Arithmetic and Number Theory

1. Anurak selects numbers with exactly two divisors. Which of the following
numbers did he select?

A. 9604 B. 1183 C. 2941 D. 1459

Answer: D
Solution:
1459 = 1x1459

1459 is the only prime number in the choices. Prime numbers have exactly two
divisors

2. Which of the following rational expressions has the greatest value?

4+8𝑥5 1.25 2 5
A. B. C. D.
50 20 3.14 0.002

Answer: D
Solution: D

4+8𝑥5 44 20
= 50 =
50 25

−2( 3−6+2) 2
= =2
32 −23 1

2
≈2
3.14

5
= 2500
0.002

3. There are number cards inside the Takr̂ā (basket). How many are cube
numbers?

625 21904
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
5
521
3
ξ729
Answer: A 575
ξ256
Solution

625/5 = 125
521  exponent can be divided by 3 thus it’s a cube number
ξ729 =9
3

21904 = 1482
ξ256 =28

4. Solve: (234 x 234 + 234 x 132 + 66 x 66) ÷ 300

A. 168 B. 200 C. 300 D.366

Answer: C

Solution:

(234 + 66)2 ÷ (234 + 36) = 234 + 66 = 300

5. How many numbers from 1 to the least common multiple of 4199 and 10 013
are divisible by 323?

A. 13x23 B. 13 x 17 C. 17x19 D. 13x31

Answer: D

Solution:

17 x 19 x 13 x 31/ 17x19 = 273

6. What is the remainder when 625x3 + 25x2 – 35x + 2 is divided by 5x - 1?

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

Answer: B

Solution:
5x-1 = 0, x = 1/5

625(1/5)3 + 25 (1/5)2 -35 (1/5) + 2 = 5 +1 -7 +2

7. The minimum value of x in Ax2 + Bx + 4 = 0 is ½ . What is A+B?

A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3

Answer: A
Solution:

-B/2A = ½

B=-1
A=1

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8. Operation ¤ is defined as ( a ¤ b ) = a + b . What is ( ) ¤ ( ) if and s and t are
𝑠 𝑡
roots of the equation 2x2 + 3x + 1 = 0?

A. -2 B. -3 C. 0 D. 1

Answer: B
Solution:
(1/s) ¤ (1/t) = (s+t)/st = (-3/2) / ½ = -3

9. If the remote interior angles of a triangle are each increased by 14 degrees,

by how much would the exterior angle of the triangle changed?

A. 7° B. 14° C. 28° D. 56°

Solution:

14 x 2 = 28 degrees

10. The volume of a cube is 2197 cm 3. What is its total surface area?

A. 676 B. 845 C. 1014 D. 1350

Answer: C
Solution:

13 x 13 x 13 = 2197

Surface Area is 6 x 13 x 13 = 1014

11. The supplement of an angle is 60 more than twice its complement. What is
the measure of the angle?

A. 20° B. 30° C. 45° D. 60°

Answer: D
Solution:

180 – x = 60 + 180 – 2x
x = 60

12. In the figure shown below, line m is parallel to line n. Segments AD and CB
meet at a right angle. If the measure of angles EBC and ACF are 150° and
110°, respectively, what is the measure of angle CAD?

A B m
E

n
F C D

A. 50° B. 60° C. 75° D. 80°

Answer: A

Solution:

CBA = BCD = 180 – 150 = 30

ACD = 180 - 110 = 70
ACB = 70 - 30 = 40
CAD= 90 - 40 = 50
13. The area of the rectangle is (xy + 3x -2y – 6) cm 2. What is its perimeter if the
length is (y+3) cm.

A. x + y + 2 B. 2x + 2y + 1 C. 2x + y + 2 D. 2x + 2y + 2

Answer: D

Solution:

(y+3)(x-2) = xy + 3x -2y – 6

Width is x-2

Perimeter: 2 (x-2 + y+3) = 2 (x + y + 1) = 2x + 2y + 2

14. The opposite points of the square have coordinates (1, 3) and (- 2, -1). What
is the area of the square?

A. 10.5 B. 11 C. 12.5 D. 13

Answer: C

Solution:
Diagonal = 5
Area = 25/2 =12.5

15. There are three straight ways in going home from school. There is also
another route where you should pass through the museum with 3 entrance
and 2 exit doors. How many ways can you go home from school?

A. 10 B. 9 C. 7 D. 6

Answer: B
Solution:
3+3x2=9

16. There are 7 wooden spoon, 12 stainless spoon, 6 wooden fork and 13
stainless fork in the container. Aranya would like to get a pair of stainless
spoon and fork, and a pair of wooden spoon and fork. At least how many
spoon and forks will he get to ensure that he can get what she wants?
 A. 33 B. 32 C. 25 D. 5

Answer: A

Solution:

12 + 13 + 7+ 1 = 33

17. Kaeo is a collector of Harry Potter books. She collected 3 books of the
Sorcerer’s stone, 2 books of The Chamber of Secrets, and 2 books of The
Prisoner of Azkaban. How many ways can she arrange these books on the
shelf?

