2016 AMC 10A 考试答案
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1.
What is the value of
Solution:
We can factor a out the numerator and simplify. Thus, the correct answer is B .
2.
For what value of does
Solution:
Rewrite all bases as powers of : and
Therefore , so .
Thus, the correct answer is C.
3.
For every dollar Ben spent on bagels, David spent cents less. Ben paid more than David. How much did they spend in the bagel store together?
Solution:
For each dollar Ben spent, David spent cents, so the difference was cents. The total difference is therefore one quarter of Ben's spending.
Ben spent dollars, and David spent dollars. Together they spent dollars.
Thus, the correct answer is C.
4.
The remainder can be defined for all real numbers and with by where denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to What is the value of
Solution:
Using the formula, we get Thus, the correct answer is B .
5.
A rectangular box has integer side lengths in the ratio Which of the following could be the volume of the box?
Solution:
Let be the side length of the smallest side. Then the other two sides are and
The volume is therefore Testing out values of we see that if then which is an answer choice.
Thus, the correct answer is D .
6.
Ximena lists the whole numbers through once. Emilio copies Ximena's numbers, replacing each occurrence of the digit by the digit Ximena adds her numbers and Emilio adds his numbers. How much larger is Ximena's sum than Emilio's?
Solution:
When Emilio changes a units digit to , his copied number is smaller by . This happens in , for a loss of .
When he changes a tens digit to , his copied number is smaller by . This happens for , for a loss of .
Thus Emilio's sum is less than Ximena's sum, so Ximena's sum is larger.
Thus, the correct answer is D.
7.
The mean, median, and mode of the data values are all equal to What is the value of
Solution:
The sum of the seven data values is . If the mean equals , then so and .
With , the ordered data set is . Its median is , and its mode is also , so the value works.
Thus, the correct answer is D.
8.
Trickster Rabbit agrees with Foolish Fox to double Fox's money every time Fox crosses the bridge by Rabbit's house, as long as Fox pays coins in toll to Rabbit after each crossing. The payment is made after the doubling. Fox is excited about his good fortune until he discovers that all his money is gone after crossing the bridge three times. How many coins did Fox have at the beginning?
Solution:
We know that Fox has coins at the end. Then before paying the final toll, Fox had coins.
Then he had coins before the doubling. Then before paying the toll for the second crossing, he had coins.
Before the doubling on the second crossing, he had coins. On the first crossing before the toll, Fox had coins.
Finally, before the first doubling, Fox had coins.
Thus, the correct answer is C .
9.
A triangular array of coins has coin in the first row, coins in the second row, coins in the third row, and so on up to coins in the th row. What is the sum of the digits of
Solution:
Recall that the sum of the first number is
We want to find such that Cross-multiplying and simplifying gives us Factoring gives us We want the positive value so Adding together the digits gives us
Thus, the correct answer is D .
10.
A rug is made with three different colors as shown. The areas of the three differently colored regions form an arithmetic progression. The inner rectangle is one foot wide, and each of the two outer regions are foot wide on all four sides. What is the length in feet of the inner rectangle?
Solution:
Let be the length of the inner rectangle. Then the area of the inner rectangle is
The area of the middle region is going to be The area of the outer region is
We know that these values form an arithmetic sequence. That means that
Thus, the correct answer is B .
11.
Find the area of the shaded region.
Solution:
We can split the region into triangles with bases of
Two of the triangles have bases and the other two have bases
The sum of the areas of the triangles is
Thus, the correct answer is D .
12.
Three distinct integers are selected at random between and inclusive. Which of the following is a correct statement about the probability that the product of the three integers is odd?
Solution:
The product is odd exactly when all three selected integers are odd. There are odd and even integers from to .
Because the integers are selected without replacement, The first factor is , and each of the next two factors is slightly less than . Therefore .
Thus, the correct answer is A.
13.
Five friends sat in a movie theater in a row containing seats, numbered to from left to right. (The directions "left" and "right" are from the point of view of the people as they sit in the seats.)
During the movie Ada went to the lobby to get some popcorn. When she returned, she found that Bea had moved two seats to the right, Ceci had moved one seat to the left, and Dee and Edie had switched seats, leaving an end seat for Ada. In which seat had Ada been sitting before she got up?
Solution:
Note that Dee and Edie do not change the answers since their seats remain occupied throughout.
Since Bea moves to the right, this forces Ada and Ceci to move to offset this disruption.
Ceci only moves one seat, so Ada must also move one to cancel out the two seat shift that Bea did.
Bea moved to the right and Ceci moved to the left, so Ada must also move to the left to get a total displacement of
Therefore, Ada must have started off in seat to move one to the left to end up in seat
Thus, the correct answer is B .
14.
How many ways are there to write as the sum of twos and threes, ignoring order? (For example, and are two such ways.)
Solution:
The problem can be rewritten as an equation where is the number of twos and is the number of threes.
