SAMPLE QUESTIONS - MATHEMATICS, CATEGORY 3

1. What is the difference between the sum of the first 100 positive even

numbers and the sum of the first 100 positive odd numbers?

A) 4 B) 50 C) 100 D) 500 E) 2020

2. Using next picture, we can observe that 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 4  4 . What is the

value of 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ... + 17 + 19 + 21 = ?

A) 10 10 B) 11 11 C) 12 12 D) 1313 E) 21  21

3. Clock shows 22 : 22 . How many minutes are there until midnight?

A) 178 B) 138 C) 128 D) 108 E) 98

4. Which of the followings has the same remainder when it is divided by 2 as

when it is divided by 3?

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 A) 3 B) 5 C) 7 D) 9 E) 11

5. The diameter AB of the circle is 15 cm (as shown in the figure). What is the

perimeter of the figure, which is marked with line, if the rectangles in the

figure are coincident?

A) 16 B) 20 C) 25 D) 30 E) 32

6. In a toys shop, a four-floor green and white “brick flower” is displayed

(picture 1). Each floor is made of bricks of the same color. On picture 2, the

flower is shown from the top. How many white bricks were used to make the

flower?

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 A) 9 B) 10 C) 12 D) 14 E) 15

 1   1   1   1 
7. Solve  1 − 
  1 − 
  1 −   ...   1 − =?
 2   3   4   10 
2 2 2 2

9 11 11 9 10
A) B) C) D) E)
20 10 20 10 11

a2 + a 3 a −1
3

8. Fine the simplest form of 3 − =?

a +a 3
a +1
2

E) −1
3
A) a B) a C) a D) 1

9. Alex has connected all the upper points to all the lower points. How many

lines Alex has drawn?

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 A) 20 B) 25 C) 30 D) 35 E) 40

10. According to the equation, what is the value of multiplication of x?

x +1 = 3 x +1

A) -1 B) 0 C) 1 D) 2 E) 3

11. Find perimeter of ABCD

If AB = 5x − 2 ;

BC = 4 x + 3 ;

CD = 3x + 4 ;

AD = 2 x + 15

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 A) 62 B) 92 C) 112 D) 122 E) 132

12. Look at the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4,...,100 . What percent of these numbers has

not perfect square?

A) 1% B) 10% C) 25% D) 50% E) 90%

13. If the sum of five consecutive positive integers is 2020, then the largest of these

numbers is

A) 402 B) 404 C) 406 D) 1010 E) 2020

14. If f ( x ) = x , g ( x ) = 3x + 5 , find
2
(g f g −1 ) ( x ) = ?

x 2 − 10 x + 40
A) 3 x + 5 C) 9 x + 30 x + 25
2 2
B) D)
3
x 2 − 10 x + 25
x 2 − 10 x + 25 E)
3

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15. If m ( ADC ) = 75 , then find m ( BCD ) = x

A) 75 B) 90 C) 105 D) 115 E) 120

16. Find the remainder when ( 2004 10875) + 4640985 − 285 is divided by 4
A) -1 B) 0 C) 1 D) 2 E) 3

 3x + 7 
 = x − 4 x + 2ax − 5 and P ( 2) = 0 , find a = ?
3 2
17. If P 
 5 

A) −3 B) −2 C) 1 D) 2 E) 4

18. “Tower” at the picture is formed of three structures – square, rectangle and

equilateral triangle. Perimeter of all three structures is the same. Side of the square

is 9 cm long. Find the length of x.

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 A) 4 cm B) 5 cm C) 6 cm D) 7cm E) 8 cm

19. What is the smallest prime number that is the sum of tree different prime

numbers?

A) 11 B) 15 C) 17 D) 19 E) 23

20. The diagram shows a pyramid made up of 30 cubes, each measuring

1m 1m 1m .
What is the total surface area of the whole pyramid including its base?

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 A) 30 m 2 B) 62 m 2 C) 72 m 2 D) 152 m 2 E) 180 m 2

21. The diagram shows a shaded region inside a regular hexagon. The shaded

region is divided into equilateral triangles. What fraction of the area of the

hexagon is shaded?

3 2 3 5 1
A) B) C) D) E)
8 5 7 12 2

22. A palindromic number is a number, which reads the same when the order of

its digits is reserved. What is the difference between the largest and smallest

five-digit palindromic numbers that are both multiplies of 45?

A) 9180 B) 9090 C) 9000 D) 8910 E) 8190

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23. Different figures represent different digits. Find the digit corresponding to the

square of square.

A) 1 B) 6 C) 9 D) 36 E) 81

1 1  1 1 
 + 0,1 +  :  + 0,1 −   2,52
6 15   6 15 
24. Simplify the expression
 1 1  1 7
 0,5 − + 0, 25 −  :  0, 25 −  
 3 5  6  13
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

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25. In the xy -plane, the segment with endpoints ( −1,0 ) and ( 25,0 ) is

the diameter of a circle. If the point (x, 13) is on the circle, then find x.

(A) 10.5 (B) 12 (C) 15.5 (D) 17 (E) 20

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