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2017 AMC 10

AMC 10 2017

February 7th, 2017

1 What is the value of 2(2(2(2(2(2 + 1) + 1) + 1) + 1) + 1) + 1?


(A)70 (B)97 (C)127 (D)159 (E)729

2 Pablo buys popsicles for his friends. The store sells single popsicles for $1
each, 3-popsicle boxes for $2, and 5-popsicle boxes for $3. What is the greatest
number of popsicles that Pablo can buy with $8?
(A) 8 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 15

3 Tamara has three rows of two 6-feet by 2-feet flower beds in her garden. The
beds are separated and also surrounded by 1-foot-wide walkways, as shown on
the diagram. What is the total area of the walkways, in square feet?

1 1 1
1

2
6
1

(A)72 (B)78 (C)90 (D)120 (E)150

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4 Mia is helping her mom pick up 30 toys that are strewn on the floor. Mias
mom manages to put 3 toys into the toy box every 30 seconds, but each time
immediately after those 30 seconds have elapsed, Mia takes 2 toys out of the
box. How much time, in minutes, will it take Mia and her mom to put all 30
toys into the box for the first time?
(A) 13.5 (B) 14 (C) 14.5 (D) 15 (E) 15.5

5 The sum of two nonzero real numbers is 4 times their product. What is the
sum of the reciprocals of the two numbers?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8 (E) 12

6 Ms. Carroll promised that anyone who got all the multiple choice questions
right on the upcoming exam would receive an A on the exam. Which of these
statements necessarily follows logically?
(A) If Lewis did not receive an A, then he got all of the multiple choice
(B) If Lewis did not receive an A, then he got at least one of the multiple choice
questions wrong.
(C) If Lewis got at least one of the multiple choice questions wrong, then he
did not receive an A.
(D) If Lewis received an A, then he got all of the multiple choice questions
right.
(E) If Lewis received an A, then he got at least one of the multiple choice
questions right.

7 Jerry and Silvia wanted to go from the southwest corner of a square field to
the northeast corner. Jerry walked due east and then due north to reach the
goal, but Silvia headed northeast and reached the goal walking in a straight
line. Which of the following is closest to how much shorter Silvias trip was,
compared to Jerrys trip?
(A) 30% (B) 40% (C) 50% (D) 60% (E) 70%

8 At a gathering of 30 people, there are 20 people who all know each other and
10 people who know no one. People who know each other hug, and people who
do not know each other shake hands. How many handshakes occur?
(A) 240 (B) 245 (C) 290 (D) 480 (E) 490

9 Minnie rides on a flat road at 20 kilometers per hour (kph), downhill at 30 kph,
and uphill at 5 kph. Penny rides on a flat road at 30 kph, downhill at 40 kph,
and uphill at 10 kph. Minnie goes from town A to town B, a distance of 10 km

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all uphill, then from town B, a distance of 15 km all downhill, and then back
to town A, a distance of 20 km on the flat. Penny goes the other way around
using the same route. How many more minutes does it take Minnie to complete
the 45-km ride than it takes Penny?
(A) 45 (B) 60 (C) 65 (D) 90 (E) 95

10 Joy has 30 thin rods, one each of every integer length from 1 cm through 30
cm. She places the rods with lengths 3 cm, 7 cm, and 15 cm on a table. She
then wants to choose a fourth rod that she can put with these three to form
a quadrilateral with positive area. How many of the remaining rods can she
choose as the fourth rod?
(A) 16 (B) 17 (C) 18 (D) 19 (E) 20

11 The region consisting of all points in three-dimensional space within 3 units of


line segment AB has volume 216. What is the length AB?
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 20 (E) 24

12 Let S be the set of points (x, y) in the coordinate plane such that two of
the three quantities 3, x + 2, and y 4 are equal and the third of the three
quantities is no greater than this common value. Which of the following is a
correct description of S?
(A) a single point (B) two intersecting lines

(C) three lines whose pairwise intersections are three distinct points

(D) a triangle (E) three rays with a common endpoint

13 Define a sequence recursively by F0 = 0, F1 = 1, and Fn = the remainder


when Fn1 + Fn2 is divided by 3, for all n 2. Thus the sequence starts
0, 1, 1, 2, 0, 2 . . .. What is F2017 + F2018 + F2019 + F2020 + F2021 + F2022 + F2023 +
F2024 ?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10

14 Every week Roger pays for a movie ticket and a soda out of his allowance. Last
week, Rogers allowance was A dollars. The cost of his movie ticket was 20% of
the difference between A and the cost of his soda, while the cost of his soda was
5% of the difference between A and the cost of his movie ticket. To the nearest
whole percent, what fraction of A did Roger pay for his movie ticket and soda?
(A) 9% (B) 19% (C) 22% (D) 23% (E) 25%

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15 Chlo chooses a real number uniformly at random from the interval [0, 2017].
Independently, Laurent chooses a real number uniformly at random from the
interval [0, 4034]. What is the probability that Laurents number is greater than
Chlos number?
1 2 3 5 7
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8

16 There are 10 horses, named Horse 1, Horse 2, . . ., Horse 10. They get their
names from ow many minutes it takes them to run one lap around a circular
race track: Horse k runs one lap in exactly k minutes. At time 0 all the horses
are together at the starting point on the track. The horses start running in
the same direction, and they keep running around the circular track at their
constant speeds. The least time S > 0, in minutes, at which all 10 horses will
again simultaneously be at the starting point is S = 2520. Let T > 0 be the
least time, in minutes, such that at least 5 of the horses are again at the starting
point. What is the sum of the digits of T ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

17 Distinct points P , Q, R, S lie on the circle x2 + y 2 = 25 and have integer


coordinates. The distances P Q and RS are irrational numbers. What is the
greatest possible value of the ratio PRS
Q
?

