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1 A cell phone plan costs $20 each month, plus 5¢ per text message sent, plus 10¢ for each minute
used over 30 hours. In January Michelle sent 100 text messages and talked for 30.5 hours. How
much did she have to pay?
(A)$24.00 (B)$24.50 (C)$25.50 (D)$28.00 (E)$30.00

2 A small bottle of shampoo can hold 35 milliliters of shampoo, whereas a large bottle can hold
500 milliliters of shampoo. Jasmine wants to buy the minimum number of small bottles neces-
sary to completely fill a large bottle. How many bottles must she buy?
(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15

3 Suppose [a b] denotes the average of a and b, and {a b c} denotes the average of a, b, and c.
What is {{1 1 0} [0 1] 0}?
2 5 1 7 2
(A) 9 (B) 18 (C) 3 (D) 18 (E) 3

4 Let X and Y be the following sums of arithmetic sequences:

X = 10 + 12 + 14 + · · · + 100,
Y = 12 + 14 + 16 + · · · + 102.

What is the value of Y − X?

(A) 92 (B) 98 (C) 100 (D) 102 (E) 112

5 At an elementary school, the students in third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade run an aver-
age of 12, 15, and 10 minutes per day, respectively. There are twice as many third graders as
fourth graders, and twice as many fourth graders as fifth graders. What is the average number
of minutes run per day by these students?
37 88
(A) 12 (B) 3 (C) 7 (D) 13 (E) 14

6 Set A has 20 elements, and set B has 15 elements. What is the smallest possible number of
elements in A ∪ B, the union of A and B?
(A) 5 (B) 15 (C) 20 (D) 35 (E) 300

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7 Which of the following equations does NOT have a solution?

√ √
(A) (x + 7)2 = 0 (B) | − 3x| + 5 = 0 (C) −x − 2 = 0 (D) x − 8 = 0 (E) | − 3x| − 4 = 0

8 Last summer 30% of the birds living on Town Lake were geese, 25% were swans, 10% were
herons, and 35% were ducks. What percent of the birds that were not swans were geese?
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) 50 (E) 60

9 A rectangular region is bounded by the graphs of the equations y = a, y = −b, x = −c, and
x = d, where a, b, c, and d are all positive numbers. Which of the following represents the area
of this region?
(A) ac + ad + bc + bd (B) ac − ad + bc − bd (C) ac + ad − bc − bd (D) − ac − ad +
bc + bd (E) ac − ad − bc + bd

10 A majority of the 30 students in Ms. Deameanor’s class bought pencils at the school bookstore.
Each of these students bought the same number of pencils, and this number was greater than
1. The cost of a pencil in cents was greater than the number of pencils each student bought,
and the total cost of all the pencils was $17.71. What was the cost of a pencil in cents?
(A) 7 (B) 11 (C) 17 (D) 23 (E) 77

11 Square EF GH has one vertex on each side of square ABCD. Point E is on AB with AE =
7 · EB. What is the ratio of the area of EF GH to the area of ABCD?
√ √
49
(A) 64 (B) 25
32 (C) 78 (D) 5 8 2 (E) 14
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12 The players on a basketball team made some three-point shots, some two-point shots, and
some one-point free throws. They scored as many points with two-point shots as with three-
point shots. Their number of successful free throws was one more than their number of suc-
cessful two-point shots. The team’s total score was 61 points. How many free throws did they
make?
(A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 16 (E) 17

13 How many even integers are there between 200 and 700 whose digits are all different and come
from the set 1,2,5,7,8,9?
(A) 12 (B) 20 (C) 72 (D) 120 (E) 200

14 A pair of standard 6-sided fair dice is rolled once. The sum of the numbers rolled determines
the diameter of a circle. What is the probability that the numerical value of the area of the circle
is less than the numerical value of the circle’s circumference?
1 1
(A) 36 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 14 5
(E) 18

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15 Roy bought a new battery-gasoline hybrid car. On a trip the car ran exclusively on its battery for
the first 40 miles, then ran exclusively on gasoline for the rest of the trip, using gasoline at a rate
of 0.02 gallons per mile. On the whole trip he averaged 55 miles per gallon. How long was the
trip in miles?
(A) 140 (B) 240 (C) 440 (D) 640 (E) 840
p √ p √
16 Which of the following is equal to 9 − 6 2 + 9 + 6 2?
√ √ √ √
(A) 3 2 (B) 2 6 (C) 7 2 2 (D) 3 3 (E) 6

17 In the eight-term sequence A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, the value of C is 5 and the sum of any three
consecutive terms is 30. What is A + H?
(A) 17 (B) 18 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 43

18 Circles A, B, and C each have radius 1. Circles A and B share one point of tangency. Circle C
has a point of tangency with the midpoint of AB. What is the area inside Circle C but outside
circle A and circle B ?

