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Mathematics – Junior Section

Multi Correct Choice Type

1. If a = 853, b = 1641 and c = 6427, then which of the following inequalities is true?
(A) a > b > c (B) c > b > a (C) b > a > c (D) b > c > a (E) c > a > b

2. If a, b, c are real numbers such that a  b  1, b  c  1, c  a  2 and abc = 60, find the value of
a b c 1 1 1
     .
bc ca ca a b c
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) none of the above
30 20 10 4

3. Find the number of integer pairs x, y such that xy – 3x + 5y = 0.


(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8 (E) 16

4. Given that ABC is a triangle with D being the midpoint of AC and E a point on CB such that CE =
2EB. If AE and BD intersect at point F and the area of AFB = 1 unit, find the area of ABC.

10 11
(A) 3 (B) (C) (D) 4 (E) 5
3 3

5. ABCD is a square with sides 8 cm. M is a point on CB such that CM = 2 cm. If N is a variable point on
the diagonal DB, find the least value of CN + MN.

(A) 8 (B) 6 2 (C) 10 (D) 8 2 (E) 12

6. ABCD is a rectangle whose diagonals intersect at point O. E is a point on AB such that CE bisects
BCD. If ACE = 150, find BOE.

(A) 60o (B) 65o (C) 70o (D) 75o (E) 80o

7. Let S be the smallest positive multiple of 15, that comprises exactly 3k digits with k ‘0’s, k ‘3’s and k
‘8’s. Find the remainder when S is divided by 11.
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 8

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Short Question Type

8. Find the value of 99992  19999 .

9. In the figure below, BAD, BCE, ACF and DEF are straight lines. It is given that BA = BC, AD = AF,
EB = ED. If BED = xo , find the value of x.

10. If a = 1.69 , b = 1.73 and c = 0.48, find the value of


1 2 1
 
a 2  ac  ab  bc b2  ab  bc  ac c 2  ac  bc  ab

11. Let ABCD be a square and X and Y be points such that the lengths of XY, AX and AY are 6, 8 and 10
m
respectively. The area of ABCD can be expressed as units where m and n are positive integers
n
without common factors. Find the value of m + n.

12. Let x and y be real numbers satisfying the inequality 5x2 + y2 – 4xy + 24 ≤ 10x – 1.
Find the value of x2 + y2.

ab 1 bc 1 ca 1
13. Let a, b and c be real numbers such that  ,  and  . Find the value of
a b 3 bc 4 ca 5
24abc
.
ab  bc  ca

14. Let a and b be two real numbers. If the equation ax + (b – 3) = (5a – 1)x + 3b has more than one
solution, what is the value of 100a + 4b?

15. Let S = {1, 2, 3, . . . 48, 49}. What is the maximum value of n such that it is possible to select n
numbers from S and arrange them in a circle in such a way that the product of any two adjacent
numbers in the circle is less than 100?

16. Given any 4 digit positive integer x not ending in ‘0’, we can reverse the digits to obtain another 4 digit
integer y. For example if x is 1234 then y is 4321. How many possible 4 digit integers x are there if y –
x = 3177?

17. Find the least positive integer n such that 28 + 211 + 2n is a perfect square.

18. Find the units digit of 20131 + 20132 + 20133 + . . . + 20132013.

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19. In ABC, DC = 2BD, ABC = 45o and ADC = 60o. Find ACB in degrees.

20. If a and b are positive integers such that a2 + 2ab – 3b2 – 41 = 0, find the value of a2 + b2.

1  1   2   1   2   3   1   2   3   4  1 
21. Evaluate the following sum                                  ...,
1  2   2   3   3   3   4   4   4   4  5 
up to the 2013th term.

22. What is the smallest possible integer value of n such that the following statement is always true?
In any group of 2n – 10 persons, there are always at least 10 persons who have the same birthdays.
(For this question, you may assume that there are exactly 365 different possible birthdays).

23. What is the smallest positive integer n, where n ≠ 11, such that the highest common factor of n – 11
and 3n + 20 is greater than?

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