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Let $\mathcal{S}$ be the set of real numbers that can be represented as repeating decimals of the form $0.\overline{abc}$ where $a, b, c$ are distinct digits. Find the sum of the elements of $\mathcal{S}.$
360
AIME
train
An angle is drawn on a set of equally spaced parallel lines as shown. The ratio of the area of shaded region $C$ to the area of shaded region $B$ is $\frac{11}{5}$ . Find the ratio of shaded region $D$ to the area of shaded region $A$ . [asy] size(6cm); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(10)); for(int i=0; i<4; i=i+1) ...
408
AIME
train
Hexagon $ABCDEF$ is divided into five rhombuses, $P, Q, R, S,$ and $T$ , as shown. Rhombuses $P, Q, R,$ and $S$ are congruent, and each has area $\sqrt{2006}.$ Let $K$ be the area of rhombus $T$ . Given that $K$ is a positive integer, find the number of possible values for $K.$ [asy] // TheMathGuyd size(8cm); pair A=(0...
89
AIME
train
The sequence $a_1, a_2, \ldots$ is geometric with $a_1=a$ and common ratio $r,$ where $a$ and $r$ are positive integers. Given that $\log_8 a_1+\log_8 a_2+\cdots+\log_8 a_{12} = 2006,$ find the number of possible ordered pairs $(a,r).$
46
AIME
train
Eight circles of diameter 1 are packed in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane as shown. Let region $\mathcal{R}$ be the union of the eight circular regions. Line $l,$ with slope 3, divides $\mathcal{R}$ into two regions of equal area. Line $l$ 's equation can be expressed in the form $ax=by+c,$ where $a, b,$ and...
65
AIME
train
Find the sum of the values of $x$ such that $\cos^3 3x+ \cos^3 5x = 8 \cos^3 4x \cos^3 x,$ where $x$ is measured in degrees and $100< x< 200.$
906
AIME
train
For each even positive integer $x,$ let $g(x)$ denote the greatest power of 2 that divides $x.$ For example, $g(20)=4$ and $g(16)=16.$ For each positive integer $n,$ let $S_n=\sum_{k=1}^{2^{n-1}}g(2k).$ Find the greatest integer $n$ less than 1000 such that $S_n$ is a perfect square.
899
AIME
train
A tripod has three legs each of length 5 feet. When the tripod is set up, the angle between any pair of legs is equal to the angle between any other pair, and the top of the tripod is 4 feet from the ground. In setting up the tripod, the lower 1 foot of one leg breaks off. Let $h$ be the height in feet of the top of th...
183
AIME
train
Given that a sequence satisfies $x_0=0$ and $|x_k|=|x_{k-1}+3|$ for all integers $k\ge 1,$ find the minimum possible value of $|x_1+x_2+\cdots+x_{2006}|.$
27
AIME
train
In convex hexagon $ABCDEF$ , all six sides are congruent, $\angle A$ and $\angle D$ are right angles, and $\angle B, \angle C, \angle E,$ and $\angle F$ are congruent. The area of the hexagonal region is $2116(\sqrt{2}+1).$ Find $AB$ .
46
AIME
train
The lengths of the sides of a triangle with positive area are $\log_{10} 12$ , $\log_{10} 75$ , and $\log_{10} n$ , where $n$ is a positive integer. Find the number of possible values for $n$ .
893
AIME
train
Let $P$ be the product of the first 100 positive odd integers. Find the largest integer $k$ such that $P$ is divisible by $3^k$ .
49
AIME
train
When rolling a certain unfair six-sided die with faces numbered $1, 2, 3, 4, 5$ , and $6$ , the probability of obtaining face $F$ is greater than $\frac{1}{6}$ , the probability of obtaining the face opposite is less than $\frac{1}{6}$ , the probability of obtaining any one of the other four faces is $\frac{1}{6}$ , an...
29
AIME
train
Square $ABCD$ has sides of length 1. Points $E$ and $F$ are on $\overline{BC}$ and $\overline{CD},$ respectively, so that $\triangle AEF$ is equilateral. A square with vertex $B$ has sides that are parallel to those of $ABCD$ and a vertex on $\overline{AE}.$ The length of a side of this smaller square is $\frac{a-\sqrt...
12
AIME
train
Find the number of ordered pairs of positive integers $(a,b)$ such that $a+b=1000$ and neither $a$ nor $b$ has a zero digit.
738
AIME
train
There is an unlimited supply of congruent equilateral triangles made of colored paper. Each triangle is a solid color with the same color on both sides of the paper. A large equilateral triangle is constructed from four of these paper triangles. Two large triangles are considered distinguishable if it is not possible t...
336
AIME
train
Circles $\mathcal{C}_1, \mathcal{C}_2,$ and $\mathcal{C}_3$ have their centers at (0,0), (12,0), and (24,0), and have radii 1, 2, and 4, respectively. Line $t_1$ is a common internal tangent to $\mathcal{C}_1$ and $\mathcal{C}_2$ and has a positive slope, and line $t_2$ is a common internal tangent to $\mathcal{C}_2$ a...
27
AIME
train
Seven teams play a soccer tournament in which each team plays every other team exactly once. No ties occur, each team has a $50\%$ chance of winning each game it plays, and the outcomes of the games are independent. In each game, the winner is awarded a point and the loser gets 0 points. The total points are accumulate...
831
AIME
train
A sequence is defined as follows $a_1=a_2=a_3=1,$ and, for all positive integers $n, a_{n+3}=a_{n+2}+a_{n+1}+a_n.$ Given that $a_{28}=6090307, a_{29}=11201821,$ and $a_{30}=20603361,$ find the remainder when $\sum^{28}_{k=1} a_k$ is divided by 1000.
834
AIME
train
Equilateral $\triangle ABC$ is inscribed in a circle of radius 2. Extend $\overline{AB}$ through $B$ to point $D$ so that $AD=13,$ and extend $\overline{AC}$ through $C$ to point $E$ so that $AE = 11.$ Through $D,$ draw a line $l_1$ parallel to $\overline{AE},$ and through $E,$ draw a line $l_2$ parallel to $\overline{...
865
AIME
train
How many integers $N$ less than 1000 can be written as the sum of $j$ consecutive positive odd integers from exactly 5 values of $j\ge 1$ ?
15
AIME
train
Let $S_n$ be the sum of the reciprocals of the non-zero digits of the integers from $1$ to $10^n$ inclusive. Find the smallest positive integer $n$ for which $S_n$ is an integer.
63
AIME
train
Given that $x, y,$ and $z$ are real numbers that satisfy: \begin{align*} x &= \sqrt{y^2-\frac{1}{16}}+\sqrt{z^2-\frac{1}{16}}, \\ y &= \sqrt{z^2-\frac{1}{25}}+\sqrt{x^2-\frac{1}{25}}, \\ z &= \sqrt{x^2 - \frac 1{36}}+\sqrt{y^2-\frac 1{36}}, \end{align*} and that $x+y+z = \frac{m}{\sqrt{n}},$ where $m$ and $n$ are posit...
9
AIME
train
How many positive perfect squares less than $10^6$ are multiples of 24?
83
AIME
train
A 100 foot long moving walkway moves at a constant rate of 6 feet per second. Al steps onto the start of the walkway and stands. Bob steps onto the start of the walkway two seconds later and strolls forward along the walkway at a constant rate of 4 feet per second. Two seconds after that, Cy reaches the start of the...
52
AIME
train
The complex number $z$ is equal to $9+bi$ , where $b$ is a positive real number and $i^{2}=-1$ . Given that the imaginary parts of $z^{2}$ and $z^{3}$ are the same, what is $b$ equal to?
15
AIME
train
Three planets orbit a star circularly in the same plane. Each moves in the same direction and moves at constant speed. Their periods are $60$ , $84$ , and $140$ years. The three planets and the star are currently collinear. What is the fewest number of years from now that they will all be collinear again?