A B

π π 3π π
(A) 3 − 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 4 (E) 1 + 2

19 In 1991 the population of a town was a perfect square. Ten years later, after an increase of
150 people, the population was 9 more than a perfect square. Now, in 2011, with an increase
of another 150 people, the population is once again a perfect square. Which of the following is
closest to the percent growth of the town’s population during this twenty-year period?
(A) 42 (B) 47 (C) 52 (D) 57 (E) 62

20 Two points on the circumference of a circle of radius r are selected independently and at ran-
dom. From each point a chord of length r is drawn in a clockwise direction. What is the probability
that the two chords intersect?

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(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3 (E) 2

21 Two counterfeit coins of equal weight are mixed with 8 identical genuine coins. The weight of
each of the counterfeit coins is different from the weight of each of the genuine coins. A pair of
coins is selected at random without replacement from the 10 coins. A second pair is selected at
random without replacement from the remaining 8 coins. The combined weight of the first pair
is equal to the combined weight of the second pair. What is the probability that all 4 selected
coins are genuine?
7 9 11 15 15
(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 19 (E) 16

22 Each vertex of convex pentagon ABCDE is to be assigned a color. There are 6 colors to choose
from, and the ends of each diagonal must have different colors. How many different colorings
are possible?
(A) 2520 (B) 2880 (C) 3120 (D) 3250 (E) 3750

23 Seven students count from 1 to 1000 as follows:

-Alice says all the numbers, except she skips the middle number in each consecutive group of
three numbers. That is, Alice says 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, · · · , 997, 999, 1000.
-Barbara says all of the numbers that Alice doesn’t say, except she also skips the middle number
in each consecutive group of three numbers.
-Candice says all of the numbers that neither Alice nor Barbara says, except she also skips the
middle number in each consecutive group of three numbers.
-Debbie, Eliza, and Fatima say all of the numbers that none of the students with the first names
beginning before theirs in the alphabet say, except each also skips the middle number in each
of her consecutive groups of three numbers.
-Finally, George says the only number that no one else says.
What number does George say?
(A) 37 (B) 242 (C) 365 (D) 728 (E) 998

24 Two distinct regular tetrahedra have all their vertices among the vertices of the same unit cube.
What is the volume of the region formed by the intersection of the tetrahedra?
√ √ √
1 2 3 1 2
(A) 12 (B) 12 (C) 12 (D) 6 (E) 6

25 Let R be a square region and n ≥ 4 an integer. A point X in the interior of R is called n-ray
partitional if there are n rays emanating from X that divide R into n triangles of equal area. How
many points are 100-ray partitional but not 60-ray partitional?
(A) 1500 (B) 1560 (C) 2320 (D) 2480 (E) 2500

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1 What is
2+4+6 1+3+5
− ?
1+3+5 2+4+6
5 7 147 43
(A) − 1 (B) 36 (C) 12 (D) 60 (E) 3

2 Josanna’s test scores to date are 90, 80, 70, 60, and 85. Her goal is to raise her test average at
least 3 points with her next test. What is the minimum test score she would need to accomplish
this goal?
(A) 80 (B) 82 (C) 85 (D) 90 (E) 95

3 At a store, when a length is reported as x inches that means the length is at least x − 0.5 inches
and at most x+0.5 inches. Suppose the dimensions of a rectangular tile are reported as 2 inches
by 3 inches. In square inches, what is the minimum area for the rectangle?
(A) 3.75 (B) 4.5 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 8.75

4 LeRoy and Bernardo went on a week-long trip together and agreed to share the costs equally.
Over the week, each of them paid for various joint expenses such as gasoline and car rental. At
the end of the trip it turned out that LeRoy had paid A dollars and Bernardo had paid B dollars,
where A < B. How many dollars must LeRoy give to Bernardo so that they share the costs
equally?
A+B A−B B−A
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) B − A (E) A + B

5 In multiplying two positive integers a and b, Ron reversed the digits of the two-digit number a.
His errorneous product was 161. What is the correct value of the product of a and b?
(A) 116 (B) 161 (C) 204 (D) 214 (E) 224

6 On Halloween Casper ate 13 of his candies and then gave 2 candies to his brother. The next day
he ate 31 of his remaining candies and then gave 4 candies to his sister. On the third day he ate
his final 8 candies. How many candies did Casper have at the beginning?
(A) 30 (B) 39 (C) 48 (D) 57 (E) 66

7 The sum of two angles of a triangle is 56 of a right angle, and one of these two angles is 30◦
larger than the other. What is the degree measure of the largest angle in the triangle?
(A) 69 (B) 72 (C) 90 (D) 102 (E) 108

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8 At a certain beach if it is at least 80◦ F and sunny, then the beach will be crowded. On June 10
the beach was not crowded. What can be said about the weather conditions on June 10?
(A) The temperature was cooler than 80◦ F and it was not sunny. (B) The temperature was
cooler than 80◦ F or it was not sunny. (C) If the temperature was at least 80◦ F , then it was
sunny. (D) If the temperature was cooler than 80◦ F , then it was sunny. (E) If the temperature
was cooler than 80◦ F , then it was not sunny.

