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Rachelle uses 3 pounds of meat to make 8 hamburgers for her family. How many pounds of meat does
Solution
Since Rachelle uses pounds of meat to make hamburgers, she uses pounds of meat to make one
hamburger. To find out the pounds of meat she needs for hamburgers, multiply and to obtain
the answer, .
Problem
In the country of East Westmore, statisticians estimate there is a baby born every hours and a death
every day. To the nearest hundred, how many people are added to the population of East Westmore
each year?
Solution
There are births and one death everyday in East Westmore. Therefore, the population increases by
people everyday. Thus, there are people added to the population every year. Rounding,
Problem
On February 13 The Oshkosh Northwester listed the length of daylight as 10 hours and 24 minutes, the
sunrise was , and the sunset as . The length of daylight and sunrise were correct, but
the sunset was wrong. When did the sun really set?
Solution
The problem wants us to find the time of sunset and gives us the length of daylight and time of
sunrise. So all we have to do is add the length of daylight to the time of sunrise to obtain the answer.
Peter's family ordered a 12-slice pizza for dinner. Peter ate one slice and shared another slice equally
with his brother Paul. What fraction of the pizza did Peter eat?
Solution
Peter ate slices. The pizza has slices total. Taking the ratio of the amount of slices Peter
ate to the amount of slices in the pizza, we find that Peter ate of the pizza.
Problem
In the diagram, all angles are right angles and the lengths of the sides are given in centimeters. Note
Solution
There is a segment of length one on the segment with length , which creates a segment of length ,
Problem
A rectangular photograph is placed in a frame that forms a border two inches wide on all sides of the
photograph. The photograph measures 8 inches high and 10 inches wide. What is the area of the
Solution
In order to find the area of the border, we need to subtract the area of the photograph from the area
of the photograph and the frame. Right off the bat, we can see that the area of the photograph
is square inches. The dimensions of the whole frame (including the photograph) would
be by . Therefore, the area of the photograph and frame would
be square inches. Subtracting the area of the photograph from the area of both the
Problem
Isabella must take four 100-point tests in her math class. Her goal is to achieve an average grade of
95 on the tests. Her first two test scores were 97 and 91. After seeing her score on the third test, she
realized she can still reach her goal. What is the lowest possible score she could have made on the
third test?
Solution
Since Isabella wants an average grade of on her tests, we can say she wants the sum of here test
scores to be . We already have two test scores which sum to , which means she
needs more points to achieve her desired average. In order to minimize the score on the third test,
we assume that Isabella received all points on the fourth test. Therefore, the lowest Isabella could
Problem
A shop advertises everything is "half price in today's sale." In addition, a coupon gives a 20% discount
on sale prices. Using the coupon, the price today represents what percentage off the original price?
Solution
Apply the first discount, so the price is % of the original. Then apply the next % discount to find
that the price is now % of the original. However, we need to find the percentage off the original
price, not the current percentage of the price. We then subtract % from % (the original price of
Problem
The Fort Worth Zoo has a number of two-legged birds and a number of four-legged mammals. On one
visit to the zoo, Margie counted 200 heads and 522 legs. How many of the animals that Margie counted
Let the number of two-legged birds be and the number of four-legged mammals be . We can now
Using cancellation, we find that . Since there were heads, meaning that
Problem
How many 4-digit numbers greater than 1000 are there that use the four digits of 2012?
Solution
For this problem, all we need to do is find the amount of valid 4-digit numbers that can be made from
the digits of , since all of the valid 4-digit number will always be greater than . The best way
When the leading digit is , you can make such numbers.
When the leading digit is , you can make such numbers.
Summing the amounts of numbers, we find that there are such numbers.
Problem
The mean, median, and unique mode of the positive integers 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, and are all equal. What
Solution
Since there must be an unique mode, we can eliminate answer choices and . Now we
Case 1:
Mode:
Median:
Mean:
Since the mean does not equal the median or mode, can also be eliminated.
Case 2:
Mode:
Median:
Mean:
We are done with this problem, because we have found when , the condition is satisfied.
Problem
Solution
The problem wants us to find the units digit of , therefore, we can eliminate the tens digit of ,
because the tens digit will not affect the final result. So our new expression is . Now we need to
We observe that there is a pattern for the units digit which recurs every four powers of three. Using
this pattern, we divide can subtract 1 from 2012 and divide by 4. The remainder is the power of three
that we are looking for, minus 1. divided by leaves a remainder of , so the answer is the units
digit of , or . Thus, we find that the units digit of is .
Problem
Jamar bought some pencils costing more than a penny each at the school bookstore and paid .
Sharona bought some of the same pencils and paid . How many more pencils did Sharona buy
than Jamar?
Solution
We assume that the price of the pencils remains constant. Convert and to cents. Since the
price of the pencils is more than one penny, we can find the price of one pencil (in cents) by taking the
greatest common divisor of and , which is . Therefore, Jamar bought pencils
than Jamar.
