MathMania 2017

  1. You have a total of 50 quarters and dimes worth $8. How many coins of each type do you have?

  2. What is the angle between the hands of a clock at 2:45 (in degrees)?

  3. From a pool of 4 women and 7 men, a committee consisting of 5 people, at least one of which must be a woman, is to be formed. In how many ways can this be done?

  4. Find all real x satisfying log4(log3(log2 x )) = −1/2.

  5. Solve the equation x2 = |2x − 1|.

  6. If x + 1/x = 3, find x4 + 1/x4.

  7. Find the first three digits of 20172017.

  8. If 2x3 − 9x2 +ax +b has x + 2 and x − 1 as factors, what must a and b be?

Here are the answers.