1. Find the smallest real roots of 14x4 - 2x3 + 13x2 – 3x – 12.

2. If you are making a bracelet with 7 indistinguishable purple beads and 2 indistinguishable red
beads, how many distinct bracelets can you make? Assume that reflections and rotations are
indistinct.
3. Find the sum 11 + 192 + 1993 + 19994 + 199995 + 1999996 + 19999997 + 199999998 +
1999999999.
1 1 3 4 22
4. Find the value of a + b where − = + + ... + .
a! b! 1!+ 2!+ 3! 2!+ 3!+ 4! 20!+ 21!+ 22!
5. What is the largest possible prime value of n2 – 12n + 27, where n ranges over all positive integers?
6. Find the number of positive divisors of (20083 + (3  2008  2009) + 1)2.
7. Different positive 3-digit integers are formed from the five digits 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and repetitions of the
digits are allowed. As an example, such positive 3-digit integers include 352, 577, 111, etc. Now the
sum of all the distinct positive 3-digit integers formed in this way is written as ABC50. Find A + B +
C.
8. How many 7 digit palindromes (numbers that read the same backward as forward) can be formed
using the digit 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5?
1. Find the smallest real roots of 14x4 - 2x3 + 13x2 – 3x – 12.

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Ans:
14
Sol: 14x4 – 2x3 + 13x2 – 3x – 12 = (2x2 + 3)(7x2 – x – 4).
2. If you are making a bracelet with 7 indistinguishable purple beads and 2 indistinguishable red
beads, how many distinct bracelets can you make? Assume that reflections and rotations are
indistinct.
Ans: 4
Sol:

3. Find the sum 11 + 192 + 1993 + 19994 + 199995 + 1999996 + 19999997 + 199999998 +
1999999999.
Sol:

1 1 3 4 22
4. Find the value of a + b where − = + + ... + .
a! b! 1!+ 2!+ 3! 2!+ 3!+ 4! 20!+ 21!+ 22!
Sol:

5. What is the largest possible prime value of n2 – 12n + 27, where n ranges over all positive integers?
Sol:
6. Find the number of positive divisors of (20083 + (3  2008  2009) + 1)2.
Sol:

7.
Different positive 3-digit integers are formed from the five digits 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, and repetitions of the
digits are allowed. As an example, such positive 3-digit integers include 352, 577, 111, etc. Now the
sum of all the distinct positive 3-digit integers formed in this way is written as ABC50. Find A + B +
C.
Sol:

8. How many 7 digit palindromes (numbers that read the same backward as forward) can be formed
using the digit 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5?
Sol: