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PROBLEM 1(DIFFICULTY:1)

The ratio
11ie ldti0 is closest to which of the following numbers?

(A)0.1 (B)0.2 (C)1 (D)5 ((E)10

PROBLEM 2(DIFFICULTY:1)
The ratio is
1Te TdLI0
Is:
(A)1/6 (B)1/3 (C)1/2 (D)2/3 (E)3/2
PROBLEM 3(DIFFICULTY:1)

For each pair of real numbers a≠b,define the operation*as

What is the value of ((1*2)*3)?

(A)-3 (B)一 号 (C)0(D)(E)This value is not defined.

PROBLEM 4(DIFFICULTY:1)

Kaashish has written down one integer two times and another integer three times.The sum of the five
numbers is 100,and one of the numbers is 28.What is the other number?

(A)8 (B)11 (C)14 (D)15 (E)18

PROBLEM 5(DIFFICULTY:1)

Real numbers x,y,and z satisfy the inequalities O<x<1,-1<y<0,and 1<z<2.Which of the

following numbers is necessarily positive?

(A)y+c² (B)y+cz (C)y+y² (D)y+2y² (E)y+2

PROBLEM 6(DIFFICULTY:1.25)

In the year 2001,the United States will host the International Mathematical Olympiad.Let I,M,and O
be distinct positive integers such that the product I·M·O=2001.What is the largest possible value of
the sum I+M+O?

(A)23 (B)55 (C)99 (D)111 (E)671

PROBLEM 7(DIFFICULTY:1.25)

For how many positive integers n is n²-3n+2 a prime number?

(A)none (B)one (C)two (D)more than two,but finitely many (E)infinitelymany

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PROBLEM 8(DIFFICULTY:1.25)

Leah has 13 coins,all of which are pennies and nickels.If she had one more nickel than she has now,then
she would have the same number of pennies and nickels.In cents,how much are Leah's coins worth?

(A)33 (B)35 (C)37 (D)39 (E)41

PROBLEM 9(DIFFICULTY:1.25)

Orvin went to the store with just enough money to buy 30 balloons.When he arrived he discovered that
thestore had a special sale on balloons:buy 1 ballon at the regular price and get a second at g of the
regular price.What is the greatest number of balloons Orvin could buy?

(A)33 (B)34 (C)36 (D)38 (E)39

PROBLEM 10(DIFFICULTY:1.25)
Randy drove the first third of his trip on a gravel road,the next 20 miles on pavement,and the remaining
one-fifth on a dirt road.In miles,how long was Randy's trip?

(A)30 (B) (C) (D)40(E)9

PROBLEM 11(DIFEICULTY:1.25)

The harmonic mean of two numbers can be calculated as twice their product divided by their sum.The
harmonic mean of 1 and 2016 is closest to which integer?

(A)2 (B)45 (C)504 (D)1008 (E)2015

PROBLEM 12(DIFFICULTY:1.25)

The area of a pizza with radius 4 is N percent larger than the area of a pizza with radius 3 inches.What is
the integer closest to N?

(A)25 (B)33 (C)44 (D)66 (E)78

PROBLEM 13(DIFFICULTY:1.25)

Suppose a is 150%of b.What percent of a is 3b?

(A)50 (B)66+3 (C)150 (D)200 (E)450

PROBLEM 14(DIFFICULTY:1.25)

Carlos took 70%of a whole pie.Maria took one third of the remainder.What portion of the whole pie was
left?

(A)10% (B)15% (C)20% (D)30% (E)35%

PROBLEM 15(DIFFICULTY:1.25)

A driver travels for 2 hours at 60 miles per hour,during which her car gets 30 miles per gallon of gasoline.
She is paid $0.50 per mile,and her only expense is gasoline at $2.00 per gallon.What is her net rate of
pay,in dollars per hour,after this expense?

(A)20 (B)22 (C)24 (D)25 (E)26

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PROBLEM 16(DIFFICULTY:1.25)

The sum of two natural numbers is 17,402.One ofthe two numbers is divisible by 10.If the units digit of
that number is erased,the other number is obtained.What is the difference of these two numbers?

(A)10,272 (B)11,700 (C)13,362 (D)14,238 (E)15,426

PROBLEM 17(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

A digital watch displays hours and minutes with AM and PM.What is the largest possible sum of the
digits in the display?

(A)17 (B)19 (C)21 (D)22 (E)23

PROBLEM 18(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

Susie pays for 4 muffins and 3 bananas.Calvin spends twice as much paying for 2 muffins and 16 bananas.
A muffin is how many times as expensive as a banana?

(A) (B) 亭 (C)(D)2 (E)望

PROBLEM 19(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

Doug constructs a square window using 8 equal-size panes of glass,as shown.The ratio of the height to
width for each pane is 5:2,and the borders around and between the panes are 2 inches wide.In inches,
what is the side length of the square window?

(A)26 (B)28 (C)30 (D)32 (E)34

PROBLEM 20(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

The sum of two positive numbers is 5 times their difference.What is the ratio of the larger number to the
smaller number?

(A)皇 (B) (C)号 (D)2 (E)是

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PROBLEM 21(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

Sreshtha needs to estimate the quantity ,where a,b,and c are large positive integers.She rounds
each of the integers so that the calculation will be easier to do mentally.In which of these situations wil
her answer necessarily be greater than the exact value of

(A)She rounds all three numbers up.

(B)She rounds a andbup,and she rounds cdown.
(C)She rounds aand c up,andshe rounds bdown.
(D)She rounds a up,and she rounds b and cdown.
(E)She rounds c up,and she rounds a and bdown.

PROBLEM 22(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

The remainder can be defined for all real numbers x and y with y≠0 by

where denotesthegreatstintegerlesshanorequalto .What isthevalueofrem(

(A) (B)-0(C)0 (D) (E)黏
PROBLEM 23(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

Ximena lists the whole numbers 1 through 30 once.Emilio copies Ximena's numbers,replacing each
occurrence of the digit 2 by the digit 1.Ximena adds her numbers and Emilio adds his numbers.How
much larger is Ximena's sum than Emilio's?

(A)13 (B)26 (C)102 (D)103 (E)110

PROBLEM 24(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

Laura added two three-digit positive integers.All six digits in these numbers are different.Laura's sum is a
three-digit number S.What is the smallest possible value for the sum of the digits of S?

(A)1 (B)4 (C)5 (D)15 (E)20

PROBLEM 25(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

How many positive integer factors of 2020 have more than 3 factors?(As an example,12 has 6 factors,
namely 1,2,3,4,6,and 12.)

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

PROBLEM 26(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

How many 4-digit positive integers (that is,integers between 1000 and 9999,inclusive)having only even
digits are divisible by 5?

(A)80 (B)100 (C)125 (D)200 (E)500

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PROBLEM 27(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

The ages of Jonie's four cousins are distinct single-digit positive integers.Two of the cousins'ages
multiplied together give 24,while the other two multiply to 30.What is the sum of the ages of Jonie's four
cousins?

(A)21 (B)22 (C)23 (D)24 (E)25

PROBLEM 28(DIFFICULTY:1.5)

When a student multiplied the number 66 by the repeating decimal

1.abab...=1.ab

where a andb are digits,he did not noticethe notation and just multiplied 66 times 1.ab.Later he found
that his answer is 0.5 less than the correct answer.What is the 2-digit number ab?

(A)15 (B)30 (C)45 (D)60 (E)75

PROBLEM 29(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

At Olympic HighSchool,3 of the freshmen and 4 of the sophomores took the AMC-10.Given that the
number of freshmen and sophomore contestants was the same,which of the following must be true?

(A)There are five times as many sophomores as freshmen.

(B)There are twice as many sophomores as freshmen.

(C)There are as many freshmen as sophomores.

(D)There are twice as many freshmen as sophomores.

(E)There are five times as many freshmen as sophomores.

PROBLEM 30(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

Two different prime numbers between 4 and 18 are chosen.When their sum is subtracted from their
product,which of the following numbers could be obtained?

(A)21 (B)60 (C)119 (D)180 (E)231

PROBLEM 31(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

What is the probability that a randomly drawn positive factor of 60 is less than 7?

(A)立 (B)言 (C)4 (D)s (E)

PROBLEM 32(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

Which of the following numbers is a perfect square?

(A) (B) (c) (D) (E)

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PROBLEM 33(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

Thedifference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by reversing its digits is 5 times the
sum of the digits of either number.What is the sum of the two digit number and its reverse?

(A)44 ((B)55 (C)77 (D)99 (E)110

PROBLEM 34(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

Ed and Ann both have lemonade with their lunch.Ed orders the regular size.Ann gets the large lemonade,
which is 50%more than the regular.After both consume 3 of their drinks,Ann gives Ed a third of what
she has left,and 2 additional ounces.When they finish their lemonades they realize that they both drank
the same amount.How many ounces of lemonade did they drink together?

(A)30 (B)32 (C)36 (D)40 (E)50

PROBLEM 35(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

For how many positive integers n is 30-n also a positive integer?

(A)4 (B)5 (C)6(D)7 (E)8

PROBLEM 36(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

In the addition shown below A,B,C,and D are distinct digits.How many different values are possible for
D?

A B B C B
十 B C A D A
D B D D D

(A)2 (B)4 (C)7 (D)8 (E)9

PROBLEM 37(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

Two years ago Pete was three times as old as his cousin Claire.Two years before that,Pete was four times
as old as Claire.In how many years will the ratio of their ages be2:1?

