Bhavesh Study Circle: AMTI (NMTC) - 2004
Bhavesh Study Circle: AMTI (NMTC) - 2004
Bhavesh Study Circle: AMTI (NMTC) - 2004
1. A four digit number of the form abaa (a’s and b’s are the digits of the four digit number)
is divisible by 33. The number of such four digit numbers is
(A) 36 (B) 6 (C) 3 (D) 1
2. If a + 2a + 3a + .... + 1000a = 2b + 4b + 6b + .... + 2000b = 3c + 6c + 9c + .... + 3000c
then a : b : c is as
(A) 1 : 2 : 3 (B) 3 : 2 : 1 (C) 2 : 3 : 6 (D) 6 : 3 : 2
3. If a * = a + 1 and *a = a – 1, then 1 * – * 1 + 2 * – * 2 + 3 * – * 3 + .... + 1000 * – * 1000
is equal to
(A) 1000 (B) –1000 (C) 2000 (D) –2000
4. ‘a’ and ‘b’ are two natural numbers with a + b = 8. If a > b and a 2 + b 2 has minimum value,
then a and b are given by
(A) 7, 1 (B) 6, 2 (C) 4, 4 (D) 5, 2
5. In the adjoining figure, ABC is right angled at A; mB = mC. The bisectors of angles
B and C meet at I. Then mBIC is
(A) 18 (B) 21 (C) 40 (D) 24
8. The number of non negative integers which are less than 1000 and end with only one
zero is
(A) 90 (B) 99 (C) 91 (D) 100
9. The tenth term of the sequence (2, 5), (3, 7), (5, 11), (7, 13), (11, 17), .... is
(A) (23, 29) (B) (19, 13) (C) (20, 04) (D) (29, 31)
10. The sum of the digits of the number 10 n – 1 is 3798. The value of n is
(A) 431 (B) 673 (C) 422 (D) 501
11. The image of INMO when reflected in a mirror is
(A) IWNO (B) OMNI (C) INWO (D) OWNI
12. A transport company’s vans each carry a maximum load of 10 tonnes. 24 sealed boxes
each weighing 5 tonnes have to be transported to a factory. The number of van loads
needed to do this is
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12
13. The digits of the year 2000 add up to 2. In how many years has this happened since the
year 1 till this year 2004 ?
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 10
14. Ram is 7 years younger than Ravi. In four years time, Ram will be half of Ravi’s age. The
sum of their ages now is
(A) 13 (B) 15 (C) 17 (D) 19
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15. A circle is added to the equally spaced grid alongside. The largest number of dots that
the circle can pass through is
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AMTI (NMTC) - 2011
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
PART - A
n
1. Given 63.63 = m 21 , m , n positive integers with n < 100. The value of (m + n) is
100
(A) 21 (B) 24 (C) 104 (D) 101
2. n is a natural number and (n + 2) (n + 4) is odd. Then the biggest power of 2 that divides
(n + 1) (n + 3) for any n is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
3. Two squares 17 cm x 17 cm overlap to form a rectangle 17 cm x 30 cm. The area of the
over lapping region is
(A) 289 (B) 68 (C) 510 (D) 85
4. Aruna and Baskar wrote the three digit number 888 and Aruna changed two of its digits
and wrote the biggest three digit number divisible by 8. Bhaskar too changed two of the
digits of 888 and wrote the smallest three digit number divisible by 8. The difference of
the new numbers obtained is
(A) 848 (B) 856 (C) 864 (D) 872
5. n is a negative integer. The expression having the greatest value is
(A) –2n 2 + 2n (B) –2n 2 – 2n (C) 2n 2 + 2n (D) 2n 2 – 2n
6. Five positive integers are written around a circle so that no two or three adjacent
numbers have a sum divisible by 3. In this collection the number of numbers divisible by
3 is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
7. A number is called a palindrome if it reads the same forward or backward. For example
13531 is a palindrome. The difference between the biggest 10 digit palindrome and the
smallest 9 digit palindrome is
(A) 976666666 (B) 9888888888 (C) 9899999998 (D) 9777777777
8. In the figure, PQRS is a rectangle of area 2011 square units. K, L, M, N are the mid point
of the respective sides. O is the midpoint of MN. The area of the triangle OKL is equal
to (in square units)
The number of white bars is 15 more than the thin black bars. The number of thick black
bars is ______.
