Category IV - Grades 9 & 10

1. How many zeros are there at the end of 720! ?

A) 150 B) 162 C) 178 D) 184

2022
2. Find the reminder, when 2022 is divided by 11

A) 1 B) 4 C) 7 D) 9

3 𝑛−2 𝑛−3
8 +7*8
3. Calculate: 2 * 4 𝑛−1 𝑛−2
16 −16

−12 −12 −12

A) 2 B) 5 C) 3 D) 15

4. You throw three regular six-sided dice. What is the probability that you will
get one odd number and two even numbers?

A) 1/4 B) 3/8 C) 4/27 D) 1/3

5. Points A, B, C, D, and E are on a line such that AB = 3, BC = 6, CD = 8, and

DE = 4. What is the smallest possible value of AE?

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3

Find 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 if they are natural numbers and

3 3 3 2
{𝑥 − 𝑦 − 𝑧 = 3𝑥𝑦𝑧 𝑥 = 2(𝑦 + 𝑧)

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 4
6. There are 20 students in a class. If one new boy joins the class, there will be
twice as many boys as girls in the class. What is the product of the number of
boys and the number of girls in the class?

A) 75 B) 84 C) 91 D) 96

If a,b,c are natural numbers how many pairs of roots does equation have?
3 3 3
𝑎 +𝑏 + 4 =𝑐
7. A) 0 B) 1 C) 3 D) Infinite

1
8. Let 𝑥, 𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧 be real numbers such that 3𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1, 3𝑦 + 𝑧 = 2
, and
1
3𝑧 + 𝑥 = − 2
. What is the value of 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧?

A) 1 B) 1/2 C) 1/3 D) 1/4

1+ 2
9. Which of the following is equal to
2−1

A) 1+√2 B) 3+2√2 C) 3√2 D) 2+√2

63
10.Given that 4 − 1 is divisible by 103, find the integer 46 < 𝑛 < 103 such
3
that 𝑛 − 1 is divisible by 103.

A) 48 B) 56 C) 64 D) 68

11. Let ABCD be a kite with AB = AD = 3 and CB = CD = 7. A circle ω is

inscribed in ABCD (so that ω is tangent to all four sides). Find the largest
possible radius of ω.

A) 19/10 B) 2 C)21/10 D) 11/5

12.Simplify: (4 + 15)( 6 − 10) 4 − 15

A) -2 B) 1 C) √2 D) √5

13.Calculate: ( 1
𝑥− 𝑦
+
1
𝑥+ 𝑦
−
2 𝑦
𝑥 −𝑦
2 ) * (𝑥 + 𝑦)

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

2 3 2 2 3 2
14. Find 𝑥 − 𝑦 if {𝑦 = 𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 2𝑥 𝑦 = 𝑦 − 3𝑦 + 2𝑦

A) 0 B) 0 or 1 C) 0 or 2 D) 1 or 2

15. How many ways are there to cover a 4×4 square with only 2×2 and 1×1
squares, if tiles cannot be cut, exceed the boundary of the big square, or
overlap?

A) 39 B) 41 C) 43 D) 45

(
16.Calculate: 𝑎 −
1
𝑎 )( 1
𝑎−1
−
1
𝑎+1 )
−1 *
5𝑎
3−𝑎
2

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5

17. Find the maximal integer value of 𝑎 , when the roots of the equation
2
(𝑎 − 2)𝑥 − 3𝑎𝑥 + 𝑎 + 5 = 0 have different signs.

A) -2 B) -1 C) 0 D) 1

2
18.Find the largest integer 𝑥 such that 𝑥 + 57𝑥 + 2870 is a perfect square

A) 2022 B) 2025 C) 2027 D) 2029

19. The square in the figure has side length equal
to 2. What is the radius of the small circle?
(circles are touching)

A) √2 - 1
2
B)
2+1
C) √2
D) 3 − 2√2

20.Find the simplest form of ( 10−1) −3

10+ 3−1

A) 10 − 3 − 1 B) 10 + 3 − 1
C) 7 − 1 D) 3 + 1

21. 10, 30, 32, 96, 98, 294, 296, ?

What number should replace the question mark?

A) 888 B) 912 C) 818 D) 298

22. Find missing number.

A) 12 B) 14 C) 16 D) 20
23. 473982 is to 1419
329684 is to 1418
Therefore
751694 is to ?

A) 1213 B) 1319 C) 1913 D) 2115

1 3 1
24.If 𝑥 + 𝑥
= 4, find the value of 𝑥 + 3
𝑥

A) 8 B) 16 C) 8.5 D) 12

2 2
𝑥 +2𝑥+5+ 𝑥 −2𝑥+5
25.Find the limit 2𝑥+1
A) 0 B) -1 C) 1 D) 2
ANSWERS
1. B) 4
−12
2. D) 15
3. B) 3/8
4. B) 1
5. D) 4
6. C) 91
7.A) 0
8. D) ¼
9. B) 3+2√2
10. B) 56
11. C)21/10
12. A) -2
13. B) 2
14. A) 0
15. B) 41
16. D) 5
17. D) 1
18. D) 2029
19. D) 3 − 2√2
20. A) 10 − 3 − 1
21. A) 888
22. C) 16
23. B) 1319
24. C) 8.5
25. B) -1