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a Victoria School Math Quiz series
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Question 1
World Peace
Determine what single digit each
letter represents.
Ans:
USA 932
+ USSR + 9338
PEACE 10270
Question 2 Dogs don’t do Math…

Seeing Circles
Which has the greater area: The darker
shaded region or the lighter shaded
region?
Ans:
The areas are the same. 1cm
1cm
Lighter shaded region 1cm
=π(3)2 1cm

=9 π. 1cm

Darker shaded region

= π(5)2 - π(4)2
=25 π - 16 π
=9 π.
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Question 3
The End of The World Is Near?
A group of religious
fanatics decided, after
intensive study of their
holy books, and endless
use of a powerful modern
computer, that the end
of the world would occur
when the first day of a
century next falls on a
Sunday. How much
longer do they give us?
Solutions coming up…
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The End of The World Is Near?
Ans:
The first day of a century can never occur on a Sunday, Tuesday or
Thursday.
To improve the calendar, Pope Grogory XIII decreed that every
fourth year that is divisible by four would be a leap year BUT an
exception would be made for centurial years divisible by 400.
E.g. 2000 is a leap year but not 2100, 2200, and 2300.
Year 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400 2500

Century Sat Fri Wed Mon Sat Fri

Day +6 +5 +5 +5 +6
25 leap 24 leap 24 leap 24 leap 25 leap
years = years = years years years
26525 26524
days = days =
5217 5217
weeks 6 weeks 5
days days
This cycle continues. The century day never falls on a Sunday
and the end is NOT in sight! Phew…
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For Staff of Victoria School only:

The square plot of land is 400m by
400m. Divide the garden into 8 equal
sizes of the same shape.
Ans:

House House

Garden
And the WINNERS are:

Grand Prize: Dong Jia Ren (3A)

Consolation Prize:
Sec 1: Joejyn Marcus Wan (1A); Agnesh Rai (1B)
Sec 2: Darren Kang (2H); Tan Yen How (2I)
Sec 3: Tay Bok Chong (3F); S.Vigneshwar; (3D); Julian Yap (3D)
Sec 4: Ang Hordin (4F); Pang Yi Wei (4A)

Staff:
Ms Yong Soon Yi; Mdm Tang Wai Yue; Mr Quek Wee Siong;
Ms Reyna Choo; Ms Sim Siew Kwan, Ms Ding Ni

We will like to thank ALL students and staff who participated

and submitted their answers.

Dogs Don’t Do Math will return in Term 2!