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2013 AMC Senior Questions

The document provides instructions for participants in the Australian Mathematics Competition, detailing rules regarding the use of materials, answer sheet guidelines, and the structure of the competition. It includes information on the types of questions, scoring, and the importance of integrity in the competition. The document also outlines the format of the questions and the expectations for students during the event.
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2013 AMC Senior Questions

The document provides instructions for participants in the Australian Mathematics Competition, detailing rules regarding the use of materials, answer sheet guidelines, and the structure of the competition. It includes information on the types of questions, scoring, and the importance of integrity in the competition. The document also outlines the format of the questions and the expectations for students during the event.
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AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION SPONSORED BY THE COMMONWEALTH BANK AN ACTIVITY OF THE AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS TRUST [Austeatny Marwenancs Trust & Conmonwealthiark ‘TEACHER INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION GENERAL Do not open the booklet until told to do so by your teacher. NO calculators, slide rules, log tables, maths stencils, mobile phones or other calculating aids are permitted, Scribbting paper, gtaph paper, ruler and compasses are permitted, but are not essential. Diagrams are NOT drawn to scale, They are intended only as aids. There are 25 multiple-choice questions, each with 5 possible answers given and 5 questions that require a whole number answer between 0 and 999. The questions generally get harder as you work through the paper. ‘There is no penalty for an incorrect response. This is a competition not a test; do not expect to answer all questions. You are only competing against your ‘own year in your own country or Australian state so different years doing the same paper are not compared. . Read the instructions on the answer sheet carefully. Ensure your name, school name and school year are entered. It is your responsibility to correctly code your answer sheet. . When your teacher gives the signal, begin working on the problems. THE ANSWER SHEET 1. Use only lead pencil. 2. Record your answers on the reverse of the answer sheet (not on the question paper) by FULLY colouring the circle matching your answer. 3. Your answer sheet will be scanned. The optical scanner will attempt to read all markings even if they are in the wrong places, so please be careful not to doodle or write anything extra on the answer sheet. If you want to change an answer or remove any marks, use a plastic eraser and be sure to remove all marks and smudges. INTEGRITY OF THE COMPETITION ‘The AMT reserves the right to re-examine students before deciding whether to grant official status to their score, ENG eee Cadi) Senior Division Questions 1 to 10, 3 marks each 1. the oreion 2 i ult (ays (B) 0.5 (C) 0.05 (D) 0.005 (E) 0.0005, 2, Which of the following is 2 right-angled triangle? (a) (8) (©) 8, The yield from a farm increased by 20% this season to 114 tonnes. Last season the muzaber of tonnes yielded was (A) 90 (B) 91 (©) 98 (D) 94 (B} 95 1¢ cube root of 201.320 132013 is closest to (A) 600 (B) 5000 (©) 6000 (D) 50000 () 60000 5. If p = 4b +26 and b is a positive integer, then p could not be divisible by (aya (Ba (os (0) 6 er 6. The first five terms of a sequence are shown. 1,21, ‘After the second term, each term ean be obtained by subtracting from the previous term the term before that. What is the sum of the first 42 terms of this sequence? (Ajo (B) 4 (C) 12 (D) 24 (E) 30 82 7. A line on a number plane passes through the vertical axis at 1 and the horizontal axis between 2 ‘and 3, a8 shown, Which of the following equations could be the equation of this line? (A) 52+ 12y~12=0 (B) 4z+y4+1=0 (C) 30-7 +70 (D) 32 -2y+2=0 (B) 224+3y-3=0 8. When Cody races Charis over 100 metres, Cody wins by 5 metres (that is, when Cody finishes, Chris still has 5 metres to run). When Chris races Joseph over 100 metres, Chris-wins by 10 metres. If Cody races Joseph over 100 metres, what will Cody's winning margin be, in metres? (A) 155 (B) 15 (145 (D) 14 (6) 13.5 9. On a ranch in Peru, there are two types of animals, Hamas and alpacas. The ranch also has a number of managers, The ratio of llamas to alpacas is 2:3 and the ratio of alpacas to managers is 8: 1, The ratio of animals to managers is (A) 16:3 (B) 13:1 ©@2:1 () 40:3 (B) 20:3 10. Starting with the number 0 on thy calculator, I do a calculation in five steps. At each step, I either add 1 or multiply by 2. What is the smallest number that cannot be the final