Hua Xia Cup – China Mathematics Competition 2019 Trial

Grade 9 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)

1) Find the positive solution to 3x2  5x  1  0 .

2) Let x be a real number. Find the least value of  x  7  x  9   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.
3) The graph of y  ax 2  bx  c passes through the three points X 1,12  , Y  2,21 and
Z  3,32  . Find the value of a  b  c .

1 2 2
4) If cos  , find the value of  .
3 1  sin  1  sin 

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.
5) Refer to the figure, in ABC , AB  12 , BC  16 , CA  21. D is a point on CA. BD
bisects B . Find the length of AD.

B C

Question 5

6) Refer to the figure, in right-angled trapezium ABCD , A  D  90 , AB  23 ,

CD  15 , AD  15 . Find the distance from A to BC .

D C

A B

Question 6

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.
7) Find the remainder when 22019 is divided by 63.

8) 2019 apples are shared among 13 children. All children get different numbers of apples.
How many apples did the child, who got the least, get at most?

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.
9) Factorize n4  9n2  64 .

10) There were 5 red balls, 4 blue balls and 3 green balls in a bag. One ball is lost. If Michael
draws 2 balls from the bag, and 2 blue balls are drawn, find the probability that the lost
ball is red.

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

11) Given that in ABC , A  90 , BC  a , AC  b and AB  c . b  c  14 .

bc  a 2  12a  68 . Find the perimeter of ABC .

12) Given that 10  x  46 . Find the maximum value of x  10  110  x .

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) Given that parabola y  x 2  3x  4 passes through X 1,0  , Y  2,6  and Z  3,14  .
Find the polynomial function f ( x) which passes through X, Y, Z and W  4, 6  , and
having the lowest degree.

12sin x  11cos x
14) Let 0  x  90 . tan x  2 . Find the value of .
8sin x  5cos x

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.
15) ABCD is a square. E and F are points on AB and BC respectively such that
AO
AE : EB  BF : FC  1: 2 . AF and DE intersect at O. Find the value of .
DO

16) Given that the lengths of diagonals of a parallelogram are 14 and 22. Find the maximum
value of the area of the parallelogram.

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.
17) Find the last two digits of 52019  7106 .

18) From the set 1,2,3,...,100 , at most how many numbers can be selected, such that for any
three of selected numbers, they are not pairwise coprime?

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.
 100
 1 1 
19) Find the value of   n
1
2
 .
 n n 2  3n  2 

20) There are many blue, red and green beads. How many methods to use 6 beads to make a
bracelet which consist of at most 2 colours? (If combinations are the same after some
rotations and/or reflections, they are counted as one method.)

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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.