Hua Xia Cup – China Mathematical Olympiad Contest 2021 Trial

Grade 8 Question Paper

Time Allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes

There are 20 questions in total

Total Score: 120 marks
Section A: Questions 1 to 10 (5 marks each)
Section B: Questions 11 to 20 (7 marks each)

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Organizer： Chinese Mathematical Teaching Research Association

The Organizing Committee of Hua Xia Cup
Co-organizer： Hong Kong Mathematical Olympiad Association
Section A: Questions 1 to 10 (5 marks each)
甲部：第 1 至 10 題（每題 5 分）

1) Find the value of

2021 2020  2020  2019  2019  2018  2018  2017   4  3  3  2  2  1.
求 2021 2020  2020  2019  2019  2018  2018  2017   4  3  3  2  2  1的值。

(A) 2042220 (B) 2024220 (C) 2022420 (D) 2022240 (E) 2022220

2) There is a positive integer n such that n  14 and n  18 are both prime numbers. Find the
reminder when n is divided by 6.
如果有一個正整數 n，使 n  14 和 n  18 皆是質數，求 n 被 6 除時的餘數。

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

1 1 1 1 1
3)  
Find the value of   ...  .
5 10 20 40 2560
1 1 1 1 1
求     ...  的值。
5 10 20 40 2560

1021 511 1023 2 205

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2560 1280 2560 5 512

4) If f ( x 2 )  x 4  1 , find f ( x  3) .

若函數 f ( x 2 )  x 4  1 ，求 f ( x  3) 。

(A) x2  8 (B) x 2  6 x  8 (C) x 2  6 x  9 (D) x 4  6 x 2  8 (E) x4  6 x2  9

5) How many four-digit odd numbers can be formed by using 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 non-repeatedly?
不重覆使用 1、2、3、4 和 5 可以形成多少個四位奇數？

(A) 66 (B) 68 (C) 70 (D) 72 (E) 74

If your answer is a fraction, its simplest form should be given, and make sure the answer is either a proper
fraction or a mixed fraction.
If your calculation result can be rationalized, you must rationalize the calculation result.
 Given 3x 2  18x  12 can be written as a  x  b   c , where a, b and c are constants. Find
2
6)
the value of c.
已知 3x 2  18x  12 可被寫成 a  x  b   c ，其中 a、b 和 c 是常數，求 c 的值。
2

(A) 0 (B) 10 (C) 10 (D) 15 (E) 15

7) Given a and b are positive integers. The lowest common multiple and the highest common
factor of a and b are 375 and 25 respectively. Find the minimum value of the difference
between a and b.
已知 a 和 b 為正整數，a 和 b 的最小公倍數和最大公因數分別是 375 和 25，求 a 和 b
的差的最小值。

(A) 25 (B) 50 (C) 100 (D) 175 (E) 350

8) Simplify
 42  15  35  18 .
3

化簡
 42  15  35  18 。
3

(A) 4 10  7 (B) 10 10  11 7 (C) 4 10  11 7

(D) 10 10  7 (E) 4 10  11 7

9) If x2  6 x  65  0 , find the value of 2 x3  6 x2  94 x  329 .

若 x2  6 x  65  0 ，求 2 x3  6 x2  94 x  329 的值。

(A) 0 (B) 11 (C) 24 (D) 39 (E) 61

If your answer is a fraction, its simplest form should be given, and make sure the answer is either a proper
fraction or a mixed fraction.
If your calculation result can be rationalized, you must rationalize the calculation result.
  x, x  0
10) Define x   , find the sum of all the solutions of x  2  x  5 .
  x, x  0
 x, x  0
定義 x   ，求 x  2  x  5 的所有解之和。
  x , x  0

1 1
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 3
2 2

Section B: Questions 11 to 20 (7 marks each)

