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2014 AMC 10B

Question 1

Leah has $13$ coins, all of which are pennies and nickels. If she had one more nickel than she has now, then she would have the same number of pennies and nickels. In cents, how much are Leah’s coins worth?
  1. $ 33 $
  2. $ 35 $
  3. $ 37 $
  4. $ 39 $
  5. $ 41 $

Question 2

What is $\dfrac{2^3 + 2^3}{2^{-3} + 2^{-3}}?$
  1. $ 16 $
  2. $ 24 $
  3. $ 32 $
  4. $ 48 $
  5. $ 64 $

Question 3

Randy drove the first third of his trip on a gravel road, the next $20$ miles on pavement, and the remaining one-fifth on a dirt road. In miles, how long was Randy’s trip?
  1. $ 30 $
  2. $ \dfrac{400}{11} $
  3. $ \dfrac{75}{2} $
  4. $ 40 $
  5. $ \dfrac{300}{7} $

Question 4

Susie pays for $4$ muffins and $3$ bananas. Calvin spends twice as much paying for $2$ muffins and $16$ bananas. A muffin is how many times as expensive as a banana?
  1. $ \dfrac{3}{2} $
  2. $ \dfrac{5}{3} $
  3. $ \dfrac{7}{4} $
  4. $ 2 $
  5. $ \dfrac{13}{4} $

Question 5

Doug constructs a square window using $ 8 $ equal-size panes of glass, as shown. The ratio of the height to width for each pane is $ 5 : 2 ,$ and the borders around and between the panes are $ 2 $ inches wide. In inches, what is the side length of the square window?

Question illustration
  1. $ \ 26 $
  2. $ \ 28 $
  3. $ \ 30 $
  4. $ \ 32 $
  5. $ \ 34 $

Question 6

Orvin went to the store with just enough money to buy $30$ balloons. When he arrived, he discovered that the store had a special sale on balloons: buy $1$ balloon at the regular price and get a second at $\frac{1}{3}$ off the regular price. What is the greatest number of balloons Orvin could buy?
  1. $ 33 $
  2. $ 34 $
  3. $ 36 $
  4. $ 38 $
  5. $ 39 $

Question 7

Suppose $A > B > 0$ and $A$ is $x\%$ greater than $B.$ What is $x?$
  1. $ 100\left(\frac{A-B}{B}\right) $
  2. $ 100\left(\frac{A+B}{B}\right) $
  3. $ 100\left(\frac{A+B}{A}\right) $
  4. $ 100\left(\frac{A-B}{A}\right) $
  5. $ 100\left(\frac{A}{B}\right) $

Question 8

A truck travels $\dfrac{b}{6}$ feet every $t$ seconds. There are $3$ feet in a yard. How many yards does the truck travel in $3$ minutes?
  1. $ \dfrac{b}{1080t} $
  2. $ \dfrac{30t}{b} $
  3. $ \dfrac{30b}{t} $
  4. $ \dfrac{10t}{b} $
  5. $ \dfrac{10b}{t} $

Question 9

For real numbers $ w $ and $ z ,$ $$
\cfrac{\frac{1}{w} + \frac{1}{z}}{\frac{1}{w} - \frac{1}{z}} = 2014.
$$ What is $ \frac{w+z}{w-z} ?$
  1. $ -2014 $
  2. $ \dfrac{-1}{2014} $
  3. $ \dfrac{1}{2014} $
  4. $ 1 $
  5. $ 2014 $

Question 10

In the addition shown below $A,$ $B,$ $C,$ and $D$ are distinct digits. How many different values are possible for $D?$ $$
\begin{array}{r} ABBCB \\ + \ BCADA \\ \hline DBDDD \end{array}
$$
  1. $ 2 $
  2. $ 4 $
  3. $ 7 $
  4. $ 8 $
  5. $ 9 $

Question 11

For the consumer, a single discount of $n\%$ is more advantageous than any of the following discounts:

$(1)$ Two successive $15\%$ discounts.

$(2)$ Three successive $10\%$ discounts.

$(3)$ A $25\%$ discount followed by a $5\%$ discount.

What is the smallest possible positive integer value of $n?$
  1. $ \ \ 27 $
  2. $ \ 28 $
  3. $ \ 29 $
  4. $ \ 31 $
  5. $ \ 33 $

Question 12

The largest divisor of $2{,}014{,}000{,}000$ is itself. What is its fifth-largest divisor?
  1. $125{,}875{,}000$
  2. $201{,}400{,}000$
  3. $251{,}750{,}000$
  4. $402{,}800{,}000$
  5. $503{,}500{,}000$

Question 13

Six regular hexagons surround a regular hexagon of side length $1$ as shown. What is the area of $\triangle{ABC}?$

Question illustration
  1. $ 2\sqrt{3} $
  2. $ 3\sqrt{3} $
  3. $ 1+3\sqrt{2} $
  4. $ 2+2\sqrt{3} $
  5. $ 3+2\sqrt{3} $

Question 14

Danica drove her new car on a trip for a whole number of hours, averaging $55$ miles per hour. At the beginning of the trip, $abc$ miles was displayed on the odometer, where $abc$ is a $3$-digit number with $a\ge1$ and $a+b+c\le7.$ At the end of the trip, the odometer showed $cba$ miles. What is $a^2+b^2+c^2?$
  1. $ 26 $
  2. $ 27 $
  3. $ 36 $
  4. $ 37 $
  5. $ 41 $

Question 15

In rectangle $ABCD,$ $DC = 2 \cdot CB$ and points $E$ and $F$ lie on $\overline{AB}$ so that $\overline{ED}$ and $\overline{FD}$ trisect $\angle ADC$ as shown. What is the ratio of the area of $\triangle DEF$ to the area of rectangle $ABCD?$

Question illustration
  1. $ \ \ \dfrac{\sqrt{3}}{6} $
  2. $ \ \dfrac{\sqrt{6}}{8} $
  3. $ \ \dfrac{3\sqrt{3}}{16} $
  4. $ \ \dfrac{1}{3} $
  5. $ \ \dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{4} $

Question 16

Four fair six-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that at least three of the four dice show the same value?
  1. $ \dfrac{1}{36} $
  2. $ \dfrac{7}{72} $
  3. $ \dfrac{1}{9} $
  4. $ \dfrac{5}{36} $
  5. $ \dfrac{1}{6} $

Question 17

What is the greatest power of $2$ that is a factor of $10^{1002} - 4^{501}?$
  1. $ 2^{1002} $
  2. $ 2^{1003} $
  3. $ 2^{1004} $
  4. $ 2^{1005} $
  5. $ 2^{1006} $

Question 18

A list of $11$ positive integers has a mean of $10,$ a median of $9,$ and a unique mode of $8.$ What is the largest possible value of an integer in the list?
  1. $ 24 $
  2. $ 30 $
  3. $ 31 $
  4. $ 33 $
  5. $ 35 $

Question 19

Two concentric circles have radii $1$ and $2.$ Two points on the outer circle are chosen independently and uniformly at random. What is the probability that the chord joining the two points intersects the inner circle?
  1. $ \ \dfrac{1}{6} $
  2. $ \ \dfrac{1}{4} $
  3. $ \ \dfrac{2-\sqrt{2}}{2} $
  4. $ \ \dfrac{1}{3} $
  5. $ \ \dfrac{1}{2} $

Question 20

For how many integers $x$ is the number $x^4-51x^2+50$ negative?
  1. $ 8 $
  2. $ 10 $
  3. $ 12 $
  4. $ 14 $
  5. $ 16 $