2011-12 PRELUDE NO.

1 WARM-UP

1) In 2012, Bobs age is a fth of Charless age. In 2017, Bobs age will be a third of Charless age. In what year was Charles born?

2) If A+B =5 B + C = 14 A + C = 17 what is the value of C?

3) In triangle ABC, point D is located on segment BC such that BD = 3 and CD = 5. If the area of triangle ABD is 24, what is the area of triangle ABC?

4) Find the remainder when 1,369,245,176 is divided by 9.

5) If a fair six-sided die is rolled three times, what is the probability that it will return an even number in all three of the rolls?

6) Round

380 to the nearest integer.

7a) Alex is making small scraps of paper. Every ten seconds, he groups together all of the pieces he already has and cuts them all evenly in half. He starts with one (very large) sheet of paper. After one minute, how many individual scraps of paper will he have? 7b) How long will it take him to obtain over two thousand individual pieces?

Date: May 17, 2012.

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