QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 4.

Given that 2016 is a leap year and

3 MARKS EACH Sonia’s birthday fell on Sunday, 24th of
June, 2012. In which year will her
1. Given (" + $)& = "& + 3") $ + 3"$ ) + $ & ,
birthday next fall on a Sunday?
find the 2nd and 3rd terms in the
expansion of (2+ + 3,)& .
(A) 2017
(B) 2018
(A) 18+ ) , + 54+, ) (C) 2019
(B) 24+ ) , + 54+, ) (D) 2020
(C) 36+ ) , + 54+, ) (E) None of the above
(D) 24+ ) , + 27+, )
(E) None of the above
5. Which of the following statements is
true about the expressions 3√5 + √85
2. Evaluate and 3√4 + √105 ?

20192018) + 1
(A) √4 + √10 > √5 + √8
20192017) + 20192019)
(B) √4 + √10 < √5 + √8
1 (C) √4 + √10 = √5 + √8
(A)
4 (D) They are both rational
1 (E) None of the above
(B)
3
1
(C)
2 6. A batch of berries has mass 100 kg.
1% of its mass is flesh and 99% is
(D) 1
water.
(E) None of the above
After a few hours in the sun, the water
content reduced to 98%.
3. It is known that :;<=> is a regular
pentagon. ? is a point in :;<=> such How much does the batch weigh now?
that ∆=?> is equilateral. Find ∠:?<.
(A) 98 kg
(A) 108° (B) 97 kg
(B) 128° (C) 48 kg
(C) 138° (D) 49 kg
(D) 168° (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

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7. :; and ;< are diameters of 9. The sum
semicircles :=; and <C;, respectively.
1 1 1
+ + ⋯+
1×2×3 2×3×4 17 × 18 × 19
The line := is tangent to semicircle 1
<C; at point C. +
18 × 19 × 20
F
is in its lowest terms.
G

Find (H + I).

(A) 603
(B) 749
(C) 787
(D) 938
Given that ∠C;< = 28°, find ∠C:<. (E) 949

(A) 32°
(B) 33° 10. Evaluate
(C) 34°
25 5 32
(D) 35° log − 2 log + log
16 7 49
(E) None of the above
(A) log 2
(B) log 3
(C) log 4
(D) log 5
8. Line :; intersects a clockface at 10
(E) None of the above
and 4.

QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH

How many minutes after 4:00 PM 4 MARKS EACH
does the angle between the hour and
minute hands, in relation to Line :;, 11. Simplify
equal each other?
2GPQ − 2(2G )
N 2(2GP) )
(A) 17 OO
O
(B) 17
N (A) 2GPO − R
O&
N (B) −2GPO
(C) 18 OO S
N (C)
(D) 18 O& R
S
(D)
(E) None of the above Q
(E) None of the above

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12. Given that 15. Find a positive integer +, such that

T " $ 2N + 2OU + 2V
< <
"+$ $+T T+"
is a perfect square.
Which of the following is true?
(A) 7
(A) T<"<$ (B) 8
(B) $<T<" (C) 9
(C) "<$<T (D) 10
(D) T<$<" (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

13. Evaluate 16. Given that ", $ and T are positive real
numbers and " + $ + T = 1, evaluate
W14 + 6√5 − W14 − 6√5
√4" + 1 + √4$ + 1 + √4T + 1
(A) 5 (A) 4
(B) 2√5 (B) 5
(C) √5 (C) <4
(D) 1 (D) >5
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

14. Evaluate 17. A bag contains 20 balls numbered

1 to 20. If 2 balls are randomly
1 2 3 4 8
+ + + + ⋯+ R chosen from the bag, find the
2 4 8 16 2
probability that the sum of the two
numbers is prime.
249
(A) 23
128 (A)
40
251
(B) 29
128 (B)
40
449
(C) 31
256 (C)
380
551
(D) 17
256 (D)
190
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

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18. Mr. Woodley paid $650,000 for two 20. The side length of square :;<= is
commercial properties. 2√15 . > and [ are midpoints of
:; and ;< , respectively. :[ intersects
A year later, the market value of the => and =; at \ and ].
1st property rose by 20%, while that
of the 2nd dropped by 25%. The two Find the area of ∆=\].
properties then had the same market
value.

Of what market value was the

1st property at first?

(A) $220,000
(B) $230,000
(C) $240,000
(D) $250,000
(E) None of the above
(A) 8
(B) 9
(C) 10
19. In sector :?; , segment :; has
(D) 11
length 18 TH . ?: and ?; are tangent
(E) None of the above
to the two circles and arc :; is
tangent to the circle with centre < .
QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH
Given that the circle with centre < 6 MARKS EACH
has a radius of 6 cm, find the radius
for the circle with centre =. 21. Let "G be the number of ways to climb
up a flight of I steps by taking either
1 or 2 steps at a time.

Find the remainder when ")UO` is

divided by 7.

22. Given that :; = <= = 1 , ∠:;= = 90°

and ∠<;= = 30°, find :<.

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) None of the above

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 23. Find the sum of all the positive
integral values of I for which the
SGPOa
fraction is also an integer.
Gb&

24. c and d satisfy the conditions

c ) − cd + d ) 31
=
c ) + cd + d ) 43

1 1 7
+ =
c d 2

The quadratic equation with c and d as

roots and e is positive is e+ ) + f+ + g ,
where e, f and g are integers with a
greatest common divisor of 1.

Find (e + f + g).

25. Suppose IO and I) are positive

integers where 1 ≤ IO < I) ≤ 99.

Gi
When all possible values of are
Gj

arranged in ascending order, find the

OS
fraction that comes after .
SN

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Paper D – Answers

Multiple-Choice Questions
Questions 1 to 10 carry 3 marks each.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
C C D B A

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
E C D E A

Questions 11 to 20 carry 4 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

D A B B C

Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

E E D A A

Free-Response Questions
Questions 21 to 25 carry 6 marks each.

21 22 23 24 25
3 15
3 √2 118 12
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