1997 Pascal Contest Part B: Each question is worth 6 credits. 11, Twelve balloons are arranged in a circle as shown, Counting clockwise, every third balloon is popped. Cis the first one popped. This continues around the circle until two unpopped balloons remain. The last. two remaining balloons are (A) BH (B)B.G AE DES ()F.K 12. The graph shows the number of students who selected each of five possible choices in 1200 responding to a question, The correct response. was the one most frequently chosen. The = 1000 percentage of students who selected the correct 3 800 response was 5 600 (ay i4 (B) 56 (5s € one (E) 44 Z 20044 sone ZA A BC OD Response 13, Janet has 10 coins consisting of nickels, dimes, and quarters. Seven of the coins are either dimes or quarters, and eight of the coins are either dimes or nickels. How many dimes does Janet have? a2 B3 o4 @)s 6 14, In the game "TRISQUARE", three points are awarded for each triangle found, and four points for each square. The highest number of points that can be achieved for the given diagram is (A) 38 (B) 36, (C) 34 (D) 32 (E) 28, 15, Each of the numers 1, 2, 3, and 4 is substituted, in some order for p, q, r, and s. The greatest possible value of p?+r° is (4 B)19 (©) 66 () 83 (&) 1621997 Pascal Contest 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. In the diagram, all triangles are equilateral. What fraction of AABC is coloured black? 9 wi ®) 5 oz oe @®2 Ad A A Pabadada Sierpinski Gasket The digits 1, 2, 3, 4 can be arranged to form twenty-four different four-digit numbers. If these twenty-four numbers are then listed from the smallest to largest, in what position is 3142? (A) 13th (B) 14th (© 15th (D) 16th (©) 17th The product of 20°° and 50”° is written as an integer in expanded form. The number of zeros at the end of the resulting integer is (A) 70 B71 (©) 90 (D) 140 210 Three balls numbered 1, 2, and 3 are placed in a bag. A ball is drawn from the bag and the number is recorded. The ball is returned to the bag. After this has been done three times, what is the probability that the sum of the three recorded numbers is less than 8? we ws ©: os @2 A beam of light shines from point S, reflects off a reflector at point P, and reaches point T so that PT’ is perpendicular to RS. Then xis (A) 26° (B) 32° (©) 37° (D) 38° (4° D 26°