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NMTC-2018

THE ASSOCIATION OF MATHEMATICS

TEACHERS OF INDIA (Regd.)
Screening Test – Ramanujan Contest
NMTC at INTER LEVEL – XI & XII Standards

TEST PAPER WITH SOLUTION

& ANSWER KEY
Date: 1st September, 2018 | Duration: 2 Hours

National Mathematics Talent Competitions (NMTC) 2018

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1. Do not open he Question booklet until you are told to do so.

2. a) This is a Multiple choice and fill in the blanks test. In multiple choices each Question is
followed by four answer (A), (B), (C) and (D) Only one of them it correct. When you have
decided on your choice, shade the corresponding letter in the box against the question
number. For example, if you decide that for a question, the correct response is (A), shade
of the box marked A (Eg.[] on A in the box shading that box.
b) In the case of fill in the blanks questions write the correct answer in the space
provided.
3. Each question carries 1 marks.
4. a) If you are unable to solve a problem, it is better not to answer the question. Avoid
guessing. Since you are penalized for each wrong answer.
b) ½ mark will be deducted for wrong answers in part A
c) ½ mark will be deducted for wrong answers in part B
5. Be certain that you understand thoroughly the coding system for your answer sheet. If
you are not sure, ask your supervisor to clarify it.
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etc, are permitted.
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NOTE:
1. Fill in the response sheet with your Name, Class and the institution through which you
appear in the specified places.
2. Diagrams are only visual aids, they are NOT drawn to scale.
3. You are free to do rough work on separate sheets.
4. Duration of the test: 2 pm to 4 pm (2 hours).

1. In the addition shown, each of the letters T,H,,S represents a non zero digit. What is T + H + + S ?
T H  S
 S
______________________
2 0 1 8

(A) 34 (B) 32 (C) 24 (D) 22

Ans. (C)

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Sol. T H  S
 S
__________
2 0 1 8
Clearly S = 4 or S = 9
If S = 4  can not take any value
If S = 9  can take value 5 only
Hence
T H 5 9
5 9
___________

T(H+1) 1 8 = 2018
 T = 1 and H = 9
So the number T H  S = 1959
Hence T + H + + S = 1 + 9 + 5 + 9 = 24

2. We have four sets S1, S2, S3, S4 each containing a number of parallel lines. The set Si contains
i + 1 parallel lines i = 1,2,3,4. A line in Si is not parallel to lines in Sj when i  j. In how many points
do these lines intersect ?
(A) 54 (B) 63 (C) 71 (D) 95
Ans. (C)
2 3 4 5 3 4 5 4 5
Sol. Number of point of intersection = C1 ( C1 + C1 + C1) + C1 ( C1 + C1) + C1 × C1
= 2(12) + 3(9) + 20
= 24 + 27 + 20
= 71

3. An old tanker is 100 km due north of a cruise liner. The tanker sails Southeast at a speed of
20 kilometers per hour and the liner sail Northwest at a speed of 10 kilometres per hour. What is
the shortest distance between the two boats during the subsequent motion ?
(A) 50 2 km (B) 60 km (C) 80 km (D) 100 km
Ans. (A)
Sol. From relative motion
Let initially oil tanker at A and d cruise liner at 0
Both move parallely opposite directions
Shortest distance = OB = 50 2

20 km/hr

10 km/hr

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4. Volume A equals one fourth of the sum of the volumes B and C, while volume B equals one sixth
of the sum of the volumes A and C. The ratio of volume C to the sum of volumes of A and B is
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 9 : 10 (C) 7 : 12 (D) 12 : 23
Ans. (D)
1
Sol. VA = (AB + VC) ....... (1)
4
1
VB = (VA + VC) ....... (2)
6
VA  VB
To find
VC

from (1) and (2)

4VA – 6VB = VB – BA
5VA = 7VB
5
Put in (1) 4VA = VA + VC
7
 23VA = 7VC
23
VC VA
7 23 7 23
Hence = = × =
VA  VB 5 7 12 12
VA  VA
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5. In the ninety-nine shop every item costs some whole number of rupees plus 99 paise. Rhea spent
sixty five rupees and seventy six paise in buying some items from the shop. How many items did
she buy ?
(A) 23 (B) 24 (C) 65 (D) 66
Ans. (B)
Sol. Let p items cost Rs x1. 99, Rs x2. 99 and so on
 x1 + x2 + ..... + xp + 0.99p = 65.76
p = 24  0.99 × 24 = 23.76

