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CAT Workshop-Algebra - Part 2

This document contains a summary of questions asked during a CAT workshop on algebra part 2. It includes 15 multiple choice questions related to topics like: solving equations for integer values; finding minimum/maximum values given inequalities; determining number of solutions to equations; and other algebra word problems.

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CAT Workshop-Algebra - Part 2

This document contains a summary of questions asked during a CAT workshop on algebra part 2. It includes 15 multiple choice questions related to topics like: solving equations for integer values; finding minimum/maximum values given inequalities; determining number of solutions to equations; and other algebra word problems.

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CAT workshop- Algebra- Part 2

Question: Question: If p+q+r+s= 30. Find the positive and non-negative integral solutions
for p,q,r and s.

Question: If |𝑥| + |𝑦| = 20. Find the area enclosed by lines?

Question: If f(x) = x3 - 4x + p and f(0) and f(1) have opposite signs, then which of the
following is necessarily true?
1. -1 < p < 2 2. 0 < p < 3 3. -2 < p < 1 4. -3 < p < 0

Question: If xyz = 8, then what is the minimum value of 2x + 2y + 2z?


1. -1 < p < 2 2. 0 < p < 3 3. -2 < p < 1 4. -3 < p < 0

Question: A, B, C and D are four friends and they are having w, x, y and z amount,
respectively, such that w - z > 0, x - z < 0 and y - z < 0. Which of the following is necessarily
true?

Question: |x| ≤ 2 and |y + 3| ≤ 5. What is the minimum possible value of x + y?


1. -4 2.-10 3.-7 4.4
Question: What is the least possible value of c - a if a < b < c and b - a > 5, where 'a' is an
even integer and b and c are odd integers?
1. 6 2.7 3.8 4.9

Question: The number of common roots between the two equations x3 + 3x2 + 4x + 5 = 0
and x3 + 2x2 + 7x + 3 = 0 is

Question: A video game junction takes half amount for half time, but the registration
charges is the same for half time as well as full time. Charge for playing games for one full
time is Rs. 216 and charge for one full and one half time is Rs. 327. What is the basic charge
for playing games for full time and what is the registration charge?
1. Rs. 105 and Rs. 6 2. Rs. 216 and Rs. 12
3. Rs. 210 and Rs. 12 4. Rs. 210 and Rs. 6
Question: While finding a quadratic equation with the given roots, Mr. Mistake took the
reciprocals of the roots and got the equation of the form x2 - 5x + k1 = 0, whereas Mr. Error
took the square root of the roots and got the equation of the form x2 - k2x + 3 = 0. What is
the actual equation, which can be formed with the given roots?

Question: How many whole number pairs satisfy both the inequalities 2x + 3y ≤ 12 and 9x +
4y ≤ 72?
1. 10 2.12 3.72 4.19

Question: If 2y - x > 2x - y, and 0 ≤ y ≤ 20, how many non-negative integer pairs of x and y
satisfy the given inequalities?
1. 200 2.210 3.20 4.21

Question: What is the sum of all possible values of m in the given inequality?

(m + 2)(m + 3)/(m - 2) > 0, m is an integer, it is known that m < 99.


1. 4950 2. 5050 3. 1032 4. 4947

Question: If equation of a line is |𝑥| + |𝑦| ≥ 8 and equation of a circle is 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ≤ 64.


Find the area enclosed?

Question: How many positive integer pairs (x, y) satisfy the inequality 4x + y - 10(2x + y) +
64 ≤ 10(2x + y)?
1. 1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 6
Question: If 2x+y+z= 11. Find the positive integral solutions for the given equation?

Question: If (1 + 3c), 1 and (1 - c) are the three sides of a triangle, then

Question: If - 2 ≤ a ≤ - 1, - 4 ≤ b ≤ - 2, 2 ≤ c ≤ 4 and 1 ≤ d ≤ 3, what is the maximum


value of ab2 / cd2?
1. -16 2. -1/9 3. 1/9 4. 16

Question: Let S = {x : -5 < x < 3 and x ∈ I}. How many numbers from set S satisfy the
conditions |x - 4| ≤ 6 and |x + 4| < 5?

Question: For the given pair (x, y) of positive integers, 7x + 3y = 123. How many integral
pairs of x and y satisfy the given condition?
Question: The two integers m and n are related by the inequalities m + |m| + n = 7 and m +
|n| - n = 6. What is the value of (m - n)2?
A. 25 B. 16 C. 9 D. 4

Question: The number of solutions (x, y, z) to the equation x – y – z = 25, where x, y, and z
are positive integers such that x ≤ 40, y ≤ 12, and z ≤ 12 is
A. 101 B. 99 C. 87 D. 105

Question: To determine their favourite brand of chocolates in a particular community, a big


chain of retail stores conducted a survey for elementary school kids. In the survey, a kid was
presented with a tray of 8 chocolates of different brands and asked to pick one. In all, 400
kids were involved in the survey. Out of the first 100, 20 chose brand C. In the next 200, 40
chose brand C. k kids in the last 100 opted for brand C. If not more than 25% of kids chose
brand C, then which of the following inequalities best describes the value for k?
A. k ≥ 60 B. k ≤ 60 C. k ≤ 40 D. k ≥ 40

Question: p, q and r are three non-negative integers such that p + q + r = 10. The maximum
value of pq + qr + pr + pqr is.

A. ≥ 40 and <50 B. ≥ 50 and <60 C. ≥ 60 and <70 D. ≥ 70 and < 80


E. ≥ 80 and < 90

Question: There is a father, a mother and 2 sons in a family and their total age is 60 years.
The difference between the sons' age is 3 years, mother's age exceeds the sum of the sons'
age by 17 years and the difference of age of father and mother is equal to the age of the
elder son. How old is the father?
Question: Rocky and Anthony are solving a quadratic equation. While solving, Rocky
commits a mistake in the constant term and finds the roots to be 8 and 2. Anthony commits
a mistake in the coefficient of X and finds the roots to be -9 and -1. Find the correct roots.

A. -9 and 1 B. 9 and -1 C. 9 and 1 D. 8 and 1

Question: It is known that y2 - 11y + 4k = 0 has two distinct roots. It is also known that one
factor is (y - k) and k is greater than zero. What is the difference between the sum and
products of the roots?

A. 28 B. 17 C. 11 D. 7

Question: Three cooks together have to make 80 samosas. While working together, they
can make 20 pieces per minute. The first cook starts the work alone and makes 20 pieces
while working for more than three minutes. The remaining part of the work is done by the
second cook and the third cook, working together. If they take a total of 8 minutes to
prepare 80 samosas, then how many minutes will the first cook take alone to cook 160
samosas?

A. 46 minutes B. 24 minutes C. 32 minutes D. 35 minutes

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