Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad 2018: Questions
Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad 2018: Questions
Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad 2018: Questions
Questions
1. Let x denote a single digit. The tens digit in the product of 2x7 and 39 is 9. Find x.
[2 marks]
3. The circumcircle of a square ABCD has radius 10. A semicircle is drawn on AB outside the
square. Find the area of the region inside the semicircle but outside the circumcircle.
[3 marks]
5. Each edge of a cube is marked with its trisection points. Each vertex v of the cube is cut off by
a plane that passes through the three trisection points closest to v. The resulting polyhedron
has 24 vertices. How many diagonals joining pairs of these vertices lie entirely inside the
polyhedron?
[3 marks]
8. The area of triangle ABC is 300. In triangle ABC, Q is the midpoint of BC, P is a point on
AC between C and A such that CP = 3P A, R is a point on side AB such that the area of
P QR is twice the area of RBQ. Find the area of P QR.
[4 marks]
9. Prove that 38 is the largest even integer that is not the sum of two positive odd composite
numbers.
[4 marks]
10. A pair of positive integers is called compatible if one of the numbers equals the sum of all digits
in the pair and the other number equals the product of all digits in the pair. Find all pairs of
positive compatible numbers less than 100.
[5 marks]
Investigation
Find all pairs of positive compatible numbers less than 1000 with at least one number greater
than 99.
[3 bonus marks]