2007 iTest Problems

Multiple Choice Section

Problem 1

A twin prime pair is a set of two primes $(p, q)$ such that $q$ is $2$ greater than $p$ . What is the arithmetic mean of the two primes in the smallest twin prime pair?

$\mathrm{(A)}\, 4$

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Problem 2

Find $a + b$ if $a$ and $b$ satisfy $3a + 7b = 1977$ and $5a + b = 2007$ .

$\mathrm{(A)}\, 488\quad\mathrm{(B)}\, 498$

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Problem 3

An abundant number is a natural number that's proper divisors sum is greater than the number. Which one of the following natural numbers is an abundant number?

$\mathrm{(A)}\, 14\quad\mathrm{(B)}\, 28\quad\mathrm{(C)}\, 56$

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Problem 4

Star flips a quarter four times. Find the probability that the quarter lands heads exactly twice.

$\mathrm{(A)}\,\frac{1}{8}\quad\mathrm{(B)}\,\frac{3}{16}\quad\mathrm{(C)}\,\frac{3}{8}\quad\mathrm{(D)}\,\frac{1}{2}$

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Problem 5

Compute the sum of all twenty-one terms of the geometric series $1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + \ldots + 1048576$ .

$\mathrm{(A)}\,2097149\quad\mathrm{(B)}\,2097151\quad\mathrm{(C)}\,2097153\quad\mathrm{(D)}\,2097157\quad\mathrm{(E)}\,2097161$

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Problem 6

Find the units digit of the sum

$\sum_{i=1}^{100}(i!)^{2}$

$\mathrm{(A)}\,0\quad\mathrm{(B)}\,1\quad\mathrm{(C)}\,3\quad\mathrm{(D)}\,5\quad\mathrm{(E)}\,7\quad\mathrm{(F)}\,9$

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Problem 7

An equilateral triangle with side length $1$ has the same area as a square with side length $s$ . Find $s$ .

$\mathrm{(A)}\,\frac{\sqrt[4]{3}}{2}\quad\mathrm{(B)}\,\frac{\sqrt[4]{3}}{\sqrt{2}}\quad\mathrm{(C)}\,1\quad\mathrm{(D)}\,\frac{3}{4}\quad\mathrm{(E)}\,\frac{4}{3}\quad\mathrm{(F)}\,\sqrt{3}\quad\mathrm{(G)}\,\frac{\sqrt6}{2}$

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Problem 8

Joe is right at the middle of a train tunnel and he realizes that a train is coming. The train travels at a speed of 50 miles per hour, and Joe can run at a speed of 10 miles per hour. Joe hears the train whistle when the train is a half mile from the point where it will enter the tunnel. At that point in time, Joe can run toward the train and just exit the tunnel as the train meets him. Instead, Joe runs away from the train when he hears the whistle. How many seconds does he have to spare (before the train is upon him) when he gets to the tunnel entrance?

$\mathrm{(A)}\,7.2\quad\mathrm{(B)}\,14.4\quad\mathrm{(C)}\,36\quad\mathrm{(D)}\,10\quad\mathrm{(E)}\,12\quad\mathrm{(F)}\,2.4\quad\mathrm{(G)}\,25.2\quad\mathrm{(H)}\,123456789$

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Problem 9

Suppose that $m$ and $n$ are positive integers such that $m < n$ , the geometric mean of $m$ and $n$ is greater than $2007$ , and the arithmetic mean of $m$ and $n$ is less than $2007$ . How many pairs $(m, n)$ satisfy these conditions?

$\mathrm{(A)}\,0\quad\mathrm{(B)}\,1\quad\mathrm{(C)}\,2\quad\mathrm{(D)}\,3\quad\mathrm{(E)}\,4\quad\mathrm{(F)}\,5\quad\mathrm{(G)}\,6\quad\mathrm{(H)}\,7\quad\mathrm{(I)}\,2007$

Solution

Problem 10

My grandparents are Arthur, Bertha, Christoph, and Dolores. My oldest grandparent is only $4$ years older than my youngest grandparent. Each grandfather is two years older than his wife. If Bertha is younger than Dolores, what is the difference between Bertha’s age and the mean of my grandparents’ ages?