9. By drawing 10 lines of which 4 are horizontal and 6 are vertical crossing each other as in
the figure, one can get 15 cells. With the same 10 lines of which 3 are vertical and 7
horizontal we get 12 cells.
10. If a 2 – b 2 = 2011 where a, b are integers, then the most negative value of (a + b) is ____.
x
11. x and y are real numbers such that xy = x + y = y (x 0, y 0). Then the numerical
value of (x – y) is _______.
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12. When x = 2011, the value of 1 is ______.
1
1
1
1
1
1
x
13. After the school final exams are over, all students in a class exchange their photographs.
Each student gives his photograph to each of the remaining students and gets the
photograph of all his friends. There are totally 870 exchanges of photos. The number of
students in the class is ______.
14. The angles of a polygon are in the ratio 2:4:5:6:6:7. The difference between the greatest
and least angle of the polygon is ________.
15. The perimeter of a right angled triangle is 132. The sum of the squares of all its sides is
6050. The sum of the legs of the triangle is ______.
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Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2012
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
PART - A
2 2
p 1 p 1
1. p is an odd prime. Then is
2 2
(A) a fraction less than p. (B) a fraction greater than p.
(C) a natural number not equal to p. (D) a natural number equal to p.
2. PQRS is a parallelogram. MP and NP divide SPQ into three equal parts (MPQ > NPQ)
and MQ and NQ divide RQP into 3 equal parts (MQP > NQP). If k(PNQ) = (PMQ)
then k =
1 3 1
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D)
2 2 3
3. In a foot ball league, a particular team played 50 games in a season. The team never lost
three games consecutively and never won four games consecutively, in that season. If N
is the number of games the team won in that season, then N satisfies
(A) 25 < N < 30 (B) 25 < N < 36 (C) 16 < N < 38 (D) 16 < N < 30
4. a, b, c, d, e are five integers such that a + b = b + c = c + d = d + e = 2012,
a + b + c + d + e = 5024. Then the value of (d – a) is
(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 10 (D) 4
2012
5. The last two digits of 3 , when represented in decimal notation, will be
(A) 81 (B) 01 (C) 41 (D) 21
6. There exists positive integers x, y such that both the expressions (3x + 2y) and (4x – 3y)
are exactly divisible by
(A) 11 (B) 7 (C) 23 (D) 17
7. The years of 20 th century and 21 st century are of 4 digits. The number of years which are
divisible by the product of the four digits of the year is
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) none of these
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8. If x 1 , then the value of x 3 3 is
x x
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) 2
9. The number of natural numbers a (< 100) such that (a 3 – a 2) is a square of a natural
number is
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
10. Let n be the smallest nonprime integer greater than 1 with no prime factor less than 10.
Then
(A) 100 < n < 100 (B) 110 < n < 120
(C) 120 < n < 130 (D) 130 < n < 140
11. A point P inside a rectangle ABCD is joined to the angular points. Then
(A) Sum of the areas of two of the triangles so formed is equal to the sum of the other
two.
(B) The sum of the areas of the triangles so formed is a whole number whatever may be
the dimensions of the rectangle.
(C) The sum of the areas of a pair of opposite triangles is greater than half the area of
the rectangle.
(D) None of these
12. In the adjoining figure ABCD and BGFE are rhombuses. AB = 10 cm, GF = 3 cm. GE
meets DC at H. A = 60 0. The perimeter of ABEHD is (in cm)
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Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2014
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB JUNIOR LEVEL
PART - A
1. If a + b + c = 0 where a, b, c are non zero real numbers, then the value of (a 2 – bc) 2 –
(b 2 – ca) (c2 – ab) is
(A) 1 (B) abc (C) a 2 + b 2 + c2 (D) 0
2. In the adjoining incomplete magic square the sum of all numbers in any row or column
or diagonals is a constant value. The value of x is
3
(A) + 2 (B) 5 (C) 1 (D) 4
2
5. The sum of three different prime numbers is 40. What is the difference between the two
biggest ones among them ?
