Math Olympiad Questions 2009 || National
Primary Category
1. āĻāĻāĻĻāϞ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžāϰā§āĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāϰā§āĻļāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āϞ āĻāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧠71āĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻāϰ 228āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻāϤā§āĻāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻžāϰā§āĻĨā§ āĻāĻŋāϞ?
Some students are visiting a stable. At a certain time, it was counted that there are 71 heads and 228 legs were there. How many students were there at the time of counting?
2. 2,3,5,8 âāĻāĻ āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ ? āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻā§āϞ⧠āϞāĻŋāĻāĨ¤
In how many ways is it possible to form two-digit prime number with the digits 2,3,5,8? Write all of them.
3. āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻā§ āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŽā§āĻāĻž 242 āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāύ 22 āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞā§āĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ 4 āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞā§, āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻ āϤāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāύ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ 2 āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ āĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻāϤā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧠āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
The book that Marjan reads has 242 pages. The first day he has read 22 pages. During the second day he has read 4 pages more than the first and the same during the third day. How many days will Marjan need to finish the book if he reads two pages more than the third days each day from the fourth day onward?
4. \[\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{12}, \frac{1}{18}, \frac{1}{x} \] = 1 āĻšāϞ⧠x āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Given that \[\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{12}, \frac{1}{18}, \frac{1}{x} \] = 1, what is the value of x.
5. āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻž 3,7,1,9,0 āĻ 4 -āĻāĻ āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠6 āĻ āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻ āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§āϰāϤāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āϏ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻ āύā§āϤāϰāĻā§ 9 āĻā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āϞā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻŦāĻļā§āώ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāϤ⧠?
From the digits 3,7,1,9,0 and 4 Mila formed the biggest and the smallest six- digit number using each digit exactly once in each of the two numbers. Then she reduced their difference 9 times. Which number she get?
6. āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāϰāϞāϰā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āϤ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻšāϞā§, āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻŖ āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĨā§āϞāĻā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āϏā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻĨā§āϞāĻā§āĻŖā§āϰ āĻ
āϰā§āϧā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Two lines intersect in one point and form four angles, two acute and two obtuse. The sum of the two acute angles is half of the one obtuse angle. Calculate these angles.
7. āĻāĻ āĻāĻāϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰā§āϤāĻž āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧠20 āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āϏ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ 2 āϏā§āĻā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ 1.20 āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ 1.60 āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽā§ 12āĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻā§āĻĒ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻļā§āώ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāϝāĻŧ 137.60 āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻšāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏ⧠āĻāϤāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāϏāĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻā§?
An ice-cream seller prepares 20kg of ice-cream and sells it all in a day as small cones at 1.20 Taka with two scoops and big cones at 1.60 Taka with three scoops. Each kilogram of ice-cream gives 12 scoops. At the end of the day, he earned 137.60 Taka in total. How many big cones did he sell?
8. 3-āĻ
āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϝ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻā§āĻŖāĻĢāϞ 140 āϏā§āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āϝā§āĻāĻĢāϞ āĻāϤā§?
Determine the sum of all odd 3-digit numbers whose product of digits is equal to 140?
9. āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻŽā§ a āĻ b āϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ a āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻā§ b āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ b āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻā§ a āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻŦāϰā§āĻāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻĢāϞ āĻšāϝāĻŧ 100 āĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻā§āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻļāϰā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āϏāϰā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻĢāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāϤāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰ⧠āĨ¤
One rectangle has side a cm and b cm. If the side with length a cm is enlarged by b cm and the side with length b cm is enlarged by a cm then the resulting square has area of 100 cm2. Determine the rectangle that satisfies this condition with smallest area if its side lengths are positive integers.
10.āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ 5 āĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĢā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āϞ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āϤā§āĨ¤ āĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĢā§ āĻŽā§āĻ 4 āϰāĻāĻŽā§āϰ āĻā§āĻ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝā§āĻ āĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āϰāĻāĻŽā§āϰ āĻā§āĻ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻšāϞ⧠āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻŽā§ 6 āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, 9 āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, 11 āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, 12 āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ 15 āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒāϰā§āϰāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϤā§āĻŽāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ 4 āϰāĻāĻŽā§āϰ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āϞā§āĨ¤ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§?
