Problem 1

There are 11 rows, so 11∗33=363 seats. (C)

Problem 2

Three cases, case 1: 7 is the first digit, there are 9 options for the second digit (excluding 7), case 2: 7
is second digit, there are 8 options for the first digit (excluding 7 and 0), case 3: 77 which is one
option. In total 9+ 8+1=18. (B)

Alternative

Complementary counting: 8∗9=72 numbers that don’t have a 7 , so 90−72=18 that do. (B)

Alternative

70 , 71… 79 which are 10 numbers that have 7 in the first digit. 17 , 27 … 97 which is 9 numbers
that have 7 in the second digit, but we counted 77 twice so 10+9−1=18

Problem 3

Let the number of shots from the first practice be x , so then 2 x is the second practice, 4 x is the
third, 8 x is the fourth and 16 x is the fifth which is 16 x=48→ x=3 . ( A)

Alternative

48
The fourth practice she made =24 , the third 12, the second 6 , the first 3
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Problem 4

There are 3 evens and 2 multiples of 3s so there is a guarantee to be divisible by 6 and 12. There
isn’t a guarantee however to be divisible by 24 as it requires 3 evens and one might be covered up.
144 requires 4 evens so no and 720 requires a 5 and 9 . So (B)
Problem 5

We obviously want to minimise d=0. Next, we want to maximise the powers: 32 >23, so a=3 , b=2
and c=1 which gives a total of 9 . (D)

Problem 6

( A) gives 9 8 !2∗99, 99 isn’t a perfect square. (B) gives: 9 8 !2∗99∗100=9 8 ! 2∗9900 which also
isn’t a perfect square. Similarly for ( D ) ,(E). (C) gives 9 9 ! 2∗100=9 9! 2∗102 . (C)

Problem 7

d∗10 10 d 10 d
Converting we get = . −60=d → 10 d−7 d=420 →3 d =420 → d=140. ( A)
7 7 7
Alternative

She has 60+ d Canadian dollars which is the same as d US dollars, so

7
( 60+ d )=d → 420+7 d−10 d → d=140.
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Problem 8
Assuming the directions are at a 45 o, we get a right angle triangle with leg 8 , 10, so the hypotenuse
is √ 164< √ 169=13. ( A)

Problem 9

The area of the circle is 102 π =100 π and the area of the square is 100 . If we add them, we count
the intersection twice. The intersection is a sector with angle 90 owith radius 10, so it’ll be
100 π
=25 π . In total we have 75 π +100. (B)
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Problem 10

We are looking for the sum of an arithmetic sequence: 1 ,3 ,5 … of odd numbers. We use the
n n
formula ( 2 a+ ( n−1 ) d ) =100→ ( 2+2 n−2 )=100 → n2=100 → n=10. (D)
2 2
Alternative

Sum of odd numbers are the perfect square, so √ 100=10 . (D)

Problem 11

We have xy > x + y → ( x−1 ) ( y−1 ) >1 , note that if x=1 or y=1 , then the inequality is false as it
becomes 0>1 . So we cannot have 8+ 8−1=15 solutions and it is equal to 1 when x= y =2 so 16 .
48 3
We subtract it from the total number which is 64 . 64−16=48 . So = . (C)
64 4
Problem 12

The area of the circle is π b2−π c 2=π (b 2−c 2) . Using Pythagoras on OZX , we get
a + c =b →b −c =a . Substituting we get π ( b −c ) =π a . ( A )
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Problem 13

We have 1.55 a+1.95 b+ 1.35 c+1.75 d =14, where a , b , c , d are integers and we are looking for
a+ b+c +d . Notice that each have a 5 at the end, so we must have an even number of them which
eliminates ( A ) , ( C ) ,(E) . Notice that the maximum number of coins is by maximising 1.35, if there
are 10 , we get 13.5 as every other coin is more than 0.5 away, this cannot be an option therefore
(B)
Alternative

1.55+1.95=3.5. If we multiple by 4 , we get 14 . (B)

Alternative

If we multiply 100 by the equation, we get 155 a+195 b +135 c+175 d=1400, we divide by 5 to
get 31 a+39 b+ 27 c+ 35 d=280. If we (mod 4), we get
−a−b−c−d ≡ 0→ a+ b+c +d ≡0 (mod 4 ). So it must be divisible by 4 (B) is the only option
Problem 14
 b 1
Let b , r be initial number of blue and red respectively. We get that = , where x is the extra
b+r + x 3
b 1
red marbles. Next, we get = , where y is the yellow. From the first equation we get
b+r + x + y 5
b 1
b+ r + x=3 b →2 b=r + x , substituting we get = , which gives 5 b=3 b+ y →2 b= y . Next,
3 b+ y 5
2b y y y 1
we must find = = = = . (C)
2b +r + x + y y+2 b+ y 2 y + y 3 y 3
Alternative

Before the last step there are x blues and 4 x other colours, if we double the number of blues we
2x 1
get 2 x blues and 4 x other colours, so = is blue.
6x 3
Alternative

