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Bass of Ashes EXERCISE - 1 PART — I NSEJS Level Problems 1. A quadratic polynomial is exactly divisible by (x + 1) and (x + 2) and leaves the remainder 4 after division by: ( +3) then that polynomial is: (A) 2+ ox td B) 2? + 6x4 (©) 2+ 6x4 (D) P+ 6x4 2. What is the remainder when the polynomial p(x) = 3200 — 291 + x50 — Oy! + a2 + a + I is divided by (=) @-22 wt ®) 7 (©) +1 (D) 6x-5 3. A-cubic polynomial p(x) is such that p(1) = 1, p) =2, p(3) =3, and p(4) =5, then the value of p(6) is (a) 16 @ 13 © 0 7 4. Moet y + a tpayhyehaweteaye=ctothen value of 3 + PA Si @ -1 Bt (© 2 @) 2 5. fda ~ 52 = 16 and xz = 12, then 64x ~ 1252 = (ay 14512 (B) 15676 (©) 25833 (D) 15616 is equal to: y+ Gy + A) xty (®) y-x © 1-1 wm tet 2 sy (iWin 7, NT AS ne the ale of bie =P (A) 1:16 B) isd (C) 4:1 (D) 16:1 8. (2 + B= (0 + BP then tae “ ® © o) ale wie win wie 10, Te 12, hr TH 15. 16. 17. tx y2+W2 then at + + is (&) 28-2) (B) 6v2 -2 (©) 6-v2 (D) 12 If ffx) = x4 ~ 2x3 + 3x2 — ax + bisa polynomial such that when it is divided by (x — 1) and (x + 1), the re- ‘mainders are 5 and 19 respectively. If (x) is divided by (e— 2), then remainder is: (a) 0 (B) 5 © 0 © 2 The cubic polynomial P(x) satisfies the condition that (— 1) is a factor of Pfs) + 2, and (x + 1)? isa factor of P(x) = 2. Then P{3) equals. a 27 (B) 18 © 2 @) 6 Tee 1) + (7-2) + (@- 3) =3¢e= 1) Y-3) 3) and x-1# y—2#2—3, then x + y+ zis equal to (Ay_2 (B)-6. © 6 ©) 4 1259. — 52 + x42 (6#2) (2 = he 1), then and bare, respectively: a) 21 B) 2 © 1,2 @ - ‘The number of real roots of the equation (& ~ 1)? + (= 2)? + 3) = 0is (a) 0 ©) 2 fa, b, care real, then a( only if (A) athe B) © (D) a-b-e=0 Ix8 6x2 + Hy -6= (wa) (= #) (0), then 2a + b+ cis equal to, where a34 (D) x<34 If, b,and care distinct real numbers uch that a: (6+) = b: (+ a) then (A) 4, b, care all positive (B) 4,6, care all negative (©) a+b+c=0 D) abt bettie ‘The wealth ofa person A equals the sum of that of B and C. If he distributes half of his wealth between B 27. and Cin the ratio 2: 1 then the wealth of B equals the sum of thar sum of that of A and C. Then the fraction ‘of the wealth that A should distribute between B and Cin the ratio 1 : 2 so that the wealth of C equals the sum of that of A and Bis a) 1/2 (©) 3/4 @) 23 ©) 1 You have a measuring cup with capacity 25 ml and another with capacity 110 ml, the cups have no maark- ings showing intermediate volumes. Using large con tainer and as much tap water 2s you wish, What is the smallest amount of water you can measure accurately? @®) tml (B) 5m (© 10m (D) 25 ml ‘A person travels in a car from his village to a town at a speed of 30 km/hr for four hours. There he spends an hour moving about 20 kms. He then returns to his village ata speed 40 kis/hr. His average speed over the whole journey (in kms/hr) is wa) 44 ® 2 ©) at D) 462 ©) 45 @) 46; ‘A certain Sch0ol has 300 smdents. Every student seit 5 newspapers andl every newspaper is read by 60 student, Then the number of newspapers. (A) isat least 30 (B) is at most 20 (©) is exactly 25 (D) cannot be determined by the data ‘We want to find a polynomial fs) of degreen n such that f(1) = V2 and,f'3) = m Which of the following is twue? a (B) ‘There does not exist such a polynomial ‘There 1s exactly one such polynomial and it has degree 1 There are infinitely many such polynomials for each n 21 ‘There are infinitely many such polynomials for each 22 but not infinitely many for n= 1 «© ) A polynomial p(x) when divided by x? - 3x +2 leaves, remainder 2x ~3. Then: (A) p(s) must have a root between 0 and 3 {B)_ p(x) cannot have a root between 0 and 3 (©) p(x) must have a real root but may oF may not be beeween 0 and 3 (D)_ pla) need not have a real root 28. A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 minutes and 40 minutes, respectively. How many ‘minutes will it take to fil the empty tanker if only Bis used in the first-half of the time and A and Bare both, used in the second-half of the time? a) 15 ®) 20 (©) 275 (@) 30 29. Five real numbers xy, 2, 5,44, %5 are such that: ipl 2pm 4 +BY 9 +4 Ym, a6 +5 fay = 25 2 ‘The value of (A) not uniquely determined (B) 55 ©) 10 ©) 210 lex =2 +229 + 20%, then the value of =~ 6x2 + 6x 3 ©1 30. 31. P(a) isa polynomial with integral coefficients such that for four distinct integers a, , cd: Pa= Pfa) = Pb) = PO) = Pid) =3. IF Plo) =5 (eis an integer), then (a) e=1 (B) e=3 (©) e=4 (D) no real valueote 32. The value of the expression x4 — 8x + 18x27 — Bx + 2, +8 when a) 2 © 0 @ 1 (D) 3 PART - Il PRMO Level Problems 1. Ie is given that x Find the value of x ~ 3 WBS xt +9 = 4x2 + x= VB 2. Let fix) =a, + ax + aye? + non-negative integers for 1= 0,1, 2, tem IERL + a,x", where a, are 1 and 25) = 78857, find the value of LU0*3 | “ 10 3. Suppose that a, 6, x and y are real numbers such that ax + by = 3, ax? + by? =7, ax? + bp = 16 and axt + dy = 42, Find the value of ax + by 5. 10. uu 12. 1B. 4. 15. Basics of Algebra Let a, by d, ebe five numbers satisfying the following, conditions: a + h+ c+ d+e=0, and abe + abd + abe + aed + ace + ade + led + bee + bde + ede = 33, Find the value of +P +0+ P40, For certain real numbers a, b, and ¢, the polynomial as) = 25 + as? + x + 10 has three distinct roots, and each root of g(x) is ako a root ofthe polynomial fx) = stead +h? + 100 + ¢ Find the value of [F(I) + 7100 How many ordered pairs of integers (x,y) satisfy the equation 3° + y= 2Ge + 9) + xy? Let a, b, and cbe real numbers such that a~ 7b + 8e= 4and 84 + 4b— c= 7, Then a? — 1 + eis If.vand y can take only natural number values, find the ‘number of (x,y) pairs satisfying the equation 2+ 5y = 100, If a, b, ¢ are real numbers such that a + vs (2) see (2) eto Ma, be 6 dsatisly the equations a+7b + 3¢+ 5 4 Ab 6e +24 =-16, 2a + 6b +4e + 84= 16, 50+ 3b Jet d=-16, then the vale of [fa + d (b+ 9] = 1, solve the If positive numbers a, b, ¢ satisfy abe = 2a. 2h + bebe ca ‘equation in x abtatt Solve the system of equations en yte yrztu=2 routy 23 unvtx = 4 poxty 25 ‘Suppose that sand y are non-zero real numbers such, aver Wharisthe va of (222) ? x=3y \ae-y that Let a, band ¢ be real numbers such that a+ b+ and a? I? — 2 = 12, The difference between the max- > wim and minimum possible values of eis 2 coprime p and q.What is (p-+ 2)? 1 with ‘The number of positive integral solutions (a, b, ¢ d) exijing L224 = 1 wi he condion dt acbecedis 16. Akash and Rahul run for 30 cular track, Akash runs clockwise at 250 m/min and uses the inner lane with a radius of 50 meters. Rahul runs counterclockwise at 300 m/min and uses the outer lane with a radius of 60 meters, starting on the same radius line as Akash. How many times after the start do they pass each other? 17. On a 50 question multiple choice math contest, stu- dents receive 4 points for a correct answer, 0 points for an answer left blank, and —1 point for an incor rect answer, Jasvinder’s total score on the contest was 99, What is the maximum number of questions that Jasvinder could have answered correctly? 