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 QUESTTONS r TO 10 ARE WORTH Given that xz - 8x * l- : 0, f ind the
3 MARIG EACH
value of xa + + .

1. Arrange the 3 numbers in ascending

order.
(A) 6
43s2, 6294, 5!96
(B) I
(A) 62ea q I
5te6 43ez (c) 3838 i;

(B) 62ea I 43e2 I 57e6 (D) 3842

(C) 5re6 4 43ez I 52e+ (E) None of the above
(D) 5re6 4 62ea I 43ez

(E) None of the above

4. Find the last 2 digits of

2. The distance from Georgetown to

1gzore 1 1gz0r8 +...+ lgzors
Greenville is t20 km. An SUV and a g 1 1g20rB

sedan left Georgetown for Greenville

at the same time. After an hour, the
SUV was 24 km ahead of the sedan. If (A) 76

the sedan arrived at Greenville (B) 58

25 minutes after the SUV, find the (c) 32

speed of the sedan. (D) 24

(E) None of the above
(A) 68 km/h
(B) 72km/h
(C) 761<n/h
(D) 80 km/h ,
(E) 84km/h

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5. Points P and a are centres of the Neha added the page numBers ofa
circles as shown below. Chord AB is book from L,2,3,...,n. The' result was
tangent to the circle with centre P. 201.8. She then realized one of the
Given that the line PQ is parallel to numbers was added twice. Find the
chord AB and the length of AB is numb.er.
24 cffi, find the area of the shaded
region. (A)2 '
(B) t2
(c) 22
(D) 32
(E) None of the above

Find 4-digit square number aabb where

a+b.

(A) 1188
(B) 22ee
(A) 452 -
4 (c) ss66
7
(D) 66ss
4
(B) 454 -
7
(E) 7744

J
(c) 452 -7
3
(D) 454 -.7

(E) None of the above

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B. Goldbach's Conjecture suggests that 10. In trapezium ABCD shown below,
any even number greater than 2 can ADIIBC , ABrBC t AB = BC and
be written as the sum of 2 primes. AE - AD. Given that E is a point on AB
186 can be expressed as the sum of 2 where zBEC: 75o, find zDCE.
primes. What is the greatest possible
product of these 2 primes? A

(A) eos
(B) 11s3
(c) 8633
(D) 2249
(E) None of the above (A) 4s"
(B) soo

(c) 5s.
9. Evaluate (D) 60o
(E) 5s'
5 23 59 Ltg 209
6' 24' 60 ' r2o' zro
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QUESTTONS l r TO 20 ARE WORTH

4 MARKS EACH

11. Find the remainder when 22otg is

(A) +| divided by 33. 16
(B) +ft
(A) 7e
(c) +ff (B) 22

(D) + f,, (c) 23

(E) (D) 24
None of the above
(E) 2s

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L2. Find the value of x in t4. A sequence is as shown below:
13 95 5
(1), (2,3), (4,5, 6), (7,9,9,10), ...
log + log, -logi * log5 = logx
19 Find the sum of the numbers in nth set

(A) s (A) n(nz + t)

(B) 6 G);:(n + 1)

(c) 7 (c) i{", 1z)

(D) (D) + t)
B
i{"'
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

t3. A, B, C and D are concyclic. AC ls the

diameter of the circle and AD=DC, 15. It is known that a + 2b * c -- 4 for
Given that the area of ABCD is 20 cmz, a,b,c E R. Find the maximum value of
find the length of ot. abibc*ca.

(A) 2

(B) 4
(c) 6

(D) B

(E) None of the above

(A) 2,8 16. In LABC, it is known 9az + 9b2 : 1.9c2

. cotC
(B) 3\tr Ft nd
cot A+cotB
(c) Tls. 1

(D) 3\6 (A) 1.

(E) None of the above 7

(B) 3
7

(c) 5
7

(D) 4
I
(E) 5
9

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17. There is 111 of alcohol in Barrel ,4 and 19. Two fair dice are throWn. The
151 of water in Barrel B .
first, At probability that the ' difference
some alcohol from.4 is poured to g. between the numbers obtained is
Then, some mixture from B is poured i. zis -29
back into,4. The alcohol content in ,4 ;L
and B finally becomes 62.50/o and ii. 3is
.6 -
25o/o, respectively. How many litres of
mixture was poured from B to A?
iii. at least z is!3
iv. at most n irZ9
(A) 6t
(B) 6.2t Which of the above statements islare
(c) 7t true?
(D) 7.3t
(E) None of the above (A) i and ii
(B) i and iii
(C) ii and iii
18. How many real solutions has the (D) iii and iv
following system of equations? (E) All of the above
x*y:l
20. If 3x2 * x :1, find the value of
xy-22:\
6x3 - x2 -3x +20L8.
(A) 2

(B) 3 (A) 201.6

(c) 4 (B) 2oL7

(D) s (c) 2or8
(E) None of the above (D) zote
(E) None of the above

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 QUESTIO\S 2l TO 2s ARE WORTH
24. ABCD is a parallelogFdtrt r where
6 }IARKS EACH FH ll AD and EG ll AB . Given that the
21. The areas of ranches 1,2 and 3 are area of DEMH is 9 cm2 and the area of
BFMG ts 15 cm2, find the area of LAMC.
3i , 1o and
1
24 acres, respectivelY,
where grass grows at constant rates.
The L't ranch can sustain t2 oxen for
4 weeks. The 2"d ranch can sustain
21 oxen for 9 weeks. For how many
weeks will the 3..d ranch sustain 36

oxen?

22. It is known that 25. Suppose a, b,c,d and e are consecutive

logo(ab) - x positive integers dnd a <b < c I d 1 e,

b*c*d is a Perfect square and

What is logo(ab) when expressed in
a*b*c*d+e is a cubic number.
terms of x?
Find the smallest value of c.

23. It is given
ab
-1,
a-lb
ac
a* c -5;
bc
'b+c -4,
Findthevalueofa+b*c.

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