QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH

4. Evaluate
( )
4002 x 2542 + 2462 x ( 254 + 2464
4
).
3 MARKS EACH
( 254 8
- 246 8
)
x x
1. Find the value of x in - = 2. (A) 30
3+x 4-x
(B) 40
(A) – 12 (C) 50
(B) + 12 (D) 60
(C) – 24 (E) 70
(D) + 24

(E) + 30 201720162
5. Evaluate .
201720152 + 201720172 - 2

2. Find all positive values of n, such that 2n - 1 1

is divisible by 7. (A)
3

1
(A) n must be a multiple of 2 (B)
2
(B) n must be a multiple of 3 (C) 1
(C) n must be a multiple of 4 3
(D)
2
(D) n must be a multiple of 5
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

3. A certain grade of Colombian and 6. It is known that a b c

m= = = .
Indonesian coffee are mixed in the ratio b+c a+c a+b
m : n. The Colombian coffee cost $40 and Given that ! + # + $ ≠ 0, find the value of m.
the Indonesian coffee cost $60 if the cost of
Indonesian coffee is increased by 15% and
1
the cost of Colombian coffee decreased by (A)
4
15% the cost of the mixture remained
unchanged. Find m : n. 1
(B)
3

(A) 1:2 1
(C)
2
(B) 2:3
(D) 1
(C) 3:2
(E) None of the above
(D) 2:1

(E) 5:2

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7. A rectangle is inscribed in a square as ⎛2 3 49 ⎞ ⎛ 1 2 3 48 ⎞

8. Evaluate ⎜ + + ...+ ⎟ ⎜ + + + ...+ ⎟ −
shown. It is known that the total area of the ⎝3 4 50 ⎠ ⎝ 2 3 4 49 ⎠
4 isosceles right angled D is 98 cm2. Find
æ1 2 3 49 ö æ 2 3 48 ö
xy, the length of the diagonal of rectangle. ç 2 + 3 + 4 + ... + 50 ÷ ç 3 + 4 + ... + 49 ÷ .
è øè ø

49
(A)
100

99
(B)
100

49
(C)
50

49
(D)
50

(E) 1
(A) 10

(B) 11

(C) 12 9. Evaluate 2017 + 2016 2017 + 2016 2017 + 2016 ...

(D) 13
(A) 2015
(E) 14
(B) 2016

(C) 2017

(D) 2018

(E) 2019

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10. It is given that a +
1 1 13. The least number which, when divided by
= 5 , find a 4 + 4 .
a a 52 leaves a remainder 33, when divided by
78 leaves 59 as remainder and when
divided by 117 leaves 98 as remainder is
(A) 523

(B) 527
(A) 553
(C) 631 (B) 293
(C) 468
(D) 635 (D) 449
(E) 458
(E) None of the above

QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH

4 MARKS EACH 14. In the figure shown below, the area of
DABC is 8cm2, AE = DE and BD = 2CD.
Find the total area of the shaded regions.
1
11. Evaluate log 1 8 + log2 64 - log5 .
2
125 A

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

B C
12. ABCD is a rectangle with E the midpoint of D

AB and DF ⊥ CE .
(A) 3.2 cm2
(B) 3.6 cm2
Given that AB = 6 and BC = 4 . Find the
(C) 4.0 cm2
length of DF.
(D) 4.4 cm2
(E) None of the above

(A) 3.6
(B) 4.2
(C) 4.8
(D) 5.4
(E) None of the above

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15. In DABC, AN = BM = AB, ÐC = 380. Find 17. A motorboat takes 6hrs to travel from port A
ÐAPB. to port B, which is on the same side of the
river. It takes the boat 8 hrs. to return to
C
port A. It is given the speed of the current is
2.5 km/h. Find the speed of the boat in still
water.

(A) 10.5 km/h

M N (B) 13.5 km/h
P
(C) 16.5 km/h
(D) 17.5 km/h
A B (E) 18.5 km/h

(A) 114O
(B) 104O
(C) 118O
(D) 120O
(E) 122O

16. p is the difference between a real number 18. Given an equilateral triangle, what is the
and its reciprocal q is the difference ratio of area of its inscribed circle to the
between the square of the same real area of its circumscribed circle?
number and the square of the reciprocal.
Then the value of p4 + q2 + 4p2 is

(A) 2; <
(B) 3; <
= 2
(C) ;
<
> 2
(D) ;
? (A) 1:2
(E) None of the above (B) 1:3
(C) 1:4
(D) 1:5
(E) None of the above

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 19. Arrange 350 ,440 ,530 in ascending order. 22. The number which, when subtracted from
the terms of ratio a : b makes it equal to
c : d is
(A) 350 < 440 < 530
(B) 530 < 350 < 440
(C) 530 < 440 < 350 ab - cd
(A)
(D) 440 < 530 < 350 ab + cd
(E) None of the above bc - ad
(B)
c-d
ab + cd
(C)
20. Sara picked 2 oranges from a basket of 15 c+d
oranges in which 10 oranges are good, 5 ab - cd
(D)
oranges are bad. The probability she pick b-c
m (E) None of the above
up at least one good orange is . Find the
n
value of (A + B).

23. a, b, c are three positive real numbers. The

(A) 38 second number is greater than the first by
(B) 39 the amount the third number is greater than
(C) 40 the second. The product of the two smaller
(D) 41
numbers is 85 and that of the two bigger
(E) 42
numbers is 115. Then the value of (2012a –
QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH 1006c) is
6 MARKS EACH
(A) 3355
(B) 4433
21. In an equilateral ∆ABC, D and E are points (C) 5533
on BC and AB respectively. Given that (D) 3344
BD = AE and AD and CE intersect at point (E) 5454
F, find ∠EFG.

y a-2
24. If x= and y = then value of
y +1 2
x y
x ( y + 2) + + when a = 2017 is
y x

(A) 2016
(B) 2015
(C) 2018
(A) 30° (D) 2017
(B) 36° (E) 2019

(C) 42°
(D) 54°
(E) 60°

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 25. A triangular pyramid is made of
4 equilateral triangles as faces. If
each side of equilateral triangular
face is 1 unit. Find the height of the
pyramid.

2
(A)
3

3
(B)
2

2
(C)
3

3
(D)
2

(E) None of the above

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Paper D – Answers

Multiple-Choice Questions

Questions 1 to 10 carry 3 marks each.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
C B C B B

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
C E A C B

Questions 11 to 20 carry 4 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

E C D A B

Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

A D C B C

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

21 22 23 24 25
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