The goal is to find the number of multiples of that can be subtracted from 2016 to result in an even number.
This can be achieved by the pairs of up to with being incremented by
This gives us solutions for and
Thus, the correct answer is C .
15.
Seven cookies of radius inch are cut from a circle of cookie dough, as shown. Neighboring cookies are tangent, and all except the center cookie are tangent to the edge of the dough. The leftover scrap is reshaped to form another cookie of the same thickness. What is the radius in inches of the scrap cookie?
Solution:
The circle of cookie dough has a radius of inches since it is the same as the diameter plus the radius of a cookie.
The area of the cookie dough is and the cookies have an area of
The area of the leftover scrap is therefore This means that its radius is
Thus, the correct answer is A .
16.
A triangle with vertices and is reflected about the -axis, then the image is rotated counterclockwise about the origin by to produce Which of the following transformations will return to
counterclockwise rotation about the origin by
clockwise rotation about the origin by
reflection about the -axis
reflection about the line
reflection about the -axis
Solution:
To figure out how to reverse the transformations, we can analyze a single point and see what happens to it.
Let be the point. After being reflected about the -axis, the point would go to
Rotating this counterclockwise would put it at The only transformation that puts this back at is reflection about
Thus, the correct answer is D .
17.
Let be a positive multiple of One red ball and green balls are arranged in a line in random order. Let be the probability that at least of the green balls are on the same side of the red ball. Observe that and that approaches as grows large. What is the sum of the digits of the least value of such that
Solution:
Think of first arranging the green balls, then placing the red ball in one of the gaps. If green balls are to the left of the red ball, then are to its right.
At least green balls are on one side exactly when or . Thus the bad gaps are a total of gaps.
Therefore Solving gives . The least positive multiple of is , whose digit sum is .
Thus, the correct answer is A.
18.
Each vertex of a cube is to be labeled with an integer through with each integer being used once, in such a way that the sum of the four numbers on the vertices of a face is the same for each face. Arrangements that can be obtained from each other through rotations of the cube are considered to be the same. How many different arrangements are possible?
Solution:
Opposite faces together use all eight labels, whose sum is , so every face must have sum .
Put label at one vertex, and let the three adjacent labels be . The three vertices adjacent to those across faces are then forced to be and the opposite vertex is .
Assume the three neighbor labels are listed in increasing order. Checking possible triples from , the valid triples are , , and . Each gives two non-rotationally equivalent arrangements, so there are arrangements.
Thus, the correct answer is C.
19.
In rectangle and Point between and and point between and are such that Segments and intersect at and respectively.
The ratio can be written as where the greatest common factor of and is What is
Solution:
Since and , we have and . Also .
From , From ,
Therefore , , and . Thus The sum is .
Thus, the correct answer is E.
20.
For some particular value of when is expanded and like terms are combined, the resulting expression contains exactly terms that include all four variables and each to some positive power. What is
Solution:
A term that includes all four variables has form , with , multiplied by some power of . If that power is , then
After subtracting from each of , this becomes a nonnegative stars-and-bars count with variables summing to . The number of such terms is
Since , we get .
Thus, the correct answer is B.
21.
Circles with centers and having radii and respectively, lie on the same side of line and are tangent to at and respectively, with between and The circle with center is externally tangent to each of the other two circles. What is the area of triangle
Solution:
Using the Pythagorean theorem, we get that and
This follows from and The heights of the triangles are also just
Then, we get that
We also get that
Finally, we have that
Now, we can express as
This evaluates to
Thus, the correct answer is D .
22.
For some positive integer the number has positive integer divisors, including and the number How many positive integer divisors does the number have?
Solution:
The prime factorization is . If has divisors, then it has exactly three prime factors, with exponents in some order.
For each of the primes , its exponent in is more than a multiple of . The exponents all have this form, so the corresponding exponents in are in some order.
In , the exponents from are therefore , in some order, along with the exponent on prime . Hence the divisor count is
Thus, the correct answer is D.
23.
A binary operation has the properties that and that for all nonzero real numbers and (Here represents multiplication). The solution to the equation can be written as where and are relatively prime positive integers. What is
Solution:
Since , substituting in gives . Also, using gives . Therefore .
The equation becomes Thus , so .
Thus, the correct answer is A.
24.
A quadrilateral is inscribed in a circle of radius Three of the sides of this quadrilateral have length What is the length of the fourth side?
Solution:
Let be the circle's center, and let meet and at and . Equal chords give equal central angles.
From the equal-angle relationships, . Since and , the similarity gives and . Similarly, .
In triangle , the same scaling gives . Therefore
Thus, the correct answer is E.
25.
How many ordered triples of positive integers satisfy and
Solution:
Factor the given least common multiples: Since has no factor of , neither nor has a factor of , and must contain .
Write , , and . The power of in forces , and the power of in forces .
The remaining independent conditions are and . These have and ordered choices, respectively, so there are triples.
Thus, the correct answer is A.