(A)2 (B)4 (C)5 (D)6 (E)8

PROBLEM 38(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

Back in 1930,Tillie had to memorize her multiplication facts from O×0 to 12×12.The multiplication
table she was given had rows and columns labeled with the factors,and the products formed the body of
the table.To the nearest hundredth,what fraction of the numbers in the body of the table are odd?

(A)0.21 (B)0.25 (C)0.46 (D)0.50 (E)0.75

PROBLEM 39(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

Trickster Rabbit agrees with Foolish Fox to double Fox's money every time Fox crosses the bridge by
Rabbit's house,as long as Fox pays 40 coins in toll to Rabbit after each crossing.The payment is made
after the doubling,Fox is excited about his good fortune until he discovers that all his money is gone after
crossing the bridge three times.How many coins did Fox have at the beginning?

(A)20 (B)30 (C)35 (D)40 (E)45

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PROBLEM 40(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

Josh writes the numbers 1,2,3,...,99,100.He marks out 1,skips the next number (2),marks out 3,and
continues skipping and marking out the next number to the end of the list.Then he goes back to the start
of his list,marks out the first remaining number (2),skips the next number (4),marks out 6,skips 8,
marks out 10,and so on to the end.Josh continues in this manner until only one number remains.What is
that number?

(A)13 (B)32 (C)56 (D)64 (E)96

PROBLEM 41(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

For how many (not necessarily positive)integer values of n is the value of 4000·(弓)"an integer?

(A)3 (B)4 (C)6 (D)8 (E)9

PROBLEM 42(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

What is the greatest three-digit positive integer n for which the sum of the first n positive integers is not a
divisor of the product of the first n positive integers?

(A)995 (B)996 (C)997 (D)998 (E)999

PROBLEM 43(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

Let f(x)=x²(1-x)².What is the value ofthe sum

(A)0 (B) ((C) (D) (E)1

PROBLEM 44(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

A single bench section at a school event can hold either 7 adults or 11 children.When N bench sections
are connected end to end,an equal number of adults and children seated together will occupy all the
bench space.What is the least possible positive integer value of N?

(A)9 (B)18 (C)27 (D)36 (E)77

PROBLEM 45(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

How many positive even multiples of 3 less than 2020 are perfect squares?

(A)7 (B)8 (C)9 (D)10 (E)12

PROBLEM 46(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

How many ordered pairs of integers (x,y)satisfy the equation

c²020+y²=2y?

(A)1 (B)2 (C)3 (D)4 (E)infinitely many

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PROBLEM 47(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

What is the median of the following list of 4040 numbers?

1,2,3,…,2020,1²,2²,3²,…,2020²

(A)1974.5 (B)1975.5 (C)1976.5 (D)1977.5 (E)1978.5

PROBLEM 48(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

For all integers n≥9,the value of

is always which of the following?

(A)a multiple of 4 (B)a multiple of 10 (C)a prime number

(D)a perfect square (E)a perfect cube

PROBLEM 49(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

How many ordered pairs of integers (r,y)satisfy the equation

c²020+y²=2y?

(A)1(B)2 (C)3 (D)4。(E)infinitely many

PROBLEM 50(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

Mr.Zhou places all the integers from 1 to 225 into a 15 by 15 grid.He places 1 in the middle square
(eighth row and eighth column)and places other numbers one by one clockwise,as shown in part in the
diagram below.What is the sum of the greatest number and the least number that appear in the second
row from the top?

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

(A)367 (B)368 (C)369 (D)379 ((E)380

PROBLEM 51(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

A sequence of numbers is defined by Do=0,D₁=0,D₂=1 and Dn=Dn-1+Dn-3 for n≥3.What are

the parities (evenness or oddness)of the triple of numbers(D₂021,D2022,D2023),where E denotes even and
O denotes odd?

(A)(O,E,O)(B)(E,E,O) (C)(E,O,E) (D)(0,0,E)(E)(0,0,0)

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PROBLEM 52(DIFFICULTY:1.75)

Let N=34·34·63·270.What is the ratio of the sum of the odd divisors of N to the sum of the even
divisors of N?

(A)1:16 (B)1:15 (C)1:14 (D)1:8 (E)1:3

PROBLEM 53(DIFFICULTY:2)

Mrs.Walter gave an exam in a mathematics class of five students.She entered the scores in random order
into a spreadsheet,which recalculated the class average after each score was entered.Mrs.Walter noticed
that after each score was entered,the average was always an integer.The scores (listed in ascending order)
were 71,76,80,82,and 91.What was the last score Mrs.Walters entered?

(A)71 (B)76(C)80 (D)82 (E)91

PROBLEM 54(DIFFICULTY:2)

What is the tens digit in the sum 7!+8!+9!+…+2006!

(A)1 (B)3 (C)4 ((D)6 (E)9

PROBLEM 55(DIFFICULTY:2)

Oscar buys 13 pencils and 3 erasers for 1.00.A pencil costs more than an eraser,and both items cost a
whole number of cents.What is the total cost,in cents,of one pencil and one eraser?

(A)10 (B)12 (C)15 (D)18 (E)20

PROBLEM 56(DIFFICULTY:2)

What is the sum of the exponents of the prime factors of the square root of the largest perfect square that
divides 12!?

(A)5 (B)7 (C)8 (D)10 (E)12

PROBLEM 57(DIFFICULTY:2)

Let S be the set of positive integers n for which ¹has therepeating decimal representation 0.ab=
0.ababab…,with a and b different digits.What is the sum of the elements of S?

(A)11 (B)44 (C)110 (D)143 (E)155

PROBLEM 58(DIFFICULTY:2)

In the addition shown below A,B,C,and D are distinct digits.How many different values are possible for
D?

ABBCB
+BCADA
DBDDD

(A)2 (B)4 (C)7 (D)8 (E)9

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PROBLEM 59(DIFFICULTY:2)

The largest divisor of 2,014,000,000 is itself.What is its fifth-largest divisor?

(A)125,875,000 (B)201,400,000 (C)251,750,000 (D)402,800,000 (E)503,500,000

PROBLEM 60(DIFFICULTY:2)

Danica drove her new car on a trip for a whole number of hours,averaging 55 miles per hour.At the
beginning of the trip,abc miles was displayed on the odometer,where abc is a 3-digit number with a≥1
and a+b+c≤7.At the end ofthe trip,the odometer showed cba miles.What is a²+b²+c²?.

(A)26 (B)27 (C)36 (D)37 (E)41

PROBLEM 61(DIFFICULTY:2)

What are the sign and units digit of the product of all the odd negative integers strictly greater than
-2015?
(A)It is a negative number ending with a 1.
(B)It is a positive number ending with a 1.
(C)It is a negative number ending with a 5.
(D)It is a positive number ending with a 5.
(E)It is a negative number ending with a 0.

PROBLEM 62(DIFFICULTY:2)

Three distinct integers are selected at random between 1 and 2016,inclusive.Which of the following is a
correct statement about the probability p that the product of the three integers is odd?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)1

PROBLEM 63(DIFFICULTY:2)

Two different numbers are selected at random from {1,2,3,4,5}and multiplied together.What is the
probability that the product is even?

(A)0.2 (B)0.4 (C)0.5 (D)0.7 (E)0.8

PROBLEM 64(DIFFICULTY:2)

When 7 fair standard 6-sided dice are thrown,the probability that the sum of the numbers on the top faces
is 10 can be written as

where n is a positive integer.What is n?

(A)42 (B)49 (C)56 (D)63 (E)84

PROBLEM 65(DIFFICULTY:2)

Which of the following expressions is never a prime number when p is a prime number?

(A)p²+16 (B)p²+24 (C)p²+26 (D)p²+46 (E)p²+96

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PROBLEM 66(DIFFICULTY:2)

A rectangular floor that is 10 feet wide and 17 feet long is tiled with 170 one-foot square tiles.A bug walks
from one corner to the opposite corner in a straight line.Including the first and the last tile,how many
tiles does the bug visit?

(A)17 (B)25 (C)26 (D)27 (E)28

PROBLEM 67(DIFFICULTY:2)

How many positive integer divisors of 201⁹are perfect squares or perfect cubes (or both)?

(A)32 (B)36 (C)37 (D)39 (E)41

PROBLEM 68(DIFFICULTY:2)

For which of the following integers b is the base-b number 2021₆-221,not divisible by 3?

(A)3 (B)4 (C)6 (D)7 (E)8

PROBLEM 69(DIFFICULTY:2)

Which of the following is equivalent to

(2+3)(2²+3²)(2⁴+34)(2⁸+38)(2¹⁶+3¹6)(2³²+3²)(2⁰⁴+364)?

(A)3127+2127 (B)3127+2127+2·363+3·263 (C)3128-2128 ((D)3128+2128 (E)5127

PROBLEM 70(DIFFICULTY:2)

Two distinct numbers are selected from the set {1,2,3,4,...,36,37}so that the sum of the remaining 35
numbers is the product of these two numbers.What is the difference of these two numbers?

(A)5 (B)7 (C)8 (D)9 (E)10

PROBLEM 71(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

The number 2564.6425 is the square of a positive integer N.In decimal representation,the sum of the
digits of N is

(A)7 (B)14 (C)21 (D)28 (E)35

PROBLEM 72(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

Let n be the largest integer that is the product of exactly 3 distinct prime numbers d,e,and 10d+e
where dand e are single digits.What is the sum of the digits of n?

