Lesson 48 – Competition Prep III

1. A flight of stairs has twelve steps. To go up the stairs, Mary takes either one or two
steps at a time. The number of ways for her to go up the stairs is ______.

(A) 34 (B) 55 (C) 89 (D) 144 (E) 233

2. If the side of a square is increased by 30%, by how many percent does its area
increase?

(A) 30% (B) 54% (C) 69% (D) 144% (E) None of the above

3. A coin is tossed 4 times. Find the probability that ‘Heads’ appears twice.

2 3 3 5 (E) None of the above

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 4. Find the value of 𝒙 in the following number sequence.

2, 9, − 4, 3, − 10, − 3, − 16, 𝒙, − 22, − 15, ⋯

(A) −9 (B) −8 (C) −7 (D) −6 (E) None of the above

2𝑛 + 1
5. 𝑚 and 𝑛 are two prime numbers such that 𝑚 + 𝑛 = 21. Find possible values of .
𝑚

5 39 9 17 17 13 23 21
(A) , (B) , (C) , (D) ,
19 2 17 9 13 17 10 10

(E) None of the above

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 6. What is the sum of all negative factors of 105?

(A) −105 (B) −106 (C) −144 (D) −170 (E) −192

7. Tae Kwon multiplies the month of his birthday by 31. He then multiplies the day of his
birthday by 12. The sum of the two products is 265. When is Tae Kwon’s birthday?

(A) 10th of March

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 8. Find the value of

2022 × 20232023 – 2023 × 20222022

(A) −2 (B) −1 (C) 0 (D) 1 (E) 2

9. Find the value of

1002 – 992 + 982 – 972 + ⋯ + 22 – 12

(A) 100 (B) 500 (C) 1000 (D) 2000 (E) None of the above

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 10. The number of digits in the product of 3 × 422 × 545 is _______.

(A) 44 (B) 45 (C) 46 (D) 47 (E) None of the above

11. It is Wednesday today. On which day of the week is 20232023 days later?

(A) Wednesday
(B) Thursday
(C) Friday
(D) Saturday
(E) None of the above

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 12. Mr. Bond left Follonica for Arezza at 8:00 AM at a constant speed of 150 km/h. He
completed his mission in Arezza within 30 minutes then immediately made on his way
back to Follonica at a constant speed of 100 km/h. How far is Arezza from Follonica, if
he arrived at Follonica at 11:00 AM?

(A) 110 (B) 120 (C) 130 (D) 140 (E) 150

13. Find the value of

1 + 21 + 2 2 + 23 + ⋯ + 28

(A) 488 (B) 511 (C) 513 (D) 516 (E) None of the above

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 14. How many ways are there to fill each circle with a number from 1 to 7, without
repetition, such that the sum of three numbers in each line is equal?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) None of the above

̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ is divisible by 12. How many such six-digit numbers are there?
15. 𝑎8819𝑏

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) None of the above

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 16. A circle of circumference 2 m rolls around the equilateral triangle of a perimeter of 6
m. How many turns does the circle make as it rolls around the triangle once, without
slipping?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) None of the above

17. How long will it be before the minute hand next lies directly over the hour hand?

(A) 1 hour 15 minutes

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 18. There are 9 white, 5 red and 6 black balloons. 10 balloons are picked at random such
that there are at least 2 but not more than 8 white, there are at least 2 red and there
are not more than 3 black balloons. How many ways are there to do this?

(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 16 (D) 18 (E) 21

19. Candle 𝐴 took 3 hours to finish burning. Candle 𝐵 took 5 hours to finish burning.
Candle 𝐵 is shorter and thicker than Candle 𝐴. They were lit at the same time and had
the same height two hours later. What was the ratio their heights at first?

(A) 8 ∶ 5 (B) 9 ∶ 5 (C) 8 ∶ 3 (D) 5 ∶ 3 (E) None of the above

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 20. Find the largest 𝑛 such that there is only one whole number 𝑘 that satisfies

9 𝑛 8
< <
17 𝑛 + 𝑘 15

(A) 72 (B) 127 (C) 144 (D) 255 (E) None of the above

Bonus Question

Fill in each circle with numbers from 1 to 10, without repetition, such that the average of
any group of 5 adjacent numbers is the minimum.

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