Hwa Chong Institution SMOPS 8th April 2017

Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2017

First Round
2 hours
(150 marks)

1. What is the smallest 4-digit number in the following sequence?

5, 14, 29, 50, 77, …
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 1)

2. 60% of the employees in Team A are males while 60% of the employees in Team B are
females. There are 360 more employees in Team A than in Team B. If the number of
female employees in Team A and Team B are equal, what is the total number of
employees in the two teams?
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 2)

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3. Two fifty-cent coins are placed next to each other on a table top, forming an angle 
as shown in the figure below. Each coin takes the shape of a dodecagon with 12 sides
of equal length. Find the value of  in degrees.

(SMOPS 2017 Q. 3)

4. What is the remainder when 6 × 20172018 is divided by 11?

(SMOPS 2017 Q. 4)

5. There were 4 questions in a mathematics test and the total number of marks was not
100. The number of marks allocated to question 1 was the highest, followed by
questions 2, 3 and 4 (lowest). The number of marks allocated to question 1 was 22 and
question 3 was 7 marks higher than question 4. Student A answered questions 1, 2 and
3 correctly and obtained 54 marks. Student B answered questions 2 and 4 correctly and
obtained x marks. Find the value of x.
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 5)

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6. Alvin has many apples. He gives of his apples plus of an apple to Bob. He then
3 3
1
gives of his remaining apples plus half an apple to Chris. Afterwards, he gives half
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of his remaining apples to David. Lastly, he gives half of his remaining apples plus half
an apple to Ed. In the end, Alvin has 5 apples left. How many apples does Alvin have
initially?
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 6)

7. The diagram below shows four circles c1, c2, c3 and c4 with diameters AB, AC, CD and
DB respectively. If the circumference of c1 is 2017, find the sum of the circumferences
of all four circles.

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(SMOPS 2017 Q. 7)

8. Find the value of 217 × 216216217 – 216 × 217217216.

(SMOPS 2017 Q. 8)

9. In the ‘star’ figure below, p  q  r  s  t  600 . Find the sum of

A  B  C  D  E in degrees.

(SMOPS 2017 Q. 9)

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A 1
10. Given that  2
B 1
2
1
2
1
2
... ... ... 2017 layers
1
...2 
2016
2
2017
where A and B are positive integers, find the value of A + B.
1
Note that 2  is the 1st layer.
2016
2
2017
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 10)

11. A number P has 9 factors whereas another number Q has 10 factors. If the lowest
common multiple of P and Q is 2800, find the number Q.
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 11)

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12. Mrs Lee bought as many pens as pencils. Each pen cost $1.20 more than each pencil.
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The total cost of the pens was $12.60 more than the total cost of the pencils. Given that
Mrs Lee spent a total of $66.60 on all the pens and pencils, find the number of pencils
she bought.
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 12)

a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
13. Given that  1         , such that a and b have no
b 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
common divisor greater than 1, find the value of a.
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 13)

14. In the following figure, ABCD is a square, BD is parallel to EC and BD = BE. Find
BEC in degrees.

(SMOPS 2017 Q. 14)

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15. Motorcyclist A travels from Town P to Town Q whereas motorcyclist B travels from
Town Q to Town P. Both motorcyclists started their journey at the same time. They
met at a location which was 80 km from Town Q. Both motorcyclists continued their
journey in their respective directions after they met. When both motorcyclists reached
their respective destinations, they immediately travelled back to their respective starting
points. If both motorcyclists met again, without overtaking, at a location which was 60
km from Town P, find the distance between Town P and Town Q.
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 15)

16. 2017 students arrange themselves in a single file.

In the first round of counting, they number themselves 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, … and so
on from left to right.
In the second round of counting, they number themselves 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1,
2, … and so on from right to left.
Find the number of students whose difference between their numbers in the first and
second rounds of counting is 1.
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 16)

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17. The figure as shown below is made up of three squares of sides 12 cm, 18 cm and 24
cm respectively. Find the area of the shaded triangle.

(SMOPS 2017 Q. 17)

18. A pump is filling a tank with water at a constant rate while water in the tank is also
drained by 3 identical pipes. Starting from a full tank of water with water being pumped
into it, the tank can be completely drained by the 3 identical pipes in 35 minutes. If an
additional identical pipe is installed to drain the tank, a full tank of water can be
completely drained in 20 minutes when water is pumped into it. How many minutes
will it take for the pump to fill an empty tank with water to its brim without any pipe to
drain water from the tank?
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 18)

a
19. How many fractions of the form are there, where a and b have no common factors
b
a 2017
larger than 1, such that b  a  6 and  ?
b 2023
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 19)

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20. There are 6 red points labelled R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6, and 6 green points labelled
G1, G2, G3, G4, G5 and G6. Using straight lines, each red point is connected to at least
one green point and each green point is connected to at least one red point. The number
of green points connected to R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 is 5, 4, 3, 2 and 2 respectively. The
number of red points connected to G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5 is 4, 3, 2, 1 and 1 respectively.
Find the number of red points connected to G6.
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 20)

21. 9 natural 3-digit numbers, represented by 9 different letters a, b, c, d, e, f, p, q and r,

formed an addition sequence shown in the diagram below. Find the smallest possible
value of r.

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(SMOPS 2017 Q. 21)

22. ABC is a right angle triangle. D is a point on AC such that AC is perpendicular to BD.
Given that AD = 9 cm, CD = 16 cm, find the area of triangle ABC in cm2.

(SMOPS 2017 Q. 22)

23. A tank measuring 28 cm by 20 cm by 30 cm was filled with 5000 cm3 of water. At 2

p.m., water was continuously added into the tank at a constant rate of 25 cm3 every
minute. At 3 p.m., 200 cm3 of water was drawn out of the tank and subsequently, a
further 200 cm3 was also drawn out at the end of every hour after. At what time did the
tank start to overflow for the first time? (Express your answer in HHMM format of the
24-hour clock. For example, 4 a.m. represented as 0400; 4.25 p.m. represented as 1625.)
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 23)

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24. Mrs Tan and Mrs Ong were having a conversation at a park.

Mrs Tan: “Hi, how are you? How are your children? You have three if I
remembered correctly. How old are they now?”
Mrs Ong: “Yes, I have three children. The product of their ages is equal to 96. The
sum of their ages is equal to the number of trees in this park.”

Mrs Tan counted the number of trees in the park, thought for a while and said,
“I still could not figure out the ages of your children.”
Mrs Ong simultaneously replied,
“Pardon me, for I have to pick up my children from the school across
the park. We can catch up again soon. Goodbye.”

Finally, Mrs Tan managed to figure out all the ages of Mrs Ong’s children.
How old is Mrs Ong’s youngest child?
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 24)

25. Given that

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5 9 13 57 M
   ...   ,
1 2  3  4 3  4  5  6 5  6  7  8 27  28  29  30 N
where M and N have no common factor larger than 1, find the value of M + N.
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 25)

26. In triangle ABC, D is a point on BC such that AD is perpendicular to BC and

BAC  45 . Given that CD = 2 cm and BD = 3 cm, find the area of triangle ABC in
cm2.

(SMOPS 2017 Q. 26)

27. All of the faces of a rectangular block are painted red. The rectangular block is cut into
unit cubes with a volume of 1 cm3 each. It is known that there are 30 unit cubes with
none of their faces painted red and x unit cubes each with exactly two faces painted red.
Find the sum of all possible values of x.
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 27)

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28. 2017 schools participated in a big inter-school chess competition. Each school sent in
2 participants.
The rules of the competition were:
i) Participants do not compete with each other for more than 1 game,
ii) Participants from the same school cannot compete with each other.

After many rounds of the competition, it was known that every participant had
completed a different number of games except participants from one of the 2017
schools. How many games had each of these 2 participants from the same school
completed?
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 28)

29. A train X is travelling through the countryside at a constant speed of 90km/h. Another
train Y of the same length is travelling in the opposite direction and it takes 5 seconds
for both trains to pass by each other completely. Later, train X enters a tunnel and it
takes 50 seconds for the train to exit the tunnel completely. Find the length of the tunnel
in metres.
(SMOPS 2017 Q. 29)

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30. The figure shows 4 overlapping circles with each circle passing through the centres of
its adjacent 2 circles. The figure measures 60 cm vertically from top to bottom as shown
below. Find the total area of the shaded parts. (Take π = 3.14)

60 cm

(SMOPS 2017 Q. 30)

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Number of correct answers for Q1 to Q10 : _______ Marks ( ×4 ) : _______

Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : _______ Marks ( ×5 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q21 to Q30 : _______ Marks ( ×6 ) : _______

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Answers:
SMOPS 2017
1 1085 11 112 21 406
2 1800 12 27 22 150
3 60 13 1627 23 2256
4 10 14 30 24 1
5 25 15 180 25 1087
6 46 16 674 26 15
7 4034 17 126 27 344
8 433 18 28 28 2016
9 240 19 672 29 1125
10 8069 20 6 30 228

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Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2016

First Round
2 hours
(150 marks)

1. Find the value of

2016 + 2015 + 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011 + 2010 + 2009 + 2008
– 2007 – 2006 – 2005 + … + 6 + 5 + 4 – 3 – 2 – 1
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 1)

2. In the figure below, each of the three lines bisected the figure into two regions of equal
areas. What is the relationship between shaded area A and shaded area B?

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(A) A > B (B) A < B (C) A = B (D) Insufficient information to deduce
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 2)

3. Find the number of fractions, among those listed below, which are in their simplest
form.
1 2 3 2010 2011
, , ,..., ,
6 7 8 2015 2016
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 3)

2 1
4. It is given that a  b   , which of the following equations is correct?
a2 b
(A) 2  4  4  2 (B) 3  6  6  3
(C) 4  8  8  4 (D) 1008  2016  2016 1008
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 4)

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5. In the diagram below, the equilateral triangle has a length of 3 cm and the hexagon has
a length of 1 cm. Given that the ratio of the area of the equilateral triangle to the area
of the hexagon is a : 2. Find the value of a.

(SMOPS 2016 Q. 5)

6. The diagram shows an isosceles triangle ABC in which BAC  90 and BC  6 cm.
F is a point on BA produced such that FD is perpendicular to BC and it intersects AC at
E. D lies on BC. Find the total length of DE and DF.

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(SMOPS 2016 Q. 6)
7. Daniel drives his car in the following manner:
He drives along for 20 m then turns left;
Then drives along for 20 m then turns right;
Then drives along for 20 m then turns right;
Then drives along for 20 m then turns right;
And he repeats the same cycle.
The diagram below shows the path that Daniel drove. From which point (1, 2, 3 or 4)
did he begin his journey?

(SMOPS 2016 Q. 7)

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8. Three cubes have different lengths of 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm respectively. All faces of
the cubes were painted red. If all three cubes were cut up into smaller 1-cm cubes, find
the number of 1-cm cubes that has at least one face painted red.
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 8)

9. In the diagram below, each side of the equilateral triangle ABC is divided into six equal
segments. Given that every small triangle in the diagram has an area of 1 cm2, find the
area of the quadrilateral DEFG in cm2.
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A E B
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 9)

10. Two rabbits, Harry and Bunny, leave from points A and B respectively and travel
towards each other. Harry’s speed is 1.5 times of Bunny’s speed. If the two rabbits first
meet at a point that is 12 m away from the mid-point of AB, find the distance of AB.
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 10)

11. It is known that the area of three different sides of a rectangular cuboid is in a ratio of
2 : 3 : 5. The total length of all its edges is 124 cm. Find the volume of the rectangular
cuboid.
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 11)

12. There is a sequence of the first 300 positive integers 1, 2, 3, …, 299, 300. If the numbers
that are divisible by 5 or 7 are removed from the sequence, find the 123rd number in the
remaining sequence.
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 12)

13. 2016 distinct points are chosen within triangle ABC such that no three points among the
2019 points (inclusive of A, B and C) lie on a straight line. Using these 2019 points as
vertices, how many smaller triangles can triangle ABC be cut into?
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 13)

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14. Find the value of

 1 2 3 4 9 10 
84       ...   
 1 3 3  5 5  7 7  9 17  19 19  21 
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 14)

15. Given that a, b and c are prime numbers, not necessarily distinct, and their product is
the sum of 7 consecutive positive integers. Find the smallest possible value of the sum
a + b + c.
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 15)

16. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the resultant product
1 4  7 10  ...  697  700
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 16)

17. In the figure below, not drawn to scale, the area of triangle ABC is 1 cm2. The points D,
E and F are on BC, CA and AB produced such that BD = 2BC, CE = 3CA and AF = 4AB.
Find the area of triangle DEF.

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(SMOPS 2016 Q. 17)

18. Six 10-cent coins have the same height as five 20-cent coins when stacked on top of
each other. Four 10-cent coins have the same height as three 50-cent coins when stacked
on top of each other. Using 10-cent, 20-cent and 50-cent coins to stack into three stacks
of equal height, a total of 124 coins have been used. What is the total value of these
coins?
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 18)

19. What is the remainder when 32016  2 is divided by 11?

(SMOPS 2016 Q. 19)

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20. In the figure below, find the value of A  B  C  D  E  F  G .

