NATIONAL BOARD FOR HIGHER MATHEMATICS
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HOMI BHABHA CENTRE FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION
‘TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
Pre-REGIONAL MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD, 2014
‘Mumbai Region
October 12, 2014
QUESTION PAPER SET: A
‘= There aze 20 questions in ths question paper. Bach question caries 5 marks.
1 Answer all questions.
+ Time alloted: 2.5 hours.
QUESTIONS
1. A natural mumber kis such that &? < 2014 < (R41), What i the largest prime factor-of
ra
2. ‘The frst term of » seauence is 2014. Bach sucecodjng term isthe sum ofthe cubes of the
Gigi of the previous term, What isthe 2014 term ofthe sequence?
4. Let ABCD be a convex quadelateral with perpendicular diagonals. 11 AB = 20,8C
‘and CD =90, then whot is the value of DAP
4, In a triangle with integer side length, one side is thee times as long as « second side, and
the length of the third side a 17. What Is the greatest possible perimeter of the triengle?
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5. Ifreal mumbass a,b 6 dye satisfy
ablabt2actoedtsmetsmatbher dress,
what is the value of o? ++ E+E?
6, What isthe smallest posible natural number n for which the equation 2*~nz+ 2014 = 0
has integer roots?
7. Hf 200 = 4, what i the valve of 20) 4 206?
B. Let 9 be aset of real numbers with mean M. W the means ofthe sets SU (15) and SU{2S,1)
are M+ 2and Af +1, rxpectively, than how many elements does $ havet
9, Notural numbers kylip and q are such tht fa and b ae roots of 22 — ke +1= 0 then a-+ }
fend bet dare the rots of 2 pr-+ q= 0. Whet is the sum ofall posible values of 9?
10. In a triangle ABC, X and Y axe points onthe segments AB and AC, respectively, such that
AX! XB 1:2 and AY :¥C= 2:1. ithe ares of triangle AXY is 1 then what isthe
‘rea of triangle ABC?
1. For natural numbers 2 and yet (2,3) denote the greatest common divisor of = and y. How
many pairs of natural numbers # and y with 2