Sub.

: Mathematics CPP : 09

NUMBER SYSTEM

1. Prove that 7 | (22225555 + 55552222).

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2. Find the remainder of 4737 when it is divided by 11.
3. What is the remainder when 91990 is divided by 11 ?
4. When a positive integer n is divided by 5, 7, 9, 11, the remainders are 1, 2, 3, 4respectively. Find the
minimum value of n.
5. Find the last two digits of 2999.
6. Find the remainder of (25733 + 46)26 when it is divided by 50.
7. What is the smallest positive integer n > 1 such that 3n ends with 003 ?
8. Find all the positive integers n, such that n.2n + 1 is divisible by 3.

9. Prove that when abc is a multiple of 37, then so is the number bca .
10. Find all positive integers with initial digit 6 such that the integer formed by deleting this 6 is 1/25 of the
original integer.
11. Let x be a 3-digit number such that the sum of the digits equals 21. If the digits of x are reversed, the
number thus formed exceeds x by 495. What is x ?
12. Given that a four digit number n and the sum of all digits of n have a sum 2001. Find n.
13. When N = 11...11
 × 11...11
 , what is the sum of all digits of N?
1989 digits 1989 digits

14. Find the maximum value of the ratio of three digit number to the sum of its digits.

15. Find all the three digit numbers n = abc such that n = (a + b + c)3.
16. Given that the natural numbers numbers a, b, c are formed by the same n digits x, n digits y, and 2n
digits z respectively. For any n ≥ 2 find the digits x, y, z such that a2 + b = c.
17. When a two digit number is divided by the number formed by exchanging the two digits, the quotient is
equal to its remainder. Find the two digit number.
18. Find the maximum perfect square, such that after deleting its last two digits (which is assumed to be not
all zeroes), the remaining part is still a perfect square.

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 ANSWER KEY

CPP – 9

2. 9 3. 1 4. 1731 5. 88
6. 29 7. 101 8. all numbers in the form 6k + 1 or 6k +2, k = 0, 1, 2,...
10. 625 × 10n – 2 (n ≥ 2) 11. 489 12. 1977 13. 17901
15. 512 16. (3,2,1), (6,8,4), (8,3,7) 17. n = 52 18. 1681

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Sub. : Mathematics CPP : 10

NUMBER SYSTEM

1. If (x – 1) (x – 4) (x – 8) + m is a perfect square, then m is

(1) 32 (2) 24 (3) 98 (4) 196

2. If n + 20 and n – 21 are both perfect squares, where n is a natural number, find n.

3. Find the maximal integer x such that 427 + 410000 + 4x is a perfect square.

4. Prove that for any positive integer n, n4 + 2n3 + 2n2 + 2n + 1 is not a perfect square.

5. Prove that there is no three digit number abc , such that abc + bca + cab is a perfect square.

6. Prove that the equation a2 + b2 – 8c = 6 has no integer solution.

7. Given that p is a prime number, and the sum of all positive divisors of p4 is a perfect square. Find the
number of such primes p.

8. If x and y are positive integers, prove that the values of x2 + y + 1 and y2 + 4x + 3 cannot both be
perfect squares at the same time.

9. Let d be any positive integer not equal to 2, 5, or 13. Show that one can find distinct a, b in the set {2, 5,
13, d} such that ab – 1 is not a perfect square.

10. Prove that the number 3n + 2 × 17n, where n is a non-negative integer, is never a perfect square.

11. Let p be a prime number such that the next larger number is a perfect square. Find the sum of all such
prime numbers. (For example, if you think that 11 and 13 are two such prime numbers, then the sum is
24.)

12. The value of greatest integer N such that

N ≤ 2007 2 – 20070 + 31 .
N−2
Find
100

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13. Find the sum of all the digit of largest integer N such that both N + 496 and N + 224 are perfect
squares.

14. The sum of 18 consecutive positive integers is a perfect square. In the smallest possible value of this
sum, find the sum of first two integers ?

15. Let n be the smallest positive integer such that n is divisible by 20, n2 is a perfect cube, and n3 is a
perfect square. The number n contains N digits. What is N2?

