2021 AMC 10B Spring Exam Problems
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1.
How many integer values of satisfy
Answer: D
Solution:
Every integer from to inclusive, works. This yields solutions.
Thus, the correct answer is D.
2.
What is the value of
Answer: D
Solution:
We know Since we know that
Therefore, our desired equation expression is equal to
Thus, the correct answer is D.
3.
In an after-school program for juniors and seniors, there is a debate team with an equal number of students from each class on the team. Among the students in the program, of the juniors and of the seniors are on the debate team. How many juniors are in the program?
Answer: C
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Let the number of juniors be and the number of seniors be Then, and This means so This makes
Thus, the correct answer is C.
4.
At a math contest, students are wearing blue shirts, and another students are wearing yellow shirts. The students are assigned into pairs. In exactly of these pairs, both students are wearing blue shirts. In how many pairs are both students wearing yellow shirts?
Answer: B
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There are students with blue shirts that are in a pair with just blue shirts. This means there are students in blue shirts who are paired with someone wearing a yellow shirts, meaning exactly people wearing yellow shirts are paired with someone wearing a blue shirt.
This leaves just students wearing a yellow shirt who is working with someone else wearing a yellow shirt. This yields pairs.
Thus, the answer is B.
5.
The ages of Jonie's four cousins are distinct single-digit positive integers. Two of the cousins' ages multiplied together give while the other two multiply to What is the sum of the ages of Jonie's four cousins?
Answer: B
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Since the last two are multiplied to and both are single-digit numbers, one of them must be making the other person The first two are of ages that multiply to The only pair of single-digit numbers whos product is and none of them are or is the pair Thus, the ages are making their sum
Thus, the answer is B.
6.
Ms. Blackwell gives an exam to two classes. The mean of the scores of the students in the morning class is and the afternoon class's mean score is The ratio of the number of students in the morning class to the number of students in the afternoon class is What is the mean of the scores of all the students?
Answer: C
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Let the number of people in the first class be This means the number of people in the second class is
Thus, the sum of the scores of the first class is and the sum of the scores for the people in the second class is This means the total sum is with people.
Therefore, the average of all the students is
Thus, the correct answer is C.
7.
In a plane, four circles with radii and are tangent to line at the same point but they may be on either side of Region consists of all the points that lie inside exactly one of the four circles. What is the maximum possible area of region
Answer: D
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Consider the following diagram where the lighter colored area makes up region S:
The circles can be in only two locations. We first place the largest circle and then the second largest circle in the opposite location. After this, the circle of radius must be placed on one of the two sides. To minimize the area lost with the last circle, we put it inside the third circle.
This yields an area of
Thus, the answer is D.
8.
Mr. Zhou places all the integers from to into a by grid. He places in the middle square (eighth row and eighth column) and places other numbers one by one clockwise, as shown in part in the diagram below. What is the sum of the greatest number and the least number that appear in the second row from the top?
Answer: A
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The number on the top left corner is so the number under it would be This is the greatest number on the second row from the top since to are the largest numbers in the square and they are in the top row. now, we must find the least number in the row. Besides the left most number, the squares are increasing by from left to right.
Therefore, the second square is the least square. Note that the diagonal from the center to the upper right corner has all the odd squares, so the th number in the row is Thus, the second number in the row is so that is the least number in the row. The sum is
Thus, the answer is A.
9.
The point in the -plane is first rotated counterclockwise by around the point and then reflected about the line The image of after these two transformations is at What is
Answer: D
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To undo these steps, we first reflect back across This would be
Next, we need to undo the rotation, so we rotate around by clockwise.
We can do this by translating our point , rotating around the origin, and translate back. The first translation would be Then rotating would be Then, translating back would be This would make so
Thus, the answer is D.
10.
An inverted cone with base radius and height is full of water. The water is poured into a tall cylinder whose horizontal base has radius of What is the height in centimeters of the water in the cylinder?
Answer: A
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The volumes must be the same since the water is poured from one to another. The area of the cone is
The volume of the cylinder is This makes so
Thus, the answer is A.
11.
Grandma has just finished baking a large rectangular pan of brownies. She is planning to make rectangular pieces of equal size and shape, with straight cuts parallel to the sides of the pan. Each cut must be made entirely across the pan. Grandma wants to make the same number of interior pieces as pieces along the perimeter of the pan. What is the greatest possible number of brownies she can produce?
Answer: D
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The number of interior pieces is This would be half of the total number of pieces, which is This means
Multiplying out yields so This yields that or some permutation of it. Thus, or
Therefore, the largest number of brownies is
Thus, the answer is D.