One day five of your friends go to a cafÊ to eat cake. The cafÊ sells 4 different types of cake. Each friend chooses two different cakes. They find there bills are for Tk. 6, Tk. 9, Tk. 11 ¡ Tk. 12 and Tk 15. The next day you go to same cafÊ and buy one of each type of cake. How much you have to pay?
Junior Category
1. \[\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{12}, \frac{1}{18}, \frac{1}{x} \] = 1 āĻšāϞ⧠x āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Given that \[\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{12}, \frac{1}{18}, \frac{1}{x} \] = 1, what is the value of x.
2. 3-āĻ
āĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϝ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻ
āĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻā§āĻŖāĻĢāϞ 140 āϏ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āϝā§āĻāĻĢāϞ āĻāϤā§?
Determine the sum of all odd 3-digit numbers whose product of digits is equal to 140?
3. āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ 3Ã3 āĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āϰā§āĻĄā§āϰ āύāϝāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϰā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāύāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϰāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āϝāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝā§āĻ āϏāĻžāϰāĻŋ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝā§āĻ āĻāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻŖā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āϰāĻ āĻāĻāĻ āύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻĒāĻā§āώ⧠āĻāϤ⧠āϰāĻāĻŽā§āϰ āϰāĻā§āϰ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰ?
The nine squares of a 3Ã3 checkerboard must be painted so that each row, each column, and each of the two diagonals have no two squares of the same colour. What is the least number of colours needed?
4. \[ x^2 â 8xy + 9y^2 â 16y + 10 \] āϰāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āϏāϰā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāϤā§? (x āĻ y āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻž āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž)
Find the least possible value of the expression, \[ x^2 â 8xy + 9y^2 â 16y + 10 \]. (x and y both real number)
5. āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ N x N āĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻĄ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϞā§, āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻ (,) āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻĢāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻĢāϞ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ (āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻĒāĻā§āώ⧠āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻ)
In a N x N grid, Abir picks three lattice points as vertexes of a triangle. urprisingly, he always chooses the (0,0) point. What is the largest area of the triangle Abir can draw ? (Justify your answer.)
6. āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϰā§āĻāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻā§ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻĢāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϞ (āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻā§)āĨ¤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤāϰāĻžāϞ āϰā§āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻĻā§āϰāϤā§āĻŦ 1 āϏā§.āĻŽāĻŋ. āĻšāϞ⧠āĻŦāϰā§āĻāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻĢāϞ āĻāϤā§?

A square is divided into three pieces of equal area as shown. The distance between the parallel lines is 1 cm. What is the area of the square?
7. \[\frac{7}{26}\] āĻā§ \[\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} \] āĻāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰ⧠āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠a āĻ b āϧāύāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤
Express \[\frac{7}{26}\] as \[\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} \] (a and b, both are positive integers)
ā§Ē. āĻāĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāϤāϞ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝ⧠āĻāϝāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤāϰāĻŋāĻ (āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āϰā§āώāĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ āĻāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻšāĻŦā§) āĻāĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϏāϰā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻ āϏāϰā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϤāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻĢāϞā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
There are three points in a plane. One can draw as many parallelograms as possible keeping those three points as the three vertices of the parallogram.
Find the difference between the area of parallelogram having the largest perimeter possible and the parallelogram having the minimum perimeter possible.
9. āϤāĻŋāύāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϧāύāĻžāϤā§āĻŽāĻ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻĢāϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻā§āĻ āĻšāϞ⧠āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻ
āĻĒāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŖā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŖā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ 120 āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āϰā§āĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻā§āĻŖā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāύā§āĻĄāĻ āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻā§ D āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻĻ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻā§āĻŖā§āϰ āĻļā§āϰā§āώ āĻĨā§āĻā§ D āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āϰāϤā§āĻŦ 10 āϏā§āĻŽāĻŋ. āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻŦā§āĻšāϤā§āϤāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻ 2x āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŦā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
\[ x^4-C_3x^3-C_2x^2-C_1x+1875 = 0 \]
\[ C_1, C_2, C_3 \]-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ (āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ : āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻĻā§āĻļāĻā§āĻŖā§ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻā§āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻā§āĻŽāύ?)
