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SMO 2023 Junior Round 1

Question 1

In a certain company, one-third of the employees have a university degree. Half of the employees who have a university degree are men and 40% of the employees who do not have a university degree are women. If 102 of the employees are men, how many of the employees are women?
  1. 58
  2. 78
  3. 98
  4. 108
  5. 118

Question 2

How many non-congruent triangles with integer side lengths have perimeter 7?
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Question 3

The median and mean of five distinct numbers, $4,7,10,11,N$, are equal. Find the sum of all possible values of $N$.
  1. 18
  2. 21
  3. 26
  4. 29
  5. 35

Question 4

The following diagram shows two semicircles whose diameters lie on the same line. $AB$ is a chord of the larger semicircle that is tangent to the smaller semicircle at the point $C$ and is parallel to the diameter $DE$ of the larger semicircle. If $|AB|=16$ cm, what is the area of the shaded region in $\text{cm}^2$?

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  1. $8\pi$
  2. $16\pi$
  3. $32\pi$
  4. $48\pi$
  5. $64\pi$

Question 5

The graph (not drawn to scale) of $y=ax^2+bx+c$ with the maximum point at $x=-1$ is shown below. Which of the following must be true?

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(I) $a-b+c\gt 0$; (II) $a+b-c\gt 0$; (III) $abc\gt 0$; (IV) $abc\lt 0$.
  1. (I) and (IV)
  2. (II) and (IV)
  3. (I) and (III)
  4. (II) and (III)
  5. (I)

Question 6

The product of the ages of three adults is 26390. Find the sum of their ages. (A person is an adult if he or she is at least 21 years old.)

Question 7

Let $n$ be a positive integer such that $n+11$ is a factor of $n^2+121$. Find the largest possible value of $n$.

Question 8

Find the largest integer less than or equal to $(3+\sqrt5)^3$.

Question 9

The product of the two-digit number $\overline{x4}$ and the three-digit number $\overline{3yz}$ is $7656$. Find the value of $x+y+z$.

Question 10

If $x$ and $y$ are real numbers such that $x+y=12$ and $xy=10$, find the value of $x^4+y^4$.

Question 11

Let $a$ and $b$ be two positive integers such that $a^2+4b^2\le1105$. Find the largest possible value of the product $ab$.

Question 12

Find the value of the integer $n$ such that the following equation holds:
$$\frac{\sqrt5+n\sqrt3-2\sqrt2}{(\sqrt5+\sqrt3)(\sqrt3-\sqrt2)}=\sqrt5+\sqrt2.$$

Question 13

The lengths of the sides of a triangle are $\log_{10}12$, $\log_{10}75$ and $\log_{10}n$ where $n$ is a positive integer. Find the number of possible values for $n$.

Question 14

Let $x$ be a real number. What is the minimum value of the following expression?
$$\frac{20x^2+10x+3}{2x^2+x+1}.$$

Question 15

In the following diagram, $ABCD$ is a square of side $16$ cm. $E$ lies on $CD$ such that $|DE|=4$ cm. $M$ and $N$ lie on $AD$ and $BC$ respectively such that $MN$ is perpendicular to $BE$. $X$ is the intersection of $MN$ and $BE$. If $|MX|=11$ cm and $|BN|=x$ cm, what is the value of $x$?

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Question 16

Find the smallest positive integer $k$ such that every subset of $\{1,2,\ldots,2023\}$ with exactly $k$ integers contains three integers $a,b,c$ with $a\lt b\lt c$ and $ab=c$.

Question 17

The difference between the least common multiple (LCM) and highest common factor (HCF) of a positive integer $n$ and $18$ is $627$. Find the value of $n$.

Question 18

The sum of all the interior angles except one of a convex polygon is $2023^\circ$. What is the number of sides of this polygon? (A polygon is convex if every interior angle is between $0^\circ$ and $180^\circ$.)

Question 19

If $\sqrt{19-8\sqrt3}$ is a root of the equation $x^2-ax+b=0$ where $a$ and $b$ are rational numbers, find the value of $a+b$.

Question 20

Find the smallest positive integer $n$ such that the equation $x^2+y^3=n^4$ has a solution in positive integers $x$ and $y$.