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Ichapter Competitionl
Team Round

DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE

INSTHUCTED TO DO $0.

This section of the contest consists of 10 questions

which the team has 20 minutes to complete. Team
members may work in any way to solve the
together
problems. Team members may talk during this section
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of the contest. Calculators, slide rules, books or other

aids are not permitted to be used during this section of
the contest. Calculations may be done on scratch
paper. All answers must be complete, legible, and
simplified to lowest terms. The team captain must
record answers on his/her own problem sheet. If the
team completes the questions before time is called, use
the remaining time to check your answers.

School
Name

Team
Members , Captain

Total Correct Scorers initials

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1 . The home plate used in baseball can be produced
by adding two isosceles right triangles to a square
as shown. What is the area of home plate in sq ft?

1 foot 1 foot

Triangular numbers can be represented by a

triangular array. For example, 1, 3 and 6 can be
represented as:
1 3 6
‘O O O
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The difference of a pair of consecutive triangular

numbers is 12. Find their sum.

How many members of the set {-8, -6, -4, 10},

satisfy this inequality?

l2x +2l5_12

Of 150 teachers examined at a clinic, it was found

that 90 had heart trouble, 50 had diabetes and 30
had both. How many of the teachers had neither
heart trouble nor diabetes?
5. Find all values of x that satisfy 16x = x3.

6. What is the smallest number divisible

three-digit by
'

the first three

prime numbers and the first three
composite numbers?

7. How many triangles are in this figure?

The height of a right circular cylinder is twice the

diameter of one of its bases. If the radius of a base
is 6cm, find the number of square centimeters in the
lateral surface area of the cylinder. Express the
answer in terms of 13’.

A basketball team has played 12 games and won 10

of them, if the team wins
44% % of its remaining 18

games, what percent of its games has the team won

at the end of the season?

10. If 235 feet of fence and five-foot gate are used to

a 10.
construct a rectangular dog pen, find the maximum
area, in square feet, that can be enclosed.