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(SMOPS 2016 Q. 20)

21. There are three football teams A, B and C.

A scored 2 goals and had 1 goal against them.
B scored 1 goal and had 2 goals against them.
C scored 3 goals and had 3 goals against them.
What was the result of the game between team A and team C?
(A) 1 – 0 (B) 0 – 0 (C) 2 – 0 (D) 2 – 1 (E) 1 – 1
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 21)

22. Let N be a whole number abc .

Given that N  abc  ac  ba  ca  ab  cb  bc , find the largest possible value of N.
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 22)

23. Steve lives in Town A and has to travel by bus to Town B which is 60 km away. There
are two types of bus services. The small bus will stop at each 2 km mark along the route
and charges $3 for every 2 km travelled. The big bus will stop at each 3 km mark along
the route and charges $4 for every 3 km travelled. If Steve had to alight for a short while
at the stops 4 km, 21 km, 33 km and 44 km away from Town A, what is the minimum
amount of money, in dollars, he has to spend on the bus fare for the entire trip from
Town A to Town B?
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 23)

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24. Find the smallest positive whole number whose sum of digits is equal to 35, last two
digits is 35 and is divisible by 35.
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 24)

25. In the diagram below, the radius of the largest circle is 7 cm. Find the area of the shaded
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region. Take   .
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(SMOPS 2016 Q. 25)

26. A computer programme arranges all six letter words formed from the letters A, P, M,
O, P, S in alphabetical order, resulting in the following sequence: AMOPPS, AMOPSP,
AMOSPP, AMPOPS, …, SPPMOA, SPPOAM, SPPOMA. Find the position of
POAMSP.
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 26)

27. In the 3 3 grid below, each box is occupied by the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

respectively, such that any two consecutive numbers must be arranged in adjacent boxes.
i.e. 1 and 2 are adjacent, 2 and 3 are adjacent, …, 8 and 9 are adjacent.

Given that the sum of a and b, as shown in the diagram, is equal to 12, find the value
of x.
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 27)

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28. The ticket prices for a charity concert are as such: $23 for adults, $15 for students and
$7 for children. A total of 136 people bought tickets and $2016 was collected in all.
Given that among the different categories, the number of children are the most and the
number of adults are the least. Find the number of student tickets sold.
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 28)

29. There are five consecutive two digit numbers. Three of these numbers have a sum that
is divisible by 37. Three of these numbers have a sum that is divisible by 60. Find the
largest two digit number.
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 29)

30. There are 600 pupils sitting for an examination. The average score for a test is 84. The
average score for the boys is 80. The average score for the girls is 92. How many girls
participated in the examination?
(SMOPS 2016 Q. 30)

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Number of correct answers for Q1 to Q10 : _______ Marks ( ×4 ) : _______

Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : _______ Marks ( ×5 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q21 to Q30 : _______ Marks ( ×6 ) : _______

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Answers:
SMOPS 2016
1 3024 11 900 21 (D)
2 (B) 12 178 22 396
3 1609 13 4033 23 82
4 (B) 14 20 24 289835
5 3 15 11 25 56
6 6 16 60 26 230
7 3 17 18 27 7
8 180 18 $30.80 28 45
9 17 19 5 29 63
10 120 20 180 30 200

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Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2015

First Round
2 hours
(150 marks)

1. Amy and Ben start running on a 200-metre circular track at the same time and starting
point in a clockwise direction. The speeds of Amy and Ben are 6 m/s and 4 m/s
respectively. How many times did Amy overtake Ben within the first 16 minutes of the
run?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 1)

2. A cuboid has its length, breadth and height in the ratio of 4 : 3 : 2. Given that the sum of
all its edges is 72 cm, find the volume of the cuboid.
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 2)

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3. Find the value of
(101 + 234 + 567) × (234 + 567 + 89) – (101 + 234 + 567 + 89) × (234 + 567)
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 3)

4. There are 10 red, yellow and green balls in a container. The balls are identical in size. The
red balls are marked with the number “4” while the yellow and green balls are marked
with “5” and “6” respectively. If 8 balls are drawn and the sum of numbers on the balls is
39, how many of these are red balls?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 4)

5. Given that

where A is an integer, find the number of possible values of A.

(SMOPS 2015 Q. 5)

6. A certain month has 31 days and the number of Mondays and Fridays are the same. On
which day of the week will the 10th of the month be?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 6)

7. When a whole number N is multiplied by 411, the last 4 digits of the result are 2015. Find
the smallest value of N.
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 7)

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8. A standard soccer ball is a sphere made up of 32 regular pentagons and hexagons. The
diagram below shows a sample of a soccer ball where the hexagons are white and the
pentagons are black. How many hexagons are there on the surface of a soccer ball?

(SMOPS 2015 Q. 8)

9. The diagram below shows two squares ABCD and DEFG where ADG is a straight line
and the point E lies on DC. The length of each side of square ABCD is 8 cm. What is the
area of triangle ACF?
B C

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A D G

(SMOPS 2015 Q. 9)

10. During a class gathering, Andy bought some bottled drinks under a special offer from a
supermarket. For every 5 empty bottles, Andy can exchange 1 free bottled drink from the
supermarket. Andy’s class drank a total of 109 bottled drinks, some of which are obtained
from the exchange of empty bottles. How many bottled drinks did Andy buy?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 10)

11. The figure below shows the net expansion of a solid figure. Find the number of edges of
this solid figure.

(SMOPS 2015 Q. 11)

12. Given that 229 is a number comprising 9 different digits, which digit is not in this number?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 12)

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13. In a class of 52 students, there are 30 students who can swim, 35 students who can cycle
and 42 students who can play table tennis. At least how many students are there in this
class who can swim, cycle and play table tennis?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 13)

14. A transport company has two types of delivery trucks. A larger truck can carry 7 tons of
goods and a smaller truck can carry 4 tons of goods. The fuel consumption for a larger
truck and a smaller truck is 14 litres per trip and 9 litres per trip respectively. Find the
minimum total fuel consumption required for the company to deliver 89 tons of goods.
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 14)

15. The sum of the other interior angles of a convex polygon, excluding an interior angle of a
vertex, is 2015°. What is the measure of this excluded interior angle?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 15)

16. In the diagram below, points A and B are the centres of 2 quadrants with radius 14 cm
and 28 cm respectively. What is the difference in area between the two shaded regions?
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7

28cm

A B
14 cm 14 cm
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 16)

17. The diagram below shows a 6 × 6 grid.

How many shapes of , , and are there altogether in a 6 × 6 grid?

(SMOPS 2015 Q. 17)

18. When an integer is divided by another, the quotient is 15 and the remainder is 5. Given
that the sum of the dividend, divisor, quotient and remainder is 2169, find the value of the
dividend.
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 18)

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19. The figure below, not drawn to scale, is formed by combining two types of triangles.
Triangle 1 and 2 are isosceles triangles each with a 30° angle at one of its vertices.
Triangle 3 is a right-angled isosceles triangle. Triangles 4 and 5 are isosceles triangles
each with a vertex of 30°. Triangle 6 is a right-angled isosceles triangle. This pattern
continues with subsequent isosceles triangles. Given that the nth triangle overlaps with
Triangle 1, find the smallest possible value of n.

(SMOPS 2015 Q. 19)

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20. The diagram below shows a square ABCD and the points E and F are mid-points of AD
and CD respectively. BE and BF intersect the diagonal AC at points M and N
respectively. Given that the area of the square is 48 cm2, find the area of the pentagon
EDFNM.

(SMOPS 2015 Q. 20)

21. Four soccer teams played matches with each other. In each match, the winning team
scored 3 points while the losing team scored 0 point. If the two teams end in a draw, both
teams each scored 1 point. The final scores of the four teams are consecutive numbers.
Find the product of the four numbers.
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 21)

22. A large pool uses 5 taps to fill it up with water. If the 1st to 4th taps are turned on, it will
take 6 hours to fill up the pool completely with water. If the 2nd to 5th taps are turned on, it
will take 8 hours. If the 1st and 5th taps are turned on, it will take 12 hours. How many
hours will it take the 5th tap alone to fill up the pool completely with water?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 22)

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23. Let N = 5 × 10 × 15 × 20 × … × 2010 × 2015. How many consecutive zeroes are there
altogether at the end of the number N?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 23)

24. In the 5 × 5 grid below, some squares are to be shaded such that in any 3 × 3 grid, there
are exactly 4 shaded squares. At least how many squares are to be shaded in the 5 × 5
grid?

(SMOPS 2015 Q. 24)

25. There are 49 balls in a bag. Each ball was labelled with a number from 1 to 49. Some
balls are selected to form a circle such that the product of numbers on any two adjacent
balls is always less than 100. What is the maximum number of balls to be selected?

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(SMOPS 2015 Q. 25)

26. Alex and Bill started driving from Town A and B respectively at the same time to Town
C which is in between. The ratio of Alex’s speed to Bill’s speed is 3 : 2. Alex reached
Town C at 9 a.m. while Bill reached Town C at 7 p.m. on the same day. At what time of
the day did both Alex and Bill meet along the route?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 26)

27. Let each of a, b and c represent a digit from 0 to 9 but not necessarily distinct. The
recurring decimal can be represented as a fraction in its simplest form. Find the
number of different numerators.
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 27)

28. Five poker cards A, K, Q, J and 10 are to be placed into five envelopes labelled A, K, Q, J
and 10 respectively. If each envelope contained only 1 card, how many ways are there to
place these five poker cards into the five envelopes such that the last card would be placed
in a wrong envelope?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 28)

29. How many 5-digit numbers are there such that each is divisible by 3 and comprises at
least one digit ‘3’?
(SMOPS 2015 Q. 29)

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30. In the following figure, not drawn to scale, B, D, E and C lie on a straight line. Given that
∠BAD = ∠DAE = 12°, AC is perpendicular to AD, and BC = AB + AE, find ∠ABC in
degrees.

(SMOPS 2015 Q. 30)

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Number of correct answers for Q1 to Q10 : _______ Marks ( ×4 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : _______ Marks ( ×5 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q21 to Q30 : _______ Marks ( ×6 ) : _______

Answers:

SMOPS 2015
1 9 11 15 21 120
2 192 12 4 22 48
3 8989 13 3 23 398
4 1/2/3/4 14 181 24 7
5 7 15 145 25 18
6 Thursday 16 70 26 1 p.m.
7 2365 17 100 27 648
8 20 18 2015 28 44
9 32 19 23 29 12504
10 88 20 16 30 44

7. Divide X2015 by 411, then 411 | 136X - 40 ...

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Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2014

First Round
2 hours
(150 marks)

1. The figure shows a regular octagon. Find the value of angle SRT in degrees, where R
is the centre of the star.
S
T

(SMOPS 2014 Q.1)

2. Which of the following statement is correct?

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15 7 3 3 15 7 7 15 3
(1) <9<4 (2) 4 < 19 < 9 (3) 9 < 19 < 4
19

3 7 15 7 3 15
(4) 4 < 9 < 19 (5) 9 < 4 < 19
(SMOPS 2014 Q.2)

3. Find the smallest positive integer with sum of digits equal to 29.
(SMOPS 2014 Q.3)

4. Abel and Jim run a race together on a 300 metres track. They start simultaneously at
the same point. Abel runs at a constant speed of 5 m/s, while Jim runs at a constant
speed of 4.2 m/s. How many full laps has Abel run before he is able to overtake Jim
for the first time?
(SMOPS 2014 Q.4)

5. Only one of the following four numbers is a perfect square. Which one is it?

(1) 76186 (2) 750235 (3) 921438 (4) 2660161

(SMOPS 2014 Q.5)

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6. As shown in the diagram, ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is an isosceles right-angle triangle with AB =28 cm.
BC is the diameter of the semi-circle and point D is the midpoint of arc BC. Find the
area of the shaded region in cm2.
22
(Take 𝜋 to be .)
7

A B

C
(SMOPS 2014 Q.6)

7. Three chess pieces, each of the colour red, black and white, are to be placed on a
7×7 chessboard. If any two of the three pieces cannot be placed in the same row or
the same column, how many ways are there to place the three chess pieces?
(SMOPS 2014 Q.7)

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8. There are 6 bags containing 18, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 34 balls respectively. One bag
contains only red balls while the other five bags contain only blue balls. Jason takes
three bags and Jamie takes two bags. The remaining bag contain red balls. It is
known that now Jason has twice as many blue balls as Jamie does. Find the number
of red balls in the remaining bag.
(SMOPS 2014 Q.8)

9. A water tank can be filled by using tap A for 8 hours followed by tap B for 15 hours.
The same tank can also be filled by using tap A for 5 hours followed by tap B for 24
hours. How long will it take (in hours) to fill the tank by using tap A only?
(SMOPS 2014 Q.9)

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10. A square piece of paper is folded along the diagonals twice, as shown in the
diagrams below. Then a cut is made along the dotted line.

When the paper is unfolded, which one of the following diagrams shows how the
paper appears?

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(SMOPS 2014 Q.10)

11. Find the value of 20142013×20132014−20132013×20142014.

(SMOPS 2014 Q.11)

12. Alan, Ben, Chris and Daniel took part in a science quiz. The quiz consisted of 5 True
or False questions. The table below shows the answers given by each of them and
their scores. Each correct answer was given 1 point.

Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Score

Alan T F F F F 2
Ben F T F F T 3
Chris F T F T T 4
Daniel F T T F T

How many points did Daniel score?

(SMOPS 2014 Q.12)

13. A computer program generated all five-letter code words that can be formed by using
letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, X, Y, Z (repetition is allowed). When all these words are
sorted according to the alphabetical order, the following list is obtained: AAAAA,
AAAAB,..., AAAAZ, AAABA, AAABB,..., ZZZZY, ZZZZZ. Find the number of
code words between CZYGB and XEFDA, not including these two code words.
(SMOPS 2014 Q.13)

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14. Find the largest 3-digit integer N such that when N is divided by 3, 7, 11, the
remainders are 1, 3 and 8 respectively.
(SMOPS 2014 Q.14)

 1 5 11 71 89 
15. Find the value of 10      ...   .
 1 2 2  3 3  4 8  9 9 10 
(SMOPS 2014 Q.15)

16. As shown in the diagram, a square is divided into 9 regions. Region E is a square and
the other regions are rectangles. If the area of rectangles A, B, C are 18cm2, 63cm2
and 189cm2 respectively, find the perimeter of rectangle D.

