QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 4.

Find the number of pairs of integers

3 MARKS EACH (-, /) that satisfy the equation

1. Evaluate -1 + 6-* + 5- = 21/1 + 9/* + 3/ + 1

4" + 4" + 4" + 4" (A) 0

3" + 3" + 3" (B) 1
(C) 3
6" + 6" + 6" + 6" + 6" + 6"
× (D) 5
2" + 2"
(E) None of the above
(A) 3()
(B) 3("
(C) 2() 5. Find the digit in the ones’ place for
(D) 2(" (2 + 1)(2* + 1)(26 + 1)(2" + 1)(2() + 1)
(E) 2*+
(21* + 1)(2)6 + 1)

(A) 1
2. Find the number of pairs of positive (B) 2
integers 7 and 8 such that (C) 3
(D) 4
7* − 8 * = 361 (E) None of the above

(A) 0
(B) 1 6. Given that log(+ 2 = - and log(+ 3 = /,
(C) 2 find log = 24 in terms of - and /.
(D) 3 >?@
(E) None of the above (A) (?>

*>?@
(B) (?>

3. Given that (62)@ = 4 × (14)@ , find the (C)

*>?@
(A>
value of (36)@ in base 10. 1>?@
(D) (A>

(A) 27 (E) None of the above

(B) 28
(C) 29 E
7. Given that 0 ≤ D ≤ and sin 2D = 7, find
(D) 30 *

(E) None of the above sin D + cos D.

(A) √7
(B) √7 − 1
(C) √7 + 1
(D) √7* − 7
(E) None of the above

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8. In ∆LMN , LN = 3LO , MN = 3PN and 10. Each corner of a rectangular prism is
MQ ∶ QS ∶ SO = 3 ∶ 1 ∶ 2 . Given that the cut off. In the figure, 2 out of 8 cuts
*
area of ∆LMN is 2700 V- , find the area are shown. How many edges does the
* new figure have? Assume that the
of ∆PSQ in cm .
planes cutting the prism do not
intersect anywhere in or on the prism.

(A) 200 (A) 24

(B) 240 (B) 36
(C) 300 (C) 42
(D) 360 (D) 48
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH

9. How many ways are there to spell 4 MARKS EACH
“SEAMO” starting from the “S” in the
11. A palindrome is a positive integer that
middle, moving only ↑, ↓, ← and → ?
reads the same both forwards and
An example is shaded in the figure.
backwards. For example, 12521 and
270072 are palindromes.

A palindrome between 1000 and

10000 is randomly chosen. Find the
probability that it is a multiple of 7.

1
(A)
4
1
(B)
5
1
(A) 12 (C)
6
(B) 24
(C) 36 1
(D)
(D) 48 8
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

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12. Evaluate 15. Let - = `````````````
2^192_20 be an 8-digit
integer. Given that - is a multiple of
2019* 1 41, how many possible values are
]1 + 2019* − −
2020* 2020 there of (^, _)?

(A) 2021 (A) 0

(B) 2020 (B) 1
(C) 2019 (C) 2
(D) 2018 (D) 3
(E) None of the above (E) None of the above

13. For how many positive integers / 16. In a badminton tournament, a player
does 1 + 2 + 3 + ⋯ + / evenly divide who loses a match is eliminated while
12/? the winner moves on to the next
round. There is no draw.
(A) 5
(B) 6 There are 100 players. 28 of them are
(C) 7 selected to go directly to Round 2
(D) 8 without playing in Round 1.
(E) None of the above
The remaining 72 players are paired
off to play in Round 1.
14. Let LMNO be a square of side 10 cm.
P and S are variable points on
The tournament continues until one
MN and NO , respectively, with the
player remains unbeaten.
constraint MP = NS. Find the smallest
area of ∆LPS in cm* .
What is the total number of matches
played?

(A) 50
(B) 64
(C) 99
(D) 100
(E) None of the above

(A) 37.5
(B) 50
(C) 62.5
(D) 75
(E) None of the above

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17. An odometer is an instrument on the 19. For c = 1, 2, 3, … , 100 , ^e can be either
dashboard displaying the cumulative f√3 − √2g or f√3 + √2g.
distance travelled by a vehicle in its
lifetime. Denoting h as ^( ^* + ^1 ^6 + ⋯ + ^ii ^(++ ,
how many possible different positive
Leonard drove his car on a trip for an integer values of h are there?
integral number of hours at an
average speed of 55 km/h. (A) 25
(B) 50
At the start of the trip, the odometer (C) 75
````` km. At the end of the
displayed 78V (D) 100
````` km.
trip, it displayed V87 (E) None of the above

Given 7 ≥ 1 , 7 + 8 + V ≤ 7 , find the

value of 71 + 8 1 + V 1 . 20. 13 identical circles with radius 1 are
inscribed within a larger circle as
(A) 149 shown in the figure below.
(B) 217
(C) 244 Given that all the intersections occur
(D) 342 at points of tangency, find the shaded
(E) None of the above area.

18. The length of the 3 sides of a triangle

are 7, 8 and V , with opposite angles
L, M, and N, respectively.

Given that 7* = 1 and 8 * + V * = 2019 ,

klm n
find the value of .
klm o?klm p

(A) 1009
(B) 1010
(C) 2019
(D) 2020
(A) 4j√3
(E) None of the above
(B) 7j
(C) jf3√3 + 2g
(D) jf√3 + 6g
(E) None of the above

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 QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH 24. Find the maximum value of
6 MARKS EACH
sin ^ + sin 2^ + sin 3^
u=
21. Find the smallest positive integer q cos ^ + cos 2^ + cos 3^
such that E
for 0 ≤ ^ ≤ .
"
1 1 1
+ + +⋯
log *r 2019! log 1r 2019! log 6r 2019!
1
+ > √2019 25. Let ⌊^⌋ denote the largest integer less
log *+(ir 2019!
than or equal to ^.

For example, ⌊5⌋ = 5 and ⌊7.2⌋ = 7.

22. Let {7@ } and {8@ } be two arithmetic
sequences such that 7( = 2019 and Evaluate
8( = 1.
h = y√1z + y√2z + y√3z + ⋯ + y√2019z
Suppose 7(++ + 8(++ = 1010 , evaluate
7( + 7* + ⋯ + 7*+ + 8( + 8* + ⋯ + 8*+ .

23. Shawn starts a number sequence

with a positive integer /.

Each successive number is obtained

by subtracting the largest possible
square number less than or equal to
the current number till he obtains 0.

For example, if / = 60, then

60 − 7* = 11

11 − 3* = 2

2 − 1* = 1

1 − 1* = 0

His sequence will be 60, 11, 2, 1, 0.

Let } be the smallest number for

which Shawn’s sequence contains 8
numbers.

What is the sum of digits of }?

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 SEAMO 2019
Paper E – Answers

Multiple-Choice Questions
Questions 1 to 10 carry 3 marks each.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
D B A A E

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
D C A E B

Questions 11 to 20 carry 4 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

B C C A D

Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

C B A E A

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

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