105
AIME
train
The formula for converting a Fahrenheit temperature $F$ to the corresponding Celsius temperature $C$ is $C = \frac{5}{9}(F-32).$ An integer Fahrenheit temperature is converted to Celsius, rounded to the nearest integer, converted back to Fahrenheit, and again rounded to the nearest integer. For how many integer Fahrenh...
539
AIME
train
A frog is placed at the origin on the number line , and moves according to the following rule: in a given move, the frog advances to either the closest point with a greater integer coordinate that is a multiple of $3$ , or to the closest point with a greater integer coordinate that is a multiple of $13$ . A move sequen...
169
AIME
train
Let $N = \sum_{k = 1}^{1000} k ( \lceil \log_{\sqrt{2}} k \rceil - \lfloor \log_{\sqrt{2}} k \rfloor )$ Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by 1000. ( $\lfloor{k}\rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $k$ , and $\lceil{k}\rceil$ is the least integer greater than or equal to $k$ .)
477
AIME
train
The polynomial $P(x)$ is cubic. What is the largest value of $k$ for which the polynomials $Q_1(x) = x^2 + (k-29)x - k$ and $Q_2(x) = 2x^2+ (2k-43)x + k$ are both factors of $P(x)$ ?
30
AIME
train
In right triangle $ABC$ with right angle $C$ , $CA = 30$ and $CB = 16$ . Its legs $CA$ and $CB$ are extended beyond $A$ and $B$ . Points $O_1$ and $O_2$ lie in the exterior of the triangle and are the centers of two circles with equal radii. The circle with center $O_1$ is tangent to the hypotenuse and to the extens...
737
AIME
train
In a $6 \times 4$ grid ( $6$ rows, $4$ columns), $12$ of the $24$ squares are to be shaded so that there are two shaded squares in each row and three shaded squares in each column. Let $N$ be the number of shadings with this property. Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by $1000$ . AIME I 2007-10.png
860
AIME
train
For each positive integer $p$ , let $b(p)$ denote the unique positive integer $k$ such that $|k-\sqrt{p}| < \frac{1}{2}$ . For example, $b(6) = 2$ and $b(23) = 5$ . If $S = \sum_{p=1}^{2007} b(p),$ find the remainder when $S$ is divided by 1000.
955
AIME
train
In isosceles triangle $ABC$ , $A$ is located at the origin and $B$ is located at (20,0). Point $C$ is in the first quadrant with $AC = BC$ and angle $BAC = 75^{\circ}$ . If triangle $ABC$ is rotated counterclockwise about point $A$ until the image of $C$ lies on the positive $y$ -axis, the area of the region common t...
875
AIME
train
A square pyramid with base $ABCD$ and vertex $E$ has eight edges of length 4. A plane passes through the midpoints of $AE$ , $BC$ , and $CD$ . The plane's intersection with the pyramid has an area that can be expressed as $\sqrt{p}$ . Find $p$ .
80
AIME
train
A sequence is defined over non-negative integral indexes in the following way: $a_{0}=a_{1}=3$ , $a_{n+1}a_{n-1}=a_{n}^{2}+2007$ . Find the greatest integer that does not exceed $\frac{a_{2006}^{2}+a_{2007}^{2}}{a_{2006}a_{2007}}$
224
AIME
train
Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle, and let $D$ and $F$ be points on sides $BC$ and $AB$ , respectively, with $FA = 5$ and $CD = 2$ . Point $E$ lies on side $CA$ such that angle $DEF = 60^{\circ}$ . The area of triangle $DEF$ is $14\sqrt{3}$ . The two possible values of the length of side $AB$ are $p \pm q \sqrt{r...
989
AIME
train
A mathematical organization is producing a set of commemorative license plates. Each plate contains a sequence of five characters chosen from the four letters in AIME and the four digits in $2007$ . No character may appear in a sequence more times than it appears among the four letters in AIME or the four digits in $20...