9 The area of △EBD is one third of the area of 3 − 4 − 5 △ABC. Segment DE is perpendicular
to segment AB. What is BD?

C
E
3 4

A 5D B

4
√ 9
√
4 3 5
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3 (E) 2

10 Consider the set of numbers {1, 10, 102 , 103 , ...1010 }. The ratio of the largest element of the set
to the sum of the other ten elements of the set is closest to which integer?
(A) 1 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 101

11 There are 52 people in a room. What is the largest value of n such that the statement ”At least
n people in this room have birthdays falling in the same month” is always true?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 12

12 Keiko walks once around a track at exactly the same constant speed every day. The sides of the
track are straight, and the ends are semicircles. The track has width 6 meters, and it takes her
36 seconds longer to walk around the outside edge of the track than around the inside edge.
What is Keiko’s speed in meters per second?
π 2π 4π 5π
(A) 3 (B) 3 (C) π (D) 3 (E) 3

13 Two real numbers are selected independently at random from the interval [-20, 10]. What is the
probability that the product of those numbers is greater than zero?
1 1 4 5 2
(A) 9 (B) 3 (C) 9 (D) 9 (E) 3

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14 A rectangular parking lot has a diagonal of 25 meters and an area of 168 square meters. In
meters, what is the perimeter of the parking lot?
(A) 52 (B) 58 (C) 62 (D) 68 (E) 70

15 Let @ denote the ”averaged with” operation: a @ b = 2 . Which of the following distributive laws
a+b

hold for all numbers x, y and z?

I. x @ (y+z) = (x @ y) + (x @ z)
II. x + (y @ z) = (x + y) @ (x + z)
III. x @ (y @ z) = (x @ y) @ (x @ z)
(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and III only (E) II and III only

16 A dart board is a regular octagon divided into regions as shown. Suppose that a dart thrown at
the board is equally likely to land anywhere on the board. What is probability that the dart lands
within the center square?

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

17 In the given circle, the diameter EB is parallel to DC, and AB is parallel to ED. The angles AEB
and ABE are in the ratio 4 : 5. What is the degree measure of angle BCD?

E B

D C

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(A) 120 (B) 125 (C) 130 (D) 135 (E) 140

18 Rectangle ABCD has AB = 6 and BC = 3. Point M is chosen on side AB so that ∠AM D =

∠CM D. What is the degree measure of ∠AM D?
(A) 15 (B) 30 (C) 45 (D) 60 (E) 75

19 What is the product of all the roots of the equation

p p
5|x| + 8 = x2 − 16.

(A) − 64 (B) − 24 (C) − 9 (D) 24 (E) 576

20 Rhombus ABCD has side length 2 and ∠B = 120◦ . Region R consists of all points inside the
rhombus that are closer to vertex B than any of the other three vertices. What is the area of R?
√ √ √ √
3 3 2 3 3
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1 + 3 (E) 2

21 Brian writes down four integers w > x > y > z whose sum is 44. The pairwise positive dif-
ferences of these numbers are 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9. What is the sum of the possible values for
w?
(A) 16 (B) 31 (C) 48 (D) 62 (E) 93

22 A pyramid has a square base with sides of length 1 and has lateral faces that are equilateral
triangles. A cube is placed within the pyramid so that one face is on the base of the pyramid
and its opposite face has all its edges on the lateral faces of the pyramid. What is the volume
of this cube?
√ √ √ √ √
(A) 5 2 − 7 (B) 7 − 4 3 (C) 2272 (D) 92 (E) 93

23 What is the hundreds digit of 20112011 ?

(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 9

24 A lattice point in an xy-coordinate system is any point (x, y) where both x and y are integers.
The graph of y = mx + 2 passes through no lattice point with 0 < x ≤ 100 for all m such that
2 < m < a. What is the maximum possible value of a?
1

51 50 51 52 13
(A) 101 (B) 99 (C) 100 (D) 101 (E) 25

25 Let T1 be a triangle with sides 2011, 2012, and 2013. For n ≥ 1, if Tn = △ABC and D, E, and F
are the points of tangency of the incircle of △ABC to the sides AB, BC and AC, respectively,
then Tn+1 is a triangle with side lengths AD, BE, and CF , if it exists. What is the perimeter of
the last triangle in the sequence (Tn )?

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(A) 8 (B) 32 (C) 64 (D) 128 (E) 256

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