IKMC 2025 - Grades 11-12 - Set 2 - Self-study Next → The year 2025 is a perfect square: $2025=45^2$. How many years pass until the next square-numbered year?
25
91
121
500
2025
Five stones strike a window at A, B, C, D and E. New cracks end at the window edge or at an existing crack. In which order did the impacts occur?
DACBE
ABCDE
BDACE
BCDAE
DCABE
Vasily has 20 balls, each yellow, green, blue or black. Exactly 17 are not green, 15 are not black, and 12 are not yellow. How many are blue?
8
7
6
4
3
In which interval does $88\times888$ lie?
Between 8 and 88
Between 88 and 888
Between 888 and 8,888
Between 8,888 and 88,888
Between 88,888 and 888,888
Which expression equals $\sqrt{16^{16}}$?
$4^4$
$4^8$
$4^{16}$
$8^8$
$16^4$
The pictures are the first three in a sequence. How many dots are in the fifth picture?
72
74
76
78
80
Mike divides $\sqrt{11}$ by 3 to obtain x. Where is x on the number line?
Between 0 and 1
Between 1 and 2
Between 2 and 3
Between 3 and 4
Between 4 and 5
Sila’s favourite chocolate comes in packets. A packet used to contain five chocolate bars and now contains four for the same price. By what percentage has the price of each bar increased?
10%
20%
25%
30%
50%
Robert wants four points whose six pairwise distances are all different. Which point must he remove?
A
B
C
D
E
In the unit square $0\le x,y\le1$, a point is black exactly when the first digit after the decimal point of both x and y is odd. Which picture results?
Four discs have centres (0,0), (1,0), (3,0), (6,0) and positive radii r₁, r₂, r₃, r₄. They may touch but cannot overlap. What is the largest possible sum of their radii?
3
4
5
6
No upper limit
Among ten distinct positive integers, exactly five are divisible by 5 and exactly seven by 7. If M is their largest, what is the smallest possible M?
105
77
75
63
A different value
Regions A, B, C, D consist of the points nearest to each of four schools. The school in D is at (9,1). What are the coordinates of the school in A?
(0,4)
(1,4)
(1,5)
(1,6)
(2,4)
The diagram shows quarter-circle OPQ of centre O and radius r, and triangle OPR. The two shaded regions have equal areas. What is OR?
$\pi r/2$
$3r/2$
$\pi r$
$2/\pi$
$\pi/(2r)$
What is the smallest positive integer N for which $\sqrt{2\sqrt{3\sqrt N}}$ is an integer?
$2^{12}3^6$
$2^4 3^{14}$
$2^4 3^6 5^8$
$2^4 3^2$
Another number
One kangaroo stands in each cell of a 4 × 4 chessboard. Every move, each jumps to an orthogonally adjacent cell, staying on the board; sharing a cell is allowed. What is the maximum number of empty cells after 100 moves?
15
14
12
10
8
The five-digit number $\overline{N18NN}$ is divisible by 18. Which statement about digit N is true?
Exactly one such N
Exactly two such N
Exactly three such N
No such N
More than three such N
The graphs of $y=ax+b$ and $y=cx+d$ are as shown. What is certain about $ab+cd-(ac+bd)$?
It is negative
It is not positive
It is positive
It equals zero
None of these is certain
The black semicircle has area $12\text{ cm}^2$. What is the area of the large quarter-circle?
$42\text{ cm}^2$
$36\text{ cm}^2$
$32\text{ cm}^2$
$30\text{ cm}^2$
$25\text{ cm}^2$
A ball of wool initially has diameter 30 cm. After Grandma knits 70 socks, its diameter is 15 cm. How many more socks can she knit?
70
50
30
20
10
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