Questions of Kangaroo 2004

MINOR (grades 3 and 4 )

3-POINT QUESTIONS
M1. How much is 2001 + 2002 + 2003 + 2004 + 2005?
A 1015 B 5010 C 10,150 D 11,005 E 10,015
M2. Jerome was 4 years old when his sister was born. Today he blows out 9 birthday candles.
What is the age difference between him and his sister?
A 4 years B 5 years C 9 years D 13 years E 14 years
M3. In the picture below you can see a road from town M to town N (a solid line) and a detour
(a dashed line) of segment KL, which is under repair. How many more kilometers does one
have to travel from M to N using the detour?

M K L N

3 km

A 3 B 5 C 6 D 10 E Impossible to calculate
M4. There were some swallows on a telegraph line. All at once 5 of them flew away, and a
while later 3 swallows came back. Then there were 12 swallows on the line. How many
swallows were there on the line at the very beginning?
A 8 B 9 C 10 D 12 E 14

M5. Which numbers are written in the area that belongs

to the rectangle and to the circle but doesn’t belong 8
to the triangle? 6 7 9
A 5 and 11 B 1 and 10 C 13
1
D 3 and 9 E 6, 7, and 4
2 13 10 11
3
5 12
4

M6. How many white squares must you paint grey so that the number of
grey squares is exactly half that of the white squares?
A 2 B 3 C 4 D 6 E It cannot be done

M7. Mary and Peter’s classmates are standing in line. Mary has 16 students in back of her,
including Peter. Peter has 14 students in front of him including Mary. Between Mary and
Peter there are 7 students. How many students are there, altogether, in Mary and Peter’s
class?
A 37 B 30 C 23 D 22 E 16
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M8. Which of the rectangles A to E can be covered by the pattern on the right-hand
side in such a way that the result is a totally black rectangle?

A B C D E

4-POINT QUESTIONS
M9. The weight of 3 apples and 2 oranges is 255 g. The weight of 2 apples and 3 oranges is
285 g. Each apple has the same weight, and each orange has the same weight. What is the
weight in grams of 1 apple and 1 orange together?
A 110 B 108 C 105 D 104 E 102
M10. In this picture there is what I saw on four different clocks at the same time. Only one of
them had the right time. One was 20 minutes fast. Another 20 minutes slow. One had
stopped some time ago.

What was the right time?

A 4:45 B 5:05 C 5:25 D 5:40 E 12:00
M11. Gabriella brought Joseph a basket of apples and oranges. Joseph ate half of all the apples
and one third of all the oranges. How much of the fruit could still be left in the basket?
A Half of all the fruit B More than half of all the fruit
C Less than half of all the fruit D One third of all the fruit
E Less than one third of all the fruit
M12. A cube (on the right) is colored in three colors so that each face has exactly
one color and the opposite face has the same color. Which of the following
developments is the development of this cube?

A B C D E

M13. Karen has found an old book with some missing pages. On a left-hand page the page number
is 24, and the following right-hand page is numbered 45. How many leaves are missing in
between?
A 9 B 10 C 11 D 20 E 21
M14. Ruby is 52 days older than her classmate Irene. Last year Ruby celebrated her birthday on
a Tuesday in March. On which day of the week did Irene celebrate her birthday last year?
A Monday B Tuesday C Wednesday D Thursday E Friday
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M15. Which difference is not equal to 671 − 389?

A 771 − 489 B 681 − 399 C 669 − 391 D 1871 − 1589 E 600 − 318

M16. Inside each of the four squares of a 2 × 2 grid there is a number. If the sum of the numbers
of the first line is 3, the sum of the numbers of the second line is 8, and the sum of the
numbers of the first column is 4, what is the sum of the numbers in the second column?
A 4 B 6 C 7 D 8 E 11

5-POINT QUESTIONS

M17. This figure is made of squares. What is the side of the

biggest square? 16
A 24 B 56 C 64 D 81 E 100

40
M18. Robert has 147 euros, and Lisa has 57 euros. How many euros must Robert give to Lisa so
that Robert has twice as much as Lisa?
A 11 B 19 C 30 D 45 E 49

M19. There are five houses on Color Street: a blue, a red, a yellow, a pink, and a green one. The
houses are numbered from 1 to 5 (see picture). The red house is the neighbor of the blue
house only. The blue house stands between the green and red houses.

