Cayley Contest: Canadian Mathematics Competition

Canadian
Mathematics
Competition
An activity of The Centre for Education
in Mathematics and Computing,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
Cayley Contest (Grade 10)

Wednesday, February 23, 2000
C.M.C. Sponsors:
C.M.C. Supporters:
C.M.C. Contributors:
Great-West Life
and London Life
IBM
Canada Ltd.
Northern Telecom
(Nortel)
Manulife
Financial
Canadian Institute
of Actuaries
Chartered Accountants
Equitable Life
of Canada
Sybase
Inc. (Waterloo)
2000 Waterloo Mathematics Foundation

Time: 1 hour
Calculators are permitted, providing they are non-programmable and without graphic displays.
Instructions
1. Do not open the contest booklet until you are told to do so.
2. You may use rulers, compasses and paper for rough work.
3. Be sure that you understand the coding system for your response form. If you are not sure, ask your teacher
to clarify it. All coding must be done with a pencil, preferably HB. Fill in circles completely.
4. On your response form, print your school name, city/town, and province in the box in the upper right corner.
5. Be certain that you code your name, age, sex, grade, and the contest you are writing on the response
form. Only those who do so can be counted as official contestants.
6. This is a multiple-choice test. Each question is followed by five possible answers marked A, B, C, D, and
E. Only one of these is correct. When you have decided on your choice, fill in the appropriate circles on
the response form.
7. Scoring: Each correct answer is worth 5 in Part A, 6 in Part B, and 8 in Part C.
There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
Each unanswered question is worth 2, to a maximum of 20.
8. Diagrams are not drawn to scale. They are intended as aids only.
9. When your supervisor instructs you to begin, you will have sixty minutes of working time.
Scoring: There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.

Each unanswered question is worth 2 credits, to a maximum of 20 credits.
Part A: Each correct answer is worth 5.

1.
The value of 2(5 2) 52 is

(A) 19
2.
(B) 4
If the following sequence of five arrows repeats itself continuously, what arrow would be in the 48th
position?
,
(A)
3.
(E) 17
(D) 11
(C) 1
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
In the given diagram, the numbers shown are the lengths of

the sides. What is the perimeter of the figure?
(A) 13
(D) 21
(B) 18
(E) 19
(C) 22
2
6
4.
A farmer has 7 cows, 8 sheep and 6 goats. How many more goats should be bought so that half of her
animals will be goats?
(A) 18
5.
(D) 9
(E) 6
(B) 45
(E) 50
(C) 66
10
The sum of the digits of an even ten digit integer is 89. The last digit is
(A) 0
7.
(C) 21
The first four triangular numbers 1, 3, 6 and 10 are

illustrated in the diagram. What is the tenth triangular
number?
(A) 55
(D) 78
6.
(B) 15
(B) 2
(C) 4
If AD is a straight line segment and E is a point on AD ,

determine the measure of CED.
(A) 20
(D) 30
(B) 12
(E) 45
(C) 42
(D) 6
(E) 8
C
B
A
(10 x 2)
(3x + 6)
20
E
8.
On a 240 kilometre trip, Coreys father drove
1
2
of the distance. His mother drove 3 of the total distance

8
and Corey drove the remaining distance. How many kilometres did Corey drive?
(A) 80
9.
(B) 40
(C) 210
(D) 30
(E) 55
(D) 110
(E) 162
Evaluate ( 50) + ( 48) + ( 46) + ... + 54 + 56 .

(A) 156
(B) 10
(C) 56
10. The ages of three contestants in the Cayley Contest are 15 years, 9 months; 16 years, 1 month; and 15
years, 8 months. Their average (mean) age is
(A) 15 years, 8 months
(D) 15 years, 11 months
(B) 15 years, 9 months

(E) 16 years
(C) 15 years, 10 months
Part B: Each correct answer is worth 6.