(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 20 (D) 24
6. Peter has written down four natural numbers. If the chooses three of his numbers at a
time and adds up each triple, he obtains totals of 186, 206, 215 and 194. The largest
number Peter has written is
(A) 93 (B) 103 (C) 81 (D) 73
7. There are four non-zero numbers x, y, z and u. If x = y – z, y = z – u, z = u – x, then the
x y z u
value of y z u x is equal to
1 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) 0 (D) –
2 2
8. The natural numbers from 1 to 20 are listed below is such a way that the sum of each
adjacent pair is a prime number. 20, A, 16, 15, 4, B, 12, C, 10, 7, 6, D, 2, 17, 14, 9, 8, 5,
18, E. The number D is
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 11 (D) 13
9. How many ordered pairs of natural numbers (a, b) satisfy a + 2b = 100 ?
(A) 33 (B) 49 (C) 50 (D) 99
10. The value of ( 5 6 7 )( 5 6 7 ) ( 5 6 7 )( 6 7 5) is
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11. The least number which, when divided by 52 leaves a remainder 33, when divided by 78
leaves a remainder 59 and when divided by 117 leaves a remainder 98 is
(A) 553 (B) 293 (C) 468 (D) 449
12. A sum of money is divided between two persons in the ratio 3:5. If the share of one
person is Rs. 2000 more than that of the other, then the sum of money is (in rupees)
(A) 6000 (B) 8000 (C) 10,000 (D) 12,000
13. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. What percent of
the second number is the first number ?
(A) 70 % (B) 30 % (C) 80 % (D) 60 %
14. There are some toys. One third of them are sold at a profit of 15%, one fourth of the
total are sold at a profit of 20% and the rest for 24% profit. The total profit is Rs. 3200.
The total price of the toys is (in rupees)
(A) 32000 (B) 64000 (C) 16000 (D) 48000
15. The radius of a circle is increased by 4 units and the ratio of the areas of the original and
the increased circle is 4:9. The radius of the original circle is
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 12 (D) 8
PART - B
16. A natural number less than 100 has remainder 2 when divided by 3, remainder 3 when
divided by 4 and remainder 4 when divided by 5. The remainder when the number is
divided by 7 is _______.
17. The units digit of (2013) 2013 is ______.
18. In the figure ABCD is a rectangle with sides 24 units, 32 units. SKL, PLN, QNM, RNL
are congruent right angled triangles. The area of each triangle is ______.
( n 2 )( n 2 )
19. The number of natural numbers n for which is a natural number is ______.
( n 3)
20. The product of two natural numbers a and b divides 48. a, b are not relatively prime to
each other. The number of pairs (a, b) where 1 < a + b < 48, (a b) is ______.
2 2
2
21. The value of the expression a a 1 a
1 1 1 1 a
1
2 2
is K 3 where a = (2013) . The
a
2
a 2
a 2
a 2
value of K is _____.
22. AB and AC are two straight line segments enclosing an angle 70 0. Squares ABDE and
ACFG are drawn outside the angle BAC. The diagonal FA is produced to meet the
diagonal EB in H, then EAH = _______.
23. In the pentagon ABCDE, D = 2B and the other angles are each equal to half the sum
of the angles B and D. The largest interior angle of the pentagon is _____.
24. The ratio of a two digit number and the sum of its digits is 4:1. If the digit in the units
place is 3 more than the digit in the tens place, then the number is _______.
25. There is a famine in a place. But there is sufficient food for 400 people for 31 days.
After 28 days 280 of them left the place. Assuming that each person consumes the same
amount of food per day, the number of days for which the rest of the food would last for
the remaining people is ______.
26. A triangle whose sides are integers has a perimeter 8. The area of the triangle is _____.
27. If (10 2013 25) 2 (10 2013 25) 2 ( 10 ) n then the value of n is _______.
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28. ABC and ADC are isosceles triangles with AB = AC = AD. BAC = 40 0, CAD = 70 0.
The value of BCD + BDC = ________.
29. There are three persons Samrud, Saket and Vishwa. Samrud is twice the age of Saket and
Saket is twice the age of Vishwa. Their total ages will be trebled in 28 years. The present
age of Samrud is _______.
30. The number of three digit numbers of the form ab5 which are divisible by 9 is ______.
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Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2015
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
PART - A
1. If 150% of a certain number is 300, then 30% of the number is.
(A) 50 (B) 60 (C) 70 (D) 65
2. The sum of five distinct non negative integers is 90. What can be the second largest
number of the five at most ?
(A) 82 (B) 43 (C) 34 (D) 73
3. The length of two sides of an isosceles triangle are 5 units and 16 units. The perimeter
of the triangle (in the same units) is
(A) 26 (B) 37 (C) 26 or 37 (D) none of these
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4. ABCD is a rectangle. P is the mid-point of DC and Q is a point on AB such that AQ AB .
3
What fraction of the area of ABCD is AQPD ?
