Memo To: Nassau County Math League Coaches

From: Your New Question Author

I tried to create an interesting set of problems covering a wide range of middle school
math topics and common math contest themes. The format is the same as it has
been in previous years. Each contest is thirty minutes long with six questions
divided into two groups: one with and one without the use of a calculator. There are
however, a few small changes.

In order to facilitate teachers going over the contest problems after a contest, some
problems will follow a similar theme between grade levels. Between grades 7 and 8,
and between grades 8 and 9, there will be problems that are almost identical with
the older group being given a slightly harder version. Students should be
encouraged to try to understand the solution to all of the problems that they miss.
Themes from particular problems may be repeated on future contests, however you
will not see specific notes to that affect on individual contests.

The typesetting is also a little different with more detailed solutions being provided.
Teachers may choose to make copies of the contest solutions and distribute these to
students at club meetings after a contest is given. The questions for this year were
produced using a free application called Open Office which includes an MS Word
compatible word processor and a high quality equation editor.

I hope you enjoy the problems and I hope your students are encouraged to keep
sharpening their mathematical skills.
 Nassau County Junior Mathematics League
Contest Number 1 Seventh Grade 2008 - 2009

Time: 15 minutes Calculators are not allowed on this part.

1 2 2 3
7-1 Evaluate: ×  ×
4 7 7 4

7-2 Jerry needs to be at school by 7:50 AM. If it takes him 40 minutes to get ready in the
morning and 18 minutes to walk to school, what is the latest time he can go to bed and still get 9
hours sleep?

7-3 The sum of four consecutive integers is 166. What is the sum of the smallest and the largest
of these integers?

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Time: 15 minutes Calculators are allowed on this part.

7-4 Sonam read a 160 page book in five days. On Monday she got through the first 40 pages and
on Tuesday she read another 30 pages. On Wednesday she read one third of the remaining pages
and she read the same number of pages on Thursday and Friday. What page number did she
start reading on Friday?

73
7-5 What is the 2008th digit after the decimal point in the decimal representation of ?
74

7-6 To the nearest whole number, how much greater is the area of a circle with a diameter of 20
than the area of a circle with a radius of 9?

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Answers

7-1
2
7  
2 1 3 2
×  = ×1
7 4 4 7
7-4 page 131. Mon. & Tues. she read 70
pages, leaving 90 to be read. Wed. she reads 30
pages. and 60 pages remain. She reads 30
7-2 9:52 PM. pages Thursday and Friday.
He needs to wake up at 7:50AM – 58 min.
= 6:52 73
7-5 4 =0.9 864 . The digits repeat with a
74
7-3 83. Method 1: period of 3 and every digit that is a multiple of
166/4 = 41.5 is the average of the four three will land on 6. 2007 is a multiple of 3, so
integers, so the consecutive integers are: the 2007th digit is 6 and the next digit is 4.
40,41,42,43.
Method 2: 7-6 60 π102 – π92 ≈ 59.690 ≈ 60
Solve x + x+1 + x+2 + x+3 = 166
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Contest Number 1 Eighth Grade 2008 - 2009

Time: 15 minutes Calculators are not allowed on this part.

3 1 1
8-1 Evaluate and express as a fraction in lowest terms: −0.5− × 0.25
4 2 4

8-2 Jason needs to be at school by 7:50 AM. It takes him 40 minutes to get ready in the morning
and 18 minutes to walk to school. He went to sleep at 9:30 PM on Monday and Tuesday, and 10
PM on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. How many hours and minutes of sleep did he get per
night on average this week?

8-3 There are four consecutive integers such that three times the largest is 155 more than the
sum of the two smallest integers. What is the largest of these integers?

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Time: 15 minutes Calculators are allowed on this part.

8-4 Sandhya needs to read a 157 page book in five days. On Monday she got through the first 40
pages and on Tuesday she read 10% more than on Monday. On Wednesday she read 25% fewer
pages than on Tuesday and she read the same number of pages on Thursday and Friday. What
page number did she start reading on Friday?
367
8-5 What is the 2008th digit after the decimal point in the decimal representation of ?
1212

8-6 To the nearest whole number, how much greater is the area of a circle with a circumference
of 24π than the area of a circle with a circumference of 17π ?

