Algebra
Geometry
Counting
Complex numbers
100

5x−12=3x+8 solve for x

x=10

100

A 3D pyramid has a 10-sided polygon (a decagon) as its flat base. How many total edges does this entire pyramid have?

20 edges

100

There are 3 red flags, 4 blue flags, and 2 white flags. They are arranged in a single row to create a signal. How many different signals can be made?

1260

100

Compute real and imaginary part of z=(i-4)/(2i-3).


Re (z) = 14/13

Im (z) = 5/13

200

x2+9=0 solve for x

x=3i or x=-3i

200

The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 1080°. How many sides does this polygon have?

8 sides

200

A box contains 100 apples, 100 bananas, 100 oranges, and 100 pears. If one piece of fruit is taken out of the box each minute, what is the minimum number of minutes needed to guarantee that at least 12 pieces of the same type of fruit have been drawn?

45

200

Write in the “algebraic” form (a + ib) the following complex number

z =i5+ i + 1

1+2i

300

Solve the system: 3x + 2y = 16 and 2x - y = 3

x = 22/7, y = 23/7

300

The angle formed by the radius of a circle and a tangent to that circle has a measure of:

90 degrees

300

If a, b, c, d ∈ {1,2,3}, how many ordered quadruples (a, b, c, d) are there such that a+b+c+d is even?

41

300

Find the value of x and the value of y in the following equation.

(x+iy)(2+i)=3-i

x=1

y=-1

400

x4-13x2+36=0 solve for x

x=-3, -2, 2, 3

400

Slide for 400 points

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400

Eleven soccer players, numbered 1 through 11, are standing in a line. If no player with a number greater than 6 can stand in front of Player 6, in how many different ways can the 11 players be arranged?

(You can write your answer in the factorial form)

11!/6

400

The cubic equation 2z3-z2+4z+p=0 is satisfied by z = 1+2i. Find the other two roots of the equation.

1-2i, -3/2

500

2x+1+2x=96 solve for x

x=5

500

Slide for 500 points

14

500

An ant crawls along the edges of a cube with side length 1. It starts at one vertex and takes exactly 1 minute to move to an adjacent vertex. After crawling for 7 minutes, the distance between the ant’s current vertex and its starting vertex is √3. How many possible paths could the ant have taken?

546

500

For two complex numbers, z and w,

z+2i=w-iz

2z+i=1-iw

Find the product,  zw, of these two complex numbers. Write your answers in Cartesian form, a+bi

5-5i

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