2018 AMC 12B Exam Problems

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1.

Kate bakes a 2020-inch by 1818-inch pan of cornbread. The cornbread is cut into pieces that measure 22 inches by 22 inches. How many pieces of cornbread does the pan contain?

9090

100100

180180

200200

360360

Answer: A
Concepts:area

Difficulty rating: 840

Solution:

The pan has area 2018=36020\cdot18=360 square inches, and each piece has area 22=42\cdot2=4 square inches.

The number of pieces is 3604=90. \dfrac{360}{4}=90.

Thus, the correct answer is A.

2.

Sam drove 9696 miles in 9090 minutes. His average speed during the first 3030 minutes was 6060 mph (miles per hour), and his average speed during the second 3030 minutes was 6565 mph. What was his average speed, in mph, during the last 3030 minutes?

6464

6565

6666

6767

6868

Answer: D

Difficulty rating: 1080

Solution:

In the first 3030 minutes Sam covered 6012=3060\cdot\tfrac12=30 miles, and in the second he covered 6512=32.565\cdot\tfrac12=32.5 miles.

The last 3030 minutes covered 963032.5=33.596-30-32.5=33.5 miles, so the speed was 33.51/2=67 mph. \dfrac{33.5}{1/2}=67\text{ mph}.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

3.

A line with slope 22 intersects a line with slope 66 at the point (40,30).(40, 30). What is the distance between the xx-intercepts of these two lines?

55

1010

2020

2525

5050

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 1240

Solution:

The line of slope 22 is y30=2(x40);y-30=2(x-40); setting y=0y=0 gives x=25.x=25. The line of slope 66 is y30=6(x40);y-30=6(x-40); setting y=0y=0 gives x=35.x=35.

The distance between the intercepts is 3525=10.|35-25|=10.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

4.

A circle has a chord of length 10,10, and the distance from the center of the circle to the chord is 5.5. What is the area of the circle?

25π25\pi

50π50\pi

75π75\pi

100π100\pi

125π125\pi

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 1310

Solution:

Dropping a perpendicular from the center to the chord bisects it, forming a right triangle with legs 55 (half the chord) and 55 (the distance), and hypotenuse r.r.

Then r2=52+52=50,r^2=5^2+5^2=50, so the area is πr2=50π.\pi r^2=50\pi.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

5.

How many subsets of {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}\{2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9\} contain at least one prime number?

128128

192192

224224

240240

256256

Answer: D

Difficulty rating: 1390

Solution:

The set has 88 elements, giving 28=2562^8=256 subsets. The subsets with no prime use only the four non-primes {4,6,8,9},\{4,6,8,9\}, and there are 24=162^4=16 of these.

So the number containing at least one prime is 25616=240.256-16=240.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

6.

Suppose SS cans of soda can be purchased from a vending machine for QQ quarters. Which of the following expressions describes the number of cans of soda that can be purchased for DD dollars, where 11 dollar is worth 44 quarters?

4DQS\dfrac{4DQ}{S}

4DSQ\dfrac{4DS}{Q}

4QDS\dfrac{4Q}{DS}

DQ4S\dfrac{DQ}{4S}

DS4Q\dfrac{DS}{4Q}

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 1430

Solution:

One can costs QS\tfrac{Q}{S} quarters, which is Q4S\tfrac{Q}{4S} dollars. The number of cans that DD dollars can buy is

DQ4S=4DSQ. \dfrac{D}{\tfrac{Q}{4S}}=\dfrac{4DS}{Q}.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

7.

What is the value of log37log59log711log913log2125log2327? \log_3 7\cdot\log_5 9\cdot\log_7 11\cdot\log_9 13\cdots\log_{21} 25\cdot\log_{23} 27?

33

3log7233\log_7 23

66

99

1010

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 1580

Solution:

The factors split into two telescoping chains. The odd-position factors form log37log711log1115log2327=log327=3, \log_3 7\cdot\log_7 11\cdot\log_{11} 15\cdots\log_{23} 27=\log_3 27=3, and the even-position factors form log59log913log2125=log525=2. \log_5 9\cdot\log_9 13\cdots\log_{21} 25=\log_5 25=2.

