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1. Two sides of scalene △ABC measure 3 centimeters and 5 centimeters. How many different
whole centimeter lengths are possible for the third side?

2. The diagonals of a rectangle intersect at point P . Point P is 5 centimeters further from the
shorter side than the longer side. The perimeter of the rectangle is 44 centimeters. What is the number of
square centimeters in the area of the rectangle?

3. In pentagon ABCDE, BC = CD = DE = 2 units, ∠E is a right angle and

m∠B√= m∠C = m∠D = 135◦ . The length of segment AE can be expressed in simplest radical form as
a + 2 b units. What is the value of a + b?

4. In circle O, shown, OP = 2 units, P L = 8 units, P K = 9 units and N K = 18 units. Points

K, P, and M are collinear, as are points L, P, O, and N. What is the length of segment M N ?

M
O
P

K
L

5. In triangle ABC, AB = 12 units and AC = 9 units. Point D is on segment BC so that

BD : DC = 2 : 1. If AD = 6 units, what is the length of segment BC? Express your answer in simplest
radical form.

6. A regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle and another regular hexagon is circumscribed about
the same circle. What is the ratio of the area of the larger hexagon to the area of the smaller hexagon?
Express your answer as a common fraction.
7. In the figure shown, two lines intersect at a right angle, and two semicircles are drawn so that
each semicircle has its diameter on one line and is tangent to the other line. The larger semicircle has radius
1. The smaller semicircle intersects the larger semicircle, dividing the larger semicircular arc in the ratio 1 : 5.
What is the radius of the smaller semicircle? Express your answer in simplest radical form.

8. The lengths indicated on the rectangle shown are in centimeters. What is the number of
square centimeters in the area of the shaded region?

5 9
2
6
6
2
9 5

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 9. In right triangle ABC, M and N are midpoints of legs AB and BC, respectively. Leg AB is 6
units long, and leg BC is 8 units long. How many square units are in the area of △AP C?

M
P

B N C

10. Circle O has radius 10 units. Point P is on radius OQ and OP = 6 units. How many different
chords containing P , including the diameter, have integer lengths?

O Q
P

11. The area of the largest

√ equilateral triangle that can be inscribed in a square of side length 1
unit can be expressed in the form a b − c square units, where a, b, and c are integers. What is the value of
a + b + c?

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12. In the figure below, the shaded region is formed by drawing two parallel segments which
connect the midpoints of congruent squares. Each square has side length 1 centimeter. What is the number of
square centimeters in the shaded region? Express your answer as a common fraction.

13. Two cross sections of a right hexagonal pyramid are obtained√by cutting the pyramid√ with
planes parallel to the hexagonal base. The areas of the cross sections are 216 3 square feet and 486 3 square
feet. The two planes are 8 feet apart. How far from the apex of the pyramid is the larger cross section, in
feet?

14. A cubical room has edge length 10 feet with A and B denoting two corners that are farthest
apart. A caterpillar crawls from A to B along the walls. In feet, what is the length of the shortest path from
A to B that the caterpillar may have taken? Express your answer in simplest radical form.

15. In the diagram, circle Q is congruent to circle W , and both are tangent to circle O and to
each other. Circle S and circle T are congruent and are tangent to circle O, to circle Q and to circle W . Find
the ratio of the area of the smallest circle to the largest circle.

S T
O

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16. An isosceles triangle has two sides of length 7 and an area of 16. What is the product of all
possible values of its perimeter?

17. A sphere of radius 4 inches is inscribed in a cone with a base of radius 6 inches. In inches,
what is the height of the cone? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.

18. Triangle ABC has side lengths 9, 10 and 13, with D the midpoint of side BC. What is the
length of segment AD?

19. From a circular piece of paper with radius BC, Jeff removes the unshaded sector shown.
Using the larger shaded sector, he joins edge BC to edge BA (without overlap) to form a cone of radius 12
centimeters and of volume 432π cubic centimeters. What is the number of degrees in the measure of angle
ABC of the sector that is not used?

C
B

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20. Point P is on AB. Point A has coordinates (3, 11) and point B has coordinates (18, 1). The
ratio of AP : P B = 2 : 3. What is the sum of the coordinates of point P ?

21. The lengths, in order, of four consecutive sides of an equiangular hexagon are 1, 7, 2 and 4
units, respectively. What is the sum of the lengths of the two remaining sides?

22. The formula for the area of any rectangle with a perimeter of 20 units can be written as
A = m − nd2 , where d is the length of the diagonal and m and n are constants. What is the value of the
product mn?

23. What is the total surface area of the largest regular tetrahedron that can be inscribed inside
of a cube of edge length 1 cm? Express your answer in simplest radical form.

24. In each of three boxes are four straws with integer length 1 cm through 4 cm, inclusive. A
straw is randomly selected from each box. What is the probability that a triangle can be formed with the
three straws chosen? Express your answer as a common fraction.

25. If the diameter of a right cylindrical can with circular bases is increased by 25%, by what
percent should the height be increased in order to double the volume of the original can?

26. In the diagram, RECT and LON G are rectangles. How many square units are in the area of
LON G?

T 1O C

3
7
L
N

R E
G

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27. A circle is inscribed in a quarter-circle. The circle has radius r and the quarter-circle has
radius R. Express in simplest radical form r/R.

28. Each side of an equilateral triangle is 8 inches long. An altitude of this triangle is used as a
side of a square. What is the number of square inches of the area of the square?

29. A circle with center O has radius 8 units and circle P has radius 2 units. The circles are
externally tangent to each other at point Q. Segment T S is the common external tangent to circle O and
circle P at points T and S, respectively. What is the length of segment OS? Express your answer in simplest
radical form.

30. A medieval weapon in the shape shown consists of 4 arcs which are semicircles of radius 6
inches. Point X is the centroid of the weapon. How many square inches are in the area of the cross-section of
the weapon shown?

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