12.
Let What is the ratio of the sum of the odd divisors of to the sum of the even divisors of
Answer: C
Solution:
Using prime factorization, we get
If we have an odd divisor of then are divisors of which has a combined sum of If we take the sum of every odd divisor, then the even divisors must have a sum which is times of the sum of the odd divisors.
Thus, the answer is C.
13.
Let be a positive integer and be a digit such that the value of the numeral in base equals and the value of the numeral in base equals the value of the numeral in base six. What is
Answer: B
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The first statement means
Similarly, the second statement means
Subtracting these shows us that Therefore, so
This implies Therefore,
Thus, the answer is B.
14.
Three equally spaced parallel lines intersect a circle, creating three chords of lengths and What is the distance between two adjacent parallel lines?
Answer: B
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Consider the following diagram:
Let the radius be Then, we can make the distance between two chords be The two chords of length are equidistant from the center, so the distance from the center to the other chord is Thus, so Therefore,
Thus, the answer is B.
15.
The real number satisfies the equation What is the value of
Answer: B
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Since squaring yields Squaring again yields Multiplying by yields
Thus, the answer is B.
16.
Call a positive integer an uphill integer if every digit is strictly greater than the previous digit. For example, and are all uphill integers, but and are not. How many uphill integers are divisible by
Answer: C
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If a number is divisible by it has a units digit of or If the units digit is and the digits are strictly increasing, then the number is which isn't positive. Therefore, we can just look at numbers with a units digit of
Next, we need to find uphill integers that are a multiple of This means the other digits are a subset of Taking the sum of the set must have a remainder of when divided by Also, having or taking out wouldn't affect the remainder, so we can take the number of subsets without a and multiply it by There are only such subsets, namely and Thus, there are total subsets.
Thus, the correct answer is C.
17.
Ravon, Oscar, Aditi, Tyrone, and Kim play a card game. Each person is given cards out of a set of cards numbered The score of a player is the sum of the numbers of their cards. The scores of the players are as follows: Ravon-- Oscar-- Aditi-- Tyrone-- Kim-- Which of the following statements is true?
Ravon was given card 3.
Aditi was given card 3.
Ravon was given card 4.
Aditi was given card 4.
Tyrone was given card 7.
Answer: C
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If there are cards for Oscar that add up to he must have both and This eliminates choices A and B.
If there are cards for Aditi that add up to he must have both and so she doesn't have and
If someone has their sum must be equal to or under since the other number must be under or equal to Thus, Ravon must have the and making C true and D and E false.
Thus, the answer is C.
18.
A fair -sided die is repeatedly rolled until an odd number appears. What is the probability that every even number appears at least once before the first occurrence of an odd number?
Answer: C
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The probability that the first number is even is
The probability that the second distinct number is even is
The probability that the third distinct number is even is
The combined probability is
Thus, the answer is C.
19.
Suppose that is a finite set of positive integers.
If the greatest integer in is removed from then the average value (arithmetic mean) of the integers remaining is If the least integer in is also removed, then the average value of the integers remaining is If the greatest integer is then returned to the set, the average value of the integers rises to The greatest integer in the original set is greater than the least integer in
What is the average value of all the integers in the set
Answer: D
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Let the sum of all the integers be the greatest number be the least number be and the size of be
From the info given, we know Subtracting these yields Since we know we know so
We also know so Since we know This makes Using we get Thus,
The average is
Thus, the answer is D.
20.
The figure is constructed from line segments, each of which has length The area of pentagon can be written as where and are positive integers. What is
Answer: D
Solution:
First, we can find the length of and Since the altitude of an equilateral triangle of side length is we know Note that the area of an equilateral triangle with side length has area This means that and combined have an area of since they are halves of an equilateral triangle.
The rest of the area is Since and the altitude from to is as it is an equilateral triangle. Since the height is and the base is the area is Thus, the total area is Therefore,
Thus, the answer is D.
21.
A square piece of paper has side length and vertices and in that order. As shown in the figure, the paper is folded so that vertex meets edge at point and edge intersects edge at point Suppose that What is the perimeter of triangle
Answer: A
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Consider the following diagram, which is identical to the one in the problem, only with all the points labelled.
Since we know
Since we know Therefore, by angle angle similarity, we know Therefore, the perimeter of is equal to the area of times
Since the perimeter of is Also, There, the perimeter of can be simplified to By the Pythagorean theorem on we know
This means so Therefore,
This means the area is
Thus, the answer is A.
22.
