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1. Ans: Dlyan started with 8.
Let X be the number Dylan started with.
3X 4
14
2
3 X 4 28
3 X 28 4
3 X 24
24
X
3
X 8
Therefore, Dylan started with 8.
2. Ans: Their ages again have their digits reversed eleven years later.
Kelly’s mother is 27 years older than Kelly. Her mother is 41 now. The next possible reversal
of the digits could occur when her mother is in her fifties and Kelly is in her twenties. That is,
at 52 and 25 years of age. Since the difference is still 27 years, the problem is solved. Their
ages again have their digits reversed eleven years later.
3. Ans:The first time after 5 am that both lights flash together is 5:06 am.
From 3:00 to 5:00 is 120 minutes. We need the least multiple of 14 that is greater than 120.
120 divided by 14 is between 8 and 9. Then 9 14 126 is the least such multiple of 14. 126
minutes after 3:00 am is 5:06 am. The first time they flash together after 5 am is 5:06 am.
4. Ans:The numeral will the hand point 24 hours from now is 1.
Every 7 hours the hand returns to its starting point.
After 7, 14, and 21 hours, the hand points to 5.
After 24 hours, the hand has moved 3 numbers past 5, and 24 hours from now, the hand points
to 1.
5. Ans: Henry has spent RM2.
4 minutes equals 8 sets of 30 seconds, therefore Henry’s 4-minute game was his eighth game.
Henry played 8 games, spending RM0.25 each.
Henry has spent RM2.
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6. Ans: The number of pupils who said they liked both chocolate and vanilla is 11.
Let x indicate the number of pupils who like both vanilla and chocolate.
35 students like vanilla, therefore 35 x only like vanilla (and not chocolate).
32 students like chocolate, thus 32 x only like chocolate (and not vanilla).
With 80 pupils in total,
(35 x) x (32 x) 24 80
35 x x 32 x 24 80
91 x 80
x 11
There are 11 students who like both vanilla and chocolate.
7. Ans: The greatest possible sum is 10599.
Then A and C are 2 and 3 (in some order), making B 1 .
The next most important digits in determining the sum are in the second (hundreds) column.
Since B 1 , this sum will be greatest when A 3 .
Then C must be 2.
The greatest sum is 3124 5312 2163 10599 .
8. Ans:The digit in Box X is 9.
X 7 e d c 7 b 4
Since the sum of 7, b and 4 is 20, b 9 . Then, the sum of 9, 7 and c is 20, so that c 4 .
Continuing this process from right to left one box at a time, d 9 , e 7 , and so on. Then the
value of X is 9. The number turns out to be 94, 794, 794, 794, 794. The leftmost 7, which was
given, serves as a check.
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9. Ans: The number of multiples of 7 are there between 100 and 1000 is 128.
There are 142 multiples of 7 less than 1000.
Of these, the first 14 should not be counted because they are less than 100.
The number that should be counted is 142 14 128 .
There are 128 multiples of 7 between 100 and 1000.
10. Ans: The number of students who have voted is 30.
Think of the class as consisting of 5 groups of equal size: 3 whole groups vote for Kelly and 2
for Ethan. After 8 students switch, think of the class as now consisting of 3 groups of equal
size (each different in size from the original 5 groups): 2 groups vote for Ethan and the other
for Kelly. To be divided into either 3 equal groups or 5 equal groups, the class must contain
15, 30, 45 students or some other multiple of 15.
Suppose 15 students are in the class. Then Kelly would win, 9-6. Switch 8 votes and Ethan
would win 14-1. Reject – the ratio is not 2:1.
Suppose 30 students are in the class. Then Kelly would win, 18-12. Switch 8 votes and Ethan
would win, 20-10. Accept – The ratio is 2:1. Hence, a total of 30 students voted.
11. Ans: The value of y is 1080.
The number of complete revolutions the first coin G has turned through is the sum of two
components: the number of revolutions round the stationary coin H if G were sliding on H and
the number of revolutions round G’s own axis (perpendicular to its plane and through its
centre) determined by the distance travelled on the circumference of H. Therefore, the total
2 (2r)
number of revolutions is 1 1 2 3 .
2 r
Thus, the number of degrees 3 360 1080 .
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12. Ans: The sum of all positive integers p is 25.
p 3 p 120 120
Note that p 2 . It is an integer if and only if ( p 2 1) |120 .