A B

D C

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(SMOPS 2014 Q.16)

17. The sum of 47 distinct positive integers is 2014. If there are n even numbers among
the 47 integers, what is the least possible value of n?
(SMOPS 2014 Q.17)

̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ is formed using digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 without

18. A 9-digit integer 𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑔ℎ𝑖
repetition. If A= ̅̅̅̅̅̅
𝑎𝑏𝑐 + ̅̅̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅̅ + 𝑑𝑒𝑓
𝑏𝑐𝑑 + 𝑐𝑑𝑒 ̅̅̅̅̅̅ + 𝑒𝑓𝑔
̅̅̅̅̅̅ + ̅̅̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅̅, find the largest
𝑓𝑔ℎ + 𝑔ℎ𝑖
possible value of A.
(SMOPS 2014 Q.18)

19. A semi-circle with diameter AG is shown in the diagram, the entire arc of the semi-
circle is divided into 6 equal parts by points B, C, D, E, and F. DF and CG are
straight lines. Given that the area of the semi-circle is 60cm2, find the area of the
shaded region in cm2.

(SMOPS 2014 Q.19)

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20. As shown in the diagram below, cubes with side length of 1 cm are placed together
to form a sequence of solids. Find the surface area of the 20th solid in cm2.

(SMOPS 2014 Q.20)

21. In the diagram, each side of the square ABCD is divided into 4 segments by the
points numbered from 1 to 12. How many different triangles can be formed whose
vertices can be any three points among points 1 to 12?

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(SMOPS 2014 Q.21)

22. In a certain calendar year, there are more Mondays than Fridays, and more Sundays
than Wednesdays. Which day of the week is 1st march in that year? Choose your
answer from the following options:
(1) Monday
(2) Tuesday
(3) Wednesday
(4) Thursday
(5) Friday
(6) Saturday
(7) Sunday
(SMOPS 2014 Q.22)

23. There is 60 grams of 5% saline solution (Solution A), 60 grams of 8% saline solution
(Solution B), and 47 grams of 9% saline solution (Solution C). These three types of
solution are mixed together to produce 100 grams of 7% saline solution. Find the
sum of the maximum and minimum grams of Solution A that can be used.
(SMOPS 2014 Q.23)

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24. When a whole number is divided by 5, the remainder is a; when the same number is
divided by 6, the quotient is b. If the sum of a and b is 11, find the sum of all
numbers that satisfy this requirement.
(SMOPS 2014 Q.24)

25. Dates can be written as an 8-digit integer in the format of yyyymmdd. For example,
20140125 stands for January 25th 2014. How many days are there in year 2014 such
that its 8-digit representation contains equal numbers of digit 0, 1, and 2?
(SMOPS 2014 Q.25)

26. Find the sum of all angles labelled from 1 to 12 in the diagram below.

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(SMOPS 2014 Q.26)

27. Appending a positive integer N at the end of any positive integer to form a new
number (for example, appending 21 at the end of 35 gives 3521), if this new number
is always divisible by N, then N is called a “magic number”. Find the total number of
“magic numbers” less than 600.
(SMOPS 2014 Q.27)

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28. As shown in the diagram, part of a triangle ABC is folded along the lines DE,
resulting in a heptagon ADECFGH. If the ratio of the area of this heptagon to the
area of the triangle ABC is 5 : 7, and the area of the shaded region DEFH is 8cm2,
find the area of the triangle ABC.

(SMOPS 2014 Q.28)

29. From 2014 to 6999, how many integers have their sum of digits divisible by 5?
(SMOPS 2014 Q.29)

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30. A bus and a truck started travelling towards each other at the same instant, from
cities A and B respectively. When they met along the road after 6 hours, the bus was
240km away from city B. Upon reaching city B, the bus stopped for one hour of
maintenance, before it headed back to city A. The truck took 15 hours to travel from
city B to city A, and also stopped for one hour of maintenance before going back to
city B. The bus and the truck met again on their ways back to their cities of origin.
How many hours had passed between their first and second encounters?
(SMOPS 2014 Q.30)

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Number of correct answers for Q1 to Q10 : _______ Marks ( ×4 ) : _______

Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : _______ Marks ( ×5 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q21 to Q30 : _______ Marks ( ×6 ) : _______

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Answers:

SMOPS 2014
1 45 11 10000 21 216
2 4 12 2 22 4
3 2999 13 44668 23 84
4 6 14 976 24 333
5 4 15 81 25 43
6 252 16 35 26 720
7 44100 17 3 27 12
8 23 18 4648 28 28
9 13 19 20 29 997
10 4 20 4642 30 13

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Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2013

First Round
2 hours
(150 marks)

1. Find the last 5 digit of the sum.

127354 + 27354 + 7354 + 354 + 54 + 4.
(SMOPS 2013 Q.1)

2. Find the sum of all two-digit numbers whose units digit and tens digit are both even.
(SMOPS 2013 Q.2)

3. The diagram shows a semi-circle with centre O overlapped with a parallelogram

ABCD. The diameter, AB, of the semi-circle is 12cm. Find the total area of the
shaded regions in cm2.

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D C

A O B
(SMOPS 2013 Q.3)

4. Abel, Ben and Charlie took part in SMOPS 2012, which comprised 30 questions.
They had correctly answered 26, 23 and 18 questions respectively. What is the least
possible number of questions that were answered correctly by all 3 students?
(SMOPS 2013 Q.4)

5. Find the value of 555 × 554555 − 554 × 555554.

(SMOPS 2013 Q.5)

6. The diagram shows a cube with side length 5 cm. If a rectangular tunnel with
dimensions 2 cm by 3 cm is made in the middle of the cube, find the amount of
increase in the total surface area of the resulting solid in cm2.

(SMOPS 2013 Q.6)

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7. The average value of four whole numbers 𝑎, ̅̅̅, 𝑐17

̅ 𝑏5 ̅̅̅̅̅and ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
𝑑432, where a, b, c and d
each represents the first digit of a number, is 1735. Find the value of 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑.
(SMOPS 2013 Q.7)

8. The diagram shows a regular octahedron, which is a solid composed of eight

equilateral triangles.

Which of the following patterns can be folded into a regular octahedron?

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Pattern (1) Pattern (2) Pattern (3)
(SMOPS 2013 Q.8)

9. The sum of 2 prime numbers is equal to 2013. Find the product of these two
numbers.
(SMOPS 2013 Q.9)

10. The figure shows a big square, which is divided into four identical rectangles and
one small square. Given that the area of the small square is 16 cm2, the area of each
rectangle is 140 cm2, find the width of each rectangle in cm.

(SMOPS 2013 Q.10)

11. A 5-digit number written in the form ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅

24𝑎𝑏𝑐 has the last three digits unknown. If this
number is divisible by 3, 4 and 5 respectively, find the greatest possible value that
̅̅̅̅̅ can take.
𝑎𝑏𝑐
(SMOPS 2013 Q.11)

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12. In the diagram, an ant is moving from A to B. If the ant is only allowed to move to
the right or upwards along the grid lines, how many different paths are there from A
to B?
B

A
(SMOPS 2013 Q.12)

13. The diagram shows a parallelogram ABCD. E is the midpoint of AD. F is the
midpoint of EC. If the area of the triangle BFD is 9 cm2, find the area of the
parallelogram ABCD in cm2.

A E D

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B C
(SMOPS 2013 Q.13)

2013
14. If we write in the form
1990
1
𝑎+ 1
𝑏+ 1
𝑐+ 1
𝑑+
𝑒

where a, b, c, d and e are positive integers, what is the value of 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑 + 𝑒?

(SMOPS 2013 Q.14)

15. In the given diagram, find the value (in degrees) of

∠𝐴 + ∠𝐵 + ∠𝐶 + ∠𝐷 + ∠𝐸 + ∠𝐹

(SMOPS 2013 Q.15)

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16. In how many different ways can four children share 8 identical chocolates so that
each child get at least one?
(SMOPS 2013 Q.16)

17. In the given diagram, each circle contains a natural number and the diagram satisfies
the following conditions:

A
6 2

5 3

i. The number labelled along each edge represents the difference between the
numbers in the two circles joined by the edge.
ii. The sum of the numbers in the 5 circles is equal to 1979.

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Find the number in circle A.
(SMOPS 2013 Q.17)

18. A certain type of water bottle is sold at $10 in both Store A and Store B. Mrs. Lim
would like to buy a few water bottles for a Children’s Home. Store A sells the water
bottle with an offer of “Buy 5 Get 1 Free” (no free bottles for buying fewer than 5
water bottles); store B gives a 15% discount for customers who buy 4 or more water
bottles. What is the least amount of money (in $) that Mrs. Lim needs to spend in
order to get 14 water bottles?
(SMOPS 2013 Q.18)

19. A square of side length 18 cm is inscribed in a circle. Semi-circle are constructed on

its sides, as shown in the diagram. Find the total area of the four shaded lunes in cm2.

(SMOPS 2013 Q.19)

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20. Four teams participated in a soccer tournament. Each team played against all other
teams once each. 3 points were awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for
a loss. At the end of the tournament, the four teams have obtained 5, 1, x, 6 points
respectively. Find the value of x.
(SMOPS 2013 Q.20)

21. In the diagram, the area of triangle ABC is 40. Given that 2BD = 3CD and AE = DE,
find the area of the shaded region.

F
E

C
D
B
(SMOPS 2013 Q.21)

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22. If integers are selected randomly from 1 to35, what is the minimum numbers of
integers that need to be selected such that among the chosen numbers we can always
find two integers whose difference is divisible by 7?
(SMOPS 2013 Q.22)

23. A team of workers are sent to two construction sites A and B respectively. The
amount of work to be done at construction site A is 50% more than that at
construction site B. In the morning, the number of workers sent to construction site
A is 3 times the number of workers sent to site B. In the afternoon, the ratio of
workers sent to construction site A and B is 7: 5. By the end of the day, the work at
construction site A is fully completed, while construction site B still requires 8
workers to work for another full day. Assuming the workers work that the same rate,
find the total numbers of workers in this team.
(SMOPS 2013 Q.23)

24. Find the total number of triangles in the figure below.

(SMOPS 2013 Q.24)

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25. A car and a motorcycle started travelling towards each other at the same instant,
from cities A and B respectively. 72 minutes later, they met along the road and
1
continued to travel towards their destinations. Given that the speed of the car is 1 3
times that of the motorcycle, how many minutes after the car reached city B would
the motorcycle reach city A?
(SMOPS 2013 Q.25)

26. Given four prime numbers a, b, c, and d, if the product of 𝑎 × 𝑏 × 𝑐 × 𝑑 is the sum if
55 consecutive positive integers, find the smallest possible value of 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑.
(SMOPS 2013 Q.26)

27. A particular brand of car tyre lasts 300 km on a front wheel or 450 km on a rear
wheel. By interchanging the front and rear tyres, what is the greatest distance, in km,
that can be travelled using a set of four tyres of this brand?
(SMOPS 2013 Q.27)

28. In triangle ABC, AD and AE trisect angle CAB, BD and BE trisect angle CBA. If the
ratio of angle C to angle D is 1: 2, find the value of angle E in degrees.

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(SMOPS 2013 Q.28)

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29. The sum of 10 positive integers, not necessarily distinct, is 1001. If d is the greatest
common divisor of the 10 numbers, find the maximum possible value of d.
(SMOPS 2013 Q.29)

30. How many different ways are there to select 2 distinct integers from
{2000,2001,2002, ⋯ ,2014,2015} such that the product of the 2 numbers is
divisible by 6?

(Note: order is not important, choosing 2001 and 2002 is the same as choosing 2002
and 2001.)
(SMOPS 2013 Q.30)

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Number of correct answers for Q1 to Q10 : _______ Marks ( ×4 ) : _______

Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : _______ Marks ( ×5 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q21 to Q30 : _______ Marks ( ×6 ) : _______

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Answers:
SMOPS 2013
1 62474 11 960 21 15
2 1080 12 23 22 8
3 36 13 72 23 72
4 7 14 100 24 17
5 1109 15 360 25 42
6 38 16 35 26 32
7 24 17 393 27 360
8 2 18 118 28 135
9 4022 19 324 29 91
10 10 20 4 30 47

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Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2012

First Round
2 hours
(150 marks)

1. Find the value of 29999 + 2999 + 299 + 29 + 9.

(SMOPS 2012 Q.1)

2. ABCD is a parallelogram. P, Q, R and S are the midpoints of the 4 sides of the

parallelogram. If the area of the shaded region is 20cm2, find the area of the
parallelogram ABCD.
A P B

S Q

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D R C

(SMOPS 2012 Q.2)

3. Jane added up all the digits of the whole number

3×3× 3×…3
⏟
𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 2012 𝑜𝑓 3′𝑠

and obtained a new number n1. She then added up all the digits of n1 and
obtained another number n2. She continued doing this until she obtained a
single digit number. Find the value of this number.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.3)

4. The diagram shows 3 circles. The circumference of the smallest circle passes
through the centre of the middle circle and the circumference of the middle
circle passes through the centre of the largest circle. Find the ratio of the
shaded area to the unshaded area.

(SMOPS 2012 Q.4)

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5. The product of 4 consecutive whole numbers is 5040. Find the value of the
smallest number.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.5)

6. The diagram shows 3 circles with centres P, Q and R respectively. Each circle
has a point of contact with the other circles. If PQ = 35cm, QR = 36cm, and
PR = 37cm, find the radius of the circle with centre R.

Q R

(SMOPS 2012 Q.6)

7. 12! is equal to
(1) 479001600

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(2) 479000610
(3) 479000160
(4) 479000061
(5) 479000016
[Note: n! = (n) × (n−1) × (n−2) × ... × 3 × 2 × 1, for example 5! = 5× 4 ×
3 × 2 × 1. ]
(SMOPS 2012 Q.7)

8. Only 1 of the 3 boys Abel, Ben and Cain can swim. Abel says, “I can swim.”
Ben says, “I cannot swim.” Cain says, “Abel cannot swim.” Only 1 boy is
telling the truth. Who can swim?
(SMOPS 2012 Q.8)

9. 10 boys received their test papers. The test paper has a maximum score of 10.
Each boy added the scores of the other 9 boys. If the 10 totals obtained are 66,
66, 67, 67, 68, 68, 69, 70, 71 and 72, find the lowest score.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.9)

10. In the diagram, D and E are the mid-points of AB and AC respectively. BE cuts
CD at F. If the area of the 4-sided figure ADFE is 256cm2, find the area of the
triangle ABE.
A

E
D
F C
B
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11. A circle with centre O passes through points A and B as shown. If the circle
has a radius of 5 cm and angle AOB is 120°, find the radius of another circle
that passes through points O, A and B.

