QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 3.

Given that - $ − 8- + 1 = 0 , find the

3 MARKS EACH *
value of - ( + .
45
1. Arrange the 3 numbers in ascending
order.
(A) 6
4"#$ , 6$#( , 5*#+
(B) 8
(A) 6$#( < 5*#+ < 4"#$ (C) 3838
(B) 6$#( < 4"#$ < 5*#+ (D) 3842
(C) 5*#+ < 4"#$ < 6$#( (E) None of the above
(D) 5*#+ < 6$#( < 4"#$
(E) None of the above
4. Find the last 2 digits of

2. The distance from Georgetown to $8*9

+ 18$8*9 + ⋯ + 18$8*9
;<<<<<<<<<=<<<<<<<<<>
18
Greenville is 120 km. An SUV and a 9 × *9@ABC

sedan left Georgetown for Greenville

at the same time. After an hour, the
SUV was 24 km ahead of the sedan. If (A) 76

the sedan arrived at Greenville (B) 68

25 minutes after the SUV, find the (C) 32

speed of the sedan. (D) 24

(E) None of the above

(A) 68 km/h
(B) 72 km/h
(C) 76 km/h
(D) 80 km/h
(E) 84 km/h

SEAMO 2018 Paper E © TCIMO 1

5. Points P and Q are centres of the 6. Neha added the page numbers of a
circles as shown below. Chord AB is book from 1, 2, 3, … , K . The result was
tangent to the circle with centre P. 2018 . She then realized one of the
Given that the line PQ is parallel to numbers was added twice. Find the
chord AB and the length of AB is number.
24 cm, find the area of the shaded
region. (A) 2
(B) 12
(C) 22
(D) 32
(E) None of the above

7. Find 4-digit square number NNNNNNN

LLMM where
L ≠ M.

(A) 1188
(B) 2299
( (C) 5566
(A) 452
I
(D) 6655
(
(B) 454 (E) 7744
I
"
(C) 452
I
"
(D) 454
I
(E) None of the above

2 SEAMO 2018 Paper E © TCIMO

8. Goldbach’s Conjecture suggests that 10. In trapezium QRST shown below,
any even number greater than 2 can QT ∥ RS , QR ⊥ RS , QR = RS and
be written as the sum of 2 primes. QW = QT. Given that W is a point on QR
186 can be expressed as the sum of 2 where ∠RWS = 75°, find ∠TSW.
primes. What is the greatest possible
product of these 2 primes?

(A) 905
(B) 1153
(C) 8633
(D) 2249
(E) None of the above (A) 45°
(B) 50°
(C) 55°
9. Evaluate (D) 60°
(E) 65°
5 23 59 119 209
+ + + +
6 24 60 120 210
QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH
4 MARKS EACH

11. Find the remainder when 2$8*9 is

**
(A) 4 divided by 33.
$*
**
(B) 4
$Z
*+
(A) 19
(C) 4
$* (B) 22
*+
(D) 4 (C) 23
$Z
(D) 24
(E) None of the above
(E) 25

SEAMO 2018 Paper E © TCIMO 3

12. Find the value of - in 14. A sequence is as shown below:

13 95 5 (1), (2,3), (4, 5, 6), (7, 8, 9, 10), …

log + log − log + log 5 = log -
19 91 7 Find the sum of the numbers in K`a set.

(A) K(K$ + 1)
(A) 5
b
(B) 6 (B) $
(K + 1)
b
(C) 7 (C) $
(K$ + 3)
(D) 8 (D)
b
(K$ + 1)
$
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

13. Q, R, S and T are concyclic. QS is the

diameter of the circle and QT = TS .
15. It is known that L + 2M + e = 4 for
$
Given that the area of QRST is 20 cm ,
L, M, e ∈ g. Find the maximum value of
find the length of TW.
LM + Me + eL.

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
(E) None of the above

(A) 2√3 16. In ∆QRS, it is known 9L$ + 9M$ = 19e $ .

ij` k
(B) 3√3 Find .
ij` lmij` n
(C) 2√5
(D) 3√5 (A) 1
(E) None of the above 7
(B) 3
7
(C) 5
7
(D) 4
9
(E) 5
9

4 SEAMO 2018 Paper E © TCIMO

 17. There is 11o of alcohol in Barrel Q and 19. Two fair dice are thrown. The
15o of water in Barrel R . At first, probability that the difference
some alcohol from Q is poured to R. between the numbers obtained is
Then, some mixture from R is poured $
i. 2 is
#
back into Q. The alcohol content in Q
*
and R finally becomes 62.5% and ii. 3 is
+
25%, respectively. How many litres of *
iii. at least 2 is
mixture was poured from R to Q? "
I
iv. at most 4 is
#
(A) 6o
(B) 6.2o Which of the above statements is/are
(C) 7o true?
(D) 7.3o
(E) None of the above (A) i and ii
(B) i and iii
(C) ii and iii
18. How many real solutions has the (D) iii and iv
following system of equations? (E) All of the above

-+r=2
20. If 3- $ + - = 1, find the value of
-r − s $ = 1
6- " − - $ − 3- + 2018.
(A) 2
(B) 3 (A) 2016
(C) 4 (B) 2017
(D) 5 (C) 2018
(E) None of the above (D) 2019
(E) None of the above

SEAMO 2018 Paper E © TCIMO 5

 QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH 24. QRST is a parallelogram where
6 MARKS EACH wx ∥ QT and Wy ∥ QR . Given that the
21. The areas of ranches 1, 2 and 3 are area of TWzx is 9 e{$ and the area of
1 Rwzy is 15 e{$ , find the area of ∆QzS.
3 3 , 10 and 24 acres, respectively,

where grass grows at constant rates.

The 1t` ranch can sustain 12 oxen for
4 weeks. The 2uv ranch can sustain
21 oxen for 9 weeks. For how many
weeks will the 3rd ranch sustain 36
oxen?

22. It is known that 25. Suppose L, M, e, ~ and  are consecutive

log | (LM) = - positive integers and L < M < e < ~ < ,
M + e + ~ is a perfect square and
What is log } (LM) when expressed in
L + M + e + ~ +  is a cubic number.
terms of -?
Find the smallest value of e.

23. It is given

LM
= 2;
L+M

Le
= 5;
L+e

Me
= 4,
M+e

Find the value of L + M + e.

End of Paper

6 SEAMO 2018 Paper E © TCIMO