( p 1)( p 1) p 1
Then p 2 1 1, 2,3, 4,5, 6,8,10,12,15, 20, 24,30, 40, 60,120 .
Therefore, p 0, 2,3, 4,5,11 ; and 2 3 4 5 11 25 .
13. Ans: The minimal number of withdrawals required to withdraw all the balls from
the box is 200.
Since at most one red ball can be withdrawn each time, it requires at least 200 withdrawals.
On the other hand, 200 is possible. For example,
150 (2, 2,1) 20 (4, 0,1) 10 (2, 0,1) 20 (0, 0,1) (400,300, 200) .
14. Ans: The value of is 300.
We claim that the school must be built in R. Suppose the school is to be built at another point
B.
The change in distance travelled
300RB 200QB 100PB 200QR 100PR
100( RB BP RP) 200( RB BQ RQ)
0
by triangle inequality.
Therefore, min( p q) 0 300 300 .
15. Ans: The length of MA in units is 26.
2 BA 2 2CA 2 CB 2
MA 2
4
2(32) 2(36) 2 44 2
2
MA 2
4
2
MA 676
MA 26 units
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16. Ans: The four-digit number abcd is 2996.
Rewrite the equation as the following:
Since a is the last digit of 2d, a is even; since 2a 1 d 9 , a 4 . Therefore, a 2 or a 4 .
If a 4 , then d 2a 1 9 and thus d 9 ; but then the last digit of 2d would be 8 a , a
contradiction.
If a 2 , then d 2a 1 5 and the last digit of 2d is 2; hence d 6 . The equation reduces
to
There are 2 cases: either 2c 1 b and 2b 10 c , which has no integer solution; or
2c 1 10 b and 2b 1 10 c , which gives b c 9 .
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17. Ans: The smallest value of a is 12.
a 2 a a
(a 1) 2 (b 2)! (b 2)! . Then 2 .
b 2 b 2 ( a b 1)( a b 2)
That is, 2a2 (4b 6)a (2b2 6b 4 a) 0 .
8b 7 5
We can solve a b ( a b ).
4
Note that the square of any odd number has the form 8b 7 .
Select b so that 8b 7 5 4 , i.e., b 11 . Then a 12 .
18. Ans: The sum of all the integral values of m is 45.
The equation can be rewritten as ( m 1 2)2 ( m 1 3)2 1 .
If m 1 3 , it reduces to m 1 2 m 1 3 1 i.e. m 1 3 giving m 10 .
If m 1 2 , it reduces to 2 m 1 3 m 1 1 i.e. m 1 2 giving m 5 .
If 2 m 1 3 , i.e. 5 m 10 , it reduces to m 1 2 3 m 1 1 which is true for all
values of m between 5 and 10.
Therefore, the sum of all integral solutions is 5 6 7 8 9 10 45 .
19. Ans: The maximum value of y1 2 y2 49 y49 is 35.
( y1 2 y2 49 y49 ) 2
(1 y1 2 2 y2 49 49 y49 ) 2
(1 2 49)( y12 2 y22 49 y49
2
)
49 50
1 35 2
2
1
The equality holds if and only if y1 y49 .
35
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20. Ans: The value of DB 2 is 224.
Let the circle with centre D and radius r touch the tangent lines AC, BA produced and BC
produced at the points E, F and G respectively. Then r DE DF DG . Therefore,
1
triangles BDF and BDG are congruent, and hence DBA DBC CBA .
2
a 2 c 2 b 2 82 7 2 9 2 2 B 1 cos B 5
We have cos B , and thus sin .
2ac 2(8)(7) 7 2 2 14
To find r, we have ( ABD ) ( BCD ) ( ACD ) ( ABC ) , where ( ABD ) denotes the area of
triangle ABD, etc.
1 1 1 897
Therefore, cr ar br s ( s a )( s b)( s c) , where s 12 .
2 2 2 2
r
Solving, r 4 5 . Considering, triangle FDB, we have BD 4 14 .
B
sin
2
Hence, we have DB 2 224 .
21. Ans: The number of different positive integer values that M can attain is 504.
Note that ( 2 1) 2 3 2 2 , ( 2 1) 2 3 2 2 and ( 2 1)( 2 1) 1 . There are 1006
pairs of products in M; each pair of the product can be either 3 2 2 , 3 2 2 or 1. Let a be
the number of these products with value 3 2 2 , b be the number of these products with
value 3 2 2 and c be the number of them with value 1. The a b c 1006 . Therefore,
M a (3 2 2) b(3 2 2) c 3a 3b c 2 2(b a ) .
