SASMO 2017, Secondary 2 (Grade 8) Contest

SASMO 2017 Secondary 2/Grade 8 Contest

Question 1 - Answer C
Calculate the value of
39 × 15 + 20 × 17 + 20 × 18 + 35 × 19.

A. 1560
B. 1600
C. 1950
D. 2000
E. None of the above

Question 2 - Answer E
If x is a positive number, then which of the following is NOT always true?

A. x 0 = 1
B. √x > 0
1
C. x + ≠ 0
x
D. x 6 > 0
E. x 4 > x 2

Question 3 - Answer D
The number 2019 is the sum of two prime numbers. What is the larger prime
number?

A. 1867
B. 1949
C. 1979
D. 2017
E. None of the above

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Question 4 - Answer C
Find the next number in the sequence below.
1, 5, 21, 57, 121, …

A. 185
B. 202
C. 221
D. 256
E. None of the above

Question 5 - Answer C
The “Fibonacci sequence” is a series of numbers where a number is obtained by
adding up the two previous terms before it. Starting the series with two 1’s, we
get the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ….
Which of the following terms is an even number?

A. 55th
B. 56th
C. 57th
D. 58th
E. 59th

Question 6 - Answer A
It is given that 𝑛! = 𝑛 × (𝑛 − 1) × (𝑛 − 2) × … × 3 × 2 × 1. For example, 4! =
4 × 3 × 2 × 1. Find the remainder when 1! + 2! + 3! + ⋯ + 10! is divided by 20.

A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16
E. None of the above

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Question 7 - Answer B
The vertices A, B and C of the triangle below are on the circumference of the
circle. Point O is the centre of the circle and ∠BCA = 300 . If the radius of circle
is 1 cm and BC = √3 cm, find the area of triangle ABC in cm2 .

A. √3
√3
B. 2
C. 1
D. 2√3
E. Not enough information

Question 8 - Answer A
The operator ☼ acts on two numbers to give the following results:
2 ☼ 11 = 30
3 ☼ 10 = 36
5 ☼ 8 = 42
8 ☼ 9 = 72
Find the value of 20 ☼ 17.

A. 336
B. 342
C. 352
D. 378
E. None of the above

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Question 9 - Answer A
Ben travels from his house to Sports Hall every Saturday. One Saturday, instead
of walking at his usual speed, he decided to walk slower at 1.2 m/s and arrived
at the destination 250 seconds later than his usual arrival time. The next
Saturday, he jogged at 3 m/s and arrived at the place 500 seconds earlier than
his usual arrival time. What is Ben’s usual walking speed?

A. 1.5 m/s
B. 1.8 m/s
C. 2.1 m/s
D. 2.4 m/s
E. None of the above

Question 10 - Answer E
Which of the following has the largest value?

3
A. 7
5
B. 11
6
C. 13
8
D.
17
9
E. 19

Question 11 - Answer D
Given that a > b > c, which of the following is equal to
√(c − 2a + b)2 + √(b − a)2 + √(c − a)2 + √(c − b)3 ?
3

A. 3c − 4a + b
B. 4a − b − 3c
C. c−b
D. 4a − 3b − c
E. 4a − b − 3c

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Question 12 - Answer C
How many numbers do appear in both sequences below?
9, 14, 19, 24, … , 494, 499
9, 16, 23, 30, … , 492, 499

A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16
E. 17

Question 13- Answer D

Of the 150 students, 120 have Facebook accounts, 75 have Instagram accounts
and 50 have Snapchat accounts. What is the maximum number of students
who have no accounts in these 3 social media websites?

A. 1
B. 5
C. 15
D. 30
E. 95

Question 14 - Answer E
Amy, Betty, Cathy, Denny and Eddy are confused about today’s day of the
week.
• Amy: “All I know is that yesterday was not Friday.”
• Betty: “Tomorrow is Tuesday.”
• Cathy: “No, today is Tuesday.”
• Denny: “The day after tomorrow is Tuesday.”
• Eddy: “Today is not Sunday, not Monday and not Tuesday.”
If only one of them is correct, which day is today?

A. Wednesday
B. Thursday
C. Tuesday
D. Sunday
E. Saturday

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Question 15 - Answer C
Only 2 out of the 4 figures below will form a 3 by 3 cube
as shown on the right. Which 2 figures can form a 3 by 3
cube?

P. Q

R. S.

A. (P and Q)
B. (P and R)
C. (P and S)
D. (Q and R)
E. (Q and S)

Question 16 - Answer 1110

Find the smallest positive multiple of 15 which consists of the digits 1 and 0
only?

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Question 17 - Answer 49
How many zeros are there in the quotient of (10100 − 1) ÷ 11?

Question 18 - Answer 13
The integers from 1 to 100 are written down on the whiteboard. Richard
underlined all numbers divisible by 3, then all numbers divisible by 5, and then
all numbers divisible by 9. How many numbers are underlined exactly twice?

Question 19 - Answer 2875

In the following, all the different letters stand for different digits.
Y A Y
X 5
P L A Y

What is the value of the four-digit number “PLAY”?

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Question 20 - Answer 200

The bar chart below shows the number of smartphones sold in Town A in the
second half of year 2016. For example, 1400 smartphones were sold in
September. Starting from August, the number of smartphones sold in each
month is equal to the average number of smartphones sold in the previous
month and in the following month. How many smartphones were sold in July,
2016?
32

Number
of smartphone
14
(in Hundreds)

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Month

Question 21 - Answer 2034

Find the sum of the digits of 𝐴, where
A = 9 + 99 + 999 + 9999 + ⋯ + ⏟
999 … 999.
2017 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑠

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Question 22 - Answer 1984

Find the integer A if only 2 statements below are true and one statement is
false.
1) 𝐴 + 41 is a perfect square
2) The last digit of A is 1.
3) 𝐴 − 48 is a perfect square.

Question 23 - Answer 1215

Nash is creating 6-letter words using the letters from the word ‘CODE’. He
needs to use exactly two C’s to form such words (Examples are CDECEO and
ECECEE). How many different 6-letter words can Nash form?

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Question 24 - Answer 750

In quadrilateral ABCD, BC = 10√3 cm and CD = 20 cm. It is given that
∠ADC = ∠ABC = 900 and ∠BCD = 5 × ∠DAB. If the area of quadrilateral ABCD
is 𝑚√3 cm2 , what is the value of 𝑚?

Question 25 - Answer 96
How many rectangles are there in the figure below?

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