Note:
√
1. gcd(𝑎, 𝑏) denotes the greatest common divisor of integers 𝑎 and 𝑏.
√ √
2. For a positive real number 𝑚, 𝑚 denotes the positive square root of 𝑚. For example, 4 = +2.
3. Unless otherwise stated all numbers are written in decimal notation.
Questions
1. If 60% of a number 𝑥 is 40, then what is 𝑥% of 60?
2. Find the number of positive integers 𝑛 less than or equal to 100, which are divisible by 3 but are not divisible by
2.
3. The area of an integersided rectangle is 20. What is the minimum possible value of its perimeter?
4. How many isosceles integersided triangles are there with perimeter 23?
5. How many 3digit numbers 𝑎𝑏𝑐 in base 10 are there with 𝑎 ≠ 0 and 𝑐 = 𝑎 + 𝑏?
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6. The age of a person (in years) in 2025 is a perfect square. His age (in years) was also a perfect square in 2012.
His age (in years) will be a perfect cube 𝑚 years after 2025. Determine the smallest value of 𝑚.
7. The sum of two real numbers is a positive integer 𝑛 and the sum of their squares is 𝑛 + 1012. Find the maximum
possible value of 𝑛.
8. A quadrilateral has four vertices 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝐷. We want to colour each vertex in one of the four colours red, blue,
green or yellow, so that every side of the quadrilateral and the diagonal 𝐴𝐶 have end points of different colours.
In how many ways can we do this?
9. Four sides and a diagonal of a quadrilateral are of lengths 10, 20, 28, 50, 75, not necessarily in that order. Which
amongst them is the only possible length of the diagonal?
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10. The height and the base radius of a closed right circular cylinder are positive integers and its total surface area is
numerically equal to its volume. If its volume is 𝑘𝜋 where 𝑘 is a positive integer, what is the smallest possible
value of 𝑘?
𝑎 3
11. Consider a fraction ≠ , where 𝑎, 𝑏 are positive integers with gcd(𝑎, 𝑏) = 1 and 𝑏 ≤ 15. If this fraction is
𝑏 4
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chosen closest to amongst all such fractions, then what is the value of 𝑎 + 𝑏?
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12. Consider fivedigit positive integers of the form 𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑎𝑏 that are divisible by the two digit number 𝑎𝑏 but not
divisible by 13. What is the largest possible sum of the digits of such a number?
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13. Three sides of a quadrilateral are 𝑎 = 4 3, 𝑏 = 9 and 𝑐 = 3. The sides 𝑎 and 𝑏 enclose an angle of 30∘ , and
the sides 𝑏 and 𝑐 enclose an angle of 90∘ . If the acute angle between the diagonals is 𝑥∘ , what is the value of 𝑥?
14. A function 𝑓 is defined on the set of integers such that for any two integers 𝑚 and 𝑛,
𝑓(𝑚𝑛 + 1) = 𝑓(𝑚)𝑓(𝑛) − 𝑓(𝑛) − 𝑚 + 2
𝑁
holds and 𝑓(0) = 1. Determine the largest positive integer 𝑁 such that ∑𝑓(𝑘) < 100.
𝑘=1
15. There are six coupons numbered 1 to 6 and six envelopes, also numbered 1 to 6. The first two coupons are placed
together in any one envelope. Similarly, the third and the fourth are placed together in a different envelope, and
the last two are placed together in yet another different envelope. How many ways can this be done if no coupon
is placed in the envelope having the same number as the coupon?
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16. Let 𝑓(𝑥) and 𝑔(𝑥) be two polynomials of degree 2 such that
𝑓(−2) 𝑓(3)
= = 4.
𝑔(−2) 𝑔(3)
If 𝑔(5) = 2, 𝑓(7) = 12, 𝑔(7) = −6, what is the value of 𝑓(5)?
40
17. 𝑀 𝑇 𝐴𝐼 is a parallelogram of area square units such that 𝑀 𝐼 = 1/𝑀 𝑇. If 𝑑 is the least possible length of the
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𝑎
diagonal 𝑀 𝐴, and 𝑑2 = , where 𝑎, 𝑏 are positive integers with gcd(𝑎, 𝑏) = 1, find |𝑎 − 𝑏|.
𝑏
18. Let 𝑁 be the number of ninedigit integers that can be obtained by permuting the digits of 223334444 and which
have at least one 3 to the right of the rightmost occurrence of 4. What is the remainder when 𝑁 is divided by
100?
