Special Maths Contest 2022 First Round Problems

1st Round
1. From midnight of a certain day, the minute hand of

a bewitched clock begins to misbehave in that it moves at same
rate but in the opposite direction, while the hour and seconds hands
behave normally. When next, after midnight, does the bewitched
clock tell the correct time?
A)06:00 B) 12:00 C) 15:15 D) 06:30 E) 00:30
2. How many ways can the letters in the word 𝑂𝐿𝑌𝑀𝑃𝐼𝐴𝐷 be
rearranged so that all the vowels form a string of adjacent
characters? (Example 𝐿𝑌𝑀𝑃𝐼𝐴𝑂𝐷)
A) 4320 B) 40320 C) 43200 D) 4032 E) 432
3. How many 4-digit palindromes are divisible by 7? (A palindrome
is a number of the form 𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎)
A) 7 B) 9 C) 18D) 19 E) 20
4. Given 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸 is a convex pentagon with
∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = ∠𝐶𝐷𝐸 = 120°, ∠𝐴𝐶𝐸 = 90° and
|𝐴𝐵| = |𝐵𝐶| = |𝐶𝐷| = |𝐷𝐸| = 1. Find |AE|.
A) 2 B) 6 C) 2 2 D) 1 + 3 E) 3
4 1 2 3
3 4 1 2
2 3 4 1
5. Find the last digit of 1 + 2 +3 +4 .
A) 0 B) 2 C) 4 D) 6 E) 8
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𝑎
6. Given that 8! 7! 6! 5! 4! 3! 2! 1! = 2 ∙𝑏, where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are positive
odd integers. What is the value of 𝑎?
A) 7 B) 15 C) 23 D) 25 E) 45
7. Given that 𝐷 is the midpoint of line segment 𝐵𝐶, 𝐸 is the midpoint
of line segment 𝐴𝐶 and 𝐹 is the midpoint of line segment 𝐴𝐷, find
the ratio of the area of triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 to triangle 𝐷𝐸𝐹.
1 1
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 4
E) 8
8. For which of the following pairs (𝑥, 𝑦) does the inequality
2 2
12𝑥 + 6𝑦 ≥17𝑥𝑦 fail?
A) (3, 5) B) (4, 5) C) (4, 7) D) (5, 7) E) (6, 7)
9. Let 𝑝 be a prime greater than 7, then (2𝑝 − 2)!! (𝑚𝑜𝑑 𝑝) is? (𝑥!!
is double factorial given by 𝑥!! = 𝑥(𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 − 4)... 3∙1, if 𝑥 is
odd and 𝑥!! = 𝑥(𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 − 4)... 4∙2, if 𝑥 is even)
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 𝑝 − 2 E) 𝑝 − 1
10. 10 friends arrive at a hotel to spend the night, but the hotel has
only 4 rooms free: two 2-man rooms and two 3-man rooms
(Rooms are not identical). Given the 10 friends decide to spend the
night in the given rooms, in how many ways can they book the
rooms?
A) 25200 B) 6300 C) 144 D) 10! E) None of the above
11. In the figure, |𝐴𝐵| = 25, |𝐶𝐸| = 9, ∠𝐵𝐴𝐷 = ∠𝐷𝐴𝐸, 𝐴𝐷⊥𝐵𝐶
at 𝐷 and 𝐷𝐸⊥𝐴𝐶 at 𝐸. Find |𝐵𝐶|.

A) 25 B) 29 C) 30 D) 34 E) Cannot be found
12. Sum of two irrational numbers is 1 less than their product, and 8
less than their sum of squares. Find the larger of the two numbers.
A) − 1 − 2 B) 2 C) 3 D) − 1 + 2 E) 1 + 2
13. In an Olympiad class, half of the students love Geometry (𝐺),
half love Number Theory (𝑁𝑇) and half love Combinatorics (𝐶).
They all love Algebra. It is also known that 6 love 𝐶 and 𝑁𝑇, 7
love 𝐶 and 𝐺, 8 love 𝐺 and 𝑁𝑇, and 14 love 𝑁𝑇 but not 𝐶 nor 𝐺.
How many students love 𝐺 but not 𝑁𝑇 nor 𝐶?
A) 12 B) 13 C) 14 D) 15 E) 16
14. An integer 𝑛 is said to be 𝑘 − 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑦 if it can be written as
the sum of 𝑘 consecutive positive integers. For example, 6 is
3 − 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑦 as 6 = 1 + 2 + 3. Suppose that there exists a
3-digit positive integer, 𝑚, such that 𝑚 is 𝑘 − 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ𝑦 and 𝑘 is as
large as possible, find the value of 𝑚 + 𝑘.
A)1079 B) 945 C) 990 D) 1011 E) 1034
15. Let 𝐴𝐷 and 𝐵𝐶 be common tangents to circles Ω1 and Ω2. Let
𝑂1 and 𝑂2 be the centers of the Ω1 and Ω2 respectively. Given that
|𝑂1𝑂2| = 15, |𝑂1𝐴| = 6, |𝑂2𝐶| = 3 and 𝐴𝐷 intersects 𝐵𝐶 at 𝑃,
find |𝐵𝑃|.