1 3 2 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 7 12
5. The number of digits when (999999999999) 2 is expanded is
(A) 26 (B) 24 (C) 32 (D) 16
6. Three equal squares are kept as in the diagram. C, D being the mid points of the
respective sides of the lower squares. If AB = 100 cm, area of each square is (in cm 2)
(A) 1200 (B) 1500 (C) 900 (D) 1600
7. Samrud wrote 4 different natural numbers. He chose three numbers at a time and added
them each time. He got the sums as 115, 153, 169, 181. The largest of the numbers
Samrud first wrote is
(A) 37 (B) 48 (C) 57 (D) 91
8. Saket wrote a two digit number. He added 5 to the tens digit and subtracted 3 from the
units digit of the number. The resulting number is twice the original number. The
original number is
(A) 47 (B) 74 (C) 37 (D) 73
9. Five consecutive natural numbers cannot add up to
(A) 225 (B) 222 (C) 220 (D) 200
10. In the adjoining figure the different numbers denote the area of the corresponding
rectangle in which the number is there. The value of x is
(A) 3014 (B) 1125 (C) 2139 (D) 250
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11. What is the remainder when 2 + 3 is divided by ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
12. If Mahadevan gets 71 in his next examination, his average will be 83. If he gets 99, his
average will be 87. How many exams Mahadevan has already taken ?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
13. In the adjoining figure, AB, CD, EF and GH are straight lines passing through a single
point. The value of x + y + z + u is
22. Flag poles are installed along a road side on every 8 meters. Markings are made every
12 m as shown. The length of the road is 240 m. The number of markings made beside
the flag poles are _______.
23. The number of different natural numbers n for which n 2 – 440 is a perfect square is
____.
24. Aruna, Bhavani and Christina each wear a saree of different colour (blue, yellow or green).
It is known that, if Aruna wears blue then Bhavani wears green, if Aruna wears yellow
Christina wears green and if Bhavani does not wear yellow, Christina wears blue. The
saree Aruna is wearing has the color _______.
25. Arish found the value of 319 to be 11a2261467. He found all the digits correctly except
the digit denoted by a. The value of a is _______.
26. The daily wages of two persons are in the ratio 3:5. They work in a place and the
employer is satisfied with their work and gives Rs. 20 more to each. Then the ratio of
their wages comes to 13:21. The sum of the original wages of the two persons is _____.
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27. The value of x which satisfies the equation 1.
5
6
5
6
6 x
28. The current age of a father is three times that of his son. Ten years from now, the father’s
age will be twice that of his son. The fathers age will be 60 after ______ years.
29. The number of (x, y, z) such that xy = 6, yz = 15, zx = 10 is ______.
a b 1 a 2 ab b 2 p
30. If , The value of 2 in the form is ______.
a b 2 a ab b 2 q
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Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2017
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB - JUNIOR LEVEL
PART - A
1. On the square ABCD, point E lies on the side AD and F lies on BC so that BE = EF =
FD = 30 cm. The area of the square (in square cms) is
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 6
10. The number of natural numbers less than 400 that are not divisible by 17 or 23 is
(A) 290 (B) 320 (C) 360 (D) 370
11. If a is a % of b and b is b % of c, where a is a positive real number, then the value of c is
(A) 120 (B) 200 (C) 150 (D) 100
12. The sum of the reciprocals of all the positive integers that divide 24 is
7 1 5 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
1 1 1
13. N is a positive integer and p, q are primes. If N = pq and , the value of N is
N p q
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
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14. The number of two digit numbers that leave a remainder 1 when divided by 4 is
(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 22 (D) 23
2 2 2
15. If (a + b) + (b + c) + (c + d) = 4(ab + bc + cd), then
(A) a + b or b + c or c + d must be zero
(B) Two of a, b, c, d are zero and other two non zero
(C) a = b = c = d
(D) None of these
PART - B
16. A race horse eats (3a + 2b) bags of oats every week. The number of weeks in which it can
eat (12a 2 – 7ab – 10b 2) bags of oats is ______.
17. Choose 4 digits a, b, c, d from {2, 0, 1, 6} and form the number (10a + b) 10c + d. For
example, if a = 2, b = 0, c = 1, d = 6, we will get 20 16. For all such choices of a, b, c, d the
number of distinct numbers that will be formed is _______.
1 1
18. A fraction F becomes when its denominator is increased by 4 and becomes when its
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numerator is decreased by 5. Then F equals ______.