Let the initial number of blues be b , so the total number of marbles in the bag initially must be 3 b ,
next the number of marbles in the bag must be 5 b, next number of blues is doubled to get 2 b blues,
2b 1
so we add one more b to the bag to get 6 b in total. The fraction is =
6b 3
Problem 15

Let nickels be a and dimes be b . So a+ b=20 and

5 a+10 b+ 70=5 b+10 a→ 5 a=5 b+70 → a=b+14 . Substituting in the first we get
b+ 14+b=20 →2 b=6 → b=3 and a=17, so 5 a+10 b=5 ( 17 ) +10 ( 3 )=85+30=115 . ( A)
Problem 16

Using Descartes circle theorem we get

1 −1 1 1
= − − ±2
r r1 r2 r3 (√ −1r )( −1r )+( −1r )( −1r )+(−1r )( −1r )→ 1r =−3± 2 √ 3 r >0
1 2 1 3 2 3
. , so

= √
1 2 3+ 3
r= . (D)
2 √ 3−3 3
Alternative

2
Draw an equilateral triangle with the radiuses, the centre of the large triangle to the vertex is s of
3
2 √3
the height of the triangle which is , continue to vertex to the circumference to get the radius 1
3
2 √3 2 √ 3+3
in total we get +1= .
3 3
Problem 17

Let jack’s initial age be 10 a+ b and therefore bill’s is 10 b+ a. In 5 years:

19 b+5
10 a+ b+5=2 ( 10 b+ a+5 ) →10 a+ b+5=20 b+2 a+10 → 8 a=19b +5 → a= . So
8
19 b+5 ≡ 0(mod 8), as a is an integer, so 3 b ≡3 ( mod 8 ) → b ≡1. b=1 , 9, b ≠ 9 as a ≠ 22, so b=1
and a=3 so the difference of their ages 9 ( a−b )=9 ( 2 )=18 . (B)
Problem 18

Draw a perpendicular from F to DE, let it be x drawing another perpendicular from F to AC let the
intersection be M . Using the fact that ACE AMF we can work x=3 . The total area of the full
1
figure is ( 12 ) (16 )=96 , subtracting the outer triangles, we get the inner one. Area of BCD is
2
1 1 1
( 4 ) ( 9 )=18 . FDE is ( 12 ) (3 )=18. Using Pythagoras MF=12 . So ABF is ( 3 ) ( 12 )=18, so the
2 2 2
42 21 7
inner triangle is 96−18 ( 3 )=42. So = = . (E)
96 48 16
Problem 19

Since all the units digits in the options are distinct, we can take modulo 1000 , so our sequence
becomes: {1 , 2 ,3 , 0 , 5 , 8 ,7 ,6 ,9 , 4 }, 1 ,2 , 3 , 0 …, it repeats after 10 numbers, 2004 mod 10 ≡ 4 ,
so the 4 th digit is 0 . (C)

Problem 20

The first sequence is all numbers that are 1(mod 3) and the second is 2(mod 7 ). If we combine
them, then the intersections are 16(mod 21) . The last number of each is 1+2003∗3 and
9+7∗2003 respectively. Clearly the first is smaller, so that must be the last if it matches 16(mod 7)
or it will be smaller than that. So we get than 21 k +16 ≤ 1+2003∗3 , where k is an integer greater
or equal to 0 , solving it we get 7 k ≤ 2003∗3−15=3 ( 2003−5 ) =3 (1998 )=5994 → k ≈ 285, this
counts though k =1 to k =285, but k also can equal 0 , so there are 286 common terms and 4008
total terms therefore there are 3722 terms. ( A)

Problem 21

Let the right angle be (0 , 0) and label the other point accordingly, as it is a right triangle, the
hypotenuse is the diameter of the circumcircle and the middle of it is the centre, so the coordinate is
A 30
(6 , 2.5). Now we use r = = =2. Drawing radiuses to the tangents of the legs combined with
s 15
the right angle we get a square with side length 2, so the coordinate of the incircle must be (2 , 2).

Using the distance formula we get

√65 . (D)
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Problem 23

Fix the orientation of the cube, either all of 6 colours are the same colour, 5 sides are the same
colour, or 4 sides. In the first case there are two ways to pick the colours and one way to permute
them so 2 ways in total. The second case, if there are 5 sides, it will always be possible, so there are

()
2 6 =12 ways. The last case, the sides must be adjacent, there are 3 ways to pick the direction (as
5
its 3D), and 2 ways to pick the colour. So in total we get 2+12+6=20. In total there are 26=64
20 10 5
ways. So the probability is = = . (B). Note we can only do this as they both have the same
64 32 16
probabilities.

Problem 24
Gives a cyclic quadrilateral, so equal angles can be found, which results in triangle ABE ADC ,
AD 5
using similarity and midpoint theorem, we get = .
CD 3
Problem 25

Draw two equilateral triangles by connecting A , B to the intersections of the two circles. We now
2π 8π
have sectors with angle 60 o which give area of ,we have 4 of them so , we counted two more
3 3
8π
of the equilateral triangle, so we subtract two: −2 √ 3. We subtract the inner circle:
3
8π 5π
−π −2 √3= −2 √ 3 . (B)
3 3