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IMC 2008 — Keystage 3 (IWYMIC) — individual

Question 1

An ant starts at $(0,0)$ in the southwest corner of a $5\times5$ grid and moves east or north along its lines to $(5,5)$. It cannot pass through the four broken intersections $(1,1),(1,4),(4,1),(4,4)$. How many different paths are possible?

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Question 2

The positive integer $a-2$ divides $3a^2-2a+10$. Find the sum of all possible values of $a$.

Question 3

Positive $a,b,c$ satisfy $a+b+c=11$ and $\frac1{b+c}+\frac1{c+a}+\frac1{a+b}=\frac{13}{17}$. Find $\frac a{b+c}+\frac b{c+a}+\frac c{a+b}$.

Question 4

For real $x$, what is the maximum real value of $\sqrt{2008-x}-\sqrt{x-2000}$?

Question 5

How many ten-digit numbers use only digits two and three, with no two threes adjacent?

Question 6

On a circle are $n$ numbers with sum ninety-four. Each equals the absolute difference of the next two in clockwise order. Find the sum of all possible values of $n$.

Question 7

Decreasing the thousands digit of a four-digit square by three and increasing its units digit by three gives another four-digit square. What is the original number?

Question 8

The broken line $A-B-C-D$ consists of segments parallel to rectangle edges and bisects its area. Point $E$ on the perimeter makes $AE$ also bisect the area. Given $AB=30$, $BC=24$, $CD=10$ cm, find $DE$ in cm.

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Question 9

Let $f(x)=ax^2-c$ for real $a,c$, with $-4\le f(1)\le-1$ and $-1\le f(2)\le2$. Find the sum of the maximum and minimum values of $f(8)$.

Question 10

Two facing vertical mirrors form a thirty-degree angle at $V$. A horizontal beam from $S$, parallel to one mirror, strikes the other at $A$ and eventually returns to $S$. If $SA=AV=1$ cm, find its total travel distance in cm.

Question 11

Positive integer $n$ makes $n^2-n+11$ a product of four primes, allowing repeats. Find the minimum $n$.

Question 12

$ABC$ is equilateral, and $ABDE$ is a rectangle whose side $DE$ passes through $C$. The incircle of $ABC$ has radius one cm. Find the diameter of the circle through $A,B,D,E$ in cm.

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Question 13

Find $\left\lfloor\sqrt{2008+\sqrt{2008+\sqrt{2008+\cdots}}}\right\rfloor$, with exactly $2008$ occurrences of $2008$. Here the brackets denote the greatest integer not exceeding the number.

Question 14

Triangle $ABC$ has $\angle ABC=60^\circ$, circumcentre $O$, orthocentre $H$. Points $D\in BC$, $E\in AB$ satisfy $BD=BH$, $BE=BO$. If $BO=1$ cm, find area $BED$ in square cm.

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Question 15

Positive integer $t$ satisfies $2^t=a^b\pm1$ for integers $a,b\gt 1$. Find all possible $t$.