19. The average of 5 consecutive positive integers starting with m is n. Then the average of
5 consecutive integers starting with n is (in terms of m) is _______.
20. Two boys came to Mahadevan and asked his age. Mahadevan told, “Delete all the vowels
and repeated letters from my name. Find the numerical value of the remaining letters
(for example, D has value 4, G has 7 etc). Add all of them. Find the number got by in-
terchanging its digits. Add both the numbers. That is my age.” One boy ran away. The
other boy calculate correctly. The age of Mahadevan is _______.
24 24 32 32 42 42 AC
21. If A 4 4
, B 2 2
, C 2 2
the integral part of is _____.
2 2 3 3 4 4 B
22. A six-digit number is formed using the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3. The number of 6-digit
numbers in which the 1s are separated by one digit, 2s are separated by two digits and 3s
are separated by 3 digits is ______.
23. In the addition shown below, P, I, U are digits. The value of U is _______.
24. There are four cows, eight hen, a fish, a cow, a girl and a boy in a garden. Outside the
garden there is one dog, a peacock and some cats. The number of legs of all of them
inside the garden is equal that outside the garden. The number of cats is _______.
25. Two sides of a triangle are 8 cm and 5 cm. The length of the third side in cms is also an
integer. The number of such triangles is _______.
26. If a 2 – a – 10 = 0, then (a + 1) (a + 2) (a – 4) is ______.
27. There are 5 points on the circumference of a circle. The number of chords which can be
drawn joining them is _______.
28. Each side of an equilateral triangle is 3 cm longer than each side of a square. The total
perimeter of the square and the triangle is 51 cm. Then the side of the triangle in cms is
_______.
29. The largest three digit number that is a multiple of 3 and 5 is _______.
30. Consider the sequence 0, 6, 24, 60, 120, ..... The 6th term of this sequence is ______.
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KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB - JUNIOR LEVEL
(Standard - VII & VIII)
Note :
Fill in the response sheet with your Name, Class and the institution through which you
appear in the specified places.
Diagrams are only visual aids; they are NOT drawn to scale.
You are free to do rough work on separate sheets.
Duration of the test : 2 pm to 4 pm – 2 hours.
PART - A
Note :
Only one of the choices A, B, C, D is correct for each question. Shade the alphabet of
your choice in the response sheet. If you have any doubt in the method of answering,
seek the guidance of the supervisor.
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For each correct response you get 1 mark. For each incorrect response you lose mark.
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4
1. The function is written in the decimal from 0.a 1a 2a 3.... The value of a 2017 is
37
(A) 8 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 5
2. The number of integers x satisfying the equation (x 2 – 3x + 1) x + 1 = 1 is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
3. The number of two digit numbers ab such that the number ab – ba is a prime number is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
5 42 5 29 87 49 3
4. If A , then
14 44 30 45 4 28 4
(A) 1 < A < 2 (B) 2 < A < 3 (C) 3 < A < 4 (D) A < 1
5. What is the 2017 th letter in ABRACADABRAABRACADABRA..., where the word
ABRACADABRA is respectively written ?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) R
6. How many of the following statements are true ?
(a) A 10 % increase followed by another 5 % increase is equivalent to a 15 % increase.
(b) If the radius of a circle is doubled then the ratio of the area of the circle to the
circumference is doubled.
(C) If a positive fraction is substracted from 1 and the resulting fraction is again
subtracted from 1 we get the original fraction.
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
7. In the adjoining figure the breadth of the rectangle is 10 units. Two semicircles are drawn
on the breadth as diameter. The area of the shaded region is 100 sq units. The shortest
distance between the semicircles is
5 5 3
(A) (B) 5 (C) (D)
2 3 4
8. When you arrange the following is descending order :
A. 15% of 30 B. 8% of 15 C. 20% of 20
D. 26% of 10 E. 9% of 25
the middle one is
(A) 15% of 30 (B) 8 % of 15 (C) 20 % of 20 (D) 26% of 10
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9. A boy aims at a target shown in the figure. When he hits the center circle he gets 7
points, first annular region 5 points and second annular region 3 points. He shoots six
times. Which one of the following is a possible score ?
b a x y y
a 1 ab 1 xy
10. After simplifying the fraction we get a term independent of
a(b a ) y ( x y)
1 1
1 ab 1 xy
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. Two cogged wheels of which one has 16 cogs and the other 27 cogs, mesh into each
other. If the latter turns 80 times in three quarters of a minute, the number of turns made
by the other in 8 seconds is _______.