1 2 3 4 5

Which color is the house with number 3?

A Blue B Red C Yellow D Pink E Green

M20. The sum of the digits of a ten-digit number is equal to 9. What is the product of the digits
of this number?
A 0 B 1 C 45 D 9 · 8 · 7 · 6 · 5 · 4 · 3 · 2 E Depends on the given number

M21. A large cube consists of 125 small black and white cubes, such that
any two adjacent faces of the small cubes have different colors, the
corner cubes being black. How many small black cubes are used?
A 62 B 63 C 64 D 65 E 68

M22. One lottery ticket costs 4 euros. Three boys – Paul, Peter, and Robert – pooled their money
for two tickets. Paul gave 1 euro, Peter – 3 euros, Robert – 4 euros. One of the tickets
they bought won 1000 euros. The boys shared the prize fairly, i.e., according to how much
money each of them had contributed. How many euros did Peter get?
A 300 B 375 C 250 D 750 E 425
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M23. After three games of the soccer championship, Platypus United has scored three goals and
let one past them. They get three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for
a loss. How many points can they not have right now?
A7 B6 C5 D4 E3
M24. This is a multiplication table. Which two letters represent the ´ 7
same number? J K L 56
A L and M B P and N C R and S
D K and R E M and T M 36 8 N
P 27 6 R
6 18 S T 42

BENJAMIN (grades 5 and 6)

3-POINT QUESTIONS
B1. How much is 1000 − 100 + 10 − 1?
A 111 B 900 C 909 D 990 E 999
B2. Caroline wants to write the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 in the square 4 × 4 in such
1 x 2
a way that every row and every column has each number. You see how
she started. What number must be put in the place of x? 4 1
A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 E Impossible to determine 3
2
B3. The product (10 × 100) × (20 × 80) is equal to
A 20,000 × 80,000 B 2000 × 8000 C 2000 × 80,000 D 20,000 × 8000 E 2000 × 800
B4. How many hours is 360,000 seconds?
A 3 B 6 C 8.5 D 10 E More than 90
B5. If 20042003 is divided by 2004, the remainder is
A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E 2003
B6. Which of the rectangles A to E can be covered by the pattern on the
right-hand side in such a way that the result is a totally black rectangle?

A B C D E

B7. Which of the following is not a factor of 2004?

A 3 B 4 C 6 D 8 E 12
B8. The three members of a rabbit family have altogether eaten 73 carrots. The father has eaten
five carrots more than the mother. The son Bunny has eaten 12 carrots. How many carrots
has the mother eaten?
A 27 B 28 C 31 D 33 E 56
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B9. Nine bus stops are equally spaced along a bus route. The distance from the first stop to the
third stop is 600 m. How many meters is it from the first to the last?
A 1800 B 2100 C 2400 D 2700 E 3000

B10. The sum of the digits of a ten-digit number is equal to 9. What is the product of the digits
of this number?
A 0 B 1 C 45 D 9 · 8 · 7 · 6 · 5 · 4 · 3 · 2 E Depends of the given number

4-POINT QUESTIONS

B11. You have two identical pieces that you can turn around but not
upside down. Which picture can you not make with these two
pieces?

A B C D E

B12. Harry folds a sheet of paper five times. Then he makes a hole in the folded paper, after
which he unfolds it.

How many holes has the unfolded paper?

A 6 B 10 C 16 D 20 E 32

B13. Different figures represent different digits. Find the digit corresponding to the
square. +
A9 B8 C7 D6 E5

B14. The weight of 3 apples and 2 oranges is 255 g. The weight of 2 apples and 3 oranges is
285 g. Each apple has the same weight, and each orange has the same weight. What is the
weight in grams of 1 apple and 1 orange together?
A 110 B 108 C 105 D 104 E 102

B15. The best mathematician in the 7th grade was asked to guess the positive integer about which
his friends made the following statements:
Thomas: “This number is 9.”
Ronald: “This number is prime.”
Andrew: “This number is even.”
Michael: “This number is 15.”
Ronald and Thomas together made one true statement, as well as Andrew and Michael. This
number is:
A 1 B 2 C 3 D 9 E 15
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B16. What is the smallest number of little squares that need to be painted
to get at least one axis of symmetry in the picture?
A1 B2 C3 D4 E5

B17. We have cut off one corner of a cube. Which of the developments
below is the development of the remaining part?

