2010 AMC 10A 试题及答案解析.doc

2010 AMC 10A problems and solutions. The test was held on February 8, 2010. The first link contains the full set of test problems. The rest contain each individual problem and its solution. Problem 1 Mary’s top book shelf holds five books with the following widths, in centimeters: , , , , and . What is the average book width, in centimeters? Solution To find the average, we add up the widths , , , , and , to get a total sum of . Since there are books, the average book width is The answer is . Problem 2 Four identical squares and one rectangle are placed together to form one large square as shown. The length of the rectangle is how many times as large as its width? Solution Let the length of the small square be , intuitively, the length of the big square is . It can be seen that the width of the rectangle is . Thus, the length of the rectangle is times large as the width. The answer is . Problem 3 Tyrone had marbles and Eric had marbles. Tyrone then gave some of his marbles to Eric so that Tyrone ended with twice as many marbles as Eric. How many marbles did Tyrone give to Eric? Solution Let be the number of marbles Tyrone gave to Eric. Then, . Solving for yields and . The answer is . Problem 4 A book that is to be recorded onto compact discs takes minutes to read aloud. Each disc can hold up to minutes of reading. Assume that the smallest possible number of discs is used and that each disc contains the same length of reading. How many minutes of reading will each disc contain? Solution Assuming that there were fractions of compact discs, it would take CDs to have equal reading time. However, since the number of discs can only be a whole number, there are at least 8 CDs, in which case it would have minutes on each of the 8 discs. The answer is . Problem 5 The area of a circle whose circumference is is . What is the value of ? Solution If the circumference of a circle is , the radius would be . Since the area of a circle is , the area is . The answer is