Ang, Ben, and Jasmin each have blocks, colored red, blue, yellow, white, and green; and there are empty boxes. Each of the people randomly and independently of the other two people places one of their blocks into each box. The probability that at least one box receives blocks all of the same color is where and are relatively prime positive integers. What is
Answer: D
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First, by WLOG, we can index the boxes by how Ang put his blocks in the boxes. Then, we can count the total number of ways to place all of Ben and Jasmin's blocks. This has a total of ways it can be done.
Now, we find the total number of configurations that have at least one box that have the same color. We can do this with the principle of inclusion exclusion.
First, we get that there are distributions as there are ways to choose the box that has of the same color, and there are ways to choose the ordering for the other two boxes. However, this overcounts the number of configurations with 2 boxes that have 3 of the same block.
That would be counted as for similar reasons to above.
This also over counts the number of configurations with 3 boxes that are all the same color, so we add those back. We keep adding and removing configurations that are over and undercounted.
This leads to our number of configurations being which is equal to This makes
Thus, the answer is D.
23.
A square with side length is colored a dark purple, except for bright isosceles right triangular regions with legs of length in each corner of the square and a bright diamond with side length in the center of the square, as shown in the diagram.
A circular coin with diameter is dropped onto the square and lands in a random location where the coin is completely contained within the square. The probability that the coin will cover part of the darker region of the square can be written as where and are positive integers. What is
Answer: C
Solution:
The radius of the circle is This makes the total possible region for the circle's center to be in a square of length Shown below is the region in which the circle can be.
Now, the circle's center must be inside the black region or within of the black region.
For each of the corner, we can take a right triangle for this region. Now, we can find the altitude to the hypotenuse. This would be useful to find the as the area of a right triangle is equal to the altitude times the hypotenuse divided by and the hypotenuse is twice the altitude, making the area equal to the altitude squared.
The altitude of this region is equal to the altitude of the portion of the right triangle in the black region and the blue region plus When finding the portion of the black right triangle in the blue region, we get a right triangle with length This has an altitude of The total altitude therefore is Thus, the answer is There are corners, so the combined area of the right triangles is
For the center square, we find the area within it, the area that is within of the edge, and within of the corners. The area in the square is The area within the of the edges is since its a rectangle of with lengths and The total area from this is The area within of the points are 4 quarter circles of radius so their combined area is The total area is
The probability is This makes the answer
Thus, the answer is C.
24.
Arjun and Beth play a game in which they take turns removing one brick or two adjacent bricks from one "wall" among a set of several walls of bricks, with gaps possibly creating new walls. The walls are one brick tall. For example, a set of walls of sizes and can be changed into any of the following by one move: or
Arjun plays first, and the player who removes the last brick wins. For which starting configuration is there a strategy that guarantees a win for Beth?
Answer: B
Solution:
If Arjun can force the walls to have symmetry after his turn, in whichevery wall has matching wall of the same size, then he can always copy Beth's move on the matching wall. I claim that Arjun can do this with the setups from choices A,C,D, and E.
With A, Arjun can split it into which is symmetric.
With C, Arjun can split it into which is symmetric.
With D, Arjun can split it into which is symmetric.
With E, Arjun can split it into which is symmetric.
This leaves just B as a possible answer. Now we must prove it works. With Arjun can make If given the last seven configurations by Arjun, Beth can make it symmetric by turning it into which is a winning situtation for her since it is symmetric. Thus, we must now verify that and are winning for her. Both of these lead to so it suffices to prove that is winning for Beth when given to Arjun.
With Arjun can make Each can be made symmetric by Beth in the following ways:
This makes Beth have a winning strategy with
Thus, the answer is B.
25.
Let be the set of lattice points in the coordinate plane, both of whose coordinates are integers between and inclusive. Exactly points in lie on or below a line with equation The possible values of lie in an interval of length where and are relatively prime positive integers. What is
Answer: E
Solution:
First, lets create a way to find the number of lattice points under if is relatively prime with With and we can make a rectangle with points. There are points not on the diagonal, and half of them are under the line. Also, there are points under the line that aren't in since their x-coordinate is and other points that aren't in since their y-coordinate is Therefore, if the line goes through then the total number of points is If then there are points in making in the interval.
Also, notice that the number of lattice points is equal to As increases, each term stays constant or increases. Since is in the interval, the lower bound can be found by finding the largest such that at least one term increases as increases.
If a number was and then if if or if These would all be greater than
Therefore, must be the lower bound. Also, we now know that the fractions from above are the possible upper bounds. Furthermore, a greater would create a smaller interval, so we need to just look at the interval being The least of these is so the interval is of length This makes our answer
Thus, the correct answer is E.