372
AIME
train
Find the number of ordered triples $(a,b,c)$ where $a$ , $b$ , and $c$ are positive integers , $a$ is a factor of $b$ , $a$ is a factor of $c$ , and $a+b+c=100$ .
200
AIME
train
The workers in a factory produce widgets and whoosits. For each product, production time is constant and identical for all workers, but not necessarily equal for the two products. In one hour, $100$ workers can produce $300$ widgets and $200$ whoosits. In two hours, $60$ workers can produce $240$ widgets and $300$ whoo...
450
AIME
train
The graph of the equation $9x+223y=2007$ is drawn on graph paper with each square representing one unit in each direction. How many of the $1$ by $1$ graph paper squares have interiors lying entirely below the graph and entirely in the first quadrant ?
888
AIME
train
An integer is called parity-monotonic if its decimal representation $a_{1}a_{2}a_{3}\cdots a_{k}$ satisfies $a_{i}<a_{i+1}$ if $a_{i}$ is odd , and $a_{i}>a_{i+1}$ if $a_{i}$ is even . How many four-digit parity-monotonic integers are there?
640
AIME
train
Given a real number $x,$ let $\lfloor x \rfloor$ denote the greatest integer less than or equal to $x.$ For a certain integer $k,$ there are exactly $70$ positive integers $n_{1}, n_{2}, \ldots, n_{70}$ such that $k=\lfloor\sqrt[3]{n_{1}}\rfloor = \lfloor\sqrt[3]{n_{2}}\rfloor = \cdots = \lfloor\sqrt[3]{n_{70}}\rfloor$...
553
AIME
train
Rectangle $ABCD$ is given with $AB=63$ and $BC=448.$ Points $E$ and $F$ lie on $AD$ and $BC$ respectively, such that $AE=CF=84.$ The inscribed circle of triangle $BEF$ is tangent to $EF$ at point $P,$ and the inscribed circle of triangle $DEF$ is tangent to $EF$ at point $Q.$ Find $PQ.$
259
AIME
train
Let $S$ be a set with six elements . Let $\mathcal{P}$ be the set of all subsets of $S.$ Subsets $A$ and $B$ of $S$ , not necessarily distinct, are chosen independently and at random from $\mathcal{P}$ . The probability that $B$ is contained in one of $A$ or $S-A$ is $\frac{m}{n^{r}},$ where $m$ , $n$ , and $r$ are pos...
710
AIME
train
Two long cylindrical tubes of the same length but different diameters lie parallel to each other on a flat surface . The larger tube has radius $72$ and rolls along the surface toward the smaller tube, which has radius $24$ . It rolls over the smaller tube and continues rolling along the flat surface until it comes to ...
179
AIME
train
The increasing geometric sequence $x_{0},x_{1},x_{2},\ldots$ consists entirely of integral powers of $3.$ Given that $\sum_{n=0}^{7}\log_{3}(x_{n}) = 308$ and $56 \leq \log_{3}\left ( \sum_{n=0}^{7}x_{n}\right ) \leq 57,$ find $\log_{3}(x_{14}).$
91
AIME
train
A triangular array of squares has one square in the first row, two in the second, and in general, $k$ squares in the $k$ th row for $1 \leq k \leq 11.$ With the exception of the bottom row, each square rests on two squares in the row immediately below (illustrated in given diagram). In each square of the eleventh row, ...
640
AIME
train
Let $f(x)$ be a polynomial with real coefficients such that $f(0) = 1,$ $f(2)+f(3)=125,$ and for all $x$ , $f(x)f(2x^{2})=f(2x^{3}+x).$ Find $f(5).$
676
AIME
train
Four circles $\omega,$ $\omega_{A},$ $\omega_{B},$ and $\omega_{C}$ with the same radius are drawn in the interior of triangle $ABC$ such that $\omega_{A}$ is tangent to sides $AB$ and $AC$ , $\omega_{B}$ to $BC$ and $BA$ , $\omega_{C}$ to $CA$ and $CB$ , and $\omega$ is externally tangent to $\omega_{A},$ $\omega_{B},...
