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Mathematics – Junior Section

Multi Correct Choice Type

1. It is known that the roots of the equation x5 + 3x4 – 4044118x3 – 12132362x2 – 12132363x – 20112 = 0
are all integers. How many distinct roots does the equation have?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

2. Let x  1000...0001000...000 50 . Which of the following is a perfect square?

(A) x – 75 (B) x – 25 (C) x (D) x + 25 (E) x + 75

3. Suppose N1, N2, ... , N2011 are positive integers. Let X = (N1 + N2 + · · · + N2010) (N2 + N3 + · · · + N2011),
Y = (N1 + N2 + · · · + N2011) (N2 + N3 + · · · + N2010). Which one of the following relationships always
holds?
(A) X = Y (B) X > Y (C) X < Y (D) X – N1 < Y – N2011
(E) none

4. The following annulus is cut into 14 regions. Each region is painted with one colour. What is the
minimum number of colours needed to paint the annulus so that any no two adjacent regions share
the same colours?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

5. Let n = (24 – 1) (36 – 1) (510 – 1) (712 – 1). Which of the following statements is true?
(A) n is divisible by 5, 7 and 11 but not 13
(B) n is divisible by 5, 7 and 13 but not 11
(C) n is divisible by 5, 11 and 13 but not 7
(D) n is divisible by 7, 11 and 13 but not 5
(E) none of the above

6. How many ways can you place a White Knight and a Black Knight on an 8  8 chessboard such that
they do not attack each other?

(A) 1680 (B) 1712 (C) 3696 (D) 3760 (E) none of the above

7. In the set {1, 6, 7, 9} which of the numbers appear as the last digit of nn for infinitely many positive
integers n?
(A) 1,6,7 only (B) 1,6,9 only (C) 1,7,9 only (D) 6,7,9 only (E) 1,6,7,9

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Short Questions Type

x y z a b c x2 y2 z2
8. Suppose    2 and    0 . Find 2  2  2 .
a b c x y z a b c

13 x 4  6x 3  2x 2  18x  23
9. Suppose x = . Find the exact value of .
19  8 3 x 2  8x  15

a 2  ab  b2  25,

10. Let a, b, c be positive real numbers such that  b2  bc  c2  49,
 c 2  ca  a 2  64.

Find (a + b + c)2.

n
11. Let P(x) be a polynomial of degree 2010. Suppose P(n) = for all n = 0, 1, 2, . . . , 2010.
1 n
Find P(2012).

12. Let  x  be the greatest integer smaller than or equal to x. How many solutions are there to the
equation x 3   x 3    x   x   on the interval [1, 20]?
3

13. Find the largest positive integer n such that n + 10 is a divisor of n3 + 2011.

a  b  2a  4b  4  0,
2 2
14. Let a, b, c, d be real numbers such that  2
c  d  4c  4d  4  0.
2

Let m and M be the minimum and the maximum values of (a – c)2 + (b – d)2,
respectively What is m  M?

15. Suppose that a function M(n), where n is a positive integer, is defined by

20n  11n
16. For each positive integer n, define A n  , where n! = 1  2  . . .  n. Find the value of n that
n!
maximizes An.

17. Find the number of ways to prove 1  10 block with tiles of sizes 1  1, 1  2 and 1  4 assuming tiles
of the same size are indistinguishable. (For example, the following are two distinct ways of using two
tiles of size 1  1, two tiles of size 1  2 and one tile of size 1  4. It is not necessary to use all the three
kids of tiles).

18. A 4  4 sudoku grid is filled with digits so that each column, each row and each of the four 2  2 sub
grids that composes the grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 4. For example,

19. How many ways are there to put 7 identical apples into 4 identical packages so that each package has
at least one apple?

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20. At a fun fair, coupons can be used to purchase food. Each coupon is worth $5, $8 or $12. For
example, for a $15 purchase you can use three coupons of $5, or use one coupon of $5 and one
coupon of $8 and pay $2 by cash. Suppose the prices in the fun fair are all whole dollars. What is the
largest amount that you cannot purchase using only coupons?

21. Find the length of the spirangle in the following diagram, where the gap between adjacent parallel lines
is 1 unit.

22. Consider a triangle ABC, where AB = 20, BC = 25 and CA = 17. P is a point on the plane. What is the
minimum value of 2  PA + 3  PB + 5  PC?

23. Given an equilateral triangle, what is the ratio of the area of its circumscribed circle to the area of its
inscribed circle?

24. In the following diagram, ABCD is a square, BD  CE and BE  BD . Let E = xo. Find x.

25. Consider an equilateral triangle ABC, where AB = BC = CA = 2011. Let P be a point inside ABC. Draw
line segments passing through P such that DE  BC, FG  CA and HI  AB .
Suppose DE : FG : HI = 8 : 7 : 10. Find DE + FG + HI. 

26. In the following diagram, AB  BC. D and E are points on segments AB and BC respectively, such that
BA + AE = BD + DC. It is known that AD = 2, BE = 3 and EC = 4. Find BA + AE.

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