HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS CONTEST: ‘Sponsored by ‘THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, of WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY LEVEL I TEST March 25, 2014 Propared by: Nathan Borchelt John Wagaman DIRECTIONS: [Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. ‘This is « test of your competence in high school mathematics. For cach of the 30 problems there ate listed up to 5 possible answers. You are to work each problem and determine which is the correct answer. Tndicate your choice by making a heavy black mark in the correct place on the separate answer sheet provided. Here is a sample question and answer: 1, H22=3, then x equals: (A) 2 B)3 (C)}S () FCB) Noneof the answers (A) through (D) is correct. “Tho correct answer for the sample is “J.” which is answer (D); therefore, you should answer this question by making @ heavy blac mark under space D a indicated below, A BC DE ooceo If you should change your mind about an answer, be sure to erase completely. Do not mark more than one answer for any question. Tf you are unable to work any pacticular problem, it is to your advantage to guess at the answer rather than leave it blank. Make no stray marks of any kind on your answer sheet. When told to do so, open your test booklet to page 2 and begin work. When you have finished one page, £0 on to the next page. The working time for the entire test is 70 minutes. ‘The use of calculators is not permitted.1. The sum of three consecutive even integers is -36. What is their product? (A) -2184 (B) 1716 (C) 1680 (D) -960 (BH) None of the answers (A) through (D) is correct. 2. If the operation © is defined such that aOb = $48 for all resl numbers @ and , then what is the value of [99(1095)]63? (A) B)2 (C)8 (DV) 4 (E) Nome of the answers (A) through (D) is correct. 3, Pind the sum of the solutions to the equation 15y? + 29y — 14 = 0. (A) 5B) 14/29 (©) 14/15 (D) 20/15 () Nono of the answers (A) through (D) is correct. 4, Pind the sum of 2 and y for the system: Body = 1 2e— Sy 12 (A) 5 (B)-1 (C)-5 (D) -857 (B) None of the answers (A) through (D) is correct, 5. A rectangle with length a is inscribed in a circle of radius 4, Find an expression for the area of the rectangle in terms of a (A) avi=@ (B) aVI6—a?_ (C) avGF=oF _(D) Not enough information is provided. (B) None of the answers (A) through (D) is correct, 6, Determine the equation of a line through the point (2, 6) that is perpendicular to 22 ~ Ty ~ 7 (A) 20-47y=39 (B) —20—7y=-44 (©) 7242y=2 (D) -22 + Ty=31 (B) Nono of the answers (A) through (D) is eorrect. 7. Fifteen students stand in e cirele, It is desired that each student hold a set of strings which connects: them to every other student by just ono string. How many total strings are needed? (A) 105 (B) 110 (C) 115 (D) 120 (B) None of the answers (A) through (D) is correct: 8. For how many real values of xis the V/720— 7 an integer? (8) 6 @B)7 (C10. (D) 11 (E) None of the answers (A) through (D) is correct 9. Tilany has $20.01 consisting of ono penny and an equal number of nickels, dimes and quarters. How rmany coins does she have altogether? (A) 50 (B) 51. (©) 150 (D) 151 (B) None of the answers (A) through (D) is correct.10. ul B 13, ry 18. Katherine is taking an advanced physics course. Her scores on her first fowr exams are 88, 98, 94, and 96. What is the lowest score she can get on her fifth exam such thot the arithmetic average of her five exams comes out to be at least 90? (A) 74 (B) 80 (©) 82 (D) 90 (E) None of the answers (A) through (D) is eorrect. Determine the 25th term of the following arithmetic sequence: -8, 3, 14,25, (A) 302 (B) 219 (C) 248 (D) 198 (B) None of the answers (A) through (D) is correct. Expand: (23 +2)(2*- 2-1), (A) P-a2—-2 (B) P—zt—zt-2 (©) af LD) xh -a8 at (BH) che atte? What isthe range of the function y = 2" ~ 4x4 7? (A)v>-5 (B)y22 (C)ys-2 Duss ind the product of the solutions to the equation [22+ (A)-3 (B) 10 () a4 @D) 12) 8 ‘The graph below shows the speed of a cyelist during a briof ride, Based on the information in the graph, which of the following statements is correct? tales per hour oahwamatae (A) Her speed increased by an average of 25 mph per minute between the 4th and 8th minute. (B) From the 5th minute throngh the 8th minute, the cyclist stopped to rest, (C) After 5 minutes, she was traveling at a speed of 6 mph. (D) The cyclist ronched a maximum speed of 6 mph during this ride. (E) The speed of the eyclist decreased 4 minutes into her ride16, Determine the value of # given that 3° = 27°? and 2 (92 B+ ©2 M3 Bie 17, Determine the perimeter of a triangle with vertices at (6,9), (8,5) and (65) (18 @)0 (OM (17 ~L 18, Determine