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1 Numbers
1.1
Which of the following numbers is equal to the sum 88 + 88 + 88 + 88 + 88 + 88 + 88 + 88 ?
(A) 88
(B) 89
(C) 648
(D) 864
(E) 6464

1.2
Let 3a = 4, 4b = 5, 5c = 6, 6d = 7, 7e = 8, 8f = 9. What is the product abcdef ?
(A) 1
(B) √
2
(C) 6
(D) 3
(E) 10/3

1.3
a+b b+c c+a
Three different nonzero numbers a, b and c are chosen, so that c
= a
= b
. What is the com-
mon value of these three quotients?
(A) 3
(B) 1
(C) 0
(D) -1
(E) -3

1.4
5n+26
Find the number of integers n such that 2n+3
is an integer.
(A) 1

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(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

1.5
Find the number of times between 1 o’clock and 4 o’clock when the hour hand is perpendicular to
the minute hand.
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6

1.6
On the set N = 0, 1, 2,..., an operation * is defined as a * b = —a - b—. Which of the following
properties is true about the system N coupled with *?
A. The operation * is commutative
B. The operation * is associative
C. There is an identity element
D. Each element has an inverse

(A) Only A
(B) Only C and D
(C) Only A, B and C
(D) Only A, C and D
(E) A, B, C and D

1.7
The largest integer n such that 2n divides 179 − 99 is
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7

1.8
A number m = 111..11 consists of entirely of 1’s in its decimal representation and is divisible by
13. Which number below need not divide m?
(A) 3

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(B) 7
(C) 11
(D) 17
(E) 37

1.9
A number m = 111..11 consists of entirely of 1’s in its decimal representation and is divisible by
13. Which number below need not divide m?
(A) 3
(B) 7
(C) 11
(D) 17
(E) 37

1.10
What is the greatest common divisor of 215 + 315 and 225 + 325 ?
(A) 5
(B) 11
(C) 55
(D) 275
(E) a number greater than 300

1.11
Let x be the smallest number larger than 2 that leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by each of 3,5
and 6. Then the sum of the digits of x is
(A) 1
(B) 5
(C) 11
(D) 12
(E) 14

1.12
Simplified, (1 ∗ 3 ∗ 5 ∗ ... ∗ 31) ∗ 216 ∗ 16! becomes
(A) 30!
(B) 31!
(C) 32!
(D) (30!)2
(E) 36!

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1.13
Suppose the operation T is defined by aTb = a + b + ab. If 3Tx = 23, then x =
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6

1.14
Suppose that * is an operation on integers defined by a ∗ b = a2 + b. What is the value of 3*(2*1)?
(A) 12
(B) 14
(C) 54
(D) 170
(E) 172

1.15
After a p% price reduction, what increase does it take to restore the original price?
(A) p%
p
(B) 1−p %
(C) 100 − p%
100p
(D) 100+p
%
100p
(E) 100−p
%

1.16
What is the largest prime divisor of 216 − 16?
(A) 7
(B) 11
(C) 13
(D) 17
(E) 23

1.17
If A + B = 12, B + C = 10, and C + D = 16, then A + D = ?
(A) 12
(B) 14
(C) 16

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(D) 18
(E) 20

1.18
The last digit of 5789 is
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 7
(E) 9

1.19
The number of even positive integers that are divisors of 720 = 24 ∗ 32 ∗ 5?
(A) 7
(B) 11
(C) 13
(D) 17
(E) 23

1.20
If 24 ∗ 38 = n ∗ 64 , then n =
(A) 12
(B) 24
(C) 27
(D) 54
(E) 81

1.21
Which of the following numbers has the smallest value?
(A) 1.5
(B) log3 2
(C) π2
(D) log4 10
1
(E) 4 3

1.22
For how many positive integers n, 3n + 81 is the square of an integer?
(A) 0

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(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

1.23
What is the smallest positive integer n such that 31 divides 5n + n?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

1.24
Suppose a and b are positive integers such that (a + 2b)(a - b) = 10. What is the value of 2a - b?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

1.25
If integers m, n, a, b satisfy the equation36ma2 − 6nb2 = 1008, then what is the largest integer that
can divide both a and b?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 6
(E) 8

