MaXi

First Round

15 January 2020

1. Which is the largest of the following numbers?

O
A 2 × 3 × 1034 O
D 1035

O
B 0.6 × 1034 O
E 6000 × 1032

O
C 0.0006 × 1036

2. Theodore buys 5 ice-creams for 9 e and 8 chocolate bars for 18 e. How much
should Amandine pay for 8 ice-creams and 5 chocolate bars?

O 25.65 e O
A B 25.80 e O 26.10 e O 26.25 e O 26.40 e
C D E

3. No answer given - My locker’s code is a three-digit number where the digits are all
different and all odd. This number is a multiple of 5, of 7 and of 9. What is the code?

4. Let ABCD be a rectangle of length |AB| = 26 and width |AD| = 15. Points E, F ,
G and H are respectively placed on segments [AB], [BC], [CD] and [DA]. These
points are such that |BE| = |BF | = |DG| = |DH| = 8. What is the area of
quadrilateral EF GH?

O 195
A O
B 200 O 205
C O 210
D O 216
E

5. The sum of three different prime numbers is 40. What is the difference between the
two largest of these three numbers?

O0
A O B 12 O 16
C O 20D O E 24
6. The question sheets of the Math Olympiads are locked in a safe. The safe can only
be opened when three identical keys are inserted at the same time in three locks. There
are six jury members and they each have a valid key. But,
ˆ Peter is only available on Tuesday and Thursday.
ˆ Lisa is available on any day, except Monday, Thursday or Friday.
ˆ Michael is not free on Monday, Friday and Saturday, but he is available on the
other days.
ˆ Jules has other commitments on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but nothing on
the other days.
ˆ Andrea is only free on Monday and Tuesday.
ˆ Ben can only be there on Tuesday.
How many days the week can the safe be opened?

O0
A O B 1 O2
C O3
D O
E 4

7. No answer given - The side of the smallest square is one third of the side of the
medium square; the side of the medium square is half the side of the large square. If
the area of the large square is 252 cm2 , what is the area of the smallest square?

8. If a + b = 5 and a2 + b2 = 19, then (−2ab)2 =

O 16
A O B 25 O 36
C O 49
D O
E 64
9. Among the following graphs, which is the graph of y = x|x|?
y y
x x

O
A OD

y y
x x

O
B OE

y
x

O
C

√
16
10. If 4x = 1024 and 9y = 3 then

O
A x+y =0 OD x<0<y

O
B x−y =0 OE None of the above relations are correct.

O
C x<y

11. In a perpendicular grid, how many points of the circle of center (0,0) and radius 5
have coordinates which are whole numbers?

O0
A OB 4 O8
C O 12
D OE 20
12. If a, b, c are natural numbers, then 2a × 4b × 8c is a perfect square if:

O
A In the a + b is even; OD In the a is even;

O
B In the a + b is odd; OE In the a is odd and b + c is even.

O
C In the a + c is even;

13. A 10 by 12 rectangle is inscribed in a semi-circle, with the 12 units side placed

along the diameter. What is the area of the semi-circle? The diagram is not to scale.

O 13π
A O
B 49π O 68π
C O 169π/2
D O 136π
E

14. A rectangular box has a square base. If the length of a side of its square base
increaes by 25% , what should be the percentage decrease of its height for its volume to
remain the same?

O 12.5%
A O
B 25% O 30%
C O 36%
D O 50%
E

15. Let m be a real number and f (x) = x2 − 5x + m. What value of x different from
2020 verifies the equation f (x) = f (2020) ?

O −2020
A O
B −2015 O 2019
C O 2025
D O The answer depends on m
E
16. No answer given - A date is palindromic if when its digits are written in the
format ddmmyyyy (d for day, m for month, y for year), the reading is the same from
right to left as from left to right. For instance, 2 February 2020, or 02022020 is
palindromic. How many days after this date will there be the next palindromic date?
(Note that in 2020, a leap year,February will have 29 days .)

1
17. How many solutions does the equation cos(sin(x)) = 2 have in the interval
0 6 x < 2π ?

O0
A O
B 1 O2
C O3
D O An infinity
E

18. What is the largest whole number which aways divides the expression 2 + 4n for
every non zero natural number n ?

O2
A O
B 3 O6
C O 12
D O Another number
E

19. No answer given - A number n is strictly between 1 and 20. Anne adds up all the
natural numbers from 1 to n included, and Benji adds up all the numbers from n + 1 to
20 included. They find the same sum. What is the value of n ?

20. Auntie Suzan will soon be 90. By a strange coincidence her children each had the
same number of children: 2 less than the number of children their mother had, and her
grand children each had the same number of children: 2 less than their parents. Auntie
Suzan now has 315 great grand children, none of whom has children. How many
offspring has Auntie Suzan had altogether?

O 430
A O
B 387 O 344
C O 301
D O 258
E
21. Among the following statements regarding the diagram below, which one is
correct? (The diagram is not to scale).

3x α

10◦

O α = 30 ◦

O sin α = 3 sin 10
A
◦

O sin α = sin 10
B
1 ◦

O cos α =
C 3
1

O cos α = 3
D 3
E

22. How many ordered pairs of integers (a, b) are there such that
[(2a − b)2 − (a − 2b)2 ]2 = 225 ?

O0
A O
B 2 O4
C O8
D O
E An infinity

23. No answer given -In the diagram below, ABCD is a square of side 60. Points B,
E, F and D all belong to the same circle centred at C: Moreover |BE| = |EF | = |F D|.
What is the area of polygon ABEF D?

B C
E
F
A D

24. No answer given - How many triplets of consecutive integers (x, y, z) are there
such that x < y < z and xyz = x + y + z ?
25. No answer given -If n is a non zero natural number, n! is the abbreviation for
n · (n − 1) · ... · 3 · 2 · 1. What is

(12! + 11!)(10! + 9!)(8! + 7!)(6! + 5!)(4! + 3!)(2! + 1!)

?
(12! − 11!)(10! − 9!)(8! − 7!)(6! − 5!)(4! − 3!)(2! − 1!)

26. Let a, b, c be the three roots of the polynomial x3 − 3x2 − 19x + 1.What is the
1 1 1
value of + + ?
a b c

O 19
A O
B 3 O1
C O0
D O−
E 1
3

27. How should the coefficients m and p of the equation x2 + mx + p = 0 of unknown

x, be related for the difference between the roots to be equal to 1 ?

O
A p = 4m2 + 1 O
D m2 = 2p − 1

O
B m = 2p + 1 O
E m2 = 4p + 1

O
C m = 4p − 1

28. Triangle ABC has the right angle in C. |AC| = 2 and |BC| = 3. Point O is the
midpoint of [AB] and point H is the foot of the altitude drawn from C. What is the
area of triangle CHO?

O
A 12 O
B 7
13 OC 15
26 O 8
D 13 O
E 17
26
29. In the diagram below, the large circle, radius 5 is internally tangent to the two
small circles, radii 2 and 1, in A and B, respectively. The two small circles are
externally tangent to each other. What is the value of |AB| ?

A B

√ √ √
O5
A OB
√
2 5 O
C
5 6
3
O
D
9 5
5
OE
5 3
3

30. No answer given - The equation x4 − 40x2 + k = 0, of unknown x, has 4 real

distinct roots which form an arithmetic sequence. What is the value of k?