PRMO Assignment – 2

1. x and y are real numbers, if the least possible value of the expression
4  x  2   4  y  3  2  x  3 is P then what is the value of (P)?
2 2 2

2. A dice is rolled twice. If the probability that the number in the second roll will be higher than that in
m
the first is then what is the value of m?
n

3. If f(x) = ax + b, a and b are positive real numbers and if f(f(x)) = 9x + 8, then the value of a + b is

4. If N = 11p7  7q 2  5r 1  3S  is a perfect cube, where p, q, r and s are positive integers, then the
smallest value of p + q + r + s is

5. Two farms were cultivating wheat by two farmers on their respective agricultural land in a village.
Farmer A had an average production of 20 bushels from a hectare. Farmer B, who had 15 hectares of
more land dedicated to wheat cultivation, had an output of 30 bushels of wheat from a hectare. If
farmer B harvested 530 bushels of wheat more than farmer A. How many bushels of wheat did
farmer A cultivate?

6. A multi-storied office building has total of 17 rows of parking spaces. There are 20 parking spaces in
the first row and 21 parking spaces in the second row. In each subsequent row, there are 2 more
parking spaces than in the previous row. The total number of parking spaces in the office building is.

a  b
7. For two positive integers a and b, if  a  b  is divisible by 500, then the least possible value of
a  b, is

8. If a, b and c are 3 consecutive integers between – 10 and +10 (both inclusive), how many integer
a 3  b3  c3  3abc
values are possible for the expression ?
a  b  c
2

1/ p
 p  14 
4  2 2 
p
9. The simplest value of the expression   is
p
 2 2 
 

10. In a college students are evaluated based on trimesters. The probability that a student fails in the first
trimester is 0.08. If he does not fail in the first trimester, the probability that he is promoted to the
second year is 0.87. If the probability that the student will complete the first year in the engineering
college is P then what is the value of 10P?

11. In the given figure PQ and PR are tangents of a semicircle. Center ‘O’ of this semicircle lies on QR.
If QO = 2 cm and OR = 4 cm. If P = 90º and r is the radius of the semicircle then what is the value
of 5r

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12. In a triangle ABC, AB = 3, BC = 4 and CA = 5, Point D is the midpoint of AB, point E is on the
segment AC and point F is on the segment BC. If AE = 1.5 and BF = 0.5 then DEF =

13. ABCD is a square with sides of length 10 units. OCD is an isosceles triangle with base CD, OC cuts
AB at point Q and OD cuts AB at point P. The area of trapezoid PQCD is 80 square units. The
altitude from O of the triangle OPQ is:

14. If two equal circle of radius 5 cm have two common tangent AB and CD which touch the circle on
A, C and B, D respectively shown in the figure. If CD = 24 cm, find the length of AB.

15. ABCD is a parallelogram with ABC = 60º. If the longer diagonal is of length 7 cm and the area of
3
the parallelogram ABCD is 15 cm2, then the perimeter of the parallelogram (in cm) is:
2

Note: Answers are given, the detailed solution will be uploaded on 11-08-2017.

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 PRMO Assignment – 2
Answer
1. 4 7. 9 13. 15 units

2. 15 8. 1 14. 26 cm

3. 5 9. 8 15. 16 cm

4. 9 10. 8

5. 160 11. 4 cm

6. 596 12. 45º