Problem
In the BIG N, a middle school football conference, each team plays every other team exactly once. If a
total of 21 conference games were played during the 2012 season, how many teams were members of
Solution
This problem is very similar to a handshake problem. We use the formula to usually find the
number of games played (or handshakes). Now we have to use the formula in reverse.
So we have the equation . Solving, we find that the number of teams in the BIG N
conference is .
Problem
The smallest number greater than 2 that leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3, 4, 5, or 6 lies
Solution
To find the answer to this problem, we need to find the least common multiple of , , , and add
to the result. The least common multiple of the four numbers is , and by adding , we find that that
such number is . Now we need to find the only given range that contains . The only such range is
Problem
Each of the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is used only once to make two five-digit numbers so
that they have the largest possible sum. Which of the following could be one of the numbers?
Solution
In order to maximize the sum of the numbers, the numbers must have their digits ordered in
decreasing value. There are only two numbers from the answer choices with this property:
and . To determine the answer we will have to use estimation and the first two digits of the
numbers.
For the number that would maximize the sum would start with . The first two digits of
(when rounded) are . Adding and , we find that the first three digits of the sum of the two
For the number that would maximize the sum would start with . The first two digits of
(when rounded) are . Adding and , we find that the first three digits of the sum of the two
From the estimations, we can say that the answer to this problem is .
Problem
A square with integer side length is cut into 10 squares, all of which have integer side length and at
least 8 of which have area 1. What is the smallest possible value of the length of the side of the
original square?
Solution
The first answer choice , can be eliminated since there must be squares with integer side
lengths. We then test the next largest sidelength which is . The square with area can be
partitioned into squares with area and two squares with area , which satisfies all the conditions of
the problem. Therefore, the smallest possible value of the length of the side of the original square
is .
Problem
What is the smallest positive integer that is neither prime nor square and that has no prime factor less
than 50?
Solution
The problem states that the answer cannot be a perfect square or have prime factors less than .
Therefore, the answer will be the product of at least two different primes greater than . The two
smallest primes greater than are and . Multiplying these two primes, we obtain the
number , which is also the smallest number on the list of answer choices. So we are done, and the
answer is .
Problem
In a jar of red, green, and blue marbles, all but 6 are red marbles, all but 8 are green, and all but 4 are
Solution
Let be the number of red marbles, be the number of green marbles, and be the number of blue
marbles.
Now divide by on both sides to find the total number of marbles:
Problem
What is the correct ordering of the three numbers , , and , in increasing order?
Solution
The value of is . Now we give all the fractions a common denominator.
Ordering the fractions from least to greatest, we find that they are in the order listed. Therefore, our
Problem
Marla has a large white cube that has an edge of 10 feet. She also has enough green paint to cover
300 square feet. Marla uses all the paint to create a white square centered on each face, surrounded
by a green border. What is the area of one of the white squares, in square feet?
Solution
The surface area of this cube is square feet. Maria's paint can cover a total of square feet.
Since all the faces of the cube have an identical design, Maria's paint covers half of every face of the
cube. The surface area of one of the faces of the cube is square feet. Then, her paint will cover
square feet of every face. Thus, the area of one of the white squares will be
square feet.
Problem
Let be a set of nine distinct integers. Six of the elements are 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, and 14. What is the
Solution
First, we find that the minimum value of the median of will be .
Sequence:
Median:
Sequence:
Median:
Sequence:
Median:
Sequence:
Median:
Sequence:
Median:
Sequence:
Problem
An equilateral triangle and a regular hexagon have equal perimeters. If the area of the triangle is 4,
Solution
Let the perimeter of the equilateral triangle be . The side length of the equilateral triangle would
A hexagon contains six equilateral triangles. One of these triangles would be similar to the large
equilateral triangle in the ratio , since the sidelength of the small equilateral triangle is half the
sidelength of the large one. Thus, the area of one of the small equilateral triangles is . The area of the
hexagon is then .
Problem
A circle of radius 2 is cut into four congruent arcs. The four arcs are joined to form the star figure
shown. What is the ratio of the area of the star figure to the area of the original circle?
Solution
Draw a square around the star figure. The sidelength of this square is , because the sidelength is the
diameter of the circle. The square forms -quarter circles around the star figure. This is the equivalent
of one large circle with radius , meaning that the total area of the quarter circles is . The area of
the square is . Thus, the area of the star figure is . The area of the circle is . Taking the
Problem
A square with area 4 is inscribed in a square with area 5, with one vertex of the smaller square on
each side of the larger square. A vertex of the smaller square divides a side of the larger square into
two segments, one of length , and the other of length . What is the value of ?
Solution 1
The total area of the four congruent triangles formed by the squares is . Therefore, the area of one of
these triangles is . The height of one of these triangles is and the base is . Using the formula for
area of the triangle, we have . Multiply by on both sides to find that the value of
is .
Solution 2
To solve this problem you could also use algebraic manipulation.
Since the area of the large square is , the sidelength is .
We also know that the sidelength of the smaller square is , since its area is . Then, the segment of
length and segment of length form a right triangle whose hypotenuse would have length .
Now, subtract, and obtain the equation . We can deduce that the value of is .