Hua Xia Cup – Chinese Mathematics Competition 2020 Trial

Grade 3 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) Find the value of 4  25  22  125 .

2) If 4 pears cost 20 dollars, how many pears can be bought using 35 dollars?

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) Connie and Leah have 32 pencils in total. Connie has 8 fewer pencils than Leah. How many
pencils does Connie have?

4) 10 sweets are separated into 4 portions. How many combinations are there if each portion
contains at least 1 sweet?

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 2020  1234  6826  1334  2122  1635  4725 .

6) The age of elder sister 3 years before is same as that of younger sister 1 year later. 2 years
ago, sum of their ages are 20 years old. How many years old will younger sister be 1 year
later?

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) Connie had some sweets. After eating 4 more than half of the sweets, she got 5 sweets
remaining. How many sweets did she get originally?

8) Connie was calculating 23418  19413  2188 . As she wrote down the expression
carelessly, all digits ‘1’ were mistakenly written as ‘7’ for calculation. What is difference
between the correct answer and the wrong answer?

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) Connie plants trees on two sides of a path in front of school. Trees are planted at both ends.
If 1 tree is planted every 10 metres, there will be 24 trees. How many trees are there if 1 tree
is planted every 22 metres?

10) In calculation     11 , if divisor is 2 larger than quotient, what is

the least value of quotient?

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) Connie and Leah went to buy ‘Hua Xia Cup Test Set’. Connie and Leah lacked 40 dollars
and 60 dollars separately to buy one and the money they had together was not enough to
buy one. What is the price at most of one ‘Hua Xia Cup Test Set’ if it is integer in dollars?

12) If 1st January 2020 is Wednesday, then what day of the week is 21st October 2020?

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 area of the square in Figure 1 is 1 square centimetre. What is the area of the polygon in
Figure 2 in square centimetres?

Figure 1 Figure 2
Question 13

14) There is a drawing paper 20 centimetres long and 20 centimetres wide. The largest possible
number of squares with 3cm side length is cut out from it. What is the area in square
centimetres of its remaining part?

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) 2020 coats are processed in a garment factory. It takes 60 days for 8 workers to finish half
of the process. How many workers must be added if the remaining half of the process is
finished in 24 days?

16) There are two classes, class A has 46 students and class B has 32 students. After removing
same number of students in both classes, number of students in class A is three times as that
of class B. What is the number of remaining students in class B?

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) Refer to the figure below, how many trapeziums are there?

Question 17

18) For integers between 1793 and 4862, how many of them have hundreds digit equal to units
digit?

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) Define “  as a process satisfying a  b     b   2  a  2   5  b  a  . Find the
value of 3  4 .

20) Refer to the figure below, fill in the circles with numbers from 1 to 10 non-repeatedly (‘9’
is used) so that the sums of the numbers at 4 vertices in each square are the same. When the
sum of the numbers at 4 vertices in a square becomes maximum, what number should the
‘A’ in the circle be?

A 9

Question 20

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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.