B
A

(SMOPS 2012 Q.11)

12. A line can divide a plane into a maximum of 2 regions. 2 lines can divide a
plane into a maximum of 4 regions. Find the number of regions that 5 lines
can divide a plane into.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.12)

13. Find the value of

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1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 98 99 100
+ + + + + + + + + +⋯+ + + + ⋯+ + + .
1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 100 100 100 100 100 100

(SMOPS 2012 Q.13)

14. Trains A and B are travelling towards each other at 48 km/h. In train A, Jane
notices that it takes 6 seconds for train B to pass her. Find the length of train B
in metres.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.14)

15. Find the largest whole number smaller than

1
1 1 1 1
+ +⋯+ +
101 102 109 110
(SMOPS 2012 Q.15)

16. Find the largest whole number k such that ⏟

12 × 12 × 12 ⋯ × 12 > 𝑘
⏟× 𝑘 × 𝑘 ⋯ × 𝑘 .
50 75

(SMOPS 2012 Q.16)

17. Jane was given a sum of money for her 10 day trip. At the end of day 1, she
1 1
spent of the money. At the end of day 2, she spent of the remaining sum.
10 9
1 1
At the end of day 3, she spent ⋯. At the end of day 9, she spent of the
8 2
remaining sum and has $99 left. How much money did she have at the
beginning?
(SMOPS 2012 Q.17)

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18. 4 classes, A, B, C and D each has less than 50 students and the average number
of students is 46. Class A and class B differ in number of students by 4, class B
and class C by 3, and class C and class D by 2. If class A has the most
numbers of students, find the number of students in A.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.18)

19. The diagram shows a figure comprising 4 regions. 4 different colours are used
at most to colour the figure such that each region is coloured by only 1 colour
and regions adjacent to each other cannot have the same colour. Find the
number of different ways to colour the figure.

(SMOPS 2012 Q.19)

20. The figure consists of 3 squares and a triangle. Find the sum of angles x, y and

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z in degrees.

(SMOPS 2012 Q.20)

21. In the diagram, AD = 6 cm, BC = 2cm, angle ABC = angle ADC = 90° and
angle BCD = 135°. Find the area of the 4-sided figure ABCD in cm2.
B

D A
(SMOPS 2012 Q.21)

22. A bus was scheduled to travel from Town A to Town B at a constant speed of
x km/h. If the speed of the bus increased by 20%, it could arrive at Town B
two hours ahead of schedule. If the bus travelled the first 240 km at x km/h
and then the speed decreased to 80%, it could arrive at Town B two hours
behind schedule. Find the distance, in km, between the 2 towns.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.22)

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23. In how many ways can we shaded exactly 2 of the 9 squares such that the 2
squares have no sides in common?

(SMOPS 2012 Q.23)

24. Jane has an alarm clock that is slower by 5 minutes for every actual hour. One
night, Jane reset the clock correctly at 2100. If she wanted the alarm clock to
ring at 0700 (the actual time) the following morning, what is the time she
should set for the clock to ring?
[2100 denotes 9 p.m., 0700 denotes 7 a.m.]
(SMOPS 2012 Q.24)

25. A particular month has 5 Tuesdays. The first and the last day of the month are

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not Tuesdays. The last day of the month is a __________.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.25)

26. Find the value of

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(1 − − − ⋯ − )× ( + +⋯+ + ) − (1 − − − ⋯ − − ) × ( + + ⋯+ )
2 3 2011 2 3 2011 2012 2 3 2011 2012 2 3 2011

(SMOPS 2012 Q.26)

27. A cross shaped figure comprising 5 identical squares is cut into 3 prices
A, B and C by 2 straight cuts as indicated by the dotted lines. A, B and C
can be rearranged to form a rectangle as shown. If the length of the
rectangle is 12 cm, find the width of the rectangle in cm.

A
A
B B
C
C
Rectangle

(SMOPS 2012 Q.27)

28. David wants to go from level 2 to level 1 in a shopping centre. If he

walks down 14 steps while taking the escalator, he can move from the
top to the bottom of the escalator in 30 seconds. If he walks down 28
steps, he can do the same in 20 seconds. Find the number of steps of the
escalator.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.28)

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29. ABE and BCD are right-angled triangles. D lies on BE such that AE = ED
= DC = 1 cm and DB = 2 cm. Find the value of angle ABC in degrees.
A

E B
D

C
(SMOPS 2012 Q.29)

̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ is such that 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑏𝑐

30. A 6-digit number 𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑑𝑒𝑓 ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ = 6 × 𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑑𝑒𝑓
̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ . Find the
̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ .
6-digit number 𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑑𝑒𝑓
(SMOPS 2012 Q.30)

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Number of correct answers for Q1 to Q10 : _______ Marks ( ×4 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : _______ Marks ( ×5 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q21 to Q30 : _______ Marks ( ×6 ) : _______

Answers:
SMOPS 2012
1 33335 11 5 21 16

2 100 12 16 22 720

3 9 13 2575 23 24

4 13:3 14 160 24 0610

5 7 15 10 25 Wed
1
6 19 16 5 26
2012

7 (1) 17 990 27 6

8 Ben 18 48 28 56

9 4 19 108 29 45

10 384 20 360 30 142857

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Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2011

First Round
2 hours
(150 marks)

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Number of correct answers for Q1 to Q10 : _______ Marks ( ×4 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : _______ Marks ( ×5 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q21 to Q30 : _______ Marks ( ×6 ) : _______

Answers:

SMOPS 2011
1 1 16 18
1
2 17 26
2011
3 7 18 45
4 26 19 43
5 9901 20 40
6 8 21 2
9
7 1910 22 13
20
8 16 23 6
1
9 3775 24 5
3
10 C 25 7
1
11 5 26 π or 3
7
12 48 27 34390
13 1025 28 28072
14 2025 29 4
15 16 30 177

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Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2010

First Round
2 hours
(150 marks)

1. Find the value of

1 1 1 1 1 1
(1 − ) × (1 − ) × (1 − ) × … × (1 − ) × (1 − ) × (1 − )
2 3 4 98 99 100

(SMOPS 2010 Q.1)

1 1 1 1
2. Find the value of + + + ⋯+ .
2 2×2 2×2×2 ⏟
2×2×2×…×2
10 𝑜𝑓 2′𝑠
(SMOPS 2010 Q.2)

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3. Find the total number of ways to arrange 3 identical white balls and 3 identical
black balls in a circle on a plane. The two layouts below are considered as one
way of arrangement.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.3)

4. Given that one and only one of the following statements is true, which one is
true?
(a) All of the statements below are correct.
(b) None of the statements below is correct.
(c) One of the statements above is correct.
(d) All of the statements above are correct.
(e) None of the statements above is correct.

(SMOPS 2010 Q.4)

5. Let n be a whole number greater than 1. It leaves a remainder of 1 when

divided by any single digit whole number greater than 1. Find the smallest
possible value of n.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.5)

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6. M and N are mid-points of the lines AD and BC respectively. Given that the
area of ABCD is 2000cm2, and the area of the shaded region ANCM = 𝑥 cm2,
find the value of 𝑥.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.6)

7. Your pocket money had previously been decreased by ________ %. To get

back to the same amount of pocket money before the decrease, you need to
have an increase of 25%.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.7)

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8. A circle of diameter 2 cm rolls along the circumference of a circle of diameter
12 cm, without slipping, until it returns to its starting position. Given that the
smaller circle turns 𝑥° about its centre, find the value of 𝑥.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.8)

9. Find the last digit of the number ⏟

2 × 2 × 2 × …× 2
859435 𝑜𝑓 2′𝑠
(SMOPS 2010 Q.9)

10. Three bus services operate from the same bus interchange. The first bus service
leaves at 24 minute intervals, the second at 30 minute intervals and the third at
36 minute intervals. All three services leave the bus interchange together at
0900. Find the number of minutes that has passed when they next leave the
interchange together.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.10)

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11. Twenty five boys position themselves in a 5 by 5 formation such that the
distances between two adjacent boys in the same row or the same column are
equal to 1 m. The two dark circles indicate a pair of boys whose distance is
exactly 5 m. given that there are n pairs whose distance apart are exactly 5m,
find the value of n.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.11)

12. When Albert begins walking up slope AB (1 km distance), across level ground
BC (12 km distance), and down slope CD (3km distance), Daniel begins his
journey in the opposite direction from D at the same time. Given that the
speeds of both travelling up the slope, on level ground and down slope are 2
km/h, 4 km/h and 5 km/h respectively, find the number of hours that has passed

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when they meet.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.12)
B C

A
D

13. Find the value of 13 + 23 + 33 + 43 + ⋯ + 203 + 213 .

(SMOPS 2010 Q.13)

14. Three identical circles have at most three points of contacts as shown below.
Find the least number of identical circles required to have nine points of
contact.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.14)

15. A goat in a horizontal ground is tied to one end of a 14 m long rope. The other
end of the rope is attached to a ring which is free to slide along a fixed 20 m
long horizontal rail. If the maximum possible area that the goat can graze is x
22
m2, find the value of x. [Ignore the dimension of the ring and take 𝜋 = ]
7
(SMOPS 2010 Q.15)

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16. The 13 squares are to be filled with whole numbers. If the sum of any three
adjacent numbers is 21, find the value of x.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.16)

4 9 x

17. A square is divided into three rectangles of widths 𝑤1 , 𝑤2 and 𝑤3 , as shown.

If 𝑤1 + 𝑤3 = 𝑤2 and the areas of the shaded regions A, B and C are 8 cm2, x
cm2 and 2 cm2 respectively, find the value of x.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.17)
C

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𝑤1 𝑤2 𝑤3

1
18. Given that 𝑆 = 1 1 1 1 1 , find the largest whole number
+ + +⋯+ +
2001 2002 2003 2009 2010
smaller than S.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.18)

19. The figure comprises five identical squares. 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 and 𝐷 are vertices of the
squares. 𝐴𝐵 cuts 𝐶𝐷 at 𝑂 and angle 𝐴𝑂𝐶 = 𝑥°, find the value of 𝑥.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.19)
A C

20. Find the smallest whole number that is not a factor of 1 × 2 × 3 × … × 21 ×

22 × 23.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.20)

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21. A square has its four vertices touching a circle and its four sides touching
another smaller circle as shown below. If the area of the larger circle is x times
that of the smaller one, find the value of x.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.21)

22. P, Q, R, S and T are equally spaced on a straight rod. If the rod is first rotated
180° about T, then 180° about S and finally 180° about P, which point’s
position remains unchanged?
(SMOPS 2010 Q.22)

P Q R S T

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23. Given that the product of four different whole numbers is 10,000, find the
greatest possible value of the sum of the four numbers.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.23)

24. An equilateral triangle PQR of side 32 cm has three equilateral triangles cut off
from its corners to give rise to a hexagon ABCDEF. Another equilateral
triangle LMN of side x cm gives rise to the same hexagon when subjected to the
same treatment. If AB = 8 cm, BC = 15 cm, CD = 9 cm, DE = 10 cm, EF = 13
cm and FA = 11 cm, find the value of x.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.24)

25. The order of the following three numbers

⏟
3 ×3 × 3× …×3 5 ×5 × 5× …×5
⏟ 7 ×7 × 7× …×7
⏟
40 𝑜𝑓 3′𝑠 30 𝑜𝑓 5′𝑠 20 𝑜𝑓 7′𝑠

A B C
from largest to smallest is _______.

(1) A, B, C (2) A, C, B (3) B, C, A (4) B, A, C (5) C, A, B (6) C, B, A

(SMOPS 2010 Q.25)

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26. B and D lie on AC and CE respectively and AD cuts BE at F. If BC = 2AB, AF

= 2FD, area of EFD = x cm2 and area of BCDF = 1750 cm2, find the value of x.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.26)
A
A
B
B
F
F
E C
D C
E
D

27. In the diagram, AD = DC = CB, angle ADC = 110°, angle DCB = 130°, and
angle ABC = 𝑥°, find the value of x.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.27)
B
B

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C
A C
A

D
D

28. The figure comprises twelve equilateral triangles. Find the total number of
trapezia in the figure. Here we define a trapezium to be a 4-sided figure with
exactly one pair of parallel sides.
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29. The following 5 by 5 grid consists of 25 unit squares. Find the largest number
of unit squares to be shaded so that each row, each column and each of the two
main diagonal lines has at most 2 unit squares that are shaded.
(SMOPS 2010 Q.29)

30. Find the value of x.

(SMOPS 2010 Q.30)

3 7 x

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1 2 1 3 1 4

4 15 40

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Number of correct answers for Q1 to Q10 : _______ Marks ( ×4 ) : _______

Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : _______ Marks ( ×5 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q21 to Q30 : _______ Marks ( ×6 ) : _______

Answers:

SMOPS 2010
1
1 16 8
100
1023
2 17 10
1024
3 4 18 200

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4 (e) 19 45

5 2521 20 29

6 1000 21 2

7 20 22 Q

8 2520 23 1257

9 8 24 34

10 360 25 (4)

11 8 26 250
1
12 2 27 55
2
13 53361 28 30

14 6 29 10

15 1176 30 13

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Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2009

First Round
2 hours
(150 marks)

1. Given that the product of two whole numbers 𝑚 × 𝑛 is a prime number, and the value
of 𝑚 is smaller than 𝑛, find the value of 𝑚.

2. Given that (2009 × 𝑛 − 2009) ÷ (2008 × 2009 − 2006 × 2007) = 0, find the
value of 𝑛.

3. Find the missing number 𝑥 in the following number sequence.

2, 9, −18, −11, 𝑥, 29, −58, −51,…

4. Jane has 9 boxes with 9 accompanying keys. Each box can only be opened by its
accompanying key. If the 9 keys have been mixed up, find the maximum number of

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attempts Jane must make before she can open all the boxes.

