Smops 2017

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SMOPS 2017
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1. Evaluate (12345 + 23451 + 34512 + 45123 + 51234) ÷ 5.
2. Given that a, b, c and d are positive whole numbers in increasing order, determine
which of the following is the largest:
1) 𝑎 × (𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑)
2) 𝑏 × (𝑎 + 𝑐 + 𝑑)
3) 𝑐 × (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑑)
4) 𝑑 × (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)
3. John drinks 60% of the water from a full water bottle, then refills 100ml back. The
bottle now is exactly half full. What is the volume of the bottle (in ml)?
4. Given that 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are prime numbers such that 31 + 𝑎 = 26 + 𝑏 = 20 + 𝑐,

determine the value of 𝑎 × 𝑏 × 𝑐.
5. 20 students are seated in a circle, and numbered from 1 to 20 in a clockwise

fashion. Counting from student 1, every 3rd student (clockwise) exits the circle. For
example, students 3 and 6 are the first 2 to exit. What is the number of the last
remaining student?
6. A group of students are calculating their average weight. 2 other students A and B
weigh 45kg and 71kg respectively. When A joins the group, their average weight
becomes 61kg. After B also joins the group, their average weight becomes 62kg.
Determine the original average weight of the group.
7. The 12 digit even number 123𝐴456𝐴789𝐴 is a multiple of 9 but not 5. What digit
does A represent?
8. Bradley was born in the 20th century. In the year 2017, Bradley’s age is equal to
the sum of the digits of his birth year. How old is Bradley?
9. Chelsea writes a 3-digit prime number with 3 different digits, such that the ones
digit is the sum of the other 2 digits. What is the ones digit?
10. The following is a labyrinth. John starts from the bottom left corner. If he
encounters an ’L’, he turns left. If he encounters an ‘R’, he turns right. If he
encounters an ‘S’, he goes straight. Which of the 12 exits does he reach?
1 2 3 4 5 6
S S S S S S 7
R S L R L S 8
R R L S S S 9
R L S R L S 10
L S R L L S 11
R L S S S S 12
11. 3 one-digit numbers have the following property: when any 2 are multiplied, and
divided by the third, a remainder of 1 is obtained. Find the sum of these 3 numbers.
12. Given that 1st January 2018 is a Monday, how many months in 2018 have 5
Mondays?
13. A group of 4 Singaporeans and 10 PRs (Permanent Residents) are buying tickets
for a musical. The gala tickets cost $50 and $80 for Singaporeans and PRs
respectively, while the matinee tickets cost $30 and $40 respectively. Suppose
they bought 8 gala tickets and 6 matinee tickets. What is the minimum amount
they could have spent?
14. In the figure below, the large circle has circumference 28cm. Three circles have
centres lying the same diameter of the large circle. Find the sum of the
22
circumferences of the three smaller circles. (Take 𝜋 = if necessary.)
7
15. Given that 𝑥, 𝑦 and 𝑧 are positive whole numbers, how many possible solutions (𝑥,
𝑦, 𝑧) are there to 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 7? Note that (1, 1, 5) and (5, 1, 1) are considered
different.
16. Stuart has 64 1cm × 1cm × 1cm, of which 34 are white and 30 are black. He
arranges them into a 4cm × 4cm × 4cm cube, such that the surface area which is
black is M cm2. What is the minimum possible value of M?
17. How many ways are there to place the letters ‘a’, ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘b’, ‘c’, ‘c’ in a 2 by 3
rectangle, such every row and column does not have any repeated letters? (an
example is shown below)
a c
b a
c b
18. Agnes, Bannon and Cameron go to an arcade with 20 different games. They played
11, 17 and 16 games respectively. At least how many games did all three of them
play?
19. In quadrilateral ABCD, draw E, F on BC such that BE = EF = FC. G is on AD such

that AB // EG and FG // CD. If the area of triangle AEG is 9, find the area of AEFD.
A
G
D
B E F C
20. A 5cm by 7cm paper is to be cut into 35 1cm by 1cm squares. One cannot fold the
paper, but can stack pieces of already cut paper. What is the minimum number of
cuts necessary to accomplish this? (Note: One can only cut in a single straight line
each time.)
21. A, B, C, … J represent the digits 0 to 9 in some order, such that 𝐴 + 𝐵𝐶 + 𝐷𝐸𝐹 +

𝐺𝐻𝐼𝐽 = 𝑥, and 𝑥 is as close to 2010 as possible. What is 𝑥?
22. From 12am to 12pm, how many times will the minute hand and hour hand make a
30o angle?
23. 3 pirates are playing poker on an island. Initially, they had money in the ratio 7:6:5.
After the game, the ratio was 6:5:4 (in the same order). If one of them won $8, how
much money do they have altogether?
24. The tortoise and hare enter a 10km race, where the hare is 5 times faster than the
tortoise. The tortoise begins to run, but the hare ends up far ahead, and decides to
take a nap. When the hare wakes up, he is 4km behind. He tries to catch up, but is
200m behind when the tortoise reaches the end. How far (in metres) did the
tortoise run while the hare was sleeping?
1
25. Given that 19 = 0. 𝑎1 𝑎2 𝑎3 … 𝑎18 is a recurring decimal, find 𝑎1 + 𝑎2 + ⋯ + 𝑎18 .
26. In parallelogram ABCD, triangles ABP and BPC have areas 75 and 124 respectively.
Find the area of BPD.
A
D
B C
27. 7 of the numbers from 1 to 9 are placed into the 7 circles (without repetition).
Given that the numbers on each line multiply to an equal product. What number
should go in the centre circle?
28. Find the sum of angles A, B, C, … J in the figure below.

B
H I
E C
D
G
F
A
J
29. From the whole numbers 1 to 10 (inclusive), 𝑛 numbers are selected. What is the
minimum value of 𝑛 such that we can definitely find one number that is the
multiple of another number?
30. In the pattern below, the number 7102 is the 𝑚th entry in row n. Find 𝑚 + 𝑛.
2
4 6 8
10 12 14 16 18
20 22 24 26 28 30 32
… … … … … … … … …
Answer
1. 33333 2. 4)
3. 1000ml 4. 182
5. 20 6. 63kg
7. 6 8. 23
9. 7 10. 5
11. 10 12. 5
13. $760 14. 28
15. 15 16. 22
17. 12 18. 4
19. 27 20. 6
21. 2007 22. 22
23. $720 24. 8040m
25. 81 26. 49
27. 2 28. 𝟕𝟐𝟎°
29. 6 30. 130

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Number of Total Time Parent’s

1. Evaluate (12345 + 23451 + 34512 + 45123 + 51234) ÷ 5.

4. Given that 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are prime numbers such that 31 + 𝑎 = 26 + 𝑏 = 20 + 𝑐,

5. 20 students are seated in a circle, and numbered from 1 to 20 in a clockwise

19. In quadrilateral ABCD, draw E, F on BC such that BE = EF = FC. G is on AD such

21. A, B, C, … J represent the digits 0 to 9 in some order, such that 𝐴 + 𝐵𝐶 + 𝐷𝐸𝐹 +

28. Find the sum of angles A, B, C, … J in the figure below.

13. $760 14. 28

21. 2007 22. 22

23. $720 24. 8040m

27. 2 28. 𝟕𝟐𝟎°

29. 6 30. 130

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