MMC 2011 4th Year Regionals, Category A 1

Easy
E1 The base of a triangle is increased by 10% and the altitude to this base is decreased by 10%. What is the
change in area? [decrease 1%]
E2 A ₧1, a ₧5, and a ₧10 coin are tossed. In how many ways can they fall? [8]
√
E3 If x < 0, what is the value of x 2 + x? [0]
2π
E4 What is the period of y = sin ( )? [5π]
5
√
2π 3
E5 If θ = , find csc θ + tan θ. [− ]
3 3
E6 For how many integral values of b are both roots of x 2 + bx + 16 = 0 not real? [15]
E7 What is the remainder when x 2011 + x 2010 is divided by x + 1? [0]
E8 How many distinct integral divisors does 154 have, excluding 1 and itself? [23]
E9 How many real zeros does the function y = 6x 6 + 4x 4 + 2x 2 + 2 have? [0]
E10 Find the number of sequences of length 11 that can be formed from the letters MATHEMATICS. Give
11!
your answer in factorial form. [ 3]
2!
Average
A1 If 2x − 3y = 5 and x = 3 + y, what is the value of x y? [4]
√
A2 For how many different positive integers n does n differ from 10 by less than 1? [39]
A3 A town’s population was increased by 1200 people and then this new population was decreased by 11%.
The town now had 32 less than before the increase of 1200. What is the original population?
[10 000]
A4 Find log4 y if y = (log81 3)log3 81 . [−4]
A5 Counting every possible square of each size from 1 by 1 to 5 by 5, what is the total number of distinct
squares which can be traced out from a 5 by 5 grid? [55]
Difficult
D1 The side of one square is the diagonal of another square. What is the ratio of the first square to the
second? [2 ∶ 1]
D2 In a circle with radius 12 cm, what is the length of the chord that is the perpendicular bisector
√ of the
radius? [12 3 cm2 ]
D3 One pint of paint can paint a statue 6 ft high. How many pints of paint will it take to paint to the same
thickness 500 statues similar to the original but 1 ft high? [15]
D4 The center of a circle is at (2, 3). Of a chord of length 8 cm is bisected at (−1, 4), what is the radius
√ of
the circle? [ 26]
D5 If the first term of an infinite geometric series is a positive integer, the common ratio is the reciprocal
7
of the positive integer and the sum is 4, what is the sum of the first three terms in the series? [ ]
2