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1987 Ajhsme
1987 Ajhsme
1987 Ajhsme
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Contents
1 Problem 1
2 Problem 2
3 Problem 3
4 Problem 4
5 Problem 5
6 Problem 6
7 Problem 7
8 Problem 8
9 Problem 9
10 Problem 10
11 Problem 11
12 Problem 12
13 Problem 13
14 Problem 14
15 Problem 15
16 Problem 16
17 Problem 17
18 Problem 18
19 Problem 19
20 Problem 20
21 Problem 21
22 Problem 22
23 Problem 23
24 Problem 24
25 Problem 25
26 See Also
Problem 1
Solution
Problem 2
Solution
Problem 3
Solution
Problem 4
Martians measure angles in clerts. There are clerts in a full circle. How many clerts are there in a right angle?
Solution
Problem 5
The area of the rectangular region is
Solution
Problem 6
The smallest product one could obtain by multiplying two numbers in the set is
Solution
Problem 7
The large cube shown is made up of identical sized smaller cubes. For each face of the large cube, the opposite face is shaded the
same way. The total number of smaller cubes that must have at least one face shaded is
Solution
Problem 8
If and are nonzero digits, then the number of digits (not necessarily different) in the sum of the three whole numbers is
Solution
Problem 9
Solution
Problem 10
Solution
Problem 11
Solution
Problem 12
What fraction of the large by rectangular region is shaded?
Solution
Problem 13
Which of the following fractions has the largest value?
Solution
Problem 14
A computer can do additions per second. How many additions can it do in one hour?
Solution
Problem 15
The sale ad read: "Buy three tires at the regular price and get the fourth tire for three dollars;." Sam paid for a set of four
tires at the sale. What was the regular price of one tire?
Solution
Problem 16
Joyce made of her first shots in the first three games of this basketball game, so her seasonal shooting average was . In her
next game, she took shots and raised her seasonal shooting average to . How many of these shots did she make?
Solution
Problem 17
Abby, Bret, Carl, and Dana are seated in a row of four seats numbered #1 to #4. Joe looks at them and says:
However each one of Joe's statements is false. Bret is actually sitting in seat #3. Who is sitting in seat #2?
Solution
Problem 18
Half the people in a room left. One third of those remaining started to dance. There were then people who were not dancing. The
original number of people in the room was what?
Solution
Problem 19
A calculator has a squaring key which replaces the current number displayed with its square. For example, if the display is
and the key is depressed, then the display becomes . If the display reads , how many times
must you depress the key to produce a displayed number greater than ?
Solution
Problem 20
"If a whole number is not prime, then the whole number is not prime." A value of which shows this statement to be false is
Solution
Problem 21
Suppose means , the reciprocal of . For example, . How many of the following statements are true?
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
Solution
Problem 22
is a rectangle, is the center of the circle, and is on the circle. If and , then the area of the shaded
region is between
Solution
Problem 23
Assume the adjoining chart shows the U.S. population, in millions, for each region by ethnic group. To the nearest percent, what
percent of the U.S. Black population lived in the South?
Solution
Problem 24
A multiple choice examination consists of questions. The scoring is for each correct answer, for each incorrect answer, and
for each unanswered question. John's score on the examination is . What is the maximum number of questions he could have
answered correctly?
Solution
Problem 25
Ten balls numbered to are in a jar. Jack reaches into the jar and randomly removes one of the balls. Then Jill reaches into the jar and
randomly removes a different ball. The probability that the sum of the two numbers on the balls removed is even is
Solution
See Also
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