MATHCOUNTS
2012
State Competition
Answer Key
The appropriate units (or their abbreviations) are provided
in the answer blanks.
Note to coordinators: Answers to the Tiebreaker Round
problems appear in the Tiebreaker Round Booklet.
National Sponsors
Raytheon Company * U.S. Department of Defense *
Northrop Grumman Foundation *
2012 MATHCOUNTS
National Society of Professional Engineers *
National Competition Sponsor
Bezos Family Foundation * ConocoPhillips *
CNA Foundation * Texas Instruments Incorporated *
ThinkFun * 3M Foundation
Founding Sponsors: National Society of Professional Engineers, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and CNA Foundation
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03-S12ANS
Sprint Round
50
1. _____________
minutes 20
8. _____________
units2 121 circles
14. _____________
18
2. _____________ 1355 seconds
9. _____________
1
15. _____________
pairs
20 diagonals
3. _____________
4
10. _____________
1 7
16. _____________
units
27
4. _____________
10 5 cm
11. _____________
10
5. _____________
edges 3
17. _____________
hours
2
6. _____________
560
12. _____________
98,751
18. _____________
3.25
7. _____________
1003
13. _____________
30
19. _____________
unit
cubes
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Sprint Round
5
69
20. _____________ 3
26. _____________
units
3
21. _____________
cm
1800 ways
27. _____________
x+1
22. _____________
2
28. _____________
81
23. _____________
units2
27 subsets
29. _____________
5 126
30. _____________
2
24. _____________
203
25. _____________
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Target Round
3
$ 2.10
1. ________________ 8
3. ________________ 329
5. ________________
students 1462.5
7. ________________
%
5
8
2. ________________
values 15
4. ________________ 1.07
6. ________________
cm 9
8. ________________
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Team Round
450
1. _____________
tickets 360
6. _____________
ways
6 4
7. _____________
( , )
$5.00 or $5
2. _____________
3.78 minutes
8. _____________
12
3. _____________
937.5
4. _____________
ft2
3230
9. _____________
15
5. _____________
912π
10. _____________
cm3
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Countdown Round
14
1. _________________ 93
21. _________________
20
2. _________________ 8
22. _________________
38
3. _________________ 589
23. _________________
1
4. _________________ 16,460
24. _________________
2600 (codes)
5. _________________ 2.5
25. _________________
48 (cm)
6. _________________ 4000 (weights)
26. _________________
3
7. _________________ 60
27. _________________
200
8. _________________ 24 (arrangements)
28. _________________
8 (units2)
9. _________________ 4 (triangles)
29. _________________
117
10. _________________ 81
30. _________________
8
11. _________________ (Number) 5
31. _________________
7
12. _________________ 47
32. _________________
2
45 (units )
2
13. _________________ 5
33. _________________
259
14. _________________ 242 (cm2)
34. _________________
5
15. _________________ 5
35. _________________
1
66 (objects)
16. _________________ 5
36. _________________
18 (years)
17. _________________ 8
37. _________________
1
16
18. _________________ 25
38. _________________
2
19. _________________ 50
39. _________________
5
20. _________________
7 675 (integers)
40. _________________
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Countdown Round
15 (degrees)
41. _________________ −96
61. _________________
405
42. _________________ 8
62. _________________
12
43. _________________ 24
63. _________________
2
60 (degrees)
44. _________________ 64. _________________
3
1
45. _________________ 5
65. _________________
6
46. _________________ 14 (line segments)
66. _________________
8 (locations)
47. _________________ −2
67. _________________
11
48. _________________ 9a b (units)
6 2
68. _________________
1
26 (units)
49. _________________ 2
69. _________________
(8, −9)
50. _________________ 27
70. _________________
30 (percent)
51. _________________ 667 (dollars)
71. _________________
25 (days)
52. _________________ 2100 (cm)
72. _________________
1
(Day) 28
53. _________________ 6
73. _________________
5
54. _________________ 2
74. _________________
3
5
55. _________________ .8 or 0.8 (percent)
75. _________________
40 (chips)
56. _________________ 9 (times)
76. _________________
3
4
57. _________________ 28 (questions)
77. _________________
201
58. _________________ 84
78. _________________
16
55
59. _________________ 59
79. _________________
−10
60. _________________ 4
80. _________________
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