Cayley Olympiad: Past Papers and Solutions 2003-2009

Cayley
Olympiad
Past Papers and Solutions

2003-2009
The United Kingdom Mathematics Trust
Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad and Kangaroo

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Olympiad Cayley Paper
Thursday 20th March 2003

All candidates must be in School Year 9 or below (England and Wales), S2 or below
(Scotland), or School Year 10 or below (Northern Ireland).
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE STARTING

1. Time allowed: 2 hours.
2. The use of calculators, protractors and squared paper is forbidden.
Rulers and compasses may be used.
3. For questions in Section A only the answer is required. Enter each answer neatly in the
relevant box on the Cover Sheet.
For questions in Section B start each question on a fresh A4 sheet and give full written
solutions, including clear mathematical explanations as to why your method is correct.
Solutions must be written neatly on A4 paper. Sheets must be STAPLED together in the top
left corner with the Cover Sheet on top.
Do not hand in rough work.
4. Questions A1-A5 are relatively short questions. Try to complete Section A within the first 20
minutes so as to allow sufficient time for Section B.
5. Questions B1-B5 are longer questions requiring full written solutions.
This means that each answer must be accompanied by clear explanations and proofs.
Work in rough first, then set out your final solution with clear explanations of each step.
6. These problems are meant to be challenging! Do not hurry. Try the earlier questions in each
section first (they tend to be easier). Try to finish whole questions even if you can't do many. A
good candidate will have done most of Section A and given solutions to at least two questions
in Section B.
7. Numerical answers must be FULLY SIMPLIFIED, and EXACT using symbols like π,
fractions, or square roots if appropriate, but NOT decimal approximations.
DO NOT OPEN THE PAPER UNTIL INSTRUCTED BY THE INVIGILATOR TO DO SO!
The United Kingdom Mathematics Trust is a Registered Charity.

Section A
Write your answers in the boxes provided on the Cover Sheet. Do not hand in your working.
You should aim to spend no more than 20 minutes on this section.
A1 There are 17 trees along the road from Basil’s home to a swimming pool. On his way to and
from a swim Basil marks some trees with a red stripe. On his way to the pool he marks the
first tree, the third tree, the fifth tree and so on. On his way back again, he marks the first tree
he comes to, the fourth tree, the seventh tree and so on, missing out two trees each time. By
the time he gets home, how many trees have no mark?
A2 A straight line is drawn across a 4 × 4 grid (like a chessboard). What is the greatest number of
1 × 1 squares which can be divided into two by the line?
A3 There used to be 5 parrots in my cage. Their average value was ¤6000. One day while I was
cleaning out the cage the most beautiful parrot flew away. The average value of the
remaining four parrots was ¤5000. What was the value of the parrot that escaped?
A4 Start with a positive integer with 2 digits. Crossing out the units digit gives a new single digit
number. If you multiply this new number by an integer x you get the original number back.
What is the greatest possible value of x?
A5 Mike has 42 identical cubes, each with edges of length 1 cm. He used all the cubes to
construct a cuboid. The perimeter of the base of that cuboid was 18 cm. What was its height?
Section B
Answer each question on a separate sheet of A4 paper. Do not hand in rough working.
Try to finish whole questions even if you cannot do many: few candidates will do all five questions.
You should give full solutions, including clear mathematical explanations, and express all
calculations and answers as exact numbers such as 4π, 2 + 7. Just stating an answer, even a
correct one, will earn you very few marks; also, incomplete or poorly presented solutions will not
receive full marks.
B1 In this multiplication sum, p, q, r and s stand for different digits. p q

