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==Problem 11==
 
==Problem 11==

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Problem 1

Ona map, a $12$-centimeter length represents $72$ kilometers. How many kilometers does a $17$-centimeter length represent?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 102\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 204\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 864\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 1224$

Problem 2

How many different four-digit numbers can be formed be rearranging the four digits in $2004$?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 16\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 24\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 81$

Problem 3

Twelve friends met for dinner at Oscar's Overstuffed Oyster House, and each ordered one meal. The portions were so large, there was enough food for $18$ people. If they shared, how many meals should they have ordered to have just enough food for the $12$ of them?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 8\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 10\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 18$

Problem 4

The following information is needed to solve problems 4, 5 and 6.

Ms. Hamilton’s eighth-grade class wants to participate in the annual three-person-team basketball tournament.

Lance, Sally, Joy, and Fred are chosen for the team. In how many ways can the three starters be chosen?

$\textbf{(A)}2\qquad\textbf{(B)}4\qquad\textbf{(C)}6\qquad\textbf{(D)}8\qquad\textbf{(E)}10$

Problem 5

The losing team of each game is eliminated from the tournament. If sixteen teams compete, how many games will be played to determine the winner?

$\textbf{(A)}4\qquad\textbf{(B)}7\qquad\textbf{(C)}8\qquad\textbf{(D)}15\qquad\textbf{(E)}16$

Problem 6

After Sally takes $20$ shots, she has made $55\%$ of her shots. After she takes $5$ more shots, she raises her percentage to $56\%$. How many of the last $5$ shots did she make?

$\textbf{(A)}1\qquad\textbf{(B)}2\qquad\textbf{(C)}3\qquad\textbf{(D)}4\qquad\textbf{(E)}5$

Problem 7

An athlete's target heart rate, in beats per minute, is $80\%$ of the theoretical maximum heart rate. The maximum heart rate is found by subtracting the athlete's age, in years, from $220$. To the nearest whole number, what is the target heart rate of an athlete who is $26$ years old?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 134\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 155\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 176\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 194\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 243$

Problem 8

Find the number of two-digit positive integers whose digits total $7$.

$\mathrm{(A)\ 6 }\qquad\mathrm{(B)\ 7 }\qquad\mathrm{(C)\ 8 }\qquad\mathrm{(D)\ 9 }\qquad\mathrm{(E)\ 10 }$

Problem 9

The average of the five numbers in a list is $54$. The average of the first two numbers is $48$. What is the average of the last three numbers?

$\mathrm{(A)\ 55 }\qquad\mathrm{(B)\ 56 }\qquad\mathrm{(C)\ 57 }\qquad\mathrm{(D)\ 58 }\qquad\mathrm{(E)\ 59 }$

Problem 10

Handy Aaron helped a neighbor $11$ hours on Monday, $50$ minutes on Tuesday, from $8:20$ to $10:45$ on Wednesday morning, and a half-hour on Friday. He is paid $$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)3 $per hour. How much did he earn for the week?$ \mathrm{(A)\ $8 }\qquad\mathrm{(B)$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)9 }\qquad\mathrm{(C)\ $10 }\qquad\mathrm{(D)$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)12 }\qquad\mathrm{(E)\ $15 }$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)

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