19.

The 16 small squares shown in the diagram each have a side

length of 1 unit. How many pairs of vertices are there in the
diagram whose distance apart is an integer number of units?
A 40 B 64 C 108 D 132 E 16
20. The ratio of two positive numbers equals the ratio of their sum to their difference.
What is this ratio?
A B C D E (1+ 3):2 2 : 1 (1+ 5):2 (2+ 2):1 (1+ 2):1
21. The shaded design shown in the diagram is made by drawing
eight circular arcs, all with the same radius. The centres of
four arcs are the vertices of the square; the centres of the
four touching arcs are the midpoints of the sides of the
square. The diagonals of the square have length 1.
What is the total length of the border of the shaded design?
A B C D E 2
5
2
3
7
2
4
22. Consider numbers of the form , where is a positive integer. We shall call
such a number grime if it cannot be expressed as the product of two smaller
numbers, possibly equal, both of which are of the form , where is a
positive integer.
10n + 1 n
10k + 1 k
How many grime numbers are there in the sequence 11, 21, 31, 41, ..., 981, 991?
A 0 B 8 C 87 D 92 E 99
23. is a square. The points and are the midpoints of
and respectively. The line cuts and at and
respectively. What fraction of the area of the square is the
area of the pentagon ?
PQRS T U QR
RS QS PT PU W V
PQRS
RTWVU
A B C D E
1
3
2
5
3
7
5
12
4
15
P Q
R S
T
U
V
W
24. The diagram shows two straight lines and crossing
at .
PR QS
O
What is the value of ? x
A B C D E 7 2 2 29 14 2 7(1+ 13) 9 2
P
Q
R
S
O
x
4
4 5
8
10
25.
X
Y
p
q
r
s
t
u
Challengeborough's underground train network consists of
six lines, , as shown. Wherever two lines
meet there is a station which enables passengers to change
lines. On each line, each train stops at every station.
p, q, r, s, t, u
Jessica wants to travel from station to station . She does
not want to use any line more than once, nor return to station
after leaving it, nor leave station having reached it.
X Y
X Y
How many different routes, satisfying these conditions, can
she choose?
A 9 B 36 C 41 D 81 E 720
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UK SENIOR MATHEMATICAL CHALLENGE
Thursday 7 November 2013
Organised by the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust
and supported by
RULES AND GUIDELINES (to be read before starting)
1. Do not open the question paper until the invigilator tells you to do so.
2. Use B or HB pencil only. Mark at most one of the options A, B, C, D, E on the
Answer Sheet for each question. Do not mark more than one option.
3. Time allowed: 90 minutes.
No answers or personal details may be entered on the Answer Sheet after the 90
minutes are over.
4. The use of rough paper is allowed.
Calculators, measuring instruments and squared paper are forbidden.
5. Candidates must be full-time students at secondary school or FE college, and must
be in Year 13 or below (England & Wales); S6 or below (Scotland); Year 14 or
below (Northern Ireland).
6. There are twenty-five questions. Each question is followed by five options marked
A, B, C, D, E. Only one of these is correct. Enter the letter A-E corresponding to
the correct answer in the corresponding box on the Answer Sheet.
7. Scoring rules: all candidates start out with 25 marks;
0 marks are awarded for each question left unanswered;
4 marks are awarded for each correct answer;
1 mark is deducted for each incorrect answer.
8. Guessing: Remember that there is a penalty for wrong answers. Note also that
later questions are deliberately intended to be harder than earlier questions. You
are thus advised to concentrate first on solving as many as possible of the first 15-
20 questions. Only then should you try later questions.
The United Kingdom Mathematics Trust is a Registered Charity.
http://www.ukmt.org.uk
1. Which of these is the largest number?
A B C 2 + 0 + 1 + 3 2 0 + 1 + 3 2 + 0 1 + 3
D E 2 + 0 + 1 3 2 0 1 3
2. Little John claims he is 2m 8cm and 3mm tall. What is this height in metres?
A 2.83m B 2.803m C 2.083m D 2.0803m E 2.0083m
3. What is the tens digit of ? 2013
2
2013
A 0 B 1 C 4 D 5 E 6
4. A route on the board shown consists of a number of steps.
Each step is from one square to an adjacent square of a different
colour. How many different routes are there from square S to
square T which pass through every other square exactly once?