1.26
What is the last digit d of the 9-digit number 19700019d, given that the number is prime?
(A) 1
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 7
(E) 9

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1.27
The price of a cycle is reduced by 25 per cent. The new price is reduced by a further 20 per cent.
The two reductions together are equal to a single reduction of
(A) 32.5%
(B) 45%
(C) 35%
(D) 30%
(E) 40%

1.28
When 436,921 is rounded to the nearest thousand and then expressed in scientific notation, the re-
sult is
(A) 4.369 ∗ 102
(B) 4.369 ∗ 105
(C) 4.37 ∗ 104
(D) 4.37 ∗ 105
(E) 4.4 ∗ 105

1.29
If yΛx = y 2x for all positive integers, then (3Λ4)Λ2 =
(A) 324
(B) 332
(C) 38
(D) 312
(E) 316

2 Algebra
2.1
If x + 2y = 11 and 3x + y = 13, then x + y =
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7

2.2
Suppose that x+ x1 = 3. Then x3 + x13 =
(A) 9

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(B) 15
(C) 18
(D) 24
(E) 27

2.3
For all real numbers x, the function f(x) satisfies 2f (x) + f (1 − x) = x2 . Find f(5).
(A) 4
(B) 34/3
(C) 8
(D) 19/3
(E) 12

2.4
If a is a solution to x2 − x − 1 = 0, what is the value of a6 − 2a5 + a3 + 5?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 3
(D) 5
(E) 9

2.5
Find the number of ordered pairs (x, y), with x and y both integers, that satisfy the equation
x2 − 4y 2 = −3
(A) 0
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 6

2.6
If x + 3y + 5z = 200 and x + 4y + 7z = 225, then x + y + z =
(A) 90
(B) 125
(C) 150
(D) 175
(E) none of these

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2.7
1 1 1 1
1∗2
+ 3∗2
+ 3∗4
+ ... + 99∗100
99
(A) 100
(B) 1
(C) 100
99
(D) 101
99
(E) 23

2.8
If A, B and C are constants such that for all values of x, 3x2 +6x+5 = (Ax+B)(x−3)+C(x2 +1).
What does A have to be?
(A) 0
(B) -2
(C) 2
(D) 5
(E) -5

2.9
Let a1 = 1 and an+1 = 3an +4
for n ≥ 1. Then as n approaches infinity, the value of an approaches
√ 2an +3
(A) √ 2
(B) 3√
(C) 2+√3 3
(D) 4 3 3
(E) infinity

2.10
√ √
Let a1 = 2. For n ≥ 2, define an = 1 + an−1 . Then a4 = cos2θ for which of the following
values of θ?
π
(A) 12
π
(B) 16
π
(C) 18
π
(D) 24
π
(E) 32

2.11
Suppose that f is a function with the property that for all x and y, f (x + y) = f (x) + f (y) + 1 and
f (1) = 2. What is the value of f (3)?
(A) 4
(B) 5

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(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 8

2.12
What is the coefficient of x3 in the expansion of (1 + x + x2 + x3 + x4 + x5 )6 ?
(A) 40
(B) 48
(C) 56
(D) 62
(E) 64

2.13
Suppose that x and y are integers such that y > x > 1 and y 2 − x2 = 187. Then one possible value
of xy is?
(A) 30
(B) 36
(C) 40
(D) 42
(E) 54

2.14
Suppose that x and y are integers such that y > x > 1 and y 2 − x2 = 187. Then one possible value
of xy is?
(A) 30
(B) 36
(C) 40
(D) 42
(E) 54

2.15
If the equations (1) x2 + ax + b = 0 and (2) x2 + cx + d = 0 have exactly one root in common, and
abcd 6= 0, then the other root of equation (2) is
(A) c−a
b−d
d
c+a
(B) b+d d
b+c
(C) a+d c
a−c
(D) b−d
(E) a+c
b−d
c

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2.16
If f (x)=1+x
1−3x
, f1 (x) = f (f (x)), f2 (x) = f (f1 (x)), and in general fn (x) = f (fn−1 (x)), then
f1993 (3) =
(A) 3
(B) 1993
(C) 12
(D) 15
(E) −2−1993

