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2023 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 3

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The following problem is from both the 2023 AMC 10A #3 and 2023 AMC 12A #3, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

How many positive perfect squares less than $2023$ are divisible by $5$?

$\textbf{(A) } 8 \qquad\textbf{(B) }9 \qquad\textbf{(C) }10 \qquad\textbf{(D) }11 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 12$

Solution 1

Note that $40^2=1600$ but $45^{2}=2025$ (which is over our limit of $2023$). Therefore, the list is $5^2,10^2,15^2,20^2,25^2,30^2,35^2,40^2$. There are $8$ elements, so the answer is $\boxed{\textbf{(A) 8}}$.

~zhenghua ~walmartbrian (Minor edits for clarity by Technodoggo)

Solution 2 (slightly refined)

Since $\left \lfloor{\sqrt{2023}}\right \rfloor = 44$, there are $\left \lfloor{\frac{44}{5}}\right \rfloor = \boxed{\textbf{(A) 8}}$ perfect squares less than 2023.

~not_slay

Solution 3 (the best)

Since $5$ is prime, each solution must be divisible by $5^2=25$. We take $\left \lfloor{\frac{2023}{25}}\right \rfloor = 80$ and see that there are $\boxed{\textbf{(A) 8}}$ positive perfect squares no greater than $80$.

~sohan

Solution 4

We know the highest value would be at least $40$ but less than $50$ so we check $45$, prime factorizing 45. We get $3^2 \cdot 5$. We square this and get $81 \cdot 25$. We know that $80 \cdot 25 = 2000$, then we add 25 and get $2025$, which does not satisfy our requirement of having the square less than $2023$. The largest multiple of $5$ that satisfies this is $40$ and the smallest multiple of $5$ that works is $5$ so all multiples of $5$ from $5$ to $40$ satisfy the requirements. Now we divide each element of the set by $5$ and get $1-8$ so there are $\boxed{\textbf{(A) 8}}$ solutions.

~kyogrexu (minor edits by vadava_lx)

Solution 5

If we want to have the square be divisible by $5$ we must have it such that it is at least divisible by $25$, since every prime in it's prime factorization must have an even power.

So, we must have $0<25x^2<2023$, and we see the range of x is $1 \leq x \leq 8$.

Therefore, there are $\boxed{\textbf{(A) 8}}$ solutions.

~ESAOPS

Video Solution by Math-X (First understand the problem!!!)

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See Also

2023 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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Problem 2 		Followed by
Problem 4
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions
2023 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
Preceded by
Problem 2 		Followed by
Problem 4
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25
All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions

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