Hwa Chong Institution SMOPS 14th April 2012

Asia Pacific Mathematical Olympiad

for Primary Schools 2012

First Round
2 hours
(150 marks)

1. Find the value of 29999 + 2999 + 299 + 29 + 9.

(SMOPS 2012 Q.1)

2. ABCD is a parallelogram. P, Q, R and S are the midpoints of the 4 sides of the

parallelogram. If the area of the shaded region is 20cm2, find the area of the
parallelogram ABCD.
A P B

S Q

D R C

(SMOPS 2012 Q.2)

3. Jane added up all the digits of the whole number

3×3× 3×…3
⏟
𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 2012 𝑜𝑓 3′𝑠

and obtained a new number n1. She then added up all the digits of n1 and
obtained another number n2. She continued doing this until she obtained a
single digit number. Find the value of this number.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.3)

4. The diagram shows 3 circles. The circumference of the smallest circle passes
through the centre of the middle circle and the circumference of the middle
circle passes through the centre of the largest circle. Find the ratio of the
shaded area to the unshaded area.

(SMOPS 2012 Q.4)

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5. The product of 4 consecutive whole numbers is 5040. Find the value of the
smallest number.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.5)

6. The diagram shows 3 circles with centres P, Q and R respectively. Each circle
has a point of contact with the other circles. If PQ = 35cm, QR = 36cm, and
PR = 37cm, find the radius of the circle with centre R.

Q R

(SMOPS 2012 Q.6)

7. 12! is equal to
(1) 479001600
(2) 479000610
(3) 479000160
(4) 479000061
(5) 479000016
[Note: n! = (n) × (n−1) × (n−2) × ... × 3 × 2 × 1, for example 5! = 5× 4 ×
3 × 2 × 1. ]
(SMOPS 2012 Q.7)

8. Only 1 of the 3 boys Abel, Ben and Cain can swim. Abel says, “I can swim.”
Ben says, “I cannot swim.” Cain says, “Abel cannot swim.” Only 1 boy is
telling the truth. Who can swim?
(SMOPS 2012 Q.8)

9. 10 boys received their test papers. The test paper has a maximum score of 10.
Each boy added the scores of the other 9 boys. If the 10 totals obtained are 66,
66, 67, 67, 68, 68, 69, 70, 71 and 72, find the lowest score.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.9)

10. In the diagram, D and E are the mid-points of AB and AC respectively. BE cuts
CD at F. If the area of the 4-sided figure ADFE is 256cm2, find the area of the
triangle ABE.
A

E
D
F C
B
(SMOPS 2012 Q.10)

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11. A circle with centre O passes through points A and B as shown. If the circle
has a radius of 5 cm and angle AOB is 120°, find the radius of another circle
that passes through points O, A and B.

B
A

(SMOPS 2012 Q.11)

12. A line can divide a plane into a maximum of 2 regions. 2 lines can divide a
plane into a maximum of 4 regions. Find the number of regions that 5 lines
can divide a plane into.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.12)

13. Find the value of

1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 98 99 100
+ + + + + + + + + +⋯+ + + + ⋯+ + + .
1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 100 100 100 100 100 100

(SMOPS 2012 Q.13)

14. Trains A and B are travelling towards each other at 48 km/h. In train A, Jane
notices that it takes 6 seconds for train B to pass her. Find the length of train B
in metres.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.14)

15. Find the largest whole number smaller than

1
1 1 1 1
+ +⋯+ +
101 102 109 110
(SMOPS 2012 Q.15)

16. Find the largest whole number k such that ⏟

12 × 12 × 12 ⋯ × 12 > ⏟
𝑘 × 𝑘 × 𝑘 ⋯ × 𝑘.
50 75

(SMOPS 2012 Q.16)

17. Jane was given a sum of money for her 10 day trip. At the end of day 1, she
1 1
spent of the money. At the end of day 2, she spent of the remaining sum.
10 9
1 1
At the end of day 3, she spent ⋯. At the end of day 9, she spent of the
8 2
remaining sum and has $99 left. How much money did she have at the
beginning?
(SMOPS 2012 Q.17)

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18. 4 classes, A, B, C and D each has less than 50 students and the average number
of students is 46. Class A and class B differ in number of students by 4, class B
and class C by 3, and class C and class D by 2. If class A has the most
numbers of students, find the number of students in A.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.18)

19. The diagram shows a figure comprising 4 regions. 4 different colours are used
at most to colour the figure such that each region is coloured by only 1 colour
and regions adjacent to each other cannot have the same colour. Find the
number of different ways to colour the figure.