2.17
(log8 3)(log9 4) =
(A) 12
(B) 13
(C) 14
(D) 15
(E) 16

2.18
For each positive integer n, define Sn = 14 + 24 + 34 + ... + n4 . What is the value log10 (S100 − S99 )?
(A) 4
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10
(E) 100

2.19
√
The largest integer that is less than 2100 + 1010
(A) 250
(B) 250 + 10
(C) 250 + 100
(D) 250 + 1000
(E) 250 + 105 − 1

2.20
When expanded, the product (x + 2)(x + 3)(x + 4)..(x + 9)(x + 10) can be written as a9 x9 + a8 x8 +
... + a1 x + a0 . The value of a1 + a3 + a5 + a7 + a9 is
(A) 11!
(B) 11! - 9!
(C) 27(9!)
(D) (11!−9!)
2

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 (11!+9!)
(E) 2

2.21
For each positive integer n, let Sn = 1+ 12 + 1
3
+ ... + n1 . Then for n ≥ 7, nSn − (S1 + S2 + ... +
Sn−1 ) =
(A) n
(B) n + 1
(C) n + 2
(D) n - 1
(E) n - 2

2.22
For the equation x2 + 1994x + 3142 = 0 which of the following is a correct statement?
(A) It doesn’t have any real roots
(B) It has an integer root
(C) It has a positive root
(D) The sum of the reciprocals of the roots is less than -1
(E) None of (A) through (D) is correct

2.23
Suppose that f (x) is a function from the real numbers to the real numbers such that f (x + f (x)) =
4f (x) and f (1) = 4. What is the value of f (5)?
(A) 16
(B) 18
(C) 20
(D) 22
(E) 24

2.24
1 1
If r and s are the roots of x2 − 6x + 2 = 0, then r
+ s
=
(A) -3
(B) 3
(C) -6
(D) 6
(E) 2

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2.25
Let f (x) be a function which contains 2 in its domain and range. Suppose that f (f (x)) ∗ (1 +
f (x)) = −f (x) for all numbers in the domain of f (x). What is the value of f (2)?
(A) -1
(B) - 43
(C) - 23
(D) - 41
(E) 0

2.26
If x and y are two distinct numbers such that 2002 + x = y 2 and 2002 + y = x2 , what is the value
of xy?
(A) -2001
(B) -1001
(C) -1
(D) 1
(E) 2000

2.27
Suppose that α is a root of x4 + x2 − 1. What is the value of α6 + 2α4 ?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

2.28
How many of the solutions of the following equation are negative? x4 − 6x2 + 9 = 3x3 + 5x
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

2.29
How many rational roots does the following polynomial have? 2x4 + 7x3 + 9x2 + 7x + 2
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3

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(E) 4

2.30
Suppose that a, b, c and d are numbers which satisfy a + b + c + d = 10, (a + b)(c + d) = 16,
(a + c)(b + d) = 21 and (a + d)(b + c) = 24. What is the value of a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 ?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

2.31
Find all real numbers a such that the inequality ax2 − 2x + a < 0 holds for all real numbers x.
(A) a< − 2
(B) a< − 1
(C) a<0
(D) a< − 2 or a>2
(E) a< − 1 or a>1

2.32
There is one real root α of 4x1 00 − 2x2 + 3x − 1 satisfying 0.15<α ≤ 0.65. Which of the following
is nearest value to α?
(A) 0.2
(B) 0.3
(C) 0.4
(D) 0.5
(E) 0.6

2.33
How many different real numbers satisfy the equation below?
(x2 + 4x − 2)2 = (5x2 − 1)2
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

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2.34
x
Suppose that x and y are nonzero numbers for which xy = y
= x − y. What is the value of x + y?
(A) -1.5
(B) -0.5
(C) 0
(D) 0.5
(E) 1.5

2.35
Let a and b be the two positive solutions to the following equation log3x 3 + log27 3x = − 43 . What
is the value of a + b?
4
(A) 27
(B) 10
27
4
(C) 81
(D) 10
81
(E) 28
81

2.36
Let a, b and c be positive real numbers which satisfy the system of three equations below:
a + b2 + 2ac = 29
b + c2 + 2ab = 18
c + a2 + 2bc = 25
What is the value of a + b + c?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) 8