16. How many positive integers n are there such that 7n + 1 is a perfect square and 3n + 1 < 2008?

17. The product 1 × 2 × 3 × … × n is denoted by n!. For example 4! = 1 × 2 × 3× 4 = 24. Let M = 1! × 2! ×

3! × 4! × 5! × 6! × 7! × 8! × 9!. Now the number of factors of M are perfect squares is (21b). Then find
the value of b.

18. Find the number of ordered pairs (x, y), where x is an integer and y is a perfect square, such that
y = (x – 90)2 – 4907.

19. The number 2564. 6425 is the square of a positive integer N. In decimal representation, the sum of the
digits of N is.

n
20. For how many integers n is the square of an integer ?
20 − n

21. If 554 is the base b representation of the square of the number whose base b representation is 24, then b,
when written in base 10, equals

ANSWER KEY
CPP – 10
1. (4) 2. 421 3. 1972 7. p = 3 (unique solution) 11. 03
12. 20 13. 17 14. 09 15. 49 16. 18 17. 32
18. 04 19. 14 20. 04 21. 12

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Sub. : Mathematics CPP : 11

NUMBER SYSTEM

1. If n is a positive integer, prove that  n + n + 1  =  4n + 2  .

2. Solve equation [x3] + [x2] + [x] = {x} – 1.
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3. Solve equation [3x + 1] = 2x – , and find the sum of all roots.
2
10n 
4. Find the minimum natural number n, such that the equation   = 1989 has integer solution x.
 x 
5. How many of the first 1000 positive integers can be expressed in the form [2x] + [4x] + [6x] + [8x],
where x is a real number, and [z] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to z ?
6. How many different non-negative integers are there in the sequence
 12   22   32  19802 
 ,
  ,
   ,...,   ?
1980  1980  1980   1980 
7. For every positive integer n, show that  n + n + 1  =  4n + 1  =  4n + 2  =  4n + 3  .
8. Solve the equation [x] {x} + x = 2{x} + 10.
 1093 
9. Find the last two digits of the number  31  (Write down the tens digit first, then write down the
10 + 3 
units digit).
92 92
10. Solve the equation x + = [x] + .
x [x]
11. If x is a real number that satisfies
 11   12   99 
 x + 100  +  x + 100  + ... +  x + 100  = 765,
     
find the value of [900] – [100x]. Here [a] denotes the largest integer ≤ a.
12. Find the number of consecutive 0’s at the end of the base 10 representation of 206!.
n  n  n 
13. There are P number of positive integer n less than 2007 such that   +   +   = n where [x] is the
2 3 6
greatest integer less than or equal to x. Write the last two digit of P.
(For example, [2.5] = 2; [5] = 5; [–2.5] = –3 etc.)
14. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Some P real values of x satisfy the equation x2
+ 10,000 [x] = 10,000x. What is P – 100 ?

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15. For any real number x, let  x  denote the smallest integer that is greater than or equal to x and  x 
denote the largest integer that is less than or equal to x (for example, 1.23 2 and 1.23 = 1). Find the
2010
 2010  2010  
value of 2010 – ∑
k =1  k
−
 k 
 .

16. Given that

x = [11/3] + [21/3] + [31/3] + … + [79991/3],
 x 
find the value of   , where [y] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to y. (For example,
 5000 
[2.1] = 2, [30] = 30, [– 10.5] = – 11.)
3100 + 2100
17. What is the greatest integer less than or equal to ?
396 + 296
18. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If there are N values of x satisfy the equation
N +1
x2 + 10,000[x] = 10,000x. Then find the value of .
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19. Let f(x) = k =2
([kx] − k[x]) , where [r] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to r. How many
distinct values does f(x) assume for x ≥ 0 ?

ANSWER KEY

CPP – 11
11. 47 12. 50 13. 34 14. 99 15. 16 16. 23
17. 80 18. 50 19. 32

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Sub. : Mathematics CPP : 12
GEOMETRY
1. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC = 2008 cm. ADC is drawn as an equilateral triangle on AC
outside ∆ABC. AD is parallel to BC. The bisector of D meets AB in E, say. Then BE is equal to
(1) 1004 cm (2) 2008 cm (3) 0 (4) 502 cm
2. In the adjoining figure ABC, DEF are equilateral triangles AB = 8 cm and DE = 3cm. Then the possible
value of AE + BD + CF is

