Entry test Sec3/Sec4
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Entry test Sec3/Sec4
α β
1. If α, β are the roots of the equation 3x2 + x − 1 = 0, where α > β, find the value of + .
β α
7 7 7 7 1
(A) (B) − (C) (D) − (E) −
9 9 3 3 9
2. Find the value of
20143 − 20133 − 1
.
2013 × 2014
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9 (E) 11
3. Find the value of
log5 9 log7 5 log3 7 1
√ + √ .
log2 6 log9 6
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 7
4. Find the smallest number among the following numbers:
√ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
(A) 55 − 52 (B) 56 − 53 (C) 77 − 74 (D) 88 − 85 (E) 70 − 67
5. Find the largest number among the following numbers:
(A) 3030 (B) 5010 (C) 4020 (D) 4515 (E) 560
12 3
6. Given that tan A = , cos B = − and that A and B are in the same quadrant, find the
5 5
value of cos(A − B).
63 64 63 64 65
(A) − (B) − (C) (D) (E)
65 65 65 65 63
7. Find the largest number among the following numbers:
√ √
(A) tan 47◦ + cos 47◦ (B) cot 47◦ + √2 sin 47◦ (C) 2 cos 47◦ + sin 47◦
(D) tan 47◦ + cot 47◦ (E) cos 47◦ + 2 sin 47◦
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8. In the diagram below, 4ABC is a triangle and D, E, F are points on BC, CA, AB respectively.
It is given that BF = BD, CD = CE and ∠BAC = 48◦ . Find the angle ∠EDF .
(A) 64◦ (B) 66◦ (C) 68◦ (D) 70◦ (E) 72◦
9. Find the number of real numbers which satisfy the equation
x|x − 1| − 4|x| + 3 = 0.
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
1 4 1
10. If f (x) = − √ + 3, where ≤ x ≤ 1, find the range of f (x).
x x 16
(A) − 2 ≤ f (x) ≤ 4 (B) − 1 ≤ f (x) ≤ 3 (C) 0 ≤ f (x) ≤ 3
(D) − 1 ≤ f (x) ≤ 4 (E) None of the above
27 · 9x 3x
11. Suppose x is a real number such that = . Find the value of 2−(1+log2 3)x .
4x 8x
12. Evaluate 50(cos 39◦ cos 21◦ + cos 129◦ cos 69◦ ).
13. Suppose a and b are real numbers such that the polynomial x3 + ax2 + bx + 15 has a factor of
x2 − 2. Find the value of a2 b2 .
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14. In the triangle 4ABC below, AC = 3AD, BC = 4EC, BD = 5GF = 5F D. Suppose the area
of 4ABC is 900 meter2 . Find the area of the triangle 4EF G in meter2 .
15. Let x, y be real numbers such that y = |x − 1|. What is the smallest value of (x − 1)2 + (y − 2)2 ?
16. Evaluate the sum
3! + 4! 4! + 5! 12! + 13!
+ + ··· + .
2(1! + 2!) 3(2! + 3!) 11(10! + 11!)
17. Let n be a positive integer such that 12n2 + 12n + 11 is a 4-digit number with all 4 digits equal.
Determine the value of n.
18. Given that in the expansion of (2 + 3x)n , the coefficients of x3 and x4 are in the ratio 8 : 15.
Find the value of n.
19. In a triangle 4ABC it is given that
(sin A + sin B) : (sin B + sin C) : (sin C + sin A) = 9 : 10 : 11.
Find the value of 480 cos A.
p √
20. Let x = 37 − 20 3. Find the value of
x4 − 9x3 + 5x2 − 7x + 68
.
x2 − 10x + 19
21. Let n be an integer, and let 4ABC be a right-angled triangle with right angle at C. It is
given that sin A and sin B are the roots of the quadratic equation
(5n + 8)x2 − (7n − 20)x + 120 = 0.
Find the value of n.
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22. Let S1 and S2 be sets of points on the coordinate plane R2 defined as follows:
S1 = {(x, y) ∈ R2 : |x + |x|| + |y + |y|| ≤ 2},
S2 = {(x, y) ∈ R2 : |x − |x|| + |y − |y|| ≤ 2}.
Find the area of the intersection of S1 and S2 .
23. Let n be a positive integer, and let
√ √ √ √
n+2− n n+2+ n
x= √ √ and y = √ √ .
n+2+ n n+2− n
It is given that 14x2 + 26xy + 14y 2 = 2014. Find the value of n.
24. Find the number of integers x which satisfy the equation
(x2 − 5x + 5)x+5 = 1.
25. Find the number of ordered pairs of integers (p, q) satisfying the equation
p2 − q 2 + p + q = 2014.
26. Suppose x is measured in radians. Find the maximum value of
sin 2x + sin 4x + sin 6x
cos 2x + cos 4x + cos 6x
π
for 0 ≤ x ≤ .
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27. Determine the number of ways of colouring a 10 × 10 square board using two colours black
and white such that each 2 × 2 subsquare contains 2 black squares and 2 white squares.
28. In the isoceles triangle ABC with AB = AC, D and E are points on AB and AC respectively
such that AD = CE, and DE = BC. Suppose ∠AED = 18◦ . Find the size of ∠BDE in
degrees.
29. Find the number of ordered triples of real numbers (x, y, z) that satisfy the following system
of equations:
x2 = 4y − 4,
y 2 = 4z − 4,
z 2 = 4x − 4.
30. Let X = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10} and A = {1, 2, 3, 4}. Find the number of 4-element subsets
Y of X such that 10 ∈ Y and the intersection of Y and A is not empty.
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31. Find the number of ways that 7 different guests can be seated at a round table with exactly
10 seats, without removing any empty seats. Here two seatings are considered to be the same
if they can be obtained from each other by a rotation.
32. Determine the maximum value of
8(x + y)(x3 + y 3 )
(x2 + y 2 )2
for all (x, y) 6= (0, 0).
33. Find the value of
2(sin 2◦ tan 1◦ + sin 4◦ tan 1◦ + sin 6◦ tan 1◦ + · · · + sin 178◦ tan 1◦ ).
34. Let x1 , x2 , . . . , x100 be real numbers such that
|x1 | = |63|, and |xn+1 | = |xn + 1| for n = 1, 2, . . . , 99.
Find the largest possible value of (−x1 − x2 − · · · − x100 ).
35. As shown in the figure below, two circles ω, ω 0 , with centers O and O0 respectively, intersect at
the points C and D. The straight lines CD and BY XA intersect at the point Z. Moreover,
the straight line W B is tangent to both of the circles. Suppose ZX = ZY and AB · AX = 100.
Find the value of BW .
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