IOQM Mock Test 2
IOQM Mock Test 2
Saikat Sengupta
June 2024
1 Instructions
1.1 You have 1.5 hours to attempt this examination.
1.2 There are 10 problems in this sheet.
2 Problems
1. Let a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . , a100 be integers such that
3. In triangle ABC, points M and N are the midpoints of AB and AC, respectively, and points P and Q
trisect BC. Given that A, M, N, P , and Q lie on a circle and BC = 1, compute the area of triangle ABC.
4. Suppose 28 objects are placed along a circle at equal distances. In how many ways can 3 objects be chosen
from among them so that no two of the three chosen objects are adjacent nor diametrically opposite?
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5. Find the remainder when 20242023 + 20252021 is divided by 19.
6. Let ABCD be a convex trapezoid such that ∠ABC = ∠BCD = 90◦ , AB = 3, BC = 6, and CD = 12.
Among all points X inside the trapezoid satisfying ∠XBC = ∠XDA, compute the minimum possible
value of CX.
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7. If x = 2 + 3 + 6 is a root of x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d = 0 where a, b, c, d are integers, what is the value
of |a + b + c + d|?
8. For any real number x, let ⌊x⌋ denote the integer part of x; {x} be the fractional part of x ({x} = x−
⌊x⌋). Let A denote the set of all real numbers x satisfying
x + ⌊x⌋ + ⌊x + (1/2)⌋
{x} =
20
If S is the sume of all numbers in A, find ⌊S⌋.
9. Let ABCD be a convex trapezoid such that ∠BAD = ∠ADC = 90◦ , AB = 20, AD = 21, and CD = 28.
Point P ̸= A is chosen on segment AC such that ∠BP D = 90◦ . Compute AP .
10. Let rk denote the remainder when 127
k is divided by 8. Compute r1 + 2r2 + 3r3 + · · · + 63r63 .