s4 IJMO PDF
s4 IJMO PDF
s4 IJMO PDF
B. √3
√3
C. 2
D. 2√3
E. 2
Real numbers a and b satisfy the equations 3𝑎 = 81𝑏+2 and 125𝑏 = 5𝑎−3. What
Q3 is ab?
A. -60
B. -17
C. 9
D. 12
E. 60
Arne has a box with 100 chips of colours red, white, blue, and black. Each
Q6 chips has only one colour. Arne told Berit that she (Berit) must pick at least
81 chips from the box to be sure of getting at least one of each colour, if she
picks them without looking. After some thought, Berit concluded correctly
that the box contains at least N chips of each colour, but at most M of each.
What is the smallest possible value of 𝑀 − 𝑁?
A. 0
B. 5
C. 20
D. 40
E. 60
Emmy is playing with a calculator. She enters an integer, and takes its
Q7 square root. Then she repeats the process with the integer part (round
down) of the answer. After the third process, the integer part equals 1 for
the first time. What is the difference between the largest and the smallest
number Emmy could have started with?
A. 229
B. 231
C. 239
D. 241
E. 254
There are eight positive integers in a row. Starting from the third, each is
Q8 the sum of the two numbers before it. If the eighth number is 2017, what is
the largest possible value of the first one?