Mu Alpha Theta National Convention: Seattle, 1997
Theta Number Theory Topic Test
1. How many factors does 8120 have?
(A) 32 (B) 28 (C) 24 (D) 20 (E) NOTA
2. In how many zeros does 500! end?
(A) 500 (B) 124 (C) 432 (D) 218 (E) NOTA
3. What is the sum of the LCM and GCF of 48, 64, and 160?
(A) 1042 (B) 824 (C) 976 (D) 888 (E) NOTA
4. What is the greatest prime less than 340?
(A) 331 (B) 335 (C) 337 (D) 339 (E) NOTA
5. Determine the sum of the squares of all the natural numbers up to m.
m( m +1) m( 2m + 1) 2m( 2m +1) m( m + 1) ( 2m + 1)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 2 3 6
NOTA
12
12
6. Evaluate: ∑ i
i =0
(A) 3642 (B) 3880 (C) 4096 (D) 4234 (E) NOTA
7. How many prime numbers are factors of 60! ?
(A) 21 (B) 11 (C) 23 (D) 17 (E) NOTA
8. There are 14 numbers less than n each of which is divisible by 2, 5, 6, 8, and 15. What
values are possible for n?
(A) 1681 < n < 1800 (B) n > 1800 (C) n > 1681
(D) 1801 < n < 1920 (E) NOTA
9. For each n in the set of natural numbers from 1 to 8, the remainder when t is divided by n is
1. What is the smallest possible value for t?
(A) 639 (B) 1121 (C) 841 (D) 4321 (E) NOTA
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10. A two digit number is 45 greater than the number formed when its digits are reversed. What
is the largest possible number that fits this description?
(A) 82 (B) 92 (C) 94 (D) 81 (E) NOTA
11. Two positive numbers, a and b, are both cubes and differ by 999. What is the second
smallest possible value of a?
(A) 512 (B) 2197 (C) 729 (D) 1331 (E) NOTA
32
12. A = ∑q !
q =1
What is the remainder when A is divided by 14?
(A) 7 (B) 1 (C) 9 (D) 5 (E) NOTA
13. The number 5A427B is divisible by 6. How many possible values are there for A+B?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) NOTA
3
3+
14. Evaluate: 3
3+
3+
3 + 21 3+ 3
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) (D) (E) NOTA
2 2
15. Evaluate: 5 + 5 + 5+
1 + 21 5 5
(A) (B) (C) 5 − 5 (D) 5 − (E) NOTA
2 2 2
16. Express the base 10 number 5742 in base 17.
Note: Letters represent digits greater than 9, in alphabetic order. I.e. A=10, B=11, etc.
(A) 145A (B) 12ED (C) G94 (D) 13D9 (E) NOTA
17. What is the product of 234 5 and 432 5 , expressed in base 5?
(A) 212342 5 (B) 142412 5 (C) 244143 5 (D) 223231 5 (E) NOTA
18. What is the sum of the positive factors of 2187?
(A) 3280 (B) 3192 (C) 3145 (D) 3473 (E) NOTA
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19. What is the product of the positive factors of 512?
(A) 2 52 (B) 2 45 (C) 2 43 (D) 2 42 (E) NOTA
20. Which of the following numbers is both triangular and perfect?
(A) 21 (B) 28 (C) 36 (D) 45 (E) NOTA
21. A store sold 72 pencils for $A84.B4. Determine A-B, if a pencil costs an integer number of
cents.
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) -1 (D) -5 (E) NOTA
22. How many Pythagorean triangles have side lengths which are consecutive natural numbers?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinitely (E) NOTA
many
23. What is the units digit of 7 171 ?
(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 3 (D) 1 (E) NOTA
24. What are the last two digits of 11 111 ?
(A) 71 (B) 51 (C) 91 (D) 11 (E) NOTA
25. d = 4 mod 9 . Which of the following could d equal in mod 27?
(A) 23 (B) 18 (C) 13 (D) 8 (E) NOTA
26. A number m, when written in base c (c>7), is equal to AB, where A is c-4 and B is 7. What
is m, expressed in base (c-2)?
(A) 247 c −2 (B) 124 c−2 (C) 103 c−2 (D) 47 c −2 (E) NOTA
27. If x = a mod17 , where a is a natural number, is a solution of the equation 6x = 7 mod17 ,
determine the sum of the possible values of a.
(A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 10 (D) 15 (E) NOTA
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28. After performing an ordinary arithmetic multiplication, a woman replaced all the even digits
with the letter E, and all the odd digits with the letter O, to yield:
O E E
E E
E O E E
E O E
O O E E
What is the product in the above problem?
(A) 9744 (B) 5382 (C) 7168 (D) 5546 (E) NOTA
29. In how many zeros does 48! end when expressed in base 6?
(A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 24 (D) 25 (E) NOTA
Find the sum of the three smallest natural numbers with exactly 14 factors.
(A) 818 (B) 841 (C) 882 (D) 960 (E) NOTA
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