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MM: 50 IOQM Assignment sheet-4 Time: 1.5 Hrs.
Instructions:
Questions 1 to 5 carry 2 marks each; questions 6 to 10 carry 3 marks each; questions 11 to 15 carry 5 marks
each.
Each question has a one or two-digit number as answer. ANSWER TO ALL QUESTIONS IN INTEGERS
FROM 00 TO 99
All questions are compulsory.
There are no negative marks
Topics Covered: Fermat's Little Theorem, Wilsons Theorem, Euler Phi Function, Number of Divisors and Sum of
Divisors, Greatest Integer Function, The Sum of Digits of a Number, Primitive Roots, Theory of Indices
1. The remainder when the 12th Fibonacci number is divided by 7 is
2. What is the smallest positive integer value of 𝑦 for which there exists an integer 𝑥 such that 𝑥 2 − 2𝑦 2 = 1
holds true?
17
3. Let be represented as the finite continued fraction [𝑎0 ; 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 ]. Then the value of 𝑎0 +a1 + a 2 is
6
4. The highest power of 2 dividing 38 − 1 is
5. Find the smallest positive integer 𝑥 such that:
𝑥 2 + y 2 = 221
for some positive integer 𝑦.
6. The largest power of 3 dividing 518 − 218 is
7. The sum of all prime numbers 𝑝 where 𝑝 𝑥 − 𝑦 2 = 1, x, y has solutions is
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8. Find the sum of triangular numbers less than 100 that are also a perfect square.
9. The famous Indian astronomer, Aryabhata, approximated the value of 𝜋 as 3.1416 and then expressed it as
a continued fraction of the form
1
𝑎+ ,
1
𝑏+ 1
𝑐+
𝑑
where 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑 are positive integers. Find 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑.
10. If
1
4+ = √𝐴
1
2+ 1
1+ 1
3+ 1
1+ 1
2+ 1
8+
…
Find the positive integer 𝐴 in the equation above.
(Details and Assumptions:
The pattern repeats 2,1,3,1,2,8 infinitely, but the 4 comes only one time, i.e. in the beginning).
11. Find all positive integers 𝑥, 𝑦 and positive prime numbers 𝑝 such that
𝑝 𝑥 − 𝑦 𝑝 = 1.
Then the sum ∑(𝑝𝑖 + 𝑥𝑖 + 𝑦𝑖 ), where the sum runs over the solutions (𝑝, 𝑥, 𝑦) to the equation is equal to
12. If the sum of all positive integers 𝑛 ≤ 1000 such that the double sum
𝑛 𝑛
∑ ∑ (𝑖 − 𝑗)2
𝑖=1 𝑗=1
𝑘
is a perfect square is 𝑘 then is
10
13. How many pairs of positive integers (𝑥, 𝑦) satisfy the equation 3𝑥 = 2𝑥 𝑦 + 1?
14. The number of triplets (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) of integers satisfying 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 = 16(𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧) is
15. For how many positive integers 𝑛 < 106 is 2 × 𝑛! × (𝑛 + 2) ! a perfect square?
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