QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 3.

Suppose the probability that it rains

3 MARKS EACH 1
on Saturday is and the probability
3
1. How many positive integers 𝑛 are 1
that it rains on Sunday is . What is
3
there such that
the probability that it rains on
weekends?
1 𝑛 1
< <
3 11 2
(A) 1
3
(A) 0
(B) 1 (B) 5
(C) 2 9
(D) 3
(C) 2
(E) None of the above 3

(D) 7
9
2. Suppose 𝑎𝑛 is an arithmetic sequence
with the first term 𝑎1 = 1 and common (E) None of the above
difference 𝑑 = 8. Evaluate the sum

1 1 1
𝑆= + + 4. Let α and β be the roots of the
√𝑎1 + √𝑎2 √𝑎2 + √𝑎3 √𝑎3 + √𝑎4
quadratic equation 𝑥 2 − 2𝑏𝑥 + 𝑏 = 1 .
1 What is the minimum value of |α − β| ?
+⋯+
√𝑎253 + √𝑎254
(A) √2
(A) 3 (B) √3
(C) 2
(B) 4 (D) 3
(E) None of the above
9
(C)
2
11
(D) 5. A test consists of 100 questions. A
2
student gets 4, -1 or 0 marks if he
(E) None of the above answers a question correctly, wrongly,
or left it blank, respectively. How many
different total marks of the test are
there? (A total mark can be negative).

(A) 250
(B) 475
(C) 500
(D) 501
(E) None of the above

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6. How many distinct ways are there to 8. Given that
arrange 4 girls and 10 boys to dance
in a circle such that there are at least (cos 27° + cos 99° + cos 117° + cos 189°)2 = 𝑚
2 boys in between any two adjacent 𝑛
girls?
where 𝑚 and 𝑛 are relatively prime.
(A) 10! × 5!
2! Evaluate 𝑚 + 𝑛.

(B) 10! × 4! (A) 3

2!
(B) 4
(C) 9! × 5! (C) 7
2! (D) 9
(E) None of the above
(D) 9! × 4!
2!

(E) None of the above

9. How many positive integers 𝑛 satisfy
the condition: 1 + 2 + ⋯ + 𝑛 is a factor
of 6𝑛?
7. Suppose 𝑎 , 𝑏 and 𝑐 are positive real
numbers satisfying (A) 3
(B) 4
𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎 + 𝑎2 = 45 (C) 5
{ 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎 + 𝑏2 = 50
(D) 6
𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎 + 𝑐 2 = 90
(E) None of the above
Evaluate 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐.

(A) 8 10. In trapezium 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 , 𝐴𝐵 is parallel to

(B) 9 𝐶𝐷, 𝐴𝐵 = 36, 𝐵𝐶 = 15 and 𝐷𝐴 = 12. 𝑃 is
(C) 10 a point on 𝐴𝐵 such that a circle with
(D) 11 centre 𝑃 is tangent to both 𝐵𝐶 and 𝐴𝐷.
(E) None of the above Evaluate 𝐴𝑃2 + 𝐵𝑃2.

D C

A B
P

(A) 656
(B) 689
(C) 697
(D) 765
(E) None of the above

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 QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH 13. Evaluate the following sum to infinity
4 MARKS EACH series:

11. Given that a particular positive 1 1⋅3 1 2 1⋅3⋅5 1 3

1−( )+ ( ) − ( )
integer is a four-digit palindrome, 6 2! 6 3! 6
what is the probability that it is a
1⋅3⋅5⋅7 1 4
multiple of 44? + ( ) −⋯
4! 6
1
(A)
11
1 (A) √3
(B) 3
5
1 (B) √2
(C) 2
4
1 (C) 1
(D)
3
3
(D)
(E) None of the above 2

