PRMO

Paper-4
Time : 3 Hrs. M.M. : 102
General Instructions:
1. There are 30 questions in this question paper. All questions are compulsory.
2. Each question has a one or two digit number as answer.
3. Question 1 to 6 carries 2 marks each, questions 7 to 21carries 3 marks each and questions 22 to 30
carries 5 marks each.
4. No negative marking.

1. Let [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If N be the number of real numbers x satisfy
the equation x2 + 10,000 [x] = 10,000x, then find the remainder when N is divided by 100?
Ans. 99
Sol.

2. The arithmetic mean of two distinct positive integers x and y is a two-digit integer. The geometric mean
of x and y is obtained by reversing the digits of the arithmetic mean. What is |x – y | ?
Ans. 66
Sol.

3. Let f(x) = ax2 + bx + c, where a, b and c are integers.

Suppose that f(1) = 0, 50 < f(7) < 60, 70 < f(8) < 80 and 5000k < f(100) < 5000 (k + 1) for some integer
k. What is k ?
Ans. 03
Sol.

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4. Let a, b and c be positive integers with a ≥ b ≥ c such that

a2 – b2 – c2 + ab = 2011 and a2 + 3b2 + 3c2 – 3ab – 2ac – 2bc = – 1997.
What is the sum of the digits of a ?
Ans. 10
Sol.

5. The angles in a particular triangle are in arithmetic progression, and the side lengths are 4, 5, x. The
sum of the possible values of x equals a + b + c where a, b and c are positive integers. What is
a + b + c?
Ans. 36
Sol.

6. The sequence S1, S2, S3,……, S10 has the property that every term beginning with the third is the sum of
the previous two. That is, Sn = Sn – 2 + Sn – 1 for n ≥ 3. Suppose that S9 = 110 and S7 = 42.. What is S4?
Ans. 10
Sol.

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7. There are exactly N distinct rational numbers k such that |k| < 200 and 5x + kx + 12 = 0 has at least one
integer solution for x. What is N ?
Ans. 78
Sol.

8. Real numbers x and y satisfy the equation x2 + y2 = 10x – 6y – 34. What is x + y ?

Ans. 02
Sol.

9. The zeroes of the function f(x) = x2 – ax + 2a are integers. What is the sum of all possible values of a ?
Ans. 16

10. Integers x and y with x > y > 0 satisfy x + y + xy = 80. What is x ?

Ans. 26
Sol.

11. The sum of an infinite geometric series is a positive number S, and the second term in the series is 1.
What is the smallest possible value of S ?
Ans. 04
Sol.

y
12. If the largest value for for pairs of real numbers (x, y) which satisfy (x – 3)2 + (y – 3)2 = 6. Can be
x
written in the form a + b c , then find the value of a + b + c.
Ans. 07
Sol.

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13. If a and b are positive real numbers and each of the equations x2 + ax + 2b = 0 and x2 + 2bx + a = 0 has
real roots, then the smallest possible value of a + b is
Ans. 06
Sol.

14. Let [x] be the greatest integer less than or equal to x. Then the number of real solutions to
4x2 – 40[x] + 51 = 0 is
Ans. 04
Sol.

n − 13
15. Find the least positive integer n for which is a non-zero reducible fraction.
5n + 6
Ans. 84
Sol.

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16. In the adjoining figure, AB is tangent at A to the circle with centre O; point D is interior to the circle;
and DB intersects the circle at C. If BC = DC = 3, OD = 2, and AB = 6, then the square of the radius of
the circle is

Ans. 22
Sol.

17. In the adjoining figure, circle K has diameter AB; circle L is tangent to circle K and to AB at the centre
of circle K; and circle M tangent to circle K, to circle L and AB. The ratio of the area of circle K to the
area of circle M is

Ans. 16
Sol.

18. In ∆ABC, AB = 10 AC = 8 and BC = 6. Circle P is the circle with smallest radius which passes through
C and is tangent to AB. Let Q and R be the points of intersection, distinct from C, of circle P with sides
AC and BC, respectively. The length of segment QR d, find 5d

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Ans. 24
Sol.

19. In triangle ABC in the adjoining figure, AD and AE trisect ∠ABC. The lengths of BD, DE and EC are
2, 3, and 6, respectively. The length of the shortest side of ∆ABC is m n , find m + n.

Ans. 12
Sol.

20. Point D is on side CB of triangle ABC. If ∠CAD = ∠DAB = 60 ° then the length of AD is
Ans. 02
Sol.

21. Triangle ∆ABC in the figure has area 10. Points D, E and F, all distinct from A, B and C, are on sides
AB, BC and CA respectively, and AD = 2, DB = 3. If triangle ∆ABE and quadrilateral DBEF have
equal areas, then that area is

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Sol.

22. In ∆ABC let I be the center of the inscribed circle, and let the bisector of ∠ACB intersect AB at L. The
line through C and L intersects the circumscribed circle of ∆ABC at the two points C and D. If LI = 2
p
and LD = 3, then IC = , where p and q are relatively prime positive integers. Find p + q.
q
Ans. 13
Sol.

23. Trapezoid ABCD has sides AB = 92, BC = 50, CD = 19 and AD = 70 with AB parallel to CD. A circle
m
with center P on AB is drawn tangent to BC and AD. Given that AP = , where m and n are relatively
n
prime positive integers, find product of the digits of m + n.
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Ans. 24
Sol.

24. Diameter AB of a circle has length a 2-digit integer (base ten). Reversing the digits gives the length of
the perpendicular chord CD. The distance from their intersection point H to the center O is a positive
rational number. Determine the length of AB.
Ans. 65
Sol.

25. In a circle, parallel chords of lengths 2, 3, and 4 determine central angles of α, β and α + β radians,
respectively, where α + β < π. If cos α, which is a positive rational number, is expressed as a fraction in
lowest terms, what is the sum of its numerator and denominator?
Ans. 49
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26. Circles of radii 5, 5, 8, and are mutually externally tangent, where m and n are relatively prime
n
positive integers. Find m + n.
Ans. 17
Sol.

27. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral in which ∠BAC = 50°, ∠CAD = 60° and ∠BDC = 25°. If E is the
point of intersection of AC and BD, find ∠AEB.
Ans. 95
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28. Let ABC be a triangle in which AB = AC and ∠CAB = 90°. Suppose that M and N are points on the
hypotenuse BC such that BM2 + CN2 = MN2. Find angle MAN.
Ans. 45
Sol.

29. In a triangle ABC, D is midpoint of BC. If ∠ADB = 45° and ∠ACD = 30°, determine ∠BAD.
Ans. 30
Sol.

30. In a triangle ABC, the incircle touches the sides BC, CA, AB at D, E, F respectively. If the radius of the
incircle is 4 units and if BD, CE, AF are consecutive integers, find the perimeter of triangle ABC.
Ans. 42
Sol.

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