17. If n is a positive integer such that a 2n = 2, then 2a 6n – 16 is _______.
18. The least number of children in a family such that every child has at least one sister and
one brother is ________.
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19. A water tank is full. When 40 liters of water is removed, it becomes full. The
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capacity of the tank in liters is ________.
20. ABC is an equilateral triangle. Squares are described on the sides AB and AC as shown.
The value of x is ________.
21. ABCD is a trapezium with AB = 6 cm, AD = 8 cm and CD = 18 cms. The sides AB and CD
are parallel and AD is perpendicular to AB. P is the point of intersection of AC and BD.
The difference between the areas of the triangles PCD and PAB is square cms is _______.
22. The price of cooking oil has increased by 25%. The percentage of reduction that a
family should effect in the use of oil so as not to increase the expenditure is _______.
23. The number of natural numbers between 90 and 999 which contains exactly one zero is
_____.
24. In the adjoining we hae semicircle and AB = BC = CD. The ratio of the unshaded area to
the shaded area is _________.
25. Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water. The ratio in
which these two metals be mixed so that the mixture is 15 times as heavy as water is ____.
26. Five angles of a heptagon (seven sided polygon) are 160 0, 135 0, 185 0, 145 0 and 125 0. If
the other two angles are both equal to x 0, then x is _______.
27. ABCD is a trapezium with AB parallel to CD and AD perpendicular to AB. If AB = 23 cm,
CD = 35 cm and AD = 5 cm. The perimeter of the given trapezium in cms is _______.
28. The number of three digit numbers which are multiples of 11 is ________.
29. If a, b are digits, ab denotes the number 10a + b. Similarly when a, b, c are digits, abc
denotes the number 100a + 10b + c. If X, Y, Z are digits such that XX + YY + ZZ = XYZ,
then XX x YY x ZZ is _______.
30. The positive integer n has 2,5 and 6 as its factors and the positive integer m has 4, 8, 12
as its factors. The smallest value of m + n is _______.
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Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2004
KAPREKAR CONTEST - FINAL - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
1. The greatest common divisor of a and 72 is (a, 72) = 24 and the least common multiple
of b and 24 is [b, 24] = 72. Find the g.c.d. (a, b) and the l.c.m. [a, b] given that a is the
smallest three digit number having this property; and b is the biggest integer having this
property.
2. Given that a 2 – b 2 = 105 and a and b are two relatively prime positive integers (two posi-
tive integers m and n are relatively prime if their g.c.d. (m, n) = 1), find all such a and b.
After having found all such a and b, if one draws a triangle ABC with sides having lengths
a 2 – b 2, a 2 + b 2 and 2ab find the area of all such triangles.
3. A is a set 2004 positive integers. Show that there is a pair of elements in A whose differ-
ence is divisible by 2003.
4. Let ABC be an acute angled triangle with AD, BE, CF as the altitudes (i.e., D is the foot
of the perpendicular from A on BC and so on....). If the altitudes meet at the point O, find
BOC, COA, AOB in terms of the angles A, B, C of the triangle ABC.
5. Is the statement “If p and p 2 + 2 are primes than p 3 + 2 is also a prime” true or false ? Give
reasons for your answer.
6. Let P denote the product of first n prime numbers (with n > 2). For what values of n we
have.
1. P – 1 is a perfect square 2. P + 1 is a perfect square
7. Three counters A, B and C are coloured with three different colours red, blue and white.
Of the following statements only one is true.
1. A is red. 2. B is not red. 3. C is not blue.
8. The sum and least common multiple of two positive integers x, y are given as x + y = 40
and l.c.m. [x, y] = 48. Find the numbers x and y.
9. What is the greatest positive integer n which makes n 3 + 100 divisible by n + 10 ?
10. Find the sum of all three digit numbers that can be written using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4
(repetitions allowed).
11. Consider the collection C of all isosceles triangles of area 48 sq. units, whose bases and
heights are integers. How many triangles are there in C ? How many triangles in C have
their equal sides also of integral lengths ?
12. In triangle ABC, we are given that A = 90 0. Median AM, angle bisector AK and the
altitude AH are drawn. Prove that MAK = KAH.
