2023 AMC 10B Problems

2023 AMC 10B (Answer Key)

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Instructions

1. This is a 25-question, multiple choice test. Each question is followed by

answers marked A, B, C, D and E. Only one of these is correct.
2. You will receive 6 points for each correct answer, 2.5 points for each
problem left unanswered if the year is before 2006, 1.5 points for each
problem left unanswered if the year is after 2006, and 0 points for each
incorrect answer.
3. No aids are permitted other than scratch paper, graph paper, ruler,
compass, protractor and erasers (and calculators that are accepted for
use on the SAT if before 2006. No problems on the test will require the
use of a calculator).
4. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
5. You will have 75 minutes working time to complete the test.

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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
Mrs. Jones is pouring orange juice into four identical glasses for her four sons. She fills the first three glasses completely but runs

out of juice when the fourth glass is only full. What fraction of a glass must Mrs. Jones pour from each of the first three glasses
into the fourth glass so that all four glasses will have the same amount of juice?
Solution

Problem 2
Carlos went to a sports store to buy running shoes. Running shoes were on sale, with prices reduced by on every pair of
shoes. Carlos also knew that he had to pay a sales tax on the discounted price. He had dollars. What is the original
(before discount) price of the most expensive shoes he could afford to buy?

Solution

Problem 3
A right triangle is inscribed in circle , and a right triangle is inscribed in circle . What is the ratio
of the area of circle to the area of circle ?

Solution

Problem 4
Jackson's paintbrush makes a narrow strip with a width of millimeters. Jackson has enough paint to make a strip meters
long. How many square centimeters of paper could Jackson cover with paint?

Solution

Problem 5
Maddy and Lara see a list of numbers written on a blackboard. Maddy adds to each number in the list and finds that the sum of
her new numbers is . Lara multiplies each number in the list by and finds that the sum of her new numbers is also . How
many numbers are written on the blackboard?

Solution

Problem 6
Let , , and for . How many terms in the sequence
are even?

Solution

Problem 7
Square is rotated clockwise about its center to obtain square , as shown below. What is the degree
measure of ?
Solution

Problem 8

What is the units digit of ?

Solution

Problem 9
The numbers and are a pair of consecutive positive squares whose difference is . How many pairs of consecutive positive
perfect squares have a difference of less than or equal to ?

Solution

Problem 10
You are playing a game. A rectangle covers two adjacent squares (oriented either horizontally or vertically) of a grid
of squares, but you are not told which two squares are covered. Your goal is to find at least one square that is covered by the
rectangle. A "turn" consists of you guessing a square, after which you are told whether that square is covered by the hidden
rectangle. What is the minimum number of turns you need to ensure that at least one of your guessed squares is covered by the
rectangle?

Solution

Problem 11
Suzanne went to the bank and withdrew . The teller gave her this amount using bills, bills, and bills, with at
least one of each denomination. How many different collections of bills could Suzanne have received?

Solution

Problem 12
When the roots of the polynomial
are removed from the number line, what remains is the union of disjoint open intervals. On how many of these intervals is
positive?

Solution

Problem 13
What is the area of the region in the coordinate plane defined by

Solution

Problem 14

How many ordered pairs of integers satisfy the equation ?

Solution

Problem 15
What is the least positive integer such that is a perfect square?

Solution

Problem 16
Define an to be a positive integer of or more digits where the digits are strictly increasing moving left to right. Similarly,
define a to be a positive integer of or more digits where the digits are strictly decreasing moving left to right. For
instance, the number is an upno and is a downno. Let equal the total number of and let equal the
total number of . What is ?

Solution

Problem 17
A rectangular box has distinct edge lengths , , and . The sum of the lengths of all edges of is , the sum of the

areas of all faces of is , and the volume of is . What is the length of the longest interior diagonal connecting two

vertices of ?

Solution

Problem 18
Suppose , , and are positive integers such that
Which of the following statements are necessarily true?

I. If or or both, then .

II. If , then or or both.

III. if and only if .

Solution

Problem 19
Sonya the frog chooses a point uniformly at random lying within the square in the coordinate plane and hops to
that point. She then randomly chooses a distance uniformly at random from and a direction uniformly at random from
{north, south, east, west}. All her choices are independent. She now hops the distance in the chosen direction. What is the
probability that she lands outside the square?

Solution

Problem 20
Four congruent semicircles are drawn on the surface of a sphere with radius , as shown, creating a close curve that divides the
surface into two congruent regions. The length of the curve is . What is ?

Solution

Problem 21
Each of balls is randomly placed into one of bins. Which of the following is closest to the probability that each of the bins
will contain an odd number of balls?
Solution

Problem 22
How many distinct values of satisfy where denotes the largest integer less than or equal to ?

Solution

Problem 23
An arithmetic sequence of positive integers has terms, initial term , and common difference . Carl wrote down all
the terms in this sequence correctly except for one term, which was off by . The sum of the terms he wrote down was . What
is ?

Solution

Problem 24
What is the perimeter of the boundary of the region consisting of all points which can be expressed as
with , and ?

Solution

Problem 25

A regular pentagon with area is printed on paper and cut out. All five vertices are folded to the center of the pentagon,
creating a smaller pentagon. What is the area of the new pentagon?

Solution

See also
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