3 3
A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E 4
S
T
5. The numbers and satisfy the equations and .
What is the value of ?
x y x (y + 2) = 100 y (x + 2) = 60
x y
A 60 B 50 C 40 D 30 E 20
6. Rebecca went swimming yesterday. After a while she had covered one fifth of her
intended distance. After swimming six more lengths of the pool, she had covered
one quarter of her intended distance. How many lengths of the pool did she intend
to complete?
A 40 B 72 C 80 D 100 E 120
7. In a ninety nine shop, all items cost a number of pounds and 99 pence. Susanna
spent 65.76. How many items did she buy?
A 23 B 24 C 65 D 66 E 76
8. The right-angled triangle shown has a base which is 4 times its
height. Four such triangles are placed so that their hypotenuses
form the boundary of a large square as shown.
What is the side-length of the shaded square in the diagram?
A B C D E 2x 2 2x 3x 2 3x 15x
x
4x
9. According to a headline, Glaciers in the French Alps have lost a quarter of their
area in the past 40 years. What is the approximate percentage reduction in the
length of the side of a square when it loses one quarter of its area, thereby
becoming a smaller square?
A 13% B 25% C 38% D 50% E 65%
10. Frank's teacher asks him to write down five integers such that the median is one
more than the mean, and the mode is one greater than the median. Frank is also
told that the median is 10. What is the smallest possible integer that he could
include in his list?
A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6 E 7
11. The diagram shows a circle with centre and a
triangle . Side is a tangent to the circle.
The area of the circle is equal to the area of the
triangle. What is the ratio of the length of to the
circumference of the circle?
O
OPQ PQ
PQ
P
O
Q
A 1 : 1 B 2 : 3 C 2 : D 3 : 2 E : 2
12. As a special treat, Sammy is allowed to eat five sweets from his very large jar
which contains many sweets of each of three flavours Lemon, Orange and
Strawberry. He wants to eat his five sweets in such a way that no two consecutive
sweets have the same flavour. In how many ways can he do this?
A 32 B 48 C 72 D 108 E 162
13. Two entrants in a school's sponsored run adopt different tactics. Angus walks for
half the time and runs for the other half, whilst Bruce walks for half the distance and
runs for the other half. Both competitors walk at 3mph and run at 6mph. Angus
takes 40 minutes to complete the course. How many minutes does Bruce take?
A 30 B 35 C 40 D 45 E 50
14. The diagram shows a rectangle in which .
The point on is such that is perpendicular to . What is
the ratio of the area of the triangle to the area of the rectangle
?
PQRS PQ : QR = 1 : 2
T PR ST PR
RST
PQRS
A 1 : B 1 : 6 C 1 : 8 4 2
D 1 : 10 E 1 : 12
P Q
R S
T
15. For how many positive integers is a prime number? n 4
n
1
A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E infinitely many
16. Andrew states that every composite number of the form , where is an
integer, has a prime factor of the same form. Which of these numbers is an
example showing that Andrew's statement is false?
8n + 3 n
A 19 B 33 C 85 D 91 E 99
17. The equilateral triangle has side-length 1. The lines
and trisect the angle , the lines and trisect the
angle and the lines and trisect the angle .
PQR PT
PU RPQ RS RT
QRP QS QU PQR
What is the side-length of the equilateral triangle ? STU
A B C
cos 80
cos 20
1
3
cos 20 cos
2
20
D E
1
6
cos20 cos80
P
R Q
S
T U
18. The numbers 2, 3, 12, 14, 15, 20, 21 may be divided into two sets so that the
product of the numbers in each set is the same. What is this product?
