2023 PWMTC Advanced Individual 1 - Problems
2023 PWMTC Advanced Individual 1 - Problems
1. Which one of the following five expressions can never take on prime value for any natural numbers m and n
that are greater than 1?
(A) n(n+1) + m (B) n(n+1) + m2 (C) n(n+1) + 2m (D) n(n+1) + 3m (E) n(n+1) + 5m
2. How many distinct ordered pairs (x, y) satisfy the equations x + 2xy + y = 49 where x and y are both
positive integers?
1 1 1 1
3. If f(x) = + + , find f(x) + f( ).
1+2log(𝑥) 1+4log(𝑥) 1+8log(𝑥) 𝑥
𝑥(2𝑥 +2000)
4. If f(x) = , which of the following is the best estimate for f(1000)?
4𝑥 −4000
5. Find the sum of number of real solutions to equation 2x – x = 27 and all its integer solutions.
(A) 2020 (B) 2021 (C) 2022 (D) 2023 (E) 2024
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𝑥 2 −30
7. Let A be the set of all integer solutions to the inequality < 0. What is the number of non-empty
|𝑥|−2
subsets of set A?
9. If x and y are real numbers satisfying the equation (√1 + 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 1)(√1 + 𝑦 2 − 𝑦 + 1) = 2, what is the
value for xy?
10. Given a rectangle ABCD with AB = DC = 5 and AD = BC = 12 and a square AEFG of side length 6 that
shares a common vertex A with the rectangle ABCD. Suppose this square, on the same plane as ABCD,
rotates around point A for one revolution. Let E* be the possible image (locus) points of E during this
revolution. Find the maximum value of |CE*|. E
6
F
A B
12 G
D 5 C
(A) 10 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 17 (E) 19
11. What is the minimum number of distinct odd numbers we must take out from the list of numbers in
117, 118, 119,… , 2023, 2024 so to guarantee that this new set has at least two odd numbers with the sum
of 2024?
(A) 448 (B) 467 (C) 488 (D) 507 (E) 520
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12. As shown in the figure below, the area of ∆ABC is 90. Suppose D and E are trisection points for side BC
and F and G are trisection points for side AC. If AE and BF intersect at point H, find the area of the shaded
quadrilateral CEHF.
.
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 20 (E) 25
𝑥
13. If x – 6y = – √𝑥𝑦 where x < 0 and y < 0, find .
𝑦
8
15. How many different natural numbers when placing into in will make the resulting expression
− 13
8 N
still a natural number?
N − 13