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U S A Mathematical Talent Search

This document contains 5 problems from the 1998-99 USA Mathematical Talent Search for 10th grade students. The problems cover topics like prime factorizations, polynomials, sets with restricted differences between elements, properties of triangle medians, and multi-step geometry proofs. Students were instructed to solve at least two problems independently and submit their work by a March 1999 deadline.

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U S A Mathematical Talent Search

This document contains 5 problems from the 1998-99 USA Mathematical Talent Search for 10th grade students. The problems cover topics like prime factorizations, polynomials, sets with restricted differences between elements, properties of triangle medians, and multi-step geometry proofs. Students were instructed to solve at least two problems independently and submit their work by a March 1999 deadline.

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U S A Mathematical Talent Search PROBLEMS Round 4 - Year 10 - Academic Year 1998-99

1/4/10. Exhibit a 13-digit integer N that is an integer multiple of 213 and whose digits consist of only 8s and 9s. 2/4/10. For a nonzero integer i, the exponent of 2 in the prime factorization of i is called ord2(i). For example, ord2(9) = 0 since 9 is odd, and ord2(28) = 2 since 28 = 22 x 7. 3n - 1 for n = 1, 2, 3,... are all even, so ord2(3n - 1) > 0 for n > 0. a) For which positive integers n is ord2(3n - 1) = 1? b) For which positive integers n is ord2(3n - 1) = 2? c) For which positive integers n is ord2(3n - 1) = 3? Prove your answers. 1 3/4/10. Let f be a polynomial of degree 98, such that f ( k ) = -- for k = 1, 2, 3, ..., 99. Deterk mine f(100). 4/4/10. Let A consist of 16 elements of the set {1, 2, 3. , 106} , so that no two elements of A differ by 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, or 21. Prove that two elements of A must differ by 3. 5/4/10. In ABC , let D, E, and F be the midpoints of the sides of the triangle, and let P, Q, and R be the midpoints of the corresponding medians, AD , BE , and CF , respectively, as shown in the gure at the right. Prove that the value of AQ + AR + BP + BR + CP + CQ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 2 2 AB + BC + C A does not depend on the shape of ABC and nd A that value.
2 2 2 2 2 2

The numbers

E P

R Q

***************** Complete, well-written solutions to at least two of the problems above, accompanied by a completed Cover Sheet, should be sent to the following address and postmarked no later than March 13, 1999. Each participant is expected to develop solutions without help from others. USA Mathematical Talent Search COMAP Inc., Suite 210 57 Bedford Street Lexington, MA 02173

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