The University Interscholastic League

Number Sense Test HS Invitational A 2010

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Directions: Do not turn this page until the person conducting this test gives the signal to begin. This is a ten-minute test. There are
80 problems. Solve accurately and quickly as many as you can in the order in which they appear. ALL PROBLEMS ARE TO BE
SOLVED MENTALLY. Make no calculations with paper and pencil. Write only the answer in the space provided at the end of
each problem. Problems marked with a ( * ) require approximate integral answers; any answer to a starred problem that is within
five percent of the exact answer will be scored correct; all other problems require exact answers.
The person conducting this contest should explain these directions to the contestants.
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(1) 210 b 21 T 2010 = _______________________

(17) The greatest prime number less than 99 is ____

(2) 38 d 49 = ________________________________

(18) 11 3 = ___________________________________

(3) $20.10 e 3 = $ __________________________

(19) MMX e V = _____________ (Arabic Numeral)

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(4) 2.01 T 2 10
b 21 = ________________ (decimal)

(5) 49 e .3 = ________________________________

*(20) l 1243 d 3421 = _________________________

(21) 66% of 44 is 22% of ______________________

(6) 44 % = __________________ (proper fraction)

(22) Which of the following is both a composite

number and an evil number, 4, 9, or 11? _____

(7) 9 d 6 e 3 T 6 b 9 = _______________________

(23) 235 d 14 = _______________________________

(8) 34 d 43 = ________________________________

(24) 48 has _____________ positive integral divisors

(9) 63 d 15 T 82 d 15 = ______________________

(25) 10 plus x is the same as tripling x. x = _______

*(10) 753 T 936 b 842 = ________________________

(26) Let k = l 7 b l 5 . Truncate k to two decimal

places. __________________________(decimal)

(11) 17 2 = ___________________________________
(12) If 8 ounces of M&M's costs $1.10 then 1 12
pounds of M&M's will cost $_______________

(27) .333... T .1666... b .08333... = ______________

(28) (26 d 24 T 22) e 7 has a remainder of _______

(13) The GCD of 48 and 57 is ___________________

(29) 25836k is divisible by 6. Find k 0. _________

(14) (58 b 79 b 66) e 4 has a remainder of _______

*(30) 30456 e 141 = ___________________________

(15) 2 12 bushels is equivalent to ____________ pecks

(31) If set A has 6 elements, A q B has 3, and A r B

has 9, then set B has ______________ elements.

(16) The median of 1, 5, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, & 4 is ________

(32) 2 b 1 b 3 b 4 b 7 b ... b 47 = _____________

(33) dT 6 T 1d b dT 5 b 2d T d4 T 3d = _________

(58) 8 intersecting lines create at most ____ regions

(34) l 125 b l 20 = l x . Find x. _____________

(59) 7 2 T 6 2 b 5 2 T 4 2 b ... b 1 = ____________

(35) The discriminant of 6x 2 b 7x b 2 = 0 is _____

(36) Picture A is 8" by 10" and B is 9" by 12". The
ratio of A's perimeter to B's perimeter is _____
(37) Find k if

67 2

59 2

= 16k. k = ____________

(38) 5 d 5[ b 20 d 4[ = ________________________
(39) 7 49 d 7 59 = ________________ (mixed number)

*(60) 8 3 e 4 6 d 2 10 = ______________________
(61) (66 9 )(77 9 ) e 8 has a remainder of __________
(62) If log 5 x T log 5 8 = 1 then x = ______________
(63) If A is 23 of B and B is 60% of C then A is what
fractional part of C? _______ (proper fraction)
(64) How many ways can Larry, Mo, and Curly sit
in a row of five chairs? ____________________

*(40) 400 log 800 = _____________________________

(41) (13)2 T (8)(21) = _________________________

(65) The greatest integer function g(x) = [3 T 2x]

has a value of ___________________ for g()

(42) 38 d 11 b 33 d 24 = ______________________

(66) 2[ b 3[ b 4[ ] x(mod 5) & 0 x 4. x = ___

(43) If x b y = T 1 and xy = 2 then x 3 b y 3 = _____

(67) l 12544 = ______________________________

(44) The x-intercept of the line 3x T 4y = 5 is

(h, k). Find h. ____________________________

(68) 2 sin 105 cos 105 = _____________________

(45) The product of the roots of

x 4 b 2x 3 T 9x 2 T 2x b 8 = 0 is ____________
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(46) 20
T 22
59 = __________________________

(47) The arithmetic mean of 17, 22, and 25 is ______

(48) Given 1690 e 26 = 65. Find

1690 e 5 15 .

