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2022 AMC 10A

All 25 problems from the 2022 AMC 10A. Take it as a timed mock test — 1:15:00 on the clock, scored the way the real contest is — or read through the problems and open any of them for hints and a worked solution.

25 problems · 6 points correct, 1.5 for blank, 0 for wrong

  1. What is the value of 3+13+13+13?3+\dfrac{1}{3+\dfrac{1}{3+\dfrac{1}{3}}}?
  2. Mike cycled 1515 laps in 5757 minutes. Assume he cycled at a constant speed throughout. Approximately how many laps did he complete in the first 2727 minutes?
  3. The sum of three numbers is 96.96. The first number is 66 times the third number, and the third number is 4040 less than the second number. What is the absolute value of the difference between the first and second numbers?
  4. In some countries, automobile fuel efficiency is measured in liters per 100100 kilometers while other countries use miles per gallon. Suppose that 11 kilometer equals mm miles, and 11 gallon equals ll liters. Which of the following gives the fuel efficiency in liters per 100100 kilometers for a car that gets xx miles per gallon?
  5. Square ABCDABCD has side length 1.1. Points P,P, Q,Q, R,R, and SS each lie on a side of ABCDABCD such that APQCRSAPQCRS is an equilateral convex hexagon with side length s.s. What is s?s?
  6. Which expression is equal to ∣a−2−(a−1)2∣\left|a-2-\sqrt{(a-1)^2}\right| for a<0?a < 0?
  7. The least common multiple of a positive integer nn and 1818 is 180,180, and the greatest common divisor of nn and 4545 is 15.15. What is the sum of the digits of n?n?
  8. A data set consists of 66 (not distinct) positive integers: 1,1, 7,7, 5,5, 2,2, 5,5, and X.X. The average (arithmetic mean) of the 66 numbers equals a value in the data set. What is the sum of all possible values of X?X?
  9. A rectangle is partitioned into 55 regions as shown. Each region is to be painted a solid color—red, orange, yellow, blue, or green—so that regions that touch are painted different colors, and colors can be used more than once. How many different colorings are possible?
  10. Daniel finds a rectangular index card and measures its diagonal to be 88 centimeters. Daniel then cuts out equal squares of side 11 cm at two opposite corners of the index card and measures the distance between the two closest vertices of these squares to be 424 \sqrt{2} centimeters, as shown below. What is the area of the original index card?
  11. Ted mistakenly wrote 2m⋅140962^m\cdot\sqrt{\dfrac{1}{4096}} as 2⋅14096m.2\cdot\sqrt[m]{\dfrac{1}{4096}}. What is the sum of all real numbers mm for which these two expressions have the same value?
  12. On Halloween 3131 children walked into the principal’s office asking for candy. They can be classified into three types: Some always lie; some always tell the truth; and some alternately lie and tell the truth. The alternaters arbitrarily choose their first response, either a lie or the truth, but each subsequent statement has the opposite truth value from its predecessor. The principal asked everyone the same three questions in this order. “Are you a truth-teller?” The principal gave a piece of candy to each of the 2222 children who answered yes. “Are you an alternater?” The principal gave a piece of candy to each of the 1515 children who answered yes. “Are you a liar?” The principal gave a piece of candy to each of the 99 children who answered yes. How many pieces of candy in all did the principal give to the children who always tell the truth?
  13. Let △ABC\triangle ABC be a scalene triangle. Point PP lies on BC‾\overline{BC} so that AP‾\overline{AP} bisects ∠BAC.\angle BAC. The line through BB perpendicular to AP‾\overline{AP} intersects the line through AA parallel to BC‾\overline{BC} at point D.D. Suppose BP=2BP = 2 and PC=3.PC = 3. What is AD?AD?
  14. How many ways are there to split the integers 11 through 1414 into 77 pairs such that in each pair, the greater number is at least 22 times the lesser number?
  15. Quadrilateral ABCDABCD with side lengths AB=7,AB = 7, BC=24,BC = 24, CD=20,CD = 20, DA=15DA = 15 is inscribed in a circle. The area interior to the circle but exterior to the quadrilateral can be written in the form aπ−bc,\dfrac{a \pi - b}{c}, where a,a, b,b, and cc are positive integers such that aa and cc have no common prime factor. What is a+b+c?a + b + c?