Find the digit which each letter represents, explaining how you × r q
know that you have found all possible solutions.
s s s
B2 In the diagram (which is not to A
scale), AQ bisects ∠PQR, AR P
bisects ∠KRP and ∠RPQ = 80°.
80°
What is the size of ∠RAQ?
K R Q
B3 At McBride Academy there are 300 children each of whom represents the school in both
summer and winter sports. In summer, 60% of these play tennis and the other 40% play
badminton. In winter they play hockey or swim but not both. 56% of the hockey players
play tennis in summer and 30% of the tennis players swim.
How many both swim and play badminton?
B4 In the diagram, P, Q, R and S are four points M

on a line such that PQ = RS. Semicircles are
drawn above the line with diameters PQ, RS
and PS, and another semicircle with diameter
QR is drawn below the line. The line MN is
the line of symmetry of the figure.
Prove that the shaded area is equal to the area
P Q R S
of the circle with diameter MN.
B5 The numbers 1 to 9 are to be placed in the circles in such a way

that the sum of the four numbers along each side of the triangle
has the same value, T say.
(a) Prove that 17 ≤ T ≤ 23.
(b) Find a suitable arrangement of the numbers when T = 23.
(c) Show that when T = 20 then there are at most 8 different
choices for the collection of three numbers which should be
placed at the vertices of the triangle.

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3. Solutions must be written neatly on A4 paper. Sheets must be STAPLED together in the top
4. Start each question on a fresh A4 sheet.
You may wish to work in rough first, then set out your final solution with clear explanations
and proofs.
5. Answers must be FULLY SIMPLIFIED, and EXACT using symbols like π, fractions, or
square roots if appropriate, but NOT decimal approximations.
6. Give full written solutions, including mathematical reasons as to why your method is correct.
Just stating an answer, even a correct one, will earn you very few marks; also, incomplete or
poorly presented solutions will not receive full marks.
7. These problems are meant to be challenging! The earlier questions tend to be easier; the last
two questions are the most demanding.
Do not hurry, but spend time working carefully on one question before attempting another.
Try to finish whole questions even if you cannot do many: you will have done well if you hand
in full solutions to two or more questions.

Enquiries should be sent to: Maths Challenges Office,
School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT.
(Tel. 0113 343 2339)
http://www.ukmt.org.uk
1. The “star” octagon shown in the diagram is beautifully N
symmetrical and the centre of the star is at the centre of the
circle. If angle NAE = 110°, how big is angle DNA ?
D A
W E
C B
2. Mars, his wife Venus and grandson Pluto have a combined age of 192. The ages of Mars and
Pluto together total 30 years more than Venus's age. The ages of Venus and Pluto together
total 4 years more than Mars's age. Find their three ages.
3. A quadrilateral ABCD has sides AB, BC, CD, DA of length x, y, z and t , respectively. The
diagonals AC and BD cross at right angles. Prove that
x2 + z2 = y2 + t 2.
4. The first two terms of a sequence are the numbers 1, 2. From then on, each term is obtained
by dividing the previous term by the term before that. Thus the third term is obtained by
dividing the second term, 2, by the first term, 1.
(a) Write down the first five terms.
(b) Calculate the fiftieth term.
(c) What happens if other non-zero numbers are chosen for the first two terms, but the rule
for calculating the next term remains the same?
5. Four football teams—the Apes, the Baboons, the Chimps and the Gorillas—play each other
once in a season. After some of the matches have been played the table of results, with some
entries missing, looks like this:
Team Played Won Lost Drawn Goals for Goals against
A 0 0 2 3
B 0 1
C 2 4
G 0 1 5
Complete the table, explaining how each entry is worked out, and find the score in each
match played so far.
6. How many different solutions are there to this word sum, M A T H S

where each letter stands for a different non-zero digit? + M A T H S
C A Y L E Y

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1. The edge length, in centimetres, of a solid wooden cube is a whole number greater
than two. The outside of the cube is painted blue and the cube is then cut into small
cubes whose edge length is 1 cm. The number of small cubes with exactly one blue
face is ten times the number of small cubes with exactly two blue faces.
Find the edge length of the original cube.
2. When two congruent isosceles triangles are

