2024 AMC 10B Problems

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Instructions 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. You will receive 6 points for each correct answer, 2.5 points for each problem left unanswered if the year is before 2006, 1.5 points for each problem left unanswered if the year is after 2006, and 0 points for each incorrect answer. No aids are permitted other than scratch paper, graph paper, ruler, compass, protractor and erasers (and calculators that are accepted for use on the SAT if before 2006. No problems on the test will require the use of a calculator). Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale. You will have 75 minutes working time to complete the test.
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Problem 1

In a long line of people arranged left to right, the 1013th person from the left is also the 1010th person from the right. How many people are in line?

$\textbf{(A) } 2021 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 2022 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2023 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 2024 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 2025$

Solution

Problem 2

What is $10! - 7! \cdot 6!$

$\textbf{(A) } -120 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 0 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 120 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 600 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 720$

Solution

Problem 3

For how many integer values of $x$ is $|2x| \leq 7 \pi$

$\textbf{(A) } 16 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 17 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 19 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 20 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 21$

Solution

Problem 4

Balls numbered 1, 2, 3, ... are deposited in 5 bins, labeled A, B, C, D, and E, using the following procedure. Ball 1 is deposited in bin A, and balls 2 and 3 are deposited in bin B. The next 3 balls are deposited in bin C, the next 4 in bin D, and so on, cycling back to bin A after balls are deposited in bin E. (For example, balls numbered 22, 23, ..., 28 are deposited in bin B at step 7 of this process.) In which bin is ball 2024 deposited?

$\textbf{(A) } A \qquad\textbf{(B) } B \qquad\textbf{(C) } C \qquad\textbf{(D) } D \qquad\textbf{(E) } E$

Solution

Problem 5

In the following expression, Melanie changed some of the plus signs to minus signs: $1+3+5+7+...+97+99$ When the new expression was evaluated, it was negative. What is the least number of plus signs that Melanie could have changed to minus signs?

$\textbf{(A) } 14 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 15 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 16 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 17 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 18$

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Problem 10

Quadrilateral $ABCD$ is a parallelogram, and $E$ is the midpoint of the side $AD$ . Let $F$ be the intersection of lines $EB$ and $AC$ . What is the ratio of the area of quadrilateral $CDEF$ to the area of triangle $CFB$ ?

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

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