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泰國國際數學競賽 2018（香港賽區）
THAILAND INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL
OLYMPIAD 2018 (INDIA REGION)

Secondary 1
Time allowed: 90 minutes

Question Paper
Instructions to Contestants:

1. Each contestant should have ONE Question-Answer Book which CANNOT be taken away.
2. There are 5 exam areas and 5 questions in each exam area. There is a total of 25 questions in this
Question-Answer Book. Each carry 4 marks. Total score is 100 marks. No points are deducted for
incorrect answers.
3. All answers should be written on ANSWER SHEET.
4. Write down the answer in the simplest form. If the calculation result is a fraction, please write down the
answer as a proper or mixed fraction, decimal figure is also accepted. Marks will NOT be given for
incorrect unit.

5. NO calculators can be used during the contest.

6. All figures in the paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
7. This Question-Answer Book will be collected at the end of the contest.

THIS Question-Answer Book CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY.

DO NOT turn over this Question-Answer Book without approval of the examiner.
Otherwise, contestant may be DISQUALIFIED.
All answers should be written on the ANSWER SHEET.

Rough Work

Write down the answer in the simplest form. If the calculation result is a fraction, please write down the answer as a proper or mixed fraction,
decimal figure is also accepted. Marks will NOT be given for incorrect unit.
All answers should be written on the ANSWER SHEET.

Open-Ended Questions (1st ~25th) (4 points for correct answer, no penalty point for wrong answer)

Logical Thinking

1. There are 5 pieces of white chopsticks, 7 pieces of yellow chopsticks and 9 pieces of blue chopsticks
mixed together. If you want to get 3 pairs of chopsticks of same colour in the dark, at least how many
pieces of chopsticks are needed to be taken?

2. Robert goes east for 21km, then goes south for 28km. How far is he now from the original position?

3. Given that A : B = 3 : 7 , B : C = 5 :11 , C : D = 2 : 3 and A + B + C + D = 970 . What is the value of B?

4. Find the average of the following 10 numbers.

2015、2026、2006、2005、2018、1989、2046、2039、2007、2029

5. There are some chickens and rabbits in a cage. The number of chickens is five times as the number of
rabbits. The total legs of chicken’s are 78 more than that of rabbits. How many rabbit(s) is / are there?

Algebra

6. Find the value of x if (3x + 4) + (4 x − 18) = 0 .

7. Given x + 2 + ( y − 3) 2 = 0 , find the value of

.

8. How many negative integral solution(s) is / are there for x if 7 x + 24  −27 ?

9. Given a and b are positive real numbers and satisfy equations a 2 − b2 = 96 and a + b = 12 , find the
value of a − b .

10. Factorize x 2 − 8 x + 12 .

Number Theory

11. Find the sum of all positive factors of 1014.

1 1
12. Given x  0 and x + = 5 , find the value of x 2 + 2 .
x x

13. Find the last digit of A if A = 1 + 4 + 9 + 16 + 25 + ... + 529 + 576 + 625 .

14. When a 4-digit number is divided by 4, 6 or 8, the remainder is 3. What is the smallest possible value of
that 4-digit number?

3
15. It is known that x is rational, x  0 and x = 2 + . Find the value of x.
3
2+
2 + ...

Write down the answer in the simplest form. If the calculation result is a fraction, please write down the answer as a proper or mixed fraction,
decimal figure is also accepted. Marks will NOT be given for incorrect unit.
All answers should be written on the ANSWER SHEET.

Rough Work

Write down the answer in the simplest form. If the calculation result is a fraction, please write down the answer as a proper or mixed fraction,
decimal figure is also accepted. Marks will NOT be given for incorrect unit.
All answers should be written on the ANSWER SHEET.

Geometry

16. E and F are the mid-points of AB and BC respectively. The area of parallelogram ABCD is 240. Find the
area of DEF .
A D

B F C

Question 16

17. M (−5, −5) is the mid-point of A(−3,1) and B( x, y) . Find the value of x + y .

18. Little cubes with side length 1cm are combined according to the pattern shown below, if there are 19
layers, find the surface area.

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Question 18

19. The hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is 20, find the maximum area of the triangle.

20. If the radius of a circle is 77 and the circumference of a circle is the same as the area of a square, find the
22
side length of the square. (Take  = )
7

Combinatorics

21. There are 3 identical Chinese books and 4 identical Mathematics books on a bookshelf. How many
different arrangement(s) is / are there?
22. How many 3-digits even number(s) with distinct digits is / are there?

23. Choose 3 digits, without repetition, from 2, 3, 6, 8, 4, 9 to construct 3-digit numbers. Of these 3-digit
numbers, how many of them are divisible by 9?

24. Numbers are drawn from the 2018 integers 1 to 2018. At least how many numbers are drawn at random
to ensure that there are two numbers whose difference is 104?

25. When do the hour hand and the minute hand form a straight line for the earliest case between 10pm and
11pm?

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Write down the answer in the simplest form. If the calculation result is a fraction, please write down the answer as a proper or mixed fraction,
decimal figure is also accepted. Marks will NOT be given for incorrect unit.