(A)12 (B)15 (C)18 (D)21 (E)24

PROBLEM 73(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

How many positive integers n satisfy the following condition:

(130n)50>n100>22007

(A)0 (B)7 (C)12 (D)65 (E)125

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PROBLEM 74(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

How many three-digit numbers satisfy the property that the middle digit is the average of the first and the
last digits?

(A)41 (B)42 (C)43 (D)44 (E)45

PROBLEM 75(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

Danica drove her new car on a trip for a whole number of hours,averaging 55 miles per hour.At the
beginning of the trip,abc miles was displayed on the odometer,where abc is a 3-digit number with a≥1
and a+b+c≤7.At theend of the trip,the odometer showed cba miles.What is a²+b²+c²?

(A)26 (B)27 (C)36 (D)37 (E)41

PROBLEM 76(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

Claudia has 12 coins,each of which is a 5-cent coin or a 10-cent coin.There are exactly 17 different values
that can be obtained as combinations of one or more of his coins.How many 10-cent coins does Claudia
have?

(A)3 (B)4 (C)5(D)6 (E)7

PROBLEM 77(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

How many ways are there to write 2016 as the sum of twos and threes,ignoring order?(For example,1008
·2+0·3 and 402:2+404·3 are two such ways.)

(A)236 (B)336((C)337 (D)403 (E)672

PROBLEM 78(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

At Megapolis Hospital one year,multiple-birth statistics were as follows:Sets of twins,triplets,and

quadruplets accounted for 1000 of the babies born.There were four times as many sets of triplets as sets
of quadruplets,and there was three times as many sets of twins as sets of triplets.How many of these
1000 babies were in sets of quadruplets?

(A)25 (B)40 (C)64 (D)100 (E)160

PROBLEM 79(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

Define a sequence recursively by Fo=0,F₁=1,and Fn=the remainder when Fn-1+Fn-2 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

PROBLEM 80(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

An integer N is selected at random in the range 1≤N≤2020.What is the probability that the
remainder when N16 is divided by 5 is 1?

(A) (B) (C) 号 (D) (E)1

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PROBLEM 81(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

What is the greatest integer less than or equal to

(A)80 (B)81 (C)96 (D)97 (E)625

PROBLEM 82(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

How many of the first 2018 numbers in the sequence 101,1001,10001,100001,...are divisible by 101?

(A)253 (B)504 (C)505 (D)506 (E)1009

PROBLEM 83(DIFFICULTY:2.25)

Let n be a positive integer and dbe a digit such that the value of the numeral 32d in base n equals 263,
and the value of the numeral 324 in base n equals the value of the numeral 11dl in base six.What is n+
d?

(A)10 (B)11 (C)13 (D)15 (E)16

PROBLEM 84(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

One morning each member of Angela's family drank an 8-ounce mixture of coffee with milk.The amounts
of coffee and milk varied from cup to cup,but were never zero.Angela drank a quarter of the total amount
of milk and a sixth of the total amount of coffee.How many people are in the family?

(A)3 (B)4 (C)5 (D)6 (E)7

PROBLEM 85(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

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?

(A)150 (B)160 (C)170 (D)180 (E)190

PROBLEM 86(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

The positive integers A,B,A-B,and A+B are all prime numbers.The sum of these four primes is

(A)even (B)divisibleby 3 (C)divisible by5 (D)divisible by 7 (E)prime

PROBLEM 87(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

For how many integers n is the suare ofan nteger?

(A)1 (B)2 ((C)3 (D)4 (E)10

PROBLEM 88(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

What is the probability that an integer in the set {1,2,3,.,100}is divisible by 2 and not divisible by 3?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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PROBLEM 89(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

What is the units digit of 132003?

(A)1 (B)3 (C)7 (D)8 (E)9

PROBLEM 90(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

There are 100 players in a single tennis tournament.The tournament is single elimination,meaning that a
player who loses a match is eliminated.In the first round,the strongest 28 players are given a bye,and the
remaining 72 players are paired off to play.After each round,the remaining players play in the next round.
The match continues until only one player remains unbeaten.The total number of matches played is

(A)aprime number

(B)divisible by 2

(C)divisible by 5

(D)divisible by 7

(E)divisible by 11

PROBLEM 91(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

Sally has five red cards numbered 1 through 5 and four blue cards numbered 3 through 6.She stacks the
cards so that the colors alternate and so that the number on each red card divides evenly into the number
on each neighboring blue card.What is the sum ofthe numbers on the middle three cards?

(A)8 (B)9 (C)10 (D)11 (E)12

PROBLEM 92(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

How many positive cubes divide 3!·5!·7!?

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

PROBLEM 93(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

Leap Day,February 29,2004,occurred on a Sunday.On what day of the week will Leap Day,February 29,
2020,occur?

(A)Tuesday (B)Wednesday (C)Thursday (D)Friday (E)Saturday

PROBLEM 94(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

A finite sequence of three-digit integers has the property that the tens and units digits of each term are,
respectively,the hundreds and tens digits of the next term,and the tens and units digits of the last term
are,respectively,the hundreds and tens digits of the first term.For example,such a sequence might begin
with the terms 247,475,and 756 and end with the term 824.Let S be the sum of all the terms in the
sequence.What is the largest prime factor that always divides S?

(A)3 (B)7 (C)13 (D)37 (E)43

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PROBLEM 95(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

Integers a,b,c,and d,not necessarily distinct,are chosen independently and at random from O to 2007,
inclusive.What is the probability that ad-bc is even?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 喜

PROBLEM 96(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

The solution of the equation 7z+7=8²can be expressed in the form x=log,77.What is b?

(A) 后 (B)& (C) 号 (D) (E) 号

PROBLEM 97(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

In the equation below,A and B are consecutive positive integers,and A,B,and A+B represent number
bases:

132A+43p=69A+B ·

What is A+B?

(A)9 (B)11 (C)13 (D)15 (E)17

PROBLEM 98(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

All the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 are written in a3×3 array of squares,one number in each square,in
such a way that if two numbers are consecutive then they occupy squares that share an edge.The numbers
in the four corners add up to 18.What is the number in the center?

(A)5 (B)6 (C)7 (D)8 (E)9

PROBLEM 99(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

There are 10 horses,named Horse 1,Horse 2,...,Horse 10.They get their names from how 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 digitsof T?

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

PROBLEM 100(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

Let a1,Q2,..,Q2018 be a strictly increasing sequence of positive integers such that

a₁+a2+··+a2018 =20182018

What is the remainder when is divided by 6?

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

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PROBLEM 101(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

A positive integer divisor of 12!is chosen at random.The probability that the divisor chosen is a perfect
square can be expressed as 票，where m and n are relatively prime positive integers.What is m+n?

(A)3 (B)5 (C)12 (D)18 (E)23

PROBLEM 102(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

Steve wrote the digits 1,2,3,4,and 5 in order repeatedly from left to right,forming a list of 10,000
digits,beginning 123451234512...He then erased every third digit from his list (that is,the 3rd,6th,
9th,...digits from the left),then erased every fourth digit from the resulting list (that is,the 4th,8th,
12th,...digits from the left in what remained),and then erased every fifth digit from what remained at
that point.What is the sum of the three digits that were then in the positions 2019,2020,2021?

(A)7 (B)9(C)10 (D)11 (E)12

PROBLEM 103(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

All the roots of the polynomial z⁶-10z⁵+Az⁴+Bz³+Cz²+Dz+16 are positive integers,possibly

repeated.What isthe value of B?

(A)-88 (B)-80 (C)-64 (D)-41 (E)-40

PROBLEM 104(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

Of the following complex numbers z,which one has the property that z⁵has the greatest real part?

(A)-2 (B)-√3+i (C)-√2+√2i (D)-1+√3i (E)2i

PROBLEM 105(DIFFICULTY:2.5)

Suppose that S is a finite set of positive integers.If the greatest integer in S is removed from S,then the
average value (arithmetic mean)of the integers remaining is 32.If the least integer in S is also removed,
then the average value of the integers remaining is 35.If the greatest integer is then returned to the set,
the average value of the integers rises to 40.The greatest integer in the original set S is 72 greater than
the least integer in S.What is the average value of all theintegers in the set S?

(A)36.2 (B)36.4 (C)36.6 (D)36.8 (E)37

PROBLEM 106(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

Boris has an incredible coin changing machine.When he puts in a quarter,it returns five nickels;when he
puts in a nickel,it returns five pennies;and when he puts in a penny,it returns five quarters.Boris starts
with just one penny.Which of the following amounts could Boris have after using the machine repeatedly?

(A)$3.63

(B)$5.13

(C)$6.30

(D)$7.45

(E)$9.07

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PROBLEM 107(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

Suppose that m and n are positive integers such that 75m=n³.What is a minimum possible value of m
+n?

(A)15 (B)30 (C)50 (D)60 (E)5700

PROBLEM 108(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

What is the greatest power of 2 that is a factor of 101002 _4501?

(A)2002 (B)21003 (C)21004 (D)21005 (E)21006

PROBLEM 109(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

Hexadecimal (base-16)numbers are written using numeric digits O through 9 as well as the letters A
through F to represent 10 through 15.Among the first 1000 positive integers,there are n whose
hexadecimal representation contains only numeric digits.What is the sum of the digits of n?

(A)17 (B)18 (C)19 (D)20 (E)21

PROBLEM 110(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

In how many ways can 345 be written as the sum of an increasing sequence of two or more consecutive
positive integers?