6. The diagram shows a rectangle ABCD where AB : AD = 1 : 2. Point E on AC is such that DE is

perpendicular to AC. What is the ratio of the area of the triangle DCE to the rectangle ABCD?
B A

E 90°

C D
(A) 1 : 4 2 (B) 1 : 6 (C) 1 : 8 (D) 1 : 10
Ans. (D)

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B x
Sol. A

2x 2x
E
p
C x D

AC = 5x
2 2 2 2 2
ED = x – p = 4x –( 5x – p)
2
 2x = 2 5 px  x = 5p

p 2 x x2
x  p2 x2 
Area of DCE 2 5 5 1
= 2 2
= 2

Area of rec tan gle ABCD 2x 2x 10

7. The numbers 2, 3, 12, 14, 15, 20, 21 may be divided into two sets so that the product of the
numbers in each set is the same. What is this product?
(A) 420 (B) 1260 (C) 2520 (D) 6720
Ans. (C)
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Sol. P = 2 × 3 × 12 × 14 × 15 × 20 × 21
 P = 2520

8. ABCD is a trapezium with AD = DC = CD = 10 units and AB = 22 units. Semi circles are drawn as
shown in the figure. The area of the region bounded by these semi circles in square units is

D C

A B

(A) 128 + 48 (B) 128 + 24 (C) 116 + 48 (D) 116 + 24
Ans. (A)

S1

P1 P2
Sol.
P2 P2
S2

Required Area = area of trapezium – (2 + 2P1) + S1 + S2 – 2P2

= area of trapezium + S1 + S2 – 2( + P1 + P2)
= area of trapezium + S2 + S1
1  2 2
= (10 + 22) × 8 + (11 – 5 ) = 128 + 48 
2 2

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9. Consider the number of ways in which five girls and five boys sit in ten seats that are equally
spaced around a circle. The proportion of the seating arrangements in which no two girls sit at the
ends of a diameter is
1 8 55
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of the above
2 63 63
Ans. (B)

25  5! !
10 8
Sol. Proportion = 
(10  1)! 63

–4 –4 –4
10. Let A = 1 + 2 + 3 +…………, the sum of reciprocals of fourth powers of integers and
–4 –4 –4
B=1 +3 +5 +…………, the sum of reciprocals of fourth powers of odd positive integers. The
value of A/B as a fraction is
16 32 64 128
(A) (B) (C) (D)
15 31 63 127
Ans. (A)
1 1 1 1   1 1 
Sol. B =  4  4  4  4  ......    4  4  ....... 
1 2 3 4  2 4 
1 15
=A– (A) = (A)
24 16

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11. The number 5(6 ) is written on the board (in base 10). Gia takes two of the digits at a time, erases
them but appends the sum of those digits at the end. She repeats this till she ends up with one
digit on the board. What is the digit that remains on the board?
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
Ans. (A)
Sol. obviously

12. Seven points are marked on the circumference of a circle and all pairs of points are joined by
straight lines. No three of these lines have a common point and any two intersect at a point inside
the circle. Into how many regions is the interior of the circle divided by these lines?
(A) 64 (B) 63 (C) 57 (D) 56
Ans. (C)

Sol. Point s Section

2 2
3 22  4
4 224 8
5 2  2  4  8  16
6 2  2  4  8  15  31
7 2  2  4  8  15  26  57

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13. The diagram below shows a regular hexagon with side length 1, insceibed in a square. Two of the
vertices lie on the diagonal of the square and the remaining vertices lie on its sides. What is the
area of the square ?

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(A) (B) 4 (C) 2 + 3 (D) 3 + 2
2
Ans. (C)
1
1
1
Sol.