(SMOPS 2012 Q.19)

20. The figure consists of 3 squares and a triangle. Find the sum of angles x, y and
z in degrees.

(SMOPS 2012 Q.20)

21. In the diagram, AD = 6 cm, BC = 2cm, angle ABC = angle ADC = 90° and
angle BCD = 135°. Find the area of the 4-sided figure ABCD in cm2.
B

D A
(SMOPS 2012 Q.21)

22. A bus was scheduled to travel from Town A to Town B at a constant speed of
x km/h. If the speed of the bus increased by 20%, it could arrive at Town B
two hours ahead of schedule. If the bus travelled the first 240 km at x km/h
and then the speed decreased to 80%, it could arrive at Town B two hours
behind schedule. Find the distance, in km, between the 2 towns.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.22)

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23. In how many ways can we shaded exactly 2 of the 9 squares such that the 2
squares have no sides in common?

(SMOPS 2012 Q.23)

24. Jane has an alarm clock that is slower by 5 minutes for every actual hour. One
night, Jane reset the clock correctly at 2100. If she wanted the alarm clock to
ring at 0700 (the actual time) the following morning, what is the time she
should set for the clock to ring?
[2100 denotes 9 p.m., 0700 denotes 7 a.m.]
(SMOPS 2012 Q.24)

25. A particular month has 5 Tuesdays. The first and the last day of the month are
not Tuesdays. The last day of the month is a __________.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.25)

26. Find the value of

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(1 − − − ⋯ − )× ( + +⋯+ + ) − (1 − − − ⋯ − − ) × ( + + ⋯+ )
2 3 2011 2 3 2011 2012 2 3 2011 2012 2 3 2011

(SMOPS 2012 Q.26)

27. A cross shaped figure comprising 5 identical squares is cut into 3 prices
A, B and C by 2 straight cuts as indicated by the dotted lines. A, B and C
can be rearranged to form a rectangle as shown. If the length of the
rectangle is 12 cm, find the width of the rectangle in cm.

A
A
B B
C
C
Rectangle

(SMOPS 2012 Q.27)

28. David wants to go from level 2 to level 1 in a shopping centre. If he

walks down 14 steps while taking the escalator, he can move from the
top to the bottom of the escalator in 30 seconds. If he walks down 28
steps, he can do the same in 20 seconds. Find the number of steps of the
escalator.
(SMOPS 2012 Q.28)

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29. ABE and BCD are right-angled triangles. D lies on BE such that AE = ED
= DC = 1 cm and DB = 2 cm. Find the value of angle ABC in degrees.
A

E B
D

C
(SMOPS 2012 Q.29)

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30. A 6-digit number 𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑑𝑒𝑓 ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ = 6 × 𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑑𝑒𝑓
̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ . Find the
̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ .
6-digit number 𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑑𝑒𝑓
(SMOPS 2012 Q.30)

Number of correct answers for Q1 to Q10 : _______ Marks ( ×4 ) : _______

Number of correct answers for Q11 to Q20 : _______ Marks ( ×5 ) : _______
Number of correct answers for Q21 to Q30 : _______ Marks ( ×6 ) : _______

Answers:
SMOPS 2012
1 33335 11 5 21 16

2 100 12 16 22 720

3 9 13 2575 23 24

4 13:3 14 160 24 0610

5 7 15 10 25 Wed
1
6 19 16 5 26
2012

7 (1) 17 990 27 6

8 Ben 18 48 28 56

9 4 19 108 29 45

10 384 20 360 30 142857

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