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DIVISION

ASIAN MATHEMATICS
S OLYMPIAD CONTEST 2020
SECONDARY (INTERNATIONAL ROUND)

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Rules and Regulations
(Please read these rules and regulation carefully)

1. Please fill in your FULL name correctly, IC No, school name, class and the date and time of contest
clearly in the spaces above. Those who do not fill in the required particulars will be disqualified automatically.

2. Do not open the question booklet until you are told to do so. You may only use 2B pencil when answering
the questions.

3. All unauthorized electronic devices (including mobile phones) are NOT allowed during the contest.

4. Strict silence must be observed at all times in the examination hall and please be reminded that you MAY
NOT leave your seat without permission.

5. If you have any request or inquiry, please raise your hand and wait for an invigilator.

6. Only one candidate is allowed to leave the hall at a time. You are required to return to the hall within 10
minutes or else you will automatically be disqualified from the contest.

7. Each question in the contest has been verified by experienced trainers, thus no further explanation will be
given.

8. The time allocated for the paper is 120 minutes. You must stop writing when you are told to doso..

9. You MUST fill in your answer in the answer sheet provided in second page of the question booklet. You
will not be awarded marks for any answer written in the questionbooklet.

10. Please be reminded that this is a contest and not an examination, do not expect to answer all types of
questions.

11. Please tear off the answer sheet carefully and return it to the invigilator along with contest paper.
Participant can collect the question paper 2 weeks after the competition date.

12. Please be reminded that if the contestant cannot attend the contest, replacement of contestant is not
accepted. If found any, the contestant will be disqualifiedautomatically.

Scoring System

Question 1 - 10 (20 points)


Question 11 - 20 (30 points)
Question 21 - 30 (50 points)

1. The organizer reserves the right to disqualify the event of malpractice to differentiate between those
outstanding students.
2. Contestants or a team who are disqualified from the contest will be forfeited any right to re-sit this year.

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DIVISION
ASIAN MATHEMATICS
S OLYMPIAD CONTEST 2020
SECONDARY
(INTERNATIONAL ROUND)

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DIVISION
ASIAN MATHEMATICS
S OLYMPIAD CONTEST 2020
SECONDARY
(INTERNATIONAL ROUND)

Question 1

Suppose that a and b are prime numbers and they are roots of the equation y 2  99 y  n  0 for
a b
some n. Find the value of  .
b a
A. 9413
9413
B.
97
9413
C.
99
9413
D.
194
E. None of the above

Question 2

Four rods are connected together with flexible joints at their ends to make a quadrilateral as
shown. Rods PS=60 units, SR=20 units, PQ=40 units and PSR  SPQ  60 . Determine the
value of SRQ .

A. 105
B. 120
C. 135
D. 150
E. None of the above

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S OLYMPIAD CONTEST 2020
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Question 3

Determine the number of integers between 208 and 2008 ending with 1.

A. 153
B. 167
C. 176
D. 181
E. None of the above

Question 4

Find the least integer that is greater than (2  3)2 .

A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14
E. 15

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ASIAN MATHEMATICS
S OLYMPIAD CONTEST 2020
SECONDARY
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Question 5

Let m be a real number. Determine the maximum value of m such that the following inequality
holds: 7 y  y 2  m.

A. 3 2

B. 2 5

C. 5

D. 10
E. None of the above

Question 6

Let y  ( x  17)( x  19)(17  x)(19  x) , where x is a real number. Determine the smallest
possible value of y.

A. 1299
B. 1298
C. 1297
D. 1296
E. None of the above

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ASIAN MATHEMATICS
S OLYMPIAD CONTEST 2020
SECONDARY
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Question 7

In the diagram, triangle ABC and triangle CDE are equilateral triangles. Given that
 DBE  62 and BEA  x , determine the value of x.

A. 96
B. 114
C. 122
D. 128
E. 136
Question 8

16 108
Let a and b be positive real numbers. Find the smallest possible value of ab   .
a b

A. 18
B. 24
C. 30
D. 36
E. 42

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Question 9

A triangle PQR is inscribed in a semicircle of radius 5 units. If PQ=10 units, then determine
the maximum value of x2 where x  PR  QR .

A. 50
B. 50
C. 200
D. 300
E. None of the above

Question 10

Determine the number of zeroes does the product of 20083 , 1504 and 255 end with.

A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
E. None of the above

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ASIAN MATHEMATICS
S OLYMPIAD CONTEST 2020
SECONDARY
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Question 11

Suppose cm denotes the last two digits of 7m . For example, c2  49 , c3  43 . Determine the

value of c1  c2  c3  c4    c2006  c2007 .

A. 50159
B. 50169
C. 50179
D. 50189
E. 50199

Question 12

In the following sum, O represents the digit 0. A, B, X and Y each represents distinct digit.
Determine the number of possible digits can A be.