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(49) 25 C = __________________________ F
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*(50) 833 d 2.5 e 12
= _________________________

(51) The odds of drawing an ace from a standard 52

card deck is _____________________________
(52) The legs of a right z are 8 and 15. The length
of the altitude to the hypotenuse is __________
(53) A convex octagon has ______ distinct diagonals
(54) 123 6 T 45 6 = __________________________ 6
(55) (2 T 5i) (2 T 5i) = (a b bi). Find a. __________
(56) If log 2 (7x b 4) = 5 then x = _______________

(69) 3 b 4 b 7 b 11 b 18 b 29 b ... b 123 = ______

*(70) The area of 40x2 b 45y2 = 1800 is ___________
5x T 2
(71) If f(x) = 4x b 3 , then f Z (T 1) = ____________

(72) 1(1[) b 2(2[) b 3(3[) b ... b 6(6[) = __________

(73) Let f(x) = l 3 T 4x be a real valued function,
where x {Reals}. The domain of f(x) is
{ x| x _________________________________}
(74)

01 lx

dx = __________________________

(75) If h(x) is the slant asymptote of

f(x) =

x2 T 3x b 1
,
xT3

then h(1) = ______________

(76) If f(x) = x4 b x2 T x, then f ZZ (T 3) = ________

(77) If csc  = 1.2 then sin  = __________________
(78) lim 6 x
x 0

sin 3x

7 = _________________________

(79) f(x) = 5x T 6 and g(x) = 3x T 4. f(g(2)) = _____

*(80) 6666 feet/second = ______________ miles/hour

(57) The set {e,m,p,t,y} has ____ 3Telement subsets

University Interscholastic League - Number Sense Answer Key HS Invitation A 2010

*number) x c y means an integer between x and y inclusive
NOTE: If an answer is of the type like 23 it cannot be written as a repeating decimal

(1) T 1779

(17) 97

(33) 9

(58) 37

(2) 16

(18) 1331

(34) 245

(59) 28

(19) 402

(35) 1

(3) $6.70

*(20) 114581 T 126642

(4) 20.91
13
(5) 40
27 , 1 27

(21) 132
(22) 9

(6)

11
25

(23) 3290

(7) 21

(24) 10

(8) 1462

(36) 67
(37) 63

(27) .25, 14

(11) 289
(28) 0
(12) $3.30

(39) 56 20
81

(64) 60

*(40) 1104 T 1219

(66) 2

(42) 1210

(67) 112

(43) 5

(68) T .5, T 12

(44) 53 , 1 23

(69) 318

(45) 8
*(30) 206 T 226

(14) 3
(31) 6
(15) 10
(32) 122
(16) 2.5,

5
2,

2 12

(65) T 4

(41) 1

(29) 6
(13) 3

(62) 40
(63) 25

(26) 4.88

*(10) 627 T 691

(61) 0

(38) 1080

(25) 5

(9) T 285

*(60) 122 T 134

27
(46) T 1180
1
(47) 64
3 , 21 3

(48) 325
(49) 77
*(50) 4749 T 5247
1
(51) 12
1
(52) 120
17 , 7 17

*(70) 127 T 139

(71) 23
(72) 5039
(73) .75, 34
(74) 23
(75) 1
(76) 110
(77) 56

(53) 20

(78) 3

(54) 34

(79) 4

(55) T 21
(56) 4
(57) 10

*(80) 4318 T 4772