OFFICIAL SOLUTIONS 

 
1.Ty has 5 gift cards,4 birthday card,and 7 greeting cards,he has total …… no. 
of cards 
 
Solution. Total no. of cards=5+4+7=16 
 
2.De呅�ne ,then is 
 

Solution. . . . just put    

 
 
3.The ratio of the angles of a quadrilateral are ,then 
 
Solution.
 
So from here we can see that the angles of the quadrilateral are
 
So,the only meaningful option is ( ) 
 
4.The 2016th letter of the sequence ABCDEDCBABCDEDCBA ,is 
 
Solution. See that if we divide the sequence in sets of consecutive elements 
every set has the last element as  

Now,see that ,so we get as our in the 

sequence,i.e.,  
 
5.How many ways can you write 14 as the sum of three distinct primes? 
 
Solution. See that 14 is an even number and we have the 
only primes which are less than 14 
Now,as is an even number we could have maximum two odds in the 
summation and a third odd would make the summation odd 
So just checking the sums give us as the only desired result...  
 
6.There exists positive integers such that and are 
exactly divisible by 
 

Solution. Let  
Then by,Bezout's Theorem,we can say there exists integers and such 

that  
put and ,we get  
So,we can conclude that and are exactly divisible by

.. . 
 
7.. are 呅�ve integers such that 

then the value of is 

 
Solution. Given    ,put 
 
we get 
and eventually we get
...(just put and check) 

So,  
 
8.If n is a natural number then number of possible remainders when n is 
divided by 7 is 
 
Solution. Any natural number can be expressed as 
 
So,possible remainders when is divided by are

...So,there are remainders...  

9.Many 呅�ve-letter "words" can be made using the letters and 
. If all of these words were arranged in alphabetical order, in which 
position would the "word" appear?  
 
Solution. Case 1-Take M as the 呅�rst letter,then total no. of words starting 
with M= . 
Case 2-Take P as the 呅�rst letter,then total no. of words starting with P=
 
Case 3-Take R as the 呅�rst letter,then total no. of words starting with R=
 
Case 4-Take T as the 呅�rst letter and M as the second letter ,then total no. of 
such possible words=  
Case 5-Take T as the 呅�rst letter and P as the second letter ,then total no. of 
such possible words=  
Case 6-Take T as the 呅�rst letter and R as the second letter and M as the third 
letter ,then total no. of such possible words=  
Case 7-Take T as the 呅�rst letter and R as the second letter and P as the third 
letter ,then total no. of such possible words=  
Case 4-Take T as the 呅�rst letter and R as the second letter and U as the third 
letter and M as the fourth letter ,then total no. of such possible words=  
which is actually TRUMP 
So,position of TRUMP is 

 
 
10.What is the second smallest 5-digit number in Pascal's triangle? 
 
Solution. Here it is easy to visualize that the binomial coe�cient 

covers all natural numbers 

Hence,it is obvious that the second smallest 呅�ve digit natural number is 

 
11.The last two digits of when represented in decimal notation will be 
 
Solution. By Euler's Theorem we know that if ,we have 

So we can see that and thus 

Now as ,we have  

now,
 

Hence our required answer is  

 

12.The fraction when reduced to its simplest form is 

 

Solution.  
 
 
13.A cylinder has volume and height 6. If the base is cut o谤 from the 
cylinder, what would be the length of a arc on the base? 
 
Solution. Volume of cylinder ,here is the radius of the base of the 
cylinder which is unknown and is the height of the cylinder 
Thus we have  

Now we know that length of any arc ,where is the angle 

which is in radians,so and we know that in radians 

So,  
 
14.ABCD is a square of area .The center square has an area of .The 
remaining are four congruent rectangles.The ratio of the length to breadth of 
a rectangle is 
  
 

Solution. We know that  

So,side of and that of the center square is  
Now from the 呅�gure we see that length of one of the rectangle is 

and, 
breadth of the rectangle  

So,the ratio of  
 
15.ABCDE is a regular pentagon.CDP and EDQ are equilateral triangles then 
measure of is 

 
Solution. We know that interior angle of a regular pentagon measures  
So,  
now,as and are equilateral triangles so,
 
now,
 
 
16.The hypotenuse ‘z’ and one side of ‘x’ of a right triangle are consecutive 
integers.The square of the third side is 
 
Solution. Let the third side be ,then we can say that 
 now as and are consecutive 
integers,let  
 
 
17.In the adjoining 呅�gure,ABCD is a rectangle,AD=2,AB=1 and AE is arc of the 
circle centred at D.The length BE is equal to 

 
 
Solution. Join now you can see that and are radii of the same 
circle centered at  
So, ,and  
now,see that is a right triangle,right angled at  
So,applying Pythagoras theorem on ,we get 

Now,  
 
18.In the adjoining 呅�gure, we have squares and rectangles.Total 
no. of squares present in the 呅�gure are 

 
Solution.See the 呅�gure and visualize that there are consecutive
squares in a column 
and consecutive squares in the middle between the two vertical 
rectangles 
and the box containing these squares and rectangles is itself a square 

So,there are total squares...  

 
19.A 33 by 67 grid is made with toothpicks. How many 200 toothpick 
containers are needed? 
 
Solution. In total there are toothpicks in 
the grid 

Now dividing it by 200 gives us our desired result which is  

Now the number when rounded o谤 to its nearest integer value,we 

will get  
 
20.If n is a positive integer,then the ones digit of is  
 
Solution. is similar to and similarly, is similar to 
 

So, ,so the last digit is  

 
21.There are four types of dolls called Dingle(D),Pingle(P),Jingle(J) and 
Mungle(M).All toys of same category have same weight.No two toys of 
di谤erent category have same weight.They balance as shown.How many 
Jingles will balance one Mungle? 

 
Solution. Represent no. of as  
no. of as  
no. of as  
no. of as ......................as given anyways, 
from the 呅�gure form these equations, 

 
We have to 呅�nd in terms of  

,gives 
  

now, ,gives 

So,our required answer is  

 
22.If 7 couples are sit together in a row then 呅�nd the no. of ways in which 
people of same gender sits alternately 
 
Solution. We can seat the boys in either the odd places or in the even 
places,so there are ways for this 
Now,the boys can seat in the even places for ways and similarly ways 
for odd places 

So,total no. of ways  

 
23.In the sum upto 2016 terms the last four 
digits of the sum obtained is 
 
Solution. After the fourth term just consider the last $4$ digits of every term 
till $2016th$ term ,we have as the last four digits for all terms from the 
5th term onwards,so there sum will be 
 
so total sum is  
So the last four digits are  
 
24.The number of natural numbers such that is a square 
of a natural number is 
 

Solution. We can write, , 

now for this to be a square of a natural number must be a square 

too. 
Now,it is given that ,so the squares less than 
are  
So,

, 

So, there are possible values of ,i.e.,..  

 
25.What is the probability that for positive integers  
chosen at random is divisible by 5 
 
 
Solution. See,that for a number to divisible by its last digit is either or  
Now,see that yields a last digit of .....(compare to ) 
Similarly, yields a last digit of .....(compare to ) 
Similarly, yields a last digit of .....(compare to ) 
Similarly, yields a last digit of .....(compare to ) 
Now see that if we consider and ,we get a 
desired result 
Similarly works for, and and vice-versa 
So for any value of there are values of  

So,our required probability is  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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