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1. This document contains sample questions and answers for a preliminary math competition round, including both objective multiple choice style questions and some short subjective proof-based questions. 2. The objective questions cover a range of math topics from averages and number properties to probability, geometry, and graph theory. 3. The subjective questions ask the examinee to prove certain mathematical statements or solve functional equations.

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Answers and Problems PDF

1. This document contains sample questions and answers for a preliminary math competition round, including both objective multiple choice style questions and some short subjective proof-based questions. 2. The objective questions cover a range of math topics from averages and number properties to probability, geometry, and graph theory. 3. The subjective questions ask the examinee to prove certain mathematical statements or solve functional equations.

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Sample Questions: For preliminary round

Prajit Adhikari
December 22, 2019

1. What is the average of first 105 natural numbers?


Ans: 53
2. What is the number of 4 digit numbers divisible by 9?
Ans: 1000
3. What is the remainder when 4 divides 339 + 586 ?
Ans: 0
4. What do we call the composite numbers that satisfy Fermat’s Last theo-
rem?
Ans: Carmichael numbers
5. Find the number of non-negative integer solutions to a + b + c + d + e + f =
15.
Ans: 20

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6. What is the remainder when 28 is divided by 15?


Ans: 1
7. Is the cardinality of natural number set equal to that of rational number
set?
Ans: Yes
8. What is the value of ii ?(where i is the imaginary number)
π
Ans: e 2
9. What is the first square other than 0, 1 in Fibonacci series?
Ans: 144
10. What is the area of Hexagon with side length s = 6?
Ans: 93.53 sq. units
11. What does the sum of degree of each vertices of an undirected graph results
in?
2× number of edges
12. What is the degree of loop in a graph?
Ans: 2

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13. What is the path called which visits each vertex exactly once from starting
point to terminal point?
Ans: Hamitonian Path
14. If dangerous fires are rare (3%) but smoke is fairly common (20%) due
to barbecues, and 90% of dangerous fires make smoke then what is the
probability of dangerous fire when smoke?
Ans: 13.5%
15. The point of intersection of radical axis of three intersecting circles is
known as:
Ans: Miquel point

Some subjective problems:


1. Show that if a and b are positive integers, then
 n  n
1 1
a+ + b+
2 2

is an integer for only finitely many positive integers n.


2. Solve the functional equation

f (xf (x) + f (y)) = y + f (x)2 , x, y ∈ R

3. Prove that among any ten points located on a circle with diameter 5, there
exist at least two at a distance less than 2 from each other.
4. Triangle ABC has BC = 20. The incircle of the√triangle evenly trisects
the median AD. If the area of the triangle is m n where m and n are
integers and n is not divisible by the square of a prime, find m + n.

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