Set 1: Linear Equations

1. x + y = 100. What is the number of solutions, when

a) x and y are integers
b) x and y are whole numbers
c) x and y are natural numbers
d) x and y are natural numbers and x is even
2. 2x + 3y = 100. What is the number of solutions, when
a) x and y are whole numbers
b) x and y are natural numbers
c) x and y lie in the range [-100,100]
3. 2x - 3y = 100. What is the number of solutions, when
a) x and y are whole numbers
b) x and y are whole numbers less than 200
4. In a written test having 100 questions, each question was awarded +4 marks for
answering correctly, 2 marks for answering wrongly and 1 mark for leaving the question
un-attempted. If a student scored 50 marks, in how many different ways (different number
of corrects, wrongs and un-attempted) could he have scored the marks?
Set 2: Quadratic and Higher Degree Polynomials
Directions for Questions 1 and 2:
Let f (x) = ax2+ bx+ c, where a, b and c are certain constants and a 0. It is known that f (5) =
-3 f(2) and that 3 is a root of f (x) = 0.
1. What is the other root of f (x) = 0?
(1) -7
(2) - 4
(3) 2
(4) 6

(5) cannot be determined

2. What is the value of a + b + c?

(1) 9 (2) 14 (3) 13 (4) 37
(5) cannot be determined
3. A quadratic function f(x) attains a maximum of 3 at x = 1. The value of the function at x =
0 is 1. What is the value of f(x) at x = 10?
(1) - 159
(2) - 110
(3) - 180
(4) - 105
(5) 119
4. If the roots of the equation x3- ax2 +bx- c =0 are three consecutive integers, then what is
the smallest possible value of b?
(1)-1/3 (2)-1
(3)0
(4)1
(5) 1/3
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Set 3: Modulus Equations and Inequalities

1. Find the value / values of x, given that
a) |x 5| = 4
b) |x 1| + |x 8| = 6
c) |x 1| + |x 8| = 7
d) |x 1| + |x 8| = 8
e) |x 1| + |x 8| = 14
f) |x 5| < 4
g) |x 5| > 4
2. Find the minimum value and also the value at which the minimum occurs
a) |x 1|
b) |x 1| + |x 8|
c) |x 1| + |x 5| + |x 8|
d) |x 1| + |x 2| + |x 3| + |x 4| + |x 5|
e) |x 1| + |x 2| |x 10|
f) |2x + 3| + |3x 5|
Set 4: Maximum and Minimum Values
1. For positive values of x, y and z, find the minimum value of
a) x + 1/x

x 2 ( y z ) y 2 ( x z) z 2 ( x y)
xyz
b)
c) (x+y+z)(1/x+1/y+1/z)

2. For real values of x

a) Find out the minimum value for x2 + 6x + 7
b) Find out the maximum value for 1/(x2 + 6x + 10)
3. Given that a, b and c are positive real numbers
a) If a + b + c = 12 then find maximum value of abc
b) If a + b + c = 12 then find maximum value of (a^2)(b^3)c
c) If 2a + 3b + 2c = 12, find the maximum product of a^3*b^2*c
4. For real values of x
a) Find the minimum value of max(2x + 1, 3 x)
b) Find the maximum value of min(2x + 1, 3 x)

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