A triangle is a polygon with three sides and a strictly positive area. One angle of a triangle is twice of another angle of the same triangle. An angle of this triangle is 120 degree. The bisector of the second largest triangle intersects its opposite side at point D. The distance of D from the vertex containing the largest angle is 10 cm. If the length of the largest side of this triangle is 2x, then a relationship like the following is true:
\[ x^4-C_3x^3-C_2x^2-C_1x+1875 = 0 \]
Find the value of \[ C_1, C_2, C_3 \] analytically. (Hints â What is the relation between the sides of two similar triangles.)
10.āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻā§, a āĻāϰ bāĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āύ⧠āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āϝā§, āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖ a āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻŽā§āύ⧠āϏā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āύāϤā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ
(i) āϝā§āĻā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĄāĻžāύāĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ b āĻŦāϏāĻžāϞ⧠āύāϤā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ,
(ii) āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ aaa āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻŦā§ āϏā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§ b āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āύāϤā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ,
(iii) āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ bbb āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻŦā§ āϤāĻž āĻāĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĢā§āϞ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ,
(iv) āĻā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§ āĻŦāϰā§āĻŖāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϝā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϏā§āĻā§āϞā§āĻā§ āĻā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āϰā§āĻā§ āĻĒāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϞāĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻ āύāϤā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, (iv) āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āϏāĻžāϰ⧠aa āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ (āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ, a āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻž āĻŽā§āύ⧠āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻļā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻ), āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ (iv) āĻ
āύā§āϏāĻžāϰ⧠aaaa-āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤ āϏā§āϤāϰāĻžāĻ, (ii) āύāĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āϏāĻžāϰ⧠ba āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āϝāĻžāϤ⧠(i) āύāĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāϞ⧠bab-āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ (i) āύāĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠babb āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ (iv) āύāĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽā§ babbbabb āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤ āϏāĻŦāĻļā§āώ (iii) āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽā§ baabb āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻāϰ⧠āϝā§, āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ, baabaabaa āĻā§āύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
In a strange language there are only two letters, a and b, and it is postulated that the letter a is a word. Furthermore, all additional words are formed according to the following rules:
i. Given any word, a new word can be formed from it by adding one b at the right hand end.
ii. If in any word a sequence aaa appears, a new word can be formed by replacing aaa by the letter b.
iii. If in any word a sequence bbb appears, a new word can be formed by omitting bbb.
iv. Given any word, a new word can be formed by writing down the
sequence that constitutes the given word twice.
For example, by (iv), aa is a word, and by (iv) again, aaaa is a word. Hence by (ii) ba is a word, and by (i), bab ia also a word. Again, by (i), babb is a word, and so by (iv), babbbabb is also a word. Finally, by (iii) we find that baabb is a word.
Prove that in this language baabaabaa is not a word.
Secondary Category
1. āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāύ āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāĻā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝā§āĻā§ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧠āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āϰā§āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āϤāĻŦā§, āĻāĻŽāĻĒāĻā§āώ⧠āĻāĻāĻāύ āϏā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϝā§āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāύā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻ
āϏā§āĨ¤ āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāϤā§āĻāύ āϏ⧠āĻāϰ āĻāϤā§āĻāύ āĻĻā§āϰā§āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ ?
300 politicians are sitting in a room. Each one is corrupted or honest. At least one is honest. Given any two politicians, at least one is corrupt. How many are corrupted and how many are honest?
2. āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰ \[\frac{x^2}{2} + \frac{5}{y} = 7\]
Find all integral solutions of the equation \[\frac{x^2}{2} + \frac{5}{y} = 7\]

3. ABC āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻŖā§ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĨ¤ â BAC āĻāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāύā§āĻĄāĻ, B āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻĨā§āĻā§ AC āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻ
āĻāĻāĻŋāϤ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ AB āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϰ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāύā§āĻĄāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ â BAC-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Triangle ABC is acute with the property that the bisector of â BAC and the altitude from B to side AC and the perpendicular bisector of AB intersect at one point. Determine the angle â BAC.
