NATIONAL BOARD FOR HIGHER MATHEMATICS AND HOMI BHABHA CENTRE FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH Pre-REGIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD, 2014 Mumbai Region October 12, 2014 QUESTION PAPER SET: A © There are 20 questions in this question paper. Each question carries 5 marks. » Answer all questions. © Time allotted: 2.5 hours. QUESTIONS 1. A natura) number & is such that k? < 2014 < (+1). What is the largest prime factor of ke 2. The first term of a sequence is 2014. Each succeeding term is the sum of the cubes of the digits of the previous term. What is the 2014" term of the sequence? 3. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral with perpendicular diegonals. If AB = 20, BC = 70 and CD = 90, then what is the value of DA? 4. Ina triangle with integer side lengths, one side is three times as long as a second side, and the length of the third side is 17. What is the greatest possible perimeter of the triangle? 5. If real numbers a, b, ¢, d, € satisty atl=b¢2=ct3=d44=e4+5=atbte+dtet3, what is the value of a? +0? +0? +d? +e?? 6. What is the smallest possible natural number n for which the equation 2? — ne + 2014 = 0 has integer roots? 7. If nl = 4, what is the value of 2") +207 8, Let 5 be asset of real numbers with mean M. If the means of the sets SU{15} and SU{15, 1} are M +2 and M +1, respectively, then how many elements does Shave? 9. Natural numbers k,1,p and g are such that if a and bare roots of 2? — ka +1=0 then a+ $ and b+ i are the roots of 2? — p+ = 0, What is the sum of all possible values of q? 10. Ina triangle ABC, X and ¥ are points on the segments AB and AC, respectively, such that AX :XB=1:2and AY: ¥C = 2:1. If the area of triangle AXY is 10 then what is the area of triangle ABC? 11. For natural numbers « and y, let (x,y) denote the greatest common divisor of ¢ and y. How many pairs of natural numbers « and y with x < y satisfy the equation 2y = 2 + y+ (x,y)?12, 13. 14 15. 16. if 18, 19, 20. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral with DAB = £BDC = 90°. Let the incircles of triangles ABD and BCD touch BD at P and Q, respectively, with P lying in between B and @. If AD = 999 and PQ = 200 then what is the sum of the radii of the inicircles of triangles ABD and BDC? For how many natura] numbers n between | and 2014 (both inclusive) is an integer? 8n 9999—n 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 1/7-th of the total amount of milk and 2/17-th of the total amount of coffee. How many people are there in Manjul’s family? Let XOY be a triangle with XOY = 90°. Let M and N be the midpoints of legs OX and OY, respectively. Suppose that XV = 19 and YM = 22. What is XY? In a triangle ABC, let J denote the incenter. Let the lines AI, BI and CT intersect the incircle at P,Q and R, respectively. If BAC = 40°, what is the value of ZQPR in degrees? For a natural number 6, let V(b) denote the number of natural numbers a for which the equation c? + az +b = 0 has integer roots. What is the smallest value of b for which N(b) = 20? Let f be a one-to-one function from the set of natural numbers to itself such that f(mn) = f(m)f(n) for all natural numbers m and n. What is the least possible value of f(999)? Let w1,22,-++ ,@aoia be real numbers different from 1, such that 2) +#2-+---+ona = 2 and | a: ag 72004 T= 22014 What is the value of r; 4 tio T2004 What is the number of ordered pairs (A,B) where A and B are subsets of {1,2,...,5} such that neither AC B nor BC A? Pre-RMO 2014 results will be put up on HBCSE website by 31/10/2014. |NATIONAL BOARD FOR HIGHER MATHEMATICS A 10. Ts 12. . Suppose that 4*1 = 5,5%2 = 6,6*3 AND HOMI BHABHA CENTRE FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH Pre-REGIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD, 2012 Mumbai Region October 7, 2012 QUESTION PAPER SET: A ‘There are 20 questions in this question paper. Each question carries 5 marks. Answer all questions. ‘Time allotted: 2 hours. QUESTIONS 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? A triangle with perimeter 7 has integer side lengths. What is the maximum possible area of such a triangle? For how many pairs of positive integers (a, y) is z + 3y = 100? ‘The letters R, M, and O represent whole numbers. If Rx M x O = 240,RxO+M =46 and R + M x O = 64, what is the value of R+ M +0? i Let S, =n? + 20n + 12, na positive integer. What is the sum of all possible values of n for which S, is a perfect square? A postman has to deliver five letters to five different houses. Mischievously, he posts one letter through each door without looking to sec if it is the correct address. In how many different ways could he do this so that exactly two of the five houses receive the correct letters? In AABC, we have AC = BC = 7 and AB = 2. Suppose that D is a point on line AB such that B lies between A and D and CD = 8. What is the length of the segment BD? - In rectangle ABCD, AB = 5 and BC = 3. Points F and G are on line segment CD so that DF =1 and GC = 2. Lines AF and BG intersect at E. What is the aren of AAEB? <+)126*W3 = 127,127%124 = 128. What is the value of the product X,X2...Xi24? ABCD is a square and AB = 1. Equilateral triangles AY B and CX D are drawn such that X and ¥ are inside the square. What is the length of XY? Let P(n) = (n + 1)(n + 3)(n + 5)(n +7)(n +9). What is the largest integer that is a divisor of P(n) for all positive even integers n? 1 v2011 + V2011? — 1 of m+n? If = Ym ~ /n, where m and n are positive integers, what is the value