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9

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Question 13

If g ( x )  1  x 2  x 2 where 1  x  1 , then determine the range of g ( x) .

A. 1 3
 g ( x) 
2 2

B. 1
 g ( x)  1
2

C. 3
 g (x)  1
2

D. 1 2 3
1  g (x) 
4

E. 5
1  g ( x) 
4

Question 14

A box contains 30 books that are numbered 1, 2, 3, …, 29, 30. Two books are randomly chosen
from the box. Determine the probability that the sum of the two books is divisible by 3.

11
A.
87
7
B.
29
9
C.
29
1
D.
3
1
E.
2

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Question 15

A circle with radius r units is inscribed inside a triangle ABC, where BCA is a right angle. If
AB=9 units and the area of the triangle ABC is 36 units2, then determine the value of r.

A. 2.1
B. 2.5
C. 2.9
D. 3.3
E. None of the above

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Question 16

10a
Given that a and b are both negative integers satisfying the equation b  , then determine
10  a
the maximum value of b.

A. 4
B. 5
C. 8
D. 10
E. None of the above
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Question 17

Coins of the same size are arranged on a very large table (the infinite plane) such that each coin
touches six other coins. Determine the percentage of the plane that is covered by the coins.

A. 17 3 %

B. 30 3 %

C. 33 3 %
30
D. %
3
50
E. %
3

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S OLYMPIAD CONTEST 2020
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Question 18

Suppose that  is a plane and A and B are two points on the plane  . If the distance between A
and B is 33 units, then determine the number of lines are there in the plane such that the distance
between each line and A is 7 units and the distance between each line and B is 26 units,
respectively.

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. None of the above
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Question 19

3 4 22
Determine the value of     .
1! 2! 3! 2! 3! 4! 20! 21! 22!

1 1
A. 
2 22!
1
B. 1
22!
1 1
C. 
2 23!
1
D. 1
23!
E. None of the above
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S OLYMPIAD CONTEST 2020
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Question 20

Henry is thinking of two regular polygons. One polygon has p sides and D( p) diagonals, and the
other has q sides and D(q) diagonals. If D( p)  D(q)  125 , then find the value of p  q.

A. 25
B. 26
C. 27
D. 28
E. 29
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Question 21

The diagram below shows a cube with an edge length of 3 units is stacked with a cube with an
edge length of 2 units and a cube with an edge length of 1 unit where two of their faces are
aligned. Imagine drawing a line between opposite corners in this diagram. Determine the length
of the line contained inside the middle cube.

A. 3

B. 5

C. 6

D. 7

E. 8

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Question 22

A circular sector can be folded into the shape of a three-dimensional cone by joining its two radii
together. If a circular sector whose radius is 1 unit and central angle is  , then solve for  in
radians when the cone’s volume is a maximum.

A. 4
3
3

B. 5
2
3

C. 
4
3

2
D. 2
3

E. 5

3

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S OLYMPIAD CONTEST 2020
SECONDARY
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Question 23

Find the number of integer solutions ( a, b, c ) are there to the equation abc  2008 .

A. 60
B. 90
C. 120
D. 150
E. None of the above

Question 24

Find the number of acute-angled triangles (i.e., all angles are less than 90 ) in which all angles
(in degrees) are positive integers and the largest angle is three times the smallest angle.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. None of the above

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Question 25

Determine the number of positive integers x are there such that 7 x  1 is a perfect square and
3 x  1  2008 .

A. 7
B. 10
C. 14
D. 18
E. 21

Question 26

If a and b are real numbers for which a  a  5b  2 and b  b  a  7 , then determine the value

of a  b .

A. 3
B. 1
C. 1
D. 3
E. None of the above

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Question 27

At a field are four students A, B, C and D. They sit at the following distances to the corners of the
field. A ball S is placed on the field. Consider the distance from each person to the ball and take
the sum of these distances. At some point, the sum of these distances will be a minimum value.
Find the minimum value of SA  SB  SC  SD .

A. 2 1021  5 90

B. 2 1020  5 90

C. 3 1021  5 89

D. 2 1021  4 89

E. 2 1021  5 89

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Question 28

Suppose ( a  a 2  1)(b  b 2  1)  1 , a and b are real numbers. Find the value of (a  b)2 .

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. None of the above

Question 29

Let ABCD be a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle with diameter CA, and let E be the foot of
perpendicular from D onto BA, as shown in the figure below. If CD=AD and the area of
quadrilateral ABCD is 24 units2, then determine the length of ED in units.

A. 3 7

B. 2 7

C. 3 6

D. 2 6
E. None of the above

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Question 30

Figure below shows a circle contains four identical squares. Each square has a side length 2
units. Determine the radius of the circle.

85
A.
2

85
B.
3

83
C.
2
79
D.
3
E. None of the above

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