KVS Junior Mathematics Olympiad (JMO)
SAMPLE PAPER 6
M.M. 100
Time : 3 hours
Note : Attempt all questions.
All questions carry equal marks
Q.1. Factorise :
x a 2 b c x b 2 c a x c 2 a b
Q.2. The sides of a triangle are equal to a,b, and c. Compute the median mc drawn to
the side c.
Q.3. Let a+b+c =1 and ab bc ca
Find the value of
a
b
c
(i)
b
c
a
(ii)
1
where a, b, c are real numbers.
3
a
b
c
ba
ca
a 1
Q.4. Reconstruct the following exact long division problem in which the digits
indiscriminately replaced by x.
X is any digit
0 to 9 having same or different values.
xx x8 xx
xxx xx xx xx xx
x xx
xxxx
xxx
xx xx
xx xx
Q. 5. Find the number of digits in 21000.
Q. 6. A road map of city is shown in the diagram. The perimeter of the park is a road
but there is no road through the park. How many different shortest road routes are
there from point P to Q.
Q
PARK
P
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Q.7. Evaluate : 1 + (1+2) + (1+2+3) + (1 +2 + 3+ 4) + upto n terms.
Q.8. You need to find the age of a women. Take double the age and add 4 more than
the square root of twice the age. This sum added to its square will be equal to 2162.
Q.9. Below is the figure of a standard chess board. The military enters gate no.1
Marches through all 64 squares. Leave by gate no. 2 making fewest possible number
of move. All movers must be like a chess rooks and no square can be visited move
than once.
Q.10. The centers of flour circles are situated at the vertices of a square with side a,
each radius being equal to a compute the area of the intersection of the circle.
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SOLUTION AND HINTS (SAMPLE PAPER 6)
Q.1
=
x a 2 b c x b 2 c a x c 2 a b
x 2 2ax a 2 b c x 2 2bx b 2 c a x 2 2cx c 2 a b
x 2 b c c a a b 2 x a b c bc a ca b
a 2 b c b 2 c a c 2 a b
=
=
x 2 0 2 x 0 b c c a a b
b c c a a b
Q. 2 Let the median mc be double and construct the parallelogram ACBP. For a
paralleglogram, we know : The sum of the squares of the diagonals of a parallelogram
in equal to the sum of the squares of all of its sides.
CP 2 AB 2 2 AC 2 2 BC 2
2mc 2 c 2 2b 2 2a 2
4mc2 2b 2 2a 2 c 2
2a 2 2b 2 C 2
mc
2
We get :
a b2
Q.3
=
=
=
=
b c 2 c a 2
2 a 2 b 2 c 2 ab bc ca
2 a b c 2 3 ab bc ca
2 1 3
3
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So, a = b,
b = c, and c = a
So, a+b+c=1, gives a b c
So,
=
=
and
=
=
1
3
a
b
c
b
c
a
1+1+1
3
a
b
c
b 1
ca
a 1
1/ 3
1/ 3
1/ 3
4/3
4/3
4/3
3
4
Q. 4 The solution is
124 10020316
Q.5. Lets know the power and number of digits.
No of digit
1
2 =2
1
2
2 =4
1
3
2 =8
1
4
2 = 16
2
5
2 = 32
2
6
2 =64
2
7
2 =128
2
8
2 =256
3
9
2 =512
3
10
2 =1024 4
211=2048 4
212=4096 4
213=8192 4
214=16384 5
215=32768 5
216=65536 5
217=131072 6
218=262144 6
219 =524288
6
20
2
=1048576
7
21
2
=2097152
7
22
2
=4194304
7
23
2
=838868
7
24
2
=
16777216
8
25
2
=
33554432
8
26
2
=
67108864
8
27
2
=
134xxxxxx
9
28
2
=
268 xx xx xx
9
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229 =
536 xx xx xx
30
2
=
1073 xx xx xx
31
2
=
2147 xx xx xx
32
2
=
4294 xx xx xx
33
2
=
8589 xx xx xx
34
2
=
17179 xx xx xx
35
2
=
34315 xx xx xx
36
2
=
68631 xx xx xx
37
2
=
137263 xx xx xx
38
2
=
27 xx xx xx xx xx
39
2
=
54 xx xx xx xx xx
40
2
=
108 xx xx xx xx xx
41
2
=
216 xx xx xx xx xx
42
2
=
432 xx xx xx xx xx
43
2
=
864 xx xx xx xx xx
44
2
=
1728 xx xx xx xx xx
The pattern
Power
1
4
9
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
14
8
12
16
No. of digit
Power
20
24
28
32
36
No. of digit
10
11
Power
40
44
48
52
56
No. of digit
13
14
15
16
17
Power
60
64
68
72
76
No. of digit
19
20
21
22
23
Power
1000
1004
1008
1012
1016
No. of digit
301
302
303
304
305
So 21000 have 301 digits.
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Q. 6 The solution using Pascals principle of triangles.
So numbers of routes 110.
Q.7
We know
1 2 3 4 ... n
n n 1
2
The nth term of series
n n 1
=
2
2
n
n
=
2
2
2
n
n
Now t
2
2
2
12
1
t
1
2
2
22
2
t2
2
2
2
3
3
t
3
2
2
42
4
t
4
2
2
n2
n
tn
2
2
1 2
1
2 2
4
2
1 2 3 4 n
S=
1 2 3 4 n
2
2
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1
nn 12n 1
1
nn 1
x
x
2
6
2
2
n n 1 2n 1
=
3 1
2
n n 1
2
2n 4
3
n (n 1) n 2
6
Q.8 Let the age of woman = x From the question :
2
2 x 2x 4 2 x 2 x 4
216
2
it can be solved to get
x = 18
Q.9 Solution :
=
Q. 10 From the symmetry the quadrilateral EKMP is a square
So, the desired are to be calculated in square EKMP plus four equal segments
WKZ is equilateral,
i.e.
So
KWZ = 600
XWK = 330
MWZ = 330
KWM = 330
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We have,
S=1
area of the segment
r 2 sin
is measured in radians readian 180 0
1 2
1
a
2
2
6
So, area of the segment =
(1)
For WKM, by cosines law :
KM 2 WK 2 WM 2 2WK WM Cos 30 0
3
KM 2 a 2 a 2 2a 2
2
= a2 2 3
So, the desired area
=
Area of square + 4 x area of segment
1 2 1
=
a2 2 3 4 x
a
2
6 2
=
a 2 1 3
3
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