joined to form a parallelogram, as shown in the
first diagram, the perimeter of the parallelogram
is 3 cm longer than the perimeter of one of the
triangles.
When the same two triangles are joined to form
a rhombus, as shown in the second diagram, the
perimeter of the rhombus is 7 cm longer than the
perimeter of one of the triangles.
What is the perimeter of one of the triangles?
3. In triangle ABC, angle B is a right angle and X is the C

point on BC so that BX : XC = 5 : 4. Also, the length of
AB is three times the length of CX and the area of X
triangle CXA is 54 cm2. Calculate the length of the
perimeter of triangle CXA.
B A
4. The five-digit number ‘a679b’, where a and b are digits, is divisible by 36. Find all
possible such five-digit numbers.
5. In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle and R

the straight lines AOBP and RQP meet at P. The
Q
length of PQ is equal to the radius of the circle.
Prove that
∠AOR = 3 × ∠BOQ. A O B P
6. If you have an endless supply of 3 × 2 rectangular tiles, you can place 100 tiles end
to end to tile a 300 × 2 rectangle. Similarly, you can put k tiles side by side to tile a
3k × 2 rectangle.
Find the values of the integers k and m for which it is possible to tile a 6k × m
rectangle with 3 × 2 tiles.

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1. A rectangular piece of paper is cut into two a
X
pieces by a straight line passing through one
corner, as shown.
Y
Given that area X : area Y = 2 : 7, what is the b
value of the ratio a : b?
2. Show that there are no solutions to this “letter sum”. SEVEN

[Each letter stands for one of the digits 0–9; different letters + ONE
stand for different digits; no number begins with the digit 0.] EIGHT
3. In the diagram, rectangles ABCD and AZYX are A X B

congruent, and angle ADB = 70°.
Find angle BMX. M
70°
D C
Z Y
4. Find the positive integer whose value is increased by 518059 when the digit 5 is
placed at each end of the number.
5. Mij the magician has a large bag of red balls and a large bag of green balls. Mij
wanders round the audience selecting volunteers, asking each volunteer to remove
two balls, one from each bag, until 25 of the red balls and 37 of the green balls have
been removed. The balls remaining in the bags are then emptied into a bucket.
What fraction of all the balls does the bucket contain?
6. A mathematician has a full one-litre bottle of concentrated orange squash, a large

container and a tap. He first pours half of the bottle of orange squash into the
container. Then he fills the bottle from the tap, shakes well, and pours half of the
resulting mixture into the container. He then repeats this step over and over again:
filling the bottle from the tap each time, shaking the mixture well, and then pouring
half of the contents into the container.
Suppose that on the final occasion he fills the bottle from the tap and empties it
completely into the container. How many times has he filled the bottle from the tap
if the final mixture consists of 10% orange squash concentrate?

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1. Four copies of the polygon shown are fitted
together (without gaps or overlaps) to form a
rectangle.
How many different rectangles are possible?
2. Before the last of a series of tests, Sam calculated that a mark of 17 would enable
her to average 80 over the series, but that a mark of 92 would raise her average
mark over the series to 85.
How many tests were there in the series?
3. The diagram shows a square ABCD of side 10 A B

units. Line segments AP, AQ, AR and AS divide
the square into five regions of equal area, as S
shown.
Calculate the length of QR. R
D P Q C
4. How many right-angled triangles can be made by joining three vertices of a cube?
5. In a quadrilateral ABCD, AB = BC, ∠BAC = 60°, ∠CAD = 40°, AC and BD

cross at X and ∠BXC = 100°.
Calculate ∠BDC.
6. (a) You are told that one of the integers in a list of distinct positive integers is 97
and that their average value is 47. If the sum of all the integers in the list is
329, what is the largest possible value for a number in the list?
(b) Suppose the sum of all the numbers in the list can take any value. What would
the largest possible number in the list be then?

