QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 4.

Find the sum of all possible positive

3 MARKS EACH integers 𝑛 such that the expression
below is an integer.
1. Find the last two digits of 112020.
4𝑛 3 − 16𝑛2 + 29𝑛 + 60
(A) 01 2𝑛 − 3
(B) 41
(C) 71 (A) 42
(D) 91 (B) 69
(E) None of the above (C) 75
(D) 81
(E) None of the above
2. The quadratic equation

𝑥 2 − 52𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0
5. Evaluate the sum
has roots that are prime numbers.
1 2 3
Find the maximum value of 𝑘. 𝑆= + +
1 + 12 + 14 1 + 22 + 24 1 + 32 + 34

(A) 520 20
+⋯+
(B) 576 1 + 202 + 204
(C) 640
1
(D) 667 (A)
(E) None of the above 2
210
(B)
421
3. Let 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 2020𝑥 + 20.
105
(C)
211
How many ordered pairs of positive
integers (𝑚, 𝑛) are there such that (D) 1
𝑓(𝑚 + 𝑛) = 𝑓(𝑚) + 𝑓(𝑛)?
(E) None of the above

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) None of the above

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6. 2 white, 3 black and 4 grey marbles 9. How many positive integers less than
are shared equally among 9 students. 2020 with the property that the sum of
its digits equals 9?
Find the number of ways the marbles
can be distributed so that Bran and (A) 50
Sansa gets the same colour and Arya (B) 100
gets a grey marble. (C) 102
(D) 202
(A) 120 (E) None of the above
(B) 130
(C) 140
(D) 150 10. The sequence {𝑎𝑛 } is defined by
(E) None of the above
1 + 𝑎𝑛+1
𝑎𝑛+2 =
𝑎𝑛
7. Given that 𝑎 is a real number such
that 𝑎4 + 𝑎3 + 𝑎2 + 1 = 0. with 𝑎1 = 1 and 𝑎2 = 2.

Evaluate 𝑎2020 + 2𝑎2010 + 3𝑎2000. Evaluate 𝑎2020.

(A) 2 (A) 1
(B) 4 (B) 2
(C) 6 (C) 3
(D) 8 (D) 4
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH

8. Given that 𝑎. 𝑏 and 𝑐 are three distinct 4 MARKS EACH
real numbers such that
11. Find the smallest prime factor of
1 1 1
𝑎+ =𝑏+ =𝑐+ 1000 … 01
⏟
𝑏 𝑐 𝑎
2020 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑠

What is the largest possible value of

𝑎𝑏𝑐?
(A) 3
(B) 5
1
(A) (C) 7
2
(D) 11
(B) 2 (E) None of the above
5
(C)
2

(D) 3

(E) None of the above

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12. In the expansion of 15. Given that 𝑎 and 𝑏 are real numbers
satisfying
𝑓(𝑥) = (1 + 𝑎𝑥)4 (1 + 𝑏𝑥)5
2 2
{ 6 − 5𝑎 + 4𝑏 − 3𝑎 + 2𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏 = 0
where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are positive integers, 𝑎−𝑏=1
the coefficient of 𝑥 2 is 66.
Find the sum of all possible values of
30𝑎
Evaluate 𝑎 + 𝑏. .
𝑏

(A) 2 (A) −15

(B) 3 (B) −10
(C) 4 (C) 15
(D) 5 (D) 30
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

13. The equation 𝑥 3 − 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 − 2020 has 16. The figure below shows a 5 × 6
three positive integer roots. rectangular board with a missing 1 × 2
rectangle in the center.
Find the least possible value of 𝑎.

(A) 101
(B) 110
(C) 202
(D) 220
(E) None of the above

How many squares are there in the

14. Evaluate the sum board?

𝑆 = sin2 0° + sin2 2° + sin2 4° + ⋯

+ sin2 180° (A) 14
(B) 30
(A) 80 (C) 54
(B) 81 (D) 56
(C) 88 (E) None of the above
(D) 90
(E) None of the above

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17. In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, 20. 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 and 𝐷 are four distinct points
lying on the circumference of a circle
(sin 𝐴 + sin 𝐵) ∶ (sin 𝐵 + sin 𝐶) ∶ (sin 𝐶 + sin 𝐴) such that chords 𝐴𝐵 and 𝐶𝐷 are
perpendicular at point 𝐸.
= 19 ∶ 20 ∶ 21

Find the value of 99cos 𝐴. Given that 𝐸𝐴 = 4, 𝐸𝐵 = 2 and 𝐸𝐶 = 6 ,

find the radius of the circle.
(A) 39
(B) 41
(C) 51
(D) 60
(E) None of the above

18. Find the least positive integer 𝑛 such

10𝑛
that the equation ⌊ ⌋ = 98 has
𝑥
integer solution 𝑥.

⌊𝑘⌋ is the largest integer smaller than (A) √221

or equal to 𝑘. (B) 15
(C) √270
(A) 3 (D) 18
(B) 4 (E) None of the above
(C) 5
(D) 6
QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH
(E) None of the above 6 MARKS EACH

21. You need to tile a 10 × 1 hallway with

19. How many positive integers 𝑘 < 100 a supply of 1 × 1 red, 2 × 1 red tiles
such that 2(56𝑛 ) + 𝑘(23𝑛+2 ) − 1 is and 2 × 1 blue tiles. Find the number
divisible by 7 for any positive integer of ways you can tile the 10 × 1
𝑛? hallway.

(A) 12
(B) 14 22. 𝑥, 𝑦 and 𝑧 are real numbers such that
(C) 18
(D) 19 𝑥+𝑦+𝑧 = 7
(E) None of the above {𝑥 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 = 19
2

𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 + 𝑧 3 = 64

Evaluate 𝑥 4 + 𝑦 4 + 𝑧 4.

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23. In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 shown below, 𝐴𝐷, 𝐵𝐸 and 𝐶𝐹
intersect at 𝑃 . Suppose 𝐴𝑃 = 𝑎,
𝐵𝑃 = 𝑏, 𝐶𝑃 = 𝑐 and 𝐷𝑃 = 𝐸𝑃 = 𝐹𝑃 = 𝑥.

Given that 𝑥 = 3 and 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 20 ,

find 𝑎𝑏𝑐.

24. Positive integers 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are

randomly selected from the set
{1,2,3, … ,2020} with replacement.

Find the probability that 𝑎𝑏𝑐 + 𝑎𝑏 + 2𝑎

is divisible by 5.

25. 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a convex quadrilateral such

that 𝐴𝐶 intersects 𝐵𝐷 at 𝐸 . 𝐻 is a
point lying in the segment 𝐷𝐸 such
that 𝐴𝐻 is perpendicular to 𝐷𝐸.

Suppose 𝐵𝐸 = 𝐸𝐷, 𝐶𝐸 = 9, 𝐸𝐻 = 12, 𝐴𝐻 =

32 and ∠𝐵𝐶𝐴 = 90° . Evaluate the
length of 𝐶𝐷.

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Paper F – Answers

Multiple-Choice Questions
Questions 1 to 10 carry 3 marks each.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
A D D B B

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
C C E C A

Questions 11 to 20 carry 4 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

D B B E A

Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

D C B B A

Free-Response Questions
Questions 21 to 25 carry 6 marks each.

21 22 23 24 25
33
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