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== Problem 1 == | == Problem 1 == | ||
One ticket to a show costs <math>\$20</math> at full price. Susan buys 4 tickets using a coupon that gives her a <math>25\%</math> discount. Pam buys 5 tickets using a coupon that gives her a <math>30\%</math> discount. How many more dollars does Pam pay than Susan? | One ticket to a show costs <math>\$20</math> at full price. Susan buys 4 tickets using a coupon that gives her a <math>25\%</math> discount. Pam buys 5 tickets using a coupon that gives her a <math>30\%</math> discount. How many more dollars does Pam pay than Susan? | ||
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== Problem 3 == | == Problem 3 == | ||
− | An aquarium has a rectangular base that measures 100 cm by 40 cm and has a height of 50 cm. It is filled with water to a height of 40 cm. A brick with a rectangular base that measures 40 cm by 20 cm and a height of 10 cm is placed in the aquarium. By how many centimeters does the water rise? | + | An aquarium has a rectangular base that measures 100 cm by 40 cm and has a height of 50 cm. It is filled with water to a height of 40 cm. A brick with a rectangular base that measures 40 cm by 20 cm and a height of 10 cm is placed in the aquarium. By how many centimeters does the water rise? |
<math>\text{(A)}\ 0.5 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 1.5 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 2 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 2.5</math> | <math>\text{(A)}\ 0.5 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 1 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 1.5 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 2 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 2.5</math> | ||
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== Problem 5 == | == Problem 5 == | ||
− | A school store sells 7 pencils and 8 notebooks for <math> | + | A school store sells 7 pencils and 8 notebooks for <math>\$4.15</math>. It also sells 5 pencils and 3 notebooks for <math>\$1.77</math>. How much do 16 pencils and 10 notebooks cost? |
− | <math>\text{(A)}\ | + | <math>\text{(A)}\ \$1.76 \qquad \text{(B)}\ \$5.84 \qquad \text{(C)}\ \$6.00 \qquad \text{(D)}\ \$6.16 \qquad \text{(E)}\ \$6.32</math> |
[[2007 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 5|Solution]] | [[2007 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 5|Solution]] | ||
== Problem 6 == | == Problem 6 == | ||
− | At Euclid High School, the number of students taking the AMC 10 was <math>60</math> in 2002, <math>66</math> in 2003, <math>70</math> in 2004, <math>76</math> in 2005, <math>78</math> | + | At Euclid High School, the number of students taking the AMC 10 was <math>60</math> in 2002, <math>66</math> in 2003, <math>70</math> in 2004, <math>76</math> in 2005, <math>78</math> in 2006, and is <math>85</math> in 2007. Between what two consecutive years was there the largest percentage increase? |
<math>\text{(A)}\ 2002\ \text{and}\ 2003 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 2003\ \text{and}\ 2004 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 2004\ \text{and}\ 2005 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 2005\ \text{and}\ 2006 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 2006\ \text{and}\ 2007</math> | <math>\text{(A)}\ 2002\ \text{and}\ 2003 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 2003\ \text{and}\ 2004 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 2004\ \text{and}\ 2005 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 2005\ \text{and}\ 2006 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 2006\ \text{and}\ 2007</math> | ||
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== Problem 7 == | == Problem 7 == | ||
− | Last year Mr. Jon Q. Public received an inheritance. He paid <math>20\%</math> in federal taxes on the inheritance, and paid <math>10\%</math> of what he had left in state taxes. He paid a total of <math>10500</math> for both taxes. How many dollars was his inheritance? | + | Last year Mr. Jon Q. Public received an inheritance. He paid <math>20\%</math> in federal taxes on the inheritance, and paid <math>10\%</math> of what he had left in state taxes. He paid a total of <math>\$10500</math> for both taxes. How many dollars was his inheritance? |
<math>(\mathrm {A})\ 30000 \qquad (\mathrm {B})\ 32500 \qquad(\mathrm {C})\ 35000 \qquad(\mathrm {D})\ 37500 \qquad(\mathrm {E})\ 40000</math> | <math>(\mathrm {A})\ 30000 \qquad (\mathrm {B})\ 32500 \qquad(\mathrm {C})\ 35000 \qquad(\mathrm {D})\ 37500 \qquad(\mathrm {E})\ 40000</math> |
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2007 AMC 10A (Answer Key) Printable versions: • AoPS Resources • PDF | ||
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Contents
- 1 Problem 1
- 2 Problem 2
- 3 Problem 3
- 4 Problem 4
- 5 Problem 5
- 6 Problem 6
- 7 Problem 7
- 8 Problem 8
- 9 Problem 9
- 10 Problem 10
- 11 Problem 11
- 12 Problem 12
- 13 Problem 13
- 14 Problem 14
- 15 Problem 15
- 16 Problem 16
- 17 Problem 17
- 18 Problem 18
- 19 Problem 19
- 20 Problem 20
- 21 Problem 21
- 22 Problem 22
- 23 Problem 23
- 24 Problem 24
- 25 Problem 25
- 26 See also
Problem 1
One ticket to a show costs at full price. Susan buys 4 tickets using a coupon that gives her a
discount. Pam buys 5 tickets using a coupon that gives her a
discount. How many more dollars does Pam pay than Susan?
