2018

State Competition
Answer Key

The appropriate units (or their abbreviations) are provided in

the answer blanks.
Note to coordinators: Answers to the Tiebreaker Round
problems appear in the Tiebreaker Round Booklet.

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Sprint Round
7
10
1. _____________ 5
6. _____________
baskets 11. _____________
9

160 chips
7. _____________
3
2. _____________
integers

8
12. _____________

1
61
3. _____________ 8. _____________
6
29
13. _____________

1
20
4. _____________
units 14. _____________
8
3
9. _____________

8
10. _____________ 40
15. _____________
mi/h

24
5. _____________

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Sprint Round

38
16. _____________
15 77 points
21. _____________ 3,998,000
26. _____________

19
27. _____________
54
2
22. _____________

225 points
17. _____________

9 33.3 percent
28. _____________
23. _____________
40

891
18. _____________

11
29. _____________

72
19. _____________
ways
1
24. _____________

7
1 30. _____________
19
25. _____________
6
9
20. _____________

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 Target Round

$ 450
1. ________________ 80 bigons
3. _____________ 6.2
5. _____________ 21
7. _____________
cm
or 450.00

6 29
16 percent
2. ________________ 4. _____________
5 cm 16
6. _____________ Page 265
8. _____________

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Team Round

38.5
1. _____________ 9
6. _____________

7
2. _____________
15 0.634 units
7. _____________

2
3. _____________ 24
8. _____________
253

22
4. _____________
7 km

4580 m3
9. _____________

5.54 percent
5. _____________

2526
10. _____________

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Countdown Round
1
3
1. _________________ 21. _________________
4
5
10 (integers)
2. _________________ 22. _________________
11

0.153
3. _________________ 3
23. _________________

28
4. _________________ 84
24. _________________

12
5. _________________ 6 (integers)
25. _________________

1187 (mm)
6. _________________ 191 (cm)
26. _________________

6
7. _________________ 65 (points)
27. _________________
1
8. _________________
2 32 (triangles)
28. _________________

549.5
9. _________________ 48
29. _________________

6 (cases)
10. _________________ 4030 (inches)
30. _________________
4
11. _________________
5 40
31. _________________

4 (right triangles)
12. _________________ 2
32. _________________
7 7
13. _________________
307 33. _________________
128

4
14. _________________ 24 (units)
34. _________________

41 (dollars)
15. _________________ 35 (years)
35. _________________

105 (ways)
16. _________________ 6
36. _________________

25
17. _________________ 857
37. _________________

1
18. _________________ −16
38. _________________
1
19. _________________
3360 2
39. _________________
1
20. _________________
3 40 (units)
40. _________________

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Countdown Round

51
41. _________________ 17 2
61. _________________

3
42. _________________ 9
62. _________________

2.35
43. _________________ 111
63. _________________

100 (degrees)
44. _________________ −1980
64. _________________

1
45. _________________ 100 (degrees)
65. _________________

−9
46. _________________ 30
66. _________________

−4
47. _________________ 15 (units ) 2
67. _________________

10 (cm)
48. _________________ 2 5
68. _________________
3
2025
49. _________________ 69. _________________
7

622 (units2)
50. _________________ −12
70. _________________

27
51. _________________ 4 (ostriches)
71. _________________
3
12
52. _________________ 72. _________________
4
3
58
53. _________________ 73. _________________
20

32 (ft2)
54. _________________ 2 (ways)
74. _________________
3
7 (km/h)
55. _________________ 75. _________________
2

555
56. _________________ 10
76. _________________
4π
15 (minutes) 3 (in )
3
57. _________________ 77. _________________

6 (diagonals)
58. _________________ 201
78. _________________

−1
59. _________________ 140 (degrees)
79. _________________

500
60. _________________ 15
80. _________________

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