(E) None of the above

12. Let
1 + 5𝑥
𝑓(𝑥) =
5 − 25𝑥 14. In triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 , 𝑀 , 𝑁 and 𝑃 are
midpoints of 𝐵𝐶 , 𝐶𝐴 and 𝐴𝐵 ,
Given respectively. Given that 𝐴𝐵 = 8, 𝐶𝑃 = 6
and 𝐶𝑃 is perpendicular to 𝐴𝑀 , find
𝑓𝑛 = 𝑓
⏟∘ 𝑓 ∘ 𝑓 ∘ … ∘ 𝑓 the length of 𝐵𝑁.
𝑛 times

(A) 3√3
Evaluate the sum (B) 3√7
(C) 6
1 1 1
𝑆 = 𝑓( ) + 𝑓2 ( ) + 𝑓3 ( ) + ⋯ (D) 7
10 10 10
1 (E) None of the above
+𝑓 600 ( )
10

(A) 21
(B) 25
(C) 30
(D) 35
(E) None of the above

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15. Let 𝐷 be a point inside ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 such 18. Let 𝐴𝐵𝐶 be a triangle inscribed in a
that 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐶𝐷 , ∠𝐷𝐴𝐶 = 35° , ∠𝐷𝐶𝐴 = 15° circle of radius 7√3.
and ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 50° . Evaluate ∠𝐷𝐴𝐵 in Given that 𝐴𝐵: 𝐵𝐶: 𝐶𝐴 = 3: 5: 7, find the
degrees. area of triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶.

A
76√3
(A)
3

135√3
D (B)
4

C (C)
154√3
B 3

(A) 42 175√3
(D)
(B) 50 4
(C) 60
(E) None of the above
(D) 72
(E) None of the above

19. Let 𝑚 and 𝑛 be real numbers such

16. Find the remainder when 32021
divided by 31.
that 𝑚 ≠ 0. Suppose 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are the
is
roots of the equation 𝑚𝑥 3 − 𝑚𝑥 2 + 𝑛𝑥 +
𝑛 = 0.

(A) 13
Find the value of
(B) 16
(C) 18
1 1 1
(D) 30 (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐) ( + + )
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
(E) None of the above
(A) −1

(B) 1
17. In a class, there are 5 boys and 6
girls. Each student receives $1, $2 or 1
(C) − 2
$5. Given that no two students of
opposite gender receive the same 1
(D)
amount of money, how many 2

possibilities are there? (E) None of the above

(A) 240
(B) 264
(C) 282
(D) 320
(E) None of the above

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20. Assign each of the numbers from 23. There is a 3 × 3 table. Each cell is filled
4,  5,  6,   … ,  11 randomly to each vertex with an integer from 1 to 9 such that
of a cube. What is the probability there is no repetition of numbers. The
that the numbers assigned to every median of three numbers in each row
pair of adjacent vertices are is coloured red. Given that the median
relatively prime? of the three red numbers is 5, in how
many different ways can the table be
(A)
1 filled?
210
1
(B) 24. Let 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷𝐸𝐹𝐺𝐻 be a cube as shown in
280
the diagram. A real number is
1 assigned to each vertex of the cube.
(C)
350 At each vertex, the average of the
1 numbers in the three adjacent
(D)
420 vertices is then computed. The
averages obtained at 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝐷, 𝐸, 𝐹, 𝐺
(E) None of the above and 𝐻 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 ,
respectively. What is the number
QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH assigned to vertex 𝐹?
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21. Denote 𝑎𝑛 = ⏟
111 … 1 for any positive A B
𝑛 of 1s
integer 𝑛 . Find the least possible 𝑛 C
D
such that 𝑎𝑛 is divisible by 19.

H
G
22. Define 𝑎𝑛 a sequence such that
E F
𝑎0 = 2
√3𝑎𝑛−1 + 1
𝑎𝑛 = , for 𝑛 ≥ 1
√3 − 𝑎𝑛−1 25. Find the number of all triples of
positive integers (𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐) such that
Suppose 𝑎2021 = 𝑝 + 𝑞√3 for some
rational numbers 𝑝 and 𝑞. 1 ≤ 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 ≤ 10
and
Evaluate |𝑝 + 𝑞|.
𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 2𝑎(𝑐 − 1) + 2𝑏(𝑐 + 1)

is a perfect square.

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