(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 3 5 (D) 7 (E) 5 2

18 Amelia has a coin that lands heads with probability 13 , and Blaine has a coin
that lands on heads with probability 25 . Amelia and Blaine alternately toss
their coins until someone gets a head; the first one to get a head wins. All coin
tosses are independent. Amelia goes first. The probability that Amelia wins is
p
q , where p and q are relatively prime positive integers. What is q p?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

19 Alice refuses to sit next to either Bob or Carla. Derek refuses to sit next to
Eric. How many ways are there for the five of them to sit in a row of 5 chairs
under these conditions?
(A) 12 (B) 16 (C) 28 (D) 32 (E) 40

20 Let S(n) equal the sum of the digits of positive integer n. For example,
S(1507) = 13. For a particular positive integer n, S(n) = 1274. Which of
the following could be the value of S(n + 1)?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 12 (D) 1239 (E) 1265

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21 A square with side length x is inscribed in a right triangle with sides of length
3, 4, and 5 so that one vertex of the square coincides with the right-angle vertex
of the triangle. A square with side length y is inscribed so that one side of the
square lies on the hypotenuse of the triangle. What is xy ?
12 35 37 13
(A) 13 (B) 37 (C) 1 (D) 35 (E) 12

22 Sides AB and AC of equilateral triangle ABC are tangent to a circle at points


B and C respectively. What fraction of the area of ABC lies outside the
circle?

4 3 1
3 1

2 3 4 4 3
(A) 3 (B) 2 8 (C) 2 (D) 3 9 (E) 3
27 27

23 How many triangles with positive area have all their vertices at points (i, j) in
the coordinate plane, where i and j are integers between 1 and 5, inclusive?
(A) 2128 (B) 2148 (C) 2160 (D) 2200 (E) 2300

24 For certain real numbers a, b, and c, the polynomial

g(x) = x3 + ax2 + x + 10

has three distinct roots, and each root of g(x) is also a root of the polynomial

f (x) = x4 + x3 + bx2 + 100x + c.

What is f (1)?
(A) 9009 (B) 8008 (C) 7007 (D) 6006 (E) 5005

25 How many integers between 100 and 999, inclusive, have the property that some
permutation of its digits is a multiple of 11 between 100 and 999? For example,
both 121 and 211 have this property.
(A) 226 (B) 243 (C) 270 (D) 469 (E) 486

February 15th, 2017

1 Mary thought of a positive two-digit number. She multiplied it by 3 and added


11. Then she switched the digits of the result, obtaining a number between 71
and 75, inclusive. What was Marys number?
(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15

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2 Sofia ran 5 laps around the 400-meter track at her school. For each lap, she
ran the first 100 meters at an average speed of 4 meters per second and the
remaining 300 meters at an average speed of 5 meters per second. How much
time did Sofia take running the 5 laps?
(A) 5 minutes and 35 seconds (B) 6 minutes and 40 seconds (C) 7 minutes
and 5 seconds (D) 7 minutes and 25 seconds (E) 8 minutes and 10 seconds

3 Real numbers x, y, and z satisfy the inequalities


0 < x < 1, 1 < y < 0, and 1 < z < 2.
Which of the following numbers is nessecarily positive?
(A) y + x2 (B) y + xz (C) y + y 2 (D) y + 2y 2
(E) y + z

4 Suppose that x and y are nonzero real numbers such that


3x + y
= 2.
x 3y
What is the value of
x + 3y
?
3x y
(A)3 (B) -1 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 3

5 Camilla had twice as many blueberry jelly beans as cherry jelly beans. After
eating 10 pieces of each kind, she now has three times as many blueberry jelly
beans as cherry jelly beans. How many blueberry jelly beans did she originally
have?
(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 40 (E) 50

6 What is the largest number of solid 2-in 2-in 1-in blocks that can fit in a
3-in 2-in 3-in box?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

7 Samia set off on her bicycle to visit her friend, traveling at an average speed
of 17 kilometers per hour. When she had gone half the distance to her friends
house, a tire went flat, and she walked the rest of the way at 5 kilometers per
hour. In all it took her 44 minutes to reach her friends house. In kilometers
rounded to the nearest tenth, how far did Samia walk?
(A) 2.0 (B) 2.2 (C) 2.8 (D) 3.4 (E) 4.4

