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2015'SOLUTIONS
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Australian Mathematics Competition
sponsored by the CommonwealthBank +
mar Questions — Intermediate Division
1. What is the area of this triangle in square
centimetres? 2em
(Alo (12 (uw M7 6
12em
2. A movie lasts for 2h hours. The movie is shown in two equal sessions.
For how many minutes does each session last?
(A) 85 (B) 70 (C) 80 (D) 65 () 75
3. IEp=11 and q = —4, then p? — q? equals
(A) 105 (B) 137 (0) 117 (D) 115 () 4
4, 2015 — 20.15 equals
(A) 1984.85 (B) 1995.15 (C) 1994.85 (D) 1995.85 (E) 2035.15
5. What is the value of 2015 twenty-cent coins?
(A) $2015 (B) $107.50 (©) 817.50 (D) $403 (B) $43
6. Ana, Ben, Con, Dan and Eve are sitting around a ta-
ble in that order. Ana calls out the number 1, then (Ana
Ben calls out the number 2, then Con calls out the
number 3, and so on. After a person calls out a num-
ber, the next person around the table calls out the \Ben
next number, yy’
Anyone who calls out a multiple of 7 must immediately
leave the table.
‘Who is the last person remaining at the table? Dan Con }
(A) Ane (B) Ben (C) Con ~
(D) Dan (BE) Eve
7. Ona farm the ratio of horses to cows is 3: 2 and the ratio of cows to goats is 4: 3
‘The ratio of goats to horses is
(A) 5:7 (B)3:8 (C)3:5 (D) 5:18 (BE) 1:2
2018 AMC ~ Intermediate Questions 8.
10.
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12.
‘Warren the window washer starts on the 38th floor of a building that has 12 windows
per floor. He washes all of the windows on each floor before moving down to the floor
below. Which floor is Warren on after he has washed 141 windows?
(A) 25th (B) 24th (©) 28¢h {D) 27th (B) 26th
A packet of lollies contains 5 blue lollies, 15 yellow lollies and some red lollies.
One-third of the lollies are red. What fraction of the lollies are yellow?
(a) 3 @3 4 3 ©)
‘The diagram shows two small squares in opposite corners of
a large square. The squares have sides of length 1cm, 2cm
and 7cm.
‘What is the area of the shaded pentagon?
(A) 18cm? (B) 16cm? (C) 22cm?
(D) 24cm? (E) 20cm?
Jenna measures three sides of a rectangle and gets a total of 80 cm. Dylan measures
three sides of the same rectangle and gets a total of 88cm. What is the perimeter of
the rectangle?
(A) 12cm (B) 12cm (©) 96cm (D) 168cm (B) 156em
‘A bar-tailed godwit was recorded by satellite tag in 2007 to
have flown 11500a in eight days.
On average, approximately how many kilometres per hour
is that?
(A) 120 (B)6 (C)1 (D) 24 () 60
2015 AMC ~ Intermediate Questions 13. A cube has the letters A, C, M, T, H and $ on its six faces. Here are two views of
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Which one of the following could be a third view of the same cube?
A) (B) Oo (©) (D) (E)
Me We NS We 8D
14. Two ordinary dice are rolled. The two resulting numbers are multiplied together to
create a score. The probability of rolling a score that is a multiple of six is
wi Bp ©} 5 ©)
15. The diagram shows part of a tiled floor.
The tiles are all squares, of seven different
sizes. The smallest tile is lem x lcm and
the next smallest is 3cm x 3cm.
What is the distance XY?
(A) V3d6cem (B) 19m ¥ |
(6) V365em (D) V87Fem
(E) 20cm |x| |
16. How many three-digit numbers have no two digits the same?
(A) 764 (B) 900 (C) 648 (D) 520 (B) 480
17. The diagram shows two weightless balance beams.
Bach tips as a result of an imbalance in the hanging ry
weights. Each weight has mass X kg, Y kg or Zkg, as
