International Youth Math Challenge Final Round 2022

Final Round 2022

The final round exam was given in the form of an online exam. Each
participant was given a subset of 20 questions in random order. This
paper version is only available for training purposes.

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Question 1 : What are the roots of this function?:

f (x) = log3 (9x ) · (x2 − 4)

(A) {−1, 0, 1} (B) {−2, 0, 2} (C) {−1, 0.5, 1} (D) {−2, 0.5, 2}

Question 2 : What is the value of this infinite sum?:

2 2 2 2
1+ + 2 + 3 + 4 + ...
3 3 3 3

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1/3 (D) 3/2

Question 3 : What is the value of this infinite sum?:

     
1 1 1 1 1 1
− + − + − + ...
2 3 22 32 23 33

(A) 1/2 (B) 1/3 (C) 2/3 (D) 3/2

Question 4 : Find the numerical value of this expression:

log3 5 · log2 (8 + 23 ) + 7

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Question 5 : Let σ(n) be the sum of all positive divisors of the integer n. Let p be a prime
number. It is true that ...

(A) σ(p2 ) = 2p + 1 (B) σ(p2 ) > 2p2 (C) σ(p2 ) = 2p2 (D) σ(p2 ) < 2p2

Question 6 : Let σ(n) be the sum of all positive divisors of the integer n. The value of σ(30)
is ...

(A) 27 (B) 38 (C) 42 (D) 72

Question 7 : The area of an equilateral triangle with side length a is equal to ...
√ √ √ √
(A) a2 · 2/3 (B) a2 · 2/4 (C) a2 · 3/3 (D) a2 · 3/4

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Question 8 : Determine A such that the function f (x) intersects the point (2, 2):

f (x) = Ax2 + x + 1

(A) A = 0 (B) A = −1 (C) A = −1/2 (D) A = −1/4

Question 9 : Find a point of intersection of the functions f (x) and g(x):

f (x) = 2x2 + 4

g(x) = 3x2 + 3

(A) (−1, −4) (B) (1, 4) (C) (−1, −6) (D) (1, 6)

Question 10 : Find the derivative f 0 (x) of this function:

f (x) = π sin(x)

(A) f 0 (x) = sin(x) · ln(π) · π sin(x) (B) f 0 (x) = cos(x) · ln(π) · π sin(x)
(C) f 0 (x) = sin(x) · ln(π) · π cos(x) (D) f 0 (x) = cos(x) · ln(π) · π cos(x)

Question 11 : Let Hn define the sum of reciprocals of all integers from 1 to n. Which one of
the following identities is correct?

(A) 1 = n · (H2n − H2n−1 ) (B) 1 = n · (H2n − H2n−2 )

(C) 1 = 2n · (H2n − H2n−1 ) (D) 1 = 2n · (H2n − H2n−2 )

Question 12 : What is the value of ϕ such that this equation holds?:

(1 + 2 + 3 + 4)2 = 12 + 22 + 32 + 42 + ϕ

(A) ϕ = 15 (B) ϕ = 30 (C) ϕ = 50 (D) ϕ = 70

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Question 13 : What is the surface area of a kite with diagonals a and b?:

(A) ab/4 (B) ab/2 (C) 3ab/4 (D) 3ab/2

Question 14 : Let {x} be the fractional part of x. Given the following graph, find the function
f (x):

(A) f (x) = {x2 } − x (B) f (x) = {x2 }

(C) f (x) = {x3 } − x (D) f (x) = {x3 }

Question 15 : Let {x} be the fractional part of x. Given the following graph, find the function
f (x):

(A) f (x) = {x/2} + x (B) f (x) = {x/2} − x

(C) f (x) = {x} + x (D) f (x) = {x} − x

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Question 16 : Let {x} be the fractional part of x and γ = 0.577... a constant. Which function
f (x) makes this equation true?: Z ∞
f (x)dx = 1 − γ
1

(A) f (x) = {x}/x (B) f (x) = {x2 }/x

(C) f (x) = {x}/x2 (D) f (x) = {x2 }/x2

Question 17 : The integer p is a twin prime if ...

(A) p + 1 or p − 1 is prime. (B) p + 2 or p − 2 is prime.

(C) 2p + 1 or 2p − 1 is prime. (D) 2p + 2 or 2p − 2 is prime.

Question 18 : The integer p is a Germain prime if ...

(A) p + 1 is prime. (B) p + 2 is prime. (C) 2p + 1 is prime. (D) 2p + 2 is prime.

Question 19 : Let πa,b (x) be the number of primes p ≤ x for which ap + b is also prime. What
is the value of π1,2 (10)?

(A) π1,2 (10) = 2 (B) π1,2 (10) = 3 (C) π1,2 (10) = 4 (D) π1,2 (10) = 5

Question 20 : How does this sequence of numbers continue?:

1, 2, 7, 8, 13, 14, 19, ...

(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 22 (D) 23

Question 21 : Let Hn define the sum of reciprocals of all integers from 1 to n. What is the
numerical value of H10 − H7 ?
121 123
(A) H10 − H7 = 360
(B) H10 − H7 = 360
127 129
(C) H10 − H7 = 360
(D) H10 − H7 = 360

√ 2 √
Question 22 : The expression (2 + 3) · (2 − 3)2 is equal to ...

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 6

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Question 23 : Let n! = 1 · 2 · ... · 10. Which inequality holds true for ln(10!)?

(A) 9 ≤ ln(10!) < 12 (B) 12 ≤ ln(10!) < 15

(C) 15 ≤ ln(10!) < 18 (D) 18 ≤ ln(10!) < 21

Question 24 : Find the correct f (x) such that this equation holds true:

cos(x) − 2 sin(x)/x
f 0 (x) =
x2

sin(x) cos(x) cos(x) sin(x)

(A) f (x) = x
(B) f (x) = x
(C) f (x) = x2
(D) f (x) = x2

Question 25 : Determine the value of C:

C = AB + B A − C

B = A2 + 2 A
A = 32 − 23

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Question 26 : Determine the value of the following term:

  
tan(π/6)
sin π · cos π · √
3

√ √
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2/2 (D) 3/2

Question 27 : You throw a dice (with the numbers 1 to 6) twice. What is the probability of
never throwing the number 6?

(A) ≈ 50% (B) ≈ 60% (C) ≈ 70% (D) ≈ 80%

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