18 Mohini rides on a flat road at 20 kilometers per hour (kph), downhill at 30 kph, and uphill at kph. Honey rides on a flat road at 30 kph, downhill ae 40 kph. Mohini goes ftom town A to town B, 2 distance of 10 km all uphill, then from town B to town C, a distance of 15 km all downhill, and then back to town A,a distance of 20 km on the flat. Honey goes the oth- er way around using the same route. How many mare minutes docs it take Mohini to complete the 45-km ride than it takes Floney? 19. Consider the set ofall factions 3 _Wwhefex andy are relatively prime positive integers. How many of these fractions have the property that if both numerator and denominator are increased by 1, the value of the fiac- tion is increased by 10%? 20. Let the sum of the coefficients of the polynomial is S. (x? = 4 + 3)4 4 + 3x 3x7), 21. Suppose that a + 3% = 2006, b + x? = 2007 and © + x? = 2008 and aly = 3. Find the value of able bea ah a be 22. Find the value of vVi9-s8v3 . bP = and ve= Vp Find 24. Let p(x) be a polynomial wth degree 2008 and lead- ing coefficient 1 such that p(0) = 2007, p(1) = 2006, . p(2008)+1 2) = 2008, .., 2007) =0 determine PPO) +1, (2) 6 . mn 25. If p(x) denotes a polynomial of degree m such that p(e)=_ for k= 1, 2, 3, 0. 0+ 1, determine k P(2019) for w= 2017. EXERCISE — PART ~ | Previous Years’ NSEJS Problems 1, Ip, q.and rare postive real numbers, then the quan rity (@ + 97+ 18 INSEJS-2008] (A) >@/ditp>q BY <@/aitp>4 © >e/ditpb (D) greater than ‘ only ifa equals INSEJS-2013] 16. 17, 18, 19. a. “a ab! we ©) D) © FB © % ‘At what time (tothe nearest second) immediately after 4 O'clock will angle between the hands of the clock be the same as that at 4 O'clock? [NSEJS-2013] (A) 4h42m50s (By 4h43m38s (C) 4h43m40s (Dy Sh5m275 Radha purchases x pencils at &x each, y pens at 2y cach, and = notebooks at &= each. She purchases alto- gether 50 items and pays 81000. The cost of y pencils, = pens and x notebooks is INSEJS-2013] (A) 600 (B) %750 (©) 500 (D) 350 ‘A certain principal becomes £96800 in 2 years if com- pounded annually ata certain rate of incerest. The same principal becomes 279240 in two years if compounded hulf yearly at the same rate of interest. The rate of in~ terest is INSEJS-2013} (Ay 8% ro) st (oy 10% @)_ 124 A pen costs 813 and a notebook costs &35 Let m be the maximum number of items that can be bought for 21000 and 1 be the minimum number of items that can be bought for the same amount, Then m+ 1 is [NSEYS-2013] 76 ®) 88 (C) 96 (D) 98 Ifx3 =a+ 1 and x + (b/x) =a, then x equals INSEJS-2013] a“ Sard wo 3H ett! »* Let a, b, cbe positive real numbers such that alc # 1, (aby? = (bo)* = (ca)* = abc, Then x equals INSEJS-2013] 1 (B) 2 © 3 @) 445 ‘A water fiter advertisement claims to provide 8 liters of water per hour, How much time does it take to fill four bottles of 1.5 liters each? INSEJS-2014] (A) 2br (C) 30min ®) thr (D) 45 min 23. ‘The diagram shows a road network. All vehicles drive in one ditection from A to B. Numbers represent the maximum flow rate (capacity of roads) in vehicles per hour. The maximum number of vehicles that ean drive INSEJS-2014] through the network every hour is (A) 315, (©) 215 @) 240 (D) 340 24, Scienctists in an R and D company made three design improvements on a car: the first saves 50% of fuel, the second saves 30% of fuel and the third saves 20%. Ifthe company implements all theee design changes at once, the new car will consume fuel thats. % of the fel consumption of formal car” [NSEJS-2014] (a) 50% (B) 100% (©) 28% (D) 20% 25. A ray of light is incident on system of mirror as shown in the adjacent figure. What