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Question 1
A base-10 three digit number n is selected at random. Which of the following
is closest to the probability that the base-9 representation and the base-11
representation of n are both three-digit numerals?
(A) 0.3 (B) 0.4 (C) 0.5 (D) 0.6 (E) 0.7

Question 2
Let n be a 5-digit number, and let q and r be the quotient and the remainder,
respectively, when n is divided by 100. For how many values of n is q + r
divisible by 11?
(A) 8180 (B) 8181 (C) 8182 (D) 9000 (E) 9090

Question 3
For how many positive integers n does 1 + 2 + ... + n evenly divide from 6n?
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9 (E) 11

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Question 4

For each positive integer n > 1, let P (n) denote the greatest prime factor of
√
n. For how many positive integers n is it true that both P (n) = n and
√
P (n + 48) = n + 48?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

Question 5
Let x and y be two-digit integers such that y is obtained by reversing the
digits of x. The integers x and y satisfy x2 − y 2 = m2 for some positive integer
m. What is x + y + m?
(A) 88 (B) 112 (C) 116 (D) 144 (E) 154

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Question 6
Mr. Jones has eight children of different ages. On a family trip his oldest
child, who is 9, spots a license plate with a 4-digit number in which each of
two digits appears two times. ”Look, daddy!” she exclaims. ”That number
is evenly divisible by the age of each of us kids!” ”That’s right,” replies Mr.
Jones, ”and the last two digits just happen to be my age.” Which of the
following is not the age of one of Mr. Jones’s children?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8

Question 7

For each positive integer n, let S(n) denote the sum of the digits of n. For
how many values of n is n + S(n) + S(S(n)) = 2007?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

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Question 8

Hexadecimal (base-16) numbers are written using numeric digits 0 through 9

as well as the letters A through F to represent 10 through 15. Among the first
1000 positive integers, there are n whose hexadecimal representation contains
only numeric digits. What is the sum of the digits of n?
(A) 17 (B) 18 (C) 19 (D) 20 (E) 21

Question 9
In how many ways can 345 be written as the sum of an increasing sequence
of two or more consecutive positive integers?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

Question 10
Let n be the least positive integer greater than 1000 for which

gcd(63, n + 120) = 21 and gcd(n + 63, 120) = 60.

What is the sum of the digits of n?

(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 21 (E) 24

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Question 11
A triangle with perimeter 7 has integer sidelengths. What is the maximum
possible area of such a triangle?
√ √ √ √
3 7 4 7 7 3
A) 4
B) 3
C) 4
D) 4 7 3 E) None

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3 7
√

Question 12
Let A1 , B1 , C1 , D1 be the midpoints of the sides of a convex quadrilateral
ABCD and let A2 , B2 , C2 , D2 be the midpoints of the sides of the quadrilateral
A1 B1 C1 D1 . If A2 B2 C2 D2 is a rectangle with sides 4 and 6, then what is the
product of the lengths of the diagonals of ABCD ?

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Question 13
In a triangle ABC, let I denote the incenter. Let the lines AI, BI and CI
intersect the incircle at P, Q and R, respectively. If ̸ BAC = 40o , what is the
value of ̸ QP R in degrees ?

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Question 14
Consider a right-angled triangle ABC with ̸ C = 90o . Suppose that the
hypotenuse AB is divided into four equal parts by the points D, E, F , such
that AD = DE = EF = F B. If CD2 + CE 2 + CF 2 = 350, find the length of
AB

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Question 15

Let ABCD be a trapezium in which AB//CD and AD ⊥ AB. Suppose

ABCD has an incircle which touches AB at Q and CD at P . Given that
P C = 36 and QB = 49, find P Q.

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Question 16
Triangles ABC and DEF are such that ̸ A = ̸ D, AB = DE = 17, BC =
EF = 10 and AC − DF = 12. What is AC + DF ?

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Question 17
In a triangle ABC, X and Y are points on the segments AB and AC, respec-
tively, such that AX : XB = 1 : 2 and AY : Y C = 2 : 1. If the area of
triangle AXY is 10, then what is the area of triangle ABC?

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Question 18
Consider a triangle ABC with AB = 13, BC = 14, CA = 15. A line per-
pendicular to BC divides the interior of BC into two regions of equal area.
Suppose that the aforesaid perpendicular cuts BC at D, and cuts ABC again
at E. If L is the length of the line segment DE, find L2 .

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Question 19
Let XOY be a triangle with ̸ XOY = 90o . Let M and N be the midpoints of
legs OX and OY , respectively. Suppose that XN = 19 and Y M = 22. What
is XY ?

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Question 20
Let ABCD be a rectangle and let E and F be points on CD and BC respec-
tively such that area (ADE) = 16, area (CEF ) = 9 and area (ABF ) = 25.
What is the area of triangle AEF ?

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Question 21
Forty slips are placed into a hat, each bearing a number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, or 10, with each number entered on four slips. Four slips are drawn from
the hat at random and without replacement. Let p be the probability that
all four slips bear the same number. Let q be the probability that two of the
slips bear a number a and the other two bear a number b ̸= a. What is the
value of q/p?
(A) 162 (B) 180 (C) 324 (D) 360 (E) 720

Question 22
How many four-digit positive integers have at least one digit that is a 2 or a
3?
(A) 2439 (B) 4096 (C) 4903 (D) 4904 (E) 5416

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Question 23
A set of 25 square blocks is arranged into a 5 × 5 square. How many different
combinations of 3 blocks can be selected from that set so that no two are in
the same row or column?
(A) 100 (B) 125 (C) 600 (D) 2300 (E) 3600

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Question 24
A bug travels from A to B along the segments in the hexagonal lattice pic-
tured below. The segments marked with an arrow can be traveled only in the
direction of the arrow, and the bug never travels the same segment more than
once. How many different paths are there?

(A) 2112 (B) 2304 (C) 2368 (D) 2384 (E) 2400

Question 25
A list of 2018 positive integers has a unique mode, which occurs exactly 10
times. What is the least number of distinct values that can occur in the list?
(A) 202 (B) 223 (C) 224 (D) 225 (E) 234

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Question 26

Suppose a, b are integers and a + b is a root of x2 + ax + b = 0. What is the

maximum possible value of b2 ?

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Question 27
What is the value of

X X
(i + j) − (i + j)?
1≤i<j≤10 1≤i<j≤10
i+j= odd i+j= even

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Question 28

Suppose x is a positive real number such that {x}, [x] and x are in a geometric
progression. Find the least positive integer n such that xn > 100. (Here [x]
denotes the integer part of x and {x} = x − [x].)

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Question 29

If the real numbers x, y, z are such that x2 + 4y 2 + 16z 2 = 48 and xy + 4yz +

2zx = 24, what is the value of x2 + y 2 + z 2 ?

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Question 30
What is the largest positive integer n such that

a2 b2 c2
b c
+ c a + a b
≥ n(a + b + c)
29
+ 31 29
+ 31 29
+ 31

holds for all positive real numbers a, b, c.

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