A B C D E

B18. Snail quadruplets have gone hiking on a path paved with identical rectangular tiles. The
shape and length of each snail’s trip is shown below.

Fin hiked 25 dm Pin hiked 37 dm Rin hiked 38 dm Tin hiked ? dm

How many decimeters has the snail Tin hiked?

A 27 B 30 C 35 D 36 E 40

B19. Turtle Island has an unusual weather system: on Mondays and Wednesdays it’s always rainy,
on Saturdays it’s foggy, and the other days are sunny. A group of tourists would like to go
on a 44-day-long holiday to the island. Which day of the week should be the first day of
their holiday in order to enjoy the most sunny days?
A Monday B Wednesday C Thursday D Friday E Tuesday

B20. The sum of two positive integers is equal to 77. If the first number is multiplied by 8 and
the second by 6, the two products are equal. The larger of these numbers is
A 23 B 33 C 43 D 44 E 54

5-POINT QUESTIONS

B21. In the diagram drawn on the square grid, find the ratio of the
unshaded area to the shaded area.
A 14 B 15 C 16 D 25 E 27

B22. Ella and Emma went mushrooming. They found 70 mushrooms. 59 of the mushrooms Ella
2
found were boletuses, and 17 of the mushrooms Emma has found were orange-caps. How
many mushrooms did Ella find?
A 27 B 36 C 45 D 54 E 10
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B23. In the picture we have 11 fields.

In the first field there is a 7, and in the ninth field we have a 6. What positive integer has to
be written in the second field for the following condition to be valid: the sum of any three
adjoining fields is equal to 21?
A 7 B 8 C 6 D 10 E 21

B24. This is a multiplication table. Which two letters represent the

same number? ´ 7
A L and M B P and N C R and S
J K L 56
D K and R E M and T
M 36 8 N
P 27 6 R
6 18 S T 42

B25. In a CD store two CD’s have the same price. The first CD becomes 5% cheaper, and the
other one increases 15% in price. Now the two prices differ by 6 euros. What is the price
in euros of the cheaper CD now?
A 1.50 B 6 C 28.50 D 30 E 34.50

B26. You write a number in each square as shown in the square x

figure. Then, the number x cannot be:
A 128 B 256 C 81 D 121 E 400 ...
10
4 9
3 5 8
1 2 6 7

B27. Bill divided 111...1

  by 3. The number of zeros in the quotient he obtained is equal to
2004
A 670 B 669 C 668 D 667 E 665

B28. Imagine that you have 108 red balls and 180 green balls. You want to put all of them in
bags, and there must be the same number of balls in each bag, and all the balls in each bag
must be the same color. What is the minimum number of bags you need?
A 288 B 36 C 18 D 8 E 1

B29. In the Kangaroo summer camp a math competition was organized with 10 problems. Each
correct answer was worth 5 points. For each incorrect answer 3 points were deducted.
Everybody answered all the problems. Matt had 34 points, Zsolt had 10 points, and Gábor
had 2 points. How many correct answers did they have altogether?
A 17 B 18 C 15 D 13 E 21

B30. A right triangle with legs of length 6 cm and 8 cm is cut out of a sheet of paper and then
folded along a straight line. What can the area be, in cm2 , of the resulting polygon?
A 9 B 12 C 18 D 24 E 30
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CADET (grades 7 and 8)

3-POINT QUESTIONS
C1. What is the value of 2004 − 200 · 4?
A 7216 B 0 C 1204 D 1200 E 2804
C2. An equilateral triangle ACD is rotated counterclock- B A
wise around point A. At what angle has it been ro-
tated unen it covers equilateral triangle ABC for the
first time?
A 60◦ B 120◦ C 180◦ D 240◦ E 300◦