A 420 B 1260 C 2520 D 6720 E 6350400
1. Which of these is the largest number?
A B C 2 + 0 + 1 + 3 2 0 + 1 + 3 2 + 0 1 + 3
D E 2 + 0 + 1 3 2 0 1 3
2. Little John claims he is 2m 8cm and 3mm tall. What is this height in metres?
A 2.83m B 2.803m C 2.083m D 2.0803m E 2.0083m
3. What is the tens digit of ? 2013
2
2013
A 0 B 1 C 4 D 5 E 6
4. A route on the board shown consists of a number of steps.
Each step is from one square to an adjacent square of a different
colour. How many different routes are there from square S to
square T which pass through every other square exactly once?
3 3
A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E 4
S
T
5. The numbers and satisfy the equations and .
What is the value of ?
x y x (y + 2) = 100 y (x + 2) = 60
x y
A 60 B 50 C 40 D 30 E 20
6. Rebecca went swimming yesterday. After a while she had covered one fifth of her
intended distance. After swimming six more lengths of the pool, she had covered
one quarter of her intended distance. How many lengths of the pool did she intend
to complete?
A 40 B 72 C 80 D 100 E 120
7. In a ninety nine shop, all items cost a number of pounds and 99 pence. Susanna
spent 65.76. How many items did she buy?
A 23 B 24 C 65 D 66 E 76
8. The right-angled triangle shown has a base which is 4 times its
height. Four such triangles are placed so that their hypotenuses
form the boundary of a large square as shown.
What is the side-length of the shaded square in the diagram?
A B C D E 2x 2 2x 3x 2 3x 15x
x
4x
9. According to a headline, Glaciers in the French Alps have lost a quarter of their
area in the past 40 years. What is the approximate percentage reduction in the
length of the side of a square when it loses one quarter of its area, thereby
becoming a smaller square?
A 13% B 25% C 38% D 50% E 65%
10. Frank's teacher asks him to write down five integers such that the median is one
more than the mean, and the mode is one greater than the median. Frank is also
told that the median is 10. What is the smallest possible integer that he could
include in his list?
A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6 E 7
11. The diagram shows a circle with centre and a
triangle . Side is a tangent to the circle.
The area of the circle is equal to the area of the
triangle. What is the ratio of the length of to the
circumference of the circle?
O
OPQ PQ
PQ
P
O
Q
A 1 : 1 B 2 : 3 C 2 : D 3 : 2 E : 2
12. As a special treat, Sammy is allowed to eat five sweets from his very large jar
which contains many sweets of each of three flavours Lemon, Orange and
Strawberry. He wants to eat his five sweets in such a way that no two consecutive
sweets have the same flavour. In how many ways can he do this?
A 32 B 48 C 72 D 108 E 162
13. Two entrants in a school's sponsored run adopt different tactics. Angus walks for
half the time and runs for the other half, whilst Bruce walks for half the distance and
runs for the other half. Both competitors walk at 3mph and run at 6mph. Angus
takes 40 minutes to complete the course. How many minutes does Bruce take?
A 30 B 35 C 40 D 45 E 50
14. The diagram shows a rectangle in which .
The point on is such that is perpendicular to . What is
the ratio of the area of the triangle to the area of the rectangle
?
PQRS PQ : QR = 1 : 2
T PR ST PR
RST
PQRS
A 1 : B 1 : 6 C 1 : 8 4 2
D 1 : 10 E 1 : 12
P Q
R S
T
15. For how many positive integers is a prime number? n 4
n
1
A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E infinitely many
16. Andrew states that every composite number of the form , where is an
integer, has a prime factor of the same form. Which of these numbers is an
example showing that Andrew's statement is false?
8n + 3 n
A 19 B 33 C 85 D 91 E 99
17. The equilateral triangle has side-length 1. The lines
and trisect the angle , the lines and trisect the
angle and the lines and trisect the angle .