For M to be a positive integer, b a and therefore 2a c 1006 .
Further, M 6a c 6a 1006 2a 4a 1006 .
From 2a c 1006 and that 0 a 503 , it is clear that M can have 504 different positive
integer values.
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22. Ans: The number of 3-element subsets {m1 , m2 , m3} of S is 34220.
Note that the condition m j m j 1 ( j 2) for j 1, 2 is equivalent to that m1 3 m2 ,
m2 4 m3 .
Let M be the set of all 3-element subsets {m1 , m2 , m3} of S such that m1 3 m2 and
m2 4 m3 .
Let N be the set of all 3-element subsets {n1 , n2 , n3} of the set {1, 2, , 60} .
60
We shall show that M N 34220 by showing that the mapping below is a
3
bijection from M to N:
:{m1 , m2 , m3} {m1 , m2 2, m3 5} .
First, since {m1 , m2 , m3} M , we have m1 3 m2 and m2 4 m3 , and so
m1 m2 2 m3 5 , implying that {m1 , m2 2, m3 5} N .
It is clear that is injective.
It is also surjective, as for any {n1 , n2 , n3} N with n1 n2 n3 , we have
{n1 , n2 2, n3 5} M and
:{n1 , n2 2, n3 5} {n1 , n2 , n3}.
Therefore, is a bijection and M N 34220 .
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23. Ans: The 2011th “invisible” integer is 6034.
Let m be a positive integer.
1 2
If m y m , then 2m 2 y 2m and 3m 3 y 3m 1 , giving
3 3
M y 2 y 3 y m 2m 3m 6m .
1 1 2 3
If m y m , then 2m 2 y 2m 1 and 3m 1 3 y 3m , giving
3 2 3 2
M y 2 y 3 y m 2m 3m 1 6m 1.
1 2 4 3
If m y m , then 2m 1 2 y 2m and 3m 3 y 3m 2 , giving
2 3 3 2
M y 2 y 3 y m 2m 1 3m 1 6m 2 .
2 4
If m y m 1 , then 2m 2 y 2m 2 and 3m 2 3 y 3m 3 , giving
3 3
M y 2 y 3 y m 2m 1 3m 2 6m 3 .
Therefore, “invisible” numbers must be of the form 6m 4 and 6m 5 . The 2011th “invisible”
2011 1
integer is 4 6 6034 .
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24. Ans: The answer is 10045.
The number of grid points (x, y) inside the rectangle with four corner vertices (0, 0), (11, 0),
(0, 2010) and (11, 2010) is (11 1) (2010 1) 20090 .
There are no grid points on the diagonal between (0, 0) and (11, 2010) excluding these two
points, since for any point (x, y) on this segment between (0, 0) and (11, 2010), we have
2010 x
y .
11
2010 x
But for an integer x with 1 x 10 , is not an integer.
11
Therefore, the number of grid points (x, y) inside the triangle formed by corner points (0, 0),
(2010 1)
(0, 2010) and (11, 2010) is (11 1) 10045 .
2
For any grid point (x, y) inside the triangle formed by corner points (0, 0), (0, 2010) and (11,
11 y
2010), we have 1 y 2009 , 1 x .
2010
Therefore, for any fixed positive integer y, there are the number of grid points satisfying the
11 y 11 y 11 y
condition that 1 x is , as is not an integer when 1 y 2009 . Hence,
2010 2010 2010
the number of grid points (x, y) inside the triangle formed by corner points (0, 0), (0, 2010)
11 11 2 11 3 11 4 11 2009
and (11, 2010) is .
2010 2010 2010 2010 2010
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25. Ans: The area of the triangle EDB in cm2 is 45.
Let d AC 24 cm. First, it is not difficult to see that BED BCA and BDE BAC ,
so that the triangles DBE and ABC are similar.
Let M and N be the feet of the perpendiculars from B onto DE and AC respectively. As M is
d d 4 2d
the midpoint of OB, we have BM cm. Also BN BO sin BOC cm.
4 2 5 5
BM 5d 5d
Thus, DE AC d cm. Therefore, the area of the triangle EDB is
BN 8d 8
1 1 d 5d 5d 2
BM DE cm2. Substituting d 24 cm, the area of the triangle EDB
2 2 4 8 64
in cm2 is 45.
