INTERNATIONAL SINGAPORE MATHS COMPETITION

INTERNATIONAL
SINGAPORE MATHS
COMPETITION
2018
(Primary 6)
1 hour 30 minutes

Instructions to participants

1. Do not open the booklet until you are told to do so.

2. Attempt ALL 25 questions.

3. Write your answers neatly in the Answer Sheet provided.

4. Marks are awarded for correct answers only.

5. All figures are not drawn to scale.

6. Scientific calculators may be used.

Questions in Section A carry 2 marks each, questions in Section B carry

4 marks each and questions in Section C carry between 6 to 10 marks
each.

Jointly organised by

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Section A:
Each of the questions 1 to 10 carries 2 marks.

1. There are 31 days in July and August. If the dates of three Wednesdays in July are prime
numbers, which day has the most dates that are prime numbers in August?

There is only one possible combination of dates that are prime numbers falling on the same day
of the week. The prime number dates are 3, 17 and 31. If 31 July is a Wednesday, then 3 August
will be on a Saturday and it has the most dates that are prime numbers in August.

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2. Express your answer for 3 + 2 as a mixed number in its lowest term.
2+
1+ 2
1+2
2
3+ 2
2+
1+ 2
1+2
2
=3+
2 + 25
3
2
=3+
2 +65
2
= 3 + 16
5
10
= 3 + 16
5
=3
8

3. There are 95 members in a computer club. 40 of them are girls.

How many percent more boys than girls are there?

95 – 40 = 55
55 – 40 = 15 more boys
15
40
× 100% = 37.5%

4. Given that ∎ + ∎ = ∆ + ∆ + ∆ + ∆ + ∆ + ∆, what is the ratio of ∎: (∎ + ∆)?

∎ = 3∆
∎: (∎ + ∆)
→ 3∆: 3∆ + ∆
3∆: 4∆
The ratio is 3:4.
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5. The figure shown is made up of 16 squares each of sides 5 cm. What is the area of its shaded
region?

The area of the shaded region can be found by counting

the number of squares that make up the shaded region.

0.25 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 0.5 + 0.25 + 0.5 + 0.75 + 0.5 + 0.5

+ 0.75 + 0.25 + 0.25 = 5 squares
Since the area of a single square is 25𝑐𝑚2,
25 × 5 = 125
The area of the shaded region is 125 cm2
5 cm

5 cm

6. In the given figure, O is the centre of the circle. Find the value of a.
a
(360 – 92) ÷ 2 = 134
O
180 – 134 = 46 92º
a is 46º.

7. Given that A×B×C=D

A×B×D=E
D ÷ C =2
What is the value of E if D = 5?

𝐴×𝐵×𝐷 𝐸 𝐷 𝐸
= → =
𝐴×𝐵×𝐶 𝐷 𝐶 𝐷

𝐷 𝐸
Since = 2, then =2
𝐶 𝐷

If D = 5, then E = 10

8. The secret code to my safe is a 5-digit number. All the digits are different, and it is the largest
number where the digit in the Tens place is 1 less than the digit in the Ones place and 4 more
than the digit in the Hundreds place; and the sum of the digits in the Thousands and Ones place
is equal to the digit in the Ten Thousands place. What is the secret code to my safe?

Ans: 93156

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9. Jeanette is deciding how to re-pack a crate of oranges. She has equal number of two types of
boxes – small boxes that can hold 6 oranges each and big boxes that can hold 14 oranges each.
If she has less than 200 oranges, what is the largest possible number of oranges that she has?

6 + 14 = 20
Largest multiple of 20 less than 200 is 180.
She has 180 oranges.

10. Two cyclists competed in a race. Cyclist A completed the race in 3 hours. Cyclist B covered only
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of the race in that time. If B’s average speed is 3 km/h less than A, find the remaining distance
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Cyclist B has to cover to complete the race.

Ratio of distance Ratio of speed

A:B A:B
4:3 4:3
1 unit = 3 km/h
4 units = 12 km/h
12 km/h  3 = 36 km
1
 36 = 9 km
4

Cyclist A has 9 km more to go.

Section B
Each of the questions 11 to 20 carries 4 marks.