5. The diagram shows a triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 with 𝐴𝐶 = 18𝑐𝑚 and 𝐵𝐶 = 24𝑐𝑚. 𝐷 lies on 𝐵𝐶
such that AD is perpendicular to BC and E lies on AC such that 𝐵𝐸 is perpendicular to
𝐴𝐶. Given that 𝐵𝐸 = 20𝑐𝑚 and 𝐴𝐷 = 𝑥 𝑐𝑚, find the value of 𝑥.
B

E D

6. A language school has 100 pupils, 69% of the pupils study French, 79% study
German, 89% study Japanese and 99% study English. Given that at least 𝑥% of the
students study all four languages, find the value of 𝑥.

7. Find the value of 𝑥.

89 35 9 1
35 𝑥 7 1
9 7 5 1
1 1 1 3

8. Given that 9 = 𝑛1 + 𝑛2 + 𝑛3 + 𝑛4 + 𝑛5 + 𝑛6 + 𝑛7 + 𝑛8 + 𝑛9 where

𝑛1, 𝑛2, 𝑛3, 𝑛4, 𝑛5, 𝑛6, 𝑛7, 𝑛8 and 𝑛9 are consecutive numbers, find the value of the product
𝑛1 × 𝑛2 × 𝑛3 × 𝑛4 × 𝑛5 × 𝑛6 × 𝑛7 × 𝑛8 × 𝑛9 .

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9. The diagram shows a regular 6-sided figure ABCDEF. G, H,I, J, K and L are mid-
points of AB, BC, CD, DE, EF and FA respectively. Given that the area of ABCDEF
is 100cm2 and the area of GHIJKL is 𝑥 cm2, find the value of 𝑥.
B
G H

A
C

L I

F D

K J
E

10. Three pupils A, B and C are asked to write down the height of a child, the
circumference of a circle, the volume of a cup and the weight of a ball. Their
responses are tabulated below:

Pupil Height of the Circumference Volume of the Weight of the

child (cm) of the circle cup (cm3) ball (g)
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A 90 22 250 510
B 70 21 245 510
C 80 22 250 520

If each pupil has only two correct responses, and the height of the child is 𝑥 cm, find
the value of 𝑥.

11. The diagram shows a square grid comprising 25 dots. A circle is attached to the grid.
Find the largest possible number of dots the circle can pass through.

12. Jane and Peter competed in a 100m race. When Peter crossed the finishing line, Jane
just crossed the 90m mark. If Peter were to start 10m behind the starting line, the
distance between them when one of them crosses the finishing line is 𝑥 m. Find the
value of 𝑥.

13. Given that (1+2+3+4+5+4+3+2+1) × (123454321) = 𝑥 2 , find the value of 𝑥.

14. A 5 × 5 × 5 cube is to be assembled using only 1 × 1 × 1 cube(s) and 1 × 1 × 2

cuboid(s). Find the maximum number of 1 × 1 × 2 cuboid(s) required to build this
5 × 5 × 5 cube.

15. Given that (𝑛1 )2 + (2𝑛2 )2 + (3𝑛3 )2 + (4𝑛4 )2 + (5𝑛5 )2 + (6𝑛6 )2 + (7𝑛7 )2 +
2 2
(8𝑛8 ) + (9𝑛9 ) = 285, find the value of 𝑛1 + 𝑛2 + 𝑛3 + 𝑛4 + 𝑛5 + 𝑛6 + 𝑛7 + 𝑛8 +
𝑛9 if 𝑛1 , 𝑛2 , 𝑛3 , 𝑛4 , 𝑛5 , 𝑛6 , 𝑛7 , 𝑛8 and 𝑛9 are non-zero positive whole numbers.

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16. A circle and a square have the same perimeter. Which of the following statement is
true?
(1) Their areas are the same.
(2) The area of the circle is four times the area of the square.
(3) The area of the circle is greater than that of the square.
(4) The area of the circle is smaller than that of the square.
(5) None of the above.

17. As shown in the diagram, the points L and M lie on PQ and QR respectively. O is the
point of intersection of the lines LR and PM. Given that MP = MQ, LQ = LR, PL =
PO and  POR = xº, find the value of x.
Q

L M

P
R

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18. Given that the value of the sum 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 lies between 29 and 1, find the smallest
possible value of 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 where a, b and c are whole numbers.

19. Jane has nine 1 cm sticks, six 2 cm sticks and three 4 cm sticks. Given that Jane has to
use all the sticks to make a single rectangle, how many rectangles with different
dimensions can she make?
(1) Three (2) Two (3) One (4) Zero (5) None of the above

20. Peter wants to cut a 63 cm long string into smaller segments so that one or more of the
segments add up to whole numbers in centimetres from 1 to 63. Find the least number
of cuts he must make.

21. The diagram shows a 5 by 5 square comprising twenty five unit squares. Find the
least number of unit squares to be shaded so that any 3 by 3 square has exactly four
unit squares shaded.

22. Peter and Jane were each given a candle. Jane’s candle was 3 cm shorter than Peter’s
and each candle burned at a different rate. Peter and Jane lit their candles at 7 pm and
9 pm respectively. Both candles burned down to the same height at 10 pm. Jane’s
candle burned out after another 4 hours and Peter’s candle burned out after another 6
hours. Given that the height of Peter’s candle at the beginning was x cm, find the
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23. Three straight lines can form a maximum of one triangle. Four straight lines can form
a maximum of two non-overlapping triangles as shown below. Five straight lines can
form a maximum of five non-overlapping triangles. Six straight lines can form a
maximum of x non-overlapping triangles. Find the value of x.

24. Given that N = 2 × 2 × 2 × … × 2 × 5 × 5 × 5 × … × 5, find the number of digits in

N.
2009 ‘2’s 2000 ‘5’s

25. Jane and Peter are queuing up in a single line to buy food at the canteen. There are x
persons behind Jane and there are y persons in front of Peter. Jane is z persons in front
of Peter.
The number of people in the queue is _______ persons.
(1) −𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 − 1 (2) 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧 + 1 (3) – 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧

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(4) −𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 + 2 (5) 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑧

26. There are 4 ways to select from .

Find the number of ways to select from

1
27. The diagram shows a trapezium ABCD. The length of AB is 2 2 times that of CD and
the areas of triangles OAB and OCD are 20 cm2 and 14 cm2 respectively. Given that
the area of the trapezium is x cm2, find the value of x.
A B

O
C D

28. Given that

1 1
+ =1
1 1
10 + 9+1 𝑎+ 1
9 𝑏+
𝑏 + 𝑏1

where a and b are whole numbers, find the value of 𝑎 + 𝑏.

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29. A shop sells dark and white chocolates in three different types of packaging as shown
in the table.

Number of Number of
Dark Chocolate White Chocolate
Package A 9 3
Package B 9 6
Package C 6 0

Mr Tan bought a total of 36 packages which consisted of 288 pieces of dark

chocolates and 105 pieces of white chocolates. How many packages of type A did he
buy?

30. There are buses travelling to and fro between Station A and Station B. The buses leave
the stations at regular interval and a bus will meet another bus coming in the opposite
direction every 6 minutes.
Peter starts cycling from A towards B at the same time Jane starts cycling from B
towards A.
Peter and Jane will meet a bus coming in the opposite direction every 7 and 8 minutes
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After 56 minutes of cycling on the road, they meet each other.
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Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : _______ Marks ( ×5 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q21 to Q30 : _______ Marks ( ×6 ) : _______

Answers:

1. 1 2. 1 3. 22 4. 45

5. 15 6. 36 7. 19 8. 0

9. 75 10. 80 11. 8 12. 1

13. 55555 14. 62 15. 9 16. (3)

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21. 7 22. 18 23. 7 24. 2003

25. (2) 26. 30 27. 77 28. 10

29. 13 30. 68

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1 There is a triangle and a circle on a plane. Find the greatest number of regions that the plane
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2 The diagram shows a rectangle ABCD.
P and Q are the midpoints of AB and CD respectively.
What fraction of the rectangle is shaded?

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3 There is a glass of water and a glass of wine. A small amount of water is poured from the
glass containing water into the glass containing wine. Then an equal amount of the wine -
water mixture is poured back into the glass containing water.
Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) There is now more water in the wine than there is wine in the water.
(B) There is now less water in the wine than there is wine in the water.
(C) There is now an equal amount of water in the wine as there is wine in the water.
(D) It is uncertain whether there is more or less water in the wine than wine in the water.

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4 Two squares, with lengths 4 cm and 6 cm respectively, are partially overlapped as shown in
the diagram below. What is the difference between shaded area A and shaded area B?

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5 The diagram shows a dartboard.

What is the least number of throws needed in order to get a score of exactly 100?

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5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19
6 Find the value of 1 − + − + − + − + .
6 12 20 30 42 56 72 90

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7 Julia and Timothy each has a sum of money.

3
Julia’s amount is that of Timothy’s.
5
7
If Timothy were to give Julia $168, then his remaining amount will be that of Julia’s.
9
How much does Julia have originally?

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8 When a number (the dividend) is divided by another number (the divisor), the quotient is 4
and the remainder is 8. Given that the sum of the dividend, the divisor, the quotient and the
remainder is 415, find the dividend.
[ Note : When 17 is divided by 3, the quotient is 5 and the remainder is 2 .]

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9 Six different points are marked on each of two parallel lines.

Find the number of different triangles which may be formed using 3 of the 12 points.

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10 How long, in hours, after 12 noon, will it take for the hour hand of a clock to lie directly over
its minute hand for the first time?

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11 The lengths of two rectangles are 11 m and 19 m respectively.

Given that their total area is 321 m2, find the difference in their areas.
[Note : Both their widths are whole numbers.)

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12 Lala speaks the truth only on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Nana speaks the truth only on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Find the day when both said “Yesterday I lied”.

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13 The diagram shows a semicircle ACB with diameter AB = 21 cm.

Angle DAB = 30º and arc DB is part of another circle with centre A.
22
Find the perimeter of the shaded region, using π as .
7
C D

A B

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14 Find the value of 20042005 × 20052004 − 20042004 × 20052005 .

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15 In how many ways can be written as a sum of two fractions in lowest term given that the
12
denominators of the two fractions are different and are each not more than 12?

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16 There are 72 students in Grade 6.
Each of them paid an equal amount of money for their mathematics text books.

The total amount collected is $ 3 5. 0 , where two of the digits indicated with cannot
be recognized.
How much money did each student pay for the books?

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17 Numbers such as 1001, 23432, 897798, 3456543 are known as palindromes.

If all of the digits 2, 7, 0 and 4 are used and each digit cannot be used more than twice,
find the number of different palindromes that can be formed.

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18 There are three classes A, B and C.
Class A has 2 more students than class B.
Class B has 1 more student than class C.
The product of the numbers of students in the three classes is 99360.
How many students are there in class A?

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19 Find the value of

1 + 2 + 2 2 + 23 ...... + 211 .
[ Note : 22 = 2 × 2 , 23 = 2 × 2 × 2 ]

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20 Three boys Abel, Ben and Chris participated in a 100 m race.
When Abel crossed the 100 m mark, Ben was at 90 m.
When Ben crossed the 100 m mark, Chris was at 90 m.
By how many metres did Abel beat Chris?
[ Note : They were running at constant speeds throughout the race.]

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21 There are 5 students. Each time, two students are weighed, giving a total of 10 readings,
in kilograms, as listed below :
103, 115, 116, 117, 118, 124, 125, 130, 137, 139.
What is the weight of the third heaviest student?

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22 One pan can fry 2 pieces of meat at one time. Every piece of meat needs two minutes to be
cooked (one minute for each side). Using only one pan, find the least possible time required
to cook
(i) 2000,
(ii) 2005 pieces of meats.

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23 The distance between A and B is 7 km. At the beginning, both Gregory and Catherine
are at A. Gregory walked from A to B at a constant speed. After Gregory had walked for
1 km, Catherine discovered that he had left his belongings at A. She immediately ran after
him at a constant speed of 4 km/h. After handing over the belongings to Gregory, she turned
back and started running towards A at the same speed. Given that both Catherine and
Gregory reached A and B respectively at the same time, what was Gregory’s speed?

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24 The diagram shows a trapezium ABCD.
E is a point on BC such that BE = 1 cm and EC = 4 cm.
AE divides ABCD into two parts.
The areas of the two parts are in the ratio 1 : 6.
Find the ratio of the lengths AB : DC.

A B

D C

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25 David’s father picks him up from school every evening at 6 pm. One day, David was
dismissed early at 5 pm. He walked home taking the same route that his father usually
drives. When he met his father along the way he boarded the car and returned home 50
minutes earlier than usual. Given that his father drove at a constant speed and planned to
reach the school at 6 pm sharp, how long, in minutes, had he walked before he was picked
up by his father?

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26 A piece of rectangular paper measuring 12 cm by 8 cm is folded along the dotted line AB to
form the figure on the right. Given that CD is perpendicular to AB, find the area of the shaded
region.
A A

B C
E B

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27 Four girls need to cross a dark narrow tunnel and they have only a torch among them.
Girl A can cross the tunnel in 1 minute.
Girl B can cross the tunnel in 2 minutes.
Girl C can cross the tunnel in 5 minutes.
Girl D can cross the tunnel in 10 minutes.
Given that they need a torch to cross at all times and that the tunnel can only allow two girls
to go through at any given time, find the least possible time for the four girls to get across the
tunnel.
[Note : The time taken by the slower girl is taken to be the time of each crossing. ]

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28 Which of the following is true?
10 11
(A) > ,
13 14
4567 3456
(B) > ,
6789 5678
12 20
(C) > ,
19 31
111 1111
(D) > .
1111 11111

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29 Mrs Wong is preparing gifts for the coming party.

She buys 540 notepads, 720 pens and 900 pencils.
The total cost of each type of stationery is equal.
She divides the notepads equally in red gift boxes, pens equally in yellow gift boxes and
pencils equally in blue gift boxes.
She wishes that the cost of each gift box is equal and as low as possible.
Find the number of notepads she needs to put in each red gift box.