C D
C3. We multiplied the number x by 0.5 and divided the product obtained by 3. By squaring the
quotient and adding 1 we obtained 50. What is the number x equal to?
A 18 B 24 C 30 D 40 E 42

C4. Caroline wants to write the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 in the square 4 × 4 in such

1 x
a way that every row and every column has each of the numbers. You
see how she started. How many of the 4 numbers can be written in place 4 1
of x? 3
A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 E Impossible to determine 2
C5. The value of the expression (1 − 2) − (3 − 4) − (5 − 6) − · · · − (99 − 100) is equal to
A −50 B 49 C −48 D 48 E 50
C6. The section of a cube by a plane generates a plane
figure. I have plotted this section in the development
of the cube (see the picture). Can you find out what
figure it is?
A An equilateral triangle
B A rectangle, but not a square
C A right triangle
D A square
E A hexagon
C7. We have a rectangle and decide to enlarge it by increasing both length and width by 10%.
The percentage of increase in area is
A 10% B 20% C 21% D 100% E 121%
C8. The point O is the center of the circle in the picture. What
is the diameter of the circle?
A 18 B 12 C 10 D 12.5 E 14
O
5
4
C9. An ice cream stand has five different flavors. A group of children comes to the stand, and
each child buys a double scoop cone with two flavors of ice cream. If none of the children
choose the same combination of flavors, and every different combination of flavors is chosen,
how many children are there?
A 5 B 10 C 20 D 25 E 30
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C10. We link rings together as shown in the figure below; the length of the chain is 1.7 m.

2 cm ...
3 cm
1.7 m

How many rings are there?

A 17 B 21 C 30 D 42 E 85

4-POINT QUESTIONS
C11. In the picture a square ABCD and two semicircles with diameters A B
AB and AD have been drawn. If AB = 2, what is the area of the
shaded region?
A 4 B 8 C 8π D 2π E 3

C12. In the picture we have 11 fields.

D C

In the first field there is a 7, and in the ninth field we have a 6. What positive integer has to
be written in the second field for the following condition to be valid: the sum of any three
adjoining fields is equal to 21?
A 7 B 8 C 6 D 10 E 21
C13. In the first year of two consecutive years there were more Thursdays than Tuesdays. Which
day of the week was there more of in the second year, considering that neither of these years
was a leap year?
A Tuesday B Wednesday C Friday D Saturday E Sunday
C14. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC = 5 cm and ∠BAC > 60◦ . The length of its
perimeter is a whole number of centimeters. How many such triangles are possible?
A1 B2 C3 D4 E5
C15. Romeo the ostrich is training for the Head in the Sand Competition. He put his head into
the sand at 8:15 on Monday morning and having been underground for 98 hours and 56
minutes reached a new personal record. When did Romeo pull his head out of the sand?
A On Thursday at 5:19 B On Thursday at 5:41 C On Thursday at 11:11
D On Friday at 5:19 E On Friday at 11:11
C16. Somebody has a large amount of building bricks 1 × 2 × 3. What is the smallest number of
bricks needed to build a cube?
A 12 B 18 C 24 D 36 E 60
C17. Each of five children thinks of a number, which can be either 1, 2, or 4. Their numbers are
multiplied. Which number could be the result?
A 100 B 120 C 256 D 768 E 2048
C18. The average age of grandmother, grandfather, and 7 grandchildren is 28 years. The average
age of 7 grandchildren is 15 years. Find the age of grandfather, if it is known that grandfather
is 3 years older than grandmother.
A 71 B 72 C 73 D 74 E 75
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C19. There were more than two kangaroos in the enclosure. One kangaroo said, “There are 6 of
us here,” and jumped out of the enclosure. During each consecutive minute one kangaroo
jumped out of the enclosure and said, “Everybody who jumped out before me was lying.”
It continued until there were no kangaroos in the enclosure. How many kangaroos told the
truth?
A0 B1 C2 D3 E4

C20. In a square with sides of length 6 the points A and B are on a 6

line joining the midpoints of the opposite sides of the square
(see the figure). When you draw lines from A and B to two
opposite vertices, you divide the square in three parts of equal
area. What is the length of AB? A
A 3.6 B 3.8 C 4 D 4.2 E 4.4
B