  16. The roots of the polynomial 10x3−39x2+29x−610x^3 - 39x^2 + 29x - 6 are the height, length, and width of a rectangular box (right rectangular prism). A new rectangular box is formed by lengthening each edge of the original box by 22 units. What is the volume of the new box?
  17. How many three-digit positive integers a‾ b‾ c‾\underline{a} \ \underline{b} \ \underline{c} are there whose nonzero digits a,a, b,b, and cc satisfy 0.a‾ b‾ c‾‾=13(0.a‾+0.b‾+0.c‾)?0.\overline{\underline{a}~\underline{b}~\underline{c}} = \dfrac{1}{3} (0.\overline{a} + 0.\overline{b} + 0.\overline{c})? (The bar indicates digit repetition, thus 0.a‾ b‾ c‾‾0.\overline{\underline{a}~\underline{b}~\underline{c}} is the infinite repeating decimal 0.a‾ b‾ c‾ a‾ b‾ c‾ ⋯0.\underline{a}~\underline{b}~\underline{c}~\underline{a}~\underline{b}~\underline{c}~\cdots)
  18. Let TkT_k be the transformation of the coordinate plane that first rotates the plane kk degrees counterclockwise around the origin and then reflects the plane across the yy-axis. What is the least positive integer nn such that performing the sequence of transformations T1,T_1, T2,T_2, T3,T_3, ⋯ ,\cdots, TnT_n returns the point (1,0)(1,0) back to itself?
  19. Let LnL_n denote the least common multiple of the numbers 1,1, 2,2, 3,3, …,\ldots, n,n, and let hh be the unique positive integer such that 11+12+13+⋯+117=hL17\dfrac{1}{1} + \dfrac{1}{2} + \dfrac{1}{3} + \cdots + \dfrac{1}{17} = \dfrac{h}{L_{17}} What is the remainder when hh is divided by 17?17?
  20. A four-term sequence is formed by adding each term of a four-term arithmetic sequence of positive integers to the corresponding term of a four-term geometric sequence of positive integers. The first three terms of the resulting four-term sequence are 57,57, 60,60, and 91.91. What is the fourth term of this sequence?
  21. A bowl is formed by attaching four regular hexagons of side 11 to a square of side 1.1. The edges of the adjacent hexagons coincide, as shown in the figure. What is the area of the octagon obtained by joining the top eight vertices of the four hexagons, situated on the rim of the bowl?
  22. Suppose that 1313 cards numbered 1,1, 2,2, 3,3, ⋯ ,\cdots, 1313 are arranged in a row. The task is to pick them up in numerically increasing order, working repeatedly from left to right. In the example below, cards 1,1, 2,2, 33 are picked up on the first pass, 44 and 55 on the second pass, 66 on the third pass, 7,7, 8,8, 9,9, 1010 on the fourth pass, and 11,11, 12,12, 1313 on the fifth pass. For how many of the 13!13! possible orderings of the cards will the 1313 cards be picked up in exactly two passes?
  23. Isosceles trapezoid ABCDABCD has parallel sides AD‾\overline{AD} and BC‾,\overline{BC}, with BC<ADBC < AD and AB=CD.AB = CD. There is a point PP in the plane such that PA=1,PA=1, PB=2,PB=2, PC=3,PC=3, and PD=4.PD=4. What is BCAD?\tfrac{BC}{AD}?
  24. How many strings of length 55 formed from the digits 0,0, 1,1, 2,2, 3,3, 4,4, are there such that for each j∈{1,2,3,4},j \in \{1,2,3,4\}, at least jj of the digits are less than j?j? (For example, 0221402214 satisfies this condition because it contains at least 11 digit less than 1,1, at least 22 digits less than 2,2, at least 33 digits less than 3,3, and at least 44 digits less than 4.4. The string 2340423404 does not satisfy the condition because it does not contain at least 22 digits less than 2.2.)
  25. Let R,R, S,S, and TT be squares that have vertices at lattice points (i.e., points whose coordinates are both integers) in the coordinate plane, together with their interiors. The bottom edge of each square is on the xx-axis. The left edge of RR and the right edge of SS are on the yy-axis, and RR contains 94\dfrac{9}{4} as many lattice points as does S.S. The top two vertices of TT are in R∪S,R \cup S, and TT contains 14\dfrac{1}{4} of the lattice points contained in R∪S.R \cup S. See the figure (not drawn to scale). The fraction of lattice points in SS that are in S∩TS \cap T is 2727 times the fraction of lattice points in RR that are in R∩T.R \cap T. What is the minimum possible value of the edge length of RR plus the edge length of SS plus the edge length of T?T?

0 of 25 answered. Each problem left blank still scores 1.5 points.

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