389
AIME
train
Of the students attending a school party, $60\%$ of the students are girls, and $40\%$ of the students like to dance. After these students are joined by $20$ more boy students, all of whom like to dance, the party is now $58\%$ girls. How many students now at the party like to dance?
252
AIME
train
Square $AIME$ has sides of length $10$ units. Isosceles triangle $GEM$ has base $EM$ , and the area common to triangle $GEM$ and square $AIME$ is $80$ square units. Find the length of the altitude to $EM$ in $\triangle GEM$ .
25
AIME
train
Ed and Sue bike at equal and constant rates. Similarly, they jog at equal and constant rates, and they swim at equal and constant rates. Ed covers $74$ kilometers after biking for $2$ hours, jogging for $3$ hours, and swimming for $4$ hours, while Sue covers $91$ kilometers after jogging for $2$ hours, swimming for $...
314
AIME
train
There exist unique positive integers $x$ and $y$ that satisfy the equation $x^2 + 84x + 2008 = y^2$ . Find $x + y$ .
80
AIME
train
A right circular cone has base radius $r$ and height $h$ . The cone lies on its side on a flat table. As the cone rolls on the surface of the table without slipping, the point where the cone's base meets the table traces a circular arc centered at the point where the vertex touches the table. The cone first returns...
14
AIME
train
A triangular array of numbers has a first row consisting of the odd integers $1,3,5,\ldots,99$ in increasing order. Each row below the first has one fewer entry than the row above it, and the bottom row has a single entry. Each entry in any row after the top row equals the sum of the two entries diagonally above it i...
17
AIME
train
Let $S_i$ be the set of all integers $n$ such that $100i\leq n < 100(i + 1)$ . For example, $S_4$ is the set ${400,401,402,\ldots,499}$ . How many of the sets $S_0, S_1, S_2, \ldots, S_{999}$ do not contain a perfect square?
708
AIME
train
Find the positive integer $n$ such that \[\arctan\frac {1}{3} + \arctan\frac {1}{4} + \arctan\frac {1}{5} + \arctan\frac {1}{n} = \frac {\pi}{4}.\]
47
AIME
train
Ten identical crates each of dimensions $3$ ft $\times$ $4$ ft $\times$ $6$ ft. The first crate is placed flat on the floor. Each of the remaining nine crates is placed, in turn, flat on top of the previous crate, and the orientation of each crate is chosen at random. Let $\frac {m}{n}$ be the probability that the s...
190
AIME
train
Let $ABCD$ be an isosceles trapezoid with $\overline{AD}||\overline{BC}$ whose angle at the longer base $\overline{AD}$ is $\dfrac{\pi}{3}$ . The diagonals have length $10\sqrt {21}$ , and point $E$ is at distances $10\sqrt {7}$ and $30\sqrt {7}$ from vertices $A$ and $D$ , respectively. Let $F$ be the foot of the alti...
32
AIME
train
Consider sequences that consist entirely of $A$ 's and $B$ 's and that have the property that every run of consecutive $A$ 's has even length, and every run of consecutive $B$ 's has odd length. Examples of such sequences are $AA$ , $B$ , and $AABAA$ , while $BBAB$ is not such a sequence. How many such sequences have l...
172
AIME
train
On a long straight stretch of one-way single-lane highway, cars all travel at the same speed and all obey the safety rule: the distance from the back of the car ahead to the front of the car behind is exactly one car length for each 15 kilometers per hour of speed or fraction thereof (Thus the front of a car traveling ...
375
AIME
train
Let $p(x,y) = a_0 + a_1x + a_2y + a_3x^2 + a_4xy + a_5y^2 + a_6x^3 + a_7x^2y + a_8xy^2 + a_9y^3$ . Suppose that $p(0,0) = p(1,0) = p( - 1,0) = p(0,1) = p(0, - 1) = p(1,1) = p(1, - 1) = p(2,2) = 0$ . There is a point $\left(\frac {a}{c},\frac {b}{c}\right)$ for which $p\left(\frac {a}{c},\frac {b}{c}\right) = 0$ for all...
