1995 AHSME Problems

Problem 1

Kim earned scores of 87,83, and 88 on her first three mathematics examinations. If Kim receives a score of 90 on the fourth exam, then her average will

A. remain the same B. increase by 1 C. increase by 2 D. increase by 3 E. increase by 4

Solution

Problem 2

If , then

A. 1 B. C. 7 D. 49 E. 121

Solution

Problem 3

The total in-store price for an appliance is 99.99\ and a one-time shipping and handling charge of 9.98$. How much is saved by buying the appliance from the television advertiser?

A. 6 cents B. 7 cents C. 8 cents D. 9 cents E. 10 cents

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 3|Solution]]

== Problem 4 == If$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)M30 \%QQ20 \%PN50 \%P\frac {M}{N} =\frac {3}{250}\frac {3}{25}\displaystyle \frac {6}{5}\displaystyle \frac {4}{3}$[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 4|Solution]]

== Problem 5 == A rectangular field is 300 feet wide and 400 feet long. Random sampling indicates that there are, on the average, three ants per square inch through out the field. [12 inches = 1 foot.] Of the following, the number that most closely approximates the number of ants in the field is

A. 500 thousand B. 5 million C. 50 million D. 500 million E. 5 billion

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 5|Solution]]

== Problem 6 == The figure shown can be folded into the shape of a cube. In the resulting cube, which of the lettered faces is opposite the face marked ?

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A. A B. B C. C D. D E. E

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 6|Solution]]

== Problem 7 == The radius of Earth at the equator is approximately 4000 miles. Suppose a jet flies once around Earth at a speed of 500 miles per hour relative to Earth. If the flight path is a neglibile height above the equator, then, among the following choices, the best estimate of the number of hours of flight is:

A) 25 B) 8 C) 75 D) 50 E) 100

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 7|Solution]]

== Problem 8 == In$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)\triangle ABC\angle C = 90^\circ, AC = 6BC = 8DE\overline{AB}\overline{BC}\angle BED = 90^\circDE = 4BD =\displaystyle \frac {16}{3}\displaystyle \frac {20}{3}\displaystyle \frac {15}{2}$E. 8

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 8|Solution]]

== Problem 9 == Consider the figure consisting of a square, its diagonals, and the segments joining the midpoints of opposite sides. The total number of triangles of any size in the figure is

A. 10 B. 12 C. 14 D. 16 E. 18

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 9|Solution]]

== Problem 10 == The area of the triangle bounded by the lines$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)y = x, y = - xy = 6$is

A. 12 B.$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)12 \sqrt 224 \sqrt 2$E. 36

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 10|Solution]]

== Problem 11 == How many base 10 four-digit numbers,$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)N = \underline{a} \underline{b} \underline{c} \underline{d}$, satisfy all three of the following conditions?

(i)$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)4,000 \leq N < 6,000;N3 \leq b < c \leq 6$.

A. 10 B. 18 C. 24 D. 36 E. 48

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 11|Solution]]

== Problem 12 == Let$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)ff(1) \leq f(2), f(3) \geq f(4),f(5) = 5$. Which of the following is true?

A.$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)f(0) < 0f(0) = 0f(1) < f(0) < f( - 1)f(0) = 5f(0) > 5$[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 12|Solution]]

== Problem 13 == The addition below is incorrect. The display can be made correct by changing one digit$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)dede$.

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A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 10 E. More than 10

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 13|Solution]]

== Problem 14 == If$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)f(x) = ax^4 - bx^2 + x + 5f( - 3) = 2f(3) =$A. -5 B. -2 C. 1 D. 3 E. 8

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 14|Solution]]

== Problem 15 == Five points on a circle are numbered 1,2,3,4, and 5 in clockwise order. A bug jumps in a clockwise direction from one point to another around the circle; if it is on an odd-numbered point, it moves one point, and if it is on an even-numbered point, it moves two points. If the bug begins on point 5, after 1995 jumps it will be on point

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 15|Solution]]

== Problem 16 == Anita attends a baseball game in Atlanta and estimates that there are 50,000 fans in attendance. Bob attends a baseball game in Boston and estimates that there are 60,000 fans in attendance. A league official who knows the actual numbers attending the two games note that:

i. The actual attendance in Atlanta is within$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)10 \%10 \%$of the actual attendance in Boston.

