4. if a b is defined as 2a -
ba, what value is
* associated with 3 2?
5. Find the difference between the sum of all even
numbers and the sum of all odd numbers from
0 through 1000.
6. Find the coordinate of the point on the number line
midway between the points whose coordinates are —.O76 and .924.
7. if x = 17 -
32, what is the value or ~3-x?
8. A family purchased a washer for $496. If they paid
25% down —and agreed to pay the remainder in twelve equal payments, how much, in dollars, was each payment? 9. The sum of three consecutive positive integers is 3x. Express the smallest of the three integers in terms of x.
10. 10. 50
40
Number of 30 responses
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10
10 20 30 40 50 60 minutes per day
The results of a recent surveygof subscribers to the
local daily newspaper were summarized in the table above showing the number of people who responded and the number of minutes per day they devote to reading the newspaper. What fractional part of the people surveyed spend 20 40 minutes —
per day reading thepaper?
11. Express as a fraction: 3’ + .001 11.
12. A worker gets a 25% increase in salary. if the new 12.
salary is $18,750, what was the old salary in dollars?
13. The arithmetic mean of eight numbers is 75. If the 13.
mean of three of these numbers is 60, find the mean of the remaining five numbers. 14. what arethe coordinates of the point that is 14. two-thirds of the way from (2,4) to (—1,1)?
15. John purchased three cassette tapes regularly 15.
priced $8.88 each. at One tape was reduced 12.5%, another was reduced 25%, and the other was half off. Find the total cost, in dollars, of the purchase.
16. The base of a triangle is three times the length of 16.
the altitude. If the area of the triangle is 73.5 cmz, find its altitude in centimeters.
17. Mary is 10 years younger than Gary. The sum of 17.
their ages is five times the difference of their ages. How many years old is Gary?
18. Ninety-nine decreased by 4; of 80 is the same 18.
as -2- of what number?
19. The area of a trapezoid is 144 mi’. The length of 19.
one base is 14 m. The altitude is 12 m. Find the length of the second base in meters.
20. There are 16 coins in a bank. if the coins are all 20. nickels and dimes and they total $1.05, how many nickels are there?
21. A student purchased
one-year membership in a a 21. health club for $390. She plans to visit the facility three times per week during the first year. To the nearest half-dollar, what is the cost per visit? 22. What is the largest prime factor of 360? 22. ,. \‘
23. Round to the
nearest whole number: \/1 9. 23.
:5’
24. if pair of regular fair dice are rolled, what
a is the 24. probability that the sum of the dots showing on the upper faces is a prime number?
29. Andre is reading “War and Peace” as a summer 29.
assignment. The book contains 1326 pages. He can read 234 pages in 6 days. if he always reads at the same rate, how many days will it take for him to read the entire book?
