Hua Xia Cup – Chinese Mathematics Competition 2020 Trial

Grade 6 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) It takes Ray 6 days to finish a project, while it takes Sam 9 days to finish the same project.
If Ray works on the project for the first 4 days, and then Sam finishes the rest, how many
days does Sam need to finish the rest of the project?

3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2) Find the value of       .
4 16 64 256 1024 4096 16384

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) Find the highest common factor of 6120, 2550 and 3332.

4) Refer to the figure, sector OAB and sector OCD are centred at point O, how many metres
22
is the perimeter? (Take   )
7

O 11 m B 14 m D

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 19812  9812 .

6) Alan and Ben bought instant noodles in a supermarket. The amount of Alan bought is 1 time
more than the amount of Ben bought. The members of this supermarket can enjoy a discount
1
and only Alan is a member of this supermarket. of the total value that Alan needs to pay
5
1
is the same as of the total value that Ben needs to pay. If the marked prices of all instant
3
noodles are the same, what is the discount percentage for the members?
(Discount percentage means the percentage of the discount to the marked price.)

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) If  A  B  :  A  C   16 :17 and 2  A  B  :  B  C   8 : 5 , find A : B : C .

8) 300 grams of a chemical solution with the concentration of 30% is mixed with 600 grams
of the same chemical solution with different concentration. The resulting solution has the
concentration of 40%. What is the concentration of the original 600-gram chemical solution?

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) A ferry travels a 480-kilometre long river downstream. If the speed of the ferry travelling
on still water is 20 kilometres per hour, and the speed of water flow in the river is 4
kilometres per hour, how many hours does the ferry need to make a round trip?

10) Refer to the figure, quadrilateral ABCD is a rectangle. E, F and G are points on AB, BC and
AD respectively, such that AE  EB , BF : FC  1: 4 and AG : GD  3: 2 . If the area of
triangle BEF is 10 square centimetres, how many square centimetres is the area of
quadrilateral AEFG?
A G D

B F C

Question 10

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) Find the value of 12  22  42  52  72  82  ...  982  1002 .

12) A, B, C, D and E pass a ball among themselves. At the beginning, the ball is in A’s hand.
If the ball is in C’s hand after the fourth pass, and the ball is passed to E after the eighth
pass, how many ways of passing the ball are there?

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) The distance between city A and city B is 800 kilometres. Ray and Sam travel back and forth
between the two cities by cars. Ray departs from city A, while Sam departs from city B at
the same time. Before they meet for the first time, the ratio of the speed of Ray to that of
Sam is 3: 5 . After they meet, Ray increases his speed by 2 times. When Ray arrives at city
B, he will return to city A immediately. When Sam arrives at city A, what is the distance
between Ray and city B in kilometres?

14) There is a cylindrical bucket with the height of 25 centimetres and the base with diameter
of 40 centimetres. The bucket is filled with 29 liters of water. An iron cube is now put into
the bucket, and the water overflows from the bucket. If the edge length of the iron cube is
an integer in centimetres, how many centimetres is the minimum value of the edge length?
(Take   3.14 )

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) There are N flagpoles erected on one side of a straight road, and the distance between every
two adjacent flagpoles is 6 metres. The flagpoles are now rearranged, such that the distance
between any two adjacent flagpoles becomes 10 metres. If the positions of the flagpoles at
the two ends have not been adjusted, and the total number of flagpoles decreases by 18, find
the value of N.

16) Follow the pattern, what number should be filled in the box?

2、3、6、7、12、13、20、21、…、 、5550

17) There is grass in a farm, and grass is grown at a constant rate each day. It takes 9 days for
48 cows to eat all the grass in the farm, while it takes 9 days for 33 cows to eat half of the
grass in the farm. How many cows are there if all the grass is finished in 6 days?

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) A man is writing natural numbers ‘1, 2, 3, …’. When he writes the 1475-th digit ‘5’, what
number is he writing?

19) Refer to the figure, it shows a street map. From A to B, one can only walk upwards or
rightwards. It takes 2 minutes to walk through an upward road between two adjacent
crossroads, while it takes 3 minutes to walk through a rightward road between two adjacent
crossroads. What is the sum of the walking time for all possible routes from A to B?

Question 19

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.
20) In the long division below, the 10 different Chinese characters ‘全國華夏盃數學邀請賽’

represent 10 different one-digit numbers (0 to 9) respectively. If ‘請’ is 0 and ‘數’ is 5, what

number does ‘ 華夏盃邀請賽 ’ represent?

夏 數 邀 邀
全 國 華 夏 盃 邀 請 賽
賽 學
夏 邀 邀
夏 全 請
盃 邀 請
盃 盃 學
盃 全 賽
盃 盃 學
華 盃

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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.