5-POINT QUESTIONS

C21. A woman goes from a city to the beach at 30 km/h. On the return trip her speed is 10 km/h.
What is her average speed for the whole trip?
A 12 B 15 C 20 D 22 E 25

C22. John decided to put some of his magazines on his bookshelf. They have either 48 or 52
pages. Which one of these numbers cannot be the total number of pages of the magazines
on the bookshelf?
A 500 B 524 C 568 D 588 E 620

C23. You write a number in each square as shown in the

x
square figure. Then, the number x cannot be:
A 128 B 256 C 81 D 121 E 400

10
4 9
3 5 8
1 2 6 7

C24. If a and b are positive integers, neither of which is divisible by 10, and if ab = 10,000,
then the sum a + b equals
A 1024 B 641 C 1258 D 2401 E 1000

C25. After one operation, the triplet (a, b, c) turns into triplet (b + c, c + a, a + b). After 2004
successive operations, the triplet (1, 3, 5) turned into a triplet (x, y, z). What is the difference
x − y equal to?
A −2 B 2 C 4008 D 2004 E (−2)2004
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C26. This is a multiplication table. Which two letters represent the

same number? ´ 7
A L and M B P and N C R and S
J K L 56
D K and R E M and T
M 36 8 N
P 27 6 R
6 18 S T 42

C27. Some positive integers are written on the faces of a cube, and at each vertex we write the
number equal to the product of the numbers on the three faces adjacent to that vertex. The
sum of the numbers at the vertices is 70. Then the sum of the numbers on the faces is:
A 12 B 35 C 14 D 10 E Impossible to determine
C28. The number 2004 is divisible by 12, and the sum of its digits is equal to 6. Altogether, how
many four-digit numbers have these two properties?
A 10 B 12 C 13 D 15 E 18

C29. A right triangle with legs of length 6 cm and 8 cm is cut out of a sheet of paper and then
folded along a straight line. What can the area be, in cm2 , of the resulting polygon?
A 9 B 12 C 18 D 24 E 30

C30. In the Kangaroo summer camp a math competition was organized with 10 problems. Each
correct answer was worth 5 points. For each incorrect answer 3 points were deducted.
Everybody answered all the problems. Matt had 34 points, Zsolt had 10 points, and Gábor
had 2 points. How many correct answers did they have altogether?
A 17 B 18 C 15 D 13 E 21

JUNIOR (grades 9 and 10)

3-POINT QUESTIONS

J1. The value of the expression (1 − 2) − (3 − 4) − (5 − 6) − · · · − (99 − 100) is equal to

A −50 B 49 C −48 D 48 E 50
J2. Edward has 2004 marbles. Half of them are blue, one quarter are red, and one sixth are
green. How many marbles are of some other color?
A 167 B 334 C 501 D 1001 E 1837
J3. A pyramid has 7 faces. How many edges does it have?
A 7 B 9 C 12 D 14 E 21
J4. The ground plan of a building has a rectangular shape with parameters of 40 m × 60 m. In
the diagram the ground plan of the building has a perimeter of 100 cm. What is the scale
of the diagram?
A 1:100 B 1:150 C 1:160 D 1:170 E 1:200
J5. Tom and Ron both had some one-euro coins. When Tom got 5 more coins from his grand-
father, he had twice as many coins as Ron. And if Tom now gave 12 coins to his grandmother,
he would have half as many coins as Ron. How many coins did Tom have at the very
beginning?
A 5 B 7 C 9 D 11 E 45
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J6. Some angles in the quadrilateral ABCD are shown in the C

figure. If BC = AD, then what is the angle ADC?
A 30◦ B 50◦ C 55◦ D 65◦ E 70◦ 30°
B 75°

50° ?
A D
J7. There are some boletuses and orange-caps in a basket – 30 mushrooms altogether. If we
randomly take out 12 mushrooms, there will be at least one orange-cap among them. If
we randomly take out 20 mushrooms, there will be at least one boletus among them. How
many boletuses are there in the basket?
A 11 B 12 C 19 D 20 E 21
J8. In a square 2003 × 2003, the squares 1 × 1 on the diagonals are colored
(like in the picture, where the square is 7 × 7). How many white squares
are there?
A 20022 B 2002 × 2001 C 20012 D 2003 × 2002
E 20032 − 2004

