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2000 UTAH STATE MATHEMATICS CONTEST

PRELIMINARY TEST
GRADES 7-9

Each correct answer is awarded 4 points. Each incorrect answer is worth –1 point. Unanswered
questions are worth 0 points. Calculators are not to be used.

1. How many liters of ten percent salt solution must be added to ten liters of five percent
salt solution to obtain seven percent salt solution?

20
(a) (b) 7 (c) 6.5 (d) 35 (e) none of these
3

2. One 16-inch diameter pizza has area equal to that of how many 8-inch diameter pizzas?

(a) 2 (b) 2.5 (c) 4 (d) 3.75 (e) none of these

3. The greatest common divisor of 12 and 42 is

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6 (e) none of these

4. Jim and Elaine are riding on bicycles, heading directly towards each other, starting two
miles apart. Jim rides at fifteen miles per hour, and Elaine rides at ten miles per hour.
They have a dog, which runs back and forth between them, starting at Elaine,
immediately turning around upon reaching either child and traveling to the other,
averaging speed of twenty five miles an hour in each trip between the two children. Find
the total distance traveled by the dog by the time the two children meet.

7 2
(a) miles (b) 2 miles (c) infinite (d) mile (e) none of these
3 5

5. If n 2 is even, which of the following is odd?

n2
(a) n 3
(b) n (c) (d) 3n 2 (e) none of these
2

6. 27 2 / 3 =

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 9 (d) 81 (e) none of these


7. If a square has an area of 2 then its diagonal has length

−1+ 5
(a) 2 (b) (c) 4 (d) 1 (e) none of these
2

8. The perimeter of a circle of diameter one equals

22
(a) 3 (b) 2.71 (c) 5 (d) (e) none of these
7

9. The area of a circle of circumference c and radius r equals

22r 2 π c2 π c2 rc
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) none of these
7 9 r 2

10. A bag contains three green marbles, two red marbles and four blue marbles. A man
draws three marbles from the bag at random. What is the probability of drawing out one
marble of each color?

1 2 17 17
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) none of these
3 7 20 24

11. Let 120! Denote (120)(119)(118) . . . (3)(2)(1). What is the smallest prime factor of
120! + 91?

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 7 (d) 137 (e) none of these

12. Let E be the mid-point of the circular arc AEC with center at corner B of square ABCD.
If AB = 1, then DE =

2 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 2 −1 (e) none of these
2 −1 2 2

13. 15% of what number is 3?

(a) 45 (b) 85 (c) 20 (d) 25 (e) none of these


1
14. The set of all x that satisfy < 2 is
x −1
3 1 1 3 3 1
(a) x> (b) x< (c) <x< (d) x> or x <
2 2 2 2 2 2
(e) none of these

15. The remainder obtained by dividing x 5 + 7 x 2 + 2 by x – 2 is

(a) 62 (b) 7 (c) 12 (d) 14 (e) none of these

16. The base 3 number 212 is equal to what base 16 number?

(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) 14 (e) none of these

17. A mailman covers his route, which is 21 miles long, by 11 AM each day. If his average
rate of coverage was half a mile faster each hour, he would cover the route by 10 AM.
What time does he start?

(a) 4 AM (b) 5 AM (c) 6 AM (d) 7 AM (e) none of these

18. The tens digit of a two-digit number is 2 more than the units digit, and the number itself
is 1 more than the sum of the square of the digits. Find the number.

(a) 42 (b) 53 (c) 64 (d) 75 (e) none of these

19. Find the square of the area of the largest hexagon that can be inscribed in a circle of
radius one.

125 27
(a) (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) (e) none of these
16 4

x −1 x − 2 2 1
20. The number of values of x satisfying + = + is
2 1 x −1 x − 2

(a) zero (b) one (c) two (d) three (e) four
Junior Practice Exam Answers:

1. A 17. A
2. C 18. D
3. D 19. D
4. B 20. D
5. E
6. C
7. A
8. E
9. D
10. B
11. C
12. D
13. C
14. D
15. A
16. C

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