INTERNATIONAL SINGAPORE MATHS COMPETITION

Section A:

1. 425 jellybeans
2 2
Since of 51 is 17, so after giving away of the red packets, it will be as if I had 25
3 3
packets, each of which contained 17 jellybeans.
17  25 = 425

2. $20
1.07x + 10 + 0.5x + 8.60 = 50
1.57x = 31.40
x = 20

3. 52%
1 4 7 6 52
(4 × 10) + (10 × 10) = = 52%
100

4. D, C, E, B, A

5. 99% of the original number

9
×110% = 99%
10

6. 88%
85  4 = 340
340 + 100 = 440
440 ÷ 5 = 88

7. 63 red cars
Before : 7:6:5
After: 7 : 9 : 3 → 19 units = 171 cars
7 units = 171 ÷ 19  7 = 63 red cars

8. 50 rectangles
Divide the paper into 2 parts – a) 33 cm by 20 cm and b) 5 cm by 20 cm.
Part a) can cut into (33 ÷ 3)  (20 ÷ 5) = 11  4 = 44 rectangles
Part b) can cut into (5 ÷ 5)  (20 ÷ 3) = 1  6 r2 → 1  6 = 6 rectangles
44 + 6 = 50 rectangles

9. 10 cm2
2  5 = 10 cm2

10. D

11. 114
4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 19 + 23 = 114

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12.
24
2 1 1 1 8+3 11
 + × = =
3 2 4 2 24 24

13. 63 children
6
each gave 100¢
9
2
each gave 50¢
9
1
each gave 20¢
9
5040 ÷ [(6  100) + (2  50) + (1  20)] = 5040 ÷ 720 = 7
7  9 = 63

14. 5625 families

100% – 64% – 8% = 28%
64% – 28% = 36%
36% = 2025
100% = 5625

15. 33 marbles
15 + 3x = 27 + x
2x = 12
x=6
18 + 15 = 33

16. 140 m
60 min → 78 km
12 min → 15.6 km
15 600 – 15 460 = 140 m

17. 5 units
(1) is J and (2) is O. The distance apart is 5 units.

18a. 08 45
b. 10 minutes
From 08 45 to 08 55.

19. 23
The division equation has to be 6 ÷ 3 = 2 or 6 ÷ 2 = 3, either way U = 6
The largest number in the subtraction and the addition equations are R and Z, which
could be 8 or 9. Either way, R + Z = 8 + 9 = 17
So, R + U + Z = 17 + 6 = 23

20. Irvin
Melvin’s meal was curry chicken. On his right was Alvin who ordered fish and chips.
On Alvin’s right was Irvin who ordered egg tofu and on Irvin’s right was Gavin who
ordered beef steak.

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21a. 20
1 1 1
For − = , e = c  d if c and d are consecutive and c is smaller than d.
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Since 420 = 20  21, then c = 20.
b. 4
1 1 1
Similarly, for − = , since c = 20 = 4  5, then a must be 4.
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22a. 54 years
The sum of Max’s and Helen’s ages must be 6, 18, 30, 42, 54 … years (multiples of 3)
so that their (sum + 2) which becomes 8, 20, 32, 44, 56 … are multiples of 4.
If Max is less than 30 years old, their largest possible sum must be 54.
b. 26 years old
For their age to be whole number of years old, then their smallest age difference must
be 2 years, and the largest possible age of Helen must be (54 – 2) ÷ 2 = 26 years old.

23a. 2:3
b. 3:2
c. 1:4 At most:
d. 15 friends
1 unit = 3 friends
5 units = 15 friends 3

24. Johnson
If the ring was in Jay’s pocket, then no one is lying for both sentences.
If the ring was in Jack’s pocket, two people will be lying for both sentences.
If the ring was in Johnson’s pocket, then Jay will be telling the truth, and Johnson will
be lying for both their sentences, and Jack will be telling the truth for his first sentence
and lying for his second sentence.

25. Ball Number 15

30  7 = 210
Sum of 1 + 2 + … + 14 + 15 = 120
Each ball is counted twice, hence total = 240
240 – 210 = 30
30 ÷ 2 = 15
The ball number 15 was not used.

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