QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 3.

What fraction of all the 9-digit numbers

3 MARKS EACH formed using the digits 1 to 9, without
repetition, is divisible by 36?
1. Find the integer part of

1
1 1 1 1 1 1
2015 + 2016 + 2017 + 2018 + 2019 (A)
9
2
(B)
9
(A) 400
(B) 401 1
(C)
(C) 402 3
(D) 403 4
(E) None of the above (D)
9

(E) None of the above

2. A box contains five cards, numbered
1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
4. Find the remainder when
Three cards are randomly selected
(- − 2)01 + (- − 3)21
without replacement from the box.

is divided by
What is the probability that “4” is the
- 2 − 5- + 6
largest value selected?

(A) -+1
(B) -
1
(A) (C) 1
5
(D) 2
3 (E) None of the above
(B)
10
2
(C)
5 5. Find the coefficient of - 3 in
1
(D) (- − 1)(- − 2)(- − 3) … (- − 10)
2

(E) None of the above

(A) 120
(B) 132
(C) 1200
(D)1320
(E) None of the above

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6. Given that in quadrilateral 5678, 8. Gary wrote some numbers on each side
i. ∠576 = ∠658 = 105° of 3 cards, and laid them on a table, as
ii. ∠567 = ∠587 = 45° shown.

Given that the sum of numbers on

each card are equal and the numbers
on the hidden sides are prime, find the
sum of the three hidden numbers.

(A) 44
Which of the following is true? (B) 43
(C) 42
(A) 56 = 78 (D) 41
(B) 56 = 58 (E) None of the above
(C) 56 > 78
(D) 56 < 78
(E) None of the above
9. Find the number of positive integers -,
such that 4- > + 1 is prime.

7. Suppose (A) 0
25 (B) 1
?+@ =
4 (C) 2
and (D) 3
15
A1 + B?CA1 + B@C = (E) None of the above
2

Evaluate ?@.
10. Given that
(A) 1 0 1
2- = 20192121 − 0
(B) 2 20192121
(C) 3
(D) 4 Evaluate
(E) None of the above G2121
EB1 + - 2 − -F

(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2019
(D) 2020
(E) None of the above

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 QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH 13. 5678J is a regular pentagon. A circle
4 MARKS EACH can be drawn through the pentagon
such that it is tangent to 78 at 8 and
11. H and I are positive integers such
to 56 at 5.
that H = I2 + 15I + 26 is a perfect
square.
What is the angle formed by the
minor arc 58?
Find the value of I.

(A) 19
(B) 23
(C) 29
(D) 31
(E) None of the above

12. The right rectangular prism shown

below has sides of length 3, 4, and 5. (A) 108°
(B) 120°
The centres of its faces are joined to (C) 135°
form an octahedron. (D) 148°
(E) None of the above
Find the volume of this octahedron.

14. Find the value of I given that

K
(1 + 10)(1 + 102 )(1 + 10> ) … A1 + 102 C

= 1 + 10 + 102 + 10L + ⋯ + 102NN

(A) 5
(B) 6
(A) 10 (C) 7
(B) 11 (D) 8
(C) 12 (E) None of the above
(D) 14
(E) None of the above

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15. 5678 is a square with 56 = O , and 17. Find the least possible value of
5JPQ is a rectangle, such that J lies
on side 67 and 8 lies on side PQ. 8 18
S(-) = +
1 + cos - 1 − cos -
Given that 5J = I, what is the length
of side JP? where - can be any real number for
which S(-) is defined.

(A) 8
(B) 13
(C) 18
(D) 25
(E) None of the above

18. Let ∆567 be an equilateral triangle

inscribed in a circle. H is a point on
the arc 67 as shown below.
O2
(A) Given that X ∙ H5 = H6 + H7 , find the
I
value of X.
I2
(B)
O

√2O2
(C)
I

√2I2
(D)
O

(E) None of the above

16. Suppose Z, \ and ] are real numbers

greater than 1, evaluate
1
(A)
1 1 1 2
] + Z +
1 + log `a b EZF 1 + log ba c E F 1 + log c a ` E\F 2
\ ] (B)
3
(A) 1
(C) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3 3
(D)
(D) 4 2
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

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19. Suppose Z, \, ] and d are real 22. Three girls 5, 6 and 7, and seven boys
numbers such that are to be lined up in a row.

Z+\+]+d =0 Let I be the number of ways to

arrange them such that 6 must lie
and between 5 and 7 , and 5 and 6 must
1 1 1 1 be separated by exactly 4 boys.
Z\]d e + + + f = 4
Z \ ] d
h
Find the value of ZL + \ L + ] L + d L . Then, determine g j.
N!

(A) -4
(B) 8 23. Determine the number of 3-element
(C) -12 subsets of the set 5 = {1, 2, 3, … , 99} for
(D) 16 which the sum of the three elements
(E) None of the above is a multiple of 3.

24. In ∆567 with sides Z, \ and ] , it is

20. Determine the number of fractions in known that \ + ] = 6 and its area
the pattern below that are expressed m = Z2 − (\ − ])2 .
in lowest terms.
Find the possible largest value of m.
1 2 3 1010
, , ,…,
2019 2018 2017 1010
25. Let - be a positive real number.

(A) 400 Suppose

(B) 500 O = ⌊log01 -⌋
(C) 600
(D) 700 and
(E) None of the above 100
I = plog01 q
-

QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH ⌊r⌋ denotes the largest integer less

6 MARKS EACH than or equal to r.

21. Simplify
Find the least possible value of
3 4 4O2 − 3I2 .
+ +⋯
1! + 2! + 3! 2! + 3! + 4!
2019
+
2017! + 2018! + 2019!

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