SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Preliminary Round
1

When the length of a rectangle is increased by 20 % and the breadth is decreased

by 10 %, the percentage change in area is
(A) 8 %

(C) 0 %

(D) + 0.8 %

(E) + 8 %

If a, b, c & d are non-zero numbers with c & d the solutions of x2 + ax + b = 0 and

a & b the solutions of x2 + cx + d = 0, then a + b + c + d equals
(A) 4

(B) 0.8 %

(B) 2

(C) 0

(D) 2

(E) 4

A year is a leap year if it is either

(1)

a multiple of 4 but not a multiple of 100, or

(2)

a multiple of 400.

For example, 1972 and 2000 were leap years while 2100 will not be.
How many leap years are there between 1000 and 3000 inclusive?
(A) 475
4

(B) 480

(C) 485

(D) 501

(E) 506

n dots are drawn on the circumference of a circle. By joining all the dots to one
another, the maximum number of regions that can be formed in the circle is
counted.
When n = 4, the maximum number of regions is 8.

What is the maximum number of regions that can be formed when n = 7?

(A) 57

(B) 59

(C) 61

(D) 62

(E) 64

In the diagram below, O is the centre of the circle, AB and CD intersect at E and
BED = 13. What is the value of AOC BOD?
A
B
E
O
D

C
(A) 13
6

(B) 26

(C) 32

(D) 64

(E) 77

The following sequence

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, ...
has one odd number followed by two evens, then three odds, four evens, and so
on. What number is the 2008th term?
(A) 3951

(B) 3952

(C) 3953

(D) 3954

(E) 3955

Final Round
(A)

Individual

How many zeros are there in the product 100 101 102 2008?

Given that sin cos = 3 , find the value of sin 3 cos 3 .

Find last 2 digits of 7128 .

(B)

Team

For how many integers k is

k
the square of an integer?
1000 k

How many rectangles are there in the figure below that contains the shaded region?

In a City there are 12 buildings connected by 17 streets, each one 100 metres long.
Every night each street must be cleaned by the street sweeper. In order to clean all
of the streets, the street sweeper has to travel over some of the streets more than
once. What is the fewest number of metres he can travel and still clean every
street?

(C)

Buzzer

What is the value of 20072008 2008 20082008 2007 ?

Find the smallest positive integer n such that n! is divisible by 2008.

The perimeter of equilateral ABC is 18. Find the perimeter of parallelogram

ADEF.
C

A set of 8 prime numbers is such that its mode is 11, mean is 9 and median is 7.
What is the largest possible number in the set?

Three vertices of a regular hexagon are randomly selected. What is the probability
that an isosceles triangle would be formed by connecting these three vertices?

Each time the two hands of a certain standard 12 - hour clock form a 180 angle, a
bell chimes once. From noon today until noon tomorrow, how many chimes will
be heard?