Pre RMO QUESTIONS
Pre RMO(INDIA) – 2014
Instructions:
A. Questions 1 to 20 carry 5 marks each.
B. All questions are compulsory.
C. There are no negative marks.
1. A natural number k is such that k 2 2014 (k 1) 2 . What is the largest prime factor of k?
2. The first term of a sequence is 2014. Each succeeding term is the sum of the cubes of the digits of
the previous term. What is the 2014th term of the sequence.
3. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral with perpendicular diagonals. If Ab = 20, BC = 70, and CD =
90, then what is the value of DA?
4. In a triangle with integer side lengths, one side is three times as long as a second side, and the length
of the third side is 17. What is the greatest possible perimeter of the triangle?
5. If real numbers a, b, c, d, e satisfy a 1 b 2 c 3 d 4 e 5 a b c d e 3 , what is
the value of a 2 b 2 c 2 d 2 e 2 ?
6. What is the smallest possible natural number n for which the equation x 2 nx 2014 0 has
integer roots?
4 2 6
7. If x ( x ) 4 , What is the value of x ( x ) x ( x ) ?
8. Let S be the real numbers with mean M. If the means of the sets S {15}, S {15, 1}, are M + 2
and M + 1 respectively, then how many elements does Shave?
1 1
9. Natural numbers k, l, p, q are such that if a and b are roots of x 2 kx l 0 and a and b
b a
are the roots of x 2 px q 0 . What is the sum of all possible values of q?
10. In a triangle ABC, X and Y are points on the segments AB and C, respectively, such that AX:XB =
1:2 and AY : YC = 2:1. If the area of triangle AXY is 10 then what is the area of triangle ABC?
11. For natural number x and y, let (x, y) denote the greatest common divisor of x and y. How many
pairs of natural numbers x and y with x y satisfy the equation xy x y ( x, y ) ?
12. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral with DAB BDC 90 0 . Let the incircles of triangles ABD
and BCD touch BD at P and Q respectively, with P lying in between B and Q. If AD = 999 and PQ
= 200 then what is the sum of the radii of the incircles of triangles ABD and BDC?
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13. For how many natural numbers between 1 and 2014 (both inclusive) is an integer?
9999 n
14. One morning, each member of Manjul’s family drank an 8-ounce mixture of coffee and milk. The
amounts of coffee and milk varied from cup to cup, but were never zero. Manjul drank 1/7 th of the
total amount of the ,ilk and 2/17 th of the total amount of coffee. How many people are there in
Manjul’s family?
15. Let XOY be a triangle with XOY 90 0 , let M and N be the midpoints of legs OX and OY,
respectively. Suppose that XN = 19 and YM = 22. What is XY?
16. In a triangle ABC, I denote the incentre, Let the lines AI, BI, Ci intersects the incircle at P, Q and R
respectively. If BAC 40 0 , what is the value of QPR in degrees?
17. For a natural number b, let N(b) denote the number of natural numbers a for which the equation
x 2 ax b 0 has integer roots. What is the smallest value of b for which N(b)=27?
Dr. Shyam Sundar Agrawal 1
Pre RMO QUESTIONS
18. Let f be a one-to-one function from the set of natural numbers to itself such that f(mn) = f(m)f(n) for
all natural numbers m and n. What is the least value of f(999)?
19. Let x1 , x 2 ,..., x 2014 be real numbers different from 1, such that x1 x 2 ... x 2014 1 and
2 2 2
x1 x2 x 2014 x x x
... 1 . What is the value of 1 2 ... 2014 1 ?
1 x1 1 x 2 1 x 2014 1 x1 1 x 2 1 x 2014
20. What is the number of ordered pairs (A, B) where A and B are subsets of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} such that
neither A B nor B A ?
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