J9. The dartboard shown consists of an inner black circle and 2 rings around
it. The width of each ring is equal to the radius of the black circle. How
many times greater is the area of the grey ring than the area of the inner
black circle?
A2 B3 C4 D5 E6

J10. After gathering 770 nuts, three girls divided them in proportion to their ages. For every 3
nuts Oxana took, Ira took 4. For every 7 nuts Natalya took, Ira took 6. How many nuts did
the youngest girl get?
A 264 B 256 C 218 D 198 E 180

4-POINT QUESTIONS
J11. Each of five children thinks of a number, which can be either 1, 2, or 4. Their numbers are
multiplied. Which number could be the result?
A 100 B 120 C 256 D 768 E 2048
A
J12. The circles with centers C and D meet at the points
A and B, as shown. Angle ACB = 60◦ and angle
ADB = 90◦ . How many times longer is the radius of C 60° D
the larger√circle than the√radius of the smaller circle?
A 43 B 2 C 32 D 3 E 2
B

J13. We link rings together as shown in the figure below; the length of the chain is 1.7 m.

2 cm ...
3 cm
1.7 m

How many rings are there?

A 17 B 21 C 30 D 42 E 85
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J14. In tank I, whose base has an area of 2 dm2 and whose height is 10 cm, the water is 5 cm
high. An empty tank II with a base of area 1 dm2 and a height of 7 cm is placed in tank I.
The water of tank I rises, of course, and spills over into tank II.
What level does the water
reach in tank II?
A 1 cm B 2 cm C 3 cm
I
D 4 cm E 5 cm
II

7 cm
5 cm

J15. The hour hand of a clock is 4 cm long, and the minute hand is 8 cm long. What is the ratio
of the distances travelled by the tips of the two hands between 2 pm and 5 pm?
A 1:2 B 1:4 C 1:6 D 1:12 E 1:24
J16. Three semi-circles, the diameters of two of which are equal S
to 4 and of the third to 8, are arranged as seen in the picture.
What is the distance from the center S of the bigger semi-circle
to the tangent
√ point T of the
√ smaller semi-circles?
A 6 B 32 C 5.7 D 40 E 5

T
J17. A quiz has twenty questions with seven points awarded for each correct answer, two points
deducted for each wrong answer, and zero for each question omitted. Andrew scores 87
points. How many questions did he omit?
A2 B3 C4 D5 E6
J18. Caroline wants to write the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 in the square 4 × 4 in 1
such a way that every row and every column has each of the numbers. 2 1
You see how she started. In how many different ways can she finish?
A 1 B 2 C 4 D 16 E 128 3
4
J19. How many numbers exist between 100 and 200 which can have only the prime factors 2
and 3?
A1 B3 C4 D5 E6
J20. The diagram shows two tangential circles with radii in the ratio
1: 2. The smaller circle rolls around the inside of the large
circle. Which of the following is the path traced out by the
point P of the smaller circle? P

A B C D E
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5-POINT QUESTIONS

J21. In a rectangle we draw both diagonals and the segment

which joins a vertex with the midpoint of one of the
sides, as shown in the picture. What is the result of P
dividing the length of the diagonal by the length of
segment OP ? O
A 3 B 6 C 13 3 D4
E It depends on the dimensions of the rectangle

J22. The real numbers a and b have different signs. Which of the numbers given below is the
largest one?
 2
A |a 2 − b2 | B |a| − |b| C (a − b)2 D (a + b)2 E a 2 + b2

J23. The diagram shows a square and an equilateral right-angled cross-

shaped dodecagon. The length of the perimeter of the dodecagon is
36 cm. What, in cm2 , is the √
area of the square?
A 48 B 72 C 108 D 36 2 E 144

J24. How many 3-digit numbers smaller than 200 have the property that the number
(n + 1)(n + 2)(n + 3) is divisible by 7?
A 42 B 38 C 34 D 28 E 16

J25. A rectangle is divided into 4 triangles as shown in the figure.

