High School Olympic Math Contest practice (4) Part A
1. The value of 2448816 is
(a) 216 (b) 252 (c) 268 (d) 284 (e) none of these
2. The number of non-congruent rectangles with integer sides and area 2006 = 2 × 17 × 59 is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8 (e) none of these
3. When (1 + 𝑥)(1 + 𝑥 2 )(1 + 𝑥 3 )(1 + 𝑥 4 )(1 + 𝑥 5 ) is expanded, the coefficient of the term 𝑥 9 is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3 (e) 4
4. On a plane are two points A and B at a distance 5 apart. The number of straight lines in this plane which are
at a distance 2 from A and at a distance 3 from B is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3 (e) 4
5. The largest divisor of 2,014,000,000 is itself. What is its fifth largest divisor?
(A) 125,875,000 (B) 201,400,000 (C) 251,750,000 (D) 402,800,000 (E) 503,500,000
6. The average (mean) of 20 numbers is 30, and the average of 30 other numbers is 20. What is the average of
all 50 numbers?
(A) 23 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 27
7. Six regular hexagons surround a regular hexagon of side length 2 as shown. What is the area of ∆ABC?
(A) 12√3 (B)3√3 (C)1 + 3√2 (D)2 + 2√3 (E)3 + 2√3
8. Danica drove her new car on a trip for a whole number of hours, averaging 55 miles per hour. At the beginning
of the trip, 𝑎𝑏𝑐 miles was displayed on the odometer, where 𝑎𝑏𝑐 is a 3-digit number with a ≥ 1 and 𝑎 + 𝑏 +
𝑐 ≤ 7. At the end of the trip, the odometer showed cba miles. What is a2 + b2 + c2 ?
(A) 26 (B) 27 (C) 36 (D) 37 (E) 41
9. How many positive integers n satisfy the following condition: (130𝑛)50 > 𝑛100 > 2200 ?
(A) 0 (B) 7 (C) 12 (D) 65 (E) 125
10. There are two values of a for which the equation 4𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 8𝑥 + 9 = 0has only one solution for 𝑥. What
is the sum of those values of 𝑎?
(A) −16 (B) −8 (C) 0 (D) 8 (E) 20
11. Which expression is equal to |𝑎 − 2 − √(𝑎 − 1)2 | for 𝑎 < 0?
(A) 3 − 2𝑎 (B) 1 − 𝑎 (C) 1 (D) 𝑎 + 1 (E) 3
1 𝑚 1
12. Ted mistakenly wrote 2𝑚 ∙ √4096 𝑎𝑠 2 ∙ √4096. What is the sum of all real numbers m for which these
two expressions have the same value?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
13. Quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 with side lengths 𝐴𝐵 = 7, 𝐵𝐶 = 24, 𝐶𝐷 = 20, 𝐷𝐴 = 15 is inscribed in a circle. The
𝑎𝜋−𝑏
area interior to the circle but exterior to the quadrilateral can be written in the form 𝑐
, where 𝑎, 𝑏, and 𝑐 are
positive integers such that a and c have no common prime factor. What is 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐?
(A) 260 (B) 855 (C) 1235 (D) 1565 (E) 1997
14. The roots of the polynomial 10𝑥 3 − 39𝑥 2 + 29𝑥 − 6 are the height, length, and width of a rectangular box
(right rectangular prism. A new rectangular box is formed by lengthening each edge of the original box by 2
units. What is the volume of the new box?
24 42 81
(A) (B) (C) (D) 30 (E) 48
5 5 5
̅̅̅̅̅ are there whose nonzero digits 𝑎, 𝑏, and 𝑐 satisfy
15. How many three-digit positive integers 𝑎𝑏𝑐
1
̅̅̅̅̅ = (0. 𝑎̅ + 0. 𝑏̅ + 0. 𝑐̅)?
0. 𝑎𝑏𝑐 3
(The bar indicates repetition, thus 0. ̅̅̅̅̅
𝑎𝑏𝑐 in the infinite repeating decimal 0. 𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑎𝑏𝑐 ∙∙∙)
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 13 (E) 14
16. Define 𝐿𝑛 as the least common multiple of all the integers from 1 to n inclusive. There is a unique integer ℎ
1 1 1 1 ℎ
such that 1 + 2 + 3 +∙∙∙ + 17 = 𝐿
17
What is the remainder when ℎ is divided by 17?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 9
17. A four-term sequence is formed by adding each term of a four-term arithmetic sequence of positive integers
to the corresponding term of a four-term geometric sequence of positive integers. The first three terms of the
resulting four-term sequence are 57,60, and 91. What is the fourth term of this sequence?
(A) 190 (B) 194 (C) 198 (D) 202 (E) 206
18. Find 𝑎 if 𝑎 and 𝑏 are integers such that 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 1 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑥 17 + 𝑏𝑥 16 + 1 .