is the total deflection (4) ofthe ray when it emerges out after two reflections? INSE]s-2014] A (A) 220° B) 180° (©) 120° (D) 140° 26. Ifa: b=c:d then how many of the following state- ments are true? INSEJS-2015] @ a+ h=ae+o Gi) da-=He-d) Gai) (+P) (ae~ bd) = =D) (ac + bd) (HGF «a (B) 2 © 3 ©) al 27, (41)'5—(14)!9is a multiple of INSEJS-2015] (A) 1485 (B) 1584 (©) 1845 (D) 1854 28. The angle between the hour arm and the minute arm ofa clock at 2:10 a.m. is [NSEJS-2016] (A) zer0 (we) 4 (c) 5° (D) 6° 29, A vain is running ata speed of 54 km/hr, Its not stop- ping at a certain station. It crosses the person showing green flag in 20 seconds and crosses the platform in 36 seconds, What isthe length of the train? INSEJS-2017] (A) 240m 2) 300m (©) 320m ©) 360m 30. If(a+ b+ e+ d=4, then 1 (a= oyt=9” = HO=90=8) gt (ada @) arab) INSEJS-2017] @o (By 025 ot 4 31. Tes? + ay + xe = 135, + ye + ay = 381, and 2 + set ye=243, then 2 + P+ 25 INSEJS-2017] @®) 250 (©) 300 (A) 25 (©) 275 32. On seventy first ‘Independence Day’, there was ‘Tuesday. Afier how many years there will be Tuesday ‘on “Independence Day? INSEJS-2017] (@ 4yn ®) Sy, (© bys, ©) 7 ys. S}-s(2 +5) INSEJS-2017] (A) 0 (By 5 (Cc) -5 (@) 10 34, If? = 3+ 2 va factor of xt ~ px? + g then p, are: INSEJS-2017] 23 B) 4.5 (C) 5,4 @) 0,0 Basics of Algebra ARIEVI 35. 36. Wf a, ¢ are distince real number such that at tebetacs! evaluate ake [NSEJS-2019] a) +2 By y2-1 © B (@) 4 Find the remainder when *" is divided by x2 — 3x +2 INSEJS-2019] “x BQ —2042-28 (©) =1)x+2-2" (Dy 0 PART - Il Previous Years’ KVPY Problems 1 a a 5. Let P(x) = 1+ 9432-438 + 34 +35, Whatis the remain= der when Py!) is divided by P(x)? (KVPY-2009] ~~ o @ 6 © Its (D) ltxtetsttat At what time between 10 O'clock and 11 O'elock are the two hands ofa clock symmetric with respect to the vertical line (give the answer to the nearest second)? [KVPY-2009] (A) 10h9m13s___ B)_10h9mi4s (©) 109 M2257) (DY TOh Ym 505 1 carried 1000 kg of watermelon in sunimer by-trai: In the beginning the water content was 99%. By the time I reached the destination, the water content had dropped to 98%. The reduction in the weight of the ‘watermelon was: [KVPY-2010] (A) 10 kg (B) 30 ky (C) 100 kg (D) 500kg fx, y are real numbers such that 36/9)* 1 36/9)! = 24, then the value of (x + y)/(x = y) is IKVPY-2010] @ o © 2 @ 1 @) 3 Three taps 4, B, C fill up a tank independently in 10 bs, 20h, 30 b, respectively. Initially, the nk is empty and exactly one pair of taps is open during each hour and every pair of tap is open at least for 1 hour. What is the minimum number of hours required to fill the tank? (KVPY-2011] a) 8 @) 9 ©) 10 @) 11 ‘Two fiends A and Bare 30 km apart and they start si- multaneously on motoreycles to meet each other. The speed of A is 3 times that of B. The distance between 10. 1. them decreases at the rate of 2 km per minute, Ten ‘minutes after they start, As vehicle breaks down and A stops and waits for Bto arrive. After how much time (in minutes) A started riding, does B meet A? [kvPy.2011] 5 © 3 B) 20 () 30 ‘There are 30 questions in a multiple-choice test A student gets 1 matk for each unattempted question, (0 mark for each wrong answer, and 4 marks for each, correct answer, A student answered x questions cor rectly and scored 60. Then, the number of possible value of x is, [KVPY-2011] (A) 15 B) 10 «) 6 () 5 A certain 12-hour digital clock displays the hour and the minute of a day. Due to a defect in the clock when= ever the digit I is supposed to be displayed, it displays 7. What fraction of