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2018 4
Chapter Competition 5
Team Round
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Problems 1−10
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School
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Team
Members , Captain 9

DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE INSTRUCTED TO

DO SO.
This section of the competition consists of 10 problems which the team
has 20 minutes to complete. Team members may work together in any
way to solve the problems. Team members may talk to each other during
this section of the competition. This round assumes the use of calculators,
and calculations also may be done on scratch paper, but no other aids are
allowed. All answers must be complete, legible and simplified to lowest
terms. The team captain must record the team’s official answers on his/her
own competition booklet, which is the only booklet that will be scored. If the
team completes the problems before time is called, use the remaining time to
check your answers.

Total Correct Scorer’s Initials

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1. _____________
ways How many of the ways that 27 cents can be made using quarters, dimes, nickels
and pennies use an odd number of coins?

degrees
2. _____________ The degree measures of the angles of a hexagon are x + 10, 2x + 80, 3x − 60,
4x + 40, 5x − 10, and 6x − 33. What is the degree measure of the largest angle of
the hexagon?

3. _____________ When a different positive integers from 11 to 21, inclusive, is

placed in each of the circles in the figure shown, the sum of
the three numbers on each segment is the same. What is the
greatest possible value of that sum?

4. _____________ If a, b, c, d and k are positive integers and (ax + by)(cx + dy) = 7x2 + 9kxy + 5y2
for all numbers x and y, what is the value of k?

5. _____________
$ At a middle school play, tickets for children under 10 years old cost half as
much as tickets for seniors 60 and over, which in turn cost half as much as
tickets for people from age 10 to age 59, inclusive. The stem-and-leaf plot below
shows the ages of people who paid to attend the play. The total ticket sales for
the play were $544.50. What was the cost in dollars of a ticket for a child under
the age of 10?

0 5 5 6 8 9 9
1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 7 7 9
2 2 5 8
3 3 5 7 7 8 8 9 9 9
4 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 9 9
5 0 0 2 4 4 6 7
6 2 3 5 6 9
7 0 4 5

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6. _____________ Let f (x) = for constants a and b. If f (5) = 0 and f (3) is undefined, what is
x − 2b

the value of f   ? Express your answer as a common fraction.

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7. _____________ For a computer code, nine numbers are grouped into three sets of three numbers,
with one number in each set designated as a key. The nine numbers are 2, 3, 5,
7, 11, 13, 17, 19 and 29. If they must be used according to the eight rules, what
is the product of the three numbers in the set that does not contain 2 or 3?
Computer Code Rules
2 and 3 must be keys. 13 must be with 11 or 19.
5 and 7 must be in the same set; neither is a key. 7 cannot be in a set with 17 as a key.
13, 17 and 29 must be in different sets. 13 cannot be in a set with 2 as a key.
11 and 19 must be in different sets. 19 cannot be in a set with 29 as a key.

8. _____________
triangles In isosceles right triangle ABC, shown here, AC = BC = 10 units.
The horizontal segments are spaced 1 unit apart, as are the vertical
segments. Including triangle ABC, how many of the triangles in
this figure are isosceles right triangles?
C B

9. _____________
$ Noah is combining gummy bears and jelly beans in equal parts to create a
mixture that he will sell. The bears cost him $20 for 8 pounds, while the beans
cost $14 for 4 pounds. He wants his cost to be 40% of his selling price. At what
price per pound should he sell the mixture?

10. _____________
permuta- How many five-letter permutations can be made from the letters in the word
tions ADDITION?

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