Section A：Question 1 to 10（3 marks each, total 30 marks）

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1) Find the solution of  .
2  3x 9  4 x

2) If n, n  1 and n  2 are three 3-digit composite numbers, find the value of 3n  3 .

3) Find the sum of prime factors of 2020.

4) In an acute-angled triangle, the ratio of two of the interior angles is 2:5. The sizes of
the three angles of the triangle are all integers (in degrees). If the size of the largest
angle of the triangle is x , find the largest possible value of x.

5) It takes Ming 3x days to complete a task alone. It takes Keung 2x days to complete
the same task alone. It takes Lung x days to complete the same task alone. If Ming,
Keung and Lung complete the task together, it takes 66 days. How many days does it
take for Keung to complete the task alone?

6) Given that a, b, and c are distinct non-zero integers. How many value(s) can
|a| |b| |c|
  take?
a b c

7) Consider a four-digit number whose hundreds digit is 3, when the number is divided
by 11 the remainder is 1. Find the largest possible sum of digits of the number.

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8) If 3x  6    2 x  14 , find the sum of possible positive integral value(s)
x3 x3
of x.
9) Refer to the figure, given that SBDF : S ADFE : SEFC  2 : 9 : 4 ,and AE  EC . Find the
DB
value of .
DA

E D

F
B

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10) Refer to the figure, the figure below is a 3  3 square lattice. Three of the lattices are
painted in red, yellow and blue respectively. If no painted lattices share the same
column or the same row, how many ways are there to paint the lattices?

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Section B：Question 11 to 20（5 marks each, total 50 marks）

 x : y : z  1: 2 : 4
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11) Given that 2 x  3 y  5 z  560 , find the value of k.
2 x  3 y  5 z  k


12) Find the remainder when 42019  52019 is divided by 6.

13) If n straight lines have 2019 intersections, find the least value of n.

14) Let n be a two-digit number, if 1  2  3  ...  n is divisible by 5, find the sum of the
possible value(s) of n.

15) There are two bottles of saline solution, the concentration and weight of saline in
bottle A are x% and 400 grams respectively. The concentration and weight of saline
in bottle B are (2x)% and 200 grams respectively. Upon mixing yields a solution of
concentration 40%, find the value of x.

16) Let x be an integer, if | x  1|  | x  3 | 8 find the sum of possible value(s) of x.

 x  1  | y  2 | 0 , find the value of 3x  2 y .

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17) If x and y are real numbers and

18) Refer to the figure, if the area of the shaded region is 16, find the area of the regular
hexagon ABCDEF.

A B

F C

E D

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19) Find the value of 132  152  172   492 .

20) 10 football teams (Team A to J) join a competition under the single-round robin
system (i.e. every 2 teams only compete once). Every win gets 2 marks, every draw
gets 1 mark, every loss gets 0 mark.
Competition results are as follows:
Team A is the only team with highest score and its score is even;
Team J draws with all teams;
At most how many teams have higher score than team J?
Section C：Question 21 to 25（8 marks each, total 40 marks）

21) A, B, C, D, E are the five vertices of a regular pentagon. Starting from A line
segments are drawn and every other point is passed once and ends at A. (For example
drawing in the order of ABCDEA yields a regular pentagon). If A  x , find the
sum of possible value(s) of x.

x  0 2 x  5 y  1
22) Given that  and  , find the integer closest to a.
y  0 47 x  117 y  a

23) Find the remainder when 12

 22  32   20192   1  2  3   4037  is
divided by 1013.

24) If we arrange the order of digit of a number and in a reverse order and yield the same
number, we call the number a palindromic number (e.g. 1441 is a palindromic
number). It is known that abc  cba is a five-digit palindromic number, find the
number of possible value(s) of abc .

25) The 35 natural numbers from 1 to 35 are written on a blackboard. Three players A, B,
and C, in turns, choose a number, then wipe it and all integers that shares a common
factor larger than 1 with it away. (For example, if 28 is chosen, all multiples of 2 and
7 are also needed to be wiped away). The process is repeated until all numbers are
wiped away. The one wiping the last number from the blackboard wins. Player A
chooses first. Given if he chooses a certain number, he will win on the tenth term (his
4th action). Find that number.

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