Q1.

There are 3 colleagues who want to know what their average salary is, but
they do not want to disclose to each other their individual salary. How do they go
about doing it? Is this method fail-proof?
(5 marks)

Q2. Find all integral solutions of x and y in the following equation:

1/x +1/y =1/6

(10 marks)

Q3. There exists a unique 10-digit natural number, such that the first digit equals
the number of 0’s in the number, the second digit the number of 1’s, the third
digit the number of 2’s and so on. Find the number.
(5 marks)

Q4. What is the remainder when 9999.....9 (999 times) is divided by 550?
(5 marks)

Q5. There is a stretch of grass in the shape of an equilateral triangle, which is

surrounded by concrete. Three cows are tethered, one each at the mid-point of
the three sides, in such a manner that each cow can just reach the two corners of
the side on which it is tethered. The area that can be grazed by one cow is m times
the area that can be grazed by 2 cows. What is the value of m?
(5 marks)

Q6. The equation of two lines on the Cartesian plane that are perpendicular to
each other is
y = m1 x + c1 and
y = m2 x + c2.
Show that the product of m1 and m2 is -1.
(7 marks)

Q7. Can one form a magic square with the first 16 prime numbers? Give reasons
for your answer.
(7 marks)
Q8. In a certain land to increase the number of females so as the females can
outnumber the males, a ruler, ordered the following: "As soon as a mother gave
birth to her first son, she would be forbidden to have any more children." the
ruler argued that some families can have more girls but no family would have
more than one boy thereby creating a higher ratio of girls to boys. Now do you
really think the ruler's strategy would work? Why and why not?
(5 marks)

Q9. Solve the following equation for x:

(7 marks)

Q10. This Russian city, now known as Kalingrad is located at the mouth of
the navigable Pregolya River river, which empties into the Vistula Lagoon, an
inlet of the Baltic Sea. Until 1945, this city was known by its German name
__________, whose bridges had a very important significance in mathematics.
What is the former name of the city, and what its significance?
(5 marks)

Q11. This mathematical treatise, consisting of 13 books, written by a Greek

mathematician in Alexandria, circa 300 BC, is largely considered to be the basis
of modern axiomatic theory, and classical geometry. It is the most successful and
influential textbook ever written, and is second only to the bible in terms of the
total number of editions ever published. It has influenced, among others, Nicolas
Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, and Bertrand Russel.
Name the mathematical treatise and its author.
(5 marks)

Q12. Sum the following series: (2x3 = 6 marks)

a) 12 - 22 + 32 - 42 + ... + 19992 - 20002
b) 1 + 11 + 111 + 1111 + 11111 + ... + 111111111
c) 1 + x1 + x2 + x3 + ... + xn

Q13. Find the next 2 terms in the following sequences: (2x4 = 8 marks)
a) 1, 7, 3, 9, 5, 11...
b) 1, 2, 6, 12, 25...
c) 0, 2, 6, 12, 20...
d) 1, 2, -2, 7, -9, 16...