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MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD SEMI-FINAL 2020

Secondary 1 Question Paper

Logical Thinking

1. Find the average of the following sequence.

2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, …., 2991, 2993, 2996, 2998

2. There are some chickens and rabbits in a cage. The number of chickens is
seven times as the number of rabbits. The total legs of chicken’s is 120
more than that of rabbit’s. How many rabbit(s) is / are there?

3. How many integral solution(s) is / are there for x if

( x − 7)  2 + 5
−3  5?
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4. Given that A: B =1:3, B:C = 4:3, C:D = 4:5 and A+ B+C +D = 870. What
is the value of A?

5. There are 18 pieces of red socks, 7 pieces of white socks and 16 pieces of
blue socks in the box. If you want to get 3 pairs of socks with different
colour, at least how many piece(s) of sock(s) is / are needed to be drawn?

Algebra

6. Find the value of x if (18− 2x) −(45− 5x) = 0.

7. Given a and b are real numbers and satisfy equations a +b =11 and ab = 8,
find the value of a3 b + ab3.

8. Given that a is a positive real number and a  2 . If

a 1 5a
+ = ,
3 2−a 3
find the sum of possible value of a.

9. Factorise x2 −4x −45.

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10. Find the value of x if
3x − 2 y + 16 + 5 − y = 0.

Number Theory

11. Find the sum of all positive factor(s) of 420.

12. If x  10(mod11), find the maximum value of this 3-digit number x.

13. Find the value of the last digit of 3888+5999 +91110.

14. How many simplified fraction(s) with denominator 3234 is / are there?

15. A 3-digit number has a remainder 4 when divided by 6, has a remainder 7

when divided by 13 and has a remainder 14 when divided by 16. What is
such largest 3-digit number?

Geometry

16. M(11,8) is the mid-point of A(x,4) and B(−5, y) . Find the value of x + y.

17. A solid cuboid is formed by merging 972 cubes with side length 1. Find
the minimum value of the total surface area of the cuboid.

18. The hypotenuse of a triangle is 18, find the maximum area of the triangle.
(Answer in surd form)

19. Refer to the figure below, ABD is an equilateral triangle and ACE is a
AE
right-angled triangle. If CAD = DAE , find the value of .
AC

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20. Small cubes with side length 1 are combined according to the pattern
shown below. Find the total volume of the 13th level.

Combinatorics

21. A flight of stairs has 13 steps. Mary can go up for 1 step, 2 steps or 3 steps
each time. The 5th and the 8th step cannot be stepped on as it is destroyed.
How many way(s) is / are there for Mary to go up the stairs?

22. 30 cards are marked from 1 to 30 and 2 are drawn at random. Find the
probability that two cards are drawn such that the sum of them is a multiple
of 5.

23. 7 identical red cups, 3 identical blue cups and 2 identical yellow cups are
put from left to right. How many different permutation(s) is / are there?

24. Use 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 to form 5-digit numbers. The odd digits cannot be next
to each other. How many number(s) can be formed in this way?

25. There are 7 balls in a box including 6 black balls and 1 white ball. Also, 1
black ball is added every 10 seconds
(0:10, 0: 20, 0:30, ..., 1: 00). At 29 seconds, 1 white ball will be added into
the box. 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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