IDAHO PE REVIEW SPRING 2008
Presented by
University of Idaho College of Engineering, Boise
The University of Idaho College of Engineering once again presents the PE
Review for Civil and Mechanical Engineers.
Dates: January 22 through April 8, 2008
Times: Tuesday Evenings from 6pm-9pm
Disciplines: Civil and Mechanical
Engineering
Cost: $600 per person
To Register: Contact Paula Peterman at
364-6188 or paulap@uidaho.edu
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MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's
edition of the Friday Update!
Santa's List Day
December 4th is Santa's List Day - Have you been naughty or nice??
Last year Santa had 9532 kids from Lake Ronkonkoma, NY on the “good” list. This
year Santa has 10,428 kids from Lake Ronkonkoma on the “good” list. By what
percent did Santa’s list of “good” kids from Lake Ronkonkoma increase from last
year? Express your answer as a percent to the nearest whole number.
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On one street the kids were particularly good so no kids are getting zero
presents, three kids are getting one present, eight kids are getting two
presents, nine kids are getting three presents, five kids are getting four
presents each and three kids are getting five presents. What is the average
number of presents each kid is getting from Santa? Express your answer to the
nearest tenth.
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Bryan’s chimney is rectangular, with the short side being half the length of the
long side. If Santa’s belly is 58 inches in circumference, and he just fits
through the chimney, what are the smallest possible dimensions of Bryan’s
chimney? Assume Santa’s belly is perfectly round. Express your answer to the
nearest tenth.
Answer to last week’s MATHCOUNTS problem:
The
man I met had two legs.
There were seven wives, each with two legs.
7×2 = 14 legs
Each of the seven wives had seven sacks and each sack had seven cats.
7 wives × 7 sacks × 7cats = 343 cats
Each cat has 4 legs.
343×4 = 1372 legs
Add the number of human legs and cat legs together.
2 + 14 + 1372 = 1388 legs
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If
of
the line was in front of the sisters, 100 young women were ahead of them. (
×
150 = 100)
Since each greeting took 20
seconds, it took 2000 seconds for the sisters to reach the front of the line.
(20 × 100 = 2000)
2000÷60 = 33.3 minutes, to the
nearest tenth
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Cinderella and the prince had 1.5
hours together, or 90 minutes.
(1.5 × 60 = 90)
Since they took a 20 minute walk
there were only 70 minutes left to dance
(90 – 20 = 70)
If each song lasted 3.5 minutes
they danced for 20 songs.
(70 ÷ 3.5 = 20)
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For this problem we will use the
idea that 
.
Since we know that the Spells
class knew an average of 10 spells each and there were 24 students (21 +
Hermione + Ron + Harry), we can plug that information into the above equation to
find out the “sum” of the spells known by the class.
Sum = 240
Now we’ll subtract the number of
spells that were known by Hermione, Ron and Harry. (19 + 7 + 12 = 38 spells
known by Hermione, Ron and Harry.)
240 – 38 = 202 spells
known by the other students.
Finally, to find the AVERAGE
number of spells known by each of the other students we’ll plug the remaining
202 spells and 21 students into the equation we’ve been using.
Average = 9.62 spells
per student, to the nearest hundredth.
If you want to see last week's problem again,
click
http://www.mathcounts.org/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=1128&z=110
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