2.37
1
A real-valued function f defined for nonzero real numbers satisfies f ( x
) + x1 f (−x) = 2x. What
is the value of f (2)?
(A) 2.5
(B) 3
(C) 3.5
(D) 4
(E) 4.5

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2.38
Which
√ of the
√ numbers below is a solution to the following equation?
3−√ x + 3+x=x
(A) √6
(B) 2√ 3 − 1
(C) 3 2 3
p √
(D) √6 + 2
(E) 2 2

2.39
Suppose that f (x) = ax + b where a and b are the real numbers. Given that f (f (f (x))) = 8x + 21,
what is the value of a + b?

(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6

2.40
√
The expression ( 2)log2 9 simplifies to

(A) 3
(B) 4.5
(C) 6
(D) 7.5
(E) 9

2.41
If a + b = 2 and a2 + b2 = 5, then what is the value of a3 + b3 ?

(A) 11
(B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 14
(E) 15

2.42
Suppose that a, b, c, d and e are numbers which satisfy the system of three equations below:
13a + 26b + 2c + 13d + 3e = 18

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6a + 12b + c + 6d + e = 7
5a + 10b + c + 5d + e = 6
What is the value of e?
(A) -1
(B) 0
(C) 1
(D) 2
(E) 3

2.43
What is the sum of all the different solutions to the following equation?
(x2 +1)(x4 +1)(x6 +1)
x+1
+x−1=0
What is the value of e?
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 1
(E) 0

2.44
What is the sum of all the different solutions to the following equation?
(x2 +1)(x4 +1)(x6 +1)
x+1
+x−1=0
What is the value of e?
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 1
(E) 0

2.45
√
What is the range of the function f (x) = 8sin3 x + 17?
(A) [0, ∞)
(B) [0, 5]
(C) [0, 23]
(D) [3, 5]
(E) [3, 23]

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3 Geometry
3.1
The area of the square ABCD is 1. Diagonal AC is extended its own length to the point E, so that
C is √the midpoint of segment AE. Find the length of segment BE.
(A) 5
(B) 2 √
(C) 23 2
√
(D) √3
(E) 23 3

3.2
Two circular disks, each
√ of radius 1cm, are centered at points A and B, respectively. The distance
2
between A and B is 2cm. Find the area of the intersection of the two disks, in cm
(A) π2 - 1
√
(B) π2 - 2
(C) π4
√
(D) √ 2
(E) 2 - 1

3.3
cos(15)+sin(15)
Find the value of cos(15)−sin(15)
√
(A) √ 2
(B) 3
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 13

3.4
What√is the radius of the circle which circumcribes a triangle with sides of lengths 2, 3 and 4?
(A) 8√1717
(B) 8√1515
(C) 8 2424
(D) 2.5
(E) 2.25

3.5
Find the product cos(20)*cos(40)*cos(80)
(A) 12

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(B) 14
(C) 18
1
(D) 16
(E) None of these

3.6
Suppose a cylindrical open-ended can has radius 3 cm and height 10 cm. If the can is titled at a 45
degree angle, what volume of water (in cm3 ) will it hold?
(A) 45π
(B) 63π
(C) 70π
(D) 75π
(E) 80π

3.7
Which of the following has the largest value?
(A) sin(sin(20))
(B) sin(cos(20))
(C) cos(sin(20))
(D) cos(cos(20))
(E) cos(20)

3.8
If the width of a particular rectangle is doubled and the length is increased by 3, then the area is
tripled. What is the length of the rectangle?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 6
(E) 9

3.9
If 3 √
circles of radius 1 are mutually tangent as shown, what is the area of the gap they enclose?
(A) 3 - π2
(B) 16
(C) 13√
(D) 23 - π6
(E) π6

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3.10
What is the center of the circle passing through the point (6, 0) and tangent to the circle x2 + y 2 = 4
at (0,2)? (Two circles are tangent at a point P if they intersect at P and at no other point)
(A) (0, -6)
(B) (1, -9)
(C) (-1, -9)
(D) (0, -9)
(E) None of these