1
2 1
1
15° 1
1 cos 15 sin 15°
sin 15°
2
1
Length = + cos 15° + sin 15°
2
1
= + 1  sin30
2

1 1
= + 1
2 2

1 3 3 1
= + =
2 2 2

3  1 2 3
= = 2+ 3 Ans.
2

14. AB is a diameter of a semicircle of centre O. C is the midpoint of the arc AB. AC and the tangent at
B to the semicircle meet at P. D is the midpoint of BP. If ACDO is a parallelogram and PAD = ,
then sin is
1 1 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 10 10 10
Ans. (B)
Sol. AO = OB = BO = PD = CD = r
OD = AC = 2 r
AD = 5 r

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 ACD = 135°
sin  sin135
 
r 5 r

1
 sin  =
10
P
r
r
D
135°
2r
5r 2r
r


A r O r B

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15. The real valued function f(x) satisfies the equation 2f(1 – x) + 1 = xf(x) for all x. Then (x – x + 4)
f(x) equals
(A) x – 1 (B) x (C) x + 1 (D) x – 3
Ans. (D)
Sol. 2f(1 – x) + 1 = xf(x)
Replace x by 1 – x
2f(x) + 1 = (1 – x) f(1 – x)
 xf(x)  1
2f(x) + 1 = (1 – x)  
 2 
4f(x) + 2 = (1 – x)x f(x) – (1 – x)
2
(x – x + 4) f(x) = x – 3

PART – B
Note :
 Write the correct answer in the space provided in the response sheet.
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 For each correct response you get 1 mark. For each incorrect response you lose Mark.
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16. The number of ways in which 26 identical chocolates be distributed between Amy, Bob, Cathy
and Daniel so that each receives at least one chocolate and Amy receives more chocolates than
Bob is _______.
Ans. (1078)
25
Sol. Total number of natural solution of equation x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 26 is C3 = 2300. total number of
natural solution of equation 2x1 + x3 + x4 = 26 = 1 + 3 + ……… + 23 = 144
2300  144
Total number of natural solution of equation x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 26 when x1 > x2 is = 1078
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17. A set S contains 11 numbers. The average of the numbers in S is 302. The average of the six
smallest numbers of S is 100 and the average of the six largest of the numbers is 300. What is the
median of the numbers in S__________.
Ans. (360)
Sol. Bonus (wrong question)

18. The sum of the angles 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 in degrees shows in the following figure is ______.

1
8

7 2

6
5
4

Ans. (360)
A
H
1
8 
V
G B
7 U T 2
P M
Sol. 1+5
S O N 3 C
R Q
6
F 5
4
E D

GST = 1 + 5
HIV = 3 + 6
HUV = 2 + 4
TVJ = UVI = 1 + 5 + 7
In quadrilateral UVH
sum of angle = 1 + 5 + 7 + 2 + 4 + 3 + 6 + 8 = 360

19. The number of positive integers less than 2018 that are divisible by 6 but are not divisible by at
least one of the numbers 4 or 9 is _______.
Ans. (280)
Sol. Total number divisible by 6 but less than 2018 are 336
Total number divisible by 36 but less than 2018 are 56
Required number equals to 336 – 56 = 280

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20. If x(x + 1)(x + 2)........ (x + 23) = a x n the number of coefficients an that are multiples
n 1

of 3 is ________.
Ans. (15)
Sol. In elements of set {0,1,2,........23}
8 elements are of the form 3
8 elements are of the form 3+ 1
8 elements are of the form 3– 1
24
Coefficient of x is 1 (not divisible by 3)
23 24  23
Coefficient of x is (1 + 2 + .....+.23) = = multiple of 3
2
22
Coefficient of x is not multiple of 3
21
Coefficient of x is multiple of 3
8
Coefficient of x is not multiple of 3
7
Coefficient of x is multiple of 3
Now all coefficient of power of x less than 7 are multiple of 3
24 22 8
Coefficient of x , Coefficient of x ,......... Coefficient of x are not multiple of 3
Number of coefficient which are multiple of 3 are 24 – 9 = 15

21. A square is cut into 37 squares of which 36 have area 1 square cms. The length of the side of the
original square is _______.
Ans. (10)
Sol. Let a square is of side length a is taken which cuts in 36 square of side length 1 and one of side
length b.
2 2
 a = 36(1) + b
2 2
 a – b = 36
 (a – b)(a + b) = 36 clearly a + b and a – b both even
a  b  18 
  a = 10 and b = 8
a–b2 
Hence length of original square 10.