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1. How many four-digit multiples of 9 consist of four different odd digits?
2. A hexagon is made by cutting a small equilateral triangle from

each corner of a larger equilateral triangle. The sides of the
smaller triangles have lengths 1, 2 and 3 units. The lengths of
the perimeters of the hexagon and the original triangle are in
the ratio 5 : 7.
What fraction of the area of the original triangle remains?
3. In the rectangle ABCD the midpoint of AB is M and AB : AD = 2 : 1. The point X is

such that triangle MDX is equilateral, with X and A lying on opposite sides of the
line MD.
Find the value of ∠XCD.
4. The number N is the product of the first 99 positive integers. The number M is the
product of the first 99 positive integers after each has been reversed. That is, for
example, the reverse of 8 is 8; of 17 is 71; and of 20 is 02.
Find the exact value of N ÷ M.
5. A kite has sides AB and AD of length B

25 cm and sides CB and CD of length m 25
39 cm. The perpendicular distance 39 c cm
h cm
24
from B to AD is 24 cm.
c
C A
m
The perpendicular distance from B to 39 c

m cm
CD is h cm. 25
Find the value of h. D
6. A regular tetrahedron ABCD has edges of length 2 units. The midpoint of the edge
AB is M and the midpoint of the edge CD is N .
Find the exact length of the segment MN .

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5. Answers must be FULLY SIMPLIFIED, and EXACT. They may contain symbols such as π,
fractions, or square roots, if appropriate, but NOT decimal approximations.

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1. An aquarium contains 280 tropical fish of various kinds. If 60 more clownfish were
added to the aquarium, the proportion of clownfish would be doubled.
How many clownfish are in the aquarium?
2. The boundary of the shaded figure consists of four

semicircular arcs whose radii are all different. The
centre of each arc lies on the line AB, which is 10 cm
long. B
A
What is the length of the perimeter of the figure?
3. Two different rectangles are placed together, edge-to-edge, to form a large

rectangle. The length of the perimeter of the large rectangle is 23 of the total
perimeter of the original two rectangles.
Prove that the final rectangle is in fact a square.
4. In the rectangle ABCD, the side AB has length 2 and the side AD has length 1. Let
the circle with centre B and passing through C meet AB at X.
Find ∠ADX (in degrees).
5. Two candles are the same height. The first takes 10 hours to burn completely whilst
the second takes 8 hours to burn completely.
Both candles are lit at midday. At what time is the height of the first candle twice
the height of the second candle?
6. Teams A, B, C and D competed against each other once. The results table was as
follows:
Team Win Draw Loss Goals for Goals against
A 3 0 0 5 1
B 1 1 1 2 2
C 0 2 1 5 6
D 0 1 2 3 6
(a) Find (with proof) which team won in each of the six matches.
(b) Find (with proof) the scores in each of the six matches.
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Solutions to the Olympiad Cayley Paper
Section A
Al Numbering the trees 1 to 17, Basil marks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17 on his way
out, and 17, 14, 11, 8, 5 and 2 on his way back. So the five trees 4, 6, 10, 12 and 16
have no mark.
A2 The diagram to the right shows that you can cut seven
squares. You cannot cut more because once the straight
line has entered the grid, and so cut into one small square,
it can enter other squares only by crossing an inside
dividing line, either horizontally or vertically. There are
only six of these, so it can cut only seven squares in all.
A3 The total value of the 5 parrots was 5 x €6000 = €30 OOO. After one has flown away,
the total value is 4 x €5000 = €20 OOO. So the value of the parrot that escaped was
€10000.
A4 If the original number is 19, then crossing out 9 leaves 1, and 1 x 19 = 19. If 'ab'
(meaning 1Oa + b) is the original two-digit number, then crossing out b leaves a. If
the original number was more than 19 times larger than a, then 1Oa + b > 19a
leading to b > 9a. This is impossible because b is a single-digit number and a is not
zero. The greatest possible value of x is 19.
AS The factors of 42 are 2, 3 and 7. If the perimeter was 18 then the base was 2 by 7.
Thus the height was 3 cm.
Section B
Bl The number 'sss' equals s x 111 = s x 3 x 37. Now 37 is prime, so one of the
two numbers 'pq' and 'rq' is 37 or 74.
The case 74 is not possible, since then q = 4, giving s = 6 and so 'sss' equals
9 x 74.
The case 37 gives q = 7, s = 9 and 'sss' = 27 x 37, so that p, r = 2, 3, in either
order.
B2 Let LAQP = x, so that LAQR = x since A