Problem 2
Define and
. What is
?
Problem 3
An aquarium has a rectangular base that measures 100 cm by 40 cm and has a height of 50 cm. It is filled with water to a height of 40 cm. A brick with a rectangular base that measures 40 cm by 20 cm and a height of 10 cm is placed in the aquarium. By how many centimeters does the water rise?
Problem 4
The larger of two consecutive odd integers is three times the smaller. What is their sum?
Problem 5
A school store sells 7 pencils and 8 notebooks for . It also sells 5 pencils and 3 notebooks for
. How much do 16 pencils and 10 notebooks cost?
Problem 6
At Euclid High School, the number of students taking the AMC 10 was in 2002,
in 2003,
in 2004,
in 2005,
in 2006, and is
in 2007. Between what two consecutive years was there the largest percentage increase?
Problem 7
Last year Mr. Jon Q. Public received an inheritance. He paid in federal taxes on the inheritance, and paid
of what he had left in state taxes. He paid a total of
for both taxes. How many dollars was his inheritance?
Problem 8
Triangles and
are isosceles with
and
. Point
is inside triangle
, angle
measures 40 degrees, and angle
measures 140 degrees. What is the degree measure of angle
?
Problem 9
Real numbers and
satisfy the equations
and
. What is
?
Problem 10
The Dunbar family consists of a mother, a father, and some children. The average age of the members of the family is , the father is
years old, and the average age of the mother and children is
. How many children are in the family?
Problem 11
The numbers from to
are placed at the vertices of a cube in such a manner that the sum of the four numbers on each face is the same. What is this common sum?
Problem 12
Two tour guides are leading six tourists. The guides decide to split up. Each tourist must choose one of the guides, but with the stipulation that each guide must take at least one tourist. How many different groupings of guides and tourists are possible?
Problem 13
Yan is somewhere between his home and the stadium. To get to the stadium he can walk directly to the stadium, or else he can walk home and then ride his bicycle to the stadium. He rides 7 times as fast as he walks, and both choices require the same amount of time. What is the ratio of Yan's distance from his home to his distance from the stadium?
Problem 14
A triangle with side lengths in the ratio is inscribed in a circle with radius
. What is the area of the triangle?
Problem 15
Four circles of radius are each tangent to two sides of a square and externally tangent to a circle of radius
, as shown. What is the area of the square?
Problem 16
Integers and
, not necessarily distinct, are chosen independently and at random from 0 to 2007, inclusive. What is the probability that
is even?
Problem 17
Suppose that and
are positive integers such that
. What is the minimum possible value of
?
Problem 18
Consider the -sided polygon
, as shown. Each of its sides has length
, and each two consecutive sides form a right angle. Suppose that
and
meet at
. What is the area of quadrilateral
?
Problem 19
A paint brush is swept along both diagonals of a square to produce the symmetric painted area, as shown. Half the area of the square is painted. What is the ratio of the side length of the square to the brush width?
Problem 20
Suppose that the number satisfies the equation
. What is the value of
?
Problem 21
A sphere is inscribed in a cube that has a surface area of square meters. A second cube is then inscribed within the sphere. What is the surface area in square meters of the inner cube?
Problem 22
A finite sequence of three-digit integers has the property that the tens and units digits of each term are, respectively, the hundreds and tens digits of the next term, and the tens and units digits of the last term are, respectively, the hundreds and tens digits of the first term. For example, such a sequence might begin with the terms 247, 475, and 756 and end with the term 824. Let be the sum of all the terms in the sequence. What is the largest prime factor that always divides
?
Problem 23
How many ordered pairs of positive integers, with
, have the property that their squares differ by
?
Problem 24
Circles centered at and
each have radius
, as shown. Point
is the midpoint of
, and
. Segments
and
are tangent to the circles centered at
and
, respectively, and
is a common tangent. What is the area of the shaded region
?
Problem 25
For each positive integer , let
denote the sum of the digits of
For how many values of
is
See also
2007 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
Preceded by 2006 AMC 10B Problems |
Followed by 2007 AMC 10B Problems | |
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