SECONDARY 3

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1. How many positive integer solutions (𝑥, 𝑦) does + = have?
𝑥 𝑦 20

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2. What is the remainder when 2322 is divided by 26?

3. How many trailing zeros are there in the number 1000! ?

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4. Evaluate the infinite sum + + + ⋯
2! 3! 4!

5. What is the sum of the positive divisors of 25000?

6. How many integer solutions of the form (𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑) (one solution consists of

four numbers) are there in the equation

𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 + 𝑑 2 = 2𝑎 − 4𝑏 + 6𝑐 − 8𝑑 − 28
7. Niko has 4 tickets for the Warriors game. He invites 3 friends – Adam, Ben, and

Carl – to go with him. Niko has the first 2 seats in row 5, and the first 2 seats in

row 6. The boys are trying to decide on a seating arrangement. How many

different combinations of seating arrangements can the boys choose from?

8. Dara was paid $125 for tutoring five days after school for the Chen family. Each

day Mrs. Chen paid her $3 more than the day before. How much money did

she earn on the first day?

9. Robert set out at noon to walk from Station A to Station B, and his son, James,

started at 2 P.M. on the same day to walk from Station B to Station A. They

met on the road at 4:05 P.M., and each reached his destination at exactly the

same time. What time did both of them arrive at their destination?
10. A swimming coach is holding swimming practice for seven swimmers named

Finn, George, Hans, Ian, John, Kim, and Loki throughout this week starting on

Monday. Each swimmer will practice only once, and only one swimmer will

practice per day. Finn and John will practice on either Tuesday or Saturday. Hans

will practice on a day after Finn. Loki will not practice either the day before or the

day after Finn or John practice. Kim will not practice on the day immediately

following the day that John practices.

Who among the swimmers CANNOT practice on Monday or Tuesday?

11. A swimming coach is holding swimming practice for seven swimmers named

Finn, George, Hans, Ian, John, Kim, and Loki throughout this week starting on

Monday. Each swimmer will practice only once, and only one swimmer will

practice per day. Finn and John will practice on either Tuesday or Saturday. Hans

will practice on a day after Finn. Loki will not practice either the day before or the

day after Finn or John practice. Kim will not practice on the day immediately

following the day that John practices.

If George and Hans practice before John, then who will practice on Sunday?
12. A swimming coach is holding swimming practice for seven swimmers named

Finn, George, Hans, Ian, John, Kim, and Loki throughout this week starting on

Monday. Each swimmer will practice only once, and only one swimmer will

practice per day. Finn and John will practice on either Tuesday or Saturday. Hans

will practice on a day after Finn. Loki will not practice either the day before or the

day after Finn or John practice. Kim will not practice on the day immediately

following the day that John practices.

If Kim practices third, how many days do they practice, including Kim?
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13.Let any expression in x followed by the symbol a and mean the value of the

expression where b is substituted for x minus the value where a is substituted.

a
2( x 3 − x)
Find the value of 0

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14.If a b c is negative, which product is always negative?
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15.Reduce a − 1 to a single fraction in simplest form.
16.If f(g(x))=x2 and f(x)= x – 1, what is g(x)?

17.What is the coefficient of the third term the expression

5x3y4+7x2y3−6xy2−8xy?
18.What is the least possible value of (x + 2)2 if 0 ≤ x ≤ 3?

19.Determine the area of quadrilateral 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆 below if the radius of the circle is 5,

𝑃𝑅 = 13, and 𝑃𝑄 and 𝑃𝑆 are tangent to the circle whose center is at 𝑅.

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20.In rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷, point 𝑃 is located such that 𝑃𝐴 = 3, 𝑃𝐵 = 4, 𝑃𝐶 = 5,

and 𝑃𝐷 = 𝑥. What is 𝑥 2 ?
21.The right triangle 𝑋𝑌𝑍 has a hypotenuse 𝑋𝑍 = 28. If a circle was drawn so

that all the points 𝑋, 𝑌, and 𝑍 are on the circle, what would be the area of this

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circle? Take 𝜋 =
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22.What is the area of the convex quadrilateral formed by connecting the points

(1,2), (3, −5), (10, −10), (15,0) in that order?

23.Quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is such that all of its vertices lie on the same circle. If

∠𝐴𝐶𝐷 = 20𝑜 , ∠𝐵𝐴𝐷 = 100𝑜 , what is ∠𝐴𝐷𝐵?

24.A rectangular lawn is made by marking the land with 60 feet of rope. What is

the largest area possible for the lawn?

25.In how many ways you can choose 8 of 32 playing cards not considering their

order?

26.How many integers from 1 to 1000 are not divisible by 2, 3 and 5?

27.There are ten people at an acquaintance party. If they all shake hands, how

many hand-shakes are possible?

28.Math Wizards Club consists of 4 freshmen, 5 sophomores, 5 juniors, and 6

seniors. How many ways can a committee of 4 students be chosen that

includes one student from each level?

29.How many five-people committees consisting of 2 men and 3 women can be

chosen from a total of 4 men and 4 women?

30.What is the coefficient of the second term of the binomial expansion (2x+3y)3?