(A)1 (B)3 (C)5(D)6 (E)7

PROBLEM 111(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

All the numbers 2,3,4,5,6,7 are assigned to the six faces of a cube,one number to each face.For each of
the eight vertices of the cube,a product of three numbers is computed,where the three numbers are the
numbers assigned to the three faces that include that vertex.What is the greatest possible value of the
sum of these eight products?

(A)312 (B)343 (C)625 (D)729 (E)1680

PROBLEM 112(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

Amelia has a coin that lands heads with probability s,and Blaine has a coin that lands on heads with
probability ?.Amelia and Blaine alternately toss their coins until someone gets a head;the first one to get
a head wins.Al coin tosses are independent.Amelia goes first.The probability that Amelia wins isB
where p and q are relatively prime positive integers.What is q-p?

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

PROBLEM 113(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

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

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PROBLEM 114(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

Let S be a set of 6 integers taken from {1,2,..,12}with the property that if a and b are elements of S
with a<b,then b is not a multiple of a.What is the least possible value of an element in S?

(A)2 (B)3 (C)4 (D)5 (E)7

PROBLEM 115(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

How many nonnegative integers can be written in the form

a₇·37+a₆·3⁶+a₅·3⁵+a₄·3⁴+a₃·3³+a₂·3²+a₁·3¹+ao·3°,

where ai∈{-1,0,1}for O≤i≤7?

(A)512 (B)729 (C)1094 (D)3281 (E)59,048

PROBLEM 116(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

For some positive integer k,the repeating basek representation of the (base-ten)fraction }is 0.23k=
0.232323..What is k?

(A)13 (B)14 (C)15 (D)16 (E)17

PROBLEM 117(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

Define

P(x)=(x-1²)(x-2²)…(x-100²).

How many integers n arethere such that P(n)≤0?

(A)4900 (B)4950 (C)5000 (D)5050 (E)5100

PROBLEM 118(DIFFICULTY:2.75)

Let (a,b,c,d)be an ordered quadruple of not necessarily distinct integers,each one of them in the set 0,1,
2,3.For how many such quadruples is it true that a·d-b·c is odd?(For example,(0,3,1,1)is one such
quadruple,because 0·1-3·1=-3 is odd.)

(A)48 (B)64 (C)96 (D)128 (E)192

PROBLEM 119(DIFFICULTY:3)

Find the least positive integer n such that no matter how 10"is expressed as the product of any two
positive integers,at least one of these two integers contains the digit 0.

PROBLEM 120(DIFFICULTY:3)

Let u and v be integers satisfying O<v<u.Let A=(u,v),let B be the reflection of A across the line y
=x,let C be the reflection of B across the y-axis,let D be the reflection of C across the x-axis,and let
E be the reflection of D across the y-axis.The area of pentagon ABCDE is 451.Find u+v.

PROBLEM 121(DIFFICULTY:3)

A point whose coordinates are both integers is called a lattice point.How many lattice points lie on the
hyperbola x²-y²=20002?

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PROBLEM 122(DIFFICULTY:3)

A checkerboard of 13 rows and 17 columns has a number written in each square,beginning in the upper
left corner,so that the first row is numbered 1,2,...,17,the second row 18,19,...,34,and so on down
the board.If the board is renumbered so that the left column,top to bottom,is 1,2,...,13,the second
column 14,15,...,26 and so on across the board,some squares have the same numbers in both numbering
systems.Find the sum of the numbers in these squares (under either system).

(A)222 (B)333 (C)444 (D)555 (E)666

PROBLEM 123(DIFFICULTY:3)

Find the sum of all positive two-digit integers that are divisible by each of their digits.

PROBLEM 124(DIFFICULTY:3)

Given that

(1)x and y are both integers between 100 and 999,inclusive;

(2) y is the number formed by reversingthedigits of r;and
(3) 2=|x-yl.

How many distinct values of z are possible?

PROBLEM 125(DIFFICULTY:3)

How many four-digit numbers N have the property that the three-digit number obtained by removing the
leftmost digit is one ninth of N?

(A)4 (B)5 P(C)6 (D)7 (E)8

PROBLEM 126(DIFFICULTY:3)

Given that

where k and n are positive integers and n is as large as possible,find k+n.

PROBLEM 127(DIFFICULTY:3)

The product N of three positive integers is 6 times their sum,and one of the integers is the sum of the
othertwo.Find the sum of all possible values of N.

PROBLEM 128(DIFFICULTY:3)

Let N be the greatest integer multiple of 8,no two of whose digits are the same.What is the remainderp
when N is divided by 1000?

PROBLEM 129(DIFFICULTY:3)

A base-10 three digit number n is selected at random.Which of the following is closest to the probability
that the base-9 representation and the base-11 representation of n are both three-digit numerals?

(A)0.3 (B)0.4 (C)0.5 (D)0.6 (E)0.7

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PROBLEM 130(DIFFICULTY:3)

The digits of a positive integer n are four consecutive integers in decreasing order when read from left to
right.What is the sum of the possible remainders when n is divided by 37?

PROBLEM 131(DIFFICULTY:3)

For each positive integer k,let Sk denote the increasing arithmetic sequence of integers whose first term is
1 and whose common difference is k.For example,S₃is the sequence 1,4,7,10, For how many values
of k does Sk contain the term 2005?

PROBLEM 132(DIFFICULTY:3)

Six distinct positive integers are randomly chosen between 1 and 2006,inclusive.What is the probability
that some pair of these integers has a difference that is a multiple of 5?

(A)立 (B) 号 (C)³(D) (E)1

PROBLEM 133(DIFFICULTY:3)

Two farmers agree that pigs are worth 300 dollars and that goats are worth 210 dollars.When one farmer
owes the other money,he pays the debt in pigs or goats,with "change"received in the form of goats or
pigs as necessary.(For example,a 390 dollar debt could be paid with two pigs,with one goat received in
change.)What is the amount of the smallest positive debt that can be resolved in this way?

(A)5 (B)10 (C)30 (D)90 (E)210

PROBLEM 134(DIFFICULTY:3)

How many positive perfect squares less than 106are multiples of 24?

PROBLEM 135(DIFFICULTY:3)

Call a 3-digit number geometric if it has 3 distinct digits which,when read from left to right,form a
geometric sequence.Find the difference between the largest and smallest geometric numbers.

PROBLEM 136(DIFFICULTY:3)

Maya lists all the positive divisors of 2010².She then randomly selects two distinct divisors from this list.
Let p be the probability that exactly one of the selected divisors is a perfect square.The probability p can
be expressed in the formm,where m and n are relatively prime positive integers.Find m+n.

PROBLEM 137(DIFFICULTY:3)

Find the remainder when 9×99×999×…×99…9 is divided by 1000

9999's

PROBLEM 138(DIFFICULTY:3)

Let N be the greatest integer multiple of 36 all of whose digits are even and no two of whose digits are the
same.Find the remainder when N is divided by 1000.

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PROBLEM 139(DIFFICULTY:3)

How many positive two-digit integers are factors of 24-1?

(A)4 (B)8 (C)10 (D)12 (E)14

PROBLEM 140(DIFFICULTY:3)

Find the number of ordered pairs of positive integer solutions (m,n)to the equation 20m+12n=2012.

PROBLEM 141(DIFFICULTY:3)

In base 10,the number 2013 ends in the digit 3.In base 9,on the other hand,the same number is written
as (2676)₉and ends in the digit 6.For how many positive integers b does the base-b-representation of 2013
end in the digit 3?

(A)6 (B)9 (C)13 (D)16 (E)18

PROBLEM 142(DIFFICULTY:3)

Two non-decreasing sequences of nonnegative integers have different first terms.Each sequence has the
property that each term beginning with the third is the sum of the previous two terms,and the seventh
term of each sequence is N.What is the smallest possible value of N ?

(A)55 (B)89 (C)104 (D)144 (E)273

PROBLEM 143(DIFFICULTY:3)

The number 2013 is expressed in the form

where a₁≥a₂≥…≥am and b₁≥b₂≥…≥bn are positive integers and a₁+b₁is as small as possible.
What is |a₁-b₁|?

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

PROBLEM 144(DIFFICULTY:3)

The product (8)(888...8),where the second factor has k digits,is an integer whose digits have a sum of
1000.What is k?

(A)901 (B)911 (C)919 (D)991 (E)999

PROBLEM 145(DIFFICULTY:3)

A five-digit palindrome is a positive integer with respective digits abcba,where a is non-zero.Let S be the
sum of all five-digit palindromes.What is the sum of the digits of S?

(A)9 (B)18 (C)27 (D)36 (E)45

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PROBLEM 146(DIFFICULTY:3)

A rectangle with positive integer side lengths in cm has area A cm²and perimeter Pcm.Which of the
following numbers cannot equal A+P?

(A)100 (B)102 (C)104 (D)106 (E)108

PROBLEM 147(DIFFICULTY:3)

What is the minimum number of digits to the right of the decimal point needed to express the fraction
123456789 as a decimal?

(A)4 (B)22(C)26 (D)30 (E)104

PROBLEM 148(DIFEICULTY:3)

In how many ways can 345 be written as the sum of an increasing sequence of two or more consecutive
positive integers?

(A)1 (B)3 (C)5 (D)6 (E)7

PROBLEM 149(DIFFICULTY:3)

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 ofthe following could be the value of S(n+1)?

(A)1 (B)3 (C)12 (D)1239 (E)1265

PROBLEM 150(DIFFICULTY:3)

A number m is randomly selected from the set {11,13,15,17,19},and a number n is randomly selected
from {1999,2000,2001,.,2018}.What is the probability that m"has a units digit of 1?

(A)号 (B) (C) (D) (E)

PROBLEM 151(DIFFICULTY:3)

Joey and Chloe and their daughter Zoe all have the same birthday.Joey is 1 year older than Chloe,and
Zoe is exactly 1 year old today.Today is the first of the 9 birthdays on which Chloe's age will be an
integral multiple of Zoe's age.What will be the sum of the two digits of Joey's age the next time his age is
a multiple of Zoe's age?

(A)7 (B)8 (C)9 (D)10 (E)11

PROBLEM 152(DIFFICULTY:3)

How many odd positive 3-digit integers are divisible by 3 but do not contain the digit 3?

(A)96 (B)97 (C)98 (D)102 (E)120

PROBLEM 153(DIFFICULTY:3)

The solutions to the equation(z+6)⁸=81 are connected in the complex plane to form a convex regular
polygon,three of whose vertices are labeled A,B,and C.What is the least possible area of △ABC?

(A)后 √6 (B)√2- (C)2√3-3√2 (D) (E)√3-1

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PROBLEM 154(DIFFICULTY:3)

Consider the integer

Find the sum of the digits of N.

PROBLEM 155(DIFFICULTY:3)

For a certain complex number c,the polynomial

P(x)=(x²-2x+2)(x²-cx+4)(x²-4x+8)
has exactly 4 distinct roots.What is |c|?

(A)2 (B)√6 (C)2√2 (D)3 (E) √10

PROBLEM 156(DIFFICULTY:3)

Find the number of ordered pairs of positive integers (m,n)such that m²n=2020.

PROBLEM 157(DIFFICULTY:3)

In a certain card game,a player is dealt a hand of 10 cards from a deck of 52 distinct cards.The number
of distinct (unordered)hands that can be dealt to the player can be written as 158A00A4AA0.What is
the digit A?

(A)2 (B)3 (C)4 (D)6 (E)7

PROBLEM 158(DIFFICULTY:3)

In the complex plane,let A be the set of solutions to z³-8=0 and let B be the set of solutions to z³-
8z²-8z+64=0.What is the greatest distance between a point of A and a point of B?

(A)2 √3 (B)6 (C)9 (D)2 √21 (E)9+ √3

PROBLEM 159(DIFFICULTY:3.25)

In year N,the 300th day of the year is a Tuesday.In year N+1,the 200th day is also a Tuesday.On what
day of the week did the 100th day of year N-1 occur?

(A)Thursday (B)Friday (C)Saturday (D)Sunday (E)Monday

PROBLEM 160(DIFFICULTY:3.25)

Call a number prime-looking if it is composite but not divisible by 2,3,or 5.The three smallest prime-
looking numbers are 49,77,and 91.There are 168 prime numbers less than 1000.How many prime-looking
numbers are there less than 1000?

(A)100 (B)102 (C)104 (D)106 (E)108

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PROBLEM 161(DIFFICULTY:3.25)

For k>0,let Ik= 10...064,where there are k zeros between the 1 and the 6.Let N(k)be the number
of factors of 2 in the prime factorization of Ik.What is the maximum value of N(k)?

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

PROBLEM 162(DIFFICULTY:3.25)

A group of 12 pirates agree to divide a treasure chest of gold coins among themselves as follows.The kth
pirate to take a share takes i of the coins that remain in the chest.The number of coins initill in the
chest is the smallest number for which this arrangement will allow each pirate to receive a positive whole
number of coins.How many coins does the 12th pirate receive?

(A)720 (B)1296 (C)1728 (D)1925 (E)3850

PROBLEM 163(DIFFICULTY:3.25)

For every composite positive integer n,definer(n)to be the sum of the factors in the prime factorization
of n.For example,r(50)=12 because the prime factorization of 50 is 2×5²,and 2+5+5=12.What is
the range of the function r,{r(n):nis a composite positive integer}?

(A)the set of positive integers

(B)the set of composite positive integers
(C)the set of even positive integers
(D)the set of integers greater than3
(E)the set of integers greater than 4

PROBLEM 164(DIFFICULTY:3.25)

Let p and q be positive integers such that

and q is as small as possible.What is q-p?

(A)7 (B)11 (C)13 (D)17 (E)19

PROBLEM 165(DIFFICULTY:3.25)

How many nonzero complex numbers z have the property that 0,z,and z³,when represented by points in
the complex plane,are the three distinct vertices of an equilateral triangle?

(A)0 (B)1 (C)2 (D)4 (E)infinitely many

PROBLEM 166(DIFFICULTY:3.25)

How many polynomials of the form x⁵+ax⁴+bx³+cx²+dx+2020,where a,b,c,and d are real

numbers,have the property that whenever r is a root,so is (Note thati=√-1)
(A)0 (B)1 (C)2 (D)3 (E)4

PROBLEM 167(DIFFICULTY:3.25)

Let z be a complex number satisfying 12|zl²=2|z+2l²+|z²+1|²+31.What is the value

(A)-2 (B)-1 (C)2 (D)1 (E)4

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PROBLEM 168(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Each of two boxes contains both black and white marbles,and the total number of marbles in the two
boxes is 25.One marble is taken out of each box randomly.The probability that both marbles are black is
27/50,and the probability that both marbles are white is m/n,where m and n are relatively prime positive
integers.What is m+n?

PROBLEM 169(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

What is the smallest positive integer with six positive odd integer divisors and twelve positive even integer
divisors?

PROBLEM 170(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Find the sum of all positive integers a=2n3m where n and m are non-negative integers,for which a⁶is
not a divisor of 64.

PROBLEM 171(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

A solid rectangular block isformed by gluing together N congruent 1-cm cubes face to face.When the
block is viewed so that three of its faces are visible,exactly 231 of the 1-cm cubes cannot be seen.Find
the smallest possible value of N.

PROBLEM 172(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

How many positive integers have exactly three proper divisors(positive integral divisors excluding itself),
each of which is less than 50?

PROBLEM 173(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

The director of a marching band wishes to place the members into a formation that includes all of them
and has no unfilled positions.If they are arranged in a square formation,there are 5 members left over.
The director realizes that if he arranges the groupin a formation with 7 more rows than columns,there are
no members left over.Find the maximum number of members this band can have.

PROBLEM 174(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Find the number of positive integers that are divisors of at least one of 1010,157,1811.

PROBLEM 175(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

For how many positive integers n does 1+2+...+n evenly divide from 6n?

(A)3 (B)5 (C)7 (D)9 (E)11

PROBLEM 176(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Let S be the set of the 2005 smallest positive multiples of 4,and let T be the set of the 2005 smallest
positive multiples of 6.How many elements are common to S and T?

(A)166 (B)333 (C)500 (D)668 (E)1001

PROBLEM 177(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Find the least positive integer such that when its leftmost digit is deleted,the resulting integer is of the
original integer.

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PROBLEM 178(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Let N be the number of consecutive O's at the right end of the decimal representation of the product
1!2.3!4!…99!100!.Find the remainder when N is divided by 1000.

PROBLEM 179(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Let P be the product of the first 100 positive odd integers.Find the largest integer k such that P is
divisible by 3k.

PROBLEM 180(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

EImo makes N sandwiches for a fundraiser.For each sandwich he uses B globs of peanut butter at per
glob and J blobs of jam at per blob.The cost of the peanut butter and jam to make all the sandwiches
is $2.53.Assume that B,J,and N are positive integers with N>1.What is the cost of the jam Elmo
uses to make the sandwiches?

(A)$1.05 (B)$1.25 (C)$1.45 (D)$1.65 (E)$1.85

PROBLEM 181(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

The formula for converting a Fahrenheit temperature F to the corresponding Celsius temperature C is C
= 喜(F-32).An integer Fahrenheit temperature is converted to Celsius,rounded to the nearest integer,
converted back to Fahrenheit,and again rounded to the nearest integer.

For how many integer Fahrenheit temperatures between 32 and 1000 inclusive does the original
temperature equal the final temperature?

PROBLEM 182(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Ed and Sue bike at equal and constant rates.Similarly,they jog at equal and constant rates,and they
swim at equal and constant rates.Ed covers 74 kilometers after biking for 2 hours,jogging for 3 hours,and
swimming for 4 hours,while Sue covers 91 kilometers after jogging for 2 hours,swimming for 3 hours,and
biking for 4 hours.Their biking,jogging,and swimming rates are all whole numbers of kilometers per hour.
Find the sum of the squares of Ed's biking,jogging,and swimming rates

PROBLEM 183(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

A block of cheese in the shape of a rectangular solid measures 10 cm by 13 cm by 14 cm.Ten slices are
cut from the cheese.Each slice has a width of 1 cm and is cut parallel to one face of the cheese.The
individual slices are not necessarily parallel to each other.What is the maximum possible volume in cubic
cm of the remaining block of cheese after ten slices have been cut off?

PROBLEM 184(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

There exist r unique nonnegative integers n₁>n₂>…>n,and r unique integers ak(1≤k≤r)with

each ax either 1 or -1 such that

a₁3¹+a₂3”2+…+a,3n=2008.

Find n₁+n₂+…+n,.

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PROBLEM 185(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

A group of children held a grape-eating contest.When the contest was over,the winner had eaten n
grapes,and the child in k-th place had eaten n+2-2k grapes.The total number of grapes eaten in the
contest was 2009.Find the smallest possible value of n.

PROBLEM 186(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Let K be the product of all factors(b-a)(not necessarily distinct)where a and b are integers satisfying 1
≤a<b≤20.Find the greatest positive integer n such that 2n divides K.

PROBLEM 187(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

The repeating decimals 0.abababand 0.abcabcabc satisfy

where a,b,and c are(not necessarily distinct)digits.Find the three digit number abc.

PROBLEM 188(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

There is a prime number p such that 16p+1 is the cube of a positive integer.Find p.

PROBLEM 189(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

For every positive integer n,let mod₅(n)be the remainder obtained when n is divided by 5.Define a
function f:{0,1,2,3,..}×{0,1,2,3,4}→{0,1,2,3,4}recursively as follows:

What is f(2015,2)?

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

PROBLEM 190(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

For some positive integer n,the number 110n³has 110 positive integer divisors,including 1 and the
number 110n³.How many positive integer divisors does the number 81n⁴have?

(A)110 (B)191 (C)261 (D)325 (E)425

PROBLEM 191(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Let N=123456789101112...4344 be the 79-digit number 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

PROBLEM 192(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Let a,b,c,and d be positive integers such that gcd(a,b)=24,gcd(b,c)=36,gcd(c,d)=54,and 70<

gcd(d,a)<100.Which of the following must be a divisor of a?

(A)5 (B)7 (C)11 (D)13 (E)17

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PROBLEM 193(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Mary chose an even 4-digit number n.She wrote down all the divisors of n in increasing order from left to

right:1,2,…,2,n.Atsomemoment Marywrote323asadvisorofn.What is thesmalest posiblevalue

of the next divisor written to the right of 323?

(A)324 (B)330 (C)340 (D)361 (E)646

PROBLEM 194(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

For each positive integer n,let f(n)be the sum of the digits in the base-four representation of n and let
g(n)be the sum of thedigits in the base-eight representation of f(n).For example,f(2020)=f(1332104)
=10=12g,and g(2020)=the digit sum of 12g=3.Let N be the least value of n such that the base-
sixteen representation of g(n)cannot be expressed using only the digits O through 9.Find the remainder
when N is divided by 1000.

PROBLEM 195(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Find the number of positive integers less than 1000 that can be expressed as the difference of two integral
powers of 2.

PROBLEM 196(DIFFICULTY:3.5)

Let Q(z)and R(z)be the unique polynomials such that

2202+1=(z²+z+1)Q(z)+R(z)

and the degree of R is less than 2.What is R(z)?

(A)-z (B)-1 (C)2021 (D)z+1 (E)2z+1

PROBLEM 197(DIFFICULTY:4)

It is known that,for all positive integers k,

Find the smallest positive integer k such that 1²+2²+3²+.+k²is a multiple of 200.

PROBLEM 198(DIFFICULTY:4)

Three clever monkeys divide a pile of bananas.The first monkey takes some bananas from the pile,keeps
three-fourths of them,and divides the rest equally between the other two.The second monkey takes some
bananas from the pile,keeps one-fourth of them,and divides the rest equally between the other two.The
third monkey takes the remaining bananas from the pile,keeps one-twelfth of them,and divides the rest
equally between the other two.Given that each monkey receives a whole number of bananas whenever the
bananas are divided,and the numbers of bananas the first,second,and third monkeys have at the end of
the process are in the ratio 3:2:1,what is the least possible total for the number of bananas?

PROBLEM 199(DIFFICULTY:4)

For each positive integer n>1,let P(n)denote the greatest prime factor of n.For how many positive
integers n is it true that both P(n)=√n and P(n+48)=√n+48?

(A)0 (B)1 (C)3 (D)4 (E)5

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PROBLEM 200(DIFFICULTY:4)

Let x and y be two-digit integers such that y is obtained by reversing the digits of x.The integers x and y
satisfy x²-y²=m²for some positive integer m.What is x+y+m?

(A)88 (B)112 (C)116 (D)144 (E)154

PROBLEM 201(DIFFICULTY:4)

Let S be the set of real numbers that can be represented as repeating decimals of the form 0.abc where a
b,c are distinct digits.Find the sum of the elements of S.

PROBLEM 202(DIFFICULTY:4)

An integer is called parity-monotonic if its decimal representation a₁a₂a3…ak satisfies ai<ai+1 if a;is
odd,and ai>ai+1 if a;is even.How many four-digit parity-monotonic integers are there?

PROBLEM 203(DIFFICULTY:4)

How many ordered pairs(m,n)of positive integers,with m≥n,have the property that their squares differ
by 96?

(A)3 (B)4 (C)6 (D)9(E)12

PROBLEM 204(DIFFICULTY:4)

For each positive integer n,let S(n)denote the sum of the digits of n.For how many values of n is n+
S(n)+S(S(n))=2007?

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

PROBLEM 205(DIFFICULTY:4)

A triangular array of numbers has a first row consisting of the odd integers 1,3,5,...,99 in increasing
order.Each row below the first has one fewer entry than the row above it,and the bottom row has a single
entry.Each entry in any row after the top row equals the sum of the two entries diagonally above it in the
row immediately above it.How many entries in the array are multiples of 67?

PROBLEM 206(DIFFICULTY:4)

Let S;be the set of all integers n such that 100i≤n<100(i+1).For example,S₄is the set 400,401,
402,..,499.How many of the sets So,S₁,S₂,..,S999 do not contain a perfect square?

PROBLEM 207(DIFFICULTY:4)

How many positive integers N less than 1000 are there such that the equation zlu=N has a solution for。
x?

PROBLEM 208(DIFFICULTY:4)

Define n!l to ben(n-2)(n-4) …3·1 for n odd and n(n-2)(n-4) …4. ·2 for n even.When

is expressed as a fraction in lowest terms,its denominator is 2°b with b odd.Find

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PROBLEM 209(DIFFICULTY:4)

A positive integer n is nice if there is a positive integer m with exactly four positive divisors (including 1
and m)such that the sum of the four divisors is equal to n.How many numbers in the set {2010,2011,
2012,...,2019}are nice?

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

PROBLEM 210(DIFFICULTY:4)

The zeroes ofthe function f(x)=x²-ax+2a are integers.What is the sum of the possible values of a?

(A)7 (B)8 (C)16 (D)17 (E)18

PROBLEM 211(DIFEICULTY:4)

Let n be a positive integer greater than 4 such that the decimal representation of n!ends in k zeros and
the decimal representation of (2n)!ends in 3k zeros.Let s denote the sum of the four least possible values
of n.What is the sum of the digitsof s?

(A)7 (B)8 (C)9(D)10 (E)11

PROBLEM 212(DIFFICULTY:4)

For each positive integer n,letS(n)be the number of sequences of length n consisting solely of the letters
A and B,with no more than three As in a row and no more than three Bs in a row.What is the
remainder when S(2015)is divided by 12?

(A)0 (B)4 (C)6 (D)8 (E)10

PROBLEM 213(DIFFICULTY:4)

For a certain positive integer n less than 1000,the decimal equivalent of ¹is 0.abedef,a repeating
decimal of period of 6,and the decimal equivalent of is 0.wxyz,a repeating decimal of period 4.In
which interval does n lie?

(A)[1,200] (B)[201,400] (C)[401,600] (D)[601,800] (E)[801,999]

PROBLEM 214(DIFFICULTY:4)

How many four-digit integers abcd,with a≠0,have the property that the three two-digit integers ab<bc
<cd form an increasing arithmetic sequence?One such number is 4692,where a=4,b=6,c=9,and d
=2.

(A)9 (B)15 (C)16 (D)17 (E)20

PROBLEM 215(DIFFICULTY:4)

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

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PROBLEM 216(DIFFICULTY:4)

Let N=123456789101112...4344 be the 79-digit number 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

PROBLEM 217(DIFFICULTY:4)

How many ordered pairs(a,b)of positive integers satisfy the equation

a·b+63=20·lcm(a,b)+12·gcd(a,b),

where gcd(a,b)denotes the greatest common divisor of a and b,and lcm(a,b)denotes their least common
multiple?

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

PROBLEM 218(DIFFICULTY:4)

The solutions to the equationsz²=4+4√ 15i and z²=2+2√3i,where i=√-I,form the vertices of a
parallelogram in the complex plane.The area of this parallelogram can be written in the form p√9-r√8,
where p,q,r,and s are positive integers and neither q hor s is divisible by the square of any prime
number.What is p+q+r+s?

(A)20 (B)21 (C)22 (D)23 (E)24

PROBLEM 219(DIFFICULTY:4)

There are positive integers x and y that satisfy the system of equations

log10x+2log1o(gcd(x,y))=60
log₁oy+2log₁o(lcm(x,y))=570.

Let m be the number of (not necessarily distinct)prime factors in the prime factorization of x,and let n
be the number of (not necessarily distinct)prime factors in the prime factorization of y.Find 3m+2n.

PROBLEM 220(DIFFICULTY:4)

Let

What is

(A)18 (B)72-36√2 (C)36 (D)72 (E)72+36√2

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PROBLEM 221(DIFFICULTY:4)

Let n be the least positive integer greater than 1000 for which

gcd(63,n+120)=21 and gcd(n+63,120)=60.

What is the sum of the digits of n?

(A)12 (B)15 (C)18 (D)21 (E)24

PROBLEM 222(DIFFICULTY:4)

How many positive integers n satisfy

(Recall that [z]is the greatest integer not exceeding x.)

(A)2 (B)4 (C)6 (D)30 (E)32

PROBLEM 223(DIFFICULTY:4)

How many positive integers n are there such that n is a multiple of 5,and the least common multiple of 5!
and n equals 5 times the greatest common divisor of 10!and n?

(A)12 (B)24 (C)36 (D)48 (E)72

PROBLEM 224(DIFFICULTY:4)

Let (an)and (bn)be the sequences of real numbers such that

(2+i)n=an+bni

for all integers n≥0,where i=√-1.What is

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)4

PROBLEM 225(DIFFICULTY:4)

How many positive integers n satisfy

(Recall that [x]is the greatest integer not exceeding x.)

(A)2 (B)4 (C)6 (D)30 (E)32

PROBLEM 226(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Professor Gamble buys a lottery ticket,which requires that he pick six different integers from 1 through 46,
inclusive.He chooses his numbers so that the sum of the base-ten logarithms of his six numbers is an
integer.It so happens that the integers on the winning ticket have the same property—the sum of the
base-ten logarithms is an integer.What is the probability that Professor Gamble holds the winning ticket?

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

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PROBLEM 227(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Call a positive integer N a 7-10 double if the digits of the base-7 representation of N form a base-10
number that is twice N.For example,51 is a 7-10 double because its base-7 representation is 102.What is
the largest 7-10 double?

PROBLEM 228(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Harold,Tanya,and Ulysses paint a very long picket fence.

·Harold starts with the first picket and paints every h th picket;
● Tanya starts with the second picket and paints every t th picket;and
● Ulysses starts with the third picket and paints every u th picket.

Call the positive integer 100h+10t+u paintable when the triple (h,t,u)of positive integers results in
every picket being painted exactly once.Find the sum of all the paintable integers.

PROBLEM 229(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Let n be a 5-digit number,and let q and r be the quotient and the remainder,respectively,when n is
divided by 100.For how many values of n is q+r divisible by 11?

(A)8180 (B)8181 (C)8182 (D)9000C(E)9090

PROBLEM 230(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Define a regular n-pointed star to be the union of n line segments P₁P2,P₂P3,...,PnP₁such that

● the points Pi,P₂,…,Pn are coplanar and no three of them are collinear,
·each ofthe n line segments intersects at least one of the other line segments at a point other than an
endpoint,
● all of the angles at P,P2,..,Pn are congruent,
● all of the n line segments P₂P3,.,PnP are congruent,and
·the path P₁P2,P₂P3,..,PnP1 turns counterclockwise at an angle of less than 180 degrees at each
vertex.

There are no regular 3-pointed,4-pointed,or 6-pointed stars.All regular 5-pointed stars are similar,but
there are two non-similar regular 7-pointed stars.How many non-similar regular 1000-pointed stars are
there?

PROBLEM 231(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

How many positive integer divisors of 20042004 are divisible by exactly 2004 positive integers?

PROBLEM 232(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

The sequence a₁,a₂,...is geometric with a₁=a and common ratio r,where a and r are positive integers.
Given that logga₁+logga₂+…+logga12=2006,find the number of possible ordered pairs(a,r).

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PROBLEM 233(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Mr.Jones has eight children of different ages.On a family trip his oldest child,who is 9,spots a license
plate with a 4-digit number in which each of two digits appears two times."Look,daddy!"she exclaims.
"That number is evenly divisible by the age of each of us kids!""That's right,"replies Mr.Jones,"and the
last two digits just happen to be my age."Which of the following is not the age of one of Mr.Jones's
children?

(A)4 (B)5 (C)6 (D)7 (E)8

PROBLEM 234(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Ten identical crates each of dimensions 3ft×4ft×6ft.The first crate is placed flat on the floor.Each of
the remaining nine crates is placed,in turn,flat on top of the previous crate,and the orientation of each
crate is chosen at random.Letn be the probability that the stack of crates is exactly 41ft tall,where m
and n are relatively prime positive integers.Find m.

PROBLEM 235(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Let S={20,2¹,2²,...,210}.Consider all possible positive differences of pairs of elements of S.Let N be

the sum of all of these differences.Find the remainder when N is divided by 1000.

PROBLEM 236(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

The number obtained from the last two nonzero digits of 90!is equal to n.What is n?

(A)12 (B)32 (C)48(D)52 (E)68

PROBLEM 237(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

The positive integers N and N²both end in the same sequence of four digits abcd when written in base
10,where digit a is not zero.Find the three-digit number abc.

PROBLEM 238(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Thenumber2017ispime.Let.
What is the remainder when S is divided by 2017?

(A)32 (B)684 (C)1024 (D)1576 (E)2016

PROBLEM 239(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

The fraction

where n is the length of the period of the repeating decimal expansion.What is the sum bo+b₁+…+b
n-1?

(A)874 (B)883 (C)887 (D)891 (E)892

PROBLEM 240(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

For positive integer n,lets(n)denote the sum of the digits of n.Find the smallest positive integer
satisfying s(n)=s(n+864)=20.

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PROBLEM 241(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

How many ordered triples (x,y,z)of positive integers satisfy lcm(x,y)=72,lcm(x,z)=600 and lcm(y,
z)=900?

(A)15 (B)16 (C)24 (D)27 (E)64

PROBLEM 242(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Let a10=10,and for each positive integer n>10 let an=100an-1+n.Find the least positive n>10
such that an is a multiple of 99

PROBLEM 243(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

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

PROBLEM 244(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

For a positive integer n and nonzero digits a,b,and c,let An be the n-digit integer each of whose digits is
equal to a;let Bn be the n-digit integer each of whose digits is equal to b,and let Cn be the 2n-digit (not
n-digit)integer each of whose digits is equal to c.What is the greatest possible value of a+b+c for
which there are at least two values of n such that

(A)12 (B)14 (C)16 (D)18 (E)20

PROBLEM 245(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Let r(n)denote the number of positive integer divisors of n (including 1 and n).Find the sum of the six
least positive integers n that are solutions to r(n)+r(n+1)=7.

PROBLEM 246(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

Call a positive integer n k-pretty if n has exactly k positive divisors and n is divisible by k.For example,18
is 6-pretty.Let S be the sum of positive integers less than 2019 that are 20-pretty.Find

PROBLEM 247(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

For how many integers n between 1 and 50,inclusive,is

an integer?(Recall that 0!=1.)

(A)31 (B)32 (C)33 (D)34 (E)35

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PROBLEM 248(DIFFICULTY:4.5)

How many integers n≥2 are there such that whenever z1,22……2narecomplexnumberssuchthat

|z1|=|22|=.=|zn|=1 and z1+22+.+zn=0,

then the numbers z1,22……2nareequallyspacedontheunitcircleinthecomplexplane?

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

PROBLEM 249(DIFFICULTY:5)

How many positive integer multiples of 1001 can be expressed in the form 10i-10i, where i and j are
integers and 0≤i<j≤99?

PROBLEM 250(DIFFICULTY:5)

Let S be the set of integers between 1 and 240 whose binary expansions have exactly two 1's. If a number
is chosen at random from S, the probability that it isdivisible by 9 isp/q, where p and q are relatively
prime positive integers. Find p+q.

PROBLEM 251(DIFFICULTY:5)

Let N be the number of ways to write 2010 in the form 2010= a₃·10³+a₂·10²+a₁·10+ao, where
the a;'s are integers, and O≤ai≤99.An example of such a representation is 1·10³+3·10²+67·10¹+
40·10°.Find N.

PROBLEM 252(DIFFICULTY:5)

Find the number of positive integers n less than 1000 for which there exists a positive real number x such
that n= x[x].

Note: [x] is the greatest integer less than or equal to x.

PROBLEM 253(DIFFICULTY:5)

Rational numbers a and b are chosen at random among all rational numbers in the interval (0,2) that can
be written as fractions where n and d are integers with 1≤d≤5. What is the probability that

(cos(aπ)+isin(bπ))⁴

is a real number?

(A)嘉 (B) (C) (D) (E)0

PROBLEM 254(DIFFICULTY:5)

There are exactly 77,000 ordered quadruplets(a,b,c,d) such that gcd(a,b,c,d)=77 and lcm(a,b,c,d)=
n. What is the smallest possible value for n?

(A)13,860 (B)20,790 (C)21,560 (D)27,720 (E)41,580

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PROBLEM 255(DIFFICULTY:5)

Let o .Let S denote all points in the complex plane of the form a+bw+cw²,where O≤a
≤1,0≤b≤1,and O≤c≤1.What is the area of S?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)π

PROBLEM 256(DIFFICULTY:5)

Let m and n be positive integers satisfying the conditions

·gcd(m+n,210)=1,
●mm is a multiple of n”,and

●m is not a multiple of n.

Find the least possible value of m+n.

PROBLEM 257(DIFFICULTY:5)

Let D(n)denote the number of ways of writing the positive integer n as a product

n=f₁(f₂…f,
where k≥1,the fi are integers strictly greater than 1,and the order in which the factors are listed
matters (that is,two representations that differ only in the order of the factors are counted as distinct).
For example,the number 6 can be written as 6,2·3,and 3·2,so D(6)=3.What is D(96)?

(A)112 (B)128<(C)144 (D)172 (E)184

PROBLEM 258(DIFFICULTY:5)

Consider the sequence (ak)k≥1 of positive rational numbers defined by a₁=2020 and for k≥1,if ak=m
for relatively prime positive integers m and n,then

Determine the sum of all positive integers j such that the rational number a;can be written in the form
毒 for some positive integer t.

