2000 AMC 10 Problems
Contents
[hide]- 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
In the year 2001, the United States will host the International Mathematical Olympiad. Let , , and be distinct positive integers such that the product . What is the largest possible value of the sum ?
Problem 2
Problem 3
Each day, Jenny ate of the jellybeans that were in her jar at the beginning of that day. At the end of the second day, remained. How many jellybeans were in the jar originally?
Problem 4
Chandra pays an on-line service provider a fixed monthly fee plus an hourly charge for connect time. Her December bill was , but in January her bill was because she used twice as much connect time as in December. What is the fixed monthly fee?
Problem 5
Points and are the midpoints of sides and of . As moves along a line that is parallel to side , how many of the four quantities listed below change?
(a) the length of the segment
(b) the perimeter of
(c) the area of
(d) the area of trapezoid
Problem 6
The Fibonacci sequence starts with two s, and each term afterwards is the sum of its two predecessors. Which one of the ten digits is the last to appear in the units position of a number in the Fibonacci sequence?
Problem 7
In rectangle , , is on , and and trisect . What is the perimeter of ?
Problem 8
At Olympic High School, of the freshmen and of the sophomores took the AMC-10. Given that the number of freshmen and sophomore contestants was the same, which of the following must be true?
There are five times as many sophomores as freshmen.
There are twice as many sophomores as freshmen.
There are as many freshmen as sophomores.
There are twice as many freshmen as sophomores.
There are five times as many freshmen as sophomores.
Problem 9
If , where , then
Problem 10
The sides of a triangle with positive area have lengths , , and . The sides of a second triangle with positive area have lengths , , and . What is the smallest positive number that is not a possible value of ?
Problem 11
Two different prime numbers between and are chosen. When their sum is subtracted from their product, which of the following numbers could be obtained?
Problem 12
Problem 13
Problem 14
Mrs. Walter gave an exam in a mathematics class of five students. She entered the scores in random order into a spreadsheet, which recalculated the class average after each score was entered. Mrs. Walter noticed that after each score was entered, the average was always an integer. The scores (listed in ascending order) were , , , , and . What was the last score Mrs. Walter entered?
Problem 15
Two non-zero real numbers, and , satisfy . Find a possible value of .