The product is 32=6.3\cdot2=6.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

8.

Line segment AB\overline{AB} is a diameter of a circle with AB=24.AB=24. Point C,C, not equal to AA or B,B, lies on the circle. As point CC moves around the circle, the centroid (center of mass) of ABC\triangle ABC traces out a closed curve missing two points. To the nearest positive integer, what is the area of the region bounded by this curve?

2525

3838

5050

6363

7575

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 1600

Solution:

Let OO be the center of the circle. The centroid of ABC\triangle ABC is the average of A,A, B,B, and C;C; since OO is the midpoint of AB,\overline{AB}, the centroid lies one-third of the way from OO to C.C.

As CC traces the circle of radius 12,12, the centroid traces a circle of radius 1312=4.\tfrac13\cdot12=4. Its area is 16π50.16\pi\approx50.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

9.

What is i=1100j=1100(i+j)? \sum_{i=1}^{100}\sum_{j=1}^{100}(i+j)?

100,100100{,}100

500,500500{,}500

505,000505{,}000

1,001,0001{,}001{,}000

1,010,0001{,}010{,}000

Answer: E

Difficulty rating: 1620

Solution:

Splitting the sum, i=1100j=1100(i+j)=i=1100j=1100i+i=1100j=1100j=100i=1100i+100j=1100j. \sum_{i=1}^{100}\sum_{j=1}^{100}(i+j)=\sum_{i=1}^{100}\sum_{j=1}^{100}i+\sum_{i=1}^{100}\sum_{j=1}^{100}j=100\sum_{i=1}^{100}i+100\sum_{j=1}^{100}j.

Since k=1100k=5050,\sum_{k=1}^{100}k=5050, this equals 1005050+1005050=1,010,000.100\cdot5050+100\cdot5050=1{,}010{,}000.

Thus, the correct answer is E.

10.

A list of 20182018 positive integers has a unique mode, which occurs exactly 1010 times. What is the least number of distinct values that can occur in the list?

202202

223223

224224

225225

234234

Answer: D

Difficulty rating: 1700

Solution:

The mode uses 1010 of the entries, leaving 2008.2008. Because the mode is unique, every other value appears at most 99 times, so at least 20089=224\left\lceil\tfrac{2008}{9}\right\rceil=224 distinct non-mode values are needed.

Adding the mode gives 224+1=225.224+1=225. This is achievable: use 99 copies each of 11 through 223,223, ten copies of 224,224, and one copy of 225.225.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

11.

A closed box with a square base is to be wrapped with a square sheet of wrapping paper. The box is centered on the wrapping paper with the vertices of the base lying on the midlines of the square sheet of paper, as shown in the figure on the left. The four corners of the wrapping paper are to be folded up over the sides and brought together to meet at the center of the top of the box, point AA in the figure on the right. The box has base length ww and height h.h. What is the area of the sheet of wrapping paper?

2(w+h)22(w+h)^2

(w+h)22\dfrac{(w+h)^2}{2}

2w2+4wh2w^2+4wh

2w22w^2

w2hw^2h

Answer: A

Difficulty rating: 1760

Solution:

Following a fold from a corner of the paper to the center of the box top, the distance from a corner of the sheet to its center is w2+h+w2=w+h. \dfrac{w}{2}+h+\dfrac{w}{2}=w+h.

That segment is a leg of a 4545-4545-9090 triangle whose hypotenuse is a full side of the square sheet, so the side length is 2(w+h).\sqrt2\,(w+h).

The area of the sheet is (2(w+h))2=2(w+h)2.\left(\sqrt2\,(w+h)\right)^2=2(w+h)^2.

Thus, the correct answer is A.

12.

Side AB\overline{AB} of ABC\triangle ABC has length 10.10. The bisector of angle AA meets BC\overline{BC} at D,D, and CD=3.CD=3. The set of all possible values of ACAC is an open interval (m,n).(m, n). What is m+n?m+n?

