Patrick QA MM1
Patrick QA MM1
Patrick QA MM1
Mentorship 1 A
MATHS
1. How many ordered pairs (a, k) are there for which the system of equations 3x + ay = k and ax + 12y =
48 will have infinite solutions?
(a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) Infinite
2. Rene cuts out a square of the maximum possible area from a piece of paper which is in the shape of a
quadrant of a circle of radius √10 cm. She then rolls the square sheet along one of its sides to form a
cylinder. Find the radius (in cm) of the cylinder.
(a) √5π (b) √3/(2π) (c) 1/π (d)√5/(2π)
3. In the figure given below, ∠BAC = ∠DBC and AC : BC = 3 : 2. If the area of the triangle ABD is 20 cm 2,
what is the area (in cm2) of the triangle BDC?
4. In the figure given below, SC is a tangent to the bigger circle. If AC is the diameter of the bigger circle,
what is the measure of ∠QPR?
5. If (24)k is a factor of 5! × 10! × 15!, what is the largest possible integer value of k?
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 4
6. The product of three natural numbers – N1, N2 and N3 – is twelve times their H.C.F. How many
ordered triplets (N1, N2, N3) are possible?
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 21
7. The product of the first five terms of an increasing arithmetic progression is 40/81. If the 1 st, 2nd and
4th terms of the arithmetic progression are in geometric progression, what is the sum of the 1 st term and
the 5th term of the arithmetic progression?
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 8
8. A circle is inscribed in a regular hexagon and the regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle. By what
percentage is the area of the bigger circle more than that of the smaller circle?
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) None of these
9. The mean, median and mode temperatures of the seven days of a particular week in a city were
5.429°C (approximately), 7°C and 9°C respectively. If the temperature (in °C) on each of the seven days
was a positive integer, then which of the following could not be the temperature (in °C) on any of the
seven days? (The data set contains only one mode)
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) None of these
11. Find the product of all the real roots of the quadratic equation x2 – |x| – 12 = 0.
(a) 9 (b) –12 (c) – 36 (d) – 16
12. What is the number of solution(s) of the equation │x│e │x│= 4? (e = 2.72)
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
13. In how many ways can 4 boys and 5 girls be seated in a row such that no two boys sit together?
(a) 3600 (b) 2880 (c) 43200 (d) 362880
14. A bottle of whisky contains ¾ of whisky and the rest water. How much of the mixture must be taken
away and substituted by equal quantity of water so as to have half whisky and half water?
(a) 25% (b) 45% (c) 33 1/3 % (d) 50%
15. Which of the following numbers cannot be expressed as the product of two prime numbers that lie
between 30 and 45?
(a) 1147 (b) 1333 (c) 1779 (d) 1591
16. A walks at 4 km/ph and 4 hours after his start, B cycles after him at 10 km/ph. How far from the
start does B catch up with A?
(a) 16.7 km (b) 18.6 km (c) 21.5 km (d) 26.7 km
17. If f(n) represents the sum of the digit(s) of n for n = 1, 2, 3, 4, …, find the remainder when f(1) + f(2) +
f(3) + f(4) + … + f(100) is divided by 90.
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