Mock MTAP Math Challenge Year 4

Individual Written Competition Set 5

Part I: Solve each problem and write the answer on the answer sheet provided. Give lines as ax + by + c = 0. Leave
answers in simplified radicals and use base 10 unless otherwise stated. [2 points each]

1 1 7 53
1. Evaluate + + + ··· + .
5 3 15 15
5
2. Suppose that tan θ = and cos θ < 0. Find sin θ.
12
3. Find the units digit of 132012 − 122011 .
4. Determine the value of k so that when (kx + 1)(x − 1)(x + 3) + 2 is divided by x + 2, the remainder is 11.
100
5. If x, y > 0, log xy 2 = 1.3 and log y = 0.8, determine the value of log .
x
6. Let x be a real number such that 2x = 3. Find the value of 43x+2 .
7. A bag contains 7 black and 6 white balls. In how many ways can one choose from the bag groups of 5 balls with
at least 3 black balls?
8. A coin is to be tossed repeatedly. Find the probability that the fifth head will appear on the eighth toss.
9. How many four-digit numbers with no repeated digits and less than 4653 are there?
x2 − 4x + 3
10. Solve the inequality < 1 − x.
3 − 2x
BD 2 AE 3
11. In triangle ABC, points D, E lie on sides BC, AC respectively such that = and = . If AD
DC 3 EC 4
AF BF
intersects BE at F , find the value of · .
FD FE
√
3 1
12. Find the exact value of ◦
− .
sin 20 cos 20◦
13. Let ABCD be a rectangle with AB = 3 and BC = 1. Let E be the midpoint of AB and let F be a point on the
extension of DE such that CF = CD. Find the area of triangle CDF .
14. If w3 = 1 and w 6= 1, find the value of (1 + w − w2 )3 + (1 − w + w2 )3 .

15. Determine the remainder when 683 + 883 is divided by 49.

Part II: Solve the following problems on a scratch paper, then write a neat and complete solution on the answer sheet
provided. Draw any necessary diagrams; give details and any necessary reasons/explanations to get full points. [3
points each]

1. Factor completely: (ay + bx)3 + (ax + by)3 − (a3 + b3 )(x3 + y 3 ).

2. If x is real, find the value of x such that
p p p
logx 3x2 − 2 + logx2 3x2 − 2 + logx4 3x2 − 2 + · · · = 3

3. Suppose that the circles ω1 : (x − 4)2 + (y − 6)2 = 29 and ω2 : x2 + 2x + y 2 − 2y − 7 = 0 intersect at two points
A and B. Find the length of AB.
4. In parallelogram ABCD, AD = 12 and ∠CAD = 2∠CAB. Point E lies on side CD such that AE bisects
∠CAD and DE = 8. Find the length of AC.
x2 √
5. Let f (x) = 2
and g(x) = 4 − x. Determine the domain of (g ◦ f ◦ g)(x).
2−x

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Part III: Solve the following problems on a scratch paper, then write a neat and complete solution on the answer
sheet provided. Draw any necessary diagrams; give details and any necessary reasons/explanations to get full points.
[5 points each]

1. Let f (x) be a polynomial with integer coefficients such that f (3) = 2. Prove that f (1) is an even integer.

2. Find two points M and N on the line x − 3y − 4 = 0 and on the circle x2 + y 2 − 4y = 0 such that the midpoint
of M N is (3, 1).
3. Suppose that x and y are real numbers such that x2 + 9y 2 − 4x + 6y + 4 = 0. Determine the minimum and
maximum values of 4x − 9y.