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8 Points A(11, 9) and B(2, 3) are vertices of ABC with AB = AC. The
altitude from A meets the opposite side at D(1, 3). What are the coordinates
of point C?
(A) (8, 9) (B) (4, 8) (C) (4, 9) (D) (2, 3) (E) (1, 0)

9 A radio program has a quiz consisting of 3 multiple-choice questions, each with


3 choices. A contestant wins if he or she gets 2 or more of the questions right.
The contestant answers randomly to each question. What is the probability of
winning?
1 1 2 7 1
(A) 27 (B) 9 (C) 9 (D) 27 (E) 2

10 The lines with equations ax 2y = c and 2x + by = c are perpendicular and


intersect at (1, 5). What is c?
(A) 13 (B) 8 (C) 2 (D) 8 (E) 13

11 At Typico High School, 60% of the students like dancing, and the rest dislike
it. Of those who like dancing, 80% say that they like it, and the rest say that
they dislike it. Of those who dislike dancing, 90% say that they dislike it, and
the rest say that they like it. What fraction of students who say they dislike
dancing actually like it?
(A) 10% (B) 12% (C) 20% (D) 25% (E) 33 13 %

12 Elmers new car gives 50% percent better fuel efficiency, measured in kilometers
per liter, than his old car. However, his new car uses diesel fuel, which is 20%
more expensive per liter than the gasoline his old car used. By what percent
will Elmer save money if he uses his new car instead of his old car for a long
trip?
(A) 20% (B) 26 23 % (C) 27 79 % (D) 33 31 % (E) 66 23 %

13 There are 20 students participating in an after-school program offering classes


in yoga, bridge, and painting. Each student must take at least one of these
three classes, but may take two or all three. There are 10 students taking yoga,
13 taking bridge, and 9 taking painting. There are 9 students taking at least
two classes. How many students are taking all three classes?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

14 An integer N is selected at random in the range 1 N 2020. What is the


probability that the remainder when N 16 is divided by 5 is 1?

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1 2 3 4
(A) 5 (B) 5 (C) 5 (D) 5 (E) 1

15 Rectangle ABCD has AB = 3 and BC = 4. Point E is the foot of the perpen-


dicular from B to diagonal AC. What is the area of ADE?
42 28 54
(A) 1 (B) 25 (C) 15 (D) 2 (E) 25

16 How many of the base-ten numerals for the positive integers less than or equal
to 2017 contain the digit 0?
(A) 469 (B) 471 (C) 475 (D) 478 (E) 481

17 Call a positive integer monotonous if it is a one-digit number or its digits, when


read from left to right, form either a strictly increasing or a strictly decreasing
sequence. For example, 3, 23578, and 987620 are monotonous, but 88, 7434,
and 23557 are not. How many monotonous positive integers are there?
(A) 1024 (B) 1524 (C) 1533 (D) 1536 (E) 2048

18 In the figure below, 3 of the 6 disks are to be painted blue, 2 are to be painted
red, and 1 is to be painted green. Two paintings that can be obtained from
one another by a rotation or a reflection of the entire figure are considered the
same. How many different paintings are possible?

(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 12 (E) 15

19 Let ABC be an equilateral triangle. Extend side AB beyond B to a point B


so that BB = 3AB. Similarly, extend side BC beyond C to a point C so that
CC = 3BC, and extend side CA beyond A to a point A so that AA = 3CA.
What is the ratio of the area of A B C to the area of ABC?
(A) 9 : 1 (B) 16 : 1 (C) 25 : 1 (D) 36 : 1 (E) 37 : 1

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20 The number 21! = 51, 090, 942, 171, 709, 440, 000 has over 60, 000 positive inte-
ger divisors. One of them is chosen at random. What is the probability that it
is odd?
1 1 1
(A) 21 (B) 19 (C) 18 (D) 21 (E) 11
21

21 In ABC, AB = 6, AC = 8, BC = 10, and D is the midpoint of BC. What is


the sum of the radii of the circles inscribed in ADB and ADC?

(A) 5 (B) 11
4 (C)2 2 (D) 17
6 (E)3

22 The diameter AB of a circle of radius 2 is extended to a point D outside the


circle so that BD = 3. Point E is chosen so that ED = 5 and the line ED
is perpendicular to the line AD. Segment AE intersects the circle at point C
between A and E. What is the area of ABC?
120 140 145 140 120
(A) 37 (B) 39 (C) 39 (D) 37 (E) 31

23 Let N = 123456789101112 . . . 4344 be the 79-digit number obtained that is


formed by writing the integers from 1 to 44 in order, one after the other. What
is the remainder when N is divided by 45?
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 9 (D) 18 (E) 44

24 The vertices of an equilateral triangle lie on the hyperbola xy = 1, and a vertex


of this hyperbola is the centroid of the triangle. What is the square of the area
of the triangle?
(A) 48 (B) 60 (C) 108 (D) 120 (E) 169

25 Last year Isabella took 7 math tests and received 7 different scores, each an
integer between 91 and 100, inclusive. After each test she noticed that the
average of her test scores was an integer. Her score on the seventh test was 95.
What was her score on the sixth test?
(A) 92 (B) 94 (C) 96 (D) 98 (E) 100

c Mathematical Association of America (http:


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