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UKMT Pink Kangaroo, 2015

Number theory Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer United Kingdom

How many 2-digit numbers can be written as the sum of exactly six different powers of 2, including $2^0$ ?

(A) $0$ (B) $1$ (C) $2$ (D) $3$ (E) $4$

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