the day will the clock show the correct time? IKVPY-2011] 1 5 (A) — (By > > ® > 3 5 © 5 ©) F ‘A man wants to reach a certain destination. One-sixth of the total distance is muddy while half the distance is tar road. For the remaining distance, he takes a boat His speed of travelling in mud, in water, on tar road is in the ratio 3:4: 5. The ratio of the durations he requires to cross the patch of mud, stream, and tar road is: [KVPY-2011] ii Bs (B) 3:8:15 (C) 10:15:18 (D) 1:2:3 ‘The number of distinet prime divisors of the number (12) (253)? — 259) is IKVPY-2011] «a4 (B) 5 © 6 ©) 7 Below are four equations in x. Assume that 0.< r< 4. Which of the following equations has the largest solu- tion for x? [KVP¥-2011] oy s[uezf=0 (102) @) (+t) =9 (©) 5(1+ 2nF=9 12, 13. 14, 15. 16. 7. dfx + y then x3 + — is (KVPY-2011] (A) @4+2-30-2-b (B) ®-@-3a+4—b (© @-2+30-6-b D) +P +30-16-6 Let a, bys, y be real numbers such that a? + 1? = 81, 22+ P= 121, and av + by = 99, Then, the set of all posible values of ay ~ bis: IKVPY-2011] “ (02] ®) (02) © 0 @) [F-) In the given figures, which has the shortest path? (KVPY-2012] a) ) © (o) ‘A train leaves Pune at 7:30 am and reaches Mumbai at 11:30 am, Another train leaves Mumbai at 9:30 am and reaches Pune at 1:00 pm, Assuming that the two trains travel at constant speeds, at what time do the two trains cross each other? [KVPY-2012] (A) 10:20am ®) 11:30am (©) 10:26 am (D) data not sufficient How many ordered pairs of (m, 1) integers stisfy m _ 12. Es (KVP Y-2012] (ay 30 B) 15 ©) 2 () 10 ‘When a bucket is hal full, the weight of the bucket and the water is 10 kg. When the bucker is two-third full, the total weight is 11 kg. What is the total weight (in kg), when the bucket is completely fall? [KVPY-2012] w@ 12 @) 12 L (© 2 w) 13 18. 19. 2 2B. Tow woken A and Bate eget do spr of dk Wosngone A ter sh nae to comple she wa cht bth word vga On he oh cr hand, working sone, woud ned Eh moe complete the work than if both worked together. How much time would they take to complete the job work- ing together? IKVPY-2012] 4h ®B) 5h (©) 6h () 7h Observe that, at any instant, the minute and hour hands ofa clock make two angles between them whose sum is 360°, At6 : 15 the difference between these two angles is IKVPY-2012] (A) 165° (B) 170° (©) 175° (D) 180° |. IF a,b, Gd are positive real mumbers, such that a _ath_atbte_atbtetd « 34 5 O24 ad r IKVP¥-2012] ws @) 1 (2 (D) hot determinable _ The square toot of 79) [0.75.4 (0.75) + 1] is 1-073) [KWPy-2012] «a1 (B) 2 © 3 © 4 ‘There are three kinds of liquids X, Y, Z, Three jas, Jo Jy contain 100 ml of liquids X, ¥, Z, respectively By and operation we mean three steps in the following onder: IKVPY-2013] ~ stir the liquid in J, and transfer 10 ml from J, into J ~ stir the liquid in J, and transfer 10 mn form J, inco J, ~ stir the liquid in J, and transfer 10 ml form J, into J, (A) x>y>z (B) x>z>y (©) y>x>z (D) =>x>y In acy, o total income of all people with salary below 1000 per annum is less than the total income of all people with salary above 210000 per annum, Ifthe sla- ries of people in the first group increases by 5% and the salaries of people in the second group decreases by 5%, then the average income of all people [KVPY-2013] (A) increases (B) decreases (©) remains the ame (D) cannot be determined form the data 24. 25. 27. 28. 29. 