PHIMO
PHIMO
PHIMO
INTERNATIONAL
MATHEMATICAL
OLYMPIAD 2024
POINTING SYSTEM
GENERAL GUIDELINES
JUNIOR SECONDARY
5. Record your answers neatly on the Answer Sheet provided. Questions 11 to 20 each carry 3 marks.
6. Marks are awarded for correct answers only. There is no penalty for Questions 21 to 30 each carry 5 marks.
incorrect answers.
7. Calculators are not allowed.
8. All figures are not drawn to scale. They are intended only as aids. FOR A TOTAL OF 100
9. Start answering when the proctor gives the signal. POINTS!
A. Multiple Choice Questions
2024 FINALS
Level: Junior Secondary
1.) In a restaurant, Jomark and Kevin plans to order a chicken pop. In this restaurant, they serve only 11
pieces (small size container) and 17 pieces (large size container). What is the largest quantity of chicken
pop they cannot have?
(A) 165 (B) 162 (C) 159 (D) 156 (E) 153
2.) Select a vertex of a cube along with the 3 vertices adjacent to it and connect them to form a pyramid.
This pyramid is then removed from the cube. If the original volume of the cube is what is the
volume of its remaining portion?
(A) 4,860 (B) 38,800 (C) 1,440 (D) 11,520 (E) 180,000
3.) A square’s area decreased by 36%. What would be the percent of decrease of its side?
(A) 10% (B) 20% (C) 30% (D) 40% (E) 50%
4.) A team of 9 carpenters carpenters can build a 2 houses in exactly 3 months. At this same rate, how
many months would it take 13 carpenters to finish 5 houses?
5.) Quadrilateral BULK is a kite with sides BU = UL = 6 and BK = KL = 8. Given that diagonal BL = 12, what is
the area of BULK?
6.) Six fair 24-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that the product of the resulting numbers is odd?
(A) 11/23 (B) 12/13 (C) 24/25 (D) 36/37 (E) 63/64
7.) How many three-digit positive multiples of 13 have the digit 9 in their units place?
(A) Point E (B) Point A (C) Point C (D) Point B (E) Point D
9.) Every day, there’s a 22% chance that Albert will be late coming to work. Determine the chance of
him getting late exactly once in the next three days.
(A) 53.5% (B) 53.6% (C) 53.7% (D) 53.8% (E) 53.9%
10.) In the year 2024, October 11 falls on Friday. In what year after the year 2024 will this happen again for
the first time?.
(A) 2030 (B) 2029 (C) 2028 (D) 2027 (E) 2026
2024 FINALS
Level: Junior Secondary
11.) How many positive integers less than 10000 can be expressed as a sum of nine consecutive positive
integers?
12.) A promo on a local grocery store announces that for every piece of candy you buy, there is a 4 in 7
chances that you will get another candy for free. Because of this, you decided to buy 3 candies. What is
the probability that you will not get at least 2 extra candies for free?
13.) Determine the largest number of 5 mm × 3 mm × 2mm solid rectangular prisms that can fit inside a 2
cm × 3 cm × 4 cm box.
14.) In a cube, there is a sphere inscribed to it, and each of the four vertices of one face of the cube is
connected to the center of the sphere, a pyramid is formed. If the surface area of the pyramid is ,
find the radius of the cube.
15.) Find the largest possible real value of k such that the equation , has at
least one real value solution for x.
16.) At exactly 6:34 AM, the hour hand of a 12-hour analog clock got stuck and stopped moving while the
minute hand continued to move as usual. With the hour hand still stuck, what is the measure of the smaller
angle, in degrees, between the hour and the minute hands after 4096 minutes?
17.) Given that and are the minimum and maximum value of , find .
18.) A bracelet is designed by hooking 9 beads of different shapes into a string. There are 11 available
shapes of beads to choose from and you are tasked to create bracelets that are unique from each other.
What is the maximum number of bracelets you can create?
20.) The equation has two integer solutions, A and B. Find the value of the product AB.
21.) The function has two distinct real roots. Find the largest possible positive integer root
of the function for real number values of k < 0.
22.) Assume a set containing all the integers from 2 to 18, inclusive. How many non-empty subsets of this set
has exactly 3 odd integer as thrice of its elements?
where both a and b are positive integers, find the ratio of a:b.
26.) Find the number of odd integers between 3000 and 6000 that are divisible by 11 or 17.
27.) Given the length of the diagonal of a right rectangular prism is 24, and the sum of the length, width,
and height of the prism is 45. Evaluate the surface area of the given figure
28.) Amy and Ben together can solve a jigsaw puzzle in 4 minutes while Amy and Carlo together can solve
the same puzzle in 9 minutes. If Ben and Carlo can solve 7 of the same jigsaw puzzles in 23 minutes, how
many hours would it take for the three of them to finish 27 puzzles if they all work together? Approximate
your answer.
29.) As shown in the figure below, circle O is tangent to three sides of rectangle ABCD. Point Y on side AB is
chosen such that segment CY is tangent to circle O. Given that X is the point where circle O touches side
AB and the length of segment XY is 9, find the smallest possible area of circle O if rectangle ABCD has
integer side lengths. (Answer using π)
30.) Rectangle ABCD has sides AB = 126 and BC = 32. If its diagonals intersect at point E, what is the value
of tan∠AED?