Pre-RMO Sample Questions

Find the range of values of the abscissa of a point moving on the

line y = 1 and always remaining in the interior of the triangle
formed by the lines x = y, x-axis and the line 2x+y = 4.
f(x, y) = x
2
+ y
2
+ 2ax + 2by + c = 0 is a circle. If f(x, 0) has equal
roots, each equal to 2 and f (0, y) = 0 has -4, -1 as its roots then
find the centre of the circle.
A circle touches all the four sides of a quadrilateral ABCD. If AB = 6
and CD = 4 find the sum of the other two sides of the
quadrilateral.
In ABC, B = 90. Lengths of the medians drawn from A and C
are 5 and 40 respectively. Find the length of the hypotenuse.
n numbers of the sequence in the form 9, 99, 999 , have the
sum equal to 1111104. Find n.
If the sides of a triangle are given by m
2
+ n
2
, m
2
n
2
and 2mn and
if one of its angles is + 90, find the other angles of the triangle.
If the equation cot
4
x 2cosec
2
x + a
2
= 0 has at least one solution,
then find the possible positive integral value of a.
Find the number of terms in the series 3 + 3 + 33 + , when the
sum of the series is 39 + 133.
Find the reflection of the line 2x y = 2 about the y-axis.
U = (a
2
cos
2
x + b
2
sin
2
x) + (a
2
sin
2
x + b
2
cos
2
x).If f(x) = U
2
, find the
difference of the Max and Min values of f(x).
The number of ordered triples (a, b, c) of positive integers which
satisfy the simultaneous equations ab + bc = 44, ac + bc = 33
is___________.