13. Triangle ABC is divided into four regions with areas as shown in the diagram. Find x.
14. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral (which means that a circle passes through the vertices
A, B, C, D). In other words the vertices A, B, C, D, in that order, lie on a circle. If the
diagonals AC and BD cut a right angles at E, prove that AE 2 + BE 2 + CE 2 + DE 2 = 4R 2
where R is the radius of the circle ABCD.
15. A = {a, b, c, d, e} is a set of five integers. We take two out of the numbers in A and add.
The following ten sums are obtained
0, 6, 11, 12, 17, 20, 23, 26, 32, 37
Find the five integers in the set A.
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Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2011
KAPREKAR CONTEST - FINAL - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
1. Find all three digit and four digit natural numbers such that the product of the digits is a
prime number. Find the sum of all such three digit numbers and the sum of all such four
digit numbers. Find the biggest prime factor of each sum.
2. Let a sequence of numbers be denoted as t 1, t 2, t 3, ....., where t 1 = 1 and t n = t n–1 + n. (n is
a natural number). Find t 2, t 3, t 4, t 10, t 2011.
3. When written out completely 16 2011 has m digits and 625 2011 has n digits. Find the value
of (m + n).
4. Four digit numbers are formed by four different digits a, b, c, d (none of them is zero)
without any repetition of digits. Prove that when the sum of all such numbers when
divided by the sum of the digits a, b, c, d, the quotient is 6666.
5. ABCD is a parallelogram. Through C a straight line is drawn outside the parallelogram. AP,
BQ, DR are drawn perpendicular to this line from A, B and D. Prove that AP = BQ + DR.
6. Falguni puts 12 plastic bags inside another plastic bag. Each of these 12 bags is either
empty or contains 12 othe plastic bags. All together if 12 bags were non-empty, find the
total number of bags.
7. A, B and C are the digits of a three digit number ABC (A, C 0). The number got by
reversing the digits (also a three digit number) is added to ABC and the sum is found to
be a square number. Find all such three digit numbers.
8. Nine square are arranged to form a rectangle ABCD. The smallest square P has an area 4
sq. units. Find the areas of Q and R.
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Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2012
KAPREKAR CONTEST - FINAL - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
1. Find the numberof numbers coprime to and less than 2012. Find their sum. Find also the
quotient when this sum is divided by 2012. (Information : 503 is a prime).
2. Composite twins are defined below :
(a) Odd composite twin: Let a and a + 2 be two odd composite numbers. If (a – 2) and
(a + 4) are primes then (a, a + 2) is called an “odd composite twin.”
(b) Even composite twin: Let b and b + 2 two even numbers (b > 2). If (b – 1) and
(b + 3) are primes then (b, b + 2) is called an even composite twin.
List all composite twins less than or equal to 100.
3. ABCD is a rectangle. The sides are extended and the external angles are bisected and the
bisectors are produced in both ways to form a quadrilateral. Prove that the quadrilateral
is a square.
4. (a) A single digit natural number is increased by 10. The obtained number is now
increased by the same percentage as in the first increase. The result is 72. Find the
original single digit number.
(b) After two price reductions by one and the same percent the price of an article is
reduced from Rs. 250 to Rs. 160. By how much percent was the price reduced each
time. Write detailed steps.
5. If a finite straight line segment is divided into two parts so that the rectangle contained
by the whole and first part is equal to the square on the other part, prove that the square
described on the of the diagonals of the rectangle contained by the whole and the first
part is three times the square on other part.
6. abcde is a five digit number. Show that abcde is divisible by 7 if and only if the number
abcd – (2 x e) is divisible by 7.
1 1 1 1
7. If a 2x 3 + b 2y3 + c2z 3 = p 5, ax 2 = by2 = cz 2 and find a b c only in
x y z p
terms of p.
8. Take any natural number. Multiply it with the next two natural numbers. Take another
natural number different from the first and do the same as before. Subtract one result
from the other to get a positive difference and divide the difference obtained by the
positive difference of the original numbers. Add to the quotient the product of the
original numbers. Prove that the final result is the product of some number by the
number next above it.
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Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2014
KAPREKAR CONTEST - FINAL - JUNIOR LEVEL
3 3
a (a 3 2b 3 ) b(2a 3 b3 )
3 3
1. Prove that algebraic identity a b 3 3 3 3 .
a b a b
2. The ratio between a two-digit number and the sum of the digits of that number is a : b. If
the digits in the units place is n more than the digit in the tens place, prove that the
9 na
number is given by .