1616

1717

1818

1919

2020

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 1820

Solution:

Let q=ACq=AC and r=BD.r=BD. The angle bisector theorem gives q3=10r,\tfrac{q}{3}=\tfrac{10}{r}, so r=30q.r=\tfrac{30}{q}.

Applying the triangle inequalities to sides q,q, 10,10, and 3+r3+r and substituting r=30qr=\tfrac{30}{q} yields (q15)(q+2)<0(q-15)(q+2)\lt0 and (q3)(q+10)>0(q-3)(q+10)\gt0 (the third inequality holds automatically). Together these force 3<q<15.3\lt q\lt15.

So (m,n)=(3,15)(m,n)=(3,15) and m+n=18.m+n=18.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

13.

Square ABCDABCD has side length 30.30. Point PP lies inside the square so that AP=12AP=12 and BP=26.BP=26. The centroids of ABP,\triangle ABP, BCP,\triangle BCP, CDP,\triangle CDP, and DAP\triangle DAP are the vertices of a convex quadrilateral. What is the area of that quadrilateral?

1002100\sqrt{2}

1003100\sqrt{3}

200200

2002200\sqrt{2}

2003200\sqrt{3}

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 1810

Solution:

Place A=(0,30),A=(0,30), B=(0,0),B=(0,0), C=(30,0),C=(30,0), D=(30,30),D=(30,30), and P=(3x,3y).P=(3x,3y). Averaging the vertices, the four centroids are (x,y+10), (x+10,y), (x+20,y+10), (x+10,y+20). (x,\,y+10),\ (x+10,\,y),\ (x+20,\,y+10),\ (x+10,\,y+20).

These form a square whose diagonals, one horizontal and one vertical, each have length 20.20. Its area is 122020=200,\tfrac12\cdot20\cdot20=200, independent of where PP lies.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

14.

Joey and Chloe and their daughter Zoe all have the same birthday. Joey is 11 year older than Chloe, and Zoe is exactly 11 year old today. Today is the first of the 99 birthdays on which Chloe's age will be an integral multiple of Zoe's age. What will be the sum of the two digits of Joey's age the next time his age is a multiple of Zoe's age?

77

88

99

1010

1111

Answer: E

Difficulty rating: 1870

Solution:

Let Chloe be nn today, so she is n1n-1 years older than Zoe. In yy years Chloe's age n+yn+y is a multiple of Zoe's age 1+y1+y exactly when 1+y1+y divides n1.n-1. Having 99 such birthdays means n1n-1 has exactly 99 divisors.

A number with exactly 99 divisors has the form p2q2p^2q^2 or p8;p^8; the only two-digit case is 2232=36.2^2\cdot3^2=36. So Chloe is 3737 and Joey is 38.38.

Joey's age 38+y38+y is a multiple of 1+y1+y exactly when 1+y1+y divides 37.37. The next time is y=36,y=36, making Joey 74,74, with digit sum 7+4=11.7+4=11.

Thus, the correct answer is E.

15.

How many 33-digit positive odd multiples of 33 do not include the digit 3?3?

9696

9797

9898

102102

120120

Answer: A

Difficulty rating: 1930

Solution:

Write the number as abc.\overline{abc}. The hundreds digit aa has 88 choices (1,2,4,5,6,7,8,91,2,4,5,6,7,8,9), and the units digit cc has 44 choices (1,5,7,91,5,7,9).

The tens digit bb may be any of {0,1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9}.\{0,1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9\}. These split into three residue classes mod 33 of equal size {0,6,9},{1,4,7},{2,5,8},\{0,6,9\},\{1,4,7\},\{2,5,8\}, so exactly 33 choices of bb make a+b+ca+b+c divisible by 3.3.

The count is 843=96.8\cdot4\cdot3=96.

Thus, the correct answer is A.

16.

The solutions to the equation (z+6)8=81(z+6)^8=81 are connected in the complex plane to form a convex regular polygon, three of whose vertices are labeled A,A, B,B, and C.C. What is the least possible area of ABC?\triangle ABC?

