CD Exam

1. Tyrone, Shea, and Nikki have a total of 126 m&ms. If Shea has twice as many as Tyrone and
Nikki has 3 times as many as Tyrone, how many m&ms does Tyrone have?

2. A dress is put on sale at a 10% discount. Then the dress is put on clearance at 20% of its sale
price. By what percent has the dress been discounted total?

3. Triathletes A and B start at the same time in a bicycle race from Bryan to Madisonville (44 miles)
and back. A travels 4 miles per hour slower than B. B reaches Madisonville and immediately turns
back, meeting A 4 miles later. How fast is each travelling?

4. A 25-foot ladder is placed against a vertical wall of a building. The foot of the ladder is 7 feet
from the base of the building. If the top of the ladder slips down 4 feet, how far does the base of the
ladder move?

25

5. The length of a rectangular field is twice the width. If x feet of fencing is used to enclose
the entire field, what is the area of the field in terms of x?


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6. The determinant of a matrix is given by the formula 

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 2x 1 





 = 3?


 x x 





 = ad bc. What is the solution to



7. Write the expression (x + y)1(x1 + y 1) as a single fraction with no negative exponents.

8. Given a square ABCD with side length 8 inches, a circle is drawn through vertices A and D and
tangent to side BC. What is the radius of the circle in inches?

9. The symbol 25b represents a two-digit number in base b. If the number 52b is double the number
25b , what is b?

10. Find the value of AD in the figure below:

10
45

30
A

11. The base of a triangle has the same length as the side of a square. A second side of the
triangle is 1 inch longer than the base, and the third side is 5 inches shorter than three times the
base. If the perimeter of the triangle equals the perimeter of the square, find the longest side of the
triangle.

12. Find all solutions to the equation x4 7x2 + 12 = 0.

13. In the trapezoid below, MN bisects the area of the trapezoid. Find MN.
6

A
M
D

B
N

14. A right triangle has a hypotenuse less than 30 units and the lengths of all the sides are whole
number units. What is the probability that the length of the hypotenuse is odd?

15. The product of two positive integers is 324. When the integers are written as a proper fraction,
1
. What are the two integers?
the fraction is equivalent to
36

16. Allison stands beside a tree in such a way that the tip of her shadow coincides with the tip
of the trees shadow. If Allison is 5 12 feet tall, her shadow is 7 feet long, and she is 75 feet from the
tree, how tall is the tree?

17. In the circle below, O is the center, OY CD, OX AB, m6 COD = m6 AOB = 100, m6 BOD =
40. Find m6 Y XB.
A

X
O

18. A square is inscribed in a circle with circumference 100 inches. Find the area of the square.

19. In the figure below, the circle is inscribed in right triangle ABC with AD = a and BD = b.
Find the area of the triangle in terms of a and b.
A
a
D
b
B

20. A 12 inch by 12 inch square is divided into n2 smaller squares by equally spaced lines parallel
to all sides (see figure below). If a circle is inscribed in each square, find the sum of the areas of the
circles.
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