Past Paper

◎Problems 1-10. Six points each. Choose the best answer from (A) – (D) .
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1) If a 4-digit number 92 yz is a perfect square, y is the tens digit, and z is the units digit, find y＋z.

(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 5

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2) Compare the values of a＝ 2 － 8 , b＝ 3 － 7 , and c＝ 4 － 6 .

(A) a＞c＞b (B) a＞b＞c (C) b＞c＞a (D) c＞b＞a

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3) Given that two graphs of functions f(x)＝3x－5 and g(x)＝ax＋5 intersect at P(2，b), find a＋b.

(A) －2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) －1

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4) If n is a positive integer, and there is a sequence formed by odd numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, ……. How can
the number of the 2n＋1 term be presented?

(A) 2n＋1 (B) 4n＋3 (C) 4n－1 (D) 4n＋1

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5) Given a factored equation 2(xy－2)－(8x－y)＝(ax＋b)(cy＋d). Find the minimum value of a－d.

(A) －6 (B) －3 (C) 6 (D) 3

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6) If the roots of an equation x 2 ＋mx－1＝0 is 3± 10 , find m.

(A) －4 (B) －5 (C) －6 (D) －7

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7) Given that each of the five brothers is 2 years apart in age respectively. Suppose the sum of their
ages is 120 years old, how old is the oldest one among them?

(A) 24 (B) 28 (C) 25 (D) 26

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8) If a＝338, b＝199, and c＝669, compute ab＋bc－7b.

(A) 1000 (B) 199 2 (C) 199×100 2 (D) 199000

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9) Find the remainder of ( x 3 ＋ x 2 ＋2)÷( x 2 ＋1).

(A) x＋1 (B) －x＋1 (C) 1 (D) －x＋2

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2752 －1252
10) Compute .
2752 ＋125 × 550 ＋1252

1 1 3 5
(A) (B) － (C) (D)
2 2 8 8
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◎Problems 11-15. Eight points each. Choose the best answer from (A) – (D) .

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11) As in the figure below, 2x 2 ＋ax＋b is the difference between two polynomials. Given that the
coefficient 2 for x 2 is wrong while the others are correct, find the correct answer.

(A) － 6x 2 ＋5x＋4 (B) － 6x 2 －3x＋4 (C) 8 x 2 －3x－4 (D) 8 x 2 ＋5x－4

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12) As in the figure below, given a rectangle ABCD where E is on BC and AE ⊥ ED . If AE ＝ 7

＋1, and ED ＝ 7 －1, find the perimeter of rectangle ABCD.

(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 14

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13) As in the figure below, given 9 points where the distance between a point and its four adjacent
points that are on its left, right, front, and back, is 1. If two points are picked randomly, how many
different kinds of lengths are there?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

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14) If the product of two successive positive integers is 4556, find the sum of these two numbers.

(A) 125 (B) 127 (C) 135 (D) 143

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15) If x＋y＝3, find the value of x 2 ＋2xy＋ y 2 －3x－3y＋4.

(A) 4 (B) －4 (C) 14 (D) 22