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1. A grocery store sells candy bars for $2.50 each. There is a 30% discount if 24. Equiangular hexagon ABCDEF has AB = CD = EF = 28 and BC =
five or more candy bars are bought. How many dollars will Nathan save if DE = F A = 14. Points M , N , O, P , Q, and R are the midpoints of sides
he buys five candy bars instead of four? AB, BC, CD, DE, EF , and F A, respectively. There exists a unique circle
ω which is tangent to line segments M N , OP , and QR. What is the area
(A) $1.25 (B) $1.50 (C) $1.75 (D) $2.50 (E) $3.75 of ω?
2023π 833π 700π 1029π
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 336π
2. The ratio of boys to girls in a large sophomore class is 3 : 4. When polled, 12 4 3 4
it was found that exactly 41 of the boys have a pet and 13 of the girls have a
pet. Out of all sophomores who have a pet, what percent of them are boys?
25. How many ordered 11-tuples (a0 , a1 , a2 , . . . , a10 ) of integers satisfy the equa-
1 tion
(A) 36% (B) 40% (C) 50% (D) 56 % (E) 64%
4 a0 + 2a1 + 22 a2 + . . . + 210 a10 = 2020
where 0 ≤ ai ≤ 2 for all 0 ≤ i ≤ 10?
3. Boston and New York are 210 miles apart by train. A southbound train
departs Boston for New York at an average speed of 70 miles per hour. (A) 27 (B) 33 (C) 39 (D) 45 (E) 51
Fifteen minutes later, a northbound train departs New York for Boston.
The two trains each travel at a constant speed, and pass each other exactly
halfway between Boston and New York. What is the average speed of the
northbound train, in miles per hour?
1
(A) 70 (B) 75 (C) 77 (D) 84 (E) 87
2

4. Ellie writes a list of five different prime numbers. Given that the average
(arithmetic mean) of the numbers in her list is a prime number, what is the
smallest possible value of the sum of the numbers in Ellie’s list?

(A) 25 (B) 35 (C) 55 (D) 65 (E) 85

2020! + 2019!
5. What is the value of ?
2018! + 2017!
(A) 4076360 (B) 4076361 (C) 4078374 (D) 4078378
(E) 4078380
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19. Let f 1 (x) = x2 − 20 for all real numbers x, and let f k (x) = f 1 (f k−1 (x)) for 6. An infinitely large floor is tessellated using the following pattern consisting
all integers k ≥ 2. Let x0 and x1 be the smallest and largest real solutions of squares, regular hexagons, and equilateral triangles.
to the equation f 2020 (x) = 0, respectively. What is the largest integer less
than or equal to x20 + x21 ? ..
.
(A) 32 (B) 40 (C) 41 (D) 49 (E) 50

... ...
20. Regular hexagon ABCDEF has side length 1. It is rotated 30◦ about A to
produce hexagon AB 0 C 0 D0 E 0 F 0 . What is the area of the region common to
both ABCDEF and AB 0 C 0 D0 E 0 F 0 ?
√ √ √
√ 12 − 5 3 √ 2+ 3 16 − 7 3
(A) 12−6 3 (B) (C) 3 (D) (E) ..
2 2 2
.

Which of the following is closest to the percentage of the total floor area
21. How many ways can six people of different heights stand in line such that for covered by the triangles?
all 1 ≤ k ≤ 6, the k th tallest person must stand next to either the (k + 1)th
or (k − 1)th tallest person (or both)? In particular, the tallest person must (A) 11% (B) 12% (C) 13% (D) 15% (E) 17%
stand next to the second tallest person, and the shortest person must stand
next to the second shortest person.
7. The mean and median of Albert’s seven quiz scores are both 84 points. After
(A) 42 (B) 48 (C) 54 (D) 56 (E) 66 the teacher dropped his lowest two quiz scores, the mean increased by one
point, while the median remained the same. Given that each of Albert’s
quiz scores is a whole number of points, what is the highest score that he
22. Parallelogram ABCD has AB = CD = 10, BC = AD = 6, and BD = 8. could have earned on any of his seven quizzes?
Let O1 , O2 , O3 , and O4 be the circumcenters of 4ABC, 4ABD, 4ACD,
and 4BCD, respectively. What is the area of quadrilateral O1 O2 O3 O4 ? (A) 88 (B) 89 (C) 90 (D) 91 (E) 92
64
(A) 12 (B) (C) 24 (D) 27 (E) 36
3 8. If today is rainy, then Erin wears a raincoat. If today is rainy and Erin
is wearing a raincoat, then Erin will not get wet outside. Which of the
23. Paige repeatedly rolls a fair six-sided die, and keeps a running total of the following statement(s) is logically implied from the above two statements?
dice rolls she has obtained thus far. For example, if Paige’s rolls are 2, 3, 1, I: If today is not rainy, then Erin is not wet outside.
1, and 6 in that order, then her running total is 2, 5, 6, 7, then 13. If Paige
rolls the die indefinitely, then the probability her running total equals 7 at II: If Erin is not wet outside, then today is not rainy.
m
some point in time equals , where m and n are relatively prime positive
n III: If Erin is wet outside, then today is not rainy.
integers. What is the remainder when m + n is divided by 1000?
IV: If Erin is wet outside, then Erin is not wearing a raincoat.
(A) 7 (B) 241 (C) 585 (D) 733 (E) 929

