HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT   School:   _________________

FIRST YEAR MATH OLYMPIAD March 25, 2000

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Measurement

                                                                                                              

 

1.         How many seconds are there in a day?

 

 

 

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2.         How far will I go if I travel for 4 hours and 20 minutes at 60 miles per hour?

 

 

 

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3.         A purse contains 20 coins.  Some are dimes and some are nickels.  The coins are worth more than $1.40.  What is the least number of dimes in the purse?

 

 

 

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4.         Joanne sold 4/5 of her pencils for 15 cents each.  If she has eight pencils left, how much money did Joanne receive for the pencils she sold?

 

 

 

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5.         Phil's recipe for sparkling punch calls for two 32-ounce bottles of ginger ale and a pint of raspberry sherbet.  If Phil wants to use a gallon of raspberry sherbet, how many bottles of ginger ale will he need?  (8 pints = 1 gallon)