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MATHEMATICAL
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OLYMPIAD
TRAINING BOOK
LEVEL 3
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(9–10 years)
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Name:

Class:

Terry Chew
Master trainer at Terry Chew Academy
and Co-Founder/Academic Director of
Mathematical Olympiad Training Book Level 3

First Edition 2019

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1. Are you able to trace the figure below
without lifting your fingers off the paper?
You are not allowed to trace any line
segments more than once.
5. Among William, Sarah and Hayden, only
one of them watched the movie ‘Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’. When
Jane asked the three friends about the
movie, they gave her the following answers.
William: Sarah watched the movie already.
Sarah: I haven’t got a chance to watch it.
Hayden: Maybe I will watch it next week.
Only one of them told the truth. Who had

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watched the movie?
Tick the boxes below for each scenario to
figure out the answer.
2. Draw the next pattern.
If William had watched the movie,
Lie Truth

3. It takes 5 minutes to fry a pancake. One

side of the pancake takes 3 minutes to fry
and the other side takes only 2 minutes.
PL ? William
Sarah
Hayden

If Sarah had watched the movie,

William
Sarah
Lie Truth

Two pancakes can be placed on the frying

pan at a time. What is the shortest time Hayden
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needed to fry five pancakes? If Hayden had watched the movie,
Lie Truth
William

4. How many different ways are there for Sarah

Eton to go to the library if he can only take Hayden
the routes indicated by the arrows?
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6. Compute each of the following using a

Eton
simple method.

(a) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ··· + 9 + 10

library (b) 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15

(c) 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 + 12 + 14 + 16

(d) 11 + 12 + 13 + ··· + 19 + 20

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7. Are you able to trace the figure below
without lifting your fingers off the paper?
You are not allowed to trace any line
segments more than once.
11. The prince has hidden the princess’
diamond ring in one of the three jewellery
boxes. Each box is labelled as follows:
Box A: The ring is not in here.
Box B: This box is empty.
Box C: The ring is in Box A.
Only one jewellery box has the correct
label. Help the princess to find the ring.
Tick the boxes for each scenario below

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to figure out the answer.
If the ring is in A,
Right Wrong
8. Draw the missing pattern in the box below.
A

9. All the Primary 3 students at Russels

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C

If the ring is in B,

A
B
C
Right Wrong

Primary School subscribe to at least one If the ring is in C,

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magazine. Right Wrong
150 students subscribe to Wildlife. A
208 students subscribe to A-Star Maths. B
88 students subscribe to both magazines. C
How many Primary 3 students are there at
Russels Primary School?
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12. Compute each of the following using a

simple method.
10. In the figure below, each letter is connected
to another by a straight line. How many (a) 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + 13 + 16 + 19
different ways are there to form the word
“FORTUNE”? Each straight line must (b) 2 + 5 + 8 + 11 + 14 + 17 + 20
connect two letters.
T (c) 1 + 5 + 9 + 13 + 17 + 21 + 25 + 29
R U
O T N (d) 2 + 6 + 10 + 14 + 18 + 22 + 26 + 30
F R U E
O T N
R U
T

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13. Is it possible to trace the figure below
without lifting your fingers off the paper?
You are not allowed to trace any line
segments more than once.
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14. Draw the missing pattern in the box below.
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15. Lina’s grandmother rears a hen that lays
an egg every day. She then cooks 2 eggs
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for Lina every morning. On 1st May, her
grandmother has 20 eggs. How long can
the eggs last them?
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16. How many different ways are there for
the car to travel to the city?
Assume the car can only travel south or
east.
city
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17. Alice, Beatrice and Charlene were born in
Canada, Korea and Thailand, but not in
that order.
Alice has never been to Canada.
Beatrice was not born in Canada, and
neither was she born in Thailand.
Find their places of birth. Tick the boxes
below to figure out the answer.
Canada Korea Thailand
Alice
Beatrice
Charlene
18. Compute each of the following using a
simple method.
(a) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ··· + 19 + 20
(b) 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ··· + 17 + 19
(c) 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + ··· + 18 + 20
(d) 21 + 22 + 23 + 24 + ··· + 39 + 40
19. Is it possible to trace the figure below
without lifting your fingers off the paper?
You are not allowed to trace any line
segments more than once.
20. What is the missing number? 24. Compute each of the following using a
simple method.

