MATHCOUNTS

1996~——97
I National Competition I

Team Round
Problems 1—-10

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1. The product of three different positive integers is 144. The
sum of the integers is less than 20. The positive difference
between the least integer and the greatest integer is 5. What
is the greatest of these three integers?

2. Each time a change occurs, the central one-fourth of every

white equilateral triangle is shaded. What fractional part
of the original equilateral triangle would be shaded after
four changes? Express your answer as a common fraction.

change 1 change 2
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3. What is the least positive integer which when divided by 5

gives a remainder of 4, when divided by 6 gives a remainder
of 5, when divided by 7 gives a remainder of 6, when divided
by 8 gives a remainder of 7, when divided by 9 gives a
remainder of 8, and when divided by 10 gives a remainder
of 9?

4. How many units are in the length of the radius of the circle
which passes through points X, Y and Z? Express your
answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth.

5. How many positive three~digit numbers are there for which

the tens digit exceeds the sum of the other two digits?
 A rectangle with vertices A(0,0), B(5,0), C(5,3) and D(O,3)
is graphed in a coordinate plane. The rectangular region
determined by these points is rotated 360° about the y—a:><is,
forming a geometric solid. The rectangular region is then
rotated 360° about the :1:-axis, forming another geometric
solid. How many cubic units are in the positive difference
between the Volumes of these two geometric solids? Express
your answer in terms of 7r.

How many positive three—digit integers less than 400 satisfy

each of the following characteristics simultaneously?
A. Eacli of the three <;ligit.~; is pr.ini«;:.
B. The sum of the three digits is prime.
C. The number is prime.

soerien model of a square pyramid has a baseedge of

6 cm and an altitude of 10 cm. A cut is made parallel to the
base of the pyramid that separates it into 2 pieces: a smaller
pyramid and a frustum. Each base edge of the smaller
pyramid is 3How many square cm are in the total
cm.

surface area of the frusturn? Express your answer rounded

to the nearest whole number.

Two semicircles are inscribed in

rectangle as shown so a

their diameters opposite are sides of the

rectangle. VVhat
is the probability that a point randomly selected inside the
rectangle will also be inside both semicircles? Express your
answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.

10. Given a 3 X 7 rectangular array of dots, how many triangles

can be formed whose vertices are dots in the array?