40
AIME
train
Let $\overline{AB}$ be a diameter of circle $\omega$ . Extend $\overline{AB}$ through $A$ to $C$ . Point $T$ lies on $\omega$ so that line $CT$ is tangent to $\omega$ . Point $P$ is the foot of the perpendicular from $A$ to line $CT$ . Suppose $\overline{AB} = 18$ , and let $m$ denote the maximum possible length of seg...
432
AIME
train
Let $N = 100^2 + 99^2 - 98^2 - 97^2 + 96^2 + \cdots + 4^2 + 3^2 - 2^2 - 1^2$ , where the additions and subtractions alternate in pairs. Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by $1000$ .
100
AIME
train
Rudolph bikes at a constant rate and stops for a five-minute break at the end of every mile. Jennifer bikes at a constant rate which is three-quarters the rate that Rudolph bikes, but Jennifer takes a five-minute break at the end of every two miles. Jennifer and Rudolph begin biking at the same time and arrive at the $...
620
AIME
train
A block of cheese in the shape of a rectangular solid measures $10$ cm by $13$ cm by $14$ cm. Ten slices are cut from the cheese. Each slice has a width of $1$ cm and is cut parallel to one face of the cheese. The individual slices are not necessarily parallel to each other. What is the maximum possible volume in cubic...
729
AIME
train
There exist $r$ unique nonnegative integers $n_1 > n_2 > \cdots > n_r$ and $r$ integers $a_k$ ( $1\le k\le r$ ) with each $a_k$ either $1$ or $- 1$ such that \[a_13^{n_1} + a_23^{n_2} + \cdots + a_r3^{n_r} = 2008.\] Find $n_1 + n_2 + \cdots + n_r$ .
21
AIME
train
In trapezoid $ABCD$ with $\overline{BC}\parallel\overline{AD}$ , let $BC = 1000$ and $AD = 2008$ . Let $\angle A = 37^\circ$ , $\angle D = 53^\circ$ , and $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of $\overline{BC}$ and $\overline{AD}$ , respectively. Find the length $MN$ .
504
AIME
train
The sequence $\{a_n\}$ is defined by \[a_0 = 1,a_1 = 1, \text{ and } a_n = a_{n - 1} + \frac {a_{n - 1}^2}{a_{n - 2}}\text{ for }n\ge2.\] The sequence $\{b_n\}$ is defined by \[b_0 = 1,b_1 = 3, \text{ and } b_n = b_{n - 1} + \frac {b_{n - 1}^2}{b_{n - 2}}\text{ for }n\ge2.\] Find $\frac {b_{32}}{a_{32}}$ .
561
AIME
train
Let $r$ , $s$ , and $t$ be the three roots of the equation \[8x^3 + 1001x + 2008 = 0.\] Find $(r + s)^3 + (s + t)^3 + (t + r)^3$ .
753
AIME
train
Let $a = \pi/2008$ . Find the smallest positive integer $n$ such that \[2[\cos(a)\sin(a) + \cos(4a)\sin(2a) + \cos(9a)\sin(3a) + \cdots + \cos(n^2a)\sin(na)]\] is an integer.
251
AIME
train
A particle is located on the coordinate plane at $(5,0)$ . Define a move for the particle as a counterclockwise rotation of $\pi/4$ radians about the origin followed by a translation of $10$ units in the positive $x$ -direction. Given that the particle's position after $150$ moves is $(p,q)$ , find the greatest integer...
19
AIME
train
In triangle $ABC$ , $AB = AC = 100$ , and $BC = 56$ . Circle $P$ has radius $16$ and is tangent to $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{BC}$ . Circle $Q$ is externally tangent to circle $P$ and is tangent to $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{BC}$ . No point of circle $Q$ lies outside of $\bigtriangleup\overline{ABC}$ . The radi...