1234 5678 1441 (a) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ··· + 49 + 50

(b) 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + ··· + 48 + 50
1478 1241 5612
(c) 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + ··· + 47 + 49
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25. A rat is trapped in a small maze. Help the
rat to find its way. It must pass through
21. Wilfred bought a terrier at a price of $200.
each door exactly once.
He then sold it for $250. He later bought
it back at a price of $280 and then sold it
for $330. How much did Wilfred make in
all?

22. In the figure below, each letter is connected

to another by a straight line. How many
different ways are there to form the word
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“COMPUTE”? Each straight line must
26. What is the next pattern?
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connect two letters.
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P  
M U  

O P T
C M U E ?
O P T
M U
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27. Alicia took 5 days to finish reading a book.
Her sister took 8 days to finish reading the
same book. If Alicia were to read 15 pages
more than her sister every day, what was
23. Each of three boxes contains either two
the total number of pages in the book?
red, one blue and one red, or two blue
balls. The following shows the labels on
the three boxes.
Box A: Two red balls
Box B: Two blue balls
Box C: One blue and one red balls
All the boxes have been wrongly labelled.
George is able to re-label the boxes correctly
by picking a ball from one of the boxes.
Explain how George is able to do that.
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1. Yes. The following answers are two examples of (b) 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15
how it can be done.
1 6 5 6 There are 4 pairs of 16.
4 × 16 = 64
4 3 2 3
(c) 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 + 12 + 14 + 16
2 5 4 1

2. There are 4 pairs of 18.

4 × 18 = 72
(d) 11+12+13+14+15+16+17+18+19+20

3. Accept other correct answers.
There are 5 pairs of 31.
Let the five pancakes be A, B, C, D and E and the two
5 × 31 = 155
sides of each pancake be 1 and 2 respectively.
Side 1 of A, Side 1 of B  3 minutes 7. Yes. The following answers are two examples of

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Side 2 of A, Side 2 of B  2 minutes how it can be done.
(A and B are done)
Side 1 of C, Side 1 of D  3 minutes 1 1
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(Remove C) 2
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Side 2 of E, Side 2 of D  2 minutes
(D is done) 2 4 6 8 5 4 3 8

4.
Side 1 of E, Side 2 of C  2 minutes
(C is done)
Side 1 of E  1 minute
3 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 1 = 13
The shortest time needed to fry all five pancakes
is 13 minutes.
Eton

1 2
1 1

3
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9.
3

150
7

3+1=4

4+2=6

5+3=8
6 7

88
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208
1 3 6
library ?
As 88 has been counted twice,
There are 6 different ways for Eton to go to the
(150 + 208) – 88 = 270
library.
There are 270 Primary 3 students at Russels
5. If William watched the movie, Primary School.
Lie Truth
10. 1
William P T
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1
Sarah P R U
4
1 O T N
3 10
Hayden P
F R U E
2 6 20
If Sarah watched the movie, O T N
3 10
1
Lie Truth
1
R U
4
William P 1 T
Sarah P There are 20 different ways to form the word
Hayden P "FORTUNE".
If Hayden watched the movie,
Lie Truth
11. If the ring is in A,
William P Right Wrong
Sarah P A P
Hayden P B P
C P
Since only one of them told the truth, the third
table shows that Hayden had watched the movie. If the ring is in B,
Right Wrong
6. (a) 1+ 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 A P
B P
C P
There are 5 pairs of 11.
5 × 11 = 55
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