HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT

School: ___________________

FIRST YEAR MATH OLYMPIAD April 7, 2001 Team No.____
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Algebraic Sense

1). Find X:
 X
--- - 4 = 1
7

X=_______________

2). My grandfather makes 3-legged stools and 4-legged chairs. I help him by making the legs on Saturday. Last Saturday I made 88 legs. Grandfather made a total of 25 items (stools and chairs) with the legs I made. How many 3-legged stools did he make?

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3). My brother and I collect pokemon cards. He has been collecting longer than I have. If you add 22 to my number of cards, and then double it, you get the number of cards my brother has: 414. How many pokemon cards do I have?

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4).I have a bag of marbles. I gave a fourth of them to Ti. Then I gave half of what I had left to Chelsea. I now have 9 marbles left. How many marbles did I start with?

Answer: ________________

5). What is N if 12% of N equals 240 ?

Answer: ________________