Sprint Round

1. If f(x) = (x+5)(x-5) and g(x)=(x^2)/(x). Find g(f(10)+1)

2. If Jim received some presents. His trucks outnumber four times

his bikes by 2. And, his trucks minus 10 equals the number of
bikes, how many bikes does Jim have?

3. From this equation, derive the quadratic formula: ax² + bx + c =

0.

4. Seth flew 910 miles. Isis flew 480 miles. It took Seth 2 hours
longer to reach his destination, but his speed was 3/2 Isis’s speed.

Find Isis’s speed to the nearest whole number.

5. What is the value of: ?

6. What is the 1,896,253rd digit in the decimal expansion 1/41?

7. A cannonball with a 4-inch radius sinks to the bottom of a barrel

full of water, raising the water level by 1/3 of an inch. What
 is the radius of the cylindrical barrel?

8. Kaitlyn is making a snowman with three large balls of snow. She

rolls three snowballs so that top has a 2-foot diameter, the
middle has a 3-foot diameter, and the bottom has a 4-foot
diameter. If the weight of the top ball is 80 pounds, what is
the weight of the entire snowman?
9. The 5th term of an arithmetic sequence is 18 and the 9th term is
24. What is the 99th term?

10. Find the sum of:

11. Ten friends go out to dinner together: 7 order an appetizer, 5

order soup, and 4 order salad. If everyone orders something,
but no one orders exactly two things, how many people order

all three things?

12. Paul flips a fair coin eight times. In how many ways can he flip
at least two heads?

13. Lisa shakes her piggy bank which contains 5 quarters and 5
nickels until 5 coins fall out. Assuming nickels and quarters
fall out with equal probability, what is the probability that the
sum of the change that has fallen out is $0.85?

14. What digit could be used to fill in the blank to make 45,2_8
divisible by both 3 and 8?

15. How many of the factors of 900 are odd?

16. What is the remainder when 31 + 32 + 33 +……+ 329 is divided

by 8?
17. Convert 0.21590909090909…… into fraction form.

18. What is the area of the circle inscribed within a triangle of area
30cm2 and perimeter 30cm?

19. What is the sum of the Faces, Vertices, and Edges of an

Icosahedron?

20. A snub cube has 6 square faces and 32 triangular faces. What is
the total number of vertices and edges on a snub cube?

21. Solve for x: 2x2 – 4x = 7.

22. Ryan has forgotten the month and day of his father’s birthday.
His father gives him the following hints for the numeric date:
The day is ten more than twice the month. The month times
the day equals the two-digit year he was born, ’72. On what
date was Ryan’s dad born? Put in the format:
MM/DD/YYYY.

23. The roots of the quadratic 3x2 – 7x – 18 are m and n. Find the
sum of their reciprocals.

24. A photograph is 4.25 inches wide and 7.75 inches tall. It is

mounted in a frame with a border x inches wide on all sides.
If the area of the shaded border is 45in2 . What is the area of
the unshaded area?

25. Peter averaged a 92 on his first seven quizzes. What score will
he need on his eigth quiz to increase his average to 93?

26. Simplify:
27. What is the sum of the first 100 positive integers?

28. Solve: .

29. Find the 101th term of the geometric sequence: 4,16,256………

30. What is the sum of the elements of this series:

2,4,6,8,10,12……… 500,502?