166\dfrac{1}{6}\sqrt{6}

32232\dfrac{3}{2}\sqrt{2}-\dfrac{3}{2}

23222\sqrt{3}-2\sqrt{2}

122\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{2}

31\sqrt{3}-1

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 1990

Solution:

Translating by 6,6, the solutions of z8=81z^8=81 are eight points on a circle of radius 811/8=3,81^{1/8}=\sqrt3, forming a regular octagon. The minimum-area triangle uses three consecutive vertices.

Take A=(126,126),A=\left(\tfrac12\sqrt6,\tfrac12\sqrt6\right), B=(3,0),B=(\sqrt3,0), and C=(126,126).C=\left(\tfrac12\sqrt6,-\tfrac12\sqrt6\right). Then AC=6AC=\sqrt6 and the height is 3126,\sqrt3-\tfrac12\sqrt6, so the area is 126(3126)=32232. \tfrac12\cdot\sqrt6\left(\sqrt3-\tfrac12\sqrt6\right)=\tfrac{3}{2}\sqrt2-\tfrac{3}{2}.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

17.

Let pp and qq be positive integers such that 59<pq<47 \dfrac{5}{9}\lt\dfrac{p}{q}\lt\dfrac{4}{7} and qq is as small as possible. What is qp?q-p?

77

1111

1313

1717

1919

Answer: A

Difficulty rating: 2090

Solution:

From 59<pq\tfrac59\lt\tfrac pq we get 9p5q1,9p-5q\ge1, and from pq<47\tfrac pq\lt\tfrac47 we get 4q7p1.4q-7p\ge1. Now 163=4759=4q7p7q+9p5q9q17q+19q=1663q. \dfrac{1}{63}=\dfrac47-\dfrac59=\dfrac{4q-7p}{7q}+\dfrac{9p-5q}{9q}\ge\dfrac{1}{7q}+\dfrac{1}{9q}=\dfrac{16}{63q}.

Hence q16.q\ge16. With q=16,q=16, the fraction 916\tfrac{9}{16} lies strictly between 59\tfrac59 and 47,\tfrac47, so p=9p=9 and qp=169=7.q-p=16-9=7.

Thus, the correct answer is A.

18.

A function ff is defined recursively by f(1)=f(2)=1f(1)=f(2)=1 and f(n)=f(n1)f(n2)+n f(n)=f(n-1)-f(n-2)+n for all integers n3.n\ge3. What is f(2018)?f(2018)?

20162016

20172017

20182018

20192019

20202020

Answer: B

Difficulty rating: 2150

Solution:

Repeatedly substituting the recursion into itself gives f(n)=f(n6)+6. f(n)=f(n-6)+6. So ff increases by 66 every time nn increases by 6.6.

Since 2018=2+6336,2018=2+6\cdot336, we have f(2018)=f(2)+6336=1+2016=2017.f(2018)=f(2)+6\cdot336=1+2016=2017.

Thus, the correct answer is B.

19.

Mary chose an even 44-digit number n.n. She wrote down all the divisors of nn in increasing order from left to right: 1,2,,n2,n.1, 2, \ldots, \tfrac{n}{2}, n. At some moment Mary wrote 323323 as a divisor of n.n. What is the smallest possible value of the next divisor written to the right of 323?323?

324324

330330

340340

361361

646646

Answer: C
Solution:

Let dd be the next divisor after 323.323. If gcd(d,323)=1,\gcd(d,323)=1, then 323d323d divides n,n, forcing n323d>3232>9999,n\ge323d\gt323^2\gt9999, impossible for a 44-digit number. So dd shares a prime factor with 323=1719.323=17\cdot19.

Then d323gcd(d,323)17,d-323\ge\gcd(d,323)\ge17, so d340.d\ge340. Indeed d=340=1720d=340=17\cdot20 occurs for n=171920=6460,n=17\cdot19\cdot20=6460, which is even and 44-digit.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

20.

Let ABCDEFABCDEF be a regular hexagon with side length 1.1. Denote by X,X, Y,Y, and ZZ the midpoints of sides AB,AB, CD,CD, and EF,EF, respectively. What is the area of the convex hexagon whose interior is the intersection of the interiors of ACE\triangle ACE and XYZ?\triangle XYZ?