PQR PT
PU RPQ RS RT
QRP QS QU PQR
What is the side-length of the equilateral triangle ? STU
A B C
cos 80
cos 20
1
3
cos 20 cos
2
20
D E
1
6
cos20 cos80
P
R Q
S
T U
18. The numbers 2, 3, 12, 14, 15, 20, 21 may be divided into two sets so that the
product of the numbers in each set is the same. What is this product?
A 420 B 1260 C 2520 D 6720 E 6350400
19. The 16 small squares shown in the diagram each have a side
length of 1 unit. How many pairs of vertices are there in the
diagram whose distance apart is an integer number of units?
A 40 B 64 C 108 D 132 E 16
20. The ratio of two positive numbers equals the ratio of their sum to their difference.
What is this ratio?
A B C D E (1+ 3):2 2 : 1 (1+ 5):2 (2+ 2):1 (1+ 2):1
21. The shaded design shown in the diagram is made by drawing
eight circular arcs, all with the same radius. The centres of
four arcs are the vertices of the square; the centres of the
four touching arcs are the midpoints of the sides of the
square. The diagonals of the square have length 1.
What is the total length of the border of the shaded design?
A B C D E 2
5
2
3
7
2
4
22. Consider numbers of the form , where is a positive integer. We shall call
such a number grime if it cannot be expressed as the product of two smaller
numbers, possibly equal, both of which are of the form , where is a
positive integer.
10n + 1 n
10k + 1 k
How many grime numbers are there in the sequence 11, 21, 31, 41, ..., 981, 991?
A 0 B 8 C 87 D 92 E 99
23. is a square. The points and are the midpoints of
and respectively. The line cuts and at and
respectively. What fraction of the area of the square is the
area of the pentagon ?
PQRS T U QR
RS QS PT PU W V
PQRS
RTWVU
A B C D E
1
3
2
5
3
7
5
12
4
15
P Q
R S
T
U
V
W
24. The diagram shows two straight lines and crossing
at .
PR QS
O
What is the value of ? x
A B C D E 7 2 2 29 14 2 7(1+ 13) 9 2
P
Q
R
S
O
x
4
4 5
8
10
25.
X
Y
p
q
r
s
t
u
Challengeborough's underground train network consists of
six lines, , as shown. Wherever two lines
meet there is a station which enables passengers to change
lines. On each line, each train stops at every station.
p, q, r, s, t, u
Jessica wants to travel from station to station . She does
not want to use any line more than once, nor return to station
after leaving it, nor leave station having reached it.
X Y
X Y
How many different routes, satisfying these conditions, can
she choose?
A 9 B 36 C 41 D 81 E 720
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UK SENIOR MATHEMATICAL CHALLENGE
Thursday 7 November 2013
Organised by the United Kingdom Mathematics Trust
and supported by
RULES AND GUIDELINES (to be read before starting)
1. Do not open the question paper until the invigilator tells you to do so.
2. Use B or HB pencil only. Mark at most one of the options A, B, C, D, E on the
Answer Sheet for each question. Do not mark more than one option.
3. Time allowed: 90 minutes.
No answers or personal details may be entered on the Answer Sheet after the 90
minutes are over.
4. The use of rough paper is allowed.
Calculators, measuring instruments and squared paper are forbidden.
5. Candidates must be full-time students at secondary school or FE college, and must
be in Year 13 or below (England & Wales); S6 or below (Scotland); Year 14 or
below (Northern Ireland).
6. There are twenty-five questions. Each question is followed by five options marked
A, B, C, D, E. Only one of these is correct. Enter the letter A-E corresponding to
the correct answer in the corresponding box on the Answer Sheet.
7. Scoring rules: all candidates start out with 25 marks;
0 marks are awarded for each question left unanswered;
4 marks are awarded for each correct answer;
1 mark is deducted for each incorrect answer.
8. Guessing: Remember that there is a penalty for wrong answers. Note also that
later questions are deliberately intended to be harder than earlier questions. You
are thus advised to concentrate first on solving as many as possible of the first 15-
20 questions. Only then should you try later questions.
The United Kingdom Mathematics Trust is a Registered Charity.
http://www.ukmt.org.uk