Of the following possibilities for the areas of the triangles at
most one can be true. Which one is it?
A 4, 5, 8, 9 B 3, 5, 6, 7 C 5, 6, 7, 12
D 10, 11, 12, 19 E 5, 6, 8, 10

J26. This is a multiplication table. Which two letters represent the

same number? ´ 7
A L and M B P and N C R and S
J K L 56
D K and R E M and T
M 36 8 N
P 27 6 R
6 18 S T 42

J27. After one operation, the triplet (a, b, c) turns into triplet (b + c, c + a, a + b). After 2004
successive operations, the triplet (1, 3, 5) turned into a triplet (x, y, z). What is the difference
x − y equal to?
A −2 B 2 C 4008 D 2004 E (−2)2004

J28. How many 8-digit numbers a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 whose digits can only be 0s or 1s (a1 = 1)
have the property a1 + a3 + a5 + a7 = a2 + a4 + a6 + a8 ?
A 27 B 35 C 49 D 16 E 32
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J29. The area of the shaded shape is equal to 2π (see the picture). What
is the value of the chord AB?
A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 E It’s impossible to determine.

A B

J30. All the integers from 1 to 10,000 were written down on a blackboard. After that the
numbers that are not divisible by 5 or 11 were erased. Then the 2004th element of the
sequence obtained was:
A 1000 B 5000 C 10,000 D 6545 E 7348

STUDENT (grades 11 and 12)

3-POINT QUESTIONS

S1. If m pens are bought at n euros each, and n pens at m euros each (m = n), then the average
cost per pen, in euros, is: √
2mn
A 1 B m+n 2 C m+n D mn E mn

S2. A pyramid has 17 faces. How many vertices does it have?

A 16 B 17 C 18 D 32 E 34

S3. The smallest real number satisfying

√ the inequality
√ x 2 − 2004  0 is:
A −2004 B 2004 C 0 D 2004 E − 2004

S4. Each Martian has one, two, or three tentacles on its head. Exactly 1% of the Martian popu-
lation consists of individuals with three tentacles, exactly 97% comprise Martians with two
tentacles, and the remaining 2% consists of individuals with one tentacle. What percent of
Martians have more tentacles on their head than the average of the whole Martian popula-
tion?
A 1% B 3% C 97% D 98% E 99%

S5. In a square of side s, where s is an odd integer, the squares

of side 1 on the diagonals are colored (like in the picture,
where the square is of side 7). How many white squares are
there?
A s 2 + 1 − 2s B s 2 + 4 − 4s C 2s 2 + 1 − 4s D s 2 − 1 − 2s
E s 2 − 2s

S6. How many two-digit numbers exist whose square and cube end in the same digit?
A 1 B 9 C 10 D 21 E More than 30

S7. Square ABCD consists of 18 smaller squares, 17 of which have sides equal to 1. The area
of the square ABCD is:
A 25 B 49 C 81 D 100 E 225

S8. How many right triangles can be formed by joining three vertices of a given regular 14-gon?
A 72 B 82 C 84 D 88 E Other answer
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S9. This is a multiplication table. What two letters represent the

´ 7
same number?
A L and M B P and N C R and S D K and R E M J K L 56
and T
M 36 8 N
P 27 6 R
6 18 S T 42

S10. On the circumference of radius r three points X, Y and A are A

marked such that XY = r, XY ⊥ AY (see the figure).
How many degrees has the angle XAY ?
A 22 12 B 30 C 45 D 60 E 67 12

r
X Y

4-POINT QUESTIONS

S11. In the plane Oxy, how many squares with vertex A(−1; −1) exist such that at least one of
the coordinate axes is an axis of symmetry of the square?
A2 B3 C4 D5 E6

S12. There are 100 cards in a non-transparent envelope, numbered with integers from 1 to 100.
There is a different number on each card. What is the smallest number of cards we have to
pull out of the envelope at random to be sure that the product of the numbers on the chosen
cards is divisible by 4?
A 4 B 52 C 50 D 48 E 96

S13. The set of all pairs (x, y) which satisfy conditions xy  0 and x 2 + y 2 = 4 is on the graph:

