BBB Heat Round

Primary 4 Session 2
Section A:
1. Find the least common multiple of 35 and 49.

2. Determine the difference between the Least Common Multiple and Highest Common
Factor of 48 and 60.

3. Box A weighs 4 kg while Box B weighs 2 kg. If the total number of boxes A and B is
42 and the total weight is 118 kg, how many box As are there?

4. A 3-digit number is divided by 7 and 11 to get a remainder of 6. Determine the

maximum value of this 3-digit number.

5. Find the average of these 9 numbers.

85, 63, 29, 57, 86, 37, 91, 43, 94
6. Find the value of 3576 ÷ 24.

7. Refer to the figure below. How many triangles are there?

8. The day before yesterday was Thursday. Which day of the week will 127 days after
today be?
 9. Determine the value of 13 × 27 + 13 × 38 − 13 × 15.

10. The sum of A and B is 560. B is 19 times of A. What is the value of B?

Section B:
11. Determine the value of 144 ÷ 21 + 15 ÷ 7 + 7.

12. Refer to the figure below. How many rectangles are there that contain the two dots?

13. 𝐴 and 𝐵 are both positive integers. 𝐴 × 𝐵 = 256, and 𝐴 > 𝐵, determine the
minimum value of 𝐴 − 𝐵.

14. In an English test, 44 students got an average of 65. If we are not to include the 24
students who got 0 marks, what will be the new average?

15. Numbers are drawn from 80 integers 20 to 99. At least how many draws should be
done to ensure you have 2 numbers whose sum is 68?

16. Find the value of 11 + 14 + 17 + 20 + ⋯ + 395 + 398.

̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ is divisible by 15, what is the largest possible

17. If A 9-digit number 2023202𝐴𝐵
value of 𝐴 × 𝐵?

18. Refer to the operation given below. What is the value of 7∞4?
3∞5 = 3 + 8 + 13 + 18 + 23
4∞4 = 4 + 8 + 12 + 16
5∞2 = 5 + 10
 19. Determine the surface area of the figure below. The trapezoid is isosceles.

20. Determine the last 4 digits of 9 × 16 × 23 × … × 1059 × 1062.

Section C:
21. In a Science test, the average of 30 students is 25. If the lowest mark is 5, at most how
many students can get 50 marks?

22. If Anya goes from point A to point B and she can only go up or right, how many ways
are there?

23. Refer to the puzzle below. 𝐴, 𝐵, ̅̅̅̅

𝐴𝐵 are prime numbers. Find the value of ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 .
24. There are 45 pieces each of red, blue, and yellow rubber bands. If you draw one at
random, at least how many draws should you make to ensure you have 3 pairs of every
color?

25. Find the value of 342 − 332 + 322 − 312 + 302 − 292 + 282 − 272 .
BBB Heat Round
Primary 4 Session 2
Section A:
1. Find the least common multiple of 35 and 49.
Answer: 245
Solution:
35 = 7 × 5
49 = 7 × 7
𝐿𝐶𝑀 = 7 × 7 × 5 = 245

2. Determine the difference between the Least Common Multiple and Highest Common
Factor of 48 and 60.
Answer: 228
Solution:
48 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3
60 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5
𝐿𝐶𝑀 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 = 240
𝐻𝐶𝐹 = 2 × 2 × 3 = 12
𝐷𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 240 − 12 = 228.

3. Box A weighs 4 kg while Box B weighs 2 kg. If the total number of boxes A and B is
42 and the total weight is 118 kg, how many box As are there?
Answer: 17
Solution:
𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑥 𝐵𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 42 × 2 = 84 𝑘𝑔𝑠.
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
118 − 84 = 34 𝑘𝑔.
𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
34 ÷ 2 = 17 𝐵𝑜𝑥 𝐴𝑠.

4. A 3-digit number is divided by 7 and 11 to get a remainder of 6. Determine the

maximum value of this 3-digit number.
Answer: 930
Solution:
𝐿𝐶𝑀(7,11) = 77
999
= 12 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 75
77
77 × 12 = 924
924 + 6 = 930
5. Find the average of these 9 numbers.
85, 63, 29, 57, 86, 37, 91, 43, 94
Answer: 65
Solution:
85 + 63 + 29 + 57 + 86 + 37 + 91 + 43 + 94
𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 =
9
585
=
9
= 65

6. Find the value of 3576 ÷ 24.

Answer: 149
Solution:
3576 1788 447
= = = 149
24 12 3

7. Refer to the figure below. How many triangles are there?

Answer: 10
Solution:
 8. The day before yesterday was Thursday. Which day of the week will 127 days after
today be?
Answer: Sunday
Solution:
127
= 18 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 1
7
𝐼𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦.
𝐴 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑦.

9. Determine the value of 13 × 27 + 13 × 38 − 13 × 15.

Answer: 650
Solution:
13 × (27 + 38 − 15)
= 13 × 50
= 650

10. The sum of A and B is 560. B is 19 times of A. What is the value of B?

Answer: 532
Solution:
𝐴 + 𝐵 = 560
𝐵 = 19𝐴
𝐴 + 19𝐴 = 560
20𝐴 = 560
𝐴 = 28
𝐵 = 28 × 19
= 532

Section B:
11. Determine the value of 144 ÷ 21 + 15 ÷ 7 + 7.
Answer: 16
Solution:
144 15 7
+ +
21 7 1
144 45
= + +7
21 21
144 + 45
= +7
21
= 9 + 7 = 16
12. Refer to the figure below. How many rectangles are there that contain the two dots?

