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VTMO 2026 - Grade 9 - Semifinal - SET 06 - Self-study

Question 1

Let $a,b,c$ be distinct positive integers such that the product of any two of them plus 1 is a perfect square. Write $ab+1=r^2$, $ac+1=s^2$, $bc+1=t^2$, where $r,s,t$ are positive integers. Suppose $0\lt a\lt b\lt c$. Prove that $\dfrac{rs}{t}$ is not a positive integer.

Question 2

Which equation has the straight-line graph shown in the figure?

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  1. $x+y=1$
  2. $x+y=2$
  3. $x^2+y=1$
  4. $x-y=-1$
  5. $x+y=-1$

Question 3

Which listed triple can be the three altitudes $h_a,h_b,h_c$ of a triangle?
  1. $(1;2;3)$
  2. $(1;0.5;0.8)$
  3. $(2;4;4)$
  4. $(3;6;8)$
  5. $(3;6;9)$

Question 4

A line through $A(2,0)$ meets the parabola $y=ax^2$, $a\ne0$, at two distinct points with abscissas $x_1,x_2$. Find $S=100(1/x_1+1/x_2)$.

Question 5

Hoa travels from home at constant speed. At 1 pm the distance traveled is a two-digit number; at 2 pm it has the same digits reversed; at 3 pm it is the original digits with 0 inserted between them. Find her speed in km/h.
  1. 54
  2. 45
  3. 63
  4. 36
  5. 40

Question 6

Inside a quarter disk of radius $R$ are two tangent semicircles and a circle tangent to both, arranged as shown. The shaded area is $\pi R^2/x$. Find $x$.

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  1. 18
  2. 21
  3. 23
  4. 24
  5. 27

Question 7

Positive integers $a\lt b\lt 1000$ satisfy $9a\gt 7b$. Find the largest value of $M=b-a$.
  1. 210
  2. 209
  3. 231
  4. 198
  5. 221

Question 8

Using the source's indexing, let $S(n+1)$ denote the number of trailing zero digits of $n!$. Find the smallest natural number $n$ such that $S(n+1)-S(n)=5$.

Question 9

How many minutes after 10:00 do the hour and minute hands first become perpendicular?
  1. 5
  2. $5\frac12$
  3. $5\frac6{11}$
  4. $5\frac5{11}$
  5. Another answer

Question 10

There are 2020 equally spaced points on a circle. How many regular polygons can be formed using only these points as vertices?
  1. 12
  2. 1251
  3. 1254
  4. 1253
  5. 1151

Question 11

In the figure, the smaller square is inscribed in a circle, which is inscribed in the larger square. The smaller square has area $10\,\mathrm{cm}^2$. Find the larger square's area.

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  1. $20\,\mathrm{cm}^2$
  2. $50\,\mathrm{cm}^2$
  3. $15\,\mathrm{cm}^2$
  4. $\sqrt{150}\,\mathrm{cm}^2$
  5. $\sqrt{120}\,\mathrm{cm}^2$

Question 12

A staircase has 10 steps. A giant climbs from ground level to the top, taking between 1 and 10 steps in each stride. How many climbing sequences are possible?
  1. 480
  2. 512
  3. 360
  4. 1024
  5. 720

Question 13

Tí can take 1,2 or 3 stairs per stride. How many sequences climb an eight-step staircase?
  1. 24
  2. 34
  3. 44
  4. 55
  5. 81

Question 14

A circle centered at O has radius 5 cm and perpendicular diameters AB and CD. M is the midpoint of OD, and AM meets the circle again at K. Find the area of triangle KAC in square centimeters.

Question 15

Positive integers are arranged in the left-aligned triangular array below. The header labels the columns; the labels before the vertical line number the rows.

$$\begin{array}{c|rrrrrr} &1&2&3&4&5&6\\\hline 1&1&&&&&\\2&2&3&&&&\\3&4&5&6&&&\\4&7&8&9&10&&\\5&11&12&13&14&15&\\6&16&17&18&19&20&21\end{array}$$

Continue in the same way. How many entries smaller than 2000 lie in its column?
  1. 15
  2. 16
  3. 17
  4. 18
  5. 19

Question 16

An isosceles trapezoid $ABCD$, $AB\parallel CD$, is circumscribed about a circle. Its bases are 9 cm and 64 cm. Find the circle's radius.

Question 17

Three cevians of triangle $ABC$ concur at an interior point $P$, meeting opposite sides at $D,E,F$. As shown, the small areas are $[BPD]=40$, $[DPC]=20$, and $[APE]=15$. Find $[ABC]$.

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  1. 150
  2. 160
  3. 155
  4. 165
  5. 145

Question 18

Points $A,B,C,D$ lie in that order on a line, with $AB/AD=3/8$ and $BC/AD=2/5$. Find $AB/AC$.
  1. $15/16$
  2. $6/40$
  3. $15/31$
  4. $3/20$
  5. $31/40$

Question 19

How many ways can the numbers 1 through 9 be partitioned into three unlabeled groups of three, each with sum divisible by 3?
  1. 15
  2. 30
  3. 37
  4. 216
  5. 217

Question 20

Two circles centered at $A,B$ are tangent to both rays of the right angle $xOy$, and $A$ lies on the circle centered at $B$. As shown, circle $(B)$ is larger. Find its radius divided by that of $(A)$.

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  1. $2-\sqrt2$
  2. $\sqrt2-1$
  3. $1/(\sqrt2-1)$
  4. $1/(\sqrt2+1)$
  5. $2+\sqrt2$