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2002 AMC 10A Problems

2002 AMC 10A (Answer Key)
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Instructions

1. This is a 25-question, multiple choice test. Each

question is followed by answers marked A, B, C, D and
E. Only one of these is correct.
2. You will receive 6 points for each correct answer, 2.5
points for each problem left unanswered if the year is
before 2006, 1.5 points for each problem left
unanswered if the year is after 2006, and 0 points for
each incorrect answer.
3. No aids are permitted other than scratch paper, graph
paper, ruler, compass, protractor and erasers (and
calculators that are accepted for use on the SAT if
before 2006. No problems on the test will require the
use of a calculator).
4. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
5. You will have 75 minutes working time to complete the
test.

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Contents
1 Problem 1
2 Problem 2
3 Problem 3
4 Problem 4
5 Problem 5
6 Problem 6
7 Problem 7
8 Problem 8
9 Problem 9
10 Problem 10
11 Problem 11
12 Problem 12
13 Problem 13
14 Problem 14
 15 Problem 15
16 Problem 16
17 Problem 17
18 Problem 18
19 Problem 19
20 Problem 20
21 Problem 21
22 Problem 22
23 Problem 23
24 Problem 24
25 Problem 25
26 See also

Problem 1

The ratio is closest to which of the following numbers?

Solution

Problem 2

Given that and are non-zero real numbers, define . Find .

Solution

Problem 3
According to the standard convention for exponentiation,

If the order in which the exponentiations are performed is changed, how many other values are possible?

Solution

Problem 4
For how many positive integers is there at least 1 positive integer such that ?

infinitely many

Solution

Problem 5
Each of the small circles in the figure has radius one. The innermost circle is tangent to the six circles that surround it, and each of
those circles is tangent to the large circle and to its small-circle neighbors. Find the area of the shaded region.
Solution

Problem 6
From a starting number, Cindy was supposed to subtract 3, and then divide by 9, but instead, Cindy subtracted 9, then divided by 3,
getting 43. If the correct instructions were followed, what would the result be?

Solution

Problem 7
A arc of circle A is equal in length to a arc of circle B. What is the ratio of circle A's area and circle B's area?

Solution

Problem 8
Betsy designed a flag using blue triangles, small white squares, and a red center square, as shown. Let be the total area of the
blue triangles, the total area of the white squares, and the area of the red square. Which of the following is correct?

Solution

Problem 9
There are 3 numbers A, B, and C, such that , and . What is the
average of A, B, and C?

Not uniquely determined

Solution

Problem 10
What is the sum of all of the roots of ?

Solution

Problem 11
Jamal wants to save 30 files onto disks, each with 1.44 MB space. 3 of the files take up 0.8 MB each, 12 of the files take up 0.7 MB
each, and the rest take up 0.4 MB each. It is not possible to split a file onto 2 different disks. What is the smallest number of disks
needed to store all 30 files?

Solution

Problem 12
Mr. Earl E. Bird leaves home every day at 8:00 AM to go to work. If he drives at an average speed of 40 miles per hour, he will be
late by 3 minutes. If he drives at an average speed of 60 miles per hour, he will be early by 3 minutes. How many miles per hour
does Mr. Bird need to drive to get to work exactly on time?

Solution

Problem 13
Given a triangle with side lengths 15, 20, and 25, find the triangle's smallest altitude.

Solution

Problem 14
Both roots of the quadratic equation are prime numbers. The number of possible values of is

Solution

Problem 15
Using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9, form 4 two-digit prime numbers, using each digit only once. What is the sum of the 4 prime
numbers?

Solution

Problem 16
Let . What is ?

Solution

Problem 17
Sarah pours 4 ounces of coffee into a cup that can hold 8 ounces. Then she pours 4 ounces of cream into a second cup that can
also hold 8 ounces. She then pours half of the contents of the first cup into the second cup, completely mixes the contents of the
second cup, then pours half of the contents of the second cup back into the first cup. What fraction of the contents in the first cup
is cream?

Solution

Problem 18
A 3x3x3 cube is made of 27 normal dice. Each die's opposite sides sum to 7. What is the smallest possible sum of all of the values
visible on the 6 faces of the large cube?

Solution
Problem 19
Spot's doghouse has a regular hexagonal base that measures one yard on each side. He is tethered to a vertex with a two-yard
rope. What is the area, in square yards, of the region outside of the doghouse that Spot can reach?

Solution

Problem 20
Points and lie, in that order, on , dividing it into five segments, each of length 1. Point is not on line
. Point lies on , and point lies on . The line segments and are parallel. Find .

Solution

Problem 21
The mean, median, unique mode, and range of a collection of eight integers are all equal to 8. The largest integer that can be an
element of this collection is

Solution

Problem 22
A set of tiles numbered 1 through 100 is modified repeatedly by the following operation: remove all tiles numbered with a perfect
square, and renumber the remaining tiles consecutively starting with 1. How many times must the operation be performed to
reduce the number of tiles in the set to one?

Solution

Problem 23
Points and lie on a line, in that order, with and . Point is not on the line, and
. The perimeter of is twice the perimeter of . Find .

Solution

Problem 24
Tina randomly selects two distinct numbers from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, and Sergio randomly selects a number from the set {1, 2, ...,
10}. What is the probability that Sergio's number is larger than the sum of the two numbers chosen by Tina?

Solution

Problem 25
In trapezoid with bases and , we have , , , and (diagram
not to scale). The area of is

Solution

See also
2002 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources (http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/communi
ty/c13))

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