QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 4.

Which of the following figures has the

3 MARKS EACH greatest number of lines of symmetry?

1. Compute the value of

(A) Equilateral triangle
(B) Isosceles trapezium
1 2020 × 2022
+ − 2022 (C) Non-square rectangle
2021 2021
(D) Non-square rhombus
(E) Square
(A) −2

(B) −1 5. How many subsets of the set

{S, E, A, M, O} contain at least one
(C) 1 vowel?

1
(D) (A) 24
2021
(B) 25
(E) None of the above (C) 28
(D) 32
(E) None of the above

2. Terry answered 70%, 80% and

90% of problems correctly on a 20-, 6. Compute √108 ⋅ 110 ⋅ 112 ⋅ 114 + 16
25- and 30-problem quiz, respectively
What is the overall percentage
of problems Terry answered correctly?
Give your answer to the nearest
whole number.
(A) 80%
(B) 81%
(C) 82%
(D) 83%
(E) None of the above
3. Find the value of
(A) 12306
(B) 12300
(C) 12312
(D) 12316
(E) None of the above
7. In a 100-metre sprint, Austin finishes
20 metres ahead of Bob and
60 metres ahead of Carson. If all the
sprinters sprint at their own constant
speeds, how many metres will Bob
finish ahead of Carson?

3 3 (A) 40
√√30 − √3 × √√30 + √3
(B) 45
(C) 50
(A) 2
(D) 55
(B) 25
(E) None of the above
(C) 27
(D) 30
(E) None of the above

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8. Find the remainder when the number 10. 8 identical unit squares are drawn
next to each other as shown in the
999 … 920 − ⏟
⏟ 333 … 320 diagram. The line 𝐴𝐵 bisects the area
2021 of 9s 2021 of 3s of the figure into two equal parts.

is divided by 11. 𝑀𝐴
Evaluate the ratio .
𝑁𝐴
(A) 0
(B) 1 M
(C) 2 A
(D) 3 N
(E) None of the above

9. How many squares are there in the

1
following figure (where each cell is a (A)
2
square)?
(B) 1

4
(C)
3
3
(D)
2

(E) None of the above

(A) 28
(B) 29
(C) 30
(D) 31
(E) None of the above

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 QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH 14. Suppose 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a square of side
4 MARKS EACH length of 1. 𝑀 is the midpoint of 𝐴𝐵.
Find the area of the shaded region.
11. The integer 𝑁 is formed by writing all
integers from 1001 to 1021 D C
consecutively.

i.e. 𝑁 = 100110021003 … 1021.

Find the greatest power of 3 that is a

factor of 𝑁.

A M B
(A) 9
(B) 27
1
(C) 81 (A)
8
(D) 243
(E) None of the above 1
(B)
10
1
(C)
12. Find the value of 𝑥 given that 12
2
9 1 (D)
=2+ 25
2 1
0+ 1
2+𝑥 (E) None of the above

(A) 3
15. A fair die is numbered 1 to 6 on each
(B) 2
face. 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are the results of the
(C) 1
first, second and third throws,
(D) 0
respectively.
(E) None of the above

What is the probability that 𝑎 > 𝑏 > 𝑐?

13. Find the constant term in the
2
expansion of (A)
21

1 10 (B)
3
(2𝑥 2 + ) 32
𝑥3
4
(A) 12400 (C)
43
(B) 12440
5
(C) 13400 (D)
(D) 13440 24
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

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16. Find the number of non-negative 18. Given
integer solutions (𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑) to the 𝑎
=5
following inequality: 2𝑏 − 𝑎

Find the value of

𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑 ≤ 12
𝑏
2𝑏 − 𝑎
(A) 1772
(B) 1800
(A) 2
(C) 1820
(B) 3
(D) 1825
(C) 4
(E) None of the above
(D) 5
(E) None of the above

17. A triangle has two medians whose

lengths are 12 and 15. Find its
19. Evaluate
maximum possible area.
1 5 11
+ + +⋯
1×2 2×3 3×4
A
71 89
+ +
8 × 9 9 × 10

F E 81
(A)
10
G
89
(B)
B D C 10

(C) 9
(A) 100 91
(B) 125 (D)
9
(C) 128
(D) 144 (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

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20. Let ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 be an acute triangle. 23. What is the smallest positive multiple
𝐵𝐸 and 𝐶𝐹 are the height and median of 15 whose digits consist only of 1’s
of the triangle, respectively. Suppose and 0’s?
𝐵𝐶 = 5 and 𝐵𝐸 = 𝐶𝐹 = 4.

Evaluate the area of triangle ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶. 24. Trapezium 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 has base 𝐴𝐵 = 30 𝑐𝑚,
base 𝐶𝐷 = 40 𝑐𝑚 and 𝐴𝐷 = 𝐵𝐶.
A
Both diagonals 𝐴𝐶 and 𝐵𝐷 intersect at
point 𝑀.
D
If the area of trapezium 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is
F
490 cm2 , what is the area of triangle
E 𝐵𝐶𝑀 in 𝑐𝑚2?

B C 25. Two distinct points 𝐴 and 𝐵 lie on a

plane. If 102 and 100 straight lines
(A) 5√2 − 2 are drawn passing through 𝐴 and 𝐵 ,
(B) 8√3 − 3 respectively, what is the maximum
(C) 8√2 − 6 number of regions formed?
(D) 8√3 − 6
(E) None of the above
End of Paper

QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH

6 MARKS EACH

21. How many distinct integers are there

among the following numbers?

12 + 1 22 + 2 32 + 3 1002 + 100
⌊ ⌋,⌊ ⌋,⌊ ⌋,…,⌊ ⌋
100 100 100 100

⌊𝑎⌋ denotes the greatest integer less

than or equal to 𝑎.

22. How many six-digit positive integers

are divisible by 36 and have their last
two digits the same?

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 SEAMO 2021
Paper D – Answers

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

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
None of the
−1 81% Square 28
above

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10

12316 50 0 29 1

Questions 11 to 20 carry 4 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

1 5
9 2 13440
12 24

Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

None of the 81
1820 3 8√3 − 6
above 10

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

21 22 23 24 25

76 3000 1110 120 10603

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