WORLD MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD

LEVEL 1 (Grades 3 and 4) PRACTICE SET

Total Marks: 120 points Time Limit: 90
minutes

PART I. MULTIPLE CHOICE PROBLEMS.

(EACH PROBLEM IS WORTH 6 POINTS, A TOTAL OF 60 POINTS)

1. How many positive even factors does 90 have?

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10

Suggested Solution:
Notice that dividing even factors of 90 by 2, we get factors of 45. There are 6 factors of 45:
1, 3, 5, 9,15, 45.
Doubling these, we get 6 even factors of 90: 2, 6,10,18, 30, 90.

2. In how many ways can a blue ball, green ball, and red ball be placed in a line?

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10

Suggested Solution:
There are 3 ways to pick the leftmost ball. Then there are 2 ways to pick the middle ball.
Finally, there is only 1 way to pick the rightmost ball. So, there are 3  2 1 = 6 ways to arrange
the balls in a line.
Answer: A

3. A good number is a positive integer divisible by 4 but not 3. How many good numbers are
there less than 55?

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10

Suggested Solution: From the given information, we write the good numbers less than 55
are: 4, 8, (not 12)
16, 20, (not 24)
28, 32, (not 36)
40, 44, (not 48)
 52.
So, there are 9 good numbers.
Alternative Solution: There are 13 multiples of 4 up to 52. Among these, 4 of them are also
multiples of 3, namely 12, 24, 36, and 48. So, there are 13 − 4 = 9 good numbers.
Answer: D
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4. Suppose that there are only six hours in a planet, and 36 minutes for each 5 1
hour. What is the acute angle between the hour and hand the minute hand 4 2
at 3:18?
3
(A) 15° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 60° (E) 90°
Suggested Solution: Since there are 36 minutes for each hour, the minute hand points to ‘3’
and the hour hand points to the midpoint of ‘3’ and ‘4’. The acute angle between the two
hands is (360° ÷ 60 ÷ 2 =) 30°.
Answer: B
5. Among the first 15 positive integers, how many more composite numbers than prime numbers
are there?

(A) 10 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

Suggested Solution:
There are 6 primes ( 2,3,5,7,11,13) . 1 is neither prime nor composite. The remaining 8
numbers are composite numbers. So, the answer is 8 − 6 = 2 .
Answer: B

6. The numbers 1 to 10 are entered into the circles in such a way that the sum of the four numbers
on each line is 21. What is the value of x ?

Sum = 21

x
Sum = 21 Sum = 21

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8

Suggested Solution: Since 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 10 = 55 and from the given information, we have
21 × 3 = 63, it follows X = (63 – 55) ÷ 2 = 4
Answer: A

7. Joel participated in a Math contest which comprises two sections. In section A, each question
is worth 3 marks, while in section B, each question is worth 5 marks. It is known that Joel
 answered 8 more questions correctly in section A than in section B, and his total score is 80
marks. There is no demerit for incorrect or blank answers. Find the total number of questions
he answered correctly for the contest.

(A) 18 (B) 20 (C) 22 (D) 24 (E) 30

Suggested Solution: Assume Joel answered 8 more questions correctly in section B, then
his score would be 80 + 8  5 = 120. Hence, the number of questions he answered correctly
in section A is [120 ÷ (3 + 5) =] 15, and the number of questions he answered correctly in
section B is 15 – 8 = 7. The total number of correct answers is 22.
Answer: C

8. A lecture theatre has 20 rows of seats. The first row has 10 seats, thereafter each row has one
nor seat than the previous row. During an examination, no two pupils are allowed to sit next
to each other in the row. What is the greatest number of pupils the lecture theatre can hold for
the examination?

(A) 100 (B) 150 (C) 200 (D) 250 (E) 300
Suggested Solution: Define the number of seats in a row is n, n can be 10, 11, 12, 13, ... ,
1
28, 29. If n is an even number, the greatest number of pupils seated in this row is n . If n is
2
1
an odd number, the greatest number of pupils seated is ( n + 1) . Therefore, the total capacity
2
of the theater is (5 + 6 + 7 +...+ 14) + (6 + 7 + 8 +...+ 15) = 95 + 105 = 200.
Answer: C

9. If there are 4 Tuesdays and 4 Saturdays in January, what day of the week is 31st January?

(A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Thursday (D) Friday (E) Sunday
Suggested Solution: Since there are 31 days in January and we have 31 ÷ 7 = 4 R3, which
means that there will at least 4 Monday, 4 Tuesday, 4 Wednesday ... and 4 Sunday. The
remainder of 3 tells us that for three consecutive days (e.g. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday),
there will be 5 such days in the month instead of 4.
For instance, if the month starts on a Monday, then we will have 5 Monday, 5 Tuesday, 5
Wednesday, 4 Thursday, 4 Friday, 4 Saturday and 4 Sunday.
Since there are exactly 4 Tuesdays and 4 Saturdays, the remaining 3 consecutive days can
only take place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Otherwise, we will have either 5
Tuesdays or 5 Saturdays. Therefore, the last day of the month, i.e. 31st January is a Friday.
Answer: D