AQ bisects LPQ R.
Then LKRP = 2x + 80°, since LKRP is
an exterior angle of triangle PQR and so
equals the sum of the opposite interior
angles. But AR bisects LKRP, so that
LARK = x + 40°. K R Q
However, LARK = x + LRAQ, since LARK is an exterior angle of triangle RAQ.
It follows thatLRAQ = 40°.
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B3 It is possible to complete a table showing the numbers of pupils in each category, as

shown.
hockey swimming total

tennis 126 54 180
badminton 99 21 120
total 225 300
There are 300 children, 60% of them play tennis and 40% play badminton, so 180
play tennis and 120 play badminton. Also, 30% of the tennis players swim, so there
are 54 tennis players who swim. Hence there are 180 - 54 = 126 tennis players
who play hockey.
Now 56% of the hockey players also play tennis, so 56% of the number of hockey
players= 126, therefore the number of hockey players=~ x 100 = 225.
Hence the number of hockey players who play badminton is 225 - 126 = 99 and so
the number of badminton players who swim is 120 - 99 = 21.
B4 Let the circles with diameters PQ and RS have radius x and the circle with diameter
QR have radius y. Then the radius of the circle with diameter PS is y + 2x, so that
the shaded area is
t.n (y + 2x)2 - .nx2 + ~.ny2 i.n (y2 + 4.xy + 4x 2) - .nx2 + i.nl
i.nl + 2.nxy + 2.nx2 - .nx2 + i.nJ

.ny2 + 2.nxy + .nx2
.n(x + y)2
which is the area of a circle with radius x + y. But MN= (y + 2x) + y = 2y + 2x, so
that the circle with diameter MN has radius x + y, as required.
[The shaded figure is known as a salinon and this result about its area appears in
Archimedes, Liber Assumptorum, Proposition 14.]
BS (a) The total of the numbers 1 to 9 is 45. Let the numbers placed at the vertices of
the triangle be a, b and c. The numbers along each side of the triangle add up to
T, so that adding the three sides together gives 3T. This total includes all nine
numbers, but with a, b and c included twice. So, 3T = 45 + a + b + c. The
smallest value for a + b + c is 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 and the largest is 7 + 8 + 9 = 24.
Hence 45 + 6 .;;;; 3T .;;;; 45 + 24 and so 17 .;;;; T .;;;; 23.
(b) We know from above that 7, 8 and 9 are placed at the
vertices. The diagram shows one possible solution.
(c) Now, a + b + c = 15 and so the only possible
choices for the values of a, b and c are: 9 5 1; 9 4 2; 8 6
1; 8 5 2; 8 4 3; 7 6 2; 7 5 3; 6 5 4. Some of these may
lead to a solution and some may not, but we can
conclude that there are at most these 8 possible choices.
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Solutions to the Olympiad Cayley Paper
1. How many four-digit multiples of 9 consist of four different odd digits?