383\dfrac{3}{8}\sqrt{3}

7163\dfrac{7}{16}\sqrt{3}

15323\dfrac{15}{32}\sqrt{3}

123\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{3}

9163\dfrac{9}{16}\sqrt{3}

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 2270

Solution:

Both ACE\triangle ACE and XYZ\triangle XYZ are equilateral, and ACE\triangle ACE has half the area of the hexagon. The vertices where the two triangles cut each other let the shaded hexagon be measured against the midpoint triangle UU of ACE.\triangle ACE.

That midpoint triangle has 14\tfrac14 the area of ACE,\triangle ACE, hence 18\tfrac18 of the hexagon. The shaded region equals 52\tfrac52 of the midpoint triangle, so it is 5218=516\tfrac52\cdot\tfrac18=\tfrac{5}{16} of the hexagon.

The hexagon has area 63412=332,6\cdot\tfrac{\sqrt3}{4}\cdot1^2=\tfrac{3\sqrt3}{2}, so the shaded area is 516332=15323.\tfrac{5}{16}\cdot\tfrac{3\sqrt3}{2}=\tfrac{15}{32}\sqrt3.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

21.

In ABC\triangle ABC with side lengths AB=13,AB=13, AC=12,AC=12, and BC=5,BC=5, let OO and II denote the circumcenter and incenter, respectively. A circle with center MM is tangent to the legs ACAC and BCBC and to the circumcircle of ABC.\triangle ABC. What is the area of MOI?\triangle MOI?

52\dfrac{5}{2}

114\dfrac{11}{4}

33

134\dfrac{13}{4}

72\dfrac{7}{2}

Answer: E
Solution:

Since 52+122=132,5^2+12^2=13^2, the triangle is right-angled at C.C. Set C=(0,0),C=(0,0), A=(12,0),A=(12,0), and B=(0,5).B=(0,5). Then OO is the midpoint of AB,\overline{AB}, namely O=(6,52),O=\left(6,\tfrac52\right), with circumradius 132.\tfrac{13}{2}. The inradius is areas=3015=2,\tfrac{\text{area}}{s}=\tfrac{30}{15}=2, so I=(2,2).I=(2,2).

Because MM's circle is tangent to both legs, M=(ρ,ρ).M=(\rho,\rho). Internal tangency to the circumcircle gives MO=132ρ.MO=\tfrac{13}{2}-\rho. Setting this equal to (ρ6)2+(ρ52)2\sqrt{(\rho-6)^2+\left(\rho-\tfrac52\right)^2} and solving gives ρ=4,\rho=4, so M=(4,4).M=(4,4).

The shoelace formula on M=(4,4),M=(4,4), O=(6,52),O=\left(6,\tfrac52\right), I=(2,2)I=(2,2) gives area 72.\tfrac72.

Thus, the correct answer is E.

22.

Consider polynomials P(x)P(x) of degree at most 3,3, each of whose coefficients is an element of {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}.\{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9\}. How many such polynomials satisfy P(1)=9?P(-1)=-9?

110110

143143

165165

220220

286286

Answer: D

Difficulty rating: 2330

Solution:

Write P(x)=ax3+bx2+cx+dP(x)=ax^3+bx^2+cx+d with each of a,b,c,da,b,c,d in {0,,9}.\{0,\ldots,9\}. The condition is a+bc+d=9.-a+b-c+d=-9.

Let a=9aa'=9-a and c=9c,c'=9-c, both in [0,9].[0,9]. Then a+b+c+d=9.a'+b+c'+d=9. By stars and bars the number of nonnegative solutions is (9+33)=(123)=220,\binom{9+3}{3}=\binom{12}{3}=220, and each automatically satisfies the upper bounds since the sum is 9.9.

Thus, the correct answer is D.

23.

Ajay is standing at point AA near Pontianak, Indonesia, 00^\circ latitude and 110110^\circ E longitude. Billy is standing at point BB near Big Baldy Mountain, Idaho, USA, 4545^\circ N latitude and 115115^\circ W longitude. Assume that Earth is a perfect sphere with center C.C. What is the degree measure of ACB?\angle ACB?

