RAMANUJAN SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS

IOQM MOCK

October 17, 2022

Questions 1-10 carries 2 marks each, 11-22 carries 5 marks each, 23-24 carries
10 marks each. Note that all the answers are non-negative integers less than or
equal to 999.

1. In △P QR, P R = 15, QR = 20, and P Q = 25. Points A and B lie

on P Q, points C and D lie on QR, and points E and F lie on P R, with
P A = QB = QC = RD = RE = P F = 5. Find the area of hexagon ABCDEF .

2.Let τ (n) denote the number of positive integer divisors of n. Find the sum
of the six least positive integers n that are solutions to τ (n) + τ (n + 1) = 7.

3.Consider the integer

N = 9 + 99 + 999 + 9999 + · · · + 99
| .{z
. . 99} .
321digits

Find the sum of the digits of N .

4.Find the number of five-digit positive integers, n, that satisfy the following
conditions:
(a) the number n is divisible by 5, (b) the first and last digits of n are equal,
and (c) the sum of the digits of n is divisible by 5.

5.The
√
real
√
root of the equation 8x3 − 3x2 − 3x − 1 = 0 can be written in the
3 3
form a+c b+1 , where a, b, and c are positive integers. Find a + b + c.

6.A rectangular box has width 12 inches, length 16 inches, and height mn
inches, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Three faces of the
box meet at a corner of the box. The center points of those three faces are the
vertices of a triangle with an area of 30 square inches. Find m + n.

7.How many positive perfect squares less than 106 are multiples of 24?

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 8.The complex number z is equal to 9 + bi, where b is a positive real number
and i2 = −1. Given that the imaginary parts of z 2 and z 3 are equal, find b.

9.The polynomial P (x) is cubic. What is the largest value of k for which the
polynomials Q1 (x) = x2 + (k − 29)x − k and Q2 (x) = 2x2 + (2k − 43)x + k are
both factors of P (x)?

10.Let the set S = {8, 5, 1, 13, 34, 3, 21, 2}. Susan makes a list as follows: for
each two-element subset of S, she writes on her list the greater of the set’s two
elements. Find the sum of the numbers on the list

√ 11.Let x, √
y, and z be positive real numbers satisfying the system of equations
√ 2x − xy + √2y − xy = √ 1
2y − yz + 2z − yz = 2
√ √ √ 2
2z − zx + 2x − zx = 3.Then (1 − x)(1 − y)(1 − z) can be written as m

n,
where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m + n.

12. Let a, b, x, and y be real numbers with a > 4 and b > 1 such that

x2 y2 (x − 20)2 (y − 11)2
2
+ 2 = 2
+ = 1.
a a − 16 b −1 b2
Find the least possible value of a + b.

13.There is a polynomial P (x) with integer coefficients such that

(x2310 − 1)6
P (x) =
(x105 − 1)(x70 − 1)(x42 − 1)(x30 − 1)

holds for every 0 < x < 1. Find the coefficient of x2022 in P (x)

14.Find the number of integers c such that the equation

|20|x| − x2 | − c = 21
 

has 12 distinct real solutions.

15.Let a, b, c, and d be real numbers that satisfy the system of equations

a+b=-3
ab+bc+ca= -4
abc+bcd+cda+dab=14
abcd=30. There exist relatively prime positive integers m and n such that
m
a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 = .
n
Find m + n.

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 16.Find the least positive integer n for which 2n + 5n − n is a multiple of
1000.

17.Let S be the set of positive integers k such that the two parabolas
y = x2 − k and x = 2(y − 20)2 − k
intersect in four distinct points, and these four points lie on a circle with radius
at most 21. Find the sum of the least element of S and the greatest element of
S.

18.Let A1 A2 A3 ...A12 be a dodecagon (12-gon). Three frogs initially sit at

A4 , A8 , and A12 . At the end of each minute, simultaneously, each of the three
frogs jumps to one of the two vertices adjacent to its current position, chosen
randomly and independently with both choices being equally likely. All three
frogs stop jumping as soon as two frogs arrive at the same vertex at the same
time. The expected number of minutes until the frogs stop jumping is m n , where
m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m + n.

19.For π ≤ θ < 2π, let

P = 12 cos θ−14 sin 2θ−18 cos 3θ+116 sin 4θ+132 cos 5θ−164 sin 6θ−1128 cos 7θ+. . .
and
Q = 1−12 sin θ−14 cos 2θ+18 sin 3θ+116 cos 4θ−132 sin 5θ−164 cos 6θ+1128 sin 7θ+. . .
√
so that P Q = 2 27. Then sin θ = −mn where m and n are relatively prime
positive integers. Find m + n.

20.Let A, B, C be angles of an acute triangle with cos2 A+cos2 B+2 sin A sin B cos C =
15
8 and
14
cos B + cos2 C + 2 sin B sin C cos A =
2
9 . There are positive integers p, q, r,
and s for which
√
2 2 p−q r
cos C + cos A + 2 sin C sin A cos B = ,
s
where p + q and s are relatively prime and r is not divisible by the square of
any prime. Find p + q + r + s.

21.Rectangle ABCD is given with AB = 63 and BC = 448. Points E and

F lie on AD and BC respectively, such that AE = CF = 84. The inscribed
circle of triangle BEF is tangent to EF at point P, and the inscribed circle of
triangle DEF is tangent to EF at point Q. Find P Q.

22.The increasing geometric sequence x0 , x1 , x2 , . . . consists entirely of inte-

gral powers of 3. Given that
7 7
!
X X
log3 (xn ) = 308 and 56 ≤ log3 xn ≤ 57,
n=0 n=0

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find log3 (x14 ).

23.A positive integer is called fancy if it can be expressed in the form

2a1 + 2a2 + · · · + 2a100 ,

where a1 , a2 , · · · , a100 are non-negative integers that are not necessarily distinct.
Let n be the smallest positive integer such that no multiple of n is a fancy
number.Find log2 (1 + n)

24.Let m ̸= 0 be an integer. Find maximal degree of a polynomial P (x) with

real coefficients such that

(x3 − mx2 + 1)P (x + 1) + (x3 + mx2 + 1)P (x − 1) = 2(x3 − mx + 1)P (x)

for all real number x.