IOQM WORK SHEETS
Subject : Mathematics 2025 - 2026
Topic : Basic Algebra
1. Rama was asked by her teacher to subtract 3 from a certain number and then divide the result by
9. Instead she subtracted 9 and then divided the result by 3. She got 43 as the answer. What would
have been her answer if she had solved the problem correctly? (Pre-RMO, 2012)
2. For how many pairs of positive integers (x, y) is x + 3y = 100? (Pre-RMO, 2012)
3. Suppose that 4x1 = 5,5x2 = 6,6x3 = 7,......., 126x123 = 127, 127x124 = 128. What is the product
x1x2 .....x124 ? (Pre-RMO, 2012)
a b c d
4. If a = b − c, b = c − d,c = d − a and abcd 0, then what is the value of + + + ?
b c d a
(Pre-RMO, 2012)
5. What is the smallest positive integer k such that k(33 + 43 + 53 ) = an for some positive integers ‘a’
and ‘n’, with n > 1 ? (Pre-RMO, 2013)
6. If real numbers a, b, c, d, e satisfies a + 1 = b + 2 = c + 3 = d + 4 = e + 5 = a + b + c + d + e + 3,
What is the value of a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 + e2 ? (Pre-RMO, 2014)
7.
4
If x(x ) = 4, what is the value of x
( x ) + x( x ) ?
2 8
(Pre-RMO, 2014)
8. If 3x + 2y = 985 and 3x − 2y = 473, what is the value of xy? (Pre-RMO, 2015)
3 1
9. A man walks a certain distance and rides back in 3 hours, he could ride both ways in 2 hours.
4 2
How many hours would it take him to walk both ways? (Pre-RMO, 2015)
10. A pen costs Rs. 11 and a note book costs Rs. 13. Find the number of ways in which a person can
spend exactly Rs. 1000 to buy pens and notebooks. (Pre-RMO, 2017)
11. Find the number of positive integers that divide 10999 but not 10998. (RMO, 1999)
12. If p, q, r are positive integers such that 2p + 2q + 2r = 2336, then find the value of p + q + r.
13. Show that x2008 + 2008! = 21y has no positive integral solutions.
14. Find all non-negative integral solutions of 2p + 2q = 2r , where p q.