Winter MathMania COMON March 2023

College and Olympiad Math Online Network

Winter MathMania
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• You will receive 6 points for a correct answer, 1.5 points for a blank question, and 0
points for an incorrect answer.
• Only pens, pencils, rulers, compasses, protractors, and scratch paper are allowed. Cal-
culators are prohibited.
• You have 75 minutes to complete 25 questions.
• Do not communicate with others duuring the examination.
• Have fun!
Problem 1 What is the side length of a rectangle with a width of 8 cm and an area of
120 cm2 ?

(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20 (E) 32

Problem 2 If (x5 y 4 )3 = xa y b , what is a − b?

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 23 (D) 27 (E) 40

Problem 3 Find the interior angle of a polygon with 12 sides.

(A) 54 (B) 55 (C) 150 (D) 175 (E) 225

Problem 4 Pens come in packs of 18, while pencils come in packages of 14. What’s the
smallest amount of pen packs I must buy such that the number of pens and pencils is equal?

(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 16 (E) 63

Problem 5 John drove to his office at an average speed of 30mph. He returned home on
the same route but averaged 45mph. How many miles did John drive in total if he spent
one hour commuting to and from work?

(A) 14 (B) 18 (C) 28 (D) 32 (E) 36

Problem 6 Mr. White, Mr. Gray, Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, Mr. Purple, and Mr. Red are
seated at a circular table. However, this circular table only has five seats. How many ways
can the six people be seated? Rotations of the same seating arrangement aree considered
the same.

(A) 6 (B) 96 (C) 120 (D) 144 (E) 720

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Problem 7 The circle O with radius 2 is drawn on a plane. A circle P with radius 1 shares
its center with O. Find the area outside of P but inside of O.

(A) π (B) 2π (C) 3π (D) 4π (E) 5π

Problem 8 The lines given by the equations y = 6 − 41 x and y = mx + b are perpendicular

and intersect at a point on the x-axis. What is the value of b?

(A) − 96 (B) − 24 (C) 0

(D) 24 (E) 96

√ √ 4 4 √
p qp
4 4 4 4
Problem 9 Find the value of 64 · 64 · 64 · · · .

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16 (E) 32

Problem 10 If two standard, fair 6-sided dice are rolled, what is the probability that the
product of the two numbers has two distinct, prime factors? Numbers like 18 = 2 · 3 · 3 with
repeating prime factorrs do not count. Express your answer as a common fraction.

1 1 2 1 4
(A) 9
(B) 7
(C) 9
(D) 3
(E) 9

Problem 11 What is the sum of all integers x such that |x − 1| + |x − 2| + |x − 3| + |x −

4| + |x − 5| = 7?

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8

Problem 12 How many intersections do the functions y = sin(3x) and y = cos(4x) have
in the interval [0, π]?

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

Problem 13 In how many ways can you color 3 tiles of a 3 × 3 square blue, such that no
two blue squares share the same border?

(A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 24 (D) 26 (E) 30

Problem 14 The number 4 · ( ni=0 4 · 10i ) is a number with the digit sum of 1001. What
P
is n?

(A)70 (B)71 (C)142 (D)143 (E)286

Problem 15 Find the area of the region enclosed by f (x) = tan(15◦ )x+2, g(x) = tan(−15◦ )x−
2, and the y axis.
√ √ √ √ √
(A)8 + 6 3 (B)6 + 6 3 (C)8 + 4 3 (D)10 + 2 2 (E)8 + 2 6

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Problem 16 A sphere is fully inscribed in a tetrahedron with length 1. Find the volume
of the sphere.
√ √ √ √ √
6 6 3 3 2
(A) 216
π (B) 108
π (C) 108
π (D) 54
π (E) 36
π

Problem 17 The equations y = x2 − 1 and x = y 2 − 1 have four intersections,

√ which form
a quadrilateral. The area of this quadrilateral can be expressed as m n, where n is square-
free. Compute m + n.

(A)6 (B)7 (C)8 (D)9 (E)10

Problem 18 A circle with center p O√ and radius OA = 1 is constructed. A smaller circle

with center A and radius OB = 2 − 3 is constructed.
√ The area of the overlapping region
π 1
between the two circles can be written as (a + b c) · 12 − 2 , where c is square-free. Calculate
|a| + |b| + |c|.

(A)16 (B)17 (C)18 (D)19 (E)20

Problem 19 The transformation R in the complex plane is a counter-clockwise rotation by

an angle θ about the point represented by the complex number a. The transformation S in
the complex plane is a counter-clockwise rotation by an angle ϕ about the point represented
by the complex number b. How many of the following properties guarantee RS = SR?
(Meaning applying transformation R and then S always gives the same result as S and then
R)

1. a = b

2. |θ − ϕ| = nπ for some n ∈ Z

3. θ = 2nπ for some n ∈ Z

4. ϕ = 2nπ for some n ∈ Z

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

Problem 20 12 students are lining up. Mr. White gives some students one apple each and
the rest nothing. Then, they come to a table one at a time. If a student holds an apple, he
puts the apple on the table and leaves. If a student doesn’t have an apple in the beginning,
he picks up one apple from the table and leaves. Mr. White is mad if a student of the second
kind has no apple on the table to pick up, or if there is any apple on the table after all
students have taken their moves. Given that he gives the first 2 students apples, how many
ways are there for Mr. White to assign apples in the beginning so that he won’t be mad?

(A) 84 (B) 90 (C) 120 (D) 164 (E) 210

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Problem 21 6 people are standing in a circle. Each one rolls a fair, six-sided die. If they
roll a prime number, they sit down. Given that all of them roll an even number, and that
at least one person is standing, what is the probability that no two adjacent people are both
standing?
4 4 4 5 6
(A) 234 (B) 235 (C) 326 (D) 236 (E) 326

Problem 22 Given that 27 + 9z 2 + 3z 4 + z 6 = 0, find the maximum value of |x − 1 − i|,

where i is the imaginary unit and i2 = −1.
√ √ √ √ √
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2+ 3 (E) 2 2

Problem 23 Eric the ant starts at (0, 0) and wants to escape the 4 × 4 box with corners
(−2, −2), (−2, 2), (2, −2), and (2, 2) in 4 moves, where each move is one unit up, down, left,
or right with equal probability. What is the probability that he can escape in 4 moves (must
be outside the boundary)?

3 5 7 3
(A) 32 (B) 32 (C) 32 (D) 16 (E) 18

Problem 24 In the range [0, 2π), how many real numbers x satisfy cos(sin(sin(x))) =
sin(cos(cos(x)))?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

Problem 25 Consider T0 = 2, T1 = 5, and Tn = (2n + 3)Tn−1 + (−6n + 6)Tn−2 − 2 · 3n−1 ,

for n ≥ 2. Calculate the last two digits of T2023 .

(A) 09 (B) 27 (C) 43 (D) 44 (E) 52