Mock AMC E

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1. DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOUR PROCTOR GIVES
THE SIGNAL TO BEGIN.
2. This is a 25-question, multiple choice test. Each question is followed
by answers marked A, B, C, D, and E. Only one of these is correct.
3. Send your answer via my PM box by this Friday 7:00. After 7:00,
youll be able to discuss the problems but until then, just submit the problems and do not talk.
4. SCORING: You will receive 6 points for each correct answer, 1.5
points for each unanswered problem, and 0 points for each incorrect answer.
5. No problems in this test will require use of calculator. However, it
may help if you use calculator on some problems. No aids are permitted
other than scratch paper, graph paper, ruler, compass, protractor, erasers,
and calculators that are accepted for the use on the SATs.
6. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
7. You have 75 minutes to do this test and send the answers.

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1. An arithmetic mean of two numbers a and b is
. A geometric
2

mean of two numbers a and b is ab. If an arithmetic mean and geometric

mean of 4 and x are equal, what is x?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6
2. ABCD is a trapezoid such that AB = BC = AD = 2 and DC = 4.
What is the area ofthe trapezoid
ABCD?
(C) 4 2
(D) 5.8
(E) 6
(A) 5
(B) 3 3
3. In 10 years, Brian will be x years old on year x2 where 2000 x2
2100. What is his age now?
(A) 25
(B) 30
(C) 35
(D) 40
(E) 45
4. Two fair six-sided die are rolled. The number on top face of each die
is recorded and added. What is the probbaility that this sum is odd? (Ex.
(1,2) is odd since 1+2 = 3, an odd number)
5
4
1
7
2
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
12
9
2
12
3

5. An isosceles triangle ABC has vertices on (0, 0), ( 6, 6), and
( 6, 6). If this triangle was
90 degrees clockwise and two of the
rotated

coordinates
are
(0,
0)
and
(
6,

6),
what
is thethird

coordinate?

(A)
(
6,

6)
(B)
(
6,
6)
(C)
(
6,
12)
(D) ( 12, 6)

(E) ( 6, 6)

x3

6. For a positive real x and integer n, we
define f (x)n = 1 + x + x2 +

+ + xn . What is the exact value of f 21 12 ?
4095
8191
255
199
511
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
2048
4096
128
100
256
7. An unique sequence has terms defined as below:
a1 = 1
an = 2an1 for n 2

Find the sum of first 20 numbers in this sequence.

(A) 1048575
(B) 1048576
(C) 1048577

(D) 1048578

(E) 1048579

8. x is a positive integer such that x(2x 3) = 2. How many prime

factors does x have? (positive only)
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4
9. From an equilateral triangle ABC, a square ACDE is formed. What
is the measure of BEC in degrees?
(A) 10
(B) 20
(C) 30
(D) 40
(E) 45
10. The difference of squares of two consecutive positive integers is 141
(for 1 and 2, its 22 12 = 4 1 = 3). Find the larger one of two integers.
(A) 68
(B) 69
(C) 70
(D) 71
(E) 72
11. A plane has a spee of p km/h in still air. It makes a round trip,
flying with and against a wind of w km/h. What is its average speed in
terms of p and w?
p2 w 2
w 2 p2
w2
p2 + w 2
p2 + w 2
(A)
(B)
(C) p+
(D)
(E)
p
w
p
pw
p
a2

12. If f (x) = ax and f 1 (x) = bx with a, b being positive integers, find

+ b2 .
1
3
(A) 0
(B)
(C) 1
(D)
(E) 2
2
2

13. Three
(A, B, C) are graphed in the real plane. They are
 coordinates

9
~ BC,
~ and AC
~
A(7, 2), B 11,
, and C(14, 20). Moreover, three rays AB,
4

765
~
~
are drawn. If AB and AC form an angle of and cos =
where
2 abc.debf
a, b, c, d, e, and f are distinct digits, find the sum of a + b + c + d + e + f .
(A) 19
(B) 20
(C) 21
(D) 22
(E) 23
14. An unfair coin has twice as larger chance for getting tails than heads.
If the probability of getting at least one head in 3 toss can be expressed as
m
where m and n are relatively prime positive integers, find m + n.
n
(A) 42
(B) 43
(C) 44
(D) 45
(E) 46
15. A unit circle is drawn with its center at origin. The probability that
the randomly selected point will be inside the circle but outside of right
triangle with vertices (0, 0), (0, 1) and (1, 0) is what? Point must be at
fourth quadrant.

