ARML Practice Problems

April 15, 2007

1. Find the average of the roots of the following:
3x 5 15 x 4 + 9 x 3 2 x 2 9 x + 17 = 0

2. Find a triangular number for each of the following:

a. Smallest two triangular numbers that are also a perfect numbers.
b. Using the following recursive function, find the first five triangular
numbers that are also perfect squares. Determine which triangular number
each is. S n = 34 S n 1 S n 2 + 2 where S 0 = 0 and S1 = 1
c. Prove that Tn 1 + Tn = n 2 . Illustrate with several values.
d. Prove that Tn2+1 Tn2 = (n + 1) Illustrate with several values.
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e. Every other triangular number is a hexagonal number, with

List the first five hexagonal numbers verify that they work in the formula
for the hexagonal numbers: 2n 2 n