1.

A ball is dropped from a height of 5 ft on a surface that causes it to

bounce up 10% of the distance that it fell. If the probability that the ball is
on its way up at any point in time is represented by the fraction (m/n) in
lowest terms, where m and n are positive integers, what is m + n?

2. A circle on the coordinate plane is centered at the origin and has radius
r. What proportion of the circle is located below the line y = r/2?

an
3. A recursive sequence has terms tn in the form and is defined such that
bn
all even numbered terms are the reciprocal of the immediately preceding term
and in all odd numbered terms, an and bn are equal to an−2 + 1 and bn−2 + 1
respectively. If t1 = 23 what is:

(a2005 + a2006 + a2007 + a2008 )

(b2005 + b2006 + b2007 + b2008 )

4. Isosceles triangle ABC is inscribed in a circle with radius r1 such that

side AB is a diameter of the circle. If a circle inscribed within triangle ABC
r2
has radius r2 , what is ?
r1

5. Let F , T , and W be digits with (100F + 10T + W )(F + T + W ) = 2008.

What is F · T · W ?

6. How many positive 3 digit integers satisfy the property that the tens digit
is the geometric mean of the hundreds and units digits?

7. Let E and F be the respective midpoints of BC and CD on unit square

ABCD. If lines DE and BF intersect at G, what is the area of triangle
BDG?

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8. Let n represent the number of 16 digit palindromes divisible by 11. What
is the remainder when n is divided by 11?

9. What is the sum of the tens and units digits of 999 − 1111 ?

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10. If tan θ > 1 and = sin θ +cos θ, find θ in the interval 0 ≤ θ ≤ π
n=1
tann θ

11. The function f (x) = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d has 3 positive real roots. If the
c
sum of the roots of f (x) is 4, what is the largest possible value of ?
a

12. Two circles are located

√ on the coordinate plane such that the distance
between their centers is 2 units. If both circles have a radius of 1 unit,
what is the area of the region enclosed by their intersection?

13. If r is equal to the sum of the first n positive integers and s is equal to
the sum of the first n positive integer squares, for how many values of n in
s
the interval 0 < n < 2008 will be an integer?
r

14. If cos 2θ = 14 , what is sin4 θ + cos4 θ?

√
3 + 3i m
15. What is smallest positive integer m for which the expression ( )
2
is an integer?

16. If the function f (x) = x2 − bx + 9999 has positive integer roots, what is
the difference between the minimum and maximum possible values of b?

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17. If f (x) = (x2 + 4x + 3)2 + 4(x2 + 4x + 3) + 3, what is the sum of its
complex roots?

18. If x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 22x + 10y + 2z, what is the maximum possible value of

x + y + z?

19. A right triangle has perimeter of length 7 and hypotenuse of length 3. If

θ is the largest non-right angle in the triangle, what is the value of cos θ?

20. The function f (x) is a quadratic such that f (0) = −f 0 (0). If

g(x) = f (x) − f 0 (x) and the sum of the roots of g(x) is 54 , find the sum of
the roots of f (x).