A. 350 B. 420 C. 440 D. 540

Answer: B

Solution:
7!/2!2!3! = 7 x 6 x 5 x 4/4 = 420

18. Four children Ara, Bena, Calla, and Dara are playing the Wngklm game. The
rule is to walk around the three black and three red chairs arranged in
circular manner while the music plays. The red chairs should not be seated
on. When the music stops, the players must sit on the black chairs but one of
them who couldn’t sit will be eliminated and one black chair will be
removed. In the first round, Ara got eliminated and a black chair was
removed. In the second round, Bena got eliminated and another black
chair was removed. On the next round, Calla got eliminated and Dana was
declared the winner. How many arrangements were there from the first
round until Dana was declared the winner?

A. 33 B. 12 C. 9 D. 6
 Answer: C
Solution:

3! + 2! + 1 = 9

19. Preeda, Paithoon, Chakrii, and Malii provided the following information. Who
among them is the manager?

Preeda: I am older than the chef but younger than the teacher.
Paithoon: I almost got a teaching degree but opted to do culinary works.
Chakraii: I am as old as the manager but older than the chef.
Malii: I am always early in my Calculus class.

A. Preeda B. Paithoon C. Chakraii D. Malii

Answer: A
Solution:
Manager chef cashier teacher
P / x x
Pa / x
C x x /
M /

20. The letters in SIMSO MATH represents a digit from 0 to 9. Each letter
represents a distinct digit. All the digits of SIMSO are even and MATH is a
prime number. If SSTMT = 88323, what does the number MATH represent?

SI MSO
+ MAT H
S S TMT
A. 2039 B. 2739 C. 2731 D. 2039
Answer: A
Solution:
86284
+ 2039
88323

21. The number cards below show the number of squares that can be seen at
the top, front, and side view of a figure. How does the figure look like given
the number cards below?
top front side

7 10 7
A. B. C. D.

Answer: C

22. What number represents the letter R in the table below?

3 0
4 2
5 5
6 9
20 R

A. 14 B. 18 C. 25 D. 100

Answer: D

Solution:

Diagonals of a polygon

20 (17)/2 = 170
23. What is the next figure in the pattern below?

A. B. C. D.

Answer: B

Solution:

Blue triangle reflects counterclockwise from 1 reflection to 4 reflections

The shape occupied by the blue triangle will replace the space left by blue
triangle. Then the rest of the shape will interchange position.

24. Kasem has 2 ropes with lengths 2 meters and 3 meters. He wanted to cut
each with equal integral lengths. Which of the following number of pieces
could he not get?

A. 5 B. 9 C. 20 D. 25

Answer: C

Solution:

By 1 m: 2 + 3 = 5
By 25 cm: 8 + 12 = 20
By 20 cm = 10 + 15 =25
By 40 cm = 125

25. The word TOOTH has a vertical axis of symmetry when written vertically as
shown below. How many words in the sentence below have vertical axis of
symmetry if they will be written vertically?

“PRACTICE MORE WITH SIMSO MATH. IT IS EASY T

AND WORTH THE WAIT.”
O
A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 5 O
Answer: C T
Solution:
H
WITH, MATH, IT, WAIT

PART II

1. 20 100 000 has five terminal zeroes. How many terminal zeroes are there in
the standard form of 2022!?

Answer: 503
Solution:

2022/5 =404
404/5=80
80/5 = 16
16/5 =3
404 + 80 + 16 + 3 = 503
Alternative solution:
2022/5 + 2022/25 + 2022/125 + 2022/625 =404 + 80+16+3 = 503

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2. What is the value of a - b if ξ𝑎 + ξ𝑏 = 2 ?
1
ξ3−ξ2
Answer: 8
Solution:
 2
= 2 ( ξ3 + ξ2) = ξ12 + ξ8
ξ3−ξ2
Thus, a – b = 12 – 4 = 8

3. What is the sum of the blue angles of the triangle whose sides are 11, 60, and
61 units?

Answer: 270
Solution:

180+ 180 – 90 = 270

4. Bunwa washes three colored shirts (red, blue, and yellow) and 3 identical
white shirts. She wanted to hang it on the laundry hanger below such that all
white clothes will be together but could not be placed in between colored
shirts. How many ways can she do it?

Answer: 12
Solution:

3! x 2 =12

5. Looping numbers are numbers with repeated digits in between two other
digits. The numbers 3005 and 45554 are looping numbers. How many 4-digit
looping numbers are there in all?

Answer: 729
Solution:

With different first and last digit

With 0 in between 9 x 1 x 9=81

Nonzero in between 8 x 9 x 9 = 648
Total: 729