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30 Find the value of x in figure H.
A B C D

1 2 3 4

E F G H

11 43 150 x

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1. A student multiplies the month and the day in which he was born by 31 and 12
respectively. The sum of the two resulting products is 170.
Find the month and the date in which he was born.

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2. Given that five whole numbers a, b, c, d and e are the ages of 5 people and that a
is 2 times of b, 3 times of c, 4 times of d and 6 times of e, find the smallest
possible value of a + b + c + d + e .

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3. Lines AC and BD meet at point O.

Given that OA = 40 cm, OB = 50 cm, OC = 60 cm and OD = 75 cm ,
find the ratio of the area of triangle AOD to the area of triangle BOC.

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4. 1000 kg of a chemical is stored in a container.
The chemical is made up of 99 % water and 1 % oil.
Some water is evaporated from the chemical until the water content is reduced
to 96 %.
How much does the chemical weigh now?

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5. A student arranges 385 identical squares to form a large rectangle without

overlapping.
How many ways can he make the arrangement?

[Note: The arrangements as shown in figure (1) and figure (2) are considered the
same arrangement.

Figure (1) Figure (2) ]

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6. A bag contains identical sized balls of different colours :
10 red, 9 white, 7 yellow, 2 blue and 1 black.
Without looking into the bag, Peter takes out the balls one by one from it.
What is the least number of balls Peter must take out to ensure that at least
3 balls have the same colour?

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1× 5 ×18 + 2 ×10 × 36 + 3 ×15 × 54

7. Find the value of .
1× 3 × 9 + 2 × 6 × 18 + 3 × 9 × 27

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8. If the base of a triangle is increased by 10% while its height decreased by 10%,
find the area of the new triangle as a percentage of the original one.

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9. A box of chocolate has gone missing from the refrigerator.

The suspects have been reduced to 4 children.
Only one of them is telling the truth.
John : “ I did not take the chocolate.”
Wendy : “ John is lying.”
Charles: “ Wendy is lying.”
Sally : “ Wendy took the chocolate.”
Who took the chocolate ?

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10. How many digits are there before the hundredth 9 in the following number
9797797779777797777797777779…….?

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11. A particular month has 5 Tuesdays.

The first and the last day of the month are not Tuesday.
What day is the last day of the month?

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12. In the following division, what is the sum of the first 2004 digits after the
decimal point?
2004 ÷ 7 = 286.285714285714......

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13. A three digit number 5ab is written 99 times as 5ab5ab5ab……..5ab.

The resultant number is a multiple of 91.
What is the three digit number?

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14.

Which one of the following is the missing figure?

A B C D E F

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15. How many rectangles are there in the following diagram?

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16. Placed on a table is a mathematics problem,

89 + 16 + 69 + 9∆ + 8 + 88
where each of the symbols ∆ and represents a digit.
Two students A and B sit on the opposite sides of the table facing each other.
They read the problem from their directions and both get the same answer.
What is their answer?

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1 1 1 1
17. Find the value of + + + ... + .
4 × 9 9 ×14 14 ×19 1999 × 2004

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18. The diagram shows a right-angled triangle formed from three different coloured
papers.
The red and blue coloured papers are right-angled triangles with the longest sides
measuring 3 cm and 5 cm respectively.
The yellow paper is a square.
Find the total area of the red and blue
coloured papers.

yellow
blue red

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19. The diagram shows a circular track with AB as its diameter.

Betty starts walking from point A and David starts from point B.
They walk toward each other along the circular track.
They meet at point C which is 80 m from A the first time.
Then, they meet at point D which is 60 m from B the second time.
What is the circumference of the circular track?

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20. A triangle, figure (1), is folded along the dotted line to obtain a figure as shown
in figure (2).
The area of the triangle is 1.5 times that of the resulting figure.
Given that the total area of the three shaded regions is 1 unit2,
find the area of the original triangle.

Figure (1) Figure (2)

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21. What is the missing number in the following number sequence?

2, 2, 3, 5, 14, , 965.

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22. The figure shown in the diagram below is made up of 25 identical squares.
A line is drawn from one corner of the figure to its centre.
On the answer sheet provided, show how to add in 4 more non-parallel lines so as
to divide the figure into 5 equal areas.

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23. There are three bowls on a table, each containing different types of fruits.
To the right of the green bowl is the banana.
To the left of the banana is the orange.
To the right of the star-fruit is the green bowl.
To the left of the white bowl is the blue bowl.
What is the colour of the bowl containing the orange?
[Note: The “right” or “left” here do not necessarily refer to the immediate right
nor immediate left.]

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24. At 7.00 am, a vessel contained 4000 cm3 of water.
Water was removed from the vessel at a constant rate of 5 cm3 per minute.
At 8.00 am, 80 cm3 of water was added.
A further 80 cm3 was added at the end of each hour after that.
Find the time when the vessel was empty for the first time.

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25. A car travels from town P to town Q at a constant speed.

When it increases its speed by 20%,
the journey from P to Q takes 1 hour less than its usual time.
When it travels at its usual speed for 100 km before increasing its speed by 30%,
the journey also takes 1 hour less than usual.
Find the distance between the two towns.

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26. A piece of pasture grows at a constant rate everyday.
200 sheep will eat up the grass in 100 days.
150 sheep will eat up the grass in 150 days.
How many days does it take for 100 sheep to eat up the grass?

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27. The digits 3, 4, 5 and 7 can form twenty four different four digit numbers.
Find the average of these twenty four numbers.

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28. The vertical diameter of a circle is shifted to the right by 3 cm and the horizontal
diameter is shifted up by 2 cm as shown in the diagram below.

Find the difference between the shaded and the unshaded areas.

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29. The Sentosa High School’s telephone number is an eight digit number.
The sum of the two numbers formed from the first three digits and
the last five digits respectively is 66558.
The sum of the two numbers formed from the first five digits and
the last three digits is 65577.
Find the telephone number of The Sentosa High School.

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30. A confectionery shop sells three types of cakes.
Each piece of chocolate and cheese cake costs $5 and $3 respectively.
The mini-durian cakes are sold at 3 pieces a dollar.
Mr Ng bought 100 pieces of cakes for $100.
How many chocolate, cheese and durian cakes did he buy?
Write down all the possible answers.

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Question Answers For Question Answers For
markers’ markers’
use Only use Only
Questions 1 to 10
each carries 4 marks
1 9th 18 7.5 cm 2
February
2 27 19 360 m
3 1:1 20 3 unit 2
4 250kg Q11 to Q20
total Sub-Score
5 4 Questions 21 to 30
each carries 6 marks
6 10 21 69

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7 1 22
3
3
8 99%
9 John
10 5049
Q1 to Q10 23 Green
total Sub-Score
Questions 11 to 20 24 00.52 am
each carries 5 marks
11 Wednesday 25 360 km
12 9018 26 300 days
13 546 27 5277.25
14 F 28 24 cm2
15 30 29 64665912
16 421 30 Chocolate : 4, 8, 12 2 marks for
Cheese : 18, 11, 4 each set of
Mini-durian : 78, 81, 84 correct
answer
e.g.
(4,18,78)
17 25 Q21 to Q30
total Sub-Score
501
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Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2002
First Round
2 hours
(150 marks )

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Instructions to Participants

Attempt as many questions as you can.

Neither mathematical tables nor calculators may be used.

Write your answers in the answer boxes.

Marks are awarded for correct answers only.

This question paper consists of 4 printed pages ( including this page )

Number of correct answers for Q1 to Q10 : Marks (  4 ) :

Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : Marks (  5 ) :

Number of correct answers for Q20 to Q30 : Marks (  6 ) :

1. How many numbers are there in the following number sequence ?

1.11, 1.12, 1.13, . . . , 9.98, 9.99.

2. What is the missing number in the following number sequence ?

3. Observe the pattern and find

the value of a.

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4. Find the value of

5. The average of 10 consecutive odd numbers is 100.

What is the greatest number among the 10 numbers ?

6. What fraction of the figure is shaded , when 7. The figure is made up of two squares of sides
each side of the triangle is divided into 3 5 cm and 4 cm respectively. Find the shaded
equal parts by the points? area.

8. Find the area of the shaded figure. 9. Draw a straight line through the point A to
divide the 9 circles into two parts of equal areas.
10 In the figure, AB = AC = AD,
and .

Find .

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11. In the sum, each represents a non-zero digit.

What is the sum of all the 6 missing digits ?

12. The average of n whole numbers is 80. One of the numbers is 100. After removing the number 100, the
average of the remaining numbers is 78. Find the value of n .

13. The list price of an article is $6000. If it is sold at half price, the profit is 25%. At what price must it be
sold so that the profit will be 50% ?

14. of a group of pupils score A for Mathematics; of the pupils score B; of the pupils score C;
and the rest score D.

If a total of 100 pupils score A or B, how many pupils score D ?

15. At 8.00 a.m., car A leaves Town P and travels along an expressway. After some time, car B leaves

Town P and travels along the same expressway. The two cars meet at 9.00 a.m. If the ratio of A‟s speed

to B‟s speed is 4 : 5 , what time does B leave Town P ?

16.

Which one of the following is the missing figure ?

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17. A rectangle is folded along a diagonal as
shown.

The area of the resulting figure is of the

area of the original rectangle. If the area

of the shaded triangle is , find the

area of the original rectangle.

18. The square, ABCD is made up of 4 triangles 19. The diagram shows two squares A
and 2 smaller squares. and B inside a bigger square.

Find the total area of the square ABCD. Find the ratio of the area of A to
the area of B.
20. There are 3 straight lines and 2 circles on the plane. They divide the plane into regions. Find the
greatest possible number of regions.

21. The number 20022002 . . . 20022002 is formed by writing 2002 blocks of „2002‟.

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Find the remainder when the number is divided by 9.

22. Find the sum of the first 100 numbers in the following number sequence .

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, . . .

23. In a number sequence : 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, . . . , starting from the third number, each
number is the sum of the two numbers that come just before it.

How many even numbers are there among the first 1000 numbers in the number sequence ?

24 10 years ago, the ratio of John‟s age to Peter‟s age was 5 : 2.

The ratio is 5 : 3 now. What will be the ratio 10 years later ?

25. David had $100 more than Allen at first. After David‟s money had decreased by $120 and

Allen‟s money had increased by $200, Allen had 3 times as much money as David.

What was the total amount of money they had at first ?

26. Two barrels X and Y contained different amounts of oil at first.

 Some oil from X was poured to Y so that the amount of oil in Y was doubled. Then, some oil

from Y was poured to X so that the amount of oil in X was doubled

After these two pourings, the barrels each contained 18 litres of oil. How many litres of oil were in X at

first ?

27. In the figure, each circle is to be coloured by one of the

colours : red, yellow and blue.

In how many ways can we colour the 8 circles such

that any two circles which are joined by a straight

line have different colours ?

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28. The points A, B, C, D, E and F are on the two straight
lines as shown.

How many triangles can be formed with any 3 of

the 6 points as vertices ?

29. Patrick had a sum of money.

On the first day, he spent of his money and donated $30 to charity.

On the second day, he spent of the money he still had and donated $20 to charity.

On the third day, he spent of the money he still had and donated $10 to charity.

At the end, he had $10 left. How much money did he have at first ?

30. Four football teams A, B, C and D are in the same group. Each team plays 3 matches, one with each
of the other 3 teams.
The winner of each match scores 3 points; the loser scores 0 points; and if a match is a draw,
each team scores 1 point.

After all the matches, the results are as follows :

(1) The total scores of 3 matches for the four teams are consecutive odd numbers.

(2) D has the highest total score.

(3) A has exactly 2 draws, one of which is the match with C.

Find the total score for each team..

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Name of Participant : Index No : /

( Statutory Name )

Name of School :

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Answers For Answers For

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1 889 16 C

2 1/90 17 48 cm²

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3 77 18 900 cm²

4 1000 ½ 19 8:9

5 109 20 21

Questions 11 to 20
6 1/3
each carries 5 marks

7 8 cm² 21 7

8 6 cm² 22 365

Line must 23 333

pass through
the centre of
the middle 24 10 : 7
9 circle.

10 120˚ 25 $360
Questions 1 to 10
26 22.5 l
each carries 4 marks

11 36 27 18

12 11 28 18

13 $3600 29 $160

All correct –
6m
A:5 B:3
14 5 30 3 correct –
C:1 D:7
2m

Others – 0m

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15 8.12a.m.
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Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2002

Invitation Round
2 hours
(60 marks )

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Instructions to Participants
Attempt as many questions as you can.
Neither mathematical tables nor calculators may be used.
Working must be clearly shown in the space below each question.
Marks are awarded for both method and answer.
Each question carries 10 marks.

This question paper consists of 7 printed pages ( including this page )

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6

Marks

Total Marks for Invitation Round :

1. The following is an incomplete 9 by 9 multiplication table.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 : :
2 : :
3 : :
4    16 :
5       35
6
7
8
9

(a) Find out how many of the 81 products are odd numbers .

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(b) If the multiplication table is extended up to 99 by 99, how many of
the products are odd numbers ?
2. Find the area of each of the following shaded regions.

The shaded 4-sided figures above have been drawn with the four

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vertices at the dots, on each side of the square.
In the same manner,
(i) draw a 4-sided figure with the greatest possible area in (D),
(ii) draw a 4-sided figure with the smallest possible area in
(E).
3. Consider the following number sequence :

(i) Find the 5th and 6th numbers in the sequence.

(ii) How many numbers are there in the sequence ?

(iii) If this sequence continues, what is the number immediately after ?

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4. There are two identical bottles A and B.

A contains bottle of pure honey.

B contains a full bottle of water.
First pour the water from B to fill up A and mix the content completely ;
then pour the mixture from A to fill up B and mix the content completely.
(i) What is the ratio of honey to water in B after the two pourings ?
(ii) If this process of pouring from A to B , and then from B to A, is
repeated for another time, what will be the ratio of honey to water in B ?
(iii) If this process of pouring is repeated indefinitely, what will be the ratio

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of honey to water in B ?
5. A right-angled triangle (1) is placed with one side lying along a straight line.
It is rotated about point A into position (2).
It is then rotated about point B into position (3).
Finally, it is rotated about point C into position (4).
Given that AP = BP = CP = 10 cm, find the total length of the path traced out
by point P. ( Take .)

