16th PMO Qualifying
16th PMO Qualifying
Qualifying Stage
12 October 2013
PART I. Each correct answer is worth two points.
1. Simplify
(a)
3
8
5
7
9
11 13 15
+
.
6 12 20 30 42 56
7
5
(b)
(c)
12
14
(d)
9
14
2. Brad and Angelina each tipped their waiter 50 pesos. Brad tipped 4%
of his bill while Angelina tipped 10% of her bill. What is the total bill
of the two?
(a) 1500 pesos
1
6
(b)
1
8
(c)
1
9
(d)
1
12
(b) 22 cm
2013
X
(c) 24 cm
(d) 38 cm
i=0
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
6. Find the number of integer solutions less than 5 that satisfy the inequality (x3 + 4x2 )(x2 3x 2) (x3 + 4x2 )(2x2 6).
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(b) 2
xm
x1
=
have no solution in x?
x2
x6
(c) 8
(d) 5
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 3
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 0
1 + 13
1 + 13
(c)
(a)
2
2
1 + 13
1 + 13
(b)
(d)
6
6
11. If all the words (meaningful or meaningless) obtained from permuting
the letters of the word SMART are arranged alphabetically, what is
the rank of the word SMART?
(a) 72nd
12. Evaluate
(b) 79th
32
(a) 4
4
3
32
5
4
32
(c) 80th
p
10
(b) 8
(d) 78th
32.
(c) 2
(d) 16
13. The figures below, consisting of unit squares, are the first four in a
sequence of staircases, How many unit squares are there in the 2013th
staircase?
(a) 20141007
(b) 20131007
(c) 20131008
(d) 20132007
(b) 9990
(c) 9991
(d) 9992
15. Let AB be a chord of circle C with radius 13. If the shortest distance
of AB to point C is 5, what is the perimeter of ABC?
(a) 30 units
(b) 60 units
(c) 50 units
(d) 25 units
4x+1 3
4x + 1
(a) (3, 1)
(c) (3, 4)
(b) (4, 3)
(d) (4, +)
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d) k
(b) 13
(c) 14
(d) 17
4. Let (a, b) and (c, d) be two points of the circles C1 and C2 . The circle C1
is centered at the origin and passes through P (16, 16), while the circle
C2 is centered at P and passes through the origin. Find a + b + c + d.
32
(a) 16
(b) 32
(c) 16 2
(d)
3
5. Let f be a function that satisfies f (x + y) = f (x)f (y) and
f (xy) = f (x) + f (y) for all real numbers x, y. Find f ( 2013 ).
(a) 2013
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d)
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d) 3/2
a
a
a
7. If the sum of the infinite geometric series + 2 + 3 + is 4, then
b b
b
what is the sum of
a
a
a
+ ?
+
2 +
a + b (a + b)
(a + b)3
(a) 0.8
(b) 1
(c) 1.2
(d) 1.6
8. How many trailing zeros does 126! have when written in decimal notation?
(a) 30
(b) 31
9. It is known that 1 +
2
8
(d) 12
1 1
1
2
+ +
+ = . Find the sum
4 9 16
6
1+
(a)
(c) 25
(b)
2
9
1
1
1
+
+
+ .
9 25 49
2
(c)
10
(d)
2
12
(a) 15
(b) 18
(c) 22.5
(d) 30
(b) 25
(c) 50
(d) 100
a
1
a3
=
,
determine
.
a2 + 1
3
a6 + a5 + a4 + a3 + a2 + a + 1
1
1
1
1
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
25
29
33
36
3. If
(a) 6 3 2
(b) 8 3 2
(c) 9 3 2
(d) 10 3 2
5. Find the minimum value of 2a8 + 2b6 + a4 b3 2a2 2, where a and
b are real numbers.
(a) 3/8
(b) 5/8
(c) 11/4
(d) 11/8