(1) 6.9 cm (2) 7.1 cm (3) 5.2 cm (4) 8.3 cm

3. The measure of one of the angles of a right triangle is five times that of a second angle. Then the
possibility of the second largest angle is
(1) 72° (2) 7.5° (3) 72° or 75° (4) None of these
4. Two of the altitudes of the scalene triangle ABC have lengths 4 and 12. If the length of the third altitude
is also an integer, then its greatest value can be ..... . .
(1) 5 (2) 10 (3) 15 (4) 20
5. The perimeter of an isosceles right angled triangle is 2012. Its area is
(1) 2012(3 – 2 ) (2) (1006)2 (3 – 2 2 ) (3) (2012)2 (4) (1006)2
6. Triangles ABC and ABD are isosceles with AB = AC = BD, and AC intersects BD at E. If AC is
perpendicular to BD, then ∠C + ∠D is
(1) 115° (2) 120° (3) 130° (4) 135°
7. In ∆ABC, AB = 8, BC = 7, CA = 6. Extend BC to P such that ∆PAB ∆ ∆PCA, then the length of PC is
(1) 7, (2) 8, (3) g, (4) 10, (E) 11
8. In the isosceles right triangle ABC, ∠B = 90º, AD is the median on BC. Write AB = BC = a. If BE ⊥
AD, intersecting AC at E, and EF ⊥ BC at F, then EF is
1 1 2 2
(1) a, (2) a, (3) a, (4) a.
3 2 3 5
9. In the adjoining figure BAC is a 30º – 60° – 90º triangle with AB = 20. D is the midpoint of AC. The
perpendicular at D to AC meets the line parallel to AB through C at E. The line through E
perpendicular to DE meets BA produced at F. If DF = 5 x , then find x.

(1) 1 (2) 7 (3) 5 (4) 2

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10. A point P is chosen in the interior of ∆ABC such that when lines are drawn through P parallel to the
sides of ∆ABC, the resulting smaller triangles t1, t2, and t3 in the figure, have areas 4, g and 49
respectively. Find the area of ∆ABC.
(1) 144 (2) 140 (3) 130 (4) 131
11. In ∆ABC, D, E, F are on the sides BC, CA, AB respectively, such that they are concurrent at a point G,
BD = 2CD, the areas S1 = [GEC] = 3, S2 = [GCD] = 4. And the area of ∆ABC.
(1) 30 (2) 20 (3) 25 (4) 35
12. In ∆ABC, the bisector of ∠A intersects BC at D. A perpendicular to AD from B intersects AD at E. A
line segment through E and parallel to AC intersects BC at G, and AB at H. If AB = 26, BC = 28, AC
= 30, find the measure of DG .

(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 1 (4) 4

( AE )2 + ( BF )2
13. If AE and BF are medians drawn to the legs of right ∆ABC, find the numerical value of
( AB)2

5 6 7 8
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 4 4 4
14. The measures of the bases of trapezoid ABCD are 15 and 9, and the measure of the altitude is 4. Legs
DA and CB are extended to meet at E. If F is the midpoint of AD , and G is the midpoint of BC , find
the area of ∆FGE. (The figure is not drawn to scale.)

(1) 48 (2)49 (3) 46 (4) 52

15. In a right-angled ∆ABC, ∠ACB = 90°, E, Fare on AB such that AE = AC, BF = BC, find ∠ECF in
degrees.
16. Given that the lengths of three sides, a, b, c of a triangle are positive integers, where a < b < c. Find the
number of the triangles with b = 2.
17. In a right-angled triangle, if the length of a leg is 21, and the lengths of the other two sides are also
positive integers, find the minimum value of its possible perimeter.
18. In right-angled ∆ABC, ∠C = 90°, E is on BC such that AC = BE. D is on AB such that DE ⊥ BC.
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Given that DE + BC = 1, BD = , find ∠B in degrees.
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19. In ∆ABC, AC = BC, ∠C = 20º, M is on the side AC and N is on the side BC, such that ∠BAN = 50°,
∠ABM = 60°. Find ∠NMB in degrees.
20. In the ∆ABC, BE is the angle bisector of the ∠ABC, AD is the median on the side BC, and AD
intersects BE at O perpendicularly. Given BE =AD = 4, find the lengths of three sides of ∆ABC.