A B C D E
y y y y y
2 2 2 2

–2 –2 2 2 –2
0 x 0 x –2 0 x 0 2 x –2 0 x

–2 –2 –2 –2

S14. In the figure the two equilateral triangles ABC and ECD A
have sides of length 2 and 1 respectively. The area of the
quadrilateral ABCE is: E
√ √ √ √
5 3 4+5 3 6+ 3 3 3
A 3 B 5 C3 D 4 E 2
B C D
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S15. How many positive integers can be written as a0 + a1 · 3 + a2 · 32 + a3 · 33 + a4 · 34 if a0 ,

a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 belong to the set {−1, 0, 1}?
A 5 B 80 C 81 D 121 E 243
 √  √ 2

S16. The number 22 + 12 2 − 22 − 12 2 is
A negative B√equal to zero C a fourth power of a non-zero integer
D equal to 11 2 E a positive integer divisible by 5

S17. How many vertices are there in a regular polygon the sum of whose interior angles is one
seventh of that of a regular 16-gon?
A 3 B 4 C 6 D 7 E 10

S18. A circle K is inscribed in a quarter circle with radius 6 as shown

in the√figure. What
√
is the radius of circle K? K
6− 2 3 2
√
A 2 B 2 C 2.5 D 3 E 6( 2 − 1)

S19. For a geometric sequence (an ) the following inequalities hold: a3 < a2 < a4 . Then
A a3 a4 > 0 B a2 a3 < 0 C a2 a4 < 0 D a2 < 0 E a2 a3 > 0

S20. What is the second digit from the right of the number 112004 ?
A0 B1 C2 D3 E4

5-POINT QUESTIONS
S21. An election was held in Herbville. Every voter who voted for the Broccoli Party had already
eaten broccoli. Of the remaining voters who voted for other parties 90% had never eaten
broccoli. What percent did the Broccoli Party get in the election if precisely 46% of all
voters in the election had eaten broccoli?
A 40% B 41% C 43% D 45% E 46%

S22. A parallelogram is divided into 4 triangles as shown in

the figure. Of the following possibilities for the areas of
the triangles at most one can be true. Which one is it?
A 4, 5, 8, 9 B 3, 5, 6, 7 C 5, 6, 7, 12
D 10, 11, 12, 19 E 5, 6, 8, 10
S23. The figure shows graphs of functions f and
y
g defined on real numbers. Each graph con-
sists of two perpendicular halflines. Which y = f(x)
equality is satisfied for every real number x? 1
A f (x) = −g(x) + 2
B f (x) = −g(x) − 2 1
C f (x) = −g(x + 2) –1 0 x
D f (x + 2) = −g(x) y = g(x)
–1
E f (x + 1) = −g(x − 1)

S24. An equilateral triangle ABC with sides of length 4 is given. The radius of the circular arc,
with
 center at A, which divides
 the triangle intotwo parts of equal area is:
√ √ √ √ √
12 3 24 3 30 3 6 3 48 3
A π B π C π D π E π
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S25. A game starts with a sequence of two hundred zeroes. In the first round we add 1 to every
number. In the second round we add 1 to the second number and to every second number
after it. In the third round we add 1 to the third number and to every third number after it,
and so on. What number is in the 120th position after two hundred rounds?
A 16 B 12 C 20 D 24 E 32
S26. How many triangles can be drawn with vertices in the 18 points shown in the figure?

A 816 B 711 C 777 D 717 E 811

S27. If the sum of all the numbers that can be formed by permutation of the three different digits
0 < a < b < c is 1554, what is the value of c?
A3 B4 C5 D6 E7
S28. The number m = 999 . . . 9 consists of 999 nines. What is the sum of the digits of m2 ?
A 8982 B 8991 C 9000 D 9009 E 9018
S29. sin8√75◦ − cos8 75◦ is
√ equal to:
3
√ 7 3
A 2 B 3 C 16 D 1 E 0
S30. Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral with an area of 1 where AB and BD are the bases of
two isosceles triangles ADB and BCD respectively (as shown).

20°
100° C

A B
The√product√AC · BD is equal
√ to:
3 2 3
√ 4 3
A 3 B 3 C 3 D 3 E other answer