SIMOC 2018, Primary 5 (Grade 5) Contest

Section A (Correct answer – 2 points| No answer – 0 points| Incorrect answer – minus 1 point)

Question 1

Find the sum of 2008 + 2010 + 2012 + 2014 + 2016 + 2018.

A. 24156
B. 20130
C. 12078
D. 10065
E. None of the above

Question 2
Define 𝑛! = 𝑛 × (𝑛 − 1) × (𝑛 − 2) × … × 2 × 1 and 0! = 1. For example, 4! = 4 × 3 × 2 ×
1 and 3! = 3 × 2 × 1. Find the last digit of 2! + 0! + 1! + 8!
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. None of the above

Question 3

Mr. David brought his students for a tree-planting project. The number of students is a
multiple of 5. Mr. David and his students planted a total of 143 trees. If everyone planted
an equal number of trees, how many students were there in the project?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 13
E. None of the above

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Question 4

In a certain number sequence, the first number is 20 and the second number is 19.
Starting from the third number, the next number is obtained by getting sum of the
previous two numbers. What is the value of the 6th number in this sequence?

A. 97
B. 155
C. 252
D. 407
E. None of the above

Question 5

A mother prepared 208 sweets for her son, Jeremy, and his 3 other friends, Matthew,
Carla and Kelly. Carla ate 22 sweets less than Matthew, Kelly ate 4 sweets less than
Matthew and Jeremy ate 78 sweets less than thrice the amount Matthew ate. If there are
no leftovers, how many more sweets did Jeremy’s friends eat more than Jeremy?
A. 52
B. 104
C. 130
D. 78
E. None of the above

Question 6

If July 7, 2018 is a Saturday, then 10 years from now, on what day of the week will July
7 fall?

A. Thursday
B. Friday
C. Saturday
D. Sunday
E. None of the above

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Question 7

Which of the following figures below can be made up of 6 pieces of joined

together?

Figure A Figure B Figure C Figure D

A. A only
B. A and B only
C. B and D only
D. C only
E. None of the above

Question 8

Find the value of 2019 × 2019 − 2019 × 2018.

A. 0
B. 2016
C. 2017
D. 2018
E. None of the above

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Question 9

In a class of 50 students, 35 students like to play basketball and 23 students like to play
soccer. What is the greatest possible number of students who dislike both basketball and
soccer?
A. 15
B. 27
C. 38
D. 48
E. None of the above

Question 10

The 6-digit number 42A28B is a multiple of 99. What are the values of A and B?

A. 𝐴 = 0, 𝐵 = 3
B. 𝐴 = 3, 𝐵 = 0
C. 𝐴 = 4, 𝐵 = 7
D. 𝐴 = 7, 𝐵 = 4
E. None of the above

Question 11

John is performing a multiplication. Instead of taking 18 as one of its multipliers, he

misread and took it as 81. As a result, the product increased by 504. What is the other
multiplier?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12
E. None of the above

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Question 12

When 75, 109 and 204 are divided by a two-digit number AB, the remainders are 3, 1
and 24. What is the value of A + B?

A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
E. None of the above

Question 13

Observe the pattern:

1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
, , , , , , , , , ,…
1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4

What is the sum of the 55th term and the 67th term?
3
A.
4
10
B. 1 11
1
C. 1 12
D. 2
E. None of the above

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Question 14
Mark and Mike have pieces of candy in the ratio 7:8. Mark decides to give Mike 15 of his
pieces, so that the new ratio becomes 11:19. How many pieces of candy do Mark and
Mike have altogether?

A. 135
B. 165
C. 150
D. 180
E. None of the above

Question 15

Three friends, Ann, Barbara and Carla, have swimming lessons. Ann has swimming
lessons once every 5 days. Barbara has swimming lessons once every 6 days. Carla has
swimming lessons once every 8 days. Today is Saturday. It is known that just two days
ago, which is a Thursday, all of them met for their swimming lessons. How many days
after today, will they meet again on Thursday?

A. 72
B. 842
C. 838
D. 840
E. None of the above

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Section B (Correct answer – 4 points| Incorrect or No answer – 0 points)

Question 16

What is the sum of the digits of the product 6666 × 6666?

Question 17

In triangle ABC, D is a midpoint of AC. Also, E is a point on BC such that CE:EB = 1:2.
If the area of triangle ADB is 60, what is the area of triangle CED?

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Question 18

A group of girls has an average of 364 stamps. Two of the girls, Phoebe and Serene,
have an average of 27 stamps. When Phoebe buys more stamps, the average of stamps
of Phoebe and Serene becomes 45 and the average number of stamps of the group
becomes 370. How many girls are there in the group?

Question 19

The distance between towns A and B is 660 metres. Jack and Jill both start running
from town A towards town B. When Jack and Jill reach town B, they immediately turn
around and go back to town A. They do this for multiple times. It is also known that Jill
runs faster than Jack. When both Jack and Jill starts running, there is a town P in
between towns A and B, where they meet for the first and the second time. When they
have met for the third time, how many metres has Jill run?

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Question 20

Three brothers, Marcus, Joseph, and Ryan were talking about their ages.

Marcus said, “I am 28 years old. I am younger than Joseph by 3 years. I am older than
Ryan by 2 years.”

Joseph said, “I am not the youngest. The difference of my age and Ryan’s age is 5
years. Ryan is 33 years old.”

Ryan said, “I am younger than Marcus. Marcus is 30 years old. Joseph is younger than
Marcus by 3 years.”

If, in each statement, only 2 sentences are correct, how old is Joseph?

Question 21

Find a 2-digit number whose number of factors is exactly 9?

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Question 22

Two candles of the same length are lit at the same time. The first candle takes 6 hours
to completely burn down, while the second candle takes 4 hours to completely burn
down. After 3.6 hours, how many times will the length of the first candle be compared
the length of the second candle?

Question 23
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The value of the expression 235 × (5×9 + 9×13 + 13×17 + ⋯ + 2017×2021) can be written in
𝑚
the simplest form as 𝑛 . Find the value of 𝑚 + 𝑛.

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Question 24

In the figure below, each line represents a one-way road with travel permitted only in the direction
indicated by the arrow. How many different routes are there from A to H?

Question 25

In the following cryptarithm, all the different letters stand for different digits. Find the
value of 𝑆 × 𝐼 × 𝑀 × 𝑂 × 𝐶.

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S I M O C

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