10. What is the units digit of the sum of the first 10 positive perfect squares integers?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

 Suggested Solution: We know the first ten perfect squares integers are (1  1 =) 1, (2  2 =)
4, (3  3 =) 9, (4  4 =) 16, (5  5 =) 25, (6  6 =) 36, (7  7 =) 49, (8  8 =) 64, (9  9 =) 81,
100, 121, . It follows the units digits of the first ten squares are 1, 4, 9, 6, 5, 6, 9, 4, 1, 0.
Therefore, their sum is (1 + 4 + 9 + 6 + 5 + 6 + 9 + 4 + 1 + 0 =) 45, which ends in 5.
Answer: D

PART II. SHORT ANSWER PROBLEMS.

(EACH PROBLEM IS WORTH 10 POINTS, A TOTAL OF 60 POINTS)

11. According to the rule of the numbers in the checked paper, find a
and b, and calculate a + b .
Suggested Solution:
If you count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, … 8, 9, 10, you will find how the
numbers change. So 18 − 1 = a , that is, a = 17 . 25 + 1 = b , that is,
b = 26 . Then, a + b = 17 + 26 = 43 .

12. A class of 20 elementary school students has only 7 five-year-olds and 13 six-year-olds. When
we express the mean (average) age of the students in the class as a decimal number, what is
the right-most non-zero digit after the decimal point?
Suggested Solution:
113
The sum of the ages is ( 7  5) + (13  6) = 35 + 78 = 113 . The average age is = 5.65 . So,
20
the answer is 5.

13. How many odd 3-digit numbers can be made using each of the digits 0, 1, 2, and 4 at most
once?
Suggested Solution:
Since the 3-digit numbers must be odd, the units digit must be 1. For the hundreds of digits,
we cannot use 0 or 1, so we have 2 choices left (2 or 4). This leaves us with two remaining
choices (unused digits) for the tens digits. So, the answer is 2 × 2 = 4. The valid 3-digit
numbers are 201, 241, 401, and 421.
14. Leonardo Jr. is going to a four-day Boy Scout camp. At every lunch during the camp, he will
have a fruit option of either an apple or an orange. If he refuses to eat apples on any two
consecutive days, in how many ways can he make his fruit selection during the camp?
Suggested Solution:
Let’s denote the choice of apple by A and orange by O. We can represent each choice by a
four letter sequence of A’s and O’s. Without having two consecutive A’s, the allowed
sequences are.
OOOO (no A’s)
AOOO, OAOO, OOAO, OOOA (one A)
AOAO, AOOA, OAOA (two A’s)
 Note that having more than two A’s forces two consecutive. A’s which is not allowed. So,
Leonardo Jr. has 1 + 4 + 3 = 8 choices in total.

15. Stan is climbing up a flight of four stairs. Because of his ability to power jump, Stan can climb
up anywhere from 1 to 4 stairs in each step. In how many ways can Stan climb up the stairs?
Suggested Solution:
We do case work based on the number of steps. There is only 1 way with one step (4). There
are 3 ways with two steps (1 + 3, 2 + 2, and 3 + 1) , 3 ways with three steps
(1 +1 + 2,1 + 2 +1, and 2 +1 +1) , and 1 way with four steps (1 + 1 + 1 + 1) , giving a total of
1 + 3 + 3 + 1 = 8 ways.
Alternative Solution: We can imagine 4 balls, each ball representing a step. There are 3 spaces
in between the 4 balls, and we can choose to either put a divided there (representing if Stan
stops on the step right before the divider), or not. Each choice of set of dividers corresponds
to a unique way Stan can climb the stairs. For example, O OOO corresponds to a step of size
1 followed by a step of size 3. OOOO corresponds to a single size of step 4. Since we have 2
choices for each of the 3 spaces in between the four balls, there are 23 = 8 ways to climb the
stairs.

16. What is the sum of the digits of the number of triangles of any size
in the figure below?
Suggested Solution:
We will do casework based on the size of the triangles:
Size 1: 16 small triangles in the picture
Size 2: 7 triangles; 6 upright and 1 upside down
Size 3: 3 triangles, all upright
Size 4: Only 1 triangle, which is the entire picture.
Overall, there are 16 + 7 + 3 + 1 = 27 triangles. Hence, the answer is 2 + 7 = 9.

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