3.11
Suppose ABC is a triangle with area 24 and that there is a point P inside ABC which is distance 2
from each of the sides of ABC. What is the perimeter of ABC?
(A) 12
(B) 24
(C) 36 √
(D) 12√ 2
(E) 12 3

3.12
Suppose ABC is a triangle with 3 acute angles A, B and C. Then the point (cosB - sinA, sinB - cos
A)
(A) Can be in the 1st quadrant and can be in the 2nd quandrant only
(B) Can be in the 3d quadrant and can be in the 4th quadrant only
(C) Can be in the 2nd quadrant and can be in the 3d quadrant only
(D) Can be in the second quadrant only
(E) Can be in any of the 4 quadrants

3.13
π
sin( 12 )sin( 5π
12
)=
(A) 12
(B) 24
(C) 36 √
(D) 12√ 2
(E) 12 3

3.14
A circle is inscribed in right triangle ABC, where the right angle is at point C. The circle is tangent
to the segment AB at D and the lengths of the segments AD and DB are 7 and 13, respectively.
Find the area of the triangle.
(A) 19

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(B) 96
(C) 100
(D) 104
(E) 109

3.15
If (x, y) is a point on the circle x2 + y 2 = 1 and the distance from (x,y) to (0,1) is 65 , then y =
(A) 0.28
(B) 0.25
(C) 31
(D) 0.24
(E) 0.2

3.16
The area of the region consisting of those points (x,y) for which x2 + y 2 ≤ 2 and (x − 2)2 + y 2 ≤ 2
is
(A) 2
(B) π - 2
(C) 1.5
(D) 0.5π - 1
(E) 1

3.17
√ √
A triangle has sides of lengths 1, 2 and 7. The measure in radians of the angle opposite to 7 is
(A) π2
(B) 5π
8
(C) 2π
3
(D) 3π
4
(E) 5π
6

3.18
How many incongruent trapezoids ABCD with side AB parallel to side CD have sides of length
AB = 16, BC = 13, CD = 10 and DA = 6
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) infinitely many

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3.19
A point P and a circle C of radius 5 lie in a plane. The shortest distance from P to C is 8. A line
passing through P intersects C at exactly one point X; a second line passing through P intersects C
at exactly one point Y. What is the distance from X to Y?
(A) 120
13
(B) 9
(C) 8 √
2 10 √
(D) √
(E) 5 + 2 2

3.20
Suppose ABCD is a quadrilateral, inscribed in a circle. Then among the following identities:
sinA = sinC
sinA + sinC = 0
cosB + cosD = 0
cosB = cosD
How many are always true?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

3.21
A particle moves inside the square with vertices A = (0,0), B = (1, 0), C = (1,1), and D = (0,1).
It begins at the point ( 23 , 0), travels to some point on the edge BC, then travels to some point at
the edge CD, then travels to some point on the edge DA, and then travels to the point ( 16 , 0). The
minimum
√ distance the particle could have travelled on such a journey is
(A) 6
(B) 25
(C) 83
(D) 3
(E) None of these

3.22
A line through the points (m, -9) and (7,m) has slope m. What is the value of m?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) 5

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3.23
The perimeter of a right triangle is 40 and the sum of the squares of its sides is 578. Find the length
of the smallest side.
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 10

3.24
Points A, B, C and D lie on a circle with AB = 4, BC = 2, AC is a diameter, and the angle ABD is
equal√to the angle CBD. What is the length of BD?
(A) 2 3 + 1
(B) √95
√
(C) 3 2√
(D) 2 + 5
(E) 4

3.25
The lengths of two sides of a triangle are 2 and 9. Which of the following could be the length of
the third side?
(A) 4
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 12
(E) 14

3.26
Which of the following shapes has the largest area?
(A) A circle with radius of length 3
(B) A square with each side of length 5
(C) A rectangle with sides of lengths 3 and 9
(D) A right triangle with sides of lengths 6, 8 and 10
(E) An equilateral triangle with each side of length 7

3.27
A circle is inscribed in quadrilateral ABCD as shown, with AB = 16 and CD = 10. What is the
perimeter of the quadrilateral?
(A) 50

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(B) 52
(C) 54
(D) 56
(E) 58

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