PREPARATION FOR SEAMO

1. A slow train travelled at 10 km/h for the first 2 hours. It travelled at 30 km/h for the last 3
hours. What is its average speed?'
A. 22 B. 18 C. 20 D. 16
2. A car travelled at 10 km/h for the first 3 hours. It travelled at 30 km/h for the last 7 hours.
What is its average speed?'
A. 16 B. 24 C. 26 D. 20
3. A train travelled at 10 km/h for the first 3 hours. It travelled at 40 km/h for the last 7
hours. What is its average speed?'
A. 31 B. 19 C. 25 D. 17
4. A bird travelled at 10 km/h for the first 2 hours. It travelled at 50 km/h for the last 8 hours.
What is its average speed?'
A. 30 B. 44 C. 42 D. 18
5. Charles was walking at 10 km/h for the first 3 hours. Later Charles was walking at 20
km/h for the last 7 hours. What is Charles's average speed?
A. 17 B. 13 C. 15 D. 11
6. A new operation is defined as
2⊕45⊕3=2+3+4+5=14=5+6+7=18
Find the value of m in m⊕7=49.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
7. A rope 580 cm long is to be cut into 40 cm and 90 cm segments without any wastage.
How many ways are there to do this?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
8. Melvin used the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, without repeat, to form three 2-digit
numbers and one 1-digit number. The sum of the four numbers is 100. Find the largest 2-
digit number Melvin formed.
A. 54 B. 57 C. 61 D. 63
9. A car travelled at 40 km/h for the first 2 hours. It travelled at 60 km/h for the last 3 hours.
What is its average speed?
A. 50 B. 51 C. 52 D. 54
10. 2017 soldiers were lined up in a single file. The commander ordered them to number off
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, … starting from the first soldier. He then ordered them to number
off 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, … starting from the last soldier. How many soldiers had the same
number both times?
A. 400 B. 401 C. 403 D. 404
11. In the electronic clock display below all digits are different when, for example, hh=07,
mm=20 and ss=15. How many times between 7:00:00 to 8:00:00 will all digits be different?

A. 1242 B. 1248 C. 1254 D. 1260

12. Alan and Ben are working on a science project. Together, they can finish it in 35 days. If
Alan works alone for 40 days, Ben will take a further 28 days to complete the project. If
Alan works alone for 30 days, how many more days will Ben take to complete the project?
A. 40 B. 42 C. 38 D. 44
13. ⟨n⟩ denotes the smallest whole number that is not a factor of n. For example,
⟨7⟩⟨12⟩=2=5.
Find the value of ⟨⟨23⟩x⟨100⟩⟩
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8
14. The figure shows a semicircle and a sector overlapping each other. Find the perimeter of
22
the shaded region if θ=30∘ and diameter = 14 cm. Take π=
7

1 2
A. 43 B. 43 C. 43 D.
3 3
44
15. Evaluate
(21 + 1)(22 + 1)(24 + 1)(28 + 1)
216 − 1
A. 2 B. 4 C. 1 D.3
16. Find the value of 1−2+3−4+⋯+2015−2016+2017.
A. 1006 B. 1007 C. 1008 D. 1009
17. A 3-digit number is such that it is equal to 19 times the sum of its digits. What is its
largest possible value among the given answers?
A. 114 B. 133 C. 152
D. 399
18. Mark fills in each circle with a number from 1, 2, 3, …, 8, such that the sum of numbers
at all corners of any triangle is 12. Find (a+b+c+d).

A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13
19. When a 6-digit number abcdef is multiplied by 3, the result is bcdef9.

Find the value of abcdef

A. 286713 B. 284713 C. 279813 D. None of them
20. Lines AC and BD divide the quadrilateral ABCD into 4 triangles of different areas.
Given that BE:DE=2:1 and AE:CE=1:3, find the ratio of the areas △ADE:△BCE.
A. 3:7 B. 2:5 C. 1:4 D. None of them
21. Find the value of 1 +2 +3 +….+20
3 3 3 3

A. 44000 B. 44100 C. 44200 D. 44300

22. A camera was priced at 35% more than its original price and later sold at a 10% discount.
The buyer also redeemed a $50 cash voucher. The net profit from the sale was $380. Find the
original price of the camera.
A. $1872 B. $1900 C. $2000 D. $2172
23. A new operation is defined as
3.0Λ3.04.0Λ3.0=3.0+4.0+5.0=12.0=4.0+5.0+6.0=15.0
Find the value of a in aΛ5.0=3.0.
A. 4.0 B. 6.0 C. 7.0 D. 5.0
24. Evaluate

1 1 1
A. B. C.
2015 2016 2017
1
D.
2013
25. In a birthday party Charles bought 3-digit number of sweets to share with all his friends.
The sum of all the 3-digits is exactly 128 of the number of sweets. What the largest possible
number of sweets does Charles have?
A. 588 B. 476 C. 448
D. 392
26. A primary school has a 3-digit number of students. The Number of students is 19 times
the sum of all its digits. What is its smallest possible value among all the possible answers?
A. 399 B. 285 C. 266 D. 247