A) 5 B) 10 C) 7 D) 6 E) 8
16. Consider the sequence of positive integers defined by
𝑎𝑛+1 = 𝑛𝑎𝑛 for integers 𝑛≥1. If 𝑎1≤1000, find the sum of all the
possible number of zeroes 𝑎2022 can end with.
A)1512 B) 1007 C) 2018 D) 2525 E) 503
17. A bag contains 𝑥 blue, 𝑦 red and 𝑧 yellow identical balls. Gauss
picks 3 balls at random with replacement. Given the first two
balls are of different colours, what is the probability that the third
ball is also of a different colour from the first two?
1 𝑥!𝑦!𝑧! 𝑥𝑦+𝑦𝑧+𝑧𝑥 3
A) 3 B) (𝑥+𝑦+𝑧)! C) 9𝑥𝑦𝑧 D) 1
(𝑥+𝑦+𝑧) (
1 1
𝑥
+𝑦+𝑧 )
6𝑥𝑦𝑧
E) 3
(𝑥+𝑦+𝑧)
18. Let 𝑥, 𝑦 and 𝑛 be integers satisfying 𝑛𝑥 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑦 = 1 and
𝑛 > 3. Then, all of the following are possible except
A) 𝑥 = 2𝑛 − 1 B) 𝑦 = 2𝑛 − 1 C) 𝑦 − 𝑥 = 2𝑛 − 3 D)
2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2𝑛 − 3 E) 2𝑦 + 𝑥 = 2𝑛 − 3
19. Given that 𝑓: 𝑅⟶𝑅 is a non-constant linear function and there
exist 𝑎, 𝑏∈𝑅 such that 𝑓(𝑎 − 𝑏) = 𝑎, 𝑓(𝑎) = 𝑏,
𝑓(𝑏) = 𝑎 + 𝑏 − 1 and 𝑓(𝑎 + 𝑏) = 1. Find 𝑓(1).
A) 1 B) − 3 C) 5 D) 7 E) − 9
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20. ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 = ∠𝐶𝐵𝑂 = 2
∠𝐵𝑂𝐶 = 50°, |𝐴𝐵| = |𝐵𝐶|. Which of
the following is correct?
A) 𝑂 is the circumcenter of 𝐴𝐵𝐶. B) ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 60° C) 𝐵𝑂⊥𝐴𝐶
D) Area of 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is thrice that of 𝐵𝑂𝐶. E) |𝐴𝐶| = |𝐵𝑂| + |𝑂𝐶|.
21. John is playing a game with three standard dice. In a single
move, he tosses the dices and records the number displayed by
each of the dice. John wins the game if the three numbers can be
placed side by side to form a 3-digit number divisible by 11.
𝑝 𝑝
Suppose the probability that John wins is 𝑞 where the fraction 𝑞
is in lowest term. Find 𝑝 + 𝑞.
A)11 B) 5 C) 31D) 29 E) 77
3 2
22. Let the polynomial 𝑝(𝑥) = 5𝑥 + 3𝑥 − 10 have roots 𝑎, 𝑏
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
and 𝑐. What is the value of 𝑏+𝑐 + 𝑐+𝑎 + 𝑎+𝑏 ?
723 723 27 27
A) 250
B) − 250
C) 25
D) − 25
E) Not possible
to be determined
23. 3 positive integers greater than 200 are such that the H.C.F of
the 1st and 2nd is 143, H.C.F of the 2nd and 3rd is 34, and the H.C.F
of the 3rd and 1st is 1. Given the L.C.M of the 3 positive integers is
578578, find the smallest of the 3 positive integers. (H.C.F also
known as G.C.D is the Highest Common Factor or Greatest
Common Divisor, and L.C.M is the Lowest Common Multiple)
A)4862 B) 578 C) 286 D) 338 E) 442
24. Let 𝑆 denote the set of positive multiples of 12, 15 or 20 that
are less than 2022. Find the sum of all the elements of 𝑆.
A)409047 B) 403 C) 341727 D) 337 E) 289020
25. Given 𝑃1𝑃2𝑃3 ... 𝑃2022 is a convex polygon, what is the value of
the following summation?

𝑖=2022
∑ ∠𝑃𝑖𝑃𝑖+5𝑃𝑖+10
𝑖=1
where 𝑃2023 = 𝑃1, 𝑃2024 = 𝑃2, 𝑃2025 = 𝑃3 and so on.

A) 1006 • 360 B) 2012∙360 C) 2013∙180 D)
2017∙360 E) Not enough information.

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1st Round

1. From midnight of a certain day, the minute hand of

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where 𝑃2023 = 𝑃1, 𝑃2024 = 𝑃2, 𝑃2025 = 𝑃3 and so on.

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