1993 UNCO Math Contest II Problems

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO MATHEMATICS CONTEST FINAL ROUND February 13,1993.

For Colorado Students Grades 7-12.

Problem 1

How many times must one shoot at this target, and which rings must one hit in order to score exactly $100$ points.

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MP("40",(0,1),N);
MP("39",(0,2),N);
MP("24",(0,3),N);
MP("23",(0,4),N);
MP("17",(0,5),N);
MP("16",(0,6),N);
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Solution

Problem 2

Determine the digit in the $623^{rd}$ place after the decimal point in the repeating decimal for: \[\frac{1}{9}+\frac{2}{99}+\frac{3}{999}.\]

Solution

Problem 3

A student thinks of four numbers. She adds them in pairs to get the six sums $9,18,21,23,26,35.$ What are the four numbers? There are two different solutions.

Solution

Problem 4

The table gives some of the straight line distances between certain pairs of cities. for example the distance between city $A$ and city $B$ is $34.$ Use the given data to determine the distance between city $A$ and city $C$. (Hint: a problem in the first round was similar in spirit to this one.) \[\begin{tabular}{c|cccc} & A & B & C & D \\ \hline A & 34 & & 16 \\  B & & 42 & \\  C & & & 12\\  D & 30 & & \\  \end{tabular}\]


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Problem 5

A collection of $25$ consecutive positive integers adds to $1000.$ What are the smallest and largest integers in this collection?

Solution

Problem 6

Observe that \begin{align*} 2^2+3^2+6^3 &= 7^2 \\ 3^2+4^2+12^3 &= 13^2 \\ 4^2+5^2+20^3 &= 21^2 \\ \end{align*}

(a) Find integers $x$ and $y$ so that $5^2+6^2+x^2=y^2.$

(b) Conjecture a general rule that is being illustrated here.

(c) Prove your conjecture.


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Problem 7

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Problem 8

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Problem 9

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Problem 10

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