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Kenya mathematics Olympiad

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2024 Kenyan Mathematical Olympiad, Round 2

13 August 2024
Instructions
(a) Complete as many of the problems as you can. Any numerical answers should be left in exact
form.
(b) These problems are intended to be challenging. Do your best in the time allowed.
(c) Start your solution to each problem on the corresponding page later in this document. If you
need more than one page, please continue your solution on blank or lined paper.
(d) Do your rough work on scrap paper which you should not submit. Put only your good work
on the pages that you submit.
(e) For each problem that you submit, provide a well-organized solution. Use mathematical state-
ments and words to explain all of the steps of your solution. A correct solution that is poorly
presented will not earn full credit.
(f) You must complete the problems individually and independently.
(g) Put your name and school name on each page. Put your name, school name and problem
number on each extra page that you include.

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

GENDER

SCHOOL NAME

COUNTY

I confirm that I completed the problems individually and independently. I declare that I completed
these problems without help from any outside person or prohibited materials. Further, I acknowledge
that if my declaration is found to be untrue, my result on this paper may be disqualified.

SIGNATURE

This form must be submitted with problems for grading.


KMO 2024, Round 2

NAME SCHOOL

1. Determine all integers k with k 6= 0 for which the parabola with equation y = kx2 + 6x + k has
two distinct x-intercepts.

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KMO 2024, Round 2

NAME SCHOOL

2. Prove that 28 + 32 · 1252 + 512 is a composite integer. (A composite integer is a positive integer
that can be written as the product of two positive integers, each of which is greater than 1.)

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KMO 2024, Round 2

NAME SCHOOL

3. The points A(2, −2), B(4, 4) and C(2, 6) lie on a circle. Determine the area of the circle.

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KMO 2024, Round 2

NAME SCHOOL

4. Determine the exact value of the following sum of 90 terms:

sin4 (1◦ ) + sin4 (2◦ ) + sin4 (3◦ ) + · · · + sin4 (88◦ ) + sin4 (89◦ ) + sin4 (90◦ )

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KMO 2024, Round 2

NAME SCHOOL

5. Consider the equation x2 + 2x − 16y 2 + 64y = 64. Determine all ordered pairs (x, y) of integers
that satisfy this equation.

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KMO 2024, Round 2

NAME SCHOOL

6. Determine the minimum number of colours required to paint the squares of a 5 × 5 square
grid in such a way that every three consecutive squares in any direction (vertical, horizontal
or diagonal) are three different colours. Be sure to justify why the squares cannot be coloured
using a smaller number of colours.

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KMO 2024, Round 2

NAME SCHOOL

7. A circle is tangent to the sides of 4ABC at points P , Q and R. If the triangle formed by P ,
Q and R is similar to 4ABC, prove that 4ABC is equilateral.

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KMO 2024, Round 2

NAME SCHOOL

8. Suppose that n and r are positive integers with n > r. In the expansion of (x + 1)n , the
coefficients of xr−1 , xr and xr+1 form an arithmetic sequence in that order. Prove that there
are infinitely many pairs (n, r) of positive integers with this property.

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KMO 2024, Round 2

NAME SCHOOL

9. Suppose that 4ABC is an isosceles right-angled triangle with an area of 1. Determine the
length of the shortest line segment that divides the triangle into two parts of equal area.

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KMO 2024, Round 2

NAME SCHOOL

10. Determine all pairs (x, y) of real numbers for which the following three conditions are all true:

• x ≥ 2y 2
• y ≥ 2x2
• The number 8(x − y) is a an integer

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