22. There are 4 coins in a row and all are showing heads to start with. The coins can be flipped with
the following rules :
(a) The fourth coin (from the left) can be flipped any time
(b) An intermediate coin can be changed to tail only if its immediate neighbor on the right is heads
and all other coins (if any) to its right are tails.
(c) Only one coin can be flipped in one step.
The minimum number of steps required to bring all coins to show tails is _______.
Ans. (8)
Sol. HHHH, HHTH, HHTT, THTT, THHT,
TTHT, TTHH, TTTH, TTTT

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23. A poet met a tortoise sitting under a tree. When the tortoise was the poet's age, the poet was only
a quarter of his current age. When the tree was the tortoise's age, the tortoise was only a seventh
of its current age. If all the ages are in whole number of years, and the sum of their ages is now
264, the age of the tree in years is ______,
Ans. (143)
Sol. p = poet, t = tortoise, T = tree
p, t, T
p t
p – (t – p) = and t – (T – t) =
4 7
4t 7T
p= and t =
7 13
T + t + p = 264
7T 4T
T+ + = 264  T = 143
13 7

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 1  1
24. The sum of all real value of x satisfying  x  – 17  = x + + 17 is ______.
 x  x

Ans. (35)
2
 1   1 
Sol.  x  x – 17  =  x  x  17 
   

1
Let x + – 17 = t
x
2
t = t + 34
2
 t – t – 34 = 0

1  1  136
t=
2

1  137 1– 137
t= or
2 2

1 1  137 1– 137
x+ = 17 + or 17 +
x 2 2

1 35  137 35 – 137
x+ = or
x 2 2
x1 35  137
2
 2x – (35 + 137 ) x + 1 = 0  x1 + x2 =
x2 2

x3 35 – 137
2
and 2x – (35 – 137 )x + 1 = 0  x3 + x4 =
x4 2

 x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 = 35 Ans. 35

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25. On the inside of a square with side length 6, construct four congruent isosceles triangles each with
base 6 and height 5, and each having one side coinciding with a different side of the square. The
area of the octagonal region common to the interiors of all four triangles is _____.

Ans. (3.6)
D C

E
Sol.
F L
G 4
x

H J


A 9 N V M B
5
6
–x
5
PM 5 GN 5 3 5 9
tan = =  =  =  AN =
MA 3 AN 3 AN 3 5
y3 y 9
tan  = =  xy + 3x = y + xy  5x = 3y
9 x 5
x
5
6  5x  9
Now FL = y  – x = y  6 – 5x = 5   x=
5  3  20
Area = area of square + 4(area of EFL)
2
= 4y + 2(2y)(x)
160x 2 160  81 18
= = =
9 9  400 5

26. In a triangle with integer side lengths, one side is thrice the other. The third side is 15 cm. The
greatest possible perimeter of the triangle is (in cm) _______.
Ans. (43)

Sol. x 3x

15

3x – x < 15

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and 3x + x > 15
15 15
 x< and x >
2 4
 greatest value of x can be 7
 perimeter = 7 + 21 + 15 = 43

27. A cube has edge length x (an integer). three faces meeting at a corner are painted blue. The cube
is then cut into smaller cubes of unit length. If exactly 343 of these cubes have no faces painted
blue, then the value of x is ________ .
Ans. (8)
3
Sol. (x – 1) = 343
x–1=7
x =8

4 2
28. If f(x) = ax – bx + x + 5 and f(3) = 8, the value of f(–3) is ______.
Ans. (2)
Sol. f(3) – f(–3) = 6
 f(– 3) = 2

29. Archana has to choose a three-digit code for her bike lock. The digits can be chosen from 1 to 9.
To help her remember them, she decides to choose three different digits in increasing order, for
example 278. The number of such codes she can choose is ______.
Ans. (84)

9 987
Sol. Number of ways = C3 =  84
3!

30. Let S be a set of five different positive integers, the largest of which is n. It is impossible to
construct a quadrilateral with non-zero area, whose side-lengths are all distinct elements of S. The
smallest possible value of n is ________.
Ans. (11)
Sol. S = {1,2,3,6,11}
In quadrilateral with side a,b,c,d
we have a + b + c > d etc which is not possible in set S.

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