Elims MSP Math Wiz 2016
Elims MSP Math Wiz 2016
Elims MSP Math Wiz 2016
1. Evaluate the following double integral: |𝑇| denotes the absolute value of T.
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∫0 ∫0 |𝑥 − 𝑦| 𝑑𝑥 𝑑𝑦
2. Find all the square roots of 7 − 24𝑖 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖 = √−1 .
3. Find the area of the trapezoid.
5. In the triangle ∆ABC, AB = AC, Angle ABC = 40 degrees and the point D is on AC such that
BD is the angle bisector of angle ABC. If BD is extended to the point E such that DE = AD,
find angle ECA.
6. Given that 𝑥 = 3√2+log3 𝑥 and x is an integer. Find the sum of all the digits of x!
7. Find the sum of all the integral values of x that satisfy the equation:
√𝑥 + 3 − 4√𝑥 − 1 + √𝑥 + 8 − 6√𝑥 − 1 = 1
10. Suppose the real numbers x and y satisfy the equations below. Find x+y.
𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 = 1, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 3 − 3𝑦 2 + 5𝑦 = 5
1+3+5+7+ … +99
11. Find the value of .
2+4+6+8+ … +100
12. Melinda received at least 100 roses from an admirer. When she tried to place 5 roses in
each vase, she had 3 roses left over. When she tried to place 6 roses in each vase, she
had 2 roses left over. What is the smallest number of roses she could have received?
13. Two bullets are placed in two consecutive chambers of a 6 – chamber pistol. The
cylinder is then spun. The pistol is fired but the first shot is a blank. Let E denote the
probability that the second shot is also a blank if the cylinder is spun after the first shot
and let B denote the probability that the second shot is also a blank if the cylinder is not
100𝐸
spun after the first shot. Find the smallest integer C such that 𝐶≥ 𝐵
𝑝√𝑞
14. If 𝐵 = , where p and q are integers and are relatively prime to each other. Find
𝑞
𝑝−𝑞
.
𝑞
2
B = (log √2 cos(20) + log √2 cos(40) + log √2 cos(80))
15. Find the radius of a circle in which a chord two feet long is sixteen inches from the
center.
16. (0,2) , (2,2) , (-2,0) and (4,0) are points A, B, D and C respectively. Find the radius of the
circle which circumscribes the polygon ABCD.
17.
𝐴𝐵𝐶
Find .
𝐷
18. a and b are consecutive, positive integers such that 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 > 22. What is the
minimum possible value of a+b.
19. The four values C, B, C-B and C+B are all positive prime integers. What is the product of
all the four integers.
21. What is the smallest positive integer that 1260 should be multiplied by so that the
product produced is a perfect cube?
22. Find the greatest possible perimeter of the isosceles triangle shown.
23. If the sums of the first 13 terms of two arithmetic progressions are in the ratio 7:3, find
the ratio of their corresponding 7th terms.
25. Determine the number of triangles of all sizes in the shape shown.
26. Four people – Tian, Chris, Ador and Cardo play a game that requires them to split up
into two teams of two players. In how many ways can they split up?
27. What is the remainder, in base 10, when the sum below is divided by 6.
+∞
𝑥 8 − 4𝑥 6 + 9𝑥 4 − 5𝑥 2 + 1
∫ 𝑑𝑥
0 𝑥12 − 10𝑥10 + 37𝑥 8 − 42𝑥 6 + 26𝑥 4 − 8𝑥 2 + 1
Christian Baldo