1. Find the missing number in the number 4.

The figure shown below is a 4 × 4

pattern below. square grid.

How many squares contain the dot?

(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
(E) None of the above
(A) 8

2. What is the sum of first 68 digits in (B) 10

(C) 12
358421358421358421… (D) 14
(E) 16
(A) 246
(B) 252
(C) 261 5. Find the value of in the following.
(D) 273
(E) 284

3. In a new operation

3 4 = 13,
(A) 23
5 9 = 24, (B) 29
7 7 = 28, (C) 37

Find the value of 13 8 (D) 39

(E) 41
(A) 45
(B) 46
(C) 47
(D) 48
(E) None of the above

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6. Find the missing number. 9. A bag contains 12 red, 10 white, 8 yellow,
3 blue and 2 black balls. Roy takes out the
[( ? + 4) ×8 ] ÷ 12 = 48 balls one by one without looking. At least
how many balls must he take so that, for
(A) 68 certain, he would have 4 balls of the same
(B) 70 colour?
(C) 74
(D) 76
(E) None of the above

7. Find the value of S in the 3 × 3 magic

square shown below. (A) 15
(B) 19
(C) 20
(D) 25
(E) None of the above

10. Circles A, B and C have areas 380 !!! ,

400 !!! and 420 !!! respectively. The
(A) 5
numbers represent overlapping areas in
(B) 6
!!! . Find the total area of the figure.
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 10

8. Find the value of

1 − 2 + 3 − 4 + 5 − 6 + ⋯ + 73 − 74 + 75

(A) 37
(B) 38 (A) 780
(C) 39 (B) 820
(D) 40 (C) 960
(E) None of the above (D) 1200
(E) None of the above

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 13. The figure shown below is a regular
11. The average of 8 numbers arranged in
pentagon. Find the magnitude of each of its
ascending order is 55.
interior angles.
The average of the first 5 numbers is 46.
The average of the last 4 numbers is 68.
Find the value of the fifth number.

(A) 32
(B) 44
(C) 58
(A) 106°
(D) 62
(B) 108°
(E) 74
(C) 114°
(D) 240°
12. Emma adds up the sum of 1 + 2 + 3 + (E) 300°
4 + ⋯ on a calculator. When she reaches
the sum of 305, she realizes that she had
14. In mathematics,
forgotten to add one number. What is the
34 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3
number?
2! = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 and so on.
What is the ones digit in 222!!! ?

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
(E) None of the above

(A) 16
(B) 17
(C) 18
(D) 19
(E) 20

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15. In mathematics, ! > ! means the value of ! 17. There are 20 questions in a mathematics
is greater than that of ! . For example, test. 7 marks are awarded for a correct
! > ! . Given that ! and ! are whole answer. 4 marks will be deducted for a
numbers, what is a possible value of wrong attempt. A student gets 0 marks for
( ! + ! ) in the following. any question not attempted. If Joan scores
100 marks for the test, how many
! 3 !
> > questions did she not attempt?
19 5 19

(A) 4
(A) 3
(B) 13
(B) 2
(C) 15
(C) 1
(D) 23
(D) 0
(E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

16. The numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are

18. The perimeter of a right-angled triangle is
arranged in the circles in such a way that
12 !". Its area is 6 !!! . Find the longest
the sum of the 3 numbers on each line is
side of the triangle.
15. What is the value of !?

(A) 3 cm

(A) 5 (B) 5 cm

(B) 6 (C) 7 cm

(C) 7 (D) 9 cm

(D) 8 (E) None of the above

(E) None of the above

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19. The distance between Medan city and
Lake Toba is approximately 90 km. Henry
left Medan for Lake Toba at 8:00 am,
travelling at a constant speed of 90 km/h.
20 minutes later, Annisa left Medan also
for Lake Toba, at 120 km/h.
How far was Annisa’s car from the
destination when Henry had arrived?
20. Mr Wang bought a basket of apples for the
family. If each family member eats 4 apples,
they will have 10 apples leftover. If each
family member eats 6 apples, they will be
short of 6 apples. How many apples did Mr
Wang buy?

(A) 40
(A) 8 km (B) 42
(B) 10 km (C) 44
(C) 12 km (D) 46
(D) 14 km (E) None of the above
(E) None of the above

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QUESTIONS 21 - 25 ARE FREE RESPONSE
24. A regular hexagon is a 6-sided polygon in
Write your answer in the free response which each of its sides has the same
section of the ANSWER SHEET provided.
length. The figure below shows half a
hexagon. Divide the figure into 4 identical
21. Find the sum of all digits of the product of
shapes of equal area.
999 999 × 1 777 776

22. A 5-digit number 7!36! is divisible by 5.

It can also be divided by 9.
Find the value of ( ! + ! ), when the
value of the 5-digit number is the least.

23. What is the smaller angle formed by the

hour hand and the minute hand at 6:45
pm? 25. A basket contains between 200 to 240 .

When I divide all the into 4 equal bags,

1 is left. When I divide one of such bags

into 4 equal packets, the remainder will still
be 1. When I split one of such packets into
4 equal parts, the remainder is still 1.

What is the number of in the basket?

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