11. In 1AB43 ÷ 9 = 1CD7, where A, B, C and D represent different digits, what is the value of D?

For a number to be divisible by 9, the digits of the number must add up to be a multiple of 9.
1AB43 could be 11943, 13743, 16443 or 17343. Dividing each of these by 9 gives 1327, 1527,
1827 and 1927, respectively. Whichever the values, D ia always 2.

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12. A silver watch that is normally sold for $675.50 is given a 30% discount. The new discounted price
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of the silver watch is the price of a gold watch. What is the price of the gold watch?
7

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Discounted price of the gold watch: 675.5 × = 472.85
10

Discounted price of the silver watch: (472.85 ÷ 5 × 7) = 661.99

The price of the gold watch is $661.99.

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13. James, Dave and Allison ate a box of cookies. James ate 20% more cookies than Dave, while
Allison ate 10% less cookies than Dave. How many percent less cookies than James did Allison
eat?

Since James ate 120% and Allison ate 90% of the cookies that Dave ate, the difference in the
number of cookies eaten by Allison and James as a percentage of the number of cookies eaten by
James is:
120−90
120
× 100% = 25%

Allison ate 25% less cookies than James.

14. Kelvin has two rectangular boxes of different sizes. The length, breadth and height of the larger
box are twice those of the smaller box. Express the volume of the smaller box as a percentage
of the volume of the larger box.

When the length, breadth and height of the larger box are twice those of the smaller box, then
the volume of the larger box is 8 times the volume of the smaller box. Hence, the volume of
1
smaller box is 8 of the volume of the larger box → 12.5%

15. Janet and Fina each made some pineapple tarts. 0.6 of Janet’s pineapple tarts is equal to 0.9 of
Fina’s pineapple tarts. What is the ratio of the number of Janet’s pineapple tarts to the number
of Fina’s pineapple tarts?
6
0.6 = 10
9
0.9 =
10
6 18 9 18
Make the numerators same: 10
= 30
and 10
= 20
18 18
→ 30 of Janet’s pineapple tarts is equal to 20 of Fina’s pineapple tarts.
That is, Janet has 30 units in total and Fina has 20 units in total.
Janet’s pineapple tarts : Fina’s pineapple tarts
30 : 20
3 : 2
The ratio of the number of Janet’s pineapple tarts to the number of Fina’s pineapple tarts is 3 :2.

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16. Cindy has a red T-shirt; a blue T-shirt; a yellow blouse and 3 different pink blouses. She also
has 2 different pairs of jeans, a pair of shorts and 4 different skirts. Cindy mix-and-matches her
T-shirts and blouses with her jeans, shorts and skirts but she does not wear T-shirts with skirts.
How many different sets of attire does Cindy have to wear?

Cindy has 6 tops and 7 bottoms.

6 × 7 = 42
Cindy has 42 different sets of attire altogether.
Matching T-shirts with skirts, there are 2 × 4 = 8 sets
Cindy has 42 – 8 = 34 different sets of attire to wear.

17. A square is a quadrilateral that has 4 lines of symmetry.

Draw three different types of quadrilaterals that have only one line of symmetry.

The three types of quadrilaterals are symmetrical trapeziums, kites and arrow-head shapes.

Trapezium Kite Arrow

18. The table below shows the number of different coloured beads that Mary has.

Colour Number
Red 28
Yellow 16
Pink 12
Purple ?
Orange ?
Blue 24

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The total number of orange and blue beads is of the total number of red, yellow and pink beads.
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The total number of purple and orange beads make up of all the total beads that Mary has. How
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many purple beads does Mary have?

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Orange beads: ( 8 × 56) − 24 = 11
Purple and Orange → 1 unit
Red, Yellow, Pink and Blue → 2 units = 80
Purple → 40 – 11 = 29 purple beads

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19. The algebraic formula below calculates how much Winnie is paid according to the whole number of
hours she works as well as the number of gadgets she builds each day.

Pay in $ = 8h + 0.3g

Yesterday, Winnie worked for 8 hours and built 300 gadgets. She received $154.00
Today, she worked fewer hours and built fewer gadgets. She was paid $116.10.
How many gadgets did she build today?

154.00 – 116.10 = 37.90 which is not divisible by 0.3

37.90 – 8 = 29.90 which is not divisible by 0.3
29.90 – 8 = 21.90 which when divided by 0.3 is 73.
300 – 73 = 227
Winnie built 227 gadgets today.