First solution
There are five odd digits: 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9.
The sum of the four smallest odd digits is 16 and the sum of the four largest is 24. Hence
the digit sum of any four-digit number with different odd digits lies between 16 and 24,
inclusive.
However, the sum of the digits of a multiple of 9 is also a multiple of 9, and the only
multiple of 9 between 16 and 24 is 18. Hence the sum of the four digits is 18.
Now 1 + 3 + 5 + 9 = 18, so that the four digits can be 1, 3, 5 and 9. If 7 is one of the
four digits then the sum of the other three is 11, which is impossible. So 7 cannot be one
of the digits and therefore the four digits can only be 1, 3, 5 and 9.
The number of arrangements of these four digits is 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 24. Hence there
are 24 four-digit multiples of 9 that consist of four different odd digits.
Second solution
The sum of all five odd digits is 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 = 25.
Subtracting 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 in turn we get 24, 22, 20, 18 and 16, only one of which is a
multiple of 9, namely 18 = 25 − 7. Since the sum of the digits of a multiple of 9 is also
a multiple of 9, it follows that the four digits can only be 1, 3, 5 and 9.
The number of arrangements of these four digits is 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 24. Hence there
are 24 four-digit multiples of 9 that consist of four different odd digits.
2. A hexagon is made by cutting a small equilateral triangle
from each corner of a larger equilateral triangle. The
sides of the smaller triangles have lengths 1, 2 and 3
units. The lengths of the perimeters of the hexagon and
the original triangle are in the ratio 5 : 7.
What fraction of the area of the original triangle
remains?
First solution
Let the side length of the large equilateral triangle be x units; this triangle therefore has a
perimeter of length 3x units.
Now consider the hexagon, which has sides of lengths 1, x − 3, 2, x − 5, 3 and x − 4
units. Hence the hexagon has perimeter length 3x − 6 units.
Since the ratio of the perimeter lengths of the hexagon and the large triangle is 5 : 7, we
have
3x − 6 5
= .
3x 7
Rearranging and solving for x we obtain
x = 7. (∗)
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Now, in order to find the area of the large equilateral triangle, we determine the height h
units using Pythagoras' theorem:
h2 = 72 − ( 27 )
2
= 49 (1 − 1
4 ) = 49 × 34 .
3 3
Hence h = 49 × = 7 × .
4 2
Therefore the area of the large equilateral triangle is
1 7 3 49 3
× 7 × = .
2 2 4
We may find the areas of the three small equilateral triangles in a similar way. These
areas are
3 4 3 9 3
, and .
4 4 4
The area of the hexagon is the area of the large equilateral triangle minus the areas of the
three small equilateral triangles, that is,
49 3
4
− ( 4
3
+
4 3
4
+
9 3
4
= )
35 3
4
.
Finally, the fraction of the original equilateral triangle remaining is

