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Problem of the Day 30.07.09

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Find the sum of the digits of the least natural number N, such that the sum of the cubes of the four smallest distinct divisors of N is 2N?

1)  9                                2) 8                             3) 7                    4) 6                      5) 10

Written by Rahul

July 30, 2009 at 1:03 pm

Bonus QUestion 28.07.09

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Suppose K be the number of integers n such that (2^n+1)/n^2 is also an integer.
Then K is
a) 0               b) 1               c) 2              d) 3              e) none of these

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July 28, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Problem of the day 28.07.09

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if a<b and 12²+4²+5²+3²=a²+b² the find (a+b)?

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July 27, 2009 at 8:28 pm

Problem of the day 27.07.09

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Find the number of quadratic polynomials ax² + bx + c such that:

a) a, b, c are distinct.

b) a, b, c ε {1, 2, 3, …2008}

c) x + 1 divides ax² + bx + c
a) 2013018            b) 2013021            c) 2014024             d) 2018040       e) none of these

Written by Rahul

July 27, 2009 at 7:50 am

Bonus Question 26.07.09

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The perimeter of a right triangle is 60. The height to the hypotenuse is 12 what is the area?
(A) 75 (B) 144 (C) 150 (D) 300 (E) none of these

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July 26, 2009 at 11:20 am

Problem Of the Day 26.07.09

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If x² + y²= 1 and x, y are real numbers. Let p, q be the largest and smallest possible
value of x + y respectively. Then compute pq
a) 0                    b) 1/2         c) −1/2                          d) 2                           e) −2

Problem of the day 25.07.09

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In 1896 lord Coin has decided to play a game. From the January 1 till December 31 every day he chooses among two match boxes an arbitrary one and placed a match from it to another box (if the chosen box was not empty). If the chosen box was empty then he placed a match from
the other box to the chosen one. What is the probability that after the December 31 the both boxes will have an equal number of matches if at the beginning each box had a) n = 400 b) n = 200 c) n = 100 matches?

Written by Rahul

July 25, 2009 at 3:42 pm

Bonus Question 16.07.09

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Find the number of solutions in distinct positive  integers of x^4+y^4=z^4

A) 0                 B) 1                  C) 2                         D) 3                E) More than 3

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July 16, 2009 at 3:27 pm

Problem of the day 14.7.09

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Given that 1025/1024=1.0009765625, find the sum of the digits of 510?

(a)  36       (b) 40    (c) 50   (d) 102   (e) 41

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July 14, 2009 at 1:22 pm

Problem of The day 13.07.09

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On a circle 26 equidistant points are marked. these points are joined to form a triangles. Of the triangles formed, how many of them will have their circumcenter on one of their sides.?

A) 318 B) 312 C) 288 d) 624 e) None of these