30. A person X is running around a citcular track com- pleting one round every 40's. Another person Y run= ning in the opposite direction meets X every 15 s. The time, expressed in seconds, taken by Y to completer ‘one round is [KVP Y-2013] w@ 125 @ 4 © % () 55 Let x, y= be non-zero real numbers such then 3 is equal to: IkvPY.2013] 153 155 @ © 2 @) 4 ©) 1a, bare natural numbers such that 2013 + 4? +P, then the minimum possible value of ab is: [KVPY-2013] (a) 671 B) 668 (©) 658 (D) 645 Let a, b, be non-zero real numbers, such that a + b + Let gee + B+ 2 and r= at + bt + A, Then IKYPY.2014) “ ®) © @) Pe Pr dhwys P= 2ralways 42> 2ralways ~ 2rcan take both positive and negative values ‘The population of cattle in a firm inereases so that the difference between the population in year n + 2 and that in year 1 is proportional to the population in year n+ 1. Ifthe populations in years 2010, 2011 and 2013 were 39, 60 and 123, respectively, then the population in 2012 was: [KVPY-2014] (a) 81 (B) 84 «) 87 «w) % In a cinema hall, the charge per petson is 2200. On the first diy, only 60% of the seats were filled. The owner decided to reduce the price by 20% and there was an increase of 50% in the number of spectators on the next day. The percentage increase in the revenue on the second day was IKVPY-2014] (a) 50 @) 40 © 30 @) 20 Let pla) =? = 5+ a and g(x) =? - 3+ b, where a and b are postive integers. Suppose HCF (p(x). q¢x)) = x= Land k(x) = 1 cm (p(s), q(x)) Ifthe coefficient of a 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. Basics of Algebra the highest degree term of k(x) is 1, then sum of the roots of (x — 1) + k(x) is [KVPY-2014] ay 4 5 ©) 6 () 7 Let x and y be two 2-digit numbers such that y is ob- tained by reversing the digits of x. Suppose they also. satisfy <2 — y2 = ne for some positive integer mm, The value of x+y + mis IKVPY-2014] (a) 88 @ 12 (Cc) 144 (D) 154 A man standing on a railway platform noticed that a train took 21 s to cross to platform (this means the time elapsed fiom the moment the engine enters the platform till the last compartment leaves the platform) which is 88 m long, and that it look 9 s to pass him, Assuming that the train was moving with uniform speed, what isthe length of the train in meters? IKVP¥-2015] (A) 55 (B) 60 © 6 ) 72 Let x, y, = be positive real. Which of the following implies x= y ==? [KVPY-2015] 1d + PME Sms M84 pet y= Baye I, 384 e+ 2x =x I. (ty +2) =27 ayz (A) 1.1V only (B) 1,1, and IV only (© L.U,andit only (D) All ofthem ‘There are two candles of same length and same size. Both of them burn at uniform rate, The first one buens in 5 hr and the second one burns in 3 hr. Both the candles are lit together. After how many minutes the length of the first candle is 3 times that of the other? [KVPY-2016] (a) 90 @B) (©) 135 ©) Consider the equation (1 ++ 9? =3(1 + +), where 4, bare real numbers. Then, [KVPY¥-2016] (A) there isno solution pai (a, 6) {B) there are infinitely many solution pairs (a, 6) (C) there are exactly two solution pairs (a,b) (D) there is exactly one solution pair (o, 6) Let be real number such that ® = ar + b for some pos- itive integers « and b. Then, for any choice of positive integers « and 6, ? is never equal to 120 150 [KVP¥-2016] 37. 38. 39. 