Saturday, June 11, 2016

Practice Set #1
































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I have not done a complete solution to #5



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#9) How many positive integers are FACTORS of 540?
#10) How many FOUR-DIGIT integers
use each of the digits 1,2,3 and 4
EXACTLY ONCE and are DIVISIBLE by 11?

#11) The senior class at Cincy High School has 200 students.
156 of the students are attending a university in the fall.
67 students will be employed,
and 35 will be employed while 
attending a university.
How many students will NOT WORK or
attend a university?

#12) What is the sum of the 40 smallest multiples of 7?

#13) In the prime factorization of 100!
(one hundred FACTORIAL),
what is the power of 5?
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#9) How many positive integers are FACTORS of 540?
ANSWER to #9) 24 choices

#10) How many FOUR-DIGIT integers 
use each of the digits 1,2,3 and 4
EXACTLY ONCE and are DIVISIBLE by 11?
ANSWER to #10) 8 four-digit integers

#11) The senior class at Cincy High School has 200 students.
156 of the students are attending a university in the fall.
67 students will be employed, 
and 35 will be employed while 
attending a university. 
How many students will NOT WORK or
attend a university?
ANSWER to #11) 12 students will do neither

#12) What is the sum of the 40 smallest multiples of 7?
ANSWER to #12) 5740

#13) In the prime factorization of 100!
(one hundred FACTORIAL),
what is the power of 5?

ANSWER to #12) the power on 5 is 24

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#14) ELVIS is in the building!

Counting Rectangles
Another 5th/6th grade competition question:

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