Meet 4 - Team Event 2000-2001

Ninth Grade
Questions are worth 4 points each.
Remember your units.

1. A canvas triangle with sides of 3 feet 4 feet and 4 feet

has 1 inch added to each end of the 3 foot base to leave x x
4'
room for making a seam. Find x, to the nearest inch. 4'
3'
↑ 1" ↑ 1"

2. In problem 1, how wide is the border, w, to the

nearest tenth of an inch? 4'
w

1" 3'

3. John lives 3 miles north of town and Marc lives 4 miles east of town.
John runs directly cross-country to Marc's house at 6 miles per hour.
Marc leaves John's house at the same time and rides his bicycle on the
roads through town at 12 miles per hour. How long does Marc have to
wait at his house for John to arrive?

4. From moon rise on the 20th to moon set on the Date Rise Set
22nd, what is the total amount of time the moon 20 23:20 10:41
was above the horizon? 21 12:03
22 01:21 15:51
23 02:35 17:02

5. If x is 150% of y and x is 25% of z, what percent of y is z?

6. In metal working, Eddie needed to keep the length of a rod, L, within 1/4
inch of 18 inches. This means that it must not be more than 1/4 in away
from 18 inches. Without using an absolute value, write an inequality for
the allowed length of the rod.

7. Write an absolute value inequality for problem 6.

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8. Bruce made a wooden ramp for his wife.
The ramp is 1 foot high, 12 feet long, and
8. Bruce made a wooden ramp for his wife. 3'
The ramp is 1 foot high, 12 feet long, and
3 feet wide. He used boards that are 6 1'
inches wide to make the ramp. What is the
total length of 6 inch wide boards needed 12'
for the top surface of the ramp?

9. The radius of a metal rod is 1 inch and the length is 10 inches. What is
the total surface area of the rod, to 2 decimal places?

10. A rectangular box is 4 cm by 6 cm by 8 cm. What is the length of the

diagonal of the box, exactly, in simplified radical form?

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