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21. In ∆ABC, D is the midpoint of BC, E is on AC such that AC = 3EC. BE and AD intersect at G. Find
AG : GD.
22. When extending the AB, BC, CA of ∆ABC to B', C', A' respectively, such that AB' = 2AB, CC' = 2BC,
AA' = 3CA. If area of ∆ABC is l, find the area of ∆A'B'C.
23. Given that the point P is outside the equilateral triangle ABC but inside the region of ∠ABC. If the distances
from P to BC, CA, AB are h1, h2 and h3 respectively, and h1 – h2 + h3 = 6, find the area of ∆ABC.
24. Given that G is the centroid of ∆ABC, GA = 2 3 , GB = 2 2 , GC = 2. Find the area of ∆ABC.
25. Point P is inside ∆ABC. Line segments APD, BPE, and CPF are drawn with D on BC, E on CA, and F on
AB (see the figure below). Given that AP = 6, BP = 9, PO= 6, PE = 3, and CF = 20, find the area of ∆ABC.

26. In a square ABCD, let P be a point on the side BC such that BP = 3PC and Q be the mid-point of CD. If
the area of the triangle PCQ is 5, what is the area of triangle QDA?

27. A triangle ∆ABC is inscribed in a circle of radius 4 cm. Suppose that ∠A = 60°, AC – AB = 4 cm, and
2
x
the area of ∆ABC is x cm2. Find the value of   .
2
28. In ∆ABC, AB : AC = 4 : 3 and M is the midpoint of BC. E is a point on AB and F is a point on AC
such that AE : AF = 2 : 1. It is also given that EF and AM intersect at G with GF = 36 cm and GE = x
cm. Find the value of x.

29. Non-degenerate ∆ABC has integer side lengths, BD is an angle bisector, AD = 3, and DC = 8. What is
the smallest possible value of the perimeter?
30. It is known that the 3 sides of a triangle are consecutive positive integers and the largest angle is twice
the smallest angle. Find the perimeter of this triangle.
31. A triangle ∆ABC is inscribed in a circle of radius 1, with ∆BAC = 60°. Altitudes AD and BE of ∆ABC
intersect at H. Find the smallest possible value of the length of the segment AH.
32. In triangle ABC, AB = 28, BC = 21 and CA = 14. Points D and E are on AB with AD = 7 and ∠ACD =
∠BCE. Find the length of BE.
33. Four points in the order A, B, C, D lie on a circle with the extension of AB meeting the extension of DC at E
and the extension of AD meeting the extension of BC at F. Let EP and FQ be tangents to this circle with
points of tangency P and Q respectively. Suppose EP = 60 and FO = 63. Determine the length of EF.
34. The diagram shows an equilateral triangle ADE inside a square ABCD. What is the value of
2
 area of ∆ADE 
  .
 area of ∆ADE 

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35. In this question, S∆xyz denotes the area of ∆XYZ. In the following figure, if DE || BC, S∆ADE = 1 and S∆ADC
= 4, find S∆DBC.

36. ∆ABC is a right-angled triangle with ∠ABC = 90°. A circle C1 is drawn with AB as diameter, and
another circle C2 is drawn with BC as diameter. The circles C1 and C2 meet at the points B and P. If AB
120
= 5 cm, BC = 12 cm and BP = x cm, find the value of .
x

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37. In the following diagram, ∠ACB = 90°, DE ⊥ BC, BE = AC, BD = cm, and DE + BC = 1 cm.
2
Suppose ∠ABC = xº. Find the value of x.

38. In the figure below, S is a point on OR and U is a point on PR. The line segments PS and QU intersect
at the point T. It is given that PT = TS and QS = 2RS. If the area of ∆PQR is 150 cm2 and the area of
∆PSU is x cm2. Find the value of x.

39. A triangle ∆ABC has its vertices lying on a circle C of radius 1, with ∠BAC = 60°. A circle with I is
inscribed in ∆ABC. The line AI meets circle C again at D. Find the length of the segment ID.
40. In the triangle ABC, AB = AC = 1, D and E are the midpoints of AB and AC respectively. Let P be a
point on DE and let the extensions of BP and CP meet the sides AC and AB at G and F respectively.
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Find the + .
BF CG

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