PROBLEM 259(DIFFICULTY:5)

Semicircle I has diameter AB of length 14.Circle Ω lies tangent to AB at a point P and intersects I at
points Q and R.If QR=3√3 and ∠QPR=60°,then the area of △PQR equals o5,where a and c are
relatively prime positive integers,and b is a positive integer not divisible by the square of any prime.What
is a+b+c?

(A)110 (B)114 (C)118 (D)122 (E)126

PROBLEM 260(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

The coordinates ofthe vertices of isosceles trapezoid ABCD are all integers,with A=(20,100)and D=
(21,107).The trapezoid has no horizontal or vertical sides,and AB and CD are the only parallel sides
The sum of the absolute values of all possible slopes for AB ism/n,where m and n are relatively prime
positive integers.Find m+n.

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PROBLEM 261(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

In a rectangular array of points,with 5 rows and N columns,the points are numbered consecutively from
left to right beginning with the top row.Thus the top row is numbered 1 through N,the second row is
numbered N+1 through 2N,and so forth.Five points,P,P₂,P₃,P4,and Ps,are selected so that each P
;is in row i.Let r;be the number associated with P;.Now renumber the array consecutively from top to
bottom,beginning with the first column.Let yi be the number associated with P;after the renumbering.It
is found that x1=y2,T2=y1,C3=y4,T4=ys,and π₅=y3.Find the smallest possible value of N.

PROBLEM 262(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

Let ABCD and BCFG be two faces of a cube with AB=12.A beam of light emanates from vertex A
and reflects off face BCFG at point P,which is 7 units from BG and 5 units from BC.The beam
continues to be reflected off the faces of the cube.The length of the light path from the time it leaves
point A until it next reaches a vertex of the cube is given by m√n,where m and n are integers and n is
not divisible by the square of any prime.Find m+n.

PROBLEM 263(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

Given that 22004 is a 604-digit numberwhose first digit is 1,how many elements of the set S={20,21,2²,
...,2003}have a first digit of 4?

(A)194 (B)195(C)196 (D)197。(E)198

PROBLEM 264(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

For positive integers n,let r(n)denote the number of positive integer divisors of n,including 1 and n.For
example,r(1)=1 and -(6)=4.Define S(n)by S(n)=r(1)+r(2)+…+r(n).Let a denote the
number of positive integers n≤2005 with S(n)odd,and let b denote the number of positive integers n≤
2005 with S(n)even.Find |a-b|

PROBLEM 265(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

For each positive integer p,let b(p)denote the unique positive integer k such that |k-√p<1.For

example,b(6)=2 and b(23)=5.If S=∑20076(p),find the remainder when S is divided by 1000.

PROBLEM 266(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

On a long straight stretch of one-way single-lane highway,cars all travel at the same speed and all obey
the safety rule:the distance from the back of the car ahead to the front of the car behind is exactly one
car length for each 15 kilometers per hour of speed or fraction thereof (Thus the front of a car traveling 52
kilometers per hour will be four car lengths behind the back of the car in front of it.)A photoelectric eye
by the side of the road counts the number of cars that pass in one hour.Assuming that each car is 4
meters long and that the cars can travel at any speed,let M be the maximum whole number of cars that
can pass the photoelectric eye in one hour.Find the quotient when M is divided by 10

PROBLEM 267(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

Let m≥3 be an integer and let S={3,4,5,...,m}.Find the smallest value of m such that for every
partition of S into two subsets,at least one of the subsets contains integers a,b,and c(not necessarily
distinct)such that ab=c.

Note: a partition of S is a pair of sets A,B such that A∩B=0,AUB=S.

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PROBLEM 268(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

Let R be the set of all possible remainders when a number of the form 2”,n a nonnegative integer,is
divided by 1000.Let S be the sum of the elements in R.Find the remainder when S is divided by 1000.

PROBLEM 269(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

For a positive integer p,define the positive integer n to be p-safe if n differs in absolute value by more
than 2 from all multiples of p.For example,the set of 10-safe numbers is {3,4,5,6,7,13,14,15,16,17,23,
..}.Find the number of positive integers less than or equal to 10,000 which are simultaneously 7-safe
11-safe,and 13-safe.

PROBLEM 270(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

Let f:C→C be defined by f(z)=z²+iz+1.How many complex numbers z are there such that Im(z)
>0 and both the real and the imaginary parts of f(z)are integers with absolute value at most 10?

(A)399 (B)401 (C)413 (D)431 (E)441

PROBLEM 271(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

Let G be the set of polynomials of the form

P(z)=zn+Cn-1zn-1+…+c₂z²+c₁z+50,

where ci,C2,…,Cn-1 are integers and P(2)has distinct roots of the form a+ib with a and b integers
How many polynomials are in G?

(A)288 (B)528K(C)576 (D)992 (E)1056

PROBLEM 272(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

For positive integers N and k,define N to be k-nice if there exists a positive integer a such that ak has
exactly N positive divisors.Find the number of positive integers less than 1000 that are neither 7-nice nor
8-nice.

PROBLEM 273(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

Let k be a positive integer.Bernardo and Silvia take turns writing and erasing numbers on a blackboard as
follows:Bernardo starts by writing the smallest perfect square with k+1 digits.Every time Bernardo
writes a number,Silvia erases the last k digits of it.Bernardo then writes the next perfect square,Silvia
erases the last k digits of it,and this process continues until the last two numbers that remain on the
board differ by at least 2.Let f(k)be the smallest positive integer not written on the board.For example,
if k=1,then the numbers that Bernardo writes are 16,25,36,49,64,and the numbers showing on the
board after Silvia erases are 1,2,3,4,and 6,and thus f(1)=5.What is the sum of the digits of f(2)+
f(4)+f(6)+…+f(2016)?

(A)7986 (B)8002 (C)8030 (D)8048 (E)8064

PROBLEM 274(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

The sequence (an)is defined recursively by ao=1,a₁=V2,and an=an-1a2-2 for n≥2.What is the
smallest positive integer k such that the product a₁a₂…ak is an integer?

(A)17 (B)18 (C)19 (D)20 (E)21

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PROBLEM 275(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

The number ,where p and q are relatively prime positive integers,has the property that the sum of
all real numbers z satisfying

[a]·{x}=a·x²
is 420,where [x]denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to z and {x}=x-[x]denotes the
fractional part of x.What is p+q?

(A)245 (B)593 (C)929 ((D)1331 ((E)1332

PROBLEM 276(DIFFICULTY:5.5)

Let d(n)denote the number of positive integers that divide n,including 1 and n.For example,d(1)=1,
d(2)=2,and d(12)=6.(This function is known as the divisor function.)Let

There is a unique positive integer N such that f(N)>f(n)for all positive integers n≠N.What is the
sum of the digits ofN?

(A)5 (B)6(C)7 (D)8(E)9

PROBLEM 277(DIFFICULTY:6)

For each even positive integer x,let g(x)denote the greatest power of 2 that divides x.For example,
g(20)=4 and g(16)=16.For each positive integer n,let ).Find the greatest integer n
less than 1000 such that Sn is a perfect square

PROBLEM 278(DIFFICULTY:6)

How many integers N less than 1000 can be written as the sum of j consecutive positive odd integers
from exactly 5 values of j≥1?

PROBLEM 279(DIFFICULTY:6.5)

A set S of distinct positive integers has the following property:for every integer x in S,the arithmetic
mean of the set of values obtained by deleting x from S is an integer.Given that 1 belongs to S and that
2002 is the largest element of S,what is the greatest number of elements that S can have?

PROBLEM 280(DIFFICULTY:6.5)

The decimal representation of m/n,where m and n are relatively prime positive integers and m<n,
contains the digits 2,5,and 1 consecutively,and in that order.Find the smallest value of n for which this
is possible

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PROBLEM 281(DIFFICULTY:6.5)

For all positive integers x,let

and define a sequence as follows:x₁=a and cn+1=f(xn)for all positive integers n.Let d(x)be the
smallest n such that xn=1.(For example,d(100)=3 and d(87)=7.)Let m be the number of positive
integers z such that d(x)=20.Find the sum of the distinct prime factors of m.

PROBLEM 282(DIFFICULTY:6.5)

Consider a string of n 7's,7777…77,into which +signs are inserted to produce an arithmetic expression.
For example,7+77+777+7+7=875 could be obtained from eight 7's in this way.For how many
values of n is it possible to insert +signs so that the resulting expression has value 7000?

PROBLEM 283(DIFFICULTY:6.5)

Let Sn be the sum of the reciprocals of the non-zero digits of the integers from 1 to 10”inclusive.Find the
smallest positive integer n for which Sn is an integer.

PROBLEM 284(DIFFICULTY:6.5)

Find the largest integer n satisfying the following conditions

(i)n²can be expressed as the difference of two consecutive cubes;

(ii)2n+79 is a perfect square.

PROBLEM 285(DIFFICULTY:6.5)

Find the least odd prime factor of 2019⁸+1.

PROBLEM 286(DIFFICULTY:6.5)

Find the sum of all positive integers n such that,given an unlimited supply of stamps of denominations 5,
n,and n+1 cents,91 cents is the greatest postage that cannot be formed.

PROBLEM 287(DIFFICULTY:6.5)

For any positive integer a,σ(a)denotes the sum of the positive integer divisors of a.Let n be the least
positive integer such that o(an)-1 is divisible by 2021 for all positive integers a.Find the sum of the
prime factors in the prime factorization of n.

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