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1. (integer) If a, b, c are positive integers, 33=abc, and a<b<c, what is the

smallest possible value of a?
A. 1 B. 3 C. 11 D. -3 E. -33

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2. *(inequality) If a is an integer greater than 4 but less than 21 and b is an
integer greater than 14 but less than 31, what is the range of a/b?
A. 2/3 B. 1/2 C. 5/6 D. 1 E. 7/6

3. (ratio) All data in a certain school are recorded either on computer or

paper. Out of inaccurate records on the computer, data on paper make up
80%. And, out of the inaccurate data on paper, records on computer account
for 48%. Out of all data, inaccurate data, both on computer and paper, make
up 12%. What is the percent of accurate data among all data without
regarding the record method-either on computer or paper?
A. 45% B. 56% C. 72% D. 86% E. 90%

4. (integer) If n is greater than 20, what number is closest to n100-n90?

A. n90 B. n100 C. n99 D. n190 E. n10
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5. (inequality) Which of x, x2, and x is the greatest?

1) x>0
2) x<1

6. *(velocity) Tom drove from X to Y and then from Y to X and took different
routes back and forth. It took him 40 miles per hour to move from X to Y.
Meanwhile, it took him 50 miles per hour to come from Y to X. What was the
average speed for his entire travel?
1) The distance from the return trip was 4/5 of the entire distance.
2) The distance from the return trip was 160 miles.

7. (set) In school V, all students must take at least one of Mathematics class,
Physics class, and Biology class. If none of the students took 3 classes, the
number of students who took Mathematics class is 18, the number of
students who took Physics class is 23, and the number of students who took
Biology class is 20. And also 3 students took both the Mathematics class and
Physics class, 8 students took both Physics class and Biology class, and 6
students took both Biology class and Mathematics class. What is the total
number of students in school V?
A. 11 B. 22 C. 33 D. 44 E. 55
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8. (integer) X, y are positive integers. When x is divided by y, the remainder is

6 and x/y=6.12, what is the value of x?
A. 6 B. 50 C. 206 D. 306 E. 336

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9. (sequence) A sequence Zn=2n-1 for a positive integer n. If Sn is the sum of
Zm when m is all integers 1 to n, which of the following can be the value of
Sn?
A. 12 B. 24 C. 36 D. 48 E. 60

10. (integer) If n is a positive integer, how many different factors n has?

1) N/5 is a prime number.
2) N has only two different prime factors.

11. *(sequence) John deposits $10,000 in an account with an annual interest

rate of x percent (compound quarterly). If no other activity for this account
took place, is Johns account balance over $10,500 after 1 year?
2
1) (1+ ) >1.05

2
2) (1+ ) >1.05

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12. (sequence) There is a sequence An for a positive integer n such that when

An is divided by An-1 the remainder is An-2. If A2=7, A1=0, which of the

following can be the value of A4?
A. 48 B. 50 C. 52 D. 56 E. 58

13. (integer) What is the remainder when 108 is divided by 11?

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4

14. (function) It is well known that the relation of the revenue from sales of
the products and the total cost including labor and material are represented
in the function, R(c)=-10c2+kc+m, where R(c) is the revenue and c is the total
cost. When the revenue from sales of the products is the greatest, what is
the value of the total cost?
1) k=200
2) m=2,000

15. (integer) What is the smallest possible integer n, when n is divided by 15,
35, and 125, the remainder is 1?
A. 1,926 B. 2,126 C. 2,326 D. 2,426 E. 2,626
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16. (integer) What is the value of integer n?

1) The only different prime factor of n is 3 and 5
2) The number of different factors of n is 18.