40. a 42. (A) 443 (©) tor+3 (®B) 8+5 (D) 645 Let r(x) be the remainder when the polynomial x45 + 21% = ylI5 +35 +1 is divided by #° — x. Then IKVPY-20171 (A) 1s) is the zer0 polynomial {B) 13) isa non-zero constant (C) degree of r(x) is one (D) degree of rs) is two 1672 487 = 6°, where x and y are non-zero tational numbers, then x + y equals [KVPY-2017] 10 (A) 3 we — @ Os 10 (C) ip) -2 © @ -5 Let S be the set of all ordered pairs (x, 7) of positive Integers satisfying the condition x2 ~ y? = 12345678. Then, IKVPY-2017] (A). Sivan infinite set (B)_ Sis the empty set (©) Shas exactly one element (D) Sia finite setand-has-at east two elements Let ayy dg, dy ay be real mambers such that a, + a, a+ 0,=Uand af +04 +af = 1. Then the smallest possible value of the expression (a, ~ a.) + (a, — a3)? + (a, ~ a) + (a, ~ a,) lies in the interval: IKVPY.2017] A) 0.15) @®) (15,25) ©) 25,3) ) 6.33) Ina classroom, one-fifth of the boys leave the class and the ration of the remaining boys to gitls is 2 : 3. I far- ther 44 girls leave the clas, then class the ratio of boys to girl is 5: 2. How many more boys should leave the class so that the number of boys equals that of girls? [KVPY-2017] (a) 16 ©) 30 @) 24 ) 36 ‘There are exactly ewelve Sunday in the period from January 1 to March 31 in a certain year. Then, the day ‘corresponding to February 15 in that year is [KVPY-2017] (A) Tuesday. (B) Wednesday (©) Thursday (D) Not possible to determine fiom the given data 43. Ifa, b, care real numbers such that @ + 6 + =O and +P +21, then Gat 5b~ 89? + Ba + 3b-+ 59? + (Ga— 8b + 39? is equal to [KVPY-2017] (A) 49 (B) 98 © 147 @) 24 44, Consider the following two statements [KVPY-2018] i, Any pair of consistent liner equations in two variables mast have a unique solution, fi, There do not exist two consecutive integers, the sum of whose squares is 365. both I and IL are true both Hand I are false Tis true and Il is false Tis fale and IT is true a) (B) © ) The number of cubic polynomials P(x) satisfying P(1) = 2,P2) =4,P) = 6,P(4)=8 is IKVPY-2019] (a) 0 @) 1 (C)_ more than one but finitely many (D) infinitely many PART — Ill Previous Years’ PRMO Problems 1. Forhow'itay pairs ofpositive integers (x, y) sx + 3y= 1002 IPRE-RMO-2012] 2. ‘The letters R, M, and O represent whole numbers If Rx Mx O=240, RX O+ M=46 and R + Mx O = 64, what is the value of R + M+ OF IPRE-RMO-2012] 3. Suppose that 4° =5,5% = 6,6" =7,...126% = 127, 127% = 128, What is the value of the product XI, x12 [PRE-RMO-2012] =a and ala #0 then nitincdaberalne ofeoe ta 29 eetate [PRE-RMO-2012] ender 4. Wa=b—ob~6, 5. How many integer pairs (x, ) stil <2 + 4y? — 2xy — 2v-4y-8=02 [PRE-RMO-2012] 6. Three points X, ¥, Z are on a straight line such that XY= 10 and XZ=3, What isthe product of all possi- ble values of [PRE-RMO-2013) 7. Let Akbar and Birbal together have 1 marbles, where n>0. Akbar sys to Birbal, “ IFT give you some marbles then ‘you will have thrice as many marbles as I will have”. Basics of Algebra ARTE 9% 10. i; 1B. 4 15. 16. 17. ‘Wohac is the minimum posible value of n for which the above statements are true? [PRE-RMO-2013] Carol was given three numbers and was asked to add the largest of three to the product of the other two. Instead, she multiplied the largest with the sum of the other two, but still got the right answer. What is the sum ofthe thtee numbers, [PRE-RMO-2013] number x,y, = are such that =17,y2 #4x=1, and 2?+2x=2. What is the value of x7 +y?#27? [PRE-RMO-2013] Ifreal number a, bd esatisly a+ 1=b+2=c+3= a+ + b+ c+ d+ e+3, whats the value of PHP EHP tA [PRE-RMO-2014] what is the value of x) 4.9) [PRE-RMO-2014] exe ‘One morning, each member of Manjul’s Family drank an 8-ounce mixture of coffee and milk. The amounts of coffee and milk varied from cup to cup. but were never zero. Manjul drank 1/7th of total amount of milk and 2/17 of the total amount of coffee. How many peo- ple are there in Manjals family? [PRE-RMQ-2014} Let ay Xeon Xn be real umber different from 1, such that xy +4) +-.