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AMC 10 2009
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by AIME15, worthawholebean, 007math, Eˆ(pi*i)=-1, tenniskidperson3, mgao, abacadaea, rrusczyk

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– February 10th

1 One can holds 12 ounces of soda. What is the minimum number of cans to provide a gallon (128
ounces) of soda?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10 (E) 11

2 Four coins are picked out of a piggy bank that contains a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes,
and quarters. Which of the following could not be the total value of the four coins, in cents?
(A) 15 (B) 25 (C) 35 (D) 45 (E) 55

3 Which of the following is equal to 1 + 1

1 ?
1+ 1+1
5 3 5
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) 3

4 Eric plans to compete in a triathlon. He can average 2 miles per hour in the 14 -mile swim and 6
miles per hour in the 3-mile run. His goal is to finish the triathlon in 2 hours. To accomplish his
goal what must his average speed, in miles per hour, be for the 15-mile bicycle ride?
(A) 120
11 (B) 11 (C) 56
5 (D) 45
4 (E) 12

5 What is the sum of the digits of the square of 111, 111, 111?
(A) 18 (B) 27 (C) 45 (D) 63 (E) 81

6 A circle of radius 2 is inscribed in a semicircle, as shown. The area inside the semicircle but
outside the circle is shaded. What fraction of the semicircle’s area is shaded?

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

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7 A carton contains milk that is 2% fat, and amount that is 40% less fat than the amount contained
in a carton of whole milk. What is the percentage of fat in whole milk?
(A) 12
5 (B) 3 (C) 10
3 (D) 38 (E) 42

8 Three generations of the Wen family are going to the movies, two from each generation. The two
members of the youngest generation receive a 50% discount as children. The two members of
the oldest generation receive a 25% discount as senior citizens. The two members of the middle
generation receive no discount. Grandfather Wen, whose senior ticket costs $6.00, is paying for
everyone. How many dollars must he pay?
(A) 34 (B) 36 (C) 42 (D) 46 (E) 48

9 Positive integers a, b, and 2009, with a < b < 2009, form a geometric sequence with an integer
ratio. What is a?
(A) 7 (B) 41 (C) 49 (D) 289 (E) 2009

10 Triangle ABC has a right angle at B. Point D is the foot of the altitude from B, AD = 3, and
DC = 4. What is the area of △ABC?

A
3
D

B C

√ √ √
(A) 4 3 (B) 7 3 (C) 21 (D) 14 3 (E) 42

11 One dimension of a cube is increased by 1, another is decreased by 1, and the third is left un-
changed. The volume of the new rectangular solid is 5 less than that of the cube. What was the
volume of the cube?
(A) 8 (B) 27 (C) 64 (D) 125 (E) 216

12 In quadrilateral ABCD, AB = 5, BC = 17, CD = 5, DA = 9, and BD is an integer. What is BD?

A
D

C B

(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15

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13 Suppose that P = 2m and Q = 3n . Which of the following is equal to 12mn for every pair of
integers (m, n)?
(A) P 2 Q (B) P n Qm (C) P n Q2m (D) P 2m Qn (E) P 2n Qm

14 Four congruent rectangles are placed as shown. The area of the outer square is 4 times that of
the inner square. What is the ratio of the length of the longer side of each rectangle to the length
of its shorter side?

√ √ √
(A) 3 (B) 10 (C) 2 + 2 (D) 2 3 (E) 4

15 The figures F1 , F2 , F3 , and F4 shown are the first in a sequence of figures. For n ≥ 3, Fn is
constructed from Fn−1 by surrounding it with a square and placing one more diamond on each
side of the new square than Fn−1 had on each side of its outside square. For example, figure F3
has 13 diamonds. How many diamonds are there in figure F20 ?

F1 F2 F3 F4

(A) 401 (B) 485 (C) 585 (D) 626 (E) 761

16 Let a, b, c, and d be real numbers with |a − b| = 2, |b − c| = 3, and |c − d| = 4. What is the sum of

all possible values of |a − d|?
(A) 9 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 18 (E) 24

17 Rectangle ABCD has AB = 4 and BC = 3. Segment EF is constructed through B so that EF

is perpendicular to DB, and A and C lie on DE and DF , respectively. What is EF ?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 125
12 (D) 103
9 (E) 12

18 At Jefferson Summer Camp, 60% of the children play soccer, 30% of the children swim, and 40%

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of the soccer players swim. To the nearest whole percent, what percent of the non-swimmers
play soccer?
(A) 30% (B) 40% (C) 49% (D) 51% (E) 70%

