PRMO Assignment – 3

1. If a, b, c and d are four different positive integers selected from 1 to 25, then the highest possible
value of [(a + b) + (c + d)] / [(a + b) + (c – d)] would be

2.  2
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If f x  1  x  7x  k1 and f  x 3  2   x 6  9x 3  k 2 , then the value of  k 2  k1  is
4 2

3. An ascending series of numbers satisfies the following conditions.

I. When divided by 3, 4, 5 or 6, then numbers leave a remainder of 2.

II. When divided by 11, then numbers leave no remainder.

What will be the 6th number in the series?

4. A three – digit number had digits in strictly descending order and divisible by 10. By changing the
places of the digits, a new three-digit number is constructed in such a way that the new number is
also divisible by 10. The difference between the original number and the new number is divisible by
40. How many numbers will satisfy all these conditions?

5. In a school, students were called for the Flag Hoisting ceremony on August 15. After the ceremony,
small boxes of sweets were distributed among the students. In each class, the student with roll no. 1
got one box of sweets, student with roll no. 2 got 2 boxes of sweets, student with roll no. 3 got 3
boxes of sweets and so on. In Class III, a total of 1200 boxes of sweets were distributed. By mistake,
one of the students of Class III got double the sweets, he was entitled to get. Identify the roll number
of the student who got twice as many boxes of sweets as compared to his entitlement.

6. A bouncing tennis ball is drooped from a height of 32 m. The ball rebounds each time to a height
equal to half the height of the previous bounce. The approximate distance travelled by the ball when
it hits the ground for the eleventh time, is

7. A polynomial ax3  bx 2  cx  d intersects x – axis at 1 and – I, and y – axis at 2. The value of (-b) is

a2
8. The probability that a randomly chosen positive divisor of 1029 is an integer multiple of 1023 is ,
b2
then b – a would be

9. If x 2  3x  10 is a factor of 3x 4  2x3  ax 2  bx  a  b  4, then what is the closest approximate

values of a?

10. If the product of the integers a, b, c and d is 3094 and if 1 < a < b < c < d, then what is the product of
b and c?

11. How many whole numbers between 100 and 800 contain the digit 2?

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12. The figure below has been obtained by folding a rectangle. The total area of the figure (as visible) is
144 sq m. Had the rectangle not been folded, the current overlapping part would have been a square.
What would have been the total area of the original unfolded rectangle?

13. The centre of a circle inside a triangle in at a distance of 625 cm from each of the vertices of the
triangle. IF the diameter of the circle is 350 cm and the circle is touching only two sides of the
triangle, then find the area of the triangle

14. In the diagram given below in ABC in which AB = 5 cm, BC = 12 cm, AC = 13 cm. Side AB and
BC are divided in n – equal parts by n – 1 equally spaced points as shown in the diagram. A1 joined
to B1, A2 joined B2 and so on. The value of ‘n’ for which An 1Bn 1  An 2 Bn 2  An 3Bn 3  ..... 
AC  130 cm is

15. In isosceles triangle PQR, PQ = PR, A and B are point on PR and PQ respectively such that AB||QR,
C and D are the points on QR such that AC||PD. If PQ = 10 cm, PA: AR = 2:3 and APD = BAC,
then find the length of DC (in cm.)

Note: Answers are given, the detailed solution will be uploaded on 12-08-2017.

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Answer
1. 51 7. 2 13. 387072 cm2

2. 8 8. 23 14. 19

3. 3542 9. 52 15. 4 cm

4. 6 10. 91

5. 24 11. 214

6. 96 m 12. 162