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MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD HEAT ROUND 2020

Secondary 1 Question Paper

Logical Thinking

1. There are some chickens and rabbits in a cage. The number of chickens is
six times as the number of rabbits. The total legs of chicken’s is 88 more
than that of rabbit’s. How many rabbit(s) is / are there?

2. Given that A: B =1: 4, B:C = 3: 2, C:D =1: 4 and A+ B+C +D = 550. What
is the value of D?

2( x − 1)
3. How many integral solution(s) is / are there for x if − 4   6?
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4. According to the pattern shown below, what is the number in the blank?
2 、 3 、 6 、 10 、 17 、 28 、 __ 、….

Algebra
5. Find the value of x if (17 − 2x) − (5 − 6x) = 0.

a 1 11a
6. Given that a is a positive real number and a  −1 . If + = , find the
2 a +1 4
value of a.

7. Given a and b are real numbers and satisfy equations a +b = 9 and ab = 7

find the value of a2 +b2 .

8. Find the value of x if 2 x − y − 8 + y + 4 = 0 .

Number Theory

9. Find the number of all positive factors of 312.

10. When a 3-digit number is divided by 7, 5 or 4, the remainder is 2.

What is the minimum possible value of that 3-digit number?
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11. Find the value of the last 3 digit of 8 + 50 + 344 +...+ (1+ 7199) .

12. If x  2(mod8) , find the minimum value of this 3-digit number x.

Geometry

13. Refer to the figure below, D is the mid-point of AC. GB = BF , GD/ /BC
and AB ⊥ BC. If the area of  ABC is 20, find the area of  GDF .

14. M(x,6) is the mid-point of A(10,−2) and B(8, y) . Find the value of x + y .

15. If the radius of a circle is 42 and the circumference of a circle is the same
as the perimeter of a square, find the side length of the square.
22
(Take  = )
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16. A solid cuboid is formed by merging 792 cubes with side length 1. Find
the minimum value of the total surface area of the cuboid.

Combinatorics

17. 20 cards are marked from 1 to 20 and 2 are drawn at random. Find the
probability that two cards are drawn such that the sum of them is a multiple
of 3.

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18. Use 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 to form 5-digit numbers. The odd digits cannot be next
to each other. How many number(s) can be formed in this way?

19. There are 4 identical black balls and 2 identical white balls are put from
left to right. How many way(s) of arrangement is / are there?

20. There are 8 balls in a box including 7 black balls and 1 white ball. Also, 1
black ball is added every 10 seconds (0:10, 0: 20, 0:30, ......, 1: 00). If it
needs to wait 30 seconds after each draw, find the maximum value of the
probability to draw the white ball within 1 minute.

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