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Answers
3 1 1 8-4 page 138. Mon. she read 40 pages,
0.25−0.5− × =
3 4 2 4 Tuesday 44, and Wednesday she read 0.75(44)
8-1
8 1 1 1 4 1 3 = 33 pages. This leaves 157 – 40 – 44 – 33 = 40
1−0.5− = − = − =
8 2 8 8 8 8 pages to be read: 20 pages on Thursday and
Friday. She read the the 20 pages from 138-
8-2 9 hours and 4 minutes. He needs to 157 on Friday.
wake up at 6:52. A 9:30 bedtime gives him 9 hours
22 minutes of sleep and a 10:00 bedtime gives him 8 367
8-5 8 =0.30 2805 . The digits repeat
hours 52 minutes of sleep. The difference is 30 1212
minutes and the average will be 2/5 of 30 above the with a period of 4 and every nth digit that is a
smaller number or 3/5 of 30 less than the larger. multiple of four will land on 8. 2008 is a
2 multiple of 4. so the 2008th digit is 8.
×30=12 8:52 + 12 minutes = 9:04
5

8-3. 150. Call the numbers x, x+1, x+2, x+3. 8-6 225 Use C = 2πr to obtain r = 12
3( x+3 ) = 155 + x + x+1 and 8.5. π122 – π8.52 ≈ 225.409 ∫≈ 225
3x + 9 = 155 + 2x + 1, solving gives us x = 147
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Contest Number 2 Seventh Grade 2008 - 2009

Time: 15 minutes Calculators are not allowed on this part.

1 1 1 4
7-7 Place in order form least to greatest: , , ,
6 7 9 32

7-8 An arithmetic sequence is a sequence of numbers where the difference between consecutive
numbers is always the same. What is the 133rd term in the following arithmetic sequence?
7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22, ...

7-9 Holly has a bad hair day ¼ of the time. What is the probability that she has three bad hair
days in a row?

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Time: 15 minutes Calculators are allowed on this part.

7-10 An on-line music store is running a sale. For every six mp3 downloads, you get the seventh
one for free. Each download costs $0.99 and there is no tax. Sophie has exactly $20 to spend on
music. How many songs can she download?

7-11 Recall that four quarts equals one gallon and that a pint is half a quart. If Kelly sold 320
pints of bottled water, how many gallons did she sell?

7-12 Anthony wants to put new tiles on his bathroom floor. He calculates that the area of his
bathroom is 50 square feet and the tiles cost $9.49 each. Each tile measures 18 inches by 18
inches. He needs to purchase at least 10% more tiles than the area requires to allow for waste
and of course he cannot buy a fraction of a tile. How much does he need to spend (without tax)?

Answers
1 4 1 1 4 1 7-10 23. She can purchase 20 songs and she
7-7 , , , Note that =
9 32 7 6 32 8 will get three free.

7-11 40.
7-8 403. One gallon equals 8 pints and 320/8 = 40.
Each terms is three apart, so we need to add
(132)(3) to 7 = 396 + 7 7-12 $237.25
The area of each tile is (1.5)(1.5) = 2.25 sq. ft.
1 If we first increase the area by 10%, we
7-9
64 55
have =24. 4 , so we need 25 tiles.
1 1 1 2.25
We need to multiply × × 50
4 4 4 Alternately, 2.25 =22. 2 and then increase
this by 10% to get the same answer.
Multiply by $9.49 to get the cost.
 Nassau County Junior Mathematics League
Contest Number 2 Eighth Grade 2008 - 2009
Time: 15 minutes Calculators are not allowed on this part.

1 1 1 11 5
8-7 Place in order form least to greatest: , , , ,
5 6 7 51 42

8-8 An arithmetic sequence is a sequence of numbers where the difference between consecutive
numbers is always the same. What is the 133rd term in the following arithmetic sequence?
-200, -194, -188, -182, ...

1
8-9 On any given day, the probability that Susan has a bad hair day is . What is the
3
probability that she has no bad hair days from Monday through Friday?

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Time: 15 minutes Calculators are allowed on this part.

8-10 An on-line music store is running a sale. For every six mp3 downloads, you get the seventh
one for free. Each download costs $0.99 and there is no tax. Sophie has exactly $100 to
spend on music. How many songs can she download?

8-11 A convex polygon is a polygon where no segment connecting any two vertices contains points
outside the polygon. What is the maximum number of acute interior angles that any given
convex polygon can have?

