QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 4.

Using the digits 1,2,3 and 4, without

3 MARKS EACH repeat, one can form distinct 3-digit
numbers.
1. Which of the following numbers is the
largest?
What is the average of all possible
numbers formed?
(A) 1
(B) √2 (A) 200
(C) √3
3
(B) 225.5
(D) √4
4
(C) 275
(E) √6
6
(D) 277.5
(E) None of the above

2. If |𝑥 − 10| + 𝑥 − 10 = 0 , what is the

range of 𝑥?
5. Find the sum of the coefficients in the
expansion of
(A) 𝑥 < 10
(B) 𝑥 > 10
(𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 3)3 (3𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1)
(C) 𝑥 ≤ 10
(D) 𝑥 ≥ 10
(A) 1140
(E) None of the above
(B) 1200
(C) 1254
(D) 1296
3. How many triangles are there in the
(E) None of the above
figure below?

6. How many fractions are there from

1 2 3 98
, , ,… ,
99 99 99 99

that cannot be reduced to a simpler

(A) 12 form?
(B) 16
(C) 18 (A) 45
(D) 20 (B) 60
(E) None of the above (C) 75
(D) 90
(E) None of the above

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7. What is the area of the square 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 9. Evaluate √31 × 30 × 29 × 28 + 1
below?
(A) 800
(B) 810
(C) 812
(D) 869
(E) None of the above

10. Find the total number of integers in

the sequence 20, 22, 24, … , 2020 that are
divisible by 3 but not 5.

(A) 158
(A) 64 (B) 225
(B) 72 (C) 252
(C) 84 (D) 270
(D) 100 (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above
QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH
4 MARKS EACH

8. A teacher wrote three numbers on the 11. 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , 𝑎3 , … is an arithmetic series with

whiteboard: 4875, 4563 and 𝑁 , where common difference 1.
𝑁 is a positive integer.
For 𝑎1 + 𝑎2 + 𝑎3 + ⋯ + 𝑎98 = 137, find the
He then asked the class to compute value of 𝑎2 + 𝑎4 + 𝑎6 + ⋯ + 𝑎98 .
the lowest common multiple of the
three numbers. (A) 89
(B) 91
One student misread 4875 as 4275 . (C) 93
However, the student still gets the (D) 97
correct answer. (E) None of the above

What is the least possible value of 𝑁?

(A) 1755
(B) 2375
(C) 2535
(D) 3705
(E) None of the above

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12. Let 𝑎 and 𝑏 be positive real numbers 15. Two circles with centers 𝑀 and 𝑁 are
such that tangent to a line ℓ at 𝐴 and 𝐵 ,
respectively, as shown in the figure
1 1 5 below.
+ =
𝑎 𝑏 𝑎−𝑏
Given that 𝐴𝐵 = 25 , 𝑀𝑁 = 24 and
Evaluate quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝑁𝑀 has an area of
𝑎 𝑏 2 300, evaluate the product of the radii
( + )
𝑏 𝑎 of the two circles.

(A) 29
(B) 16√5
(C) 25√2
(D) 36
(E) None of the above

13. Evaluate
(A) 120
(B) 144
(C) 150
√1 + 2√1 + 2√1 + 2√1 + ⋯
(D) 176
(E) None of the above

(A) √2
(B) √3
16. Using the digits 1,2,3,4 and 5, without
(C) 2
repeat, one can form distinct 5-digit
(D) 1 + √2
numbers and arrange them in
(E) None of the above
ascending order.

What is the 100th number?

14. How many integers between 0 and
104 are there that have their sum of (A) 45132
digits equal to 5? (B) 51243
(C) 52314
(A) 52 (D) 54123
(B) 54 (E) None of the above
(C) 56
(D) 58
(E) None of the above

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17. Find the number of positive integers 19. For 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 10, let
𝑛 less than or equal to 2020 such
that 𝑓(𝑥) = |𝑥 − 2| − |𝑥 − 3| + |2𝑥 − 12|
𝑛 𝑛 𝑛
⌊ ⌋+⌊ ⌋+⌊ ⌋ = 𝑛
2 3 6 Evaluate the sum of the minimum and
the maximum values of 𝑓(𝑥).
⌊𝑥⌋ denotes the greatest integer less
than or equal to 𝑥. 15
(A)
2
(A) 240
(B) 312 (B) 8
(C) 330 19
(D) 336 (C)
2
(E) None of the above
(D) 10

(E) None of the above

18. A circle is inscribed in a triangle of
side lengths 3,4 and 5.
20. How many positive integers 𝑛 less
What is the radius of the circle? than 100 are there such that the
expression below is a fraction in its
lowest terms?

𝑛 2 + 4𝑛 + 6
𝑛+3

(A) 32
(B) 51
(C) 66
(D) 90
(E) None of the above
(A) 1
(B) √2
(C) √3
(D) 2
(E) None of the above

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 QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH 24. In triangle ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 , the perpendicular
6 MARKS EACH bisector of 𝐵𝐶 intersects the segment
𝐴𝐶 and extension of 𝐵𝐴 at 𝑀 and 𝑁 ,
21. 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is a right-angled triangle where
respectively.
∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 = 90°. A circle with radius 𝑟 is
inscribed inside ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶.
Given that the circumscribed circle of
∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 has a radius of 6 and centre 𝑂,
Given that 𝐴𝐵 = 27 and the area of
find the value of 𝑂𝑀 ∙ 𝑂𝑁.
∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 90, find the area of the
shaded region.

Leave your answer is terms of 𝜋.

22. Suppose 𝑎 , 𝑏 and 𝑐 are prime

numbers such that their product is
31 times their sum.
Evaluate (𝑎 + 1)(𝑏 + 1)(𝑐 + 1).
25. Find the number of ordered pairs of
integers (𝑥, 𝑦) such that
𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑥𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2

23. Let 𝑓(𝑥) be a polynomial.

When divided by 𝑥 + 2 and 𝑥 + 3 ,

𝑓(𝑥) gives a remainder of 3 and 2,
respectively.

What is the remainder when 𝑓(𝑥) is

divided by (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 + 3)?

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

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
C C B D D

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
B E B D E

Questions 11 to 20 carry 4 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

C A D C B

Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

E D A D C

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

21 22 23 24 25

90 − 9𝜋 2304 𝑥+5 36 6

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