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EXERCISES:

Problem 1. A school has an enrollment of 500 students. Each student takes 6 classes per
day. Each class has 25 students and each teacher teaches 5 classes per day. How many
teachers does the school have? (Mathcounts Competitions).

Problem 2. What is the sum of the digits a and b in the following multiplication
problem?

b3a1
× b4
———————
9404
+ 470b0
———————
a64b4
(Mathcounts Competitions).

Problem 3. Evaluate 234  997 – 233  997.

Problem 4. Compute: (29)2 – 58(9) + 92.

Problem 5. Find the value of 512 – 492 + 1012 – 992 .

Problem 6. Find: 103 × 97 + 9 .

Problem 7. In the multiplication problem shown, A and C represent distinct non-zero

digits. What is the value of A + C? (Mathcounts Competitions).

Problem 8. The alphanumeric code shown represents the standard base-ten

multiplication of two three-digit numbers. Each of the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F
represents a different digit chosen from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. (Mathcounts
Competitions).

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Find the value which is B less than the product FEBFEB divided by 1001.

Problem 9. The digits 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 are to be place one in each box, in the
multiplication problem shown, so that the product is as large as possible. What is the
product? (Mathcounts Competitions).

Problem 10. What is the largest possible product obtained by placing the digits 5, 6, 7, 8,
and 9 in the boxes shown? (Mathcounts Competitions).

Problem 11. In the following multiplication problem, the * represents the same digit in
each number: (73)(3) = 389. What digit does the  represent? (Mathcounts
Competitions).

Problem 12. The product of two numbers has been accidentally erased by a student. All
that remains is shown here. The student only remembers that the product was larger than
4000. Name the larger factor. (Mathcounts Competitions).

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Problem 13. In the equation shown, each letter represents a different digit. If A is not
zero, what is the largest possible value of D? (Mathcounts Competitions).

ABC
× C
———————
DBC

Problem 14. Select four different digits from the set {1, 2, 3, 4} and place one in each
box. What is the largest possible product that can be obtained? (Mathcounts
Competitions).

Problem 15. Find the value of A + B in this multiplication table. (Mathcounts

Handbooks).

Problem 16. The product 42178 equals 8712, which has the same digits in reverse order
as the original factor 2178. What four-digit number, when multiplied by 9, has its digits
reversed? (Mathcounts Handbooks).

Problem 17. Each asterisk in the diagram indicates a missing digit in the division. What
is the value of the two-digit divisor? (Mathcounts Handbooks)

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Problem 18. If each * represents a digit, and none of the digits in the divisor appear
again in the problem, what is the value of the quotient? (Mathcounts Handbooks).

Problem 19. Express 57600  800 in simplest form. (Mathcounts Handbooks).

Problem 20. A girl wants to buy a new bicycle which costs $87. She has already saved
$15 and then gets a job which pays a net amount of $4 per hour. How many hours must
she work to earn the money she work to earn the money she still needs for the bicycle?
(Mathcounts Handbooks).

Problem 21. Find the answer, in simplest form, when you multiply 586 by 96 and divide
the product192? (Mathcounts Competitions).

Problem 22. Evaluate: (9999) × (8).

Problem 23. Find the product of 3,475,000 and 33,397,000. (Mathcounts Competitions)

Problem 24. Evaluate: 999999  999999.

Problem 25. David’s uncle loaned him $900 with no interest. David paid all of the
money in equal monthly payments over 3 years. How much were the monthly payments?
(Mathcounts Competitions).

Problem 26. How many 32-passenger buses will be needed to take 200 students on a
field trip? (Mathcounts Competitions).

Problem 27. What is the product of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0?

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ANSWER KEYS

Problem 1. 24 Problem 2. 7 Problem 3. 997

Problem 4. 400 Problem 5. 600 Problem 6. 1000

Problem 7. 9 Problem 8. 120 Problem 9. 52480

Problem 10. 84000 Problem 11. 5 Problem 12. 95

Problem 13. 8 Problem 14. 1312 Problem 15. 53

Problem 16. 1089 Problem 17. 12 Problem 18. 22

Problem 19. 72 Problem 20. 18 hours Problem 21. 293

Problem 22. 79992 Problem 23. 116,054,575,000,000

Problem 24. 999998000001 Problem 25. $25 Problem 26. 7 buses

Problem 27. 0

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