2002 Chapter Critical Math Solutions
2002 Chapter Critical Math Solutions
2002 Chapter Critical Math Solutions
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N = -3, N = 2
N is negative so N = -3 Answer
13. The prime numbers between 30 and 50 are
31, 37, 41, 43, and 47.
31 + 37 + 41 + 43 + 47 = 199 Answer
14. The circular spinner is divided by radii into
5 wedge-shaped pieces such that 4 pieces
have equal area and the area of the
remaining piece is twice the area of any one
of the other pieces. The figure shows what
the spinner looks like.
17 x
=9
y
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x
9
=
Answer
y 17
There are 12 possible doors to enter, but
since we must leave by a different door,
only 11 possible doors to exit by. Order
counts, i.e., entering by door 1 and leaving
by door 2 is different from entering by door
2 and leaving by door 1.
12 11 = 132 Answer
A jar contains 10 red, 7 blue and 5 yellow
marbles. Therefore, there are a total of 10 +
7 + 5 = 22 marbles. We wish to find out
how many blue marbles must be added to
change the probability of randomly selecting
a blue marble from the jar to greater than
1
. The easiest way to do this is to
2
determine how many blue marbles must be
1
added to make the probability . Then we
2
can just add 1 to that. Let x = the number of
marbles that must be added to make the
1
probability of selecting a marble .
2
7+ x
1
=
22 + x 2
22 + x = 14 + 2x
8=x
If we add 8 blue marbles that gives us 7 + 8
= 15 marbles out of a total of 22 + 8 = 30
1
marbles and that is definitely . But the
2
1
probability must be greater than
so we
2
must add one more blue marble.
8 + 1 = 9 Answer
If a positive perfect square is a multiple of 9,
then we need to look at positive integers
who can be factored into 9 and x, where x is
also a perfect square (otherwise the product
would not be a perfect square). In addition,
the positive integer must be less than 300.
300
33... Therefore, all squares less than
9
33 will suffice. The squares less than 33 are
1, 4, 9, 16, and 25. So, there are 5 positive
perfect squares less than 300 that are
multiples of 9. 5 Answer
We need to find the LCM of 1332 and 888.
In the rows of the table below, the leftmost
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x=6
x + 1 = 7 Answer
27. Tiling a 24-foot by 72-foot rectangular floor
with 1-foot by 1-foot square tiles means that
there will be 24 tiles in each row of the
shorter side and 72 on the longer side. To
move through 1 row on the shorter side, on a
diagonal, you will have to travel through 3
squares on the longer side as in this smaller
sample:
24 3 = 72 Answer
28. There are 697 days in a year on Mars. Each
week has 12 days. Therefore, there are
697
= 58 weeks and 1 day left over. If year
12
0 begins with day 1 one of the week, then it
ends on day 1 of the 59th week. Year 1 must
start on day 2, year 2 on day 3 and so on to
year 11 on day 12. So, the next year on
which the first day is day 1 is year 12.
Answer
29. ABB
+BBA
CABC
ABC
C is the thousands digit. Because neither the
first number or second number is greater
than 1000, C must be 1. Looking at the
units digits in the addition, B + A = C.
Either B + A = 1 or B + A = 11 and the tens
unit is carried. If B + A = 11, then looking
at the tens digits we have B + B + 1 = B
with a carry. 2B + 1 can be 11, 13, 15, 17 or
19 when B = 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. . B could not be 0
through 4 because the ones digits in 2B + 1
cant be B. When B = 9 we get 9 2 + 1 =
19 So C = 1 and B = 9. Looking at the
hundreds digits we have A + B + 1 = A with
a carry of 1. A + 9 + 1 = A and this holds.
What is A? Looking back at the units
addition: B + A = 11 = 9 + A, so A = 2.
299 + 992 = 1291
Are we done? In the addition of the units
digits, suppose that C was 1 with no carry.
Can this happen? No, because this would
mean A + B = 1. The addition of the
hundreds digits would imply that A + B = 1
plus a possible carry from the tens digit
addition, but that would never be large
enough to create a carry to the thousands
( ) (3 ) (3 )
33 3 2
3 3
4 3
= 9x
33 3 6 3 9 312 = 9 x
3
(3+ 6+ 9+12)
=9
3 = 9 = 9x
x = 15 Answer
TARGET ROUND
30
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TEAM ROUND
1.
A = r 2
Using 100 as the area:
100 = r 2
100
r2 =
31.831098862
r 5.641895835
Using 120 as the area:
2.
120 = r 2
120
r2 =
38.19718634
r 6.180387232
The only whole number between 5.6 and 6.1
is 6.
6 2 = 12 Answer
Let x be the price of the coat originally. If
there is a 20% discount, the coat will cost
80% of the original value or 0.8x. There is
now a 30% discount on the price of the coat.
This means that the coat will cost 70% of its
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0.882186471
168 + 60 356.4955592
0.882186471 100 = 88.2186471
Rounding to the nearest whole number gives
88 Answer
-12 x 20
-70 y -10
A = the greatest possible value of x - y
B = the least possible value of x + y
The greatest possible value of x - y occurs
when x is the largest positive value and y is
the smallest negative value.
20 - (-70) = 20 + 70 = 90 = A
The least possible value of x + y occurs
when x is smallest and y is smallest.
-12 + -70 = -82 = B
A - B = 90 - (-82) = 90 + 82 = 172 Answer
The area of pentagonal region QWXYZ is
50 square inches. The area of semicircular
region ABC is 80 square inches. PQ = 7 and
QR = 6.