the formula of an exponential function in the form y = ab* which passes Unrough the points (2.3) and (3,108). What is the value of b/a? @w2 67 Cs Ou G1 19. ‘The histograms display the same dataset of 100 observations, with the largest observation from This One greatly increased in That One. Which of the following statements are true regarding the corresponding, datasets? eee ‘at Ove : 3 ee a Be be “es e Consider the statements below: ¢ I: The mean is larger in That One. ‘© Il: The median is larger in That One. © TIE The range is larger in That One. (A) Only statement Tis correct. (B) Only statement Il is correct. (C) Only statement IIT is correct. (D) Exactly two of 1, 1 and HL are true. (E) Al three statoments I, II and WII are true.20. Plots A and B below represent two different data sots each consisting of 100 observations Plot A Plot 2] 4 ad + pe 24 i ae 1 L] . Consider the statements below: ‘¢ 75% of the observations in Plot A are smaller than all of the observations in Plot B. ‘¢ Uk The median is smaller in Plot A. ‘© II: The range is smaller in Plot A. (A) Only statement Tis correct. (B) Only statement Il is correct. (C) Only statement TIT is correct. (D) Exactly two of I, Tl and Ill are true. (E) AU three statements I, II and IIT are true 21. Find the ares. of the region satisfying the following the following inequalities: 0 < « < 2%y < ~Jx#3end ye0. (A) $B) 3 (C)2 (D) 6 (B) None of the answers (A) through (D) is correct. 22, When x is 5, y is 2. Ify varies inversely as x, what is the value of y when x = 2? (405 (@B)2 (C)5 (D) 10 (B) 2% 23. What is the greatest. common factor of the terms in the expression 56(xy)® — 420%y® ~ 28234? (A) 4e%y (B) day? (C) Te4y (D) 70*y? (E) None of the abowe choices are the greatest common factor. 24, Find the sum of the integer solutions of -9 < 2e—1< 5. (A) 15 (B)-4 (©) 3 (D) 11 (B) None of the answors (AA) through (D) is correct.25. What is the area of a parallelogram with vertices (0,0), (2.8), (2.0) (48)? (A) 2vI3_ (B) VIB (C) 6 (D) 13 (EB) 6 26, The table below shows the number of leaves (J) of four carrots and the mass (41), in grams, of each of the four carrots, According to a line of best fit for the data given in (1), what is the predicted mass of ‘a carrot that has 10 leaves? M=-175+76-L Q) Lave [7] 8] 9 [10 Mass [35] 29 | 96 | 58 (A) 05 (B) 05 (©) 58 (D) 58.5 (B) 93.5 27, ‘The rods of a cylinder is four times the radius of a sphere. What must the height of a eylinder be so that the volume of the sphere is half as large as the volume of the cylinder? You may use the fact thet the volume of a sphere is Vs = $r° and the volume of @ cylinder is Vo = nr*h, (A) 7/24 (B) 7/12 (C) r/6 (D) +/3_ (B) 24/8 28. Simplify the expression below: (1 @B)i-s (ite W)z-2 ©) O-2 ‘THE TEST CONTINUES ON THE NEXT PAGE!29. A married couple is in the prooess of purchasing a house that makes their weekly driving distance equal to each of their places of employment. ‘The husband works at Point A and the wife works at Point E and they will buy a house between Polat B and Point D. The road between Point B and Point C (US 74) is 22 miles in length and is numbered from MM 85 at Point B to MM 107 at Point C. The road between Point C and Point D (Interstate 40) is 19 miles in length end is numbered from MM 27 to MM 46. If che wife must commute 5 days per week to her place of employment but the husband must only commute 3 lays per week to his place of employment, find the point on US 74 or Interstate 40 listed below where the couple should live, ifthe driving distance each week should be equal. 'The distances between each of the points are provided below. Point A to Point B: 7 miles ++ Point B to Point C: 22 miles (MM 85 to MM 107 on US 74) '* Point C to Point D: 19 miles (MM 27 to MM 46 om Interstate 40) ‘© Point D to Point E: 8 miles (A) MM 106 on US Highway 74 (Jones Cove) (B) MM 107 on US Highway 74 (Bast Jones Cove) (©) MM 31 on Interstate 40 (Canton) (D) MAM 33 on Interstate 40 (Newfound Road) (B) MM 37 on Interstate 40 (Candler/Bast Canton) 30. A gardener receives 20 bags of topsoil where each bag contains 1.75 cubic feet of topsoil. The gardener hhas 4 square raised beds that each measure 4 feet by 4 feet and will be filled to a depth of 6 inches with ‘tho topsoil. If there is any leftover topsoil, it will be mixed into a compost pile which should consist of 80% brown matter (the leftaver topsoil) and 20% green matter (i.e, kitchen seraps such as onions skins, Danana peels, celery stumps, ete.). How much green matter is required to mix with all of the remaining, topsoil (A) 0 cubic feet (since there is no leftover topsoil) (B) .75 cubic feet (C) 1.6 eubie feet (D) 2.25 eubie feet (FE) 3 cubie feet