QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 4.

Find the value of g in

3 MARKS EACH

1. Find the last 2 digits in the sum.

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ⋯ + 2017 + 2018

(A) 75
(B) 71 (A) 9
(C) 56
(D) 63 (B) 5
(E) None of the above (C) 7
(D) 4
(E) None of the above
2. It is now 3:15 PM. After how many
minutes will the minute-hand form an
angle of 30° with the hour-hand? 5. It is known that . is a prime number.
If ./ + 2 is also a prime number, find ..
9
(A) 5
11
3 (A) 2
(B) 5
11 (B) 3
9 (C) 5
(C) 6
11
(D) 7
9
(D) 6 (E) None of the above
12
(E) None of the above

6. Find the number of digits in 4// × 512 .

(A) 22
3. When (45 − 4) is divided by 5, where (B) 23
4 ∈ ℤ: , the remainder is (C) 40
(D) 42
(A) 0
(E) None of the above
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3
(E) 4

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7. There are 7 black, 5 white and 9. Find the positive integral solution of
4 orange balls in a bag. Four balls are 1 1 1 5
+ + =
drawn without replacement. Find the ; < = 6
probability that at least 3 balls are
white. (A) (2 , 4 , 12)
(B) (2 , 6 , 6)
(A) 23 (C) (3 , 3 , 6)
362 (D) (3 , 4 , 4)
(B) 1
(E) All of the above
18
(C) 23
363
(D) 1 10. Today is Saturday. What day is it 3100
19 days later?
(E) None of the above

(A) Sunday
8. Given that the area of ∆BCD is 1 and (B) Monday
EF GH JI K (C) Tuesday
= = = , what is the area
GF HI IF /
(D) Wednesday
of ∆LMN?
(E) None of the above

QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH

4 MARKS EACH

11. If O − P = 3 and O/ + P / = 5 , then the

K K
value of − R is
Q

(A) 1
2
7
(A) (B) 1
75
8
(B) (C) 3
75
2
8
(C) (D) 2
27
1
(D) (E) None of the above
3
9
(E) 21

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12. 15 countries took part in The World 15. It is known that S is a positive integer
Cup. Each team played exactly 2 such that S × 874 is a 5-digit number
ending with 92. Possible value(s) of S
matches. The winner scored 3 points
is/are
and the loser scored 0 points. Each
team got 1 point for a draw. How i. 48 ii. 58 iii. 68 iv. 108

many more points at most did the

(A) i only
champion score than the runner up?
(B) ii only
(C) i and iii
(A) 48
(D) ii and iv
(B) 51
(E) i, ii and iii
(C) 53
(D) 56
(E) 59
16. In the figure below, BCDL is a
rectangle. E and F are mid-points of
13. It is known that S, 4 and . are AD and CE, respectively. If the area of
positive integers, where S < 4 < . . ∆CLN is 7.5 cm2, find (in cm2) the
If 2U + 2V + 2W = 2336, find the value area of rectangle BCDL.
of S.

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) Unable to determine

14. How many odd digits are there in the

result of 1 111 111 111 × 9 999 999 999? (A) 45
(B) 56

(A) 10 (C) 58

(B) 11 (D) 60

(C) 8 (E) None of the above

(D) 9
(E) None of the above

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 /
17. of the journey from Lethbridge to 19. The chord AB, common to the circles
X
with centres m and n, has length 2√3.
Medicine Hat is highway, while the
K
It forms 1 side of an equilateral
remaining is country road.
X triangle in circle m and 1 side of a
Connecting the highway to the right hexagon in circle n. Find the
country road is the town of St. Paul. ratio of the areas of both circles.
A van left Lethbridge for Medicine
Hat, travelling at 100 km/h on
highway and 60 km/h on country
road. A car left Medicine Hat for
Lethbridge, travelling at 70 km/h on
country road and 110 km/h on
highway. The car and the van passed
each other 44 km away from
St. Paul. Find, in km, the distance
from Lethbridge to Medicine Hat.
(A) 1 ∶ √3
(B) 3 ∶ 2√3
(A) 248
(C) 1 ∶ 3
(B) 339
(C) 441 (D) √3 ∶ 4
(E) None of the above
(D) 453
(E) None of the above

18. Let 4 be a positive integer such that

4/ + 154 + 36 is a perfect square. Find
the value of 4.

(A) 13
(B) 14
(C) 15
(D) 16
(E) None of the above

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 20. Starting from any letter ‘M’ below, 22. It is known that 4 is a 10-digit
the word MADAM can be spelled by number of the [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ ,
form 2017;2018<
moving up, down, left or right to an where ; and < can be any integer 0 to
adjacent letter. How many ways are 9. How many such numbers 4 are
there to spell MADAM? there that are divisible by 33?

23. It is known that O , P and \ are

constants and

when ; = 1,
; X + O; / + P; + \ = 1

(A) 90
when ; = 2,
(B) 120
; X + O; / + P; + \ = 2
(C) 144
(D) 169
when ; = 8,
(E) None of the above
; X + O; / + P; + \ = ]

QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH when ; = −5,

6 MARKS EACH
; X + O; / + P; + \ = ^
21. It is known that
1
^V:K = Find (] − ^).
1
1+^
V

for 4 = 1, 2, 3, 4, … , 2017, 2018.

Evaluate 24. Given that (; − 3) is a positive integer

^K ^/ + ^/ ^X + ^X ^1 + ⋯ + ^/2K` ^/2Ka and a factor of 3; / − 2; + 9, find the
where ^K = 1. sum of all possible values of ;.

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 25. It is known that circles with centres
bK and b/ are tangent at point M.
AB and CD are external tangents to
both the circles.

Given that b/ M ⊥ bK B , ∠BbK D = 120°

and b/ C = 1 \S, find the area of the
shaded region.

Leave your answer in terms of e.

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 SEAMO 2018
Paper D – Answers

Multiple-Choice Questions

Questions 1 to 10 carry 3 marks each.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
B C A A B

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
D E C E E

Questions 11 to 20 carry 4 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

C D B A D

Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

D C A C C

Free-Response Questions
Questions 21 to 25 carry 6 marks each.

21 22 23 24 25
2017 11
3 559 96 4√3 − +
2018 6

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