$\mathrm{(A)}\,0\quad\mathrm{(B)}\,1\quad\mathrm{(C)}\,2\quad\mathrm{(D)}\,3\quad\mathrm{(E)}\,4\quad\mathrm{(F)}\,5\quad\mathrm{(G)}\,6\quad\mathrm{(H)}\,7\quad\mathrm{(I)}\,8\quad\mathrm{(J)}\,2007$

Solution

Problem 11

Consider the "tower of power" $2^{2^{2^{\cdot^{\cdot^\cdot^{2}}}}}$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg), where there are 2007 twos including the base. What is the last (units digit) of this number?

$\text{(A) }0\qquad \text{(B) }1\qquad \text{(C) }2\qquad \text{(D) }3\qquad \text{(E) }4\qquad \text{(F) }5\qquad \text{(G) }6\qquad \text{(H) }7\qquad \text{(I) }8\qquad \text{(J) }9\qquad \text{(K) }2007\qquad$

Solution

Problem 12

My Frisbee group often calls "best of five" to finish our games when it's getting dark, since we don't keep score. The game ends after one of the two teams scores three points (total, not necessarily consecutive). If every possible sequence of scores is equally likely, what is the expected score of the losing team.

$\text{(A) }\frac{2}{3}\qquad \text{(B) }1\qquad \text{(C) }\frac{3}{2}\qquad \text{(D) }\frac{8}{5}\qquad \text{(E) }\frac{5}{8}\qquad \text{(F) }2\qquad\\ \\ \text{(G) }0\qquad \text{(H) }\frac{5}{2}\qquad \text{(I) }\frac{2}{5}\qquad \text{(J) }\frac{3}{4}\qquad \text{(K) }\frac{4}{3}\qquad \text{(L) }2007\qquad$

Solution

Problem 13

What is the smallest positive integer $k$ such that the number ${{2k}\choose k}$ ends in two zeros?

$\text{(A) } 3 \quad \text{(B) } 4 \quad \text{(C) } 5 \quad \text{(D) } 6 \quad \text{(E) } 7 \quad \text{(F) } 8 \quad \text{(G) } 9 \quad \text{(H) } 10 \quad \text{(I) } 11 \quad \text{(J) } 12 \quad \text{(K) } 13 \quad \text{(L) } 14 \quad \text{(M) } 2007\quad$

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Tiebreaker Questions

Problem TB1

The sum of the digits of an integer is equal to the sum of the digits of three times that integer. Prove that the integer is a multiple of 9.

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Problem TB2

Factor completely over integer coefficients the polynomial $p(x)=x^8+x^5+x^4+x^3+x+1$ . Demonstrate that your factorization is complete.

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Problem TB3

4014 boys and 4014 girls stand in a line holding hands, such that only the two people at the ends are not holding hands with exactly two people (an ordinary line of people). One of the two people at the ends gets tired of the hand-holding fest and leaves. Then, from the remaining line, one of the two people at the ends leaves. Then another from an end, and then another, and another. This continues until exactly half of the people from the original line remain. Prove that no matter what order the original 8028 people were standing in, that it is possible that exactly 2007 of the remaining people are girls.

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Problem TB4

Circle $O$ is the circumcircle of non-isosceles triangle $ABC$ . The tangent lines to circle $O$ at points $B$ and $C$ intersect at $L_a$ , and the tangents at $A$ and $C$ intersect at $L_b$ . The external angle bisectors of triangle $ABC$ at $B$ and $C$ meet at $I_a$ and the external bisectors at $A$ and $C$ intersect at $I_b$ . Prove that lines $L_aI_a$ , $L_bI_b$ , and $AB$ are concurrent.