1989-90
E State Competition H
Sprint Round
Name
School
Chapter
DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE
INSTRUCTED TO DO 30.
This booklet contains 30 questions. You will have 40
minutes to complete all the questions. Calculators, slide
rules, books, or any other aids are not permitted to be
used during the contest. Calculations may be done on
scratch paper. All answers must be complete, legible,
and simplified to lowest terms. Record only final an-
swers in the blank in the right column of the contest
booklet. it you complete the round before time is called,
use the remaining time to check your answers.
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1. Suzie’s dog eats 2 "%" cups of dog food per day. it t.
the dog food weighs 4 ounces per cup, how many
days can Suzie feed her dog with a 40 pound bag?
2. How many thirty—sixths are in
83-3; "/0? 2.
3. Find the result, in decimal form, when 1.25% or 3.
1000 is added to 12.5% of 100 and that sum is
subtracted from 125% of 10.
4. Evaluate this expression it x ==
-3, y =
5 and z = -2. 4.
2: -
5(z(x —
y) -
12x)
5. If the greatest common factor (GCF) of a and b is 1, 5.
what is the least common multiple (LCM) of t2a2b
and 3Oab2?
6. Two cards are drawn one at a time from a standard 6.__"_M
deck of 52 cards. What is the probability,
; expressed as a fraction, that both are Rings?
7. A survey of voters regarding
recent an 7. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ..
environmental issue on the ballot is summarized in
the following table:
in Favor Opposed
Number of Females 348 469
Number of Males 482 326
What percent (to the nearest whole number
percent) of the voters surveyed were female or in
favor of the issue?
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‘ 8. Solve for z:
2+3 z~2
8-......_.._.....____....._
2+5 z—5
9. Find the area of the shaded portion of the
rectangle, where AB : 9. Express the answer in
terms of ‘it’.
10. if b and 7 are solutions to the equation: x2 -
4x =
a, 10.
find the value of a + b.
11. it the radius of a circle is decreased by 20%, by ‘ii.
what percent is the area decreased?
12. A triangle has vertices with coordinates A(0,15), 12.
B(0,0), and C(10,0). Find the coordinates of point
D on AC so that the area of triangle ABD is equal to
the area of triangle DBC.
13. if an iron ball 8 inches in diameter weighs 80 13.
pounds, how many pounds does an iron ball 12
inches in diameter weigh?
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.037.
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15. lty= Bzézs andz=x2+2, what isyto the nearest 15.
integer when x is 0.5?
16. $3.55 per hour and receives
$.15 per 16.
Kathi earns a
hour pay raise every 6 months. Jack earns $6.05
per hour and has a pay decrease of $.10 per hour
every 6 months. How many years will it be until
they earn the same hourly wage?
17. Find all integer values of x for which the equation 17.
(x + 3)(x 2) <
-
O is true.
18. A formula is programmed into a computer. It results 18._,_,,..._-_.__
in the followingzd
Input: 4 5 6 10
Output: 23 32 43 107
lf the same formula is used, what would be the
output value it 14 is entered?
19. The rectangular region shown on the left is Cut on 19.
the dotted line and reassembled to form the figure
on the right. What is the area of the figure shown
on the right.
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20. Express the foliowing as a simple, reduced, rational 20.
number.
21. Two typists working together can type a paper in 5 21.
hours. The faster typist can complete the paper in
9 hours. How many hours will it take the slower
typist to complete the paper alone? (Express your
answer as a mixed number.)
22. Express the sum as a base ten numeral: 22.
11M +i1mme +11W+.
0
.+11 twelve
23. Find the length of the line segment with endpoints 23.
(a,a) and (9a, 7a) and a > O.
A manufacturing company identifies its products by 24.
codes consisting of a letter (A-2) followed by 3
digits (O-9) toliowed by another letter. How many
different products can the company manufacture
before it uses up all possible codes?
25. Find the sum of the first 14 terms of the arithmetic 25.
series: 2+5-i—8+‘i‘l +..
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26. The first four 26.
gymnastics judges gave Mary scores
of 9.25, 9.4, 9.3, and 9.45. What score, expressed
as a decimal number, did she need from the fifth
judge to get an average score of 9.45?
27. it took 24 workers hours per day for 24
to 27.
working
days to oompiete a task. At this rate, how many
days wiii it take 60 workers to compiete the same
task working 8 hours per day?
28. The eighth grade basketbaii team averaged P 28.
points per game in the X games it won this season.
The team scored a total of T points during the
season. Express the total number of points scored
in the games it lost in terms of P, X, and T.
29. K is the
smaiiestpositive integer satisfying these 29.
properties.
When K is divided by 5 the remainder is 4.
When K is divided by 8 the remainder is 2.
When K is divided by 11, the remainder is 1.
K is
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