4.

Evaluate
QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH
3 MARKS EACH
100 − 99 + 98 − 97 + 96 − 95 + ⋯
1. Find the value of 𝑚 in +4−3+2−1

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ⋯ + 𝑚 = 253 (A) 48
(B) 49
(A) 20 (C) 50
(B) 21 (D) 99
(C) 22 (E) 100
(D) 23
(E) 24
5. A new operation is defined as

𝑚 ※ 𝑛 = (𝑚 + 𝑛) ÷ 2
2. Shawn and Matthew have 76 books
altogether. The number of books
Find the value of 3 ※ (6 ※ 8)
Shawn has is 3 times the number of
books of Matthew has. How many
(A) 3
books does Shawn have?
(B) 4
(C) 5
(A) 19
(D) 6
(B) 27
(E) 7
(C) 47
(D) 57
(E) None of the above 6. A whole number 𝑛 is multiplied by 6. 6
is then added to this product, after
which the sum is divided by 6. Finally,
3. Find, in 𝑚2 , the area of the shaded 6 is subtracted from the quotient,
region. which still gives a value of 6. Find the
value of 𝑛.
9m

(A) 10
(B) 11
6m (C) 12
1m 1m (D) 13
(E) 14

(A) 17
(B) 19
(C) 35
(D) 54
(E) None of the above

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7. Some teenagers are being questioned 10. Find the number of ways for an insect
by the traffic police. to climb from Point 𝐴 to Point 𝐶 , by
passing through Point 𝐵.
Adrian: I have a driving license.
Ben: I do not know how to drive.
Chris: Ben does not know how to
drive.

Given that only one person is telling

the truth, which of the following
conclusions can we make?

(A) Both Adrian and Ben can drive

(B) Both Ben and Chris can drive (A) 8
(C) Only Adrian can drive (B) 9
(D) Ben cannot drive (C) 10
(E) Chris cannot drive (D) 11
(E) 12

8. There are 19 chickens, ducks and

goats on a farm. The farmer counted QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH
56 animal legs altogether. How many 4 MARKS EACH
goats are there?
11. The average of 5 whole numbers is
20. When one of the numbers is
(A) 10
changed to 18, the new average is
(B) 9
now 18. What is the original value of
(C) 8
that number?
(D) 7
(E) 6
(A) 26
(B) 28
(C) 30
9. The teacher wanted to distribute 100
(D) 32
apples as fairly as possible to the
(E) 34
children at a nursery. At least one of
the children received 3 apples. What
could be the maximum number of
children at the nursery?

(A) 36
(B) 47
(C) 49
(D) 51
(E) 53

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12. The fruit seller is packing oranges 15. Find ∠𝑎 + ∠𝑏 + ∠𝑐 + ∠𝑑.
into some bags. If he packs 5
oranges into each bag, he has 14
oranges leftover. If he packs 7
oranges into each bag, he will need
another 2 bags.

How many oranges does the fruit

seller have?

(A) 76
(B) 78
(C) 80
(A) 180∘
(D) 82
(B) 270∘
(E) 84
(C) 360∘
(D) 450∘
(E) None of the above
13. Find the value of

1 1 1 16. Find the missing number

( + + +⋯
1×2 2×3 3×4
1 40 24 8
+ ) × 2022
2021 × 2022 45 19 13
29 5 12
(A) 2020 ( ) 15 17
(B) 2021 (A) 49
(C) 2022 (B) 50
(D) 2023 (C) 51
(E) None of the above (D) 52
(E) 53

14. Find the value of ̅̅̅̅

𝐴𝐵 in
17. Find the remainder when
𝐴 𝐵 𝐶
− 𝐵 𝐶 𝐴 555 … 55
⏟
2021 5's
𝐴 𝐵

(A) 32 is divided by 13.

(B) 38
(C) 44 (A) 5
(D) 54 (B) 3
(E) 65 (C) 9
(D) 4
(E) 6

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18. 4 triangles are formed using 9 line 20. How many rectangles are there in the
segments of equal lengths. If 4 beads figure?
are to be put along each line
segment at equal intervals, how
many beads will there be altogether?

(A) 22
(B) 24
(C) 25
(D) 26
(A) 20 (E) 27
(B) 21
(C) 22
(D) 24
(E) 25
QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH
6 MARKS EACH
19. Javier was walking home using the 21. In Mathematics,
path indicated by the arrows.
12 = 1 × 1 = 1
120 m 22 = 2 × 2 = 4
32 = 3 × 3 = 9
…
70 m …

It is also observed that

22 = 12 + 3
What was the total distance, in
32 = 22 + 5
metres, he had covered by the time
42 = 32 + 7
he reached home?
52 = 42 + 9
(A) 70 …
(B) 95 …
(C) 120 21 = 𝑎2 + 𝑏
2

(D) 190
(E) None of the above Find the value of (𝑎 + 𝑏).

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22. The figure shows a number pattern 24. Mdm Yee has 10 apples to give to her
within an array of hexagons. In the 3 children. Each child must get at
middle, there is only one dot. There least one apple.
are 6 dots on the 1st hexagon. There
are 12 and 18 dots on the 2 nd and How many ways are there to do so?
3rd hexagons, respectively.

How many dots are there in the 49 th

hexagon? 25. Megan was walking along a straight
road. She met an oncoming car and
she asked the driver, “Did you
overtake a cyclist just now?”

“Yes, 10 minutes ago,” the driver

replied.

After walking for another 10 minutes,

Megan met the cyclist.

Given that the cyclist’s speed was

23. There are 1, 4 and 10 cubes in
Figures 1, 2 and 3, respectively.
4 times Megan’s walking speed, how
many times of Megan’s speed was the
driver’s speed?
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Fig 1

Fig 2

Fig 3

How many cubes are there altogether in

Figures 1 to 5?

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