1956 AHSME Problems
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Problem 1
The value of
when
is:
Problem 2
Mr. Jones sold two pipes at
each. Based on the cost, his profit one was
% and his loss on the other was
%.
On the sale of the pipes, he:
Problem 3
The distance light travels in one year is approximately
miles. The distance light travels in
years is:
Problem 4
A man has
to invest. He invests
at 5% and
at 4%.
In order to have a yearly income of
, he must invest the remainder at:
Problem 5
A nickel is placed on a table. The number of nickels which can be placed around it, each tangent to it and to two others is:
Problem 6
In a group of cows and chickens, the number of legs was 14 more than twice the number of heads. The number of cows was:
Problem 7
The roots of the equation
will be reciprocal if:
Problem 8
If
, then when
Problem 9
When you simplify
, the result is:
Problem 10
A circle of radius
inches has its center at the vertex
of an equilateral
and passes through the other two vertices.
The side
extended through
intersects the circle at
. The number of degrees of
is:
Problem 11
The expression
equals:
Problem 12
If
is divided by
the quotient is:
Problem 13
Given two positive integers
and
with
. The percent that
is less than
is:
Problem 14
The points
are on a circle
. The tangent line at
and the secant
intersect at
lying between
and
.
If
and
, then
equals:
Problem 15
The root(s) of
is (are):
Problem 16
The sum of three numbers is
. The ratio of the first to the second is
,
and the ratio of the second to the third is
. The second number is:
Problem 17
The fraction
was obtained by adding the two fractions
and
. The values of
and
must be, respectively:
Problem 18
If
, then
equals:
Problem 19
Two candles of the same height are lighted at the same time. The first is consumed in
hours and the second in
hours.
Assuming that each candle burns at a constant rate, in how many hours after being lighted was the first candle twice the height of the second?
Problem 20
If
and
, then the value of
to the nearest tenth is:
Problem 21
If each of two intersecting lines intersects a hyperbola and neither line is tangent to the hyperbola, then the possible number of points of intersection with the hyperbola is:
Problem 22
Jones covered a distance of
miles on his first trip. On a later trip he traveled
miles while going three times as fast.
His new time compared with the old time was:
Problem 23
About the equation
, with
and
real constants,
we are told that the discriminant is zero. The roots are necessarily:
Problem 24
In the figure
,
, and
.
The angle CDE equals:
Problem 25
The sum of all numbers of the form
, where
takes on integral values from
to
is:
Problem 26
Which one of the following combinations of given parts does not determine the indicated triangle?
Problem 27
If an angle of a triangle remains unchanged but each of its two including sides is doubled, then the area is multiplied by:
Problem 28
Mr. J left his entire estate to his wife, his daughter, his son, and the cook.
His daughter and son got half the estate, sharing in the ratio of
to
.
His wife got twice as much as the son. If the cook received a bequest of
, then the entire estate was:
Problem 29
The points of intersection of
and
are joined in succession. The resulting figure is:
Problem 30
If the altitude of an equilateral triangle is
, then the area is:
Problem 31
In our number system the base is ten. If the base were changed to four you would count as follows:
The twentieth number would be:
Problem 32
George and Henry started a race from opposite ends of the pool. After a minute and a half, they passed each other in the center of the pool. If they lost no time in turning and maintained their respective speeds, how many minutes after starting did they pass each other the second time?
Problem 33
The number
is equal to:
Problem 34
If
is any whole number,
is always divisible by
Problem 35
A rhombus is formed by two radii and two chords of a circle whose radius is
feet. The area of the rhombus in square feet is:
Problem 36
If the sum
is a perfect square
and if
is less than
, then the possible values for
are:
Problem 37
On a map whose scale is
miles to an inch and a half, a certain estate is represented by a
rhombus having a
angle. The diagonal opposite
is
in. The area of the estate in square miles is:
Problem 38
In a right triangle with sides
and
, and hypotenuse
, the altitude drawn on the hypotenuse is
. Then:
Problem 39
The hypotenuse
and one arm
of a right triangle are consecutive integers. The square of the second arm is:
Problem 40
If
and
, then
equals:
Problem 41
The equation
where
is satisfied by:
Problem 42
The equation
has:
Problem 43
The number of scalene triangles having all sides of integral lengths, and perimeter less than
is:
Problem 44
If
means that
and
are numbers such that
is less than
and
is less than zero, then:
Problem 45
A wheel with a rubber tire has an outside diameter of
in.
When the radius has been decreased a quarter of an inch, the number of revolutions in one mile will:
Problem 46
For the equation
to be true where
is positive,
can have:
Problem 47
An engineer said he could finish a highway section in
days with his present supply of a certain type of machine.
However, with
more of these machines the job could be done in
days. If the machines all work at the same rate,
how many days would it take to do the job with one machine?
Problem 48
If
is a positive integer, then
can be a positive integer, if and only if
is:
Problem 49
Triangle
is formed by three tangents to circle
and
; then
equals:
Problem 50
In
. On
square
is constructed away from the triangle.
If
is the number of degrees in
, then
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