2004 AMC 12B Problems
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
At each basketball practice last week, Jenny made twice as many free throws as she made at the previous practice. At her fifth practice she made 48 free throws. How many free throws did she make at the first practice?
Problem 2
In the expression , the values of
,
,
, and
are 0, 1, 2, and 3, although not necessarily in that order. What is the maximum possible value of the result?
Problem 3
If and
are positive integers for which
, what is the value of
?
Problem 4
An integer , with
, is to be chosen. If all choices are equally likely, what is the probability that at least one digit of
is a 7?
Problem 5
On a trip from the United States to Canada, Isabella took U.S. dollars. At the border she exchanged them all, receiving 10 Canadian dollars for every 7 U.S. dollars. After spending 60 Canadian dollars, she had
Canadian dollars left. What is the sum of the digits of
?
Problem 6
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is 8 miles southwest of downtown St. Paul and 10 miles southeast of downtown Minneapolis. Which of the following is closest to the number of miles between downtown St. Paul and downtown Minneapolis?
Problem 7
A square has sides of length 10, and a circle centered at one of its vertices has radius 10. What is the area of the union of the regions enclosed by the square and the circle?
Problem 8
A grocer makes a display of cans in which the top row has one can and each lower row has two more cans than the row above it. If the display contains 100 cans, how many rows does it contain?
Problem 9
The point is rotated
clockwise around the origin to point
. Point
is then reflected over the line
to point
. What are the coordinates of
?
Problem 10
An annulus is the region between two concentric circles. The concentric circles in the figure have radii and
, with
. Let
be a radius of the larger circle, let
be tangent to the smaller circle at
, and let
be the radius of the larger circle that contains
. Let
,
, and
. What is the area of the annulus?
Problem 11
All the students in an algebra class took a -point test. Five students scored
, each student scored at least
, and the mean score was
. What is the smallest possible number of students in the class?
Problem 12
Problem 13
If and
with
and
real, what is the value of
?
Problem 14
Problem 15
Problem 16
A function is defined by
, where
and
is the complex conjugate of
. How many values of
satisfy both
and
?
Problem 17
For some real numbers and
, the equation
has three distinct positive roots. If the sum of the base-
logarithms of the roots is
, what is the value of
?
Problem 18
Problem 19
A truncated cone has horizontal bases with radii and
. A sphere is tangent to the top, bottom, and lateral surface of the truncated cone. What is the radius of the sphere?
Problem 20
Each face of a cube is painted either red or blue, each with probability . The color of each face is determined independently. What is the probability that the painted cube can be placed on a horizontal surface so that the four vertical faces are all the same color?
Problem 21
The graph of is an ellipse in the first quadrant of the
-plane. Let
and
be the maximum and minimum values of
over all points
on the ellipse. What is the value of
?
Problem 22
Problem 23
The polynomial has integer coefficients and three distinct positive zeros. Exactly one of these is an integer, and it is the sum of the other two. How many values of
are possible?
Problem 24
In ,
, and
is an altitude. Point
is on the extension of
such that
. The values of
,
, and
form a geometric progression, and the values of
form an arithmetic progression. What is the area of
?
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Problem 25
Given that is a
-digit number whose first digit is
, how many elements of the set
have a first digit of
?