2013 WMI Competition

Grade 7 Part 1 Logical Reasoning Test

Problems 1–30: 5 points each for a total of 150 points.
1. Compute (–13728)×359＋3728×(–641)＝？
(A)－728000 (B)－4087000 (C)－7318000 (D)－7328000
2. Income and expense are opposite. Positive number means income and negative
number means expense. Last year, Nico had an income of $a and an expense of $b.
Which one of the following represents the reason Nico was very stressful last year
because he outspent his income?
(A)｜a｜＝｜b｜ (B)｜a｜＜｜b｜ (C)｜a｜＞｜b｜ (D) a＋b＞0
3. If A and B are two negative integers such that A＋B＝－50，then what is the
maximum possible value for A－B?
(A) 50 (B) 49 (C) 48 (D) 47
2 a 36
4. If 9 ＝3 ×3＝ ＝3c，then a＋b＋c＝？
3b
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11

5. If a die is rolled 4 times and the product of the 4 top numbers is 45, what is the
product of 4 bottom numbers if it is known that the sum of the numbers from
opposite sides of any die is always 7?
(A) 72 (B) 144 (C) 192 (D) 240
1 2 3 10
6. If both n and ＋ ＋ ＋……＋ are positive integers, what is the sum of
n n n n
all such possible values for n?
(A) 55 (B) 72 (C) 74 (D) 62
20 －5 －4 －10 －20
7. If a, b, and c are integers and － ＞ ＞ ＞ ＞ , then a×b＋c＝?
17 a b c 13
(A) 40 (B) 31 (C) 25 (D) 19
 8. If a 4–digit number 4□48 can be factored into 2a×11b×23c (a、b、and c are
positive integers) , then a＋b＋c＝?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
1 1
9. If A and B are reciprocals of each other and A×88 ＝764, then A×(B＋88 )÷
8 8
1
11 =?
4
(A) 68 (B) 72 (C) 76 (D) 86

10. During economic bad time, a company is planning to eliminate x workers. If this
company decides to eliminate 5 less workers, then it will reduce the work force by
1
only . If this company decides to eliminate 6 more workers, then it will reduce the
3
1
work force by . Based on this information, how many workers does this company
2
have before the reduction.
(A) 54 (B) 66 (C) 72 (D) 81

11. Define a new operation ◎ as a◎b＝a2－2ab＋3b. If (–3)◎x＝6◎(–2), then

x=?
(A) －1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7

12. If point A(a，b) is on the xy–coordinate plane in which A is farther away from x–axis
than from y–axis, which of the following is a correct expression?
2 2
(A) a＞b (B) a＜b (C) a ＞ b (D) a ＜b

13. As in the figure on the right, formulas y＝x＋a, y＝－x＋b,

L1: y＝x＋a
and y＝c represent, respectively, straight lines L1, L2, and L3.
L3: y＝c
What is the relationship between a, b, and c ?
(A) b＞c＞a (B) b＞a＞c L2: y＝－x＋b
(C) a＞b＞c (D) a＞c＞b

14. If △ABC is an equilateral triangle of lengths 4(x＋2y)－3, A

5(x＋y), and x＋y＋20, what is the length of each side of 5(x＋y) x＋y＋20
this triangle? B C
4(x＋2y)－3
(A) 22 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 27
15. A certain mobile phone consumes 0.8 milliamphere in one minute. If its battery
holds a total charges of 560 milliampheres, how much charges will be left in the
phone after 3 hours?
(A) 560 (B) 464 (C) 380 (D) 416

16. A large circle and a small circle overlapped as shown in the

2
right figure. If the overlapped area is of the large circle’s
15
3
area and of the small circle’s area, what is the proportion
10
of the areas of these two circles?
(A) 2：1 (B) 3：2 (C) 5：3 (D) 9：4

17. Students from Class A and Class B took a math exam. The number of students
passed the exam to the number of students failed the exam is 4：3 for Class A
students and 3：2 for Class B students. If these two classes are combined, then
the passed to failed proportion is calculated to be 10：7. What is the proportion
of the total number of Class A students to the total number of Class B students ?
(A) 3：5 (B) 7：10 (C) 4：5 (D) 7：12

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18. Let function f (x)＝ and a, b, and c are distinct integers. Which one of the
3
following attains the highest value ?
(A) f (a)－f (b＋c) (B) f (a－b)＋f (c) (C) f (a＋b＋c) (D) f (a)－f (b)＋f (c)

19. Suppose 5≦x≦25 and y－x＝3. What is the largest possible value for x＋y ?
(A) 50 (B) 51 (C) 53 (D) 58
20. The table below shows four values for equation y－2x＝3. If x1＋x2＋x3＋x4 =10,
then y1＋y2＋y3＋y4 = ?

x x1 x2 x3 x4
y y1 y2 y3 y4

(A) 44 (B) 38 (C) 32 (D) 23

21. Point P(b－c，b－2c) is located on fourth Quadrant and point Q(a，b) is located on
second Quadrant on a coordinate system. If Q(a，b) is located on first Quadrant, then
| a－b |－| b－c |＋| c－a | = ?
(A) 0 (B) 2a－2b (C) 2b－2c (D) 2c－2a
22. Pick 4 distinct numbers W, X, Y, and Z from the 9 numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
W Z
What is the smallest possible value for ＋ ?
X Y
21 25 26 29
(A) (B) (C) (D)
72 72 72 72

x x x x
23. If ＋ ＋ ＋…＋ ＝20, then x has how many positive integer
1× 2 2× 3 3× 4 20 ×21
factors?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

99( x＋y ) ＋100( x－y ) ＝1

24. If the system of equations  has solutions x＝a
2 2
99 ( x＋y ) ＋100 ( x－y ) ＝199
and y＝b, then a＋b = ?

(A) －1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

25. Given that points A(－3，5) and B(2，7) are two points on xy–coordinate plane. If P
is a point on AB located between A and B and P = (x, y), then
| x＋5 |＋| x－6 |－| y＋1 |－| y－8 | = ?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

26. Let function f (x)＝2x＋1. If x0＝1, x1＝f (x0), x2＝f (x1), …, xn+1＝f (xn), then
which one of the following is correct?
(A) x2＝2 (B) x3＝5 (C) x4＝31 (D) x5＝62

27. From home to work, Linda was driving at an average speed of 20 km./hr. during the
first 5 km. because of traffic. After the first 5 km., Linda had increased her driving
speed to 60 km./hr. If Linda never used more than 20 minutes to drive from home to
work, what is the longest distance between Linda’s home and her work?
(A) 13 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 16

28. Suppose 24bc＝15ac＝18ab and (a，b，c)＋[a，b，c]＝363 where ( ) =

Greatest Common Factor and [ ] = Lowest Common Multiple. If abc≠0, then
a＋b＋c = ?
(A) 51 (B) 54 (C) 57 (D) 60
29. Suppose a pump can pump water into a reservoir when it is empty and fill it in 8
hours and another pump that can pump water out of this reservoir when it is full and
empty it in 9 hours. If this reservoir currently has 400,000 cm3 of water and both
pumps are turned on, then which one of the following graphs best describes the
function in time and amount of water in the reservoir?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

30. Consider the following 4 regular hexagons with each hexagon containing six
numbers. If the sum of the 6 numbers is 30 for each hexagon and each♥ or ♠
represents the same number, then ♥－♠＝ ?

♣3♣ 8 ♠♣ ♥♠♥
♣♣ 7 ♠ 2 ♠3 ♠
♥
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4