254
AIME
train
There are two distinguishable flagpoles, and there are $19$ flags, of which $10$ are identical blue flags, and $9$ are identical green flags. Let $N$ be the number of distinguishable arrangements using all of the flags in which each flagpole has at least one flag and no two green flags on either pole are adjacent. Find...
310
AIME
train
A regular hexagon with center at the origin in the complex plane has opposite pairs of sides one unit apart. One pair of sides is parallel to the imaginary axis. Let $R$ be the region outside the hexagon, and let $S = \left\lbrace\frac{1}{z}|z \in R\right\rbrace$ . Then the area of $S$ has the form $a\pi + \sqrt{b}$ , ...
29
AIME
train
Let $a$ and $b$ be positive real numbers with $a \ge b$ . Let $\rho$ be the maximum possible value of $\dfrac{a}{b}$ for which the system of equations \[a^2 + y^2 = b^2 + x^2 = (a-x)^2 + (b-y)^2\] has a solution $(x,y)$ satisfying $0 \le x < a$ and $0 \le y < b$ . Then $\rho^2$ can be expressed as a fraction $\dfrac{m}...
7
AIME
train
Call a $3$ -digit number geometric if it has $3$ distinct digits which, when read from left to right, form a geometric sequence. Find the difference between the largest and smallest geometric numbers.
840
AIME
train
There is a complex number $z$ with imaginary part $164$ and a positive integer $n$ such that \[\frac {z}{z + n} = 4i.\] Find $n$ .
697
AIME
train
A coin that comes up heads with probability $p > 0$ and tails with probability $1 - p > 0$ independently on each flip is flipped eight times. Suppose the probability of three heads and five tails is equal to $\frac {1}{25}$ of the probability of five heads and three tails. Let $p = \frac {m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are...
11
AIME
train
In parallelogram $ABCD$ , point $M$ is on $\overline{AB}$ so that $\frac {AM}{AB} = \frac {17}{1000}$ and point $N$ is on $\overline{AD}$ so that $\frac {AN}{AD} = \frac {17}{2009}$ . Let $P$ be the point of intersection of $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{MN}$ . Find $\frac {AC}{AP}$ .
177
AIME
train
Triangle $ABC$ has $AC = 450$ and $BC = 300$ . Points $K$ and $L$ are located on $\overline{AC}$ and $\overline{AB}$ respectively so that $AK = CK$ , and $\overline{CL}$ is the angle bisector of angle $C$ . Let $P$ be the point of intersection of $\overline{BK}$ and $\overline{CL}$ , and let $M$ be the point on line $B...
72
AIME
train
How many positive integers $N$ less than $1000$ are there such that the equation $x^{\lfloor x\rfloor} = N$ has a solution for $x$ ?
412
AIME
train
The sequence $(a_n)$ satisfies $a_1 = 1$ and $5^{(a_{n + 1} - a_n)} - 1 = \frac {1}{n + \frac {2}{3}}$ for $n \geq 1$ . Let $k$ be the least integer greater than $1$ for which $a_k$ is an integer. Find $k$ .
41
AIME
train
Let $S = \{2^0,2^1,2^2,\ldots,2^{10}\}$ . Consider all possible positive differences of pairs of elements of $S$ . Let $N$ be the sum of all of these differences. Find the remainder when $N$ is divided by $1000$ .
398
AIME
train
A game show offers a contestant three prizes A, B and C, each of which is worth a whole number of dollars from $\text{\textdollar}1$ to $\text{\textdollar}9999$ inclusive. The contestant wins the prizes by correctly guessing the price of each prize in the order A, B, C. As a hint, the digits of the three prices are giv...
420
AIME
train
The Annual Interplanetary Mathematics Examination (AIME) is written by a committee of five Martians, five Venusians, and five Earthlings. At meetings, committee members sit at a round table with chairs numbered from $1$ to $15$ in clockwise order. Committee rules state that a Martian must occupy chair $1$ and an Eart...
