2017 Math League Summer

MATHTournament
LEAGUE PRESS
P.O.17,
Math League Press, P.O. Box BoxTenafly,
17, Tenafly,
New New Jersey07670-0017
Jersey 07670-0017

July, 2017—“Speed Test 50” Questions

Time Limit 60 minutes (2 points each)—Calculators are PROHIBITED

Directions

 This is a test of speed and accuracy.

 The questions are NOT arranged in order of difficulty.

 Answers exactly equivalent to the official answers will be given credit.

 No one is expected to solve all 50 questions in the time given.

 Do not spend too much time on any one question.

 Write your answer to each question in the answer box at the right of each question.

 Each question is worth 2 points.

 You will have 60 minutes in which to answer 50 questions.

 2017 Math League Summer
MATHTournament
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Jersey 07670-0017

July, 2017—“Speed Test 50” Questions

Time Limit 60 minutes—Calculators are PROHIBITED—PAGE 1 of 3

Write your answer in the answer box at the right of each question. (2 points each)

Name: Number Correct:

1. What is the greatest possible value of the reciprocal of a nonzero integer? 1.

2. What is the sum of the cubes of all integers n that satisfy -5 < n < 6? 2.
3. 50 millimeters = ? meters 3.
4. True or False: (1010 )2  10010 . 4.
5. What is the positive difference between the smallest even integer greater 5.
than 1 million and the greatest even integer less than 1 million?
6. What is the largest odd divisor of 4´10´15? 6.
7. If June 1 falls on a Saturday, October 1 of that year will fall on which day of 7.
the week?
8. If a = 10 ¸ 0.1 – 20 ¸ 0.02, what is the value of a? 8.
9. If the average of 5 consecutive integers is 20, what is the sum of the smallest 9.
and the largest of these 5 integers?
10. A man recently went on a diet and lost 20 kg. If his new weight is 90% of 10.
what his weight was before he lost 20 kg, what is his new weight, in kg?
11. If the ratio of the degree measures of the angles of a triangle is 2:3:5, what is 11.
the degree measure of the triangle’s smallest angle?
12. What is 1000% of 200% of 30? 12.
13. For what value of x is the sum of the reciprocals of 5, 6, and x equal to 1? 13.
14. What is the sum of the smallest prime number greater than 20 and the 14.
largest prime number less than 40?
15. If you must complete 60 questions in 45 minutes, on average how many 15.
seconds can you spend on each question?
16. If a map has a scale of 1 cm to 20 km, then on this map how far apart are 16.
two towns that are actually 138 km apart?
17. True/False: The reciprocal of 5120 can be written as a terminating decimal. 17.

18. True/False: If n is a positive integer, n2 has an odd number of positive factors. 18.
19. I am twice as old as my brother. Ten years ago, the sum of our ages was 25. 19.
How old am I?
20. What is the largest prime number that is divisible by 53? 20.
 2017 Math League Summer
MATHTournament
LEAGUE PRESS
P.O.17,
Math League Press, P.O. Box BoxTenafly,
17, Tenafly,
New New Jersey07670-0017
Jersey 07670-0017

July, 2017—“Speed Test 50” Questions

Time Limit 60 minutes—Calculators are PROHIBITED—PAGE 2 of 3

Write your answer in the answer box at the right of each question. (2 points each)

Name: Number Correct:

21. A 9 by 16 rectangle is cut into pieces and reassembled to form a square. 21.
What is the perimeter of the square?
22. How many even 5-digit numbers can be formed using each of the digits 22.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 exactly once in each even 5-digit number?
23. True or False: The number of positive divisors of a perfect square is always 23.
odd.
24. True or False: -1² > -2². 24.
25. When I write the number 22, I write 2 digits. If I write the 150 integers from 25.
1 to 150, how many digits do I write?
26. Of the integers less than 10 000 that are divisible by 12, which is the largest 26.
integer with a hundreds digit of 4?
27. What is the sum of all 3-digit numbers that use each of the digits 1, 2, 3? 27.
28. If the cost of 13 pens is more than $20.00 and the cost of 11 pens is less than 28.
$17.00 what is the cost of 1 pen to the nearest cent?
29. How many of the integers from 1000 to 10 000 have exactly two 1s? 29.
30. How many of the first 50 positive integers are even, but not divisible by 3? 30.
31. True/False: The sum of 10 primes all greater than 2 cannot be a prime. 31.
32. In my sequence, each term after the 2nd is the sum of the 2 preceding terms. 32.
If the 2nd term is 6 and the 4th term is 20, what is my sequence’s 5th term?
33. At 2:34 PM, the 3-digits displayed on a digital clock are consecutive 33.
integers. In how minutes will the clock next display three consecutive
digits?
34. One pump can fill an empty pool in 2 hours. Another pump can empty the 34.
full pool in 30 minutes more than the first can fill it. If both pumps are
turned on at the same time, what fraction of the pool will be filled in 3
hours?
35. What is the least possible area of a circle which has a chord of length 6? 35.
36. By adding together 2, 3, 4, or 5 different numbers, each a 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, 36.
how many different sums can I get?
37. A integer is a palindrome if it reads the same forwards and backwards. For 37.
example, 2112 is a palindrome. How many palindromes are there between
100 and 1000?
 2017 Math League Summer
MATHTournament
LEAGUE PRESS
P.O.17,
Math League Press, P.O. Box BoxTenafly,
17, Tenafly,
New New Jersey07670-0017
Jersey 07670-0017

July, 2017—“Speed Test 50” Questions

Time Limit 60 minutes—Calculators are PROHIBITED—PAGE 3 of 3

Write your answer in the answer box at the right of each question. (2 points each)

Name: Number Correct:

38. January 1, 2018 is a Monday. What day of the week is January 1, 2020? 38.
39. True/False: The product of 2 consecutive even numbers can be the square of 39.
an integer.
40. The product of the first 11 positive integers is divided by 50. What is the 40.
units digit of the quotient?
41. How many non-collinear points in space determine a plane? 41.
42. Anna’s brother has 1 more brother than he has sisters. How many more 42.
brothers does his sister Anna have than she has sisters?
43. What is the sum of the reciprocals of the divisors of 20? 43.
44. The average of my two test grades is 70. My first test grade was 10 points 44.
higher than my second. What grade did I receive on my second test?
45. How many digits does (2´1010)10 have when written in decimal form? 45.
46. What is the maximum number of points of intersection of 4 straight lines? 46.
47. What is the largest integer less than 173 that has the same number of 47
factors as 173?
48. What is the smallest positive integer that leaves remainders of 3 and 5 when 48.
divided by 5 and 6 respectively?
49. My plant’s height increased 25% on Monday, 25% on Tuesday, and x% on 49.
Wednesday. If my plant’s height doubled in these 3 days, what is x%? %
50. The first 16 positive integers can be arranged in a square with 4 rows and 4 .
50.
columns so that each row and column has the same sum. What is this sum?