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17. (exponent) -----|-------|-------|-------|------
217 219 n
If the distances between two consecutive points are the same, what is the
value of n?
A. 3(218) B. 3(219) C. 5(218) D. 5(219) E. 7(218)

18. (integer) If n is the remainder when 123,456,789 is divided by 4 and m is

the remainder when 987,654,321 is divided by 8, what is the sum of n and m?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6

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19. (exponent) =?
()(+)
1) n=5
2) x=2
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20. (sequence) There is a sequence An when n is a positive integer such that

A1=a, A2=b, and An+2=An+1An. Is A6<0?
1) a<0
2) ab<0

21. (integer) On the 25th of November in 1990, John was trying to make a
new plan for Jan 1991. However, he did not have a new calendar that
included Jan 1991. Then, in order to match a new plan for Jan 1991, which of
following months of 1990 should he look at?
A. March B. April C. May D. June E. July

22. (probability) N is an integer from 21 to 30 inclusive, what is the

probability that n(n2-1) is divisible by 6?
A. 0.3 B. 0.42 C. 0.48 D. 0.72 E. 1.00

23. (probability) Factory X and factory Y are among the 5 factories in a

certain manufacturing business. If the CEO of a business must go the 5
factories every day, in how many different possible orders can the CEO go to
the factories so that factory X is ahead of factory Y?
A. 24 B. 30 C. 36 D. 48 E. 60
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24. (statistics) We define that the harmonic mean is the reciprocal of the
average (arithmetic mean) of the reciprocals of a set of specified numbers.
What is the harmonic mean of 2, 3, and 6?
A. 3 B. 1/3 C. 2 D. 1/2 E. 4

25. (integer) If a, b are integers, and (a-b)2+8b2=108, what is the number of

the ordered pairs (a,b)?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8 E. 10

26. (sequence) Tom will cultivate bacteria. The number of bacteria he will
cultivate after one day is 150 percent of the previous day. The total number
of bacteria is 4,725 after 2 days. What is the value of the original number of
bacteria on the first day?
A. 1,200 B. 1,500 C. 1,600 D. 1,800 E. 2,100

27. (statistics) In the exam, 5 people have different scores ranging from 0 to
100, inclusive. The scores are all integers. If the median score is 70, what is
the greatest possible average (arithmetic mean) score?
A. 80.2 B. 81.2 C. 82.2 D. 83.2 E. 84.4
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28. (geometry) A certain right circular cylinder is full of water at a constant

rate of 6 cubic feet per minute. As the water level increases, the height of the
cylinder goes up at a constant rate of 0.2 feet per minute, what is the radius
of the cylinder, approximately, in feet?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

29. (integer) Which of the following cannot be the outcome of raising an

integer to the 4th power?
A. 65,610,000
B. 68,574,961
C. 62,356,782
D. 52,200,625
E. 37,015,056

30. (absolute value) Is a<b?

1) |a-b|<|b|
2) a<0
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31. (statistics) The monthly precipitations in the first 5 months in 1999 are 8,
6, 9, 3, and 5, respectively, in inches. If the sixth months precipitation in
1999 is either 2, 6, or 11, in inches, for which of these values does the
monthly average (arithmetic mean) precipitation for the first 6 months equal
the median?
I. 2 II. 6 III. 11
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and III only E. I, II, and III
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32. *(work rate) There are 4 machines with the same work rate. If it took m
hours for 3 machines to finish a task when working together, and did (m-3)
hours for 4 machines to finish the task when working together, what is the
value of m?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14 E. 16

33. (integer) If {x} is the greatest integer less than or equal to x, what is the
value of {1/2}+{7/5}+{8/3}?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

34. *(integer) If x, y are positive integers, what is the value of xy?

1) yx=9
2) x2y=64
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35. (absolute value) If ab-2b=(4-a)b, what is the value of b?

1) |a2-9|0
2) a<0

36. *(statistics) A certain population has a certain characteristic of distributing

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its members such that they are symmetric to the mean m. 68 percent of the
distribution lies within one standard deviation d of the mean and 95 percent
of the distribution does within two standard deviations d of the mean. When
the average (arithmetic mean) life expectancy of tigers is 15 years and the
standard deviation of them is 5 years, what percent of the tigers have the
average (arithmetic mean) life expectancy between 20 years and 25 years,
approximately?
A. 14% B. 32% C. 48% D. 84% E. 92%

37. (ratio) Each of 3 cups has the same n number of marbles. When marbles
from the 1-st cup are moved to the other 2 cups, the ratio of marbles in each
cup was 2:4:3. Then, which of the following represents the marbles that are
moved in the 1-st cup, in terms of n?
A. n/4 B. n/3 C. n/2 D. n E. 4n/5

Missing questions number Estimating score

1~5 49~51
5~10 45~48
11~15 41~44
16~20 36~40