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ĐỀ THI CHỌN ĐỘI TUYỂN THI OLYMPIC TOÁN HOMC 2018

Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút

Part 1: Short Questions (10 questions, 2 marks each)

Question 1: What is the smallest value of the expression?

2 2 2 2
P= √ x + ( 1−x ) + √( 1−x ) + ( 1+ x )

Question 2: The diagram shows 28 lattice points, each one unit from its nearest neighbors.
Segment AB meets segment CD at E. Determine AE?

Question 3: If x ; y ; z are positive such that xy=24 ; yz=48 and zx=72, what is x + y + z?

Question 4: Suppose that n is a positive integer, and a ; b are positive real numbers with a+ b=2.
Find the smallest possible value of:

1 1
M= +
1+a 1+b n
n

Question 5: In the diagram below, ABCD is a square. The points A ; B; G are collinear. The line
segments AC and DG meet at E, the line segments BC and DG meet at F. Suppose that
DE=15 cm ; EF=9 cm, find FG
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Question 6: Given the function:

1
f ( x )= 3
√ x +2 x+ 1+ √ x −1+ √3 x 2−2 x+1
2 3 2

What is the value of following expression?

f ( 1 ) + f (3 )+ f ( 5 ) +…+ f ( 997 ) −f ( 999)

Question 7: In the figure below, S is a point on QR and U is a point on PR. The line segments
PS and QU meet T . Given that S PQR=150 c m2, PT =TS and QS=2 RS, find S PSU

Question 8: Let p be an integer such that the roots of the equation:

5 x 2−5 px + ( 66 p−1 )=0

are positive integers. Find the value of p

Question 9: Find the remainder when 1 ×3 ×5 × …× 2003× 2005 is divided by 1000

Question 10: Given that p and q are integers such that they satisfy the equation:

36 x 2−4 ( p 2+ 11 ) x+135 ( p+q ) +576=0

What is the value of p+q

Part 2: Long Questions (you must show your detailed solutions) (4 questions, 20 marks each)
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Question 11: ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral, let the angle bisectors of A and B meet at E. The
line through E parallel to CDintersects DA at L and BC at M . Prove that LA+ MB=LM

Question 12: Find all integers x ; y satisfy the equation:

x + y=x 2−xy + y 2

Question 13: Consider the sequence p1 ; p 2 ; … ; pn of primes such that for each i≥ 2, either
pi=2 pi−1−1 or pi=2 pi−1+ 1. An example of this sequence would be 2 ; 5; 11; 23 ; 47. Show that
any such sequence has a finite number of terms

Question 14: Suppose that a 1 ; a2 ; … ; a15 are prime numbers forming an arithmetic progression
with common difference d >0. If a 1>15 , prove that d >30,000

Investigation (15 marks – bonus)

Question: Let p be a prime number and x ; y ; z be positive integers such that 0< x < y < z < p.
Suppose that x 3 ; y 3 and z 3 both have the same remainder when divided by p. Prove that
x 2+ y 2+ z 2 is divisible by x + y + z