Answer: 24
Solution:

2 × 3 × 2 × 2 = 24

13. 𝐴 and 𝐵 are both positive integers. 𝐴 × 𝐵 = 256, and 𝐴 > 𝐵, determine the
minimum value of 𝐴 − 𝐵.
Answer: 24
Solution:
𝑇𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟.
256 = 2 × 128 = 4 × 64 = 8 × 32 = 16 × 16
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐴 > 𝐵, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐴 = 32 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = 8.
32 − 8 = 24

14. In an English test, 44 students got an average of 65. If we are not to include the 24
students who got 0 marks, what will be the new average?
Answer: 143
Solution:
44 × 65 = 2860
2860 ÷ (44 − 24) = 143
15. Numbers are drawn from 80 integers 20 to 99. At least how many draws should be
done to ensure you have 2 numbers whose sum is 68?
Answer: 67
Solution:
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 49 𝑡𝑜 99 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 51 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑠.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 34 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 1 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 20 𝑡𝑜 33 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 48 𝑡𝑜 35. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 14 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑠.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 51 + 1 + 14 + 1(𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒) = 67 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑠.

16. Find the value of 11 + 14 + 17 + 20 + ⋯ + 395 + 398.

Answer: 26585
Solution:
𝑠𝑢𝑚 = 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 × 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠
398 + 11 409
𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 = =
2 2
398 − 11
𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 = + 1 = 130
3
409 409 × 130
𝑠𝑢𝑚 = × 130 = = 409 × 65
2 2
= 26585

̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ is divisible by 15, what is the largest possible

17. If A 9-digit number 2023202𝐴𝐵
value of 𝐴 × 𝐵?
Answer: 40
Solution:
𝑇𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 15, 𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 5.
𝐵𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 5, 𝐵 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒 0 𝑜𝑟 5.
𝐵𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 3,
2 + 0 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 𝐴 + 𝐵 = 11 + 𝐴 + 𝐵 (𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 3)
𝐼𝑓 𝐵 = 0, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 11 + 𝐴 + 0 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 3.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐴 𝑎𝑟𝑒 1, 4, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 7.
𝐼𝑓 𝐵 = 5, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 11 + 𝐴 + 5 = 16 + 𝐴 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 3.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐴 𝑎𝑟𝑒 2, 5, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 8.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴 × 𝐵 𝑖𝑠 8 × 5 = 40.
18. Refer to the operation given below. What is the value of 7∞4?
3∞5 = 3 + 8 + 13 + 18 + 23
4∞4 = 4 + 8 + 12 + 16
5∞2 = 5 + 7
Answer: 52
Solution:
7∞4 = 7 + 11 + 15 + 19
= 52

19. Determine the surface area of the figure below. The trapezoid is isosceles.

Answer: 248
Solution:
𝑎. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑧𝑜𝑖𝑑, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒.
1
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑠 × 3 × 4 = 6. 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 2, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 12.
2
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑠 4 × 4 = 16.
𝑆𝑜, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑧𝑜𝑖𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑠 16 + 12 = 28.
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 2 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑧𝑜𝑖𝑑𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 56.

𝑏. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 (3 + 3 + 4) × 8 = 80.

𝐵𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑚, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 3𝑟𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑠
𝑐 = √32 + 42 = 5
𝑐. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑠 2 × 8 × 5 = 80.
𝑑. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑝, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑠 4 × 8 = 32.

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑖𝑠 56 + 80 + 80 + 32 = 248.

 20. Determine the last 4 digits of 9 × 16 × 23 × … × 1059 × 1062.
Answer: 0000
Solution:
𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 30, 100, 170, 240 ….
𝐵𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 30, 100, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 170, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒
𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 4 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑.

Section C:
21. In a Science test, the average of 30 students is 25. If the lowest mark is 5, at most how
many students can get 50 marks?
Answer: 13
Solution:
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 30 × 25 = 750.
750 ÷ 50 = 15. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒.
𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 14 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑡 50, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
14 × 50 + 16 × 5 = 780.
𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 13 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑡 50, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
13 × 50 + 17 × 5 = 735.
735 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 13.
22. If Anya goes from point A to point B and she can only go up or right, how many ways
are there?

Answer: 14
Solution:

23. Refer to the puzzle below. 𝐴, 𝐵, ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ .

𝐴𝐵 are prime numbers. Find the value of 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷

Answer: 3725
Solution:
𝐷 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 5.
𝐵 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 5 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢′ 𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑎 4 − 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡.
𝐼𝑓 𝐵 = 7, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 7 𝑎𝑟𝑒 17, 37, ….
𝑇𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 17 × 75, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 1275.
𝑇𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 37 × 75 = 2775.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝐴 = 3, 𝐵 = 7, 𝐶 = 2, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷 = 5.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 𝑖𝑠 3725.
24. There are 45 pieces each of red, blue, and yellow rubber bands. If you draw one at
random, at least how many draws should you make to ensure you have 3 pairs of every
color?
Answer: 96
Solution:
𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
45 × 2 + 6 = 96 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑠.

25. Find the value of 342 − 332 + 322 − 312 + 302 − 292 + 282 − 272 .
Answer: 244
Solution:
(34 + 33) × (34 − 33) + (32 + 31) × (32 − 31)
+(30 + 29) × (30 − 29) + (28 + 27) × (28 − 27)
= 34 + 33 + 32 + 31 + 30 + 29 + 28 + 27
= 244