+Xa4 21 and ot SM = 1, What is the value 1X [PRE-RMO-2014] Tx, 1x, 1 2 cman cells «evan dizer ste ae fa 3 hours; he could ride both ways in 2h ous. How many hours would it take him to walk both ways? [PRE-RMO-2015] Postveimegers« and bare such that a+ = 4 [PRE-RMO-2015] Let Px) be a non-zero polynomial with integer coeffi- cients. If P{n) is divisible by 1 for cach positive integer nn, what isthe value of P(0)? [PRE-RMO-2015] Leta, b, and cbe rel numbers such that ¢—7h-+8¢= 4 and 8a-t4b—¢ = 7, What ip the value of a? -0? #22 [PRE-RMO-2015] ‘What is the value of a? +b? 18. 19. 2a. 1e3t 42" of xy? 185 and 3° —2 = 473, whatis the value [PRE-RMO-2015] Let a b and ¢ be such ut a + 6 + ¢ = 0 and e é is defined. What 24 tab [PRE-RMO-2015] AA contractor has two team of worker: team A and team B. Team A can complete a job in 12 days and team B can do the same job in 36 days, Team A starts working ‘on the job and team Bjoints team After four days. The team A withdraws after two more days. For how many ‘more days should team B work to complete the job ? [PRE-RMO-2017] Qa be 2 +a is the value of P?, Apencosts1 anda notebook costs®13. Findthe num- ber of ways in which a person can spend exactly 81000 to buy pens and notebooks. [PRE-RMO-2017] - Ina clas, the total number of boys and girls are in the ratio 4 : 3. On one day it was found that 8 boys and 14 girls were absent from the class and that the mumber of boys was the square of the number of girls. What is the total number of'student s in the class? {PRE-RMO-2017] If the are x +dy? +163? is the value of x7 +? +272 real number such that ne 18 and xy + 4yx+ 22x = 24, what [PRE-RMO-2017] ‘A book is published in three volumes, the pages be- ing numbered from 1 onwards. The page numbers are continued from the first volume to the second volume to the third. The number of pages in the second vol- ‘ume is 50 more than that in the first volume, and the ‘number pages in the third volume is one and a half times that in the second. The sum of the page numbers ‘on the fist pages of the three volumes is 1709. If mis the last page mumber, what is the largest prime factor ofn? IPRE-RMO-2018] If a, b, ¢ 2 4 are integers, not all equal, and 4abe = (a+ 3) (b +3) (¢ + 3), then what is the value of a + be [PRE-RMO-2018] Let P(x) =ag+ ay ax" +....44qyx" be a polynomial in which is non-negative integer for each i€ {0, 1, 2, sass IEP{I) = 4 and PGS) = 136, what isthe value of PB? [PRE-RMO-2018] 27. Ona clock, there are two instants between 12 noon and 1 PM, when the hour hand and the minute hand are at right angles, The difference in minutes between these ewo instants is written as a+, where ab care positive integers, with b< cand b/cin the reduced from, Whats the value ofa ++? [PRE-RMO-2019] 28. How many positive integers m ae there such that 3 $ nS 100 and x” + x +1 is divisible by xy +x +12 [PRE-RMO-2019] sip i841. What isthe smallest positive value of xx? 1sisjs101 [PRE-RMO-2019] 29. Each of the numbers x83. 30, Find the smallest positive integer m2 10 such that n+ 6 is a prime and 91 +7 isa perfect square. [PRE-RMO-2019} 31. One day I went for a walk in the morning at x minutes past 5°O dlock, where x isa two digit number. When T returned, it was y minutes past 6° clock, and I noticed that I walked exactly for x minutes and (i) y was a 2 digit number obtained by reversing the digits of x. How many minutes did I walk? [PRE-RMO-2019] 32. Find the largest value of such that the positive integers 4, b> 1 satity, ahh! + ab +6" = 5329, [PRE-RMO-2019]

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