20. Christopher is driving to the museum to attend an opening of an exhibition. If he drives at a speed
of 72 km/h, he will be 10 minutes late for the opening. If he drives 18 km/h faster, he will be 10
minutes early for the opening. At what speed does he have to drive to arrive exactly on time for the
opening?

Let d be the distance Christopher needs to drive to the museum and t be the time he will take.

72 × (t + 10) = d

(72 + 18) × (t – 10) = d

72t + 720 = 90t – 900

t = 90 and d = 7200

The speed he needs to drive at to arrive on time = 7200 ÷ 90 = 80 km/h

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Section C
Questions 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 carry 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 marks respectively.

21. In the long division shown, 8 digits are missing, and 5 digits are represented by A, B, C, D, and E.
If E is an even number, what is the value of C?

2 3
2 A 6 B C 7

9 C
1
D E 7

C=5

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22. Damien has 250 red marbles and 200 blue marbles. Elliot has 600 red marbles and 150 blue
marbles. How many red marbles and how many blue marbles must Damien give to Elliot such
that 25% of Damien’s marbles are red and 25% of Elliot’s marbles are blue.

250 + 600 = 850 (total number of red marbles)

200 + 150 = 350 (total number of blue marbles)

Damien Elliot
Red : Blue Red : Blue
Before 250 : 200 600 : 150
After 1 : 3 3 : 1

1 unit of Damien’s + 3 units of Elliot’s 3 unit of Damien’s + 1 unit of Elliot’s

→ 850 red marbles → 350 blue marbles

3 units of Damien’s + 9 units of Elliot’s

→ 850 × 3 = 2550 marbles

3 units of Damien’s + 1 unit of Elliot’s

→ 350 marbles

8 units of Elliot’s → 2550 – 350 = 2200

1 unit of Elliot’s → 2200 ÷ 8 = 275
3 units of Elliot’s → 275 × 3 = 825

Elliot
Red : Blue
Before 600 : 150
After 825 : 275

275 – 150 = 125 blue marbles from Damien

825 – 600 = 225 red marbles from Damien

Damien must give 125 blue marbles and 225 red marbles to Elliot.

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23. Three boys, Adam, Ben and Charlie, were given the numbers 27, 10 and 6 respectively.
Three girls, Alice, Bonnie and Carol were each given a prime number.
The sum of Adam’s and Alice’s numbers is equal to the sum of Ben’s and Bonnie’s, and the
sum of Charlie’s and Carol’s numbers. What is the sum of the numbers given to the girls?

Difference of Adam’s and Ben’s number = 17 which is a prime number.

Since Adam’s + Alice’s number = Ben’s + Bonnie’s, then Bonnie’s number is 17 more than Alice’s.
Since Bonnie’s number, which is 17 more than Alice’s number, is still a prime number, then Alice’s
prime number must be 2.

27 + 2 = 29
29 – 6 = 23
The prime numbers are 2, 19 and 23.
The sum of the prime numbers given to the girls is 44.

1 1 1 1 1 1
24. Solve: 70 × ( + − − − − )
15 35 63 99 143 195

1 2 2 2 2 2 2
70 × ( + − − − − )
2 15 35 63 99 143 195

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
= 70 × ( − + − − + − + − + − + )
2 3 5 5 7 7 9 9 11 11 13 13 15

1 1 2 1
= 70 × ( − + )
2 3 7 15

1 12
= 70 × ( )
2 105

1 12
= 70 × ( )
2 105

=4

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25. Elizabeth visits her friend Andrew who lives over a hill, and then returns home by the same
route. She always walks 2 km/h when going uphill, 6 km/h when going downhill and 3 km/h
when on level ground. If her total walking time is 6 hours, then what is the total distance
she walks in km?

x - Distance of Uphill
y - Distance of Downhill
z - Distance Level Ground

Total walking time to and back = 6 hours

𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
=( + + )+( + + ) = 6 hours
2 6 3 6 2 3
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
( + + )+( + + )=6
2 6 3 6 2 3
3𝑥 𝑦 2𝑧 𝑥 3𝑦 2𝑧
( + + )+( + + )=6
6 6 6 6 6 6

3x + y + 2z + x + 3y + 2z = 36
4x + 4y + 4z = 36
x+y+z=9
9 × 2 = 18

She walks a total distance of 18 km.

End of Paper

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