MathCounts Training – Number Theory – 2

  1. ________ In base $b$, $441_b$ is equal to $n^2$ in base 10, and $351_b$ is equal to $(n-2)^2$. What is the value of $b$, expressed in base 10?
  2. ________ The base-three representation of $0.\overline{12}$ is equivalent to what base-ten common fraction?
  3. ________ For how many natural numbers less than 100 is the product of the number’s distinct prime factors equals to 6?
  4. ________ A positive number is called $n$-primable if it is divisible by $n$ and each of its digits is a one-digit prime number. How many 3-primable positive integers are then that are less than 1000?
  5. ________ Simplify: $$(1\dfrac{1}{2})^{-2}+(1\dfrac{1}{2})^{-1}+(1\dfrac{1}{2})^{0}+(1\dfrac{1}{2})^{1}+(1\dfrac{1}{2})^{2}$$
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MathCounts Training – Number Theory – 1

  1. ________ Some positive integers have exactly four positive factors. For example, 35 has only 1, 5, 7, and 35 as its factors. What is the sum of the smallest five positive integers that have exactly four factors.
  2. ________ What is the largest integer value of $n$ for which $8^n$ evenly divides $100!$?
  3. ________ What is the greatest prime factor of $12!+14!$? (Reminder: if $n$ is a positive integer, then $n!$ stands for product $1\cdot 2\cdot 3\cdot ……(n-1)\cdot n$.)
  4. ________ The base-10 number 217 and 45 are multiplied. The product is then written in base-6. What is the units digit of the base-6 representation.
  5. ________ The smallest case of 5 consecutive odd integers whose sum is a perfect square is 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. (1+3+5+7+9=25.) Find the median of the next larger set of 5 consecutive odd integers whose sum is a perfect square.
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Algebra Challenge – 2 ⭐⭐

On the $X$-$Y$ plane, two circles centered at $(0,0)$ with radius $1$ and $2$ respectively. Let point $A=(-1,0)$, $B=(1,0)$, and $C$ is a point on the bigger circle. Find the locus of the orthocenter $P$ of $\triangle{ABC}$. Click here for the solution.

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Algebra Challenge – 1 ⭐

If $x=\sqrt[3]{9}+\sqrt[3]{3}+1$, find the value of $(\dfrac{2}{x}+1\big{)}^3$. Click here for the solution.

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Trigonometry Challenge – 1 ⭐⭐

Prove that $\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \dfrac{sin 20^\circ}{cos 20^\circ-2\cdot sin 10^\circ}=tan 30^\circ\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ $ Solution

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