11b 2 a
( a b )( c d ) 20 12 ( a c )( b d )
3. If (b c )( d a ) 2 01 3 find the value of ( a b )( c d ) .
4. Q, R are the midpoints of the sides AC, AB of the isosceles triangle ABC in which
AB = AC. The median AD is produced to E so that DE = AD. EQ and ER are joined to cut
BC in N and M respectively. Show that AMEN is a rhombus.
5. ABCD is a square. The diagonals AC, BD, cut at E. From B a perpendicular is drawn to
the bisector of DCA and it cuts AC at P and DC at Q. Prove that DQ = 2 PE.
6. a) A two digit number is equal to six times the sum of its digits.
10 2013 1 10 3013 1
b) Show that .
10 2014 1 10 3014 1
Prove that the two digit number formed by interchanging the digits in equal to five times
the sum of its digits.
7. a) For any two natural numbers m, n prove that (m 3 + n 3 + 4) cannot be a perfect cube.
b) A circle is divided into six sectors and the six numbers 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 are written
clockwise, one in each sector. One can add 1 to the numbers in any two adjacent
sectors. Is it possible to make all the numbers equal ? If so after how many opera-
tions can this be achieved ?
8. a) All natural numbers from 1 to 2013 are written in a row in that order. Can you
insert + and – signs between them so that the value of the resulting expression is
zero ? If it is possible, how many + and – signs should be inserted ? Justify your
answer by giving clear reasoning.
b) The natural numbers 1, 2, 3, .... are partitioned into subsets S 1 = {1}, S 2 = {2, 3},
S 3 = {4, 5, 6}, S 4 = {7, 8, 9, 10} and so on. What are the greatest and least numbers
in the set S 2013 ?
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Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2015
KAPREKAR CONTEST - FINAL - JUNIOR LEVEL
1. A hare, pursued by a gray-hound, is 50 of her own leaps ahead of him. In the time hare
3
takes 4 leaps, the gray-hound takes 3 leaps. In one leap the hare goes 1 meter and the
4
3
gra-hound 2 meter. In how many leaps will the gray-hound overtake the hare ?
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2. If a x b x c x 0 , show that (a + b + c + 3x) (a + b + c – x) = 4 (ab + bc + ca)
3. Some amount of work has to be completed. Anand, Bilal and Charles offered to do
the job. Anand would alone take a times as many days as Bilal and Charles working
together. Bilal would alone take b times as many days as Anand and Charles together.
Charles would alone take c times as many days as Anand and Bilal together. Show
a b c
that 2.
a 1 b 1 c 1
4. Let P be any point on the diagonal BD of a rectangle ABCD. F is the foot of the
perpendicular from P to BC. H is a point on the side BC such that FB = FH. PC cuts AH
in Q. Show that Area of APQ = Area of CHQ.
5. A three digit number is base 7 when expressed in base 9 has its digits reversed in order.
Find the number in base 7 and base 10.
6. a) Two regular polygons have the number of their sides in the ratio 3 : 2 and the
interior angles in the ratio 10 : 9. Find the number of sides of the polygons.
b) Find two natural numbers such that their difference, sum and the product is to one
another as 1, 7 and 24.
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Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2017
KAPREKAR - FINAL - JUNIOR LEVEL
x y z
1. (a) If 201 6 , where x, y, z, a, b, c are non zero real numbers, find the value
a b c
xyz ( a b )( b c )( c a )
of .
abc ( x y ( y z )( z x )
(b) Four boys Amar, Benny, Charan, Dany and four girls Azija, Beula, Chitra and Dais
have to work on a project. They should form 4 pairs, one boy and one girl in each.
They know each other with the following constraints :
i. Amar knows neither Azija nor Buela
ii. Benny does not know Buela
iii. Both Charan and Dany know neither Chitra nor Daisy.
In how many ways can the pairs be formed so that each boy knows the girl in his
pair.
2. In a triangle ABC, C = 90 0 and BC = 3AC. Points D, E lie on CB such that
CD = DE = EB. Prove that ABC + AEC + ADC = 90 0.
3. Let m, n, p be distinct two digit natural numbers. If m = 10a + b, n = 10b + c, p = 10c + a.
Find all possible values of gcd (m, n, p).
x y x y
4. If xy = ab (a + b) and x 2 + y2 – xy = a 3 + b 3 find the value of .
a b b a
5. The square ABCD of side length a cm is rotated about A in the clockwise direction by an
angle 450 to become the square AB’C’D’. Show that the shaded area is ( 2 1)a 2 square
cms.
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