11. A store had a sale on T-shirts. For every two T-shirts purchased at the regular price, a third T-shirt
was bought for $1.00. Twelve T-shirts were bought for $120.00. What was the regular price for
one T-shirt?
(A) $10.00
(B) $13.50
(C) $14.00
(D) $14.50
(E) $15.00
12. Natural numbers are equally spaced around a circle in order from 1 to n. If the number 5 is directly
opposite the number 14, then n is
(A) 14
(B) 15
(C) 16
(D) 18
(E) 20
13. The average of 19 consecutive integers is 99. The largest of these integers is
(A) 118
(B) 108
(C) 109
(D) 117
(E) 107
14. A positive integer is to be placed in each box. The product of any four adjacent integers is always 120.
What is the value of x?
2
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
3
(D) 4
(E) 5
15. Eight squares with the same centre have parallel sides and
are one unit apart. The two largest squares are shown. If the
largest square has a perimeter of 96, what is the perimeter of
the smallest square?
(A) 40
(D) 64
(B) 68
(E) 89
16. In the diagram, ABCD is a rectangle with AD = 13, DE = 5

and EA = 12 . The area of ABCD is
(A) 39
(D) 30
(B) 60
(E) 25
(C) 32
(C) 52
B
17. In the regular hexagon ABCDEF, two of the diagonals, FC

and BD , intersect at G. The ratio of the area of quadrilateral
FEDG to BCG is
(A) 3 3:1
(B) 4 :1
(D) 2 3 :1
(E) 5:1
B
G
(C) 6 :1
E
18. If a, b and c are distinct positive integers such that abc = 16, then the largest possible value of
a b b c + c a is
(A) 253
(B) 63
(C) 249
19. A metal rod with ends A and B is welded at its

middle, C, to a cylindrical drum of diameter 12.
The rod touches the ground at A making a 30
angle. The drum starts to roll along AD in the
direction of D. How far along AD must the drum
roll for B to touch the ground?
(A)
(D) 4
(B) 2
(E) 5
(D) 263
(E) 259
B
C
30
(C) 3
20. Twenty pairs of integers are formed using each of the integers 1, 2, 3, ..., 40 once. The positive
difference between the integers in each pair is 1 or 3. (For example, 5 can be paired with 2, 4, 6 or
8.) If the resulting differences are added together, the greatest possible sum is
(A) 50
(B) 54
(C) 56
(D) 58
(E) 60
Part C: Each correct answer is worth 8.

21. A wooden rectangular prism has dimensions 4 by 5 by 6. This solid is painted green and then cut into
1 by 1 by 1 cubes. The ratio of the number of cubes with exactly two green faces to the number of cubes
with three green faces is
(A) 9 : 2
(B) 9 : 4
(C) 6 :1
(D) 3:1
(E) 5: 2
22. An ant walks inside a 18 cm by 150 cm rectangle. The ants path follows straight lines which always
make angles of 45 to the sides of the rectangle. The ant starts from a point X on one of the shorter
sides. The first time the ant reaches the opposite side, it arrives at the midpoint. What is the distance,
in centimetres, from X to the nearest corner of the rectangle?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
(E) 9
22. The left most digit of an integer of length 2000 digits is 3. In this integer, any two consecutive digits
must be divisible by 17 or 23. The 2000th digit may be either a or b. What is the value of a + b ?
(A) 3
(B) 7
(C) 4
(D) 10
(E) 17
continued ...
24. In the diagram shown, ABC = 90 , CB ED ,
E F
AB = DF , AD = 24 , AE = 25 and O is the centre of the

circle. Determine the perimeter of CBDF.
(A) 39
(D) 43
(B) 40
(E) 44
C
D
(C) 42
OB
25. For the system of equations x 2 + x 2 y 2 + x 2 y 4 = 525 and x + xy + xy 2 = 35 , the sum of the real y values
that satisfy the equations is
(A) 20
(B) 2
(C)
3
2
(D)
55
2
(E)
5
2

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Cayley Contest (Grade 10)

2000 Waterloo Mathematics Foundation

Scoring: There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.

Part A: Each correct answer is worth 5.

The value of 2(5 2) 52 is

In the given diagram, the numbers shown are the lengths of

The first four triangular numbers 1, 3, 6 and 10 are

If AD is a straight line segment and E is a point on AD ,

On a 240 kilometre trip, Coreys father drove

of the distance. His mother drove 3 of the total distance

Evaluate ( 50) + ( 48) + ( 46) + ... + 54 + 56 .

(B) 15 years, 9 months

(C) 15 years, 10 months

Part B: Each correct answer is worth 6.

16. In the diagram, ABCD is a rectangle with AD = 13, DE = 5

17. In the regular hexagon ABCDEF, two of the diagonals, FC

19. A metal rod with ends A and B is welded at its

Part C: Each correct answer is worth 8.

24. In the diagram shown, ABC = 90 , CB ED ,

AB = DF , AD = 24 , AE = 25 and O is the centre of the

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