PRMO 2018 Mock Test

Conducted by Saikat002
PRMO Mock Test Saikat002

Test Information

• The Mock Paper consists of 15 problems (50 marks) . Questions 1 − 3 carry 2 marks each, 4 − 11
carry 3 marks each and the remaining questions (12 − 15) carry 5 marks each.
• The paper is supposed to be solved in 1 hour 30 mins. If you take more time, mention the questions
solved within the time limit to ensure proper marking.
• Only pens, pencils, erasers, sharpeners, rulers and a countdown timer/stopwatch (in
some form) is allowed.
• Calculators, drawing aids such as graph paper, geogebra etc are NOT permitted.
• Your score depends on the number of questions answered correctly and there is no Negative Marking.
• Malpractice isn’t encouraged though it might help you get into the leader-board. Also there won’t
be any FIR filed against you under any circumstance.
• Participation in the mock test is definitely free.

Clarification

For any query or for any incorrect question, please type out the question number and REVOLT on the
AoPS thread.

Submission

The answers are to be PMed (Private Message) to AoPS user : Saikat0021 by 11:59:59 AM IST to be
marked.

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PRMO Mock Test Saikat002

Following questions carry 2 marks each :-

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1. 30 persons can sit in 5 distinguishable circular tables, 6 persons each in pq ways where p, q are
co-prime natural numbers. Find the value of p + q.
2. (p, m, n) are natural numbers such that p is a prime and 2m p2 + 1 = n5 . Find the value of p + m + n.
3. A, B, C are 3 sets such that A ∪ B ∪ C = (1, 2, · · · , 2018), A ∩ B ∩ C = φ. Number of such A, B, C
is T 2018 . Find T .

Following questions carry 3 marks each :-

4. p3 = 5x + 2 where p is a prime and x is a natural number. Find the number of solutions of this
equation.
5. (a, b, n) are 3 natural numbers such that n = a2 + b2 . b is a divisor of n and a is the smallest divisor
of n apart from 1. Find the sum of all possible values of n.
6. ABCD is a parallelogram in which P Q is a side parallel to AB and RS is a side parallel to BC.
P Q and RS intersect at T . Area of P T SD is 25 sq. unit and area of RT QB is 15 sq. unit. Find
the area of 4AT C.
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7. Let x1 , x2 , · · · , x6 be 6 non-negative real numbers such that xi = 1 and x1 x3 x5 + x2 x1 x6 ≥ 540 .
i=1 j k
X p
Maximum possible value of x1 x2 x3 is q where p, q are co-prime integers. Find pq
cyc

8. P (x) is a non-zero polynomial of degree 4 such that xP (x − 1) = (x − 33)P (x) holds for any x ∈ R.
Find the degree of P (x).
120
9. P (x) is a polynomial of degree 4 such that P (n) = n for n = 1, 2, · · · , 5. Find P (6).
10. ax2 − bx + c = 0 has 2 distinct roots lying in (0, 1). If a, b, c are natural numbers, find the minimum
possible value of abc.
11. Point P lies on the diagonal AC of a square ABCD with AP > CP . O1 and O2 be the circumcenters
√
√
of 4ABP and 4CDP respectively. AB = 12 and ∠O1 P O2 = 120◦ . Then AP = a + b where
a, b are positive integers. Find a + b.

Following questions carry 5 marks each :-

12. A pyramid has a triangular base with side lengths 20, 20, 24 respectively. The three edges of the
pyramid from the three corners of the base to the fourth vertex of the pyramid all have length 25.
Find the sum of digits of the square of the volume of the pyramid.
13. How many positive reals less than 100 can be expressed in xbxc form where x is a natural number?
14. Let n be the number of 5−element subsets that can be chosen from the set of the first 14 natural
n
numbers so that at least two of the five numbers are consecutive. Find 50 .
15. P (x) be a polynomial with non-negative integer coefficients such that P (0) = 33, P (1) = 40, P (9) =
60000. Find P (2).

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