Logic questions
Algebra (arithmetics)
Trigonometry
Calculus
Combinatorics
100

There are 20 problems in a mathematics competition. The scores of each problem are allocated in the following ways: 2 marks will be given for a correct answer, 0 marks will be given for a blank answer or a wrong answer.
Find the minimum number of candidate(s) to ensure that 2 candidates will have the same scores in the competition.

2

100

How many solutions can a quadratic equation have?

Zero, one, or two

100

Which field originally drove the development of trigonometry?

Astronomy

100

How are velocity and acceleration related using calculus?

Velocity is the integration of acceleration; acceleration is the derivative of velocity

100

There are 6 pieces of white chopsticks, 8 pieces of yellow chopsticks and 10 pieces of blue chopsticks mixed together. If you want to get 4 pairs of chopsticks with same colours in the dark, at least how many pieces of chopsticks are needed to be taken?

10

200

A father is four times as old as his son, and his daughter is 5 years younger than the son. If the sum of their ages 5 years ago was 70 years, find the present age of the father.

Father: 60
Son: 15
Daughter: 10

200

If x, y and z are all prime and  4x^y+y^x=z ,
find the minimum value of z.

41

200

If sin A = b, what is the value of the product sin A · cos A · tan A in terms of b?

b^2

200

A particle moves such that its velocity v m/s at time t s is

v=6t-t^2

Find the total distance travelled.

36

200

In a class, every student likes to play either volleyball or badminton. There are 7 students who like to play volleyball, 9 students who like to play badminton, and 4 students like to play both.

How many students are there in that class?

12

300

Counting from 1 to 10 000, how many numbers are there that have exactly two digit “5”s and only one digit “4” ?

96

300

If  root(5)((x^50+x^60+x^70)/13)=3 , x in R  then what is the value of  
x^10+x^20+x^30 = ? 

39

300

What is the simplest form of 4sinx(2cos^3x-cosx)?

sin4x

300

Evaluate

int_0^1e^x/(e^x+1)dx

ln((e+1)/2)

300

A box contains 100 coloured pens: 40 blue, 30 red, 20 green and 10 yellow. Ivy takes some pens from the box without looking at the colours of the pens. What is the least number of pens she must take so that she has pens with at least 3 colours?

71

400

Selena’s dessert is stolen, she asked her 4 guests and received replies as follows:

Hera: “David’s stolen it.”
David: “Hera’s stolen it.”
Ruby: “I have not stolen it.”
Steve: “David is lying.”

Given that only one of them had told the truth, who stole Selena’s dessert?

Ruby

400

If  4^x+10^x=25^x, then what is the exact value of  (5/2)^x 

 (1+sqrt(5))/2 

400

The first two terms of a geometric progression are
1 and  tan^2x/3 respectively,
where  0<x<pi/2 .
Find the set of values of for which the progression is convergent.

 0<x<pi/3 

400

Evaluate

int1/(1+sinx)dx

tan x - sec x +C

400

Find the number of different selections of 4 letters from the 9 letters of the word HAPPINESS which contain no Ps and either one or two Ss.

20

500

John wrote a 4-digit number on a piece of paper and asked Peter to guess it.
Peter asked: “Is the number 4321?”
John replied: “Three digits are correct, the positions of those digits are also correct.”
Peter asked again: “Is the number 6420?”
John replied: “Two digits are correct, but the positions of those digits are both wrong.”

What is the number written by John?

4301

500

If

(x^12+1)/x^6=6

then what is the value of

(x^36+1)/x^18?

198

500

If sin⁡(x) = 3/5, find cos⁡(2x)

7/25

500

The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 16 cm3/s. At what rate is its total surface area increasing when the length of an edge is 6 cm?

32/3 cm2/s

500

Given 8 letters, ABCDEFGH, how many ways can you arrange them such that each letter is not in its original spot?

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