8-12 Anthony wants to put new tiles on his bathroom floor. He calculates that the area of his
bathroom is 50 square feet and the tiles cost $9.49 each, plus 8.625% tax. Each tile
measures 18 inches by 18 inches. He needs to purchase at least 10% more tiles than the
area requires to allow for waste and of course he cannot buy a fraction of a tile. How much
does he need to spend?
Answers

5 1 1 1 11 8-10 117 songs. 100/0.99 = 101 songs.

8-7 , , , ,
42 7 6 5 51 101
=16.8 3
6 so we get 101 + 16.
5 5 1 1 1 1 11 11
 =    = 
42 40 8 7 6 5 55 51 8-11 3. A quadrilateral has an interior angle sum
of 360°, so it can have at most three acute angles. A
pentagon has an interior angle sum of 540°. If it has
8-8 592 The terms are increasing by 6, so we four angles measuring 89°, the fifth angle would be
184°, which we cannot have in a convex polygon. As
need to add 6(132) to -200.
the sides increase the average angle increases so a
larger number of sides will not allow for more acute
32 angles.
8-9
243
8-12 $257.71 If we first increase the area


5
2 32 55
= by 10%, we have =24. 4 , so we need
3 243 2.25
25 tiles. (25)($9.49)(1.08625) = 257.71.
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Contest Number 3 Seventh Grade 2008 - 2009

Time: 15 minutes Calculators are not allowed on this part.

7-13 Evaluate: 2
   
1
2
1
3 4 1
3
1
4

7-14 In a recursive sequence, the next term is calculated using previous terms of the sequence.
Find the next integer in the following recursive sequence:

0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 20, 37, 68

7-15 What are the most pieces into which a circle can be cut by drawing only four straight line
segments across the circle?

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Time: 15 minutes Calculators are allowed on this part.

7-16 On a digital clock, how many times between 1:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. will the clock contain
consecutive digits such as 1:23 and 3:21?

7-17 The third exit on a highway is located at milepost 40, and the tenth exit is located at
milepost 160. A service center on the highway is located three-fourths of the way from the
third to the tenth exit. At what milepost would you expect to find this service center?

7-18 What is the sum of all of the proper divisors of 130?

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Answers
7-13 33. Work inside the parenthesis first and 7-16 Eight times: 1:23, 2:10, 2:34, 3:21, 3:45,
distribute to simplify the arithmetic. 4:32, 4:56, 5:43.

7-14 125. Note that each term is the sum of
the previous three terms. 20+37+68 = 125
7-15 11 Place the first line anywhere through
the circle. Then for each new cut, make sure it
passes through all of the previous lines. So, the
first cut creates two segments, the second cut
makes two more, the third cut adds three more
and the fourth cut adds four more.
7-17 Milepost 130. The third and tenth exits
are 120 miles apart. Since 3/4 of 120 is 90, the
service station is 90 miles past exit 3 on the
way to exit 10, or at milepost 40 + 90 = 130.
7-18 122 It is easiest to first factor 130 into
primes: 130 = 2(5)(13). Now any factor of 130
will be one of these primes or a product of two
of these primes. The proper divisors of 130 are:
1, 2, 5, 10, 13, 26, 65.
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Contest Number 3 Eighth Grade 2008 - 2009
Time: 15 minutes Calculators are not allowed on this part.

8-13 Two supplementary angles measure (2x + 40)° and (x + 125)°. Determine the measure of the
larger of these two angles.

8-14 In a recursive sequence, the next term is calculated using previous terms of the sequence.
Find the next integer in the following recursive sequence:

0, 2, 5, 9, 21, 44, 95, ...

8-15 A bug begins at the origin (0,0) and each second it jumps one unit either North, South, East
or West. So after one second it can be at (1,0), (-1,0), (0,-1) or (0,1). How many different possible
locations can the bug be at after seven seconds?

Time: 15 minutes Calculators are allowed on this part.

8-16 A cell phone company offers two different plans. Plan A costs $6.99 per month and 10 cents per
minute. Plan B costs $34.99 per month and includes 300 anytime minutes plus 1000 weekend
minutes. If Stacey spends the same amount of time on the phone during the week as she does on the
weekend, how much time must she spend on the phone in order for the two plans to cost the same?

8-17 Two standard six sided dice are thrown. What is the probability that the product of the two
numbers is even?

8-18 In the triangular array of numbers 1

2 3
shown, how many numbers are in the row 4 5 6
that starts with 56? 7 8 9 10
.....