105105

11212112\tfrac{1}{2}

120120

135135

150150

Answer: C

Difficulty rating: 2400

Solution:

The longitudes differ by 360(110+115)=135,360^\circ-(110^\circ+115^\circ)=135^\circ, and BB is at latitude 4545^\circ N. Place A=(1,0,0)A=(1,0,0) on the unit sphere.

Then B=(cos45cos135, cos45sin135, sin45)=(12,12,22).B=\left(\cos45^\circ\cos135^\circ,\ \cos45^\circ\sin135^\circ,\ \sin45^\circ\right)=\left(-\tfrac12,\tfrac12,\tfrac{\sqrt2}{2}\right). The dot product is AB=12,A\cdot B=-\tfrac12, so cosACB=12\cos\angle ACB=-\tfrac12 and ACB=120.\angle ACB=120^\circ.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

24.

Let x\lfloor x\rfloor denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x.x. How many real numbers xx satisfy the equation x2+10,000x=10,000x?x^2+10{,}000\lfloor x\rfloor=10{,}000x?

197197

198198

199199

200200

201201

Answer: C
Solution:

Let {x}=xx.\{x\}=x-\lfloor x\rfloor. The equation becomes x2=10,000{x},x^2=10{,}000\{x\}, so x210,000={x}.\tfrac{x^2}{10{,}000}=\{x\}. Since 0{x}<1,0\le\{x\}\lt1, we need 0x2<10,000,0\le x^2\lt10{,}000, i.e. 100<x<100.-100\lt x\lt100.

On each interval [k,k+1)[k,k+1) the increasing parabola x210,000\tfrac{x^2}{10{,}000} meets the segment {x}\{x\} exactly once. These intervals run for k=100,99,,98,k=-100,-99,\ldots,98, giving 199199 solutions.

Thus, the correct answer is C.

25.

Circles ω1,\omega_1, ω2,\omega_2, and ω3\omega_3 each have radius 44 and are placed in the plane so that each circle is externally tangent to the other two. Points P1,P_1, P2,P_2, and P3P_3 lie on ω1,\omega_1, ω2,\omega_2, and ω3,\omega_3, respectively, so that P1P2=P2P3=P3P1P_1P_2=P_2P_3=P_3P_1 and line PiPi+1P_iP_{i+1} is tangent to ωi\omega_i for each i=1,2,3,i=1,2,3, where P4=P1.P_4=P_1. See the figure below. The area of P1P2P3\triangle P_1P_2P_3 can be written in the form a+b,\sqrt{a}+\sqrt{b}, where aa and bb are positive integers. What is a+b?a+b?

546546

548548

550550

552552

554554

Answer: D
Solution:

Let OiO_i be the center of ωi,\omega_i, and let KK be the intersection of lines O1P1O_1P_1 and O2P2.O_2P_2. Because P1P2P3=60,\angle P_1P_2P_3=60^\circ, triangle P2KP1P_2KP_1 is a 3030-6060-9090^\circ triangle. With d=P1K,d=P_1K, we get P2K=2dP_2K=2d and P1P2=3d.P_1P_2=\sqrt3\,d.

The Law of Cosines in O1KO2\triangle O_1KO_2 (with O1O2=8O_1O_2=8) gives 82=(d+4)2+(2d4)22(d+4)(2d4)cos60, 8^2=(d+4)^2+(2d-4)^2-2(d+4)(2d-4)\cos60^\circ, which simplifies to 3d212d16=0,3d^2-12d-16=0, so d=2+2321.d=2+\tfrac23\sqrt{21}.

Then P1P2=3d=23+27,P_1P_2=\sqrt3\,d=2\sqrt3+2\sqrt7, and the area is 34(23+27)2=103+67=300+252. \dfrac{\sqrt3}{4}\left(2\sqrt3+2\sqrt7\right)^2=10\sqrt3+6\sqrt7=\sqrt{300}+\sqrt{252}.

So a+b=300+252=552.a+b=300+252=552.

Thus, the correct answer is D.