2014

Chapter Competition
Answer Key

The appropriate units (or their abbreviations) are provided

in the answer blanks.
Note to coordinators: Answers to the Tiebreaker Round
problems appear in the Tiebreaker Round Booklet.

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Sprint Round
13
1. _____________ 80
7. _____________
bugs 2,001,000
13. _____________

$ 10.50
2. _____________ 12,000 years
14. _____________
20 2 cm
8. _____________

3
3. _____________
quarts 338
15. _____________
12
9. _____________

7
16 triangles
4. _____________ 10
10. _____________ 10 ordered
16. _____________
triples

3
18 inches
5. _____________ 2
17. _____________
15
11. _____________
lines

6
18. _____________
permu-
tations
81
6. _____________ $ 9000 or
12. _____________
9000.00

16
19. _____________

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Sprint Round

( 0 , −16 )
20. _____________ 4
25. _____________

5 22
26. _____________
combi-
nations
9
21. _____________

10
27. _____________

5
12
22. _____________

11
28. _____________

3
23. _____________
units
2 22 units
29. _____________

3
30. _____________
12
24. _____________
units

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 Target Round

9
1. ________________
marbles 12
3. _____________
ways 21
5. _____________ 6
7. _____________
unit
cubes

13
2. ________________ 33 quantities
4. _____________ 12
6. _____________
cm 3 3 units2
8. _____________

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Team Round

49
1. _____________
units2 8
6. _____________
primes

44.4
2. _____________ 728 integers
7. _____________

87
8. _____________
points

105 routes
3. _____________

100 shirts
4. _____________ 360 integers
9. _____________

5
3
10. _____________

4 years
5. _____________

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Countdown Round

56 (minutes)
1. _________________ 11 (inches)
21. _________________
49
9π (cm2)
2. _________________ 22. _________________
20

6
3. _________________ −1
23. _________________

24 (pounds)
4. _________________ 1624 (votes)
24. _________________

150 (degrees)
5. _________________ 39
25. _________________

1
6. _________________ 163 (pounds)
26. _________________

20 (dollars)
7. _________________ 81 (campers)
27. _________________

4 (units)
8. _________________ 9 (integers)
28. _________________

70 (percent)
9. _________________ 4
29. _________________

12
10. _________________ 25
30. _________________

487 (books)
11. _________________ 9
31. _________________
2
12. _________________
3 3
32. _________________

31 (zeros)
13. _________________ 2010
33. _________________

20 (sides)
14. _________________ 2
34. _________________

30 (cubes)
15. _________________ 228
35. _________________
1
1
16. _________________ 36. _________________
36

44 (dollars)
17. _________________ 15 (miles)
37. _________________

72 (cm2)
18. _________________ 998,001
38. _________________

25
19. _________________ 8
39. _________________

128
20. _________________ 8 (pieces)
40. _________________

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Countdown Round

30 (years old)
41. _________________ 3
61. _________________

5 (sets)
42. _________________ −2
62. _________________

76 (units)
43. _________________ 324 (units3)
63. _________________

40 (pounds)
44. _________________ 3 (units)
64. _________________
2
45. _________________
5 8 (integers)
65. _________________
4
3
46. _________________ 9
66. _________________
1
12 (multiples)
47. _________________ 67. _________________
2

125 (integers)
48. _________________ 81
68. _________________

1710 (customers)
49. _________________ 101
69. _________________

12
50. _________________ 1
70. _________________

(2, 1)
51. _________________ 74
71. _________________

2
52. _________________ 1440 (minutes)
72. _________________

130 (degrees)
53. _________________ 10
73. _________________

8 (cheerleaders)
54. _________________ 3
74. _________________

6561
55. _________________ 18 (integers)
75. _________________

1 (values)
56. _________________ 3 (dollars)
76. _________________

171 (integers)
57. _________________ 5 (intercepts)
77. _________________

21 (questions)
58. _________________ 4 (locations)
78. _________________

6 (units2)
59. _________________ 140 (cookies)
79. _________________

43
60. _________________ 28
80. _________________

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