Hua Xia Cup – Chinese Mathematics Competition 2020 Trial

Grade 2 Question Paper

Time Allowed: 1 hour
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) Refer to the series below, which is arranged in a specific pattern, what number does S
represent?
2020、2009、1998、1987、1976、1965、1954、S、1932、1921

2) There are people queuing. Connie is the 20th counting from the head. She is also the 20th
counting from the end. How many people are there in the queue?

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) 6 years ago, Leah was younger than her elder brother by 2 years. What is the present age of
the elder brother if Leah is 11 years old now?

4) Refer to the figures below, Figure 1 is composed of 4 blocks. How many blocks is Figure 2
composed of?

Figure 1 Figure 2
Question 4

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) Find the value of 375  753  537  357  573  735 .

6) Connie and Leah have 37 pencils in total. Connie has 35 more pencils than Leah. How many
pencils does Leah have?

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) Refer to the figures below, how many ‘C’s does one ‘D’ weigh the same as?

C
A C C B C C

C D
A B D D

Question 7

8) 2020 is added to A. If A is increased by 12, what should 2020 be changed to be, so that the
sum is increased by 30?

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) Find the value of 2020  718  2019  820  2018  519 .

10) There are five balls in different sizes. Orange is larger than sliver, white is smaller than black,
yellow is larger than black but smaller than sliver. List the balls from the largest to the
smallest. (e.g. orange, sliver, white, black, yellow)

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) Chan is 3 years older than Wong, Cheung is 5 years older than Wong and Lee is 4 years
younger than Chan. How many years is Lee younger than Cheung?

12) Leah wants to make a hexagonal prism (i.e. a 6-sided prism) with polymer clay balls and
sticks. Without splitting the polymer clay balls and breaking the sticks, at least how many
sticks are needed?

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 below, a line segment can be formed between 2 points, how many line
segments are formed in the figure?

Question 13

14) A snail is at the bottom of a 20 metre deep well. Every day the snail can climb up 5 meters,
then slip down by 2 metres at night. How many days does it take for the snail to get out of
the well?

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) Connie watches ‘Beautiful Scenery’ which starts at 11:25 a.m. and finishes at 12:50 p.m.
This program is followed by ‘Children's World’, which finishes at 3:05p.m. How many
minutes is ‘Children's World’ longer than ‘Beautiful Scenery’?

16) Connie goes to the same restaurant every day. Day after day she orders Meal A, Meal B,
Meal C, Meal D, Meal E, Meal A, Meal B, and so on. The fourth day of this month is
Wednesday and Connie ordered Meal B. Which meal will Connie order on the last
Wednesday of this month?

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) 3 bags of rice and 2 bags of soya beans weigh 19 kilograms. For the same type of rice and
soya beans, 2 bags of rice and 1 bag of soya beans weigh 12 kilograms. How many kilograms
does 1 bag of soya beans weigh?

18) In ‘Hua Xia Training Camp’, a bowl is used by each person for rice, a plate is used by two
persons for vegetable, a platter is used by three persons for meat, a pot is used by six persons
for soup. The number of bowls, plates, platters and pots in total is 24. How many people are
there in the ‘Hua Xia Training Camp’?

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.
19) If the sum of 3-digit number HXX and 2 digit number HX is 524, what number does
HX represent?

20) Connie and Leah have 2020 cards in total. Connie gave half of her cards to Leah, then Leah
gave half of her cards to Connie, after that, Connie gave half of her cards to Leah again and
then Leah gave 255 cards to Connie. Finally, they had the same number of cards. How many
cards did Leah have originally?

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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.