35 3 49 3 5
÷ = .
4 4 7
Second solution
Having established that the large triangle has sides of length 7 (equation (*) in the
solution above), we may proceed as follows:
The four equilateral triangles in the problem are similar. Now the ratio of the areas of
similar figures is equal to the ratio of the squares of their sides. Hence the four triangles
have areas in the ratio 12 : 22 : 32 : 72 = 1 : 4 : 9 : 49.
Hence the ratio of the areas of the hexagon and the large triangle is
49 − (1 + 4 + 9) : 49 = 35 : 49 = 5 : 7.
This may be illustrated by dividing the large triangle into 49 small triangles, as shown.
Note:
The observant reader will have noticed that the answer to this problem is surprising: the
ratio of the areas is the same as the ratio of the perimeters. There is no reason to expect
this to happen.
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3. In the rectangle ABCD the midpoint of AB is M and AB : AD = 2 : 1. The point X is such
that triangle MDX is equilateral, with X and A lying on opposite sides of the line MD.
Find the value of ∠XCD.
Solution
The key to this solution is to draw MC and consider triangle MCX.
We are given that ABCD is a rectangle, so that BC = AD and ∠DAM = 90° = ∠MBC.
We are also given that AB = 2AD and that M is the midpoint of AB. Therefore
DA = AM = MB = BC.
X
D C
A M B
It follows that triangles DAM and MBC are congruent (SAS) and we deduce that
DM = MC.
But triangle MDX is equilateral, so MX = DM and hence MX = MC . In other words,
triangle MCX is isosceles.
Now consider the angles at M.
1. Triangle DAM is right-angled with ∠DAM = 90°. It is also isosceles, so
∠AMD = ∠ADM = 45°, since the angle sum is 180°.
2. Similarly, from triangle MBC , ∠CMB = 45°.
3. Finally, because triangle MDX is equilateral, ∠DMX = 60°.
Hence ∠CMX = 180° − 45° − 45° − 60°
= 30°
since angles on a straight line add up to 180°.
Lastly, we consider the angles at C.
We know that triangle XCM is isosceles and that ∠CMX = 30°. Hence each base angle
is 12 (180° − 30°) = 75°; in particular, ∠XCM = 75°.
Also, ABCD is a rectangle, so ∠DCB = 90°, and triangle MBC is right-angled and
isosceles, so ∠MCB = 45°. Therefore
∠DCM = ∠DCB − ∠MCB
= 90° − 45°
= 45°.
We can now calculate the value of ∠XCD.
We have ∠XCD = ∠XCM − ∠DCM
= 75° − 45°
= 30°.
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4. The number N is the product of the first 99 positive integers. The number M is the
product of the first 99 positive integers after each has been reversed. That is, for
example, the reverse of 8 is 8; of 17 is 71; and of 20 is 02.
Find the exact value of N ÷ M.
First solution
From the given definition we have
N = (1 × 2 ×… × 9) × 10 × (11 × 12 ×… × 19) × 20 ×… × 90 × (91 ×… × 99) ,
which rearranges to
N = (1 × 2 ×… × 9) × (11 × 12 ×… × 19) ×… × (91 ×… × 99) × (10 × 20 ×… × 90) .
Also
M = (1 × 2 ×… × 9) × 01 × (11 × 21 ×… × 91) × 02 ×… × 09 × (19 ×… × 99)
which rearranges to
M = (1 × 2 ×… × 9) × (11 × 12 ×… × 19) ×… × (91 ×… × 99) × (01 × 02 ×… × 09)
= (1 × 2 ×… × 9) × (11 × 12 ×… × 19) ×… × (91 ×… × 99) × (1 × 2 ×… × 9) .
Comparing these arrangements for M and N , we see that M has the same terms as N
except that the product 10 × 20 ×… × 90 is replaced by the product 1 × 2 ×… × 9.
Thus when we divide N by M all the common terms cancel and we are left with
N 10 × 20 ×… × 90
=
M 1 × 2 ×… × 9
= 109.
Second solution
We may place the numbers from 1 to 99 into three categories, determined by how they
are transformed when they are reversed:
1. single digit numbers ‘a’ are unchanged;
2. a two-digit number ‘ab’, where neither a nor b is zero, is transformed to the two-
digit number ‘ba’; and
3. a multiple of 10 such as ‘a0’ is transformed to ‘0a’ = a, a single-digit number.
Thus there is a correspondence between the factors in N and M, as shown in the table:
N M
‘a’ ‘a’
‘aa’ ‘aa’
‘ab’ and ‘ba’ ‘ba’ and ‘ab’
‘a0’ ‘a’
Single-digit numbers are unchanged; two-digit numbers with a repeated digit are
unchanged; pairs of two-digit numbers, with different digits and neither digit zero, are
unchanged as a pair; the multiples of 10 in N are replaced by single-digit numbers in M.
Thus when we divide N by M all the identical factors cancel and we are left with
N 10 × 20 ×… × 90
=
M 1 × 2 ×… × 9
= 109.
29
5. A kite has sides AB and AD of length 25 cm and B
sides CB and CD of length 39 cm. The m 25
perpendicular distance from B to AD is 24 cm. 39 c c m
24
h cm
cm
The perpendicular distance from B to CD is h C A
cm. 39 c
m cm
Find the value of h. 25
D
First solution
As shown in the figure below, let the perpendicular from B to the line AD meet the line
AD at the point X; let the perpendicular from B to the line CD meet the line CD at the
point Y and let the distance DY be y cm.
B
39 25
h 24
C A
X
39 − y 25
Y y
D
Considering triangle ABX and using Pythagoras' Theorem we obtain
AX = 252 − 242 cm
= 7 cm.
Similarly, from triangle BDX we have
BD = 242 + (25 − 7)2 cm
= 30 cm . (∗)
Now from triangles BDY and BCY , again by Pythagoras' theorem, we deduce that
h2 + (39 − y)2 = 392
and h2 + y2 = 302. (1)
Subtract to get (39 − y)2 − y2 = 392 − 302,

