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Pre RMO Solved Paper 2012
Pre RMO Solved Paper 2012
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QUESTIONS
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?
2. A triangle with perimeter 7 has integer side lengths. What is the maximum possible area of
such a triangle?
3. For how many pairs of positive integers (x, y) is x + 3y = 100?
4. The letters R, M , and O represent whole numbers. If R M O = 240, R O + M = 46
and R + M O = 64, what is the value of R + M + O?
5. Let Sn = n2 + 20n + 12, n a positive integer. What is the sum of all possible values of n for
which Sn is a perfect square?
6. A postman has to deliver five letters to five different houses. Mischievously, he posts one
letter through each door without looking to see 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?
7. In ABC, 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?
8. 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 area of AEB?
9. Suppose that 4X1 = 5, 5X2 = 6, 6X3 = 7, . . . , 126X123 = 127, 127X124 = 128. What is the
value of the product X1 X2 . . . X124 ?
10. ABCD is a square and AB = 1. Equilateral triangles AY B and CXD are drawn such that
X and Y are inside the square. What is the length of XY ?
11. 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
= m n, where m and n are positive integers, what is the value
12. If p
2
2011 + 2011 1
of m + n?
1
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a b
c
d
+ + + ?
b
c d a
14. O and I are the circumcentre and incentre of ABC respectively. Suppose O lies in the
interior of ABC and I lies on the circle passing through B, O, and C. What is the
magnitude of 6 BAC in degrees?
15. hHow
many non-negative integral values of x satisfy the equation
xi hxi
=
?
5
7
(Here [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. For example [3.4] = 3 and
[2.3] = 3.)
16. Let N be the set of natural numbers. Suppose f : N N is a function satisfying the
following conditions.
(a) f (mn) = f (m)f (n);
(b) f (m) < f (n) if m < n;
(c) f (2) = 2.
What is the value of
20
P
f (k)?
k=1
17. Let x1 , x2 , x3 be the roots of the equation x3 +3x+5 = 0. What is the value of the expression
x1 +
1
x1
1
1
x2 +
x3 +
?
x2
x3
18. What is the sum of the squares of the roots of the equation x2 7[x] + 5 = 0?
(Here [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. For example [3.4] = 3 and
[2.3] = 3.)
19. How many integer pairs (x, y) satisfy x2 + 4y 2 2xy 2x 4y 8 = 0?
20. P S is a line segment of length 4 and O is the midpoint of P S. A semicircular arc is drawn
with P S as diameter. Let X be the midpoint of this arc. Q and R are points on the arc
P XS such that QR is parallel to P S and the semicircular arc drawn with QR as diameter
is tangent to P S. What is the area of the region QXROQ bounded by the two semicircular
arcs?
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3 7
2.
4
3. 33
4. 20
5. 16
6. 20
7. 3
8. 12.5
9. 3.5
10. 3 1
11. 15
12. 2011
13. 0.5
14. 60
15. 9
16. 210
17.
29
5
18. 92
19. 6
20. 2 2
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