QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH (C) 8

3 MARKS EACH (D) 9

(E) None of the above
1. Find the value of the product. 5. Find the value of 𝑎 for which

1 1 1 1
!1 + % !1 + ! % !1 + " % … !1 + #$!" % =𝑎 + >𝑎 + ?𝑎 + √𝑎 + ⋯ = 7.
2 2 2 2

#
(A) 2 − !!"#$
# (A) 40
(B) 2 − !!"#%
(B) 42
#
(C) 1 − !!"#% (C) 45
# (D) 49
(D) 2 − !&"!#
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
6. Find the coefficient of 𝑥 "( in the
2. How many positive integers 𝑛 satisfy expansion of
the following condition? (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 + 3) … (𝑥 + 50).
3!$$ < 𝑛#$$ < (123𝑛)%$
(A) 1270
(A) 112 (B) 1275
(B) 113 (C) 1280
(C) 114 (D) 1285
(D) 115 (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
7. In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, ∠𝐴 = 30°, ∠𝐶 = 90° and 𝐴𝐶 = 1.
Outside ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, draw equilateral triangles
3. Define 𝑎& by the last two digits of 6& , for
𝐵𝐶𝑃, 𝐶𝐴𝑄 and 𝐴𝐵𝑅. Suppose 𝑄𝑅
all positive integers 𝑛.
intersects 𝐴𝐵 at 𝑇. Find the area of ∆𝑃𝑄𝑇.
For example. 𝑎# = 06, 𝑎! = 36, 𝑎' = 16 …
Evaluate the last two digits of the sum R
𝑎# + 𝑎! + 𝑎' + ⋯ + 𝑎!$!# . B

P
(A) 22
(B) 24 T
C
(C) 26 A
(D) 28
(E) None of the above

4. Suppose 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a rectangle. 𝑋 and 𝑌 Q

are points on 𝐵𝐶 and 𝐶𝐷, respectively, "√!
such that the areas of ∆𝐴𝐵𝑋, ∆𝐶𝑋𝑌 and (A) '
#
∆𝐴𝑌𝐷 are 3, 4 and 5 respectively. (B) !
Evaluate the area of ∆𝐴𝑋𝑌. '√'
(C) *
√%
(A) 6 (D) !
(B) 7 (E) None of the above
8. Suppose 𝑛 is a positive integer such that QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH
&
i) %
is a perfect square, 4 MARKS EACH
&
ii) !
is a perfect cube; and
iii) 𝑛 is divisible by 27. 11. Two real numbers between 0 and 1 are
randomly chosen.
Find the least possible value of 𝑛.
What is the probability that the
difference between the two numbers is
(A) 145 800 #
(B) 1 458 000 greater than " ?
#
(C) 243 000 (A) !
(D) 2 430 000 (
(B)
(E) None of the above #+
%
(C) *
##
9. Compute the value of (D) #+
1 1 1
+ + +⋯ (E) None of the above
1+2 1+2+3 1+2+3+4
1
+ . 12. Find the minimum value of
1 + 2 + 3 + ⋯ + 100 !$

(( M |𝑛 − 𝑘|,
(A)
#$$ ,-#
((
(B) where 𝑛 ranges over all positive
#$#
#$$ integers.
(C) #$#
#$$
(D) #$! (A) 50
(E) None of the above (B) 100
(C) 120
10. In trapezium 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷, ∠𝐵𝐴𝐷 = ∠𝐴𝐷𝐶 = 90°. (D) 150
Diagonals 𝐴𝐶 and 𝐵𝐷 are perpendicular. (E) None of the above
Given 𝐴𝐵 = √7 and BC = √217, find the
length of 𝐴𝐷. 13. A jury of 12 people must decide if a
defendant is guilty. To come to a
A B
decision, an absolute majority of votes
is needed. It is known that four will vote
“YES” and three will vote “NO”. Among
the rest, four will each toss a fair coin
and vote based on their toss. The last
C D person will vote with the majority.
What is the probability that the
(A) 8 defendant is found guility?
(B) 9
#
(C) 10 (A) '
(D) 11 (B)
#
"
(E) 12 %
(C) *
%
(D) (
(E) None of the above
14. Given the array of the numbers below. 17. In triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, ∠𝐶 = 3∠𝐴. Suppose that
𝐵𝐶 = 3 and 𝐴𝐵 = 5. Find the length of 𝐴𝐶.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 …
2 4 6 8 9 10 11 '!
(A) ? '
3 6 9 12 15 18 21
4 8 12 16 20 24 28 (B) 5√3
5 10 15 20 25 30 35 (C) 8√2
6 12 18 24 30 36 42 !%
7 14 21 28 35 42 49 … (D) ? !
⋮ ⋮ (E) None of the above

Define 𝑆. the sum of number that are 18. Among 12 students numbered 1 to 12,
either in the 𝑖 /0 row or 𝑖 /0 column in the each student tosses a fair coin. If he
𝑖 × 𝑖 square as shown in the figure tosses Heads, he gets a score equal to
below. his number. Otherwise, he gets a score
of 0. Find the probability that the total
For example, 𝑆# = 1, 𝑆! = 8, 𝑆' = 27. score is divisible by 3.
Find the value of 𝑆!# .
(A) 20
(A) 9259 (B) 21
(B) 9260 (C) 22
(C) 9261 (D) 24
(D) 9262 (E) 25
(E) None of the above
19. Let 𝛼 and 𝛽 be acute angles such that
sin 𝛼 = 2021 cos(𝛼 + 𝛽) sin 𝛽. Find the
15. Find the value of 𝑥 given that maximum value of tan 𝛼.
212# + 21 + 213# = 56√2.
4
(A) ! (A)
!$!#√%$%
!$!$
(B) 4 !$!$√%$%
( (B)
(C) !
!$!#
!$!#√#$##
(D) 5 (C) !$!!
(E) None of the above (D)
!$!!√#$##
!$!#
(E) None of the above
16. Draw 100 triangles on a plane. What is
the maximum number of regions that
20. There is a 3 × 3 table. Each cell is filled
can be formed?
with an integer from 1 to 9 randomly
such that there is no repetition of
(A) 10100
number. What is the probability that the
(B) 20200
sum of three numbers in each row and
(C) 29108
each column is odd?
(D) 29702
(E) None of the above
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(A) *#
#
(B) '
#
(C) (
#
(D) #"
(E) None of the above

QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH

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21. Suppose 𝑎& is a non-constant arithmetic
sequence such that 𝑎# = 1. Also, the
terms 𝑎! , 𝑎" and 𝑎( form a geometric
sequence.
Evaluate 𝑎# + 𝑎! + 𝑎' + ⋯ + 𝑎#$ .

22. Find the least positive integer 𝑘 such

that 2!$!# + 𝑘 is divisible by 33.

23. Beatrice has several nuggets. She knew

that, when she counted in fives, threes,
and elevens, respectively, 2, 2, and 3
nuggets remained.

What is the east possible number of

nuggets she has?

24. Find the largest five-digit integer whose

digits have a product equal to 7!.

25. There are 9 cards each written with the

numbers 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Cards with odd numbers are coloured
red and the rest are coloured blue. How
many ways are there to arrange all 9
cards in a row such that the number on
each red card is less than or equal to
that on every card to its right?

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