19 Circle A has radius 100. Circle B has an integer radius r < 100 and remains internally tangent
to circle A as it rolls once around the circumference of circle A. The two circles have the same
points of tangency at the beginning and end of circle B’s trip. How many possible values can r
have?
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 50 (E) 90

20 Andrea and Lauren are 20 kilometers apart. They bike toward one another with Andrea traveling
three times as fast as Lauren, and the distance between them decreasing at a rate of 1 kilometer
per minute. After 5 minutes, Andrea stops biking because of a flat tire and waits for Lauren. After
how many minutes from the time they started to bike does Lauren reach Andrea?
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 55 (D) 65 (E) 80

21 Many Gothic cathedrals have windows with portions containing a ring of congruent circles that
are circumscribed by a larger circle, In the figure shown, the number of smaller circles is four.
What is the ratio of the sum of the areas of the four smaller circles to the area of the larger
circle?

√ √ √ √ √
(A) 3 − 2 2 (B) 2 − 2 (C) 4(3 − 2 2) (D) 12 (3 − 2) (E) 2 2 − 2

22 Two cubical dice each have removable numbers 1 through 6. The twelve numbers on the two
dice are removed, put into a bag, then drawn one at a time and randomly reattached to the faces
of the cubes, one number to each face. The dice are then rolled and the numbers on the two top
faces are added. What is the probability that the sum is 7?
(A) 91 (B) 18 (C) 16 2
(D) 11 (E) 15

23 Convex quadrilateral ABCD has AB = 9 and CD = 12. Diagonals AC and BD intersect at E,

AC = 14, and △AED and △BEC have equal areas. What is AE?
(A) 92 (B) 50
11 (C) 21
4 (D) 17
3 (E) 6

24 Three distinct vertices of a cube are chosen at random. What is the probability that the plane

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determined by these three vertices contains points inside the cube?

(A) 14 (B) 38 (C) 47 (D) 57 (E) 34

25 For k > 0, let Ik = 10 . . . 064, where there are k zeros between the 1 and the 6. Let N (k) be the
number of factors of 2 in the prime factorization of Ik . What is the maximum value of N (k)?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10

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– February 25th

1 Each morning of her five-day workweek, Jane bought either a 50-cent muffin or a 75-cent bagel.
Her total cost for the week was a whole number of dollars. How many bagels did she buy?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

1
− 14
2 Which of the following is equal to 3
1 ?
2 − 13
1 1 1 2 3
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

3 Paula the painter had just enough paint for 30 identically sized rooms. Unfortunately, on the way
to work, three cans of paint fell of her truck, so she had only enough paint for 25 rooms. How
many cans of paint did she use for the 25 rooms?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 18 (E) 25

4 A rectangular yard contains two flower beds in the shape of congruent isosceles right triangles.
THe remainder of the yard has a trapezoidal shape, as shown. The parallel sides of the trapezoid
have lengths 15 and 25 meters. What fraction of the yard is occupied by the flower beds?

1 1 1 1 1
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4 (E) 3

5 Twenty percent less than 60 is one-third more than what number?

(A) 16 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) 36 (E) 48

6 Kiana has two older twin brothers. The product of their ages is 128. What is the sum of their
three ages?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 18 (E) 24

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7 By inserting parentheses, it is possible to give the expression

2×3+4×5

several values. How many different values can be obtained?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

8 In a certain year the price of gasoline rose by 20% during January, fell by 20% during February,
rose by 25% during March, and fell by x% during April. The price of gasoline at the end of April
was the same as it had been at the beginning of January. To the nearest integer, what is x?
(A) 12 (B) 17 (C) 20 (D) 25 (E) 35

9 Segment BD and AE intersect at C, as shown, AB = BC = CD = CE, and ∠A = 52 ∠B. What

is the degree measure of ∠D?

B
E

A
D

(A) 52.5 (B) 55 (C) 57.5 (D) 60 (E) 62.5

10 A flagpole is originally 5 meters tall. A hurricane snaps the flagpole at a point x meters above
the ground so that the upper part, still attached to the stump, touches the ground 1 meter away
from the base. What is x?
(A) 2.0 (B) 2.1 (C) 2.2 (D) 2.3 (E) 2.4

11 How many 7 digit palindromes (numbers that read the same backward as forward) can be
formed using the digits 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5?
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 24 (D) 36 (E) 48

12 Distinct points A, B, C, and D lie on a line, with AB = BC = CD = 1. Points E and F lie on a

second line, parallel to the first, with EF = 1. A triangle with positive area has three of the six
points as its vertices. How many possible values are there for the area of the triangle?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

13 As shown below, convex pentagon ABCDE has sides AB = 3, BC = 4, CD = 6, DE = 3, and

EA = 7. The pentagon is originally positioned in the plane with vertex A at the origin and vertex
B on the positive x-axis. The pentagon is then rolled clockwise to the right along the x-axis.
Which side will touch the point x = 2009 on the x-axis?