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Answers
8-13 130° , Solve 2x + 40° + x + 125° = 180° 8-16 280 minutes. Solve 6.99 + 0.1x = 34.99

8-14 204. Call the nth term an and notice 3

8-17 The probability that both numbers
an = an-1 + 2an-2 + an-3. We have 21 + 2(44) + 95. 4
are odd is (½)(½) = ¼, so the probability that
8-15 64. Look for a pattern: After 2 seconds, the product is not odd is 1 – ¼.
it can be at: (0,0), (2,0),(-2,0),(0,2),(0,-2), (1,1),
(-1,1),(1,-1),(-1,-1) for a total of 9 points. We can 8-18 11. We can look for patterns and
count 16 possible locations after 3 seconds. It discover that the triangular numbers
seems that after n seconds, the bug may be at (1,3,6,10,15,...) are given by the formula
(n+1)2 locations. For a detailed discussion of
T n = n n 1  T 10 =55 so 56 starts the
this problem, see the February, 2009 issue of 2
Mathematics Teacher, published by NCTM. eleventh row. Alternately, the numbers on the
n n−1
right follow the pattern 1
2
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Contest Number 4 Seventh Grade 2008 - 2009

Time: 15 minutes Calculators are not allowed on this part.

7-19 Two integers are considered relatively prime if they have no common factors other than one.
How many positive integers less than 20 are relatively prime to 20?

1
1
7-20 Express as a single fraction in lowest terms: 1
1
2
3

7-21 Compute the sum of the first 50 positive integers.

Time: 15 minutes Calculators are allowed on this part.

7-22 It took six hours to fill 3/5 of a swimming pool. At this rate, how many hours are needed to
fill the remainder of the pool?

7-23 Evan has determined that it costs him an average of $17.45 per day in gas and tolls to
commute to New York City where he works. If he takes the LIRR instead of driving, it will
cost him $211 per month, plus an addition $4 per day in subway fares. If he will go to work
22 times this month, how much money will he save by taking the train instead of driving?

7-24 A toy car has wheels with diameter 5 inches that make 10 revolutions per second. How fast
does it move in feet per second? (round to the nearest tenth)

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Answers
7-19 7. 7-22 4 hours.
All have no common factors with 20 besides 1: Let t be the time it takes to fill the whole pool.
3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17, 19 3
t =6 ⇒t=10 or we can set up a proportion:
5
1 1 3 10 3/5 2 /5 3x 2 6
7 1 =1 =1 = = ⇒ = ⇒ x=4
7-20 1 7 7 7 6 x 5 5
10 2
3 3
7-23 $84.90 Driving cost = 22(17.45) = 383.90;
7-21 1275. The sum of the first n integers is Train cost = 211 + 22(4) = 299
nn1
the nth triangular number, T n= and 7-24 13.1 ft. per sec. The circumference of
2
5051 the wheels is 5π, so one revolution moves the
=1275 car 5π inches. In one second it moves 10(5π) ≈
2
157.08 inches = 13.1 ft.
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Contest Number 4 Eighth Grade 2008 - 2009

Time: 15 minutes Calculators are not allowed on this part.

8-19 Two integers are considered relatively prime if they have no common factors other than one.
How many positive integers less than 30 are relatively prime to both 20 and 30?

8-20 Evaluate the sum: 1 2 3 4 50

   ...
3 3 3 3 3

8-21 A permutation of a word is a re-arrangement of the letters of that word. For instance,
SUAASN and AASSUN are both permutations of the word NASSAU. How many
permutations of the word NASSAU are there? (Including these two examples and the
original word NASSAU).

Time: 15 minutes Calculators are allowed on this part.

8-22 Chris biked for 5 miles at an average speed of 15 mph. How fast must he go for the next 7
miles in order to average 20 mph for the whole 12 mile trip? (round to nearest hundredth)

8-23 The sum of seven consecutive integers is 2009. What is the largest of these integers?