(A)

1
4

(B)

2
4

(C)

3
4

(D)

+2
4

(E)

+1
4

16. In the right triangle Y U O, Y U O is trisected and the angle trisectors intersect Y O at T1 and T2 . If the order of points in Y O is Y, T1 , T2 , O,
and it is given that Y U = 54 and OU = 47, find the remainder when
(Y U + T2 U )(T1 U + OU ) is divided by 35.
(A) 13
(B) 18
(C) 19
(D) 20
(E) 24
17. Let S be the set of all (x, y) ordered pairs such that x, y are positive
integers that satisfy:
x=

6x
y2 x

What is the probability that randomly chosen ordered pair in set S have
x > y?
1
3
7
13
(A) 0
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
2
5
8
17
18. The Fibonacci sequence is defined as a1 = 1, a2 = 1 and an =
an1 + an2 for each n > 2. Compute
2006
X

i2004aj

j=1

where i = 1. If the result is Xi where X is an integer and i =

find the product of the digits of the number |X|.
(A) 0
(B) 288
(C) 315
(D) 567
(E) 648

1,

19. One hundred pennies are arranged in seven stacks, of which no two
stacks contain the same number of pennies. A student counts the number of
pennies in each stack and takes 50 pennies in such a way as to disturb the
fewest number of stacks. He ends up taking pennies from N stacks. For all
such arrangements of pennies, what is the largest possible value of N that
will be necessary?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5
20. Let ABC be an isosceles triangle (AB = AC) with BAC = 20 .
Point D is on side AC such that DBC = 60 . Point E is on side AB such
that ECB = 50 . Find, in degrees, the measures of EDB.

(A) 20

(B) 25

(C) 28

(D) 30

(E) 35

21. Pyramid EARLY is placed on (x, y, z) coordinates so that E =

(10, 10, 0), A = (10, 10, 0), A = (10, 10, 0), R = (10, 10, 0), L = (10, 10, 0),
and Y = (0, 0, 10). Tunnels are drilled through the pyramid in such a way
that one can move from (x, y, z) to any of the 9 points (x, y, z 1), (x
1, y, z 1), (x, y 1, z 1), (x 1, y 1, z 1). Richard starts at Y and
moves randomly down to the base of the pyramid, choosing each of the possible paths with equal probability 91 each time. If the probability of Richard
a
ending up in point (8, 9, 0) is c where (a, b) = 1, find a + b + c.
b
(A) 567
(B) 569
(C) 571
(D) 573
(E) 575
22. Consider the set of all equations x3 + a2 x2 + a1 x + a0 = 0, where
a2 , a1 , a0 are real constants and |ai | 2 for i = 0, 1, 2. Let r be the largest
positive real number which satisfies at least one of these equations. Then r
lies on which interval?
3
5
5
7
3
(B) [ , 2)
(C) [2, )
(D) [ , 3)
(E) [3, )
(A) [1, )
2
2
2
2
2
23. Let a, b, and c be the sides of a triangle. Find the number of triples
(a, b, c) such that:
a3 + b3 + c3 a2 b ab2 a2 c ac2 b2 c bc2 + 3abc > 0
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 4
(E) 7
24. In quadrilateral ABCD, P, Q, R, and S are constructed (P on AB,
Q on BC, R on CD, and S on AD) so that:
AP
BQ
CR
DS
=
=
=
=k
PB
QC
RD
SA
where k is a positive real that makes area of P QRS exactly 52% of the
area of the quadrilateral ABCD. How many different k values are there?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5
25. Let 4ABC be a right triangle in the xy-plane with the right angle at
C. Given that the length of the hypotenuse AB is 60, and that the medians
through A and B lie along the lines y = x + 3 and y = 2x + 4, respectively,
compute the area of 4ABC.
(A) 390
(B) 394
(C) 396
(D) 398
(E) 400