(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) III and IV only
(E) I, III, and IV only
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9. Square ABCD has side length 1. Let S be the region consisting of all points 14. Let M and m be the largest and smallest 4-digit positive integers, respec-
P in the same plane as the square with the property that the sum of the tively, which are divisible by 45 and all of whose digits are odd. What is
←→ ←→ ←→ ←→ M −m
distances from P to each of the lines AB, BC, CD, and DA is less than or ?
equal to 3. What is the area of region S? 45

5 7 9 (A) 168 (B) 176 (C) 184 (D) 196 (E) 198
(A) (B) (C) 4 (D) (E) 7
2 2 2
15. The Farey sequence of order n is defined as the increasing sequence contain-
10. Let f (x) = |x − 4| and g(x) = x2
for all real numbers x. How many real ing all common fractions between 0 and 1 which, when written in simplest
numbers x satisfy f (g(x)) = g(f (x))? form, have a denominator less than or equal to n. For example, the Farey se-
quence of order 5 is the sequence 15 , 14 , 13 , 25 , 21 , 35 , 23 , 34 , 54 . Let ab be the fraction
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) Infinitely many immediately after 31 in the Farey sequence of order 2020. What is a + b?

(A) 1346 (B) 1347 (C) 2690 (D) 2691 (E) 2693
11. Positive integers a, b, c ≥ 2 satisfy the equation abc + ab + a = 64. What is
a + b + c?
16. A large number of children sit in a circle. They count the numbers 1, 2,
(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) Cannot be determined 3, . . . in clockwise order, starting with the oldest child who counts the
number “1.” Once any child counts a number which is not divisible by 2, 3,
or 5, that child leaves the circle and the next child continues with the next
12. Joanna has $372, consisting of two bills in each of the denominations $1, number. In particular, the oldest child leaves the circle after counting the
$5, $10, $20, $50, and $100. Using any combination of one or more of these number “1.” They count until only one child remains, at which point they
bills, how many different monetary amounts can Joanna form? For example, stop counting. Given that the number “121” was the last number counted,
she can form $141 using one $100 bill, two $20 bills, and one $1 bill. how many children were originally in the circle?
(A) 221 (B) 222 (C) 223 (D) 224 (E) 225 (A) 31 (B) 32 (C) 33 (D) 34 (E) 35

13. A right triangular prism has all edges of length 2. An ant crawls on the 17. Let n be the smallest positive integer with the property that lcm(n, 2020!) =
exterior of the prism from point A to point B, where B is the midpoint of 2021!, where lcm(a, b) denotes the least common multiple of a and b. How
the edge opposite A as shown. What is the shortest possible distance the many positive factors does n have?
ant crawls?
(A) 4 (B) 2021 (C) 2112 (D) 2156 (E) 2205
A

18. Robert writes all positive divisors of the number 216 on separate slips of
paper, then places the slips into a hat. He randomly selects three slips from
2 the hat, with replacement. What is the probability that the product of the
numbers on the three slips Robert selects is a divisor of 216?
B 1 81 25 225 25
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
64 4096 1024 4096 256
√ p √ p √ √ √
(A) 7 (B) 7+2 3 (C) 8+2 3 (D) 13 (E) 2 + 3