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6. Figure 1 shows a street network where A, B, …, I are junctions. We observe
that it takes at most 4 steps to travel from one junction to another junction.
e.g. From A to I, we may take the following 4 steps.

The street network is now converted to a one-way traffic system as shown in

Figure 2. In this one-way traffic system, it takes at most 6 steps to travel from
one junction to another junction.
e.g. From A to I, we may take the following 6 steps .
In Figure 3, design a one-way traffic system so that it takes at most 5 steps to
travel between any two junctions.

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Question 1:

Ans: a) 25 b) 2500

Question 2:

Question 3:

Ans:

i) 5th number: 55/89 6th number: 144/233

ii) 2584/4181

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iii) 6765/10946

Question 4:

Ans:

i) 1:3

ii) 5 : 11

iii) 1:2

Question 5:

Ans: 62.8cm

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Singapore Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2001

First Round
2 hours
(150 marks )

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Instructions to Participants
Attempt as many questions as you can.
Neither mathematical tables nor calculators may be used.
Write your answers in the answer boxes on the separate answer sheet provided.
Working may be shown in the space below each question.
Marks are awarded for correct answers only.

This question paper consists of 16 printed pages ( including this page )

Number of correct answers for Q1 to Q10 : Marks ( 4 ) :

Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : Marks ( 5 ) :
Number of correct answers for Q20 to Q30 : Marks ( 6 ) :
Total Marks for First Round :
1. Find the value of

0.1 + 0.11 + 0.111 + . . . . + 0.1111111111 .

2. Find the missing number in the box.

3. Find the missing number in the following number sequence.

1, 4, 10, 22, 46, _____, 190 , . . .

4. If numbers are arranged in 3 rows A, B and C according to the following

table, which row will contain the number 1000 ?

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A 1, 6, 7, 12, 13, 18, 19, . . . .

B 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, . . . .

C 3, 4, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, . . . .

5. How many 5-digit numbers are multiples of 5 and 8 ?

6. John started from a point A, walked 10 m forwards and then turned

right. Again he walked 10 m forwards and then turned right. He
continued walking in this manner and finally returned to the starting point A.
How many metres did he walk altogether ?

7. What fraction of the figure is shaded ?

8. How many triangles are there in the figure ?

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9. Between 12 o‟clock and 1 o‟clock, at what time will the hour hand and
minute hand make an angle of ?

10. The rectangle ABCD of perimeter 68 cm can be divided into 7 identical

rectangles as shown in the diagram. Find the area of the rectangle ABCD.
11. Find the smallest number such that

(i) it leaves a remainder 2 when divided by 3 ;

(ii) it leaves a remainder 3 when divided by 5 ;
(iii) it leaves a remainder 5 when divided by 7 .

12. The sum of two numbers is 168. The sum of of the smaller number

and of the greater number is 76. Find the difference between the two
numbers.

13. There are 325 pupils in a school choir at first. If the number of boys
increases by 25 and the number of girls decreases by 5%, the number of
pupils in the choir will become 341. How many boys are there in the choir at

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first ?

14. Mr Tan drove from Town A to Town B at a constant speed of . He

then drove back from Town B to Town A at a constant speed of .
The total time taken for the whole journey was 5.5 h. Find the distance
between the two towns.
=, E =5
15.

Which one of the following is the missing figure ?

 (A) (B) (C) (D)

16. Which two of the following solid figures can be fitted together to form a
cuboid ?

17. In how many different ways can you walk from A to B in the direction

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or , without passing through P and Q ?

18. In the figure, ABCD is a square and EFGC is a rectangle. The area of the

rectangle is . Given that , find the length of one side of

the square.
19. The diagram shows a circle and 2 quarter circles in a square. Find the area
of the shaded region. ( Take .)

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20. The area of rectangle ABCD is . The areas of triangles ABE and
ADF are and respectively. Find the area of the triangle
AEF.

21. A rectangular paper has a circular hole on it as shown. Draw a straight line
to divide the paper into two parts of equal area..
22. What is the 2001th number in the following number sequence ?

23. There are 25 rows of seats in a hall, each row having 30 seats. If there are
680 people seated in the hall, at least how many rows have an equal number

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of people each ?

24. In the following columns, A, B, C and X are whole numbers. Find the value
of X.

A A A A
B A A B
B B A C A
B B B C B
C C C C C
38 36 34 28 X

25. There were 9 cards numbered 1 to 9. Four people A, B, C and D each

collected two of them.

A said : “ The sum of my numbers is 6. ”

B said : “ The difference between my numbers is 5. ”
C said : “ The product of my numbers is 18. ”
D said : “ One of my numbers is twice the other. ”

What is the number on the remaining card ?

26. Minghua poured out of the water in a container.

In the second pouring, he poured out of the remaining water ;

In the third pouring, he poured out of the remaining water ;

In the forth pouring, he poured out of the remaining water ;

and so on.

After how many times of pouring will the remaining water be exactly of
the original amount of water ?

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27. A bus was scheduled to travel from Town X to Town Y at constant
speed . If the speed of the bus was increased by 20%, it could
arrive at Town Y 1 hour ahead of schedule.
Instead, if the bus travelled the first 120 km at and then the speed

was increased by 25%, it could arrive at Town Y hours ahead of

schedule. Find the distance between the two towns.

28. The diagram shows three circles A, B and C.

of the circle A is shaded,

of the circle B is shaded,

of the circle C is shaded.

If the total area of A and B is equal to of the area of C, find the ratio of
the area of A to the area of B.
29. Given that m = , ,

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find the sum of the digits in the value of .

30. Each side of a pentagon ABCDE is coloured by one of the three colours :
red, yellow or blue. In how many different ways can we colour the 5 sides
of the pentagon such that any two adjacent sides have different colours ?
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First Round – Answers Sheet

Answers For markers use only

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1 1.0987654321 17 48

2 345 18 8 cm

3 94 19 129 cm2

4 Row C 20 9 cm2

Questions 11 to 20
5 2250
each carries 5 marks

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6 100 m
21 The line drawn must pass through the centre of the circle and of the rectangle.

8 15 22

9 12.20 23 4

10 280 cm2 24 20

Questions 1 to 10
25 9
each carries 4 marks

11 68 26 9

12 8 27 360 km

13 145 28 3:1

14 140 km 29 18009
15 A 30 30

Questions 21 to 30
16 B and C
each carries 6 marks

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 Mathematics Learning And Research Centre
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Singapore Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2001

Invitation Round
2 hours
(60 marks )

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Instructions to Participants

Attempt as many questions as you can.

Neither mathematical tables nor calculators may be used.

Working must be clearly shown in the space below each question.

Marks are awarded for both method and answer.

Each question carries 10 marks.

This question paper consists of 7 printed pages ( including this page )

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6

Marks

Total Marks for Invitation Round :

1. The value of the product

ends with 2 consecutive zeros.

How many consecutive zeros with the value of each of the following
products end with ?

(a) ,

(b) .

2. There are several red balls and white balls on the table.

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If one red ball and one white ball are removed together each time until no
red balls are left on the table, then the number of remaining white balls is
50.

If one red ball and three white balls are removed together each time until no

white balls are left on the table, then the number of remaining red balls is

also 50.

Find the total number of red balls and white ball at first.

3. Each side of the figure is 10 cm long . A small circular disc of radius 1 cm is

placed at one corner as shown. If the disc rolls along the sides of the
figure and returns to the starting position, find the distance travelled by the
centre of the disc .
4. Draw two straight lines to divide the figure into four portions whose areas
are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 .

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5. The figure shows a shaded triangle attached to the square of side 2 cm.
When the shaded triangle is unfolded, there is a smaller shaded triangle
attached to it. When the smaller shaded triangle is unfolded, there is an even
smaller triangle shaded triangle attached to it as shown. If there are
infinitely many shaded triangle unfolded in this manner, find the total area of
the figure unfolded.
6. In the figure on the right, the area of the is , AE =
ED and BD = 2DC . Find the total area of the shaded part.

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4. B =, C = 1, D =, E =5.

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Invitation Round – Answers Sheet

Question 1:

Ans: a) 12 b) 124

Question 2:

Ans: 250

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Question 3:

Ans: (104+2π) cm

Question 4:

Question 5:

Ans: 6cm²

Question 6:
Ans: 2cm²
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Find the value of 1 +  1 +  1 +  × 1 +  × ...... × 1 +  × 1 +  .
2 2 2 2 2 2
1
1  2  3   
4   26  27

2 The diagram shows 5 identical circles. On the answer sheet provided, draw a
straight line to divide the figure into two parts of equal area.

3 The diagram shows two identical isosceles right–angled triangles. If the area of

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the shaded square in diagram A is 50 cm2, what is the area of the shaded square
in diagram B?

Diagram A Diagram B

4 A rectangular wooden block measuring 30 cm by 10 cm by 6 cm is cut into as

many cubes of side 5 cm as possible. Find the volume of the remaining wood.

5 The diagram shows 2007 identical rectangles arranged as shown. What number
does A represent?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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2005 2006 2007

6 The diagram shows a trapezium ABCD with AD = BC. If BD = 7 cm, angle ABD =
45°, find the area of the trapezium.
A B
45°
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D C

7 An organism reproduces by simple division into two. Each division takes 5

minutes to complete. When such an organism is placed in a container, the
container is filled with organisms in 1 hour. How long would it take for the
container to be filled if we start with two such organisms?

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8 Given that a, b and c are different whole numbers from 1 to 9, find the largest
a+b+c
possible value of .
a×b×c

9 The diagram comprises a circle of radius 3 cm, two semi-circles of radii 2 cm and
two semi-circles of radii 1 cm. Find the ratio of the areas of the regions A, B and
C.

10 In 2005, both John and Mary have the same amount of pocket money per
month. In 2006, John had an increase of 10% and Mary a decrease of 10% in
their pocket money. In 2007, John had a decrease of 10% and Mary an
increase of 10% in their pocket money.
Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) Both have the same amount of pocket money now.
(B) John has more pocket money now.
(C) Mary has more pocket money now.
(D) It is impossible to tell who has more pocket money now.

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11 A set of 9-digit numbers each of which is formed by using each of the digits 1 to
9 once and only once. How many of these numbers are prime?

12 Water expands 10% when it freezes to ice. Find the depth of water to which a

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rectangular container of base 22 cm by 33 cm and height 44 cm is to be filled so
that when the water freezes completely to ice it will fill the container exactly.

13 The diagram shows two circles with centre 0. Given that line AB is a chord 14 cm
long and just touches the circumference of the shaded circle, find the area of the
non-shaded region.
Take π as 22 .
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14 Joan could cycle 1 km in 4 minutes with the wind and returned in 5 minutes
against the wind. How long would it take her to cycle 1 km if there is no wind?
Assuming her cycling speed and the wind speed are constant throughout the
journey.

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15 Given that 1 + 1× 2 × 3 × 4 =5 , 1 + 2 × 3 × 4 × 5 =11 , 1 + 3 × 4 × 5 × 6 =19 and
1 + 4 × 5 × 6 × 7 =29 , find the value of 1 + 204 × 205 × 206 × 207 .

16 Peter walked once around a track and Jane ran several times around it in the
same direction. They left the starting point at the same time and returned to it at
the same time. In between, Jane overtook Peter twice. If she had run around the
track in the opposite direction how many times would she have passed Peter?
Assume that their speeds had been constant throughout the journey.

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17 Three clocks, with their hour hands missing, have minute hands which run faster
than normal. Clocks A, B and C each gains 2, 6 and 15 minutes per hour
respectively. They start at noon with all three minute hands pointing to 12.
How many hours have passed before all three minute hands next point at the
same time?

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18 ABCD is a rectangle and AEF, BEH, HGC and FGD are straight lines. Given that
the area of the 4-sided figure EFGH is 82 cm2, find the total area of the shaded
regions.

19 Four cards, each with a letter on one side and a number on the other side,
are laid on a table.

A 1 2 B
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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John claims that any card with a letter A on one side always has the number “1”
on the other side. Which two of the four cards would you turn over to check his
statement?
20 The diagram shows a 4-sided figure ABCD with AB = AD = a cm and BC = CD =
b cm, where a is greater than b and that both a and b are whole numbers. Given
that the area is 385 cm2, find the smallest perimeter of the figure.
B
b
a C

A a D

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21 Find the number of ways to put 4 different coloured marbles into 4 identical
empty boxes.

22 Abel and Bernard started traveling at the same instant from P and reached S at
the same time. During the journey, Abel spent one third of Bernard’s travelling
time resting while Bernard spent one quarter of Abel’s travelling time resting.
Find the ratio of Abel’s speed to Bernard’s speed.
[Note : traveling time excludes time for resting]

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23 A family consists of 1 grandfather, 2 fathers, 1 father-in-law , 1 brother, 2 sons,

1 grandmother, 2 mothers, 1 mother-in-law, 1 daughter-in-law, 2 sisters, 2
daughters, 4 children and 3 grandchildren. What is the smallest possible
number of persons in this family?

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24 There are 5 schools between school A and school B. The seven schools are
whole number of kilometres from each other along a straight line. The
schools are spaced in such a way that if one knows the distance a person
has traveled between any two schools he can identify the two schools. What is
the shortest distance between A and B?