To the nearest 1,000, the largest possible difference between the numbers attending the two games is

A. 10,000 B. 11,000 C. 20,000 D. 21,000 E. 22,000

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 16|Solution]]

== Problem 17 == Given regular pentagon$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)ABCDE\overline{DC}D\overline{AB}AAD$is

A. 72 B. 108 C. 120 D. 135 E. 144

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[[1955 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 17|Solution]]

== Problem 18 == Two rays with common endpoint$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)O30^\circABAB = 1OB$is

A. 1 B.$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)\displaystyle \frac {1 + \sqrt {3}}{\sqrt 2}\sqrt 3\frac {4}{\sqrt 3}$[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 18|Solution]]

== Problem 19 == Equilateral triangle$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)DEFABC\overline{DE} \perp \overline{BC}\triangle DEF\triangle ABC$is

A.$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)\displaystyle \frac {1}{6}\displaystyle \frac {1}{4}\displaystyle \frac {1}{3}\displaystyle \frac {2}{5}\displaystyle \frac {1}{2}$[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 19|Solution]]

== Problem 20 == If$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)a,bc\{1,2,3,4,5 \}ab + c \mathrm{(A) \ \frac {2}{5} } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ \frac {59}{125} } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ \frac {1}{2} } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ \frac {64}{125} } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ \frac {3}{5} } $[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 20|Solution]]

== Problem 21 == Two nonadjacent vertices of a rectangle are (4,3) and (-4,-3), and the coordinates of the other two vertices are integers. The number of such rectangles is

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 21|Solution]]

== Problem 22 == A pentagon is formed by cutting a triangular corner from a rectangular piece of paper. The five sides of the pentagon have lengths 13,19,20,25 and 31, although this is not necessarily their order around the pentagon. The area of the pentagon is$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) \mathrm{(A) \ 459 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 600 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 680 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 720 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 745 } $[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 22|Solution]]

== Problem 23 == The sides of a triangle have lengths 11,15, and$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)kkk \mathrm{(A) \ 5 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 7 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 12 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 13 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 14 } $[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 23|Solution]]

== Problem 24 == There exist positive integers$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)A,BC$, with no common factor greater than 1, such that

<cmath>A \log_{200} 5 + B \log_{200} 2 = C</cmath>

What is$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)A + B + C \mathrm{(A) \ 6 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 7 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 8 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 9 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 10 } $[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 24|Solution]]

== Problem 25 == A list of five positive integers has mean 12 and range 18. The mode and median are both 8. How many different values are possible for the second largest element of the list?$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) \mathrm{(A) \ 4 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 6 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 8 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 10 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 12 } $[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 25|Solution]]

== Problem 26 == In the figure,$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)\overline{AB}\overline{CD}O\overline{AB} \perp \overline{CD}\overline{DF}\overline{AB}EDE = 6EF = 2$, then the area of the circle is

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Link: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=62477$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) \mathrm{(A) \ 23 \pi } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ \frac {47}{2} \pi } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 24 \pi } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ \frac {49}{2} \pi } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 25 \pi } $[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 26|Solution]]

== Problem 27 == Consider the triangular array of numbers with 0,1,2,3,... along the sides and interior numbers obtained by adding the two adjacent numbers in the previous row. Rows 1 through 6 are shown.

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A table really needs to go there... Link: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?search_id=1526011879&t=62471

Let$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)f(n)nf(100) \mathrm{(A) \ 12 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 30 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 50 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 62 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 74 } $[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 27|Solution]]

== Problem 28 == Two parallel chords in a circle have lengths 10 and 14, and the distance between them is 6. The chord parallel to these chords and midway between them is of length$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)\sqrt {a}a \mathrm{(A) \ 144 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 156 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 168 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 176 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 184 } $[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 28|Solution]]

== Problem 29 == For how many three-element sets of positive integers$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)\{a,b,c\}a \times b \times c = 2310 \mathrm{(A) \ 32 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 36 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 40 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 43 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 45 } $[[1995 AMC 12 Problems/Problem 29|Solution]]

== Problem 30 == A large cube is formed by stacking 27 unit cubes. A plane is perpendicular to one of the internal diagonals of the large cube and bisects that diagonal. The number of unit cubes that the plane intersects is$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) \mathrm{(A) \ 16 } \qquad \mathrm{(B) \ 17 } \qquad \mathrm{(C) \ 18 } \qquad \mathrm{(D) \ 19 } \qquad \mathrm{(E) \ 20 } $

Solution

See also

• AMC 12
• AMC 12 Problems and Solutions
• 1995 AMC 12
• Mathematics competition resources