which simplifies to 78y = 900,
150
so that y= .
13
Finally, by substituting in equation (1), we find
360
h = .
13
Second solution
Another solution uses the length of BD obtained in (*) above to find the area of isosceles
triangle BCD. Once the area is known the value of the height h may be found from
area = 12 × 39 × h.
Can you see how to find the area of triangle BCD and so complete the solution?
Note: Triangle DYB is a ‘5, 12, 13’ triangle.

30
6. A regular tetrahedron ABCD has edges of length 2 units. The midpoint of the edge AB is
M and the midpoint of the edge CD is N .
Find the exact length of the segment MN.
A
M
B
N
D
First solution
We make use of the following result. R
Theorem (Median of isosceles triangle): The line joining the apex
to the midpoint of the base of an isosceles triangle is perpendicular
to the base. That is, in the following figure, ∠PSR = 90°.
P S Q
Applying the theorem to triangle ABC, we find that ∠AMC = 90°. Similarly, in triangle
ABD, ∠AMD = 90°.
Now applying Pythagoras' theorem to the triangles AMC and AMD we get
CM2 = AC2 − AM2 = 22 − 12
2 2
and DM2 = AD2 − AM2 = 2 − 1 .
Hence CM = 3 and DM = 3, so triangle CMD is isosceles.
Now apply the theorem to triangle CMD to obtain ∠CNM = 90°.
Then by Pythagoras' theorem in triangle CNM
MN 2 = CM2 − CN 2
= 3 − 1.
Therefore MN = 2.
Second solution
A tetrahedron may be formed by joining face diagonals of a cube, as shown below.
Since the faces of the cube are congruent squares the face diagonals have equal length
and so the tetrahedron is regular.
Now M and N are midpoints of opposite edges of the tetrahedron. Therefore they are
midpoints of opposite face diagonals of the cube, that is, centres of opposite faces of the
cube. Hence MN = AR.
Letting the sides of the cube have length a, from Pythagoras' theorem in triangle ARC we
get
AC2 = AR2 + RC2
2
so that 2 = a2 + a2
= 2a2.
Hence a = 2 and therefore MN = 2.
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A
M
Q
D
R
N
S

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B1 In this multiplication sum, p, q, r and s stand for different digits. p q

B4 In the diagram, P, Q, R and S are four points M

B5 The numbers 1 to 9 are to be placed in the circles in such a way

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2. When two congruent isosceles triangles are

3. In triangle ABC, angle B is a right angle and X is the C

5. In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle and R

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3. In the diagram, rectangles ABCD and AZYX are A X B

6. A mathematician has a full one-litre bottle of concentrated orange squash, a large

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5. In a quadrilateral ABCD, AB = BC, ∠BAC = 60°, ∠CAD = 40°, AC and BD

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2. A hexagon is made by cutting a small equilateral triangle from

3. In the rectangle ABCD the midpoint of AB is M and AB : AD = 2 : 1. The point X is

5. A kite has sides AB and AD of length B

The perpendicular distance from B to 39 c

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B2 Let LAQP = x, so that LAQR = x since A

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1. How many four-digit multiples of 9 consist of four different odd digits?

Finally, the fraction of the original equilateral triangle remaining is

Subtract to get (39 − y)2 − y2 = 392 − 302,

Note: Triangle DYB is a ‘5, 12, 13’ triangle.

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