乙部：第 11 至 20 題（每題 7 分）

11) 5 people are divided into 3 teams. The number of people in each team may be different and
there is at least one person in each team. How many ways of arrangement are there?
將 5 個人分成 3 隊，每隊人數不一定要相同，而且最少有 1 人，有多少個方法？

(A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 30 (E) 35

12) Among all positive numbers, how many simplified proper fractions with a denominator of
2250 are there?
在正數中，有多少個分母為 2250 的最簡真分數？

(A) 200 (B) 600 (C) 1000 (D) 1400 (E) 1800

If your answer is a fraction, its simplest form should be given, and make sure the answer is either a proper
fraction or a mixed fraction.
If your calculation result can be rationalized, you must rationalize the calculation result.
13) Refer to the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. E and G are points on AB and CD respectively. F
and H are midpoints of BC and DE respectively. ED  EG , DG : DC  a :1. It is known
that the area of DEG and BFH are the same. Find the value of a.
參考附圖，ABCD 是長方形，E 和 G 分別是 AB 和 CD 上的點，F 和 H 分別是 BC 和
DE 的中點， ED  EG ， DG : DC  a :1。已知 DEG 的面積和 BFH 的面積相同，求
a 的值。

A E B

H F

D G C
Question 13
第 13 題

2 3 4 5 6
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
5 7 9 11 13

 x, x  0 a2  a  6
14) Define x   . If  0 , find the value of a.
  x, x  0 a 1  4
 x, x  0 a2  a  6
定義 x   ，若  0 ，求 a 的值。
  x , x  0 a  1  4

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 1 (E) 2

15) Simplify 7  13  7  13 .
化簡 7  13  7  13 。

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 2 13

If your answer is a fraction, its simplest form should be given, and make sure the answer is either a proper
fraction or a mixed fraction.
If your calculation result can be rationalized, you must rationalize the calculation result.
16) Refer to the figure, EAFB is a straight line. D is a point on AC, AB  AC and
ABC  DEF . Given the area of quadrilateral BCDF is 100, the area of ADF is 300.
b
If BC : AB  a : b , find the value of .
a
參考附圖，EAFB 是一直線，D 是 AC 上的一點， AB  AC ， ABC  DEF 。已知四
b
邊形 BCDF 的面積是 100， ADF 的面積是 300。若 BC : AB  a : b ，求 的值。
a

E
A

F D
B C
Question 16
第 16 題

3 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) 3 (E) 2
2 2 2

17) Factorize 4 x 2  25 y 2  20 xy  4 x  10 y  1 .
因式分解 4 x 2  25 y 2  20 xy  4 x  10 y  1 。

(A)  2 x  5 y  1
2
(B)  4 x  5 y  1 x  5 y  1 (C)  4 x  5 y  1 x  5 y  1

(D)  2 x  5 y  1
2
(E)  4 x  5 y  1 x  5 y  1

If your answer is a fraction, its simplest form should be given, and make sure the answer is either a proper
fraction or a mixed fraction.
If your calculation result can be rationalized, you must rationalize the calculation result.
18) Refer to the figure, in ABC , A  2B . If AB  10 and AC  8 . Find the length of
BC.
參考附圖，在 ABC 中， A  2B 。若 AB  10 ， AC  8 ，求 BC 的長。
A

B C
Question 18
第 18 題

(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15

19) Total surface area of an octahedron is 16800 3 , find the length of its edge.
一個正八面體的總表面面積是16800 3 ，求它的棱長。

(A) 35 13 (B) 30 15 (C) 20 21 (D) 15 27 (E) 10 33

x
20) Given there exists a non-real number x such that  2 , find the value of
x2  x  1
x2
.
x4  x2  1
x x2
已知存在非實數 x 使得 2  2 ，求 4 的值。
x  x 1 x  x2  1

1 1 1 1
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) (D)  (E) 1
3 3 3 3

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If your answer is a fraction, its simplest form should be given, and make sure the answer is either a proper
fraction or a mixed fraction.
If your calculation result can be rationalized, you must rationalize the calculation result.