Problemas del grupo de estudio del 4 de septiembre de 2022

1. People accustomed to thinking that the human lifespan (i) _________ the
outer bounds of animal longevity tend to dismiss tales of musket balls being
found in the shells of living turtles. Samantha Romney, however, argues that
while such stories may be (ii) __________, some turtles do indeed exhibit a
phenomenon known as “negligible (iii) ________”, showing no signs of aging
even as they pass the two-century mark.
Blank (i)
a. Belies
b. Demarcates
c. Antedates
Blank (ii)
d. Apocryphal
e. authentic
f. Heresy
Blank (iii)
g. Rejuvenation
h. Sugperannuation
i. senescence
2. Medium High. Q2/Q1. John and Lewis play a game where they have to
choose a random positive integer. John starts by saying a factor of the
number, and Lewis continues with another factor, then John, and so on. They
are not allowed to repeat factors, and a person loses when they do not have
numbers to say. How many numbers from 1 to 100, inclusive, make John win?
a. 5
b. 8
c. 10
d. 12
e. 15
3. Medium High. Q6/Q3. Liquids A and B are in the ratio 2:1 in the first container,
and 1:2 in the second container. In what ratio should the contents of the two
containers be mixed to obtain a mixture of A and B in the ratio 1:1?
a. 1:1
b. 2:1
c. 1:3
d. 3:1
e. 4:1
4. Medium High. Q7/Q4.
In the figure, H is the midpoint of IG, J is the midpoint of IK, and IG = GK =
10.
Quantity A: IJ
Quantity B: 5
5. Medium High. Q10/Q5. I was born in 1997, a year that started on a
Wednesday.
Quantity A: The probability that I was born on Thursday
Quantity B: The probability that I was born on Friday
6. Hard. Q2/Q1. N is a positive integer. Which of the following could be the
number of factors of N2? Select ALL that apply
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
e. 7
7. Hard. Q6/Q3. If (z – 3)2 ≤ 4 + 2y, what is the minimum value possible for y?
a. -1
b. 0
c. 2
d. -2
e. 4
8. Hard. Q8/Q4. A hundred identical cubic boxes are currently arranged in four
cubes: a single cubic box, a 2x2x2 cube, a 3x3x3 cube, and a 4x4x4 cube.
These four are not touching each other. All outward faces are painted, and all
inward faces are not painted. These four cubes are going to be dismantled
and reassembled as a flat 10x10 square. The top and all edges of this 10x10
square must be painted, but there is not requirement for paint on the bottom.
How many individual faces will have to be painted to accommodate the
requirements of this new design?
a. 0
b. 5
c. 9
d. 16
e. 27
9. Hard. Q9/Q5. Which of the following sets of data applies to this graph?
a. -4, -4, -2, 0, 0, 5
b. -4, 1, 1, 3, 4, 4
c. -4, -4, -3, 1, 5
 d. -5, 3, 4, 5
e. -4, -4, -2, -2, 0, 0, 0, 5

10. Harder. Q2/Q1. If there is an integer k such that the sum of the first k – 1
integers is equal to (k + 1) + (k + 2) + … + n, with n representing the last
integer in the sequence, which of the following is/are possible values of k?
Choose all that apply
a. 35
b. 46
c. 85
d. 160
e. 204