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25 The diagram shows a parallelogram ABCD with angle BAD = 60°, AB = 7 cm,
AD = 14 cm and a height of 6 cm. Arcs BH and ED have centres at A and
arcs BF and GD have centres at C. Given that ABE, FDC, AHD and BGC are
22
straight lines, find the total area of the shaded regions. Take π as .
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g reen

b lu e
g reen

y e llo w
A b lue
red
red
g ree n

b lu e
red

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 1  1  1  1   1  1 
27 Find the value of 1 −   1 −   1 −   1 −  … ...  1 −  1 − .
 22   32   42   52   20062  2007 2 

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28 Three circles of radii 7 cm are enclosed by a belt as shown in the diagram below.
By rearranging the circles it is possible to find the shortest possible length of the
belt needed to enclose the three circles. Find this shortest length. Take π as 22 .
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1 2 3 99 100
29 Given that > > > ...... > > and n1, n2 , n3 , ... n99 , n100 are different whole
n1 n2 n3 n99 n100
numbers, find the smallest value of the sum n1 + n2 + n3 + ...... + n99 + n100 .

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30 A ball was dropped from a height of 270 m. On each rebound, it rose to 10% of
the previous height. Find the total vertical distance travelled by the ball before
coming to rest.

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Answers Keys to Sample Questions (First Round) Total Marks
150
Question Answers Question Answers
Questions 1 to 10
Each carries 4 marks 16 4

1 406 17 60 hrs

18 82 cm2
2
19 (a) & (c)
20 92 cm
3 44
4
cm2 Q11 to Q20
Total Sub- Score
9

300 cm3
Questions 21 to 30
4 Each carries 6 marks

1336 15

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5 21

6 24
1
cm2 22 9:8
2

7 55 min 23 7

8 1 24 25 km

9 1:1:1 25 88
2
cm2
3
blue
10 A 26

Q1 to Q10 1004
27
Total Sub- Score 2007
Questions 11 to 20
Each carries 5 marks 28 86 cm
0
11 29 10 000
40 cm
12 30 330 m

13
154 cm2

4
14 4 min
9
Q21 to Q30
15 42229 Total Sub- Score
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Q1 There are 4 cards labeled with letters M, A, T and H respectively. A single-digit number is written at
the back of each card. They are then placed side by side, as shown below, so that a four-digit number is
obtained. Peter discovered that regardless of the number written behind the “A” card, the difference
between the four-digit number and hundred times of the sum of its digits is always 4212.
Find the numbers written behind the cards labeled M, T and H respectively.

M A T H

Q2 Given that S =1 + 11 + 111 + 1111 + ... + 111...1


100 of 1' s

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find the sum of the digits of S.

Q3 The diagram shows a 5 by 5 grid comprising 25 squares. Each square is filled with number 1, 2, 3, 4 or
5 in such a way that no row, column or the two main diagonal lines contain the same number more than
once. Find the value of m.

1
m
2 3
4
5

Q4 The diagram shows a square made up of nine rectangles. Rectangle E is also a square.
Given that the areas of rectangles A, B and C are 7 cm2, 21 cm2 and 2 cm2 respectively,
find the perimeter of the rectangle labeled D.

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A B

C D

Q5 Given that

 1  1   1   1   1   1 
 1 + ×
  1 + ×
2 
1 + ×
4 
1 + 8
× ... ×  1 + 2009  = 2  1 − n 
 2  2   2   2   22   22  ,
find the value of n.

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Q6 The diagram shows an isosceles triangle ABC where AC = BC and  BAC = 80°.
Given that AB = CD , find the value of  BDC .
A B

C
Solutions to this question by accurate drawing will not be accepted.

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Answers :

Q1 M = 5, T = 1 and H = 2

Q2 415

Q3

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5 1 2 3 4
3 4 5 1 2
1 2 3 4 5
4 5 1 2 3
2 3 4 5 1

2
Q4 11 cm 2 Q5 2010 Q6 150°
3

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MOCK TEST 2
Collected and created by: Tran Huu Hieu
Duration:120 minutes – No calculator used.
P1. Calculate
(6 + 7 + 8 – 9 – 10) + (11 + 12 + 13 – 14 – 15) + (16 + 17 + 18 – 19 – 20) + …+ (2006 +
2007 + 2008 – 2009 – 2010) + (2011 + 2012 + 2013 – 2014 – 2015)
P2. Mary writes down a three-digit number. William copies her number twice in a row to
form a six-digit number. When William’s number is divided by the square of Mary’s
number, the answer is an integer. What is the value of this integer?
P3. In the figure below, the large equilateral triangle is formed by 25 smaller equilateral
triangles each with an area of 1 cm2. What is the area of triangle ABC, in cm2?

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P4. What is the number and the letter in the 1000th column in the following pattern?

P5. The average of 20 numbers is 18. The 1st number is increased by 2, the 2nd number is
increased by 4, the 3rd is increased by 6, …, the 20th number is increased by 40 (that
is, the nth number is increased by 2n). What is the average of the 20 increased
numbers?
P6. N is a positive integer and N! = N×(N – 1)×(N – 2)×…×3×2×1. How many 0’s are
2015!
there at the end of the simplified value of
1997!
P7. A fruit company orders 4800 kg of oranges at $1.80 per kg. The shipping cost is
$3000. Suppose 10% of the oranges are spoiled during shipping, and the remaining
oranges are all sold, what should be the selling price per kg if the fruit company
wants to make an 8% profit?
P8. Find the last digit of 72015. (Note: 72015 = 7
 7

7  ... 7 )
2015 factors

P9. How many two-digit numbers have the property of being equal to 7 times the sum of
their digits?

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P10. In the diagram shown, the number of rectangles of all sizes is …?

P11. Each of the numbers from 1 to 9 is placed, one per circle, into the figure shown. The
sum along each of the 4 sides is the same. How many different numbers can be
placed in the middle circle to satisfy these conditions?

P12. For admission to the school play, adult were charged $130 each and students $65
each. A total of $30225 was collected, from fewer than 400 people. What was the

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smallest possible number of adults who paid?
P13. In the figure given below, the side of the square ABCD is 2 cm. E is the midpoint of
AB and F is the midpoint of AD. G is a certain point on CF and 3CG = 2GF. What is
the area of the shaded triangle BEG, in cm2?

P14. A six – digit number ababab is formed by repeating a two-digit number ab three
times, e.g. 525252. If all such numbers are divisible by p, find the maximum value of
p?
P15. A palindrome is a number that can be read the same forwards and backwards. For
example, 246642, 131 and 5005 are palindromic numbers. Find the smallest even
palindrome that is larger than 56789 which is also divisible by 7.
P16. Ben and Josh together have to paint 3 houses and 20 fences. It takes Ben 5 hours to
paint a house and 3 hours to paint a fence. It takes Josh 2 hours to paint a house and 1
hour to paint a fence. What is the minimum amount of time, in hours, that it takes
them to finish painting all of the houses and fences?
P17. Arrange the numbers 1 to 9, using each number only once and placing only one

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number in each cell so that the totals in both directions (vertically and horizontally)
are the same. How many different sums are there?

P18. 1 1 1 1 1
Find the value of S where S      ... 
2 2  7 7  5 5  13 11  25
P19. In the following 8-pointed star, what is the sum of the angles A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H?

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P20. The pages of a book are numbered consecutively: 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on. No pages are
missing. If in the page numbers the digit 3 occurs exactly 99 times, what is the
number of the last page?
P21. In the figure below, A and B are the centres of two quarter-circles of radius 14 cm
and 28 cm, respectively. Find the difference between the areas of region I and II in
22
cm2. (Use = )
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P22. In the right-angled triangle PQR, PQ = QR. The segments QS; TU and VW are
perpendicular to PR, and the segments ST and UV are perpendicular to QR, as
shown. What fraction of triangle PQR is shaded?

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P23. How many ways can we select six consecutive positive integers from 1 to 999 so that
the tailing of the product of these six consecutive positive integers end with exactly
four 0’s?
P24. Eleven consecutive positive integers are written on a board. Maria erases one of the
numbers. If the sum of the remaining numbers is 2012, what number did Maria
erase?
P25. A 'Lucky number' has been defined as a number which can be divided exactly by the
sum of its digits. For example: 1729 is a Lucky number since 1 + 7 + 2 + 9 = 19 and
1729 can be divided exactly by 19. Find the smallest Lucky number which is

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divisible by 13.
P26. Given a non-square rectangle, a square-cut is a cutting-up of the rectangle into two
pieces, a square and a rectangle (which may or may not be a square). For example,
performing a square-cut on a 2  7 rectangle yields a 2  2 square and a 2  5
rectangle, as shown.

You are initially given a 40  2011 rectangle. At each stage, you make a square-cut
on the non-square piece. You repeat this until all pieces are squares. How many
square pieces are there at the end?
P27. You must color each square in the figure below in red, green or blue. Any two
squares with adjacent sides must be of a different color. In how many different ways
can this coloring be done?

P28. Given the number pattern:

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A triangle of three numbers is taken from the pattern above, such that A
and B are two successive number in the ith row and C is in the (i + 1)th row just below
A and B. If A + B + C = 2093, find the value of C?
P29. The diagram below shows five circles, some pairs of which are connected by line

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segments. Five colors are available. Find the number of different ways of painting the
circles if two circles connected by a line segment must be painted in different
colours.

P30. The figure is consist of three circle each of radius 1 cm with six identical shaded
parts. Find the total area of the six shaded in cm2? ( in π )

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MOCK TEST 1
Collected and created by: Tran Huu Hieu
Duration:120 minutes – No calculator used.
P1. Find the value of 999999 x 222222 + 333333 x 333334 = ?

P2. How many rectangles are there in the following figure?

P3. Peter is ill. He has to take medicine A every 8 hours, medicine B every 5 hours and medicine
C every 10 hours. If he took all three medicines at 7AM on Tuesday, when will he take them
together again?
P4. In below figure, E, F are midpoint of 2 squares of 20cm side, 10 cm side respectively.
Find the area of triangle ABC, in cm2.

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P5. The four-digit number 3 AA1 is divisible by 9. What digit does A represent?

P6. X and Y are two different numbers selected from the first 40 counting numbers from 1 to 40
X Y
inclusive. What is the largest value that can have?
X Y
P7. Six arrows land on the target shown at the below figure. Each arrow is in one of the regions
of the target. Which of the following total score is possible: 16, 19, 26, 31, 41, 44?

P8. The result of multiplying a counting number by itself is a square number. For example, 1, 4,
9, and 16 are each square numbers because 1 x 1 = 1, 2 x 2 = 4,
3 x 3 = 9, 4 x 4 = 16. What year in the 20th century (the years 1901 throught 2000) was a
square number?

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P9. John and Mary went to a book shop and bought some exercise books. They had $100 each.
John could buy 7 large and 4 small ones. Mary could buy 5 large and 6 small ones and had
$5 left. How much was a small exercise book?
P10. Given that A4 = 75600 x B. If A and B are positive integers, find the smallest value of B.
P11. Suppose five days after the day before yesterday is Friday. What of the week will tomorrow
then be?
P12. A box contains over 100 marbles. The marbles can be divided into equal shares among 6, 7
or 8 children with 1 marbles left over each time.
What is the least number of marbles that the box can contain?
P13. Integer numbers are filled in a square grid in a pattern as shown at below figure.
Which column and which row contain number 2017?

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P14. Square ABCD, shown here, has side length 8 units and is divided into four congruent
squares. One of these squares contains an inscribed circle, two other squares contain
diagonals and the fourth square has perpendicular line segments drawn from the midpoints
of adjacent sides to form a square in the interior. In square units, what is the total area of the
shaded regions? Express your answer in terms of π or take π = 22/7.

P15. At each Stage, a new square is drawn on each side of the primeter of the figure in the
previous stage. How many unit squares will be in Stage 10?

P16. Find the smallest value of x + y + z, where x, y and z are different positive integers that
1 1 1 7
satisfy this equation:   
x y z 10
P17. 40% of girls and 50% of boys in a class got ‘A’. If there are only 12 students in the class got
‘A’s and the ratio of boys and girls in the class is 4:5. How many student are there in the

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class?
P18. Find the value of:
1 5 11 89
T=    ... 
1 2 2  3 3  4 9  10
P19. (1, 1, 9) is a triple of counting numbers whose sum is 11. We consider (1, 1, 9), (1, 9, 1) and
(9, 1, 1) to be the same triple because each triple has the same three numbers. How many
other triples of counting numbers have a sum of 11? (Counting number is greater than zero)
P20. In the addition problem at the right, different letters represent different digits. It is also given
that N is 6 and T is greater than 1. What four-digit number does THIS represent?

P21. How many four-digit integers greater than 5000 are there for which the thousands digits
equals the sum of the other three digits?
P22. During the rest hour, one of five students (A, B, C, D and E) dropped a glass of water. The

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following are the responses of the children when the teacher questioned them:
A: It was B or C dropped it.
B: Neither E nor I did it.
C: Both A and B are lying.
D: Only one of A or B is telling the truth.
E: D is not speaking the truth.
The class teacher knows that three of them NEVER lie while the other two ALWAYS lie.
Who dropped the glass?
P23. As shown in the figure, ABCD is a right trapezoid. AB = 10cm, AD = 6cm. The shaded area
is 6cm2. What is the number of square centimeters in the area of trapezoid ABCD?

P24. Let a, b, c, d, e are integers satisfying the following expression:

501 1

2015 a  1
1
b
1
c
1
d
e
Find the value of a + b + c + d + e?
P25. The sum of 10 positive integers, not necessarily distinct, is 1001. If d is the greatest common
divisor of the 10 numbers, find the maximum value of d?

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P26. A staircase has 10 steps. If Peter can climb either 1 or 2 or 3 steps each time, in how many
ways can he reach the tenth step?

P27. How many shortest ways to go from A to B in below figure?

P28. In the multiplication on the right, each letter and each square
represents a single digit. Different letters represent different
digit but a square can represent any digit. What is the five-

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digit number “HAPPY” stands for?
P29. As shown in the figure, two circles have the same radius of 2cm. The two shaded regions
have the same area. What is the length of AB in centimeters? (A, B are center of two circles
respectively)

P30. A pizza is cut into six pie-shaped pieces. Trung can choose any piece to eat first, but after
that, each piece he chooses must have been next to a piece that has already been eaten (to
make it easy to get the piece out of the pan). In how many different orders could he eat the
six pieces ?

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