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Question bank AMC12 1950

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50 questions

Question 1

If $64$ is divided into three parts proportional to $2,$ $4,$ and $6,$ the smallest part is:
  1. $5\dfrac{1}{3}$
  2. $11$
  3. $10\dfrac{2}{3}$
  4. $5$
  5. None of these answers

Question 2

Let $R=gS-4.$ When $S=8,$ $R=16.$ When $S=10,$ $R$ is equal to:
  1. $11$
  2. $14$
  3. $20$
  4. $21$
  5. None of these answers

Question 3

The sum of the roots of the equation $4x^2+5-8x=0$ is equal to:
  1. $8$
  2. $-5$
  3. $-\dfrac54$
  4. $-2$
  5. None of these answers

Question 4

Reduced to lowest terms, $$
\frac{a^2-b^2}{ab}-\frac{ab-b^2}{ab-a^2}
$$ is equal to:
  1. $\dfrac{a}{b}$
  2. $\dfrac{a^2-2b^2}{ab}$
  3. $a^2$
  4. $a-2b$
  5. None of these answers

Question 5

If five geometric means are inserted between $8$ and $5832,$ the fifth term in the geometric series is:
  1. $648$
  2. $832$
  3. $1168$
  4. $1944$
  5. None of these answers

Question 6

The values of $y$ which will satisfy the equations

$$
\begin{aligned} 2x^2+6x+5y+1&=0,\\ 2x+y+3&=0 \end{aligned}
$$

may be found by solving:
  1. $y^2+14y-7=0$
  2. $y^2+8y+1=0$
  3. $y^2+10y-7=0$
  4. $y^2+y-12=0$
  5. None of the above equations

Question 7

If the digit $1$ is placed after a two digit number whose tens’ digit is $t,$ and units’ digit is $u,$ the new number is:
  1. $10t+u+1$
  2. $100t+10u+1$
  3. $1000t+10u+1$
  4. $t+u+1$
  5. None of these answers

Question 8

If the radius of a circle is increased $100\%,$ the area is increased:
  1. $100\%$
  2. $200\%$
  3. $300\%$
  4. $400\%$
  5. By none of these

Question 9

The area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed in a semicircle whose radius is $r$ is:
  1. $r^2$
  2. $r^3$
  3. $2r^2$
  4. $2r^3$
  5. $\dfrac12r^2$

Question 10

After rationalizing the numerator of $\dfrac{\sqrt3-\sqrt2}{\sqrt3},$ the denominator in simplest form is:
  1. $\sqrt3(\sqrt3+\sqrt2)$
  2. $\sqrt3(\sqrt3-\sqrt2)$
  3. $3-\sqrt3\sqrt2$
  4. $3+\sqrt6$
  5. None of these answers

Question 11

If in the formula $C=\dfrac{en}{R+nr},$ $n$ is increased while $e,$ $R,$ and $r$ are kept constant, then $C:$
  1. Decreases
  2. Increases
  3. Remains constant
  4. Increases and then decreases
  5. Decreases and then increases

Question 12

As the number of sides of a polygon increases from $3$ to $n,$ the sum of the exterior angles formed by extending each side in succession:
  1. Increases
  2. Decreases
  3. Remains constant
  4. Cannot be predicted
  5. Becomes $(n-3)$ straight angles

Question 13

The roots of $(x^2-3x+2)(x)(x-4)=0$ are:
  1. $4$
  2. $0$ and $4$
  3. $1$ and $2$
  4. $0,$ $1,$ $2,$ and $4$
  5. $1,$ $2,$ and $4$

Question 14

For the simultaneous equations

$$
\begin{aligned} 2x-3y&=8,\\ 6y-4x&=9, \end{aligned}
$$
  1. $x=4,$ $y=0$
  2. $x=0,$ $y=\dfrac32$
  3. $x=0,$ $y=0$
  4. There is no solution
  5. There are an infinite number of solutions

Question 15

The real factors of $x^2+4$ are:
  1. $(x^2+2)(x^2+2)$
  2. $(x^2+2)(x^2-2)$
  3. $x^2(x^2+4)$
  4. $(x^2-2x+2)(x^2+2x+2)$
  5. Non-existent

Question 16

The number of terms in the expansion of $\big[(a+3b)^2(a-3b)^2\big]^2$ when simplified is:
  1. $4$
  2. $5$
  3. $6$
  4. $7$
  5. $8$

Question 17

The formula which expresses the relationship between $x$ and $y$ as shown in the accompanying table is:

$$
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline x&0&1&2&3&4\\ \hline y&100&90&70&40&0\\ \hline \end{array}
$$
  1. $y=100-10x$
  2. $y=100-5x^2$
  3. $y=100-5x-5x^2$
  4. $y=20-x-x^2$
  5. None of these

Question 18

Of the following

$(1)\quad a(x-y)=ax-ay$

$(2)\quad a^{x-y}=a^x-a^y$

$(3)\quad \log(x-y)=\log x-\log y$

$(4)\quad \dfrac{\log x}{\log y}=\log x-\log y$

$(5)\quad a(xy)=ax\times ay$
  1. Only $1$ and $4$ are true
  2. Only $1$ and $5$ are true
  3. Only $1$ and $3$ are true
  4. Only $1$ and $2$ are true
  5. Only $1$ is true

Question 19

If $m$ men can do a job in $d$ days, then $m+r$ men can do the job in:
  1. $d+r$ days
  2. $d-r$ days
  3. $\dfrac{md}{m+r}$ days
  4. $\dfrac{d}{m+r}$ days
  5. None of these

Question 20

When $x^{13}+1$ is divided by $x-1,$ the remainder is:
  1. $1$
  2. $-1$
  3. $0$
  4. $2$
  5. None of these answers