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19. In triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, ∠𝐵 = 90∘ , 𝐴𝐵 = 1 and 𝐵𝐶 = 2. On the side 𝐵𝐶 there are two points 𝐷 and 𝐸 such that
𝐸 lies between 𝐶 and 𝐷 and 𝐷𝐸𝐹 𝐺 is a square, where 𝐹 lies on 𝐴𝐶 and 𝐺 lies on the circle through 𝐵 with
𝑚
centre 𝐴. If the area of 𝐷𝐸𝐹 𝐺 is where 𝑚 and 𝑛 are positive integers with gcd(𝑚, 𝑛) = 1, what is the value
𝑛
of 𝑚 + 𝑛?
20. Let 𝑓 be the function defined by
𝑓(𝑛) = remainder when 𝑛𝑛 is divided by 7,
for all positive integers 𝑛. Find the smallest positive integer 𝑇 such that 𝑓(𝑛+𝑇 ) = 𝑓(𝑛) for all positive integers
𝑛.
21. For some real numbers 𝑚, 𝑛 and a positive integer 𝑎, the list (𝑎+1)𝑛2 , 𝑚2 , 𝑎(𝑛+1)2 consists of three consecutive
integers written in increasing order. What is the largest possible value of 𝑚2 ?
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22. There are 𝑚 blue marbles and 𝑛 red marbles on a table. Armaan and Babita play a game by taking turns. In each
turn the player has to pick a marble of the colour of his/her choice. Armaan starts first, and the player who picks
the last red marble wins. For how many choices of (𝑚, 𝑛) with 1 ≤ 𝑚, 𝑛 ≤ 11 can Armaan force a win?
23. Let 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 be a rectangle and let 𝑀 , 𝑁 be points lying on sides 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐵𝐶, respectively. Assume that 𝑀 𝐶 =
𝐶𝐷 and 𝑀 𝐷 = 𝑀 𝑁, and that points 𝐶, 𝐷, 𝑀 , 𝑁 lie on a circle. If (𝐴𝐵/𝐵𝐶)2 = 𝑚/𝑛 where 𝑚 and 𝑛 are
positive integers with gcd(𝑚, 𝑛) = 1, what is the value of 𝑚 + 𝑛?
24. Let 𝑃 (𝑥) = 𝑥2025 , 𝑄(𝑥) = 𝑥4 + 𝑥3 + 2𝑥2 + 𝑥 + 1. Let 𝑅(𝑥) be the polynomial remainder when the polynomial
𝑃 (𝑥) is divided by the polynomial 𝑄(𝑥). Find 𝑅(3).
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25. For how many numbers 𝑛 in the set {1, 2, 3, … , 37} can we split the 2𝑛 numbers 1, 2, … , 2𝑛 into 𝑛 pairs
𝑛
{𝑎𝑖 , 𝑏𝑖 }, 1 ≤ 𝑖 ≤ 𝑛, such that ∏(𝑎𝑖 + 𝑏𝑖 ) is a square?
𝑖=1
26. Consider a sequence of real numbers of finite length. Consecutive four term averages of this sequence are strictly
increasing, but consecutive seven term averages are strictly decreasing. What is the maximum possible length
of such a sequence?
27. Find the number of ordered triples (𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐) of positive integers such that 1 ≤ 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 ≤ 50 which satisfy the
relation
lcm(𝑎, 𝑐) + lcm(𝑏, 𝑐) 26𝑐
= .
𝑎+𝑏 27
Here, by lcm(𝑥, 𝑦) we mean the LCM, that is, least common multiple of 𝑥 and 𝑦.
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28. Assume 𝑎 is a positive integer which is not a perfect square. Let 𝑥, 𝑦 be nonnegative integers such that
√ √
√𝑥 − 𝑥 + 𝑎 = 𝑎 − 𝑦. What is the largest possible value of 𝑎 such that 𝑎 < 100?
29. A regular polygon with 𝑛 ≥ 5 vertices is said to be colourful if it is possible to colour the vertices using at most 6
colours such that each vertex is coloured with exactly one colour, and such that any 5 consecutive vertices have
different colours. Find the largest number 𝑛 for which a regular polygon with 𝑛 vertices is not colourful.
30. Let 𝑆 be a circle of radius 10 with centre 𝑂. Suppose 𝑆1 and 𝑆2 are two circles which touch 𝑆 internally and
intersect each other at two distinct points 𝐴 and 𝐵. If ∠𝑂𝐴𝐵 = 90∘ what is the sum of the radii of 𝑆1 and 𝑆2 ?
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