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Section A

For questions 1 to 10, each correct answer is awarded 6 marks.

1. Find the remainder when 20242024 is divided by 7.

𝑥
2. In triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐵 = 3, 𝐵𝐶 = 4 and 𝐴𝐶 = 5. Given that sin 2𝐴 = where 𝑥 and 𝑦
𝑦
are coprime positive integers, find the value of 𝑥 + 𝑦.

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3. Find the remainder when 𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 is divided by (𝑥 − 2).

4. Evaluate

256
√(2 + 1)(22 + 1)(24 + 1)(28 + 1) … (2256 + 1) + 1

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5. Find the least value of 2 log100 𝑎 − log 𝑎 (0.0001), for 𝑎 > 1.

6. It is known that 𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑑 is a multiple of 11 and 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 𝑎, 𝑏𝑐 is a perfect square. Find


the smallest such number, given that none of its digits is 0.

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7. It is given that

𝑥2 − 2 𝑥2 − 2
𝑦=√ −√ +2
5𝑥 − 4 4 − 5𝑥

Find the value of 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 .

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8. For each positive integer 𝑛, define

20𝑛 +24𝑛
𝐴𝑛 = , where 𝑛! = 1 × 2 × 3 × … × 𝑛
𝑛!

Find the value of 𝑛 that maximises 𝐴𝑛 .

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9. How many ways are there to put 7 different-coloured beads into 4 identical baskets so
that each basket has at least ONE bead?

10. Evaluate

1 1 1
480 ( + 2 + ⋯+ 2 )
22 −1 3 −1 15 − 1

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Section B

For questions 11 to 15, each correct answer is awarded 8 marks.

11. 𝛼 and 𝛽 are 2 distinct real roots of 𝑥 2 + 2(𝑘 + 3)𝑥 + 𝑘 2 + 3 = 0, where 𝑘 is an


integer. Find the minimum value of (𝛼 − 1)2 + (𝛽 − 1)2 .

12. If 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are real numbers such that 𝑎 + 2𝑏 + 𝑐 = 4, find the maximum value of
𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎.

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13. 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a square with side of length 2 𝑐𝑚. 𝐵𝑃𝐶 is an equilateral triangle. If the area
of ∆𝐵𝑃𝐷 is 𝑘 cm2, find the value of √3 − 𝑘.

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14. The figure below shows a solid cube of volume 1 𝑐𝑚3 . Let 𝑀 be the midpoint of the
√𝑎
edge 𝐺𝐶. If the shortest path for an ant to crawl from the vertex 𝐴 to 𝑀 is cm,
𝑏
where 𝑎, 𝑏 are integers and 𝑎 has no squared factor, find 𝑎 + 𝑏.

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15. The point 𝐼 below is the in-center of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 . The line 𝐴𝐼 produced meets the
circumcircle at 𝐷. It is known that 𝐴𝐵 = 3, 𝐴𝐶 = 4, and 𝑆Δ𝐼𝐵𝐶 = 𝑆Δ𝐷𝐵𝐶 . Find the value
of 4𝐵𝐶.

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SEAMO X 2024
Paper D – Answers
Questions 1 to 10 carry 6 marks each.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

1 49 25 4 4

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10

7161 6 23 350 329

Questions 11 to 15 carry 8 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

44 4 1 15 14

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