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E D
3
6

7
C
4

A 3 B
(0, 0) x

(A) AB (B) BC (C) CD (D) DE (E) EA

14 On Monday, Millie puts a quart of seeds, 25% of which are millet, into a bird feeder. On each
successive day she adds another quart of the same mix of seeds without removing any seeds
that are left. Each day the birds eat only 25% of the millet in the feeder, but they eat all of the
other seeds. On which day, just after Millie has placed the seeds, will the birds find that more
than half the seeds in the feeder are millet?
(A) Tuesday (B) Wednesday (C) Thursday (D) Friday (E) Saturday

15 When a bucket is two-thirds full of water, the bucket and water weigh a kilograms. When the
bucket is one-half full of water the total weight is b kilograms. In terms of a and b, what is the
total weight in kilograms when the bucket is full of water?
(A) 23 a + 31 b (B) 32 a − 12 b (C) 23 a + b (D) 32 a + 2b (E) 3a − 2b

16 Points A and C lie on a circle centered at O, each of BA and BC are tangent to the circle, and
△ABC is equilateral. The circle intersects BO at D. What is BD
BO ?
√ √ √ √
2 1 3 2 3
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) 2

17 Five unit squares are arranged in the coordinate plane as shown, with the lower left corner at the
origin. The slanted line, extending from (a, 0) to (3, 3), divides the entire region into two regions
of equal area. What is a?

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y

(3, 3)

(a, 0) x

1 3 2 3 4
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

18 Rectangle ABCD has AB = 8 and BC = 6. Point M is the midpoint of diagonal AC, and E is
on AB with M E ⊥ AC. What is the area of △AM E?
(A) 65
8 (B) 25
3 (C) 9 (D) 75
8 (E) 85
8

19 A particular 12-hour digital clock displays the hour and minute of a day. Unfortunately, whenever
it is supposed to display a 1, it mistakenly displays a 9. For example, when it is 1:16 PM the clock
incorrectly shows 9:96 PM. What fraction of the day will the clock show the correct time?
(A) 21 (B) 58 (C) 34 (D) 56 9
(E) 10

20 Triangle ABC has a right angle at B, AB = 1, and BC = 2. The bisector of ∠BAC meets BC
at D. What is BD?

B D C

√
3−1
√
5−1
√
5+1
√ √
6+ 2
√
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2 (E) 2 3 − 1

21 What is the remainder when 30 + 31 + 32 + . . . + 32009 is divided by 8?

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(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4 (E) 6

22 A cubical cake with edge length 2 inches is iced on the sides and the top. It is cut vertically into
three pieces as shown in this top view, where M is the midpoint of a top edge. The piece whose
top is triangle B contains c cubic inches of cake and s square inches of icing. What is c + s?

A
B
M
C

24 32
√ √
16 5
√
(A) 5 (B) 5 (C) 8 + 5 (D) 5 + 5 (E) 10 + 5 5

23 Rachel and Robert run on a circular track. Rachel runs counterclockwise and completes a lap
every 90 seconds, and Robert runs clockwise and completes a lap every 80 seconds. Both start
from the start line at the same time. At some random time between 10 minutes and 11 minutes
after they begin to run, a photographer standing inside the track takes a picture that shows one-
fourth of the track, centered on the starting line. What is the probability that both Rachel and
Robert are in the picture?
1
(A) 16 (B) 81 3
(C) 16 (D) 14 5
(E) 16

24 The keystone arch is an ancient architectural feature. It is composed of congruent isosceles

trapezoids fitted together along the non-parallel sides, as shown. The bottom sides of the two
end trapezoids are horizontal. In an arch made with 9 trapezoids, let x be the angle measure in
degrees of the larger interior angle of the trapezoid. What is x?

(A) 100 (B) 102 (C) 104 (D) 106 (E) 108

25 Each face of a cube is given a single narrow stripe painted from the center of one edge to the
center of its opposite edge. The choice of the edge pairing is made at random and independently
for each face. What is the probability that there is a continuous stripe encircling the cube?
(A) 18 3
(B) 16 (C) 41 (D) 38 (E) 21

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