8-24 A toy car has wheels with diameter 5 inches rotates with a speed of 800 rpm (revolutions per
minute). How fast does it move in feet per second? (round to nearest tenth)

Answers
8-19 8. 8-22 26.25 mph.
20 = 22(5) and 30 = (2)(3)(5), so we list all the Use t= d He needs to finish the whole trip in
integers less than 30 that do not have 2,3, or 5 v
as a factor: 1,7,11,13,17,19,23,29 t= 12 m = 0.6 h. He already spent
5
h
20 mph 15
and needs to finish in 0.2 6 h.
8-20 425 Factor out the 1/3 and the sum is
v = d , v= 7 m =26.25
1
3
123...50=
3 2
1 50×51
 .
t 0.2 6 h

6! 720
8-21 180. 2!2! = 4 If all the letters were
distinct, the answer would be 6!. We divide by
4 because the ordering of the two different As
and Ss doesn't matter.
8-23 290
2009
= 287 is the average integer, so the
7
integers are 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290.
8-24 17.5 ft. per sec. The circumference of
the wheels is 5π. In one minute it moves
800(5π) ≈ 12566.36” = 1047.2 ft.
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Contest Number 5 Seventh Grade 2008 - 2009

Time: 15 minutes Calculators are not allowed on this part.

7-25 Ravi gets a haircut once per month and it costs him $12. He gives a $2 tip, but he forgot to give a tip
three times last year. What did he spend, on average, for haircuts per month last year, with tip?

7-26 Find the smallest positive integer n, such that when n is divided by 10 the remainder is 1
and n is a multiple of 13.

7-27 In the figure shown to the right, BDEF

 is A
a square, G is a right angle and HD is parallel
to EG. Compute the area of pentagon ABCEG. C
13
5 5
4
B
H D

G 15 F E

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Time: 15 minutes Calculators are allowed on this part.

7-28 Chris took four tests in his English class and his scores were 75,75, 90, and 85. He has one
more test before the quarter is over. What grade must he earn on this test in order to have
an 80 average?

7-29 The top of a cylinder has an area of 452.39 and a height of 20”. Compute the volume to the
nearest integer.

7-30 How many whole numbers between 99 and 999 contain exactly one zero?

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Answers
7-25 $13.50. 7-28 75. The sum of his five tests must be
Last year he spent 12(12) + 18 = $162 5(80) = 400. 400 – (75+75+90+85) = 75

7-26 91 We can list multiple of 13 until we 7-29 9048.

find a multiple with a units digit of 1: 13,26,39, V = Bh = 452.39(20) ≈ 9048
52, 65, 78, 91
7-30 162
7-27 81. BD=3, so BH=12. Now we can add The zero must be in the tens or units place and
the areas of the two triangles to the rectangle: there are 9 choices for each of the other two
½ (5)(12) + ½(3)(4) + 3(15) = 30+6+45=81 digits. (9)(9)(2) = 162
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Contest Number 5 Eighth Grade 2008 - 2009

Time: 15 minutes Calculators are not allowed on this part.

8-25 Convert to a fraction in lowest terms: 0. 42

8-26 Find the smallest positive integer n, such that when n is divided by 10 the remainder is 1
and n is divided by 13 the remainder is 2.

8-27 In the figure shown to the right, BDEF

 is A
a square G is a right angle and HD is parallel C
to EG. Compute the area of pentagon ABCEG. 13
5

B
H D

G 15 F E

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Time: 15 minutes Calculators are allowed on this part.

8-28 How many whole numbers between 99 and 999 contain exactly one zero and do not contain a 3?

8-29 The volume of a cylinder is 1000 cubic cm. If the height is 20cm. Compute the radius to the
nearest hundredth.

8-30 1000 little unit cubes are arranged to form a 10 by 10 by 10 cube. The outside of this large
cube is then painted blue. Let a represent the number of unit cubes left unpainted and let
b represent the number of unit cubes painted on two sides. Determine a + b.

Answers
8-25 14 8-28 128. The zero must be in the tens or
33 units place and there are 8 choices for each of
Let x = 0. 42 then 100 x=42. 42 Subtract to the other two digits. (8)(8)(2) = 128.
42
get 99x = 42, and x=
99 8-29 r = 3.99 V = πr2h, 1000 = πr2(20)
8-26 41 List integers with a units digit of 1 r 2= 1000 =15.9155 and r = 15.9155
20 
until we find the answer.

8-27 81. BD=3, so BH=12. Use the
Pythagorean theorem to get CD=4 and AH=5.
Add the areas of the two triangles to the
rectangle: ½ (5)(12) + ½(3)(4) + 3(15)
8-30 608. All of the 8 by 8 by 8 interior cubes are
unpainted and a = 512. The 12 edges are painted on
two sides except for the corners, so we have b =
12(8). Alternately, the number of cubes with one
face painted is 6(82) = 384 and there are 8 corners
with three painted faces. 1000 – 384 – 8 = 608