SIMOC, Secondary 3 Contest

SIMOC SECONDARY 3 MOCK TEST

Section A

1. Find the next term of the following sequence: 1, 2, 5, 8, 15, 28, 51, …

(a) 79
(b) 83
(c) 87
(d) 91
(e) None of the above

2. The following histogram shows the average amount of money spent by students in the
school canteen every day.

No. of
students Money Spent

200

100

0 Money
(in dollars)
0 1 2 3 4

Which one of the following statement is true?

(a) The median is $1.

(b) The students spent more money in the canteen during the middle of the day.
(c) If the school decided to increase the price of the food in the canteen, then the
heights of the columns would get higher.
(d) The mode is 200 students.
(e) None of the above

3. The cost price of a pair of shoes was $25. Mr Lee sold the pair of shoes to a customer
for $40. The latter gave Mr Lee a $50 note, but Mr Lee did not have enough change.
So Mr Lee went to Mr Tan in the shop next door and exchanged the $50 note into
smaller notes. Then Mr Lee gave the customer a $10 change.
After the customer had left, Mr Tan discovered that the $50 note was a counterfeit. So
Mr Lee compensated Mr Tan $50. How much money did Mr Lee lose as compared to
if the $50 note was real?

(a) $10
(b) $20
(c) $35
(d) $50
(e) $65

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4. The area of a right-angled triangle is 150√3 cm2. If one of the angles of the triangle
is 30, find the perimeter of the triangle.

(a) 20(√2  1) cm
(b) 20(√2 + 1) cm
(c) 30(√3  1) cm
(d) 30(√3 + 1) cm
(e) None of the above

5. There are two circles, each of radius 8 cm, lying on a plane and tangential to each
other (i.e. the two circles just touch each other at one point). Find the number of
circles of radius 20 cm lying on the same plane and tangential to the first two circles.

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) None of the above

6. The roots,  and , of a quadratic equation satisfy the following inequality:

2 + 2 < 0.

What can you conclude about the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation?

(a) The two roots are real and distinct

(b) The two roots are real and equal
(c) The two roots are non-real
(d) No conclusion can be drawn
(e) None of the above

7. The diagram shows a point E inside a rectangle ABCD such that AE = 16 cm, DE =
20 cm and CE = 13 cm. Find the length of BE.

A B

16 E

20 13
D C

(a) 4 cm
(b) 5 cm
(c) 6 cm
(d) 7 cm
(e) 8 cm

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8. The decimal numeral system uses ten symbols 0 to 9 to form numbers, while the
binary numeral system uses only two symbols 0 and 1 to form numbers. The
following table shows the binary numbers for the decimal numbers 0 to 5.

Decimal Number 0 1 2 3 4 5
Binary Number 0 1 10 11 100 101

What is the decimal number for the binary number 110 100?

(a) 28
(b) 52
(c) 100
(d) 2015
(e) None of the above

9. If the five-digit number 32N83 is divisible by 7, find N.

(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 0
(e) None of the above

10. The diagram shows parts of a city where the lines are roads. Charles walks from point
X to point Y along the roads without ‘backtracking’ (i.e. he can only walk downwards
or to the right in the diagram below). How many ways can he walk from X to Y?

(a) 54
(b) 55
(c) 56
(d) 57
(e) None of the above

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11. Find the smallest whole number n for which is a factor of 360.
n

(a) 28
(b) 42
(c) 56
(d) 84
(e) None of the above

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12. The diagram shows a circle with centre O. ABC and EDC are straight lines. Given
that AOE =  and BOD = , find ACE in terms of  and/or .

A
B
C

 O D

(a) 
𝛼+𝛽
(b)
2
𝛼−𝛽
(c)
2
𝛼+𝛽
(d)
3
(e) None of the above

13. Alice throws a ball into the air. The path of the ball can be modelled by the equation

h = t 2 + 4t + 1,

where t, in seconds, is the time from the moment the ball is thrown, and h, in metres,
is the height of the ball above the ground. Find the difference in height between the
ball at its highest point and at the point from which it is thrown.

(a) 2 metres
(b) 3 metres
(c) 4 metres
(d) 5 metres
(e) None of the above

14. Given that x2 + y2 = 7 and x + y  xy = 2 + √3 , where x and y are real numbers, find
the value of |x + y  1|.

(a) 1  √3
(b) 1 + √3
(c) 2  √3
(d) 2 + √3
(e) None of the above

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15. Find the remainder when 22015 is divided by 5.

(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3
(e) 4

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Section B

16. In the Fibonacci sequence, T1 = T2 = 1 and Tn = Tn1 + Tn2 for all positive integers
n  3. Each of the first 2015 Fibonacci terms is written on an identical card. All the
2015 cards are then placed inside a box. Philip randomly picks up a card from the box.
What is the probability that he will pick an odd number?

17. Find the value of (8) + (8) + (8) + ⋯ + (8), where each (8) is a Binomial coefficient.
1 2 3 8 𝑟

18. The diagram shows a room in the shape of a cuboid of dimensions 6 metres by
4 metres by 3 metres. A spider is at the ceiling corner X. It crawls along the ceiling /
wall / floor to reach the opposite floor corner Y. It so happens that the spider has
moved along the shortest possible path. Find the length of this path, leaving your
answer in surd form if necessary.

X
Y
3m
4m
6m

19. The following is a conversation between Gabriel and Heather.

Gabriel: I thought of two distinct one-digit numbers. Can you guess the sum of
these two numbers?
Heather: No. Can you give me a clue?
Gabriel: The last digit of the product of the two numbers is your house number.
Heather: Now I know the sum of the two numbers.

So what is the sum of the two numbers?

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20. The diagram shows a spherical cap, which is obtained by making a straight cut across
𝜋ℎ(3𝑟 2 +ℎ2 )
a sphere. The volume of a spherical cap is given by , where h is the height
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and r is the radius of the cap.

A cylindrical hole 12 cm long has been drilled straight through the centre of a solid
sphere. What is the volume of the remaining solid? Leave your answer in terms of .
(Note: Volume of cylinder =   radius2  height)

21. In a chess tournament, each player has to play one game with every other player. 2n
players, where n is a positive integer, took part in the tournament. So far, Player 1 has
played 2n  1 games, Player 2 has played 2n  2 games, Player 3 has played 2n  3
games, and so on until Player 2n  1 has played 1 game. How many games has Player
2n played?

1 1 1 1
22. Find the value of + + +. . . + .
1 1+2 1+2+3 1+2+3+ ... + 2015

23. In the following cryptarithm, all the different letters stand for different digits. Find the
5-digit number SIXTY.

F O R T Y
T E N
+ T E N
S I X T Y

24. The following shows the top view and the front view of a three-dimensional structure.
The structure does not have any curved surface and it does not have any painted lines
on it. Notice also that there are no dotted (or hidden) lines. Draw the left or the right
side view. (It does not matter which one you draw. Both answers will be accepted.)

Top View Front View

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25. Find the missing number in the grid below. (Hint: Four-digit perfect squares.)

9 9 8 1

0 4 4 3

3 2 6 3

5 9 1