result? (A) 11 ~ (B) 10 (C)9 (D)8 {E)7 Questions 11 to 20, 4 marks each 11. A box contains three bags. One bag contains one white pebble and three black pebbles. Another bag also contains one white pebble and three black pebbles. ‘The remaining bag contains one white pebble and four black pebbles. You reach into the box and randomly pull out a bag, then reach into the bag and randomly pull out a pebble, What is the probability that this pebble is white? as @s (Og OF oF 12. A region on a number plaite is enclosed by the z-axis, the y-axis, the line © = 2 and the graph of the function y = f(«) where 1 for s2S1 som (hy (TAF forter<2 The area of this region, in square units, is 5 vat saat 7 3 +t (ose (D) 240 245 ~ s3 _ 13. Three squares, with side lengths 3em, Sem and 8 cm, are arranged in a row as shown. ‘The area, in square centimetres, of the shaded trapezium is wr ®) oF (p14 14. A square of perimeter 20cm is inscribed in a square of perimeter 28cm. What is the greatest distance between a vertex of the inner square and a vertex of the outer square, in centimetres? < (A) vB (B) we os (0) VE (®) 5v3 15. Six different two-digit numbers aro formed using three diferent non-zero digits. The sum of five of those six numbers equals 100, What isthe sixth number? (ayaa (B22 4 (0) 54 er , 16. Three darts are thrown at the 3 x 3 grid, each landing in a different sinall square. After each throw, each of the remaining small squares is equally likely to be hit. | i. Lit | ‘What is the probebility that: the squares in which they land form a horizontal, vertical or diagonal or os ory S4 17. What is the largest possible volume of a box with rectangular faces of integer dimensions where the long diagonal XY = 97 . (A) 32 (B81 (©) 90 (D) 108 @®iw 18. The number of different ordered pairs (2, y) which satisfy the equation 20? — 2ay + y? = 169 where 2 and y are integers and 2 > 0 is (a2 (Ba @s (7 @s 19. A running track encloses an area formed by a rectangle joined to two semicircles, as shown in the diagram below. If the length of the track must be 400 metres, then what is the maximum possible area of the rectangle, issquare metres? (ay ey (e 2008 (c) 208 (0) 10000 20 20. In how many ways can 2013 be expressed as the sum of two or mote consceutive positive integers? As (6 (7 (@)s 9 Questions 21 to 25, 5 marks each 2. Ha? 2 +3 then 2® equals (A) te412 (B) 12247 (0) Ite 417 (D) 192 +21 (B) te +19 85 22, The rectangle PQRS shown has PQ = 4, PS = 12 and centre C. ‘The two shaded circles have radius 1 and touch PS et U and V where PU = 1 and PV = 4. ‘The line CW divides the unshaded area in half. The length of PW is Q z (a? @; wt 5 ©} 28. ‘Throe non-zero real numbers ,y,z can be found such that VEFU+ GFE Vive, 1a 142 ety (ayo ® (a (0) eve @)etyte 1 + must be equal to 24, A two-digit number is written on the blackboard and five students make the following statements about the number. Amy: ‘The number is prime. 7 Ben: The number can be expressed as the sum of two perfect squares. Con: At least one of the digits in the number is a 7. Dan: The number obtained by reversing the digits is odd and composite. Bye: The number differs from a prime number by 2. If only one of the students is wrong, who is it? (A) Amy (B) Ben (©) Con (B) Don (E) Eve 25. Two spheres, one of radius 1 and the other of radius 2, touch externally at P. A plane through P cuts the volume of the shape formed by these two spheres in the ratio 1: 2. In what ratio does this plane cut the volume of the smaller sphere? (aye (Bare (C)is3 (aru 2:5 86 For questions 26 to 80, shade the answer as an integer from 0 to 999 in the space provided on the answer sheet. Question 26 is 6 marks, question 27 is 7 marks, question 28 is 8 marks, question 29 is 9 marks and question 30 is 10 marks. 26. A hockey game between two teams is ‘relatively close’ if the number of goals scored by the two teams never differ by more than two. In how meny ways can the first 12 goals of a game be scored if tho game is ‘relatively close’? 27. The point X is inside the square PORS. X is 25m from R, 51m from $ and 63% from P. The distance of X from cach side of the square is an integer munber of metres, What is the area, in square metres, of APQX? 28, All the digits of the positive integer N are either 0 or 1. The remainder after dividing N by 37 is 18. What is tho smallest mimber of times that the digit 1 can appear in V? 29. The points X,¥ and Z are on the sides of APQR as shown, such that QZ:ZY :YR=1:2:8and PX:XR=4:5 rT If QS = Llem, find the length of ST, in centimetres. ‘30. An acute-angled triangle lies in the plane such that the coordinates of its vertices are all different integers and no sides are parallel to the coordinate axes. If the triangle has arca 348 and one side of length 29, what is the product of the lengths of the other two sides?

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