346
AIME
train
Consider the set of all triangles $OPQ$ where $O$ is the origin and $P$ and $Q$ are distinct points in the plane with nonnegative integer coordinates $(x,y)$ such that $41x + y = 2009$ . Find the number of such distinct triangles whose area is a positive integer.
600
AIME
train
In right $\triangle ABC$ with hypotenuse $\overline{AB}$ , $AC = 12$ , $BC = 35$ , and $\overline{CD}$ is the altitude to $\overline{AB}$ . Let $\omega$ be the circle having $\overline{CD}$ as a diameter. Let $I$ be a point outside $\triangle ABC$ such that $\overline{AI}$ and $\overline{BI}$ are both tangent to circle...
11
AIME
train
The terms of the sequence $\{a_i\}$ defined by $a_{n + 2} = \frac {a_n + 2009} {1 + a_{n + 1}}$ for $n \ge 1$ are positive integers. Find the minimum possible value of $a_1 + a_2$ .
90
AIME
train
For $t = 1, 2, 3, 4$ , define $S_t = \sum_{i = 1}^{350}a_i^t$ , where $a_i \in \{1,2,3,4\}$ . If $S_1 = 513$ and $S_4 = 4745$ , find the minimum possible value for $S_2$ .
905
AIME
train
In triangle $ABC$ , $AB = 10$ , $BC = 14$ , and $CA = 16$ . Let $D$ be a point in the interior of $\overline{BC}$ . Let points $I_B$ and $I_C$ denote the incenters of triangles $ABD$ and $ACD$ , respectively. The circumcircles of triangles $BI_BD$ and $CI_CD$ meet at distinct points $P$ and $D$ . The maximum possible a...
150
AIME
train
Before starting to paint, Bill had $130$ ounces of blue paint, $164$ ounces of red paint, and $188$ ounces of white paint. Bill painted four equally sized stripes on a wall, making a blue stripe, a red stripe, a white stripe, and a pink stripe. Pink is a mixture of red and white, not necessarily in equal amounts. When ...
114
AIME
train
Suppose that $a$ , $b$ , and $c$ are positive real numbers such that $a^{\log_3 7} = 27$ , $b^{\log_7 11} = 49$ , and $c^{\log_{11}25} = \sqrt{11}$ . Find \[a^{(\log_3 7)^2} + b^{(\log_7 11)^2} + c^{(\log_{11} 25)^2}.\]
469
AIME
train
In rectangle $ABCD$ , $AB=100$ . Let $E$ be the midpoint of $\overline{AD}$ . Given that line $AC$ and line $BE$ are perpendicular, find the greatest integer less than $AD$ .
141
AIME
train
A group of children held a grape-eating contest. When the contest was over, the winner had eaten $n$ grapes, and the child in $k$ -th place had eaten $n+2-2k$ grapes. The total number of grapes eaten in the contest was $2009$ . Find the smallest possible value of $n$ .
89
AIME
train
Equilateral triangle $T$ is inscribed in circle $A$ , which has radius $10$ . Circle $B$ with radius $3$ is internally tangent to circle $A$ at one vertex of $T$ . Circles $C$ and $D$ , both with radius $2$ , are internally tangent to circle $A$ at the other two vertices of $T$ . Circles $B$ , $C$ , and $D$ are all ext...
32
AIME
train
Let $m$ be the number of five-element subsets that can be chosen from the set of the first $14$ natural numbers so that at least two of the five numbers are consecutive. Find the remainder when $m$ is divided by $1000$ .
750
AIME
train
Define $n!!$ to be $n(n-2)(n-4)\cdots 3\cdot 1$ for $n$ odd and $n(n-2)(n-4)\cdots 4\cdot 2$ for $n$ even. When $\sum_{i=1}^{2009} \frac{(2i-1)!!}{(2i)!!}$ is expressed as a fraction in lowest terms, its denominator is $2^ab$ with $b$ odd. Find $\dfrac{ab}{10}$ .
401
AIME
train