BC EXAM HIGH SCHOOL MATH CONTEST FALL 2010 Directions: If units are appropriate include them in your answer.

1. If x +

1 1 = 3 then x4 + 4 = x x

2. Each edge of a cube is increased by 30%. What percentage does the surface area of the cube increase? 3. A man spends 1/3 of his money and loses 1/3 of the remainder. He then has $24. What is his original sum of money? 4. The shadow of a 15 ft tall tree has length 20 ft. How tall is a shrub that has a shadow 4 ft long (at the same time and place)? 5. If x 2 is a factor of x4 3ax2 + (5a 2)x 16 , then a = 6. A rhombus has a 60 degree angle. What is the ratio of its area to that of a circle inscribed inside it? Write your answer as a fraction. 7. Evaluate 1 1! + 2 2! + 3 3! + 4 4! + 5 5! + 6 6! + 7 7! , where n! = n (n 1) 2 1 . 8. A circle passes through two adjacent vertices of a square and is tangent to the opposite side of the square. If the side length of the square is 2, what is the radius of the circle?

9. Let L equal the largest of 235 , 515 and 614 and S the smallest of these three numbers. Write the ordered pair (L, S ) , using the given exponential form for the two numbers that you write.

10. Find the minimum value of the function f (x) = (x 5)2 + (x 7)2 (x 4)2 (x 8)2 + (x 3)2 + (x 9)2 . 11. The non-zero numbers a, b, c, x, y and z are such that x/a = y/b = z/c . Find the value of xyz (a + b)(b + c)(c + a) . abc(x + y )(y + z )(z + x) 12. Find all solutions (x, y ) , with x and y nonnegative integers, of the equation 4x 9y = 55 . 13. The real numbers x and y are such that x + Then xy = 8 2 2 = and y + = 3 . y 3 x

14. Let a = 1 be a number such that a2011 2a +1 = 0 Determine all possible values of the sum 1 + a + a2 + + a2010 . 15. What rational number equals
3

9+4 5+

94 5 ?

16. If the side lengths of a right triangle are all integers and one is 2010, nd their largest possible sum. 17. How many integer pairs (a, b) are there with 1 a 100 and 1 b 100 such that the sum of a + b and its reciprocal is an integer? 18. Let a , b and n be positive integers satisfying 1997 1999 a + = 1998 n b with a/b reduced (so a and b have no common prime divisor). Given that n is the smallest positive integer for which 1000 divides a , what is the sum of the digits of n ?