4. ABC āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻŖā§ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ M āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰāĨ¤ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻ āĻā§āϝāύā§āϤāϰ⧠P āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰ⧠āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻļāϰā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϞā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§
1 ⤠\[\frac{â APB}{â ACB}\] ⤠2, 1 ⤠\[\frac{â BPC}{â BAC}\] ⤠2, 1 ⤠\[\frac{â CPA}{â CBA}\] ⤠2
Triangle ABC is acute and M is its circumcenter. Determine what points P inside the triangle satisfy
1 ⤠\[\frac{â APB}{â ACB}\] ⤠2, 1 ⤠\[\frac{â BPC}{â BAC}\] ⤠2, 1 ⤠\[\frac{â CPA}{â CBA}\] ⤠2
5. ABC āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§Â â A = 90°āĨ¤ BCāĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ MāĨ¤ AC āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ D āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ āĻāĻŽāύāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϞ āϝāĻžāϤ⧠AD = AM āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ AMC āĻ BDC āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ āĻĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāϏā§āĻĒāϰāĻā§ C āĻ P āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ (â ACB āĻ â PCB) âāĻāϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
In triangle ABC, â A = 90°. M is the midpoint of BC. Choose D on AC such that AD = AM. The circumcircles of triangles AMC and BDC intersect at C and at a point P. What is the ratio of angles: (â ACB)/( â PCB)?
6. 40 āĻāύ āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āϏ {āĻāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻ
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Forty Movers (Mathematical Olympiad Volunteers) are sitting in a circle. Munir Hasan randomly chooses 3 volunteers to help in the awards ceremony. In how many ways can the volunteers be chosen such that at least 2 of the volunteers were sitting next to each before being chosen?
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āĻā§āĻ āĻšāĻŦā§ 1?
How many positive prime numbers can be written as an alternating sequence of 1’s and O’s where the first and last digit is 12 An alternating sequence of 1’s and 0’s is for example: N = 1010101, and has the property that 99N = 99999999.
8. A āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻāĻŋ x āĻ
āĻā§āώ, y = \[\frac{x}{2}\]
āϏāϰāϞāϰā§āĻāĻž āĻ \[\frac{x^2}{9} + y^2\]=1 āĻāĻĒāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤ B āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻāĻŋ y-āĻ
āĻā§āώ, y = mx āϏāϰāϞāϰā§āĻāĻž āĻ \[\frac{x^2}{9} + y^2\]=1 āĻāĻĒāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤ m âāĻāϰ āĻā§āύ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ A āĻ B âāĻāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻĢāϞ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŦā§?
The region A is bounded by the x-axis, the line y = \[\frac{x}{2}\], and the ellipse \[\frac{x^2}{9} + y^2\]=1. The region B is
bounded by the y-axis, the line y = mx, and the ellipse = \[\frac{x^2}{9} + y^2\]=1. Find m such that area of region A is the equal to the area of region B.
9. āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ n à n āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§āϰā§āĻĄā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϰā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāϞ āĻ
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Problem 9: Each square of an nxn chessboard is either red or green. The board is colored such that in any 2Ã2 block of adjacent squares there are exactly 2 green squares and 2 red squares. How many ways can the chessboard be colored in this way? Note the number of ways for a 2Ã2 chessboard is 6 and the number of ways for a 3Ã3 chessboard is 14 which is bigger than 23.
10.āϏā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŽāĻā§āĻŖā§ ABC āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āϞāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰ HāĨ¤ āϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āϤā§āϤā§āϰ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰ K āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžāϰā§āϧ R = 1āĨ¤ HK āĻāĻŦāĻ BC āϰā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻĻāĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻĻā§ DāĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻā§, DK. (DK – DH) = 1āĨ¤ ABHC āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰāĻĢāϞ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Problem 10: H is the orthocenter of acute triangle ABC. The triangle is inscribed in a circle with center K with radius R = 1. Let D is the intersection of the lines passing through HK and BC. Also, DK.(DK – DH) = 1. Find the area of the region ABHC.

