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1. The circle above has center O and
diameter AB. The two semicircles have
diameters OA and OB. If the
circumference of the circle is 36 , what is
the length of the curved path from A to B
through O?

(A) 6
(B) 9
(C) 18
(D) 24
(E) 36







2. In the figure above, the circle is tangent to
sides BC and AD of the 8-by-12 rectangle,
ABCD. What is the area of the circle?

(A) 16
(B) 20
(C) 36
(D) 64
(E) 96





3. Senai customized his bicycle by
exchanging the front wheel for a wheel
that had one half the diameter of the back
wheel. Now when Senai rides the bicycle,
how many revolutions does the front wheel
make for each revolution of the back
wheel?

(A) 8
(B) 4
(C) 2
(D)
2
1

(E)
4
1









4. In the figure above, XYZ is equilateral,
with side of length 2. If WY is a diameter
of the circle with center O, then the area of
the circle is

(A)
4
3

(B)
3
2

(C)
4
3

(D)
(E)
2
3

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5. In rectangle PQRS above, arcs QT and
RT are quarter circles with centers at
P and S, respectively. If the radius of
each quarter circle is 1, what is the
area of the shaded region?

(A)
4
1


(B)
2
2


(C)
4
2


(D)
4

(E)
3
2





6. In the figure above, point O is the
center of the circle. If x = 40, what is
the value of y?

(A) 40
(B) 50
(C) 60
(D) 70
(E) 80


7. The figure above shows part of circle
whose circumference is 45. If arcs of
length 2 and length b continue to
alternate around the entire circle so that
there are 18 arcs of each length, what is
the degree measure of each of the arcs of
length b?

(A) 4
(B) 6
(C) 10
(D) 16
(E) 20






8. In the figure above, arc SBT is one
quarter of a circle with center R and radius
6. If the length plus the width of rectangle
ABCR is 8, then the perimeter of the shaded
region is

(A) 8 + 3
(B) 10 + 3
(C) 14 + 3
(D) 1 + 6
(E) 12 + 6


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9. In the xyplane above, points Q and S are
the centers of the circles, which are tangent
to the xaxis. What is the slope of line QS
(not shown)?

(A)
8
1

(B)
4
1

(C)
2
1

(D)
8
7

(E) 1




10. In the figure above, the two circles are
tangent at point B and AC = 6. If the
circumference of the circle with center A is
twice the circumference of the circle with
center C, what is the length of BC?

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 6


11. In the figure above, the radius of the
circle with center R is twice the radius of the
circle with center P. What is the radius of the
circle with center R?

(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 10



12. A circular piece of cardboard is cut in half
along a diameter. If the diameter is 12
inches, what is the perimeter, in inches, of
one of the semicircular pieces?

(A) 6p+6
(B) 6p+12
(C) 12p+6
(D) 12p+12
(E) 12p+24




13. What is the ratio of the radius r of a
circle to the circumference of the circle?

(A) 1:2
(B) 1:
(C) 1:r
(D) :1
(E) 2:1

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1. What is the radius of a circle whose
circumference is ?

(A)
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D)
(E) 2






2. If three different circles are drawn on a
piece of paper, at most how many points can
be common to all three?

(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) Three
(E) Six






3. The circle above has an area of 25 and is
divided into 8 congruent regions. What is the
perimeter of one of these regions?

(A) 10 - 25
(B) 10 +
C) 10+
(D) 10+5
(E) 10+25



4. In the figure above, O is the center of the
circle and segment AC is tangent to the circle
at point B. If the measure of ABO is x,
how many possible values
are there for x ?

(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
(E) More than four



5. A circle was cut into two pieces, and one of
the pieces is shown above, with the dashed
line indicating the path of the cut. Which of
the following could be the
other piece of the circle?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)
(E)
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6. The circle above has an area of 49 and is
divided into 6 congruent regions. What is the
perimeter of one of these regions?

(A) 14 49
(B) 14+
(C) 14+
(D) 14 + 7
(E) 14 + 49







7. The circumference of the circle with center
O shown above is 2. What is the area of the
shaded region?

(A)

(B)

(C) 1

(D)

(E)





8. What is the ratio of the diameter d of a
circle to half the circumference of the circle?

(A) 1 : 2
(B) 1 :
(C) 2 :
(D) : 1
(E) 2:1




9. Six points are placed on a circle. What is
the greatest number of different lines that
can be drawn so that each line passes
through two of these points?

(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 25
(D) 30
(E) 36




10. In the figure above, the smaller circles
each have radius 3. They are tangent to the
larger circle at points A and C, and are
tangent to each other at
point B, which is the center of the larger
circle. What is the perimeter of the shaded
region?

(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 12
(E) 15
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11. In the figure above, triangle ABC is
inscribed in the circle with center O and
diameter AC. If AB AO, what is the degree
measure of ABO?

(A) 15
(B) 30
(C) 45
(D) 60
(E) 90





12. Tameka cut a circular pizza into wedge
shaped pieces, one of which is shown above.
The tip of each piece is at the center of the
pizza and the angle at the tip is always
greater than 20, but less than 30. What is
one possible value for the number of pieces
into which the pizza is cut?





13. If a circle has circumference 7, what is
the radius of the circle?






Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

14. The figure above consists of two circles
that have the same center. If the shaded area
is 64 square inches and the smaller circle
has a radius of 6 inches, what is the radius,
in inches, of the larger circle?








15. Naomi makes silver jewelry. For one
style of earrings, she cuts wedges from a
silver disk, as shown in the figure above.
Each wedge makes a 40 angle at the center
of the disk. If the weight of each uncut disk is
a uniformly distributed 2.5 grams, how many
grams does each wedge weigh?
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