PART 1 – Each question is worth 3 marks.

1. What is the value of A when A, B, C, D, and E follows a geometric pattern,

and D and E are the numbers in the sequence D, E, 12, 16, and 20?

A. ¼ B. ½ C. 1 D.2

Answer: B

Solution:
D, E = 4,8

A, B, C, D, E = 1/2, 1, 2, 4,8

2. The sum of six consecutive integers is 3. What is the smallest of these

integers?

A. -4 B. -3 C. -2 D. -1

Answer: C

Solution:

-2,-1, 0, 1, 2, 3

3. What is n in 3n-4 = 2718?

A. 18 B. 32 C. 54 D. 58

Answer: D

Solution:

3n-4 = 33(18)?
n-4 = 54
n=58

4. What is the smallest number S to make 1224/S a perfect square?

A. 2 B. 14 C. 34 D. 42
Answer: C
Solution:
1224= 32 x 23 x 17

Thus 2 x 17 = 34

5. Which of the following divides x2y2 – 4x2 + 12x – 9?

A. xy + 2x +3
B. xy -2x – 3
C. xy + 2x -3
D. xy – 3x + 2

Answer: C

Solution:

(xy + 2x -3)(xy-2x+3) = x2y2 – 4x2 + 12x – 9

6. A line ax + 2y = 6 is parallel to the line y= 3x – 4. What is the value of a?

A. -3 B. -6 C. 2 D. 3

Answer: B
Solution:
2y = - ax + 6
y= -ax/2 + 3
-a/2 = 3
a=-6

7. Numbers 1 to 100 are written in a row such that no space separates the
digits as shown below. Any group of 4 successive or adjacent digits is
called quadros, such as (1234), (5678), (9101).

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425...979899100
Which of the following groups of four digits is quadros?

A. 7879 B. 7989 C. 6717 D. 8991

Answer: D

Solution:
The 2 middle digits makes a 2-digit EVEN number.

1121 3141 5161 7181 9202 1222 3242 5969 7989 9100
9899100

8. Numbers are called penta prime if it has exactly 5 distinct prime factors.
Which of the following is a penta prime?

A. 630 B. 3822 C. 7098 D. 11730

Answer: D
Solution: 11730 = 2 x 5 x 17 x 3 x 23

9. Somsak has 15 pieces of triangular and rectangular papers. The combined

vertices is 51. After cutting 4 rectangles along the two diagonals, the
number of vertices became 83 vertices? How many triangles does he
have after cutting some rectangles?

A. 17 B. 25 C. 9 D. 12

Answer: B

Solution:
51 – 15 X 3 = 6 rectangles,
15 – 6 = 9 triangles

After cutting:
2 rectangles, 4 x 4 + 9 triangles = 25 triangles
10. How many integral coordinates are there in the area bounded by the
parabola y = x2 - 9 and the x-axis?

A. 28 B. 29 C. 30 D. 31

Answer: C
Solution:

x -2 -1 0 1 2 -2 -1 0 1 2 -2 -1 0 1 2
y -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3

x -2 -1 0 1 2 -1 0 1 -1 0 1 -1 0 1 0
y -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -5 -5 -5 -6 -6 -6 -7 -7 -7 -8

Vertex : (0, -9)

X intercepts: -3, 3

31

11. Segment AB is tangent to circle O. The area of the triangle is 25 cm 2 with

AB=10 cm. What is the area of Circle O?

B
A
O

A. 25𝜋 B. 9𝜋 C. 16𝜋 D. 50𝜋

Answer: A

Solution:

½ (AB)(BO) =25
OB = 5

Area of O = 25𝜋

12. The vertical and horizontal distances from X leading towards Y are shown
in the diagram below. What is the shortest distance from X to Y?

Y 6
6 12

15
2X
A. 16 B. 20 C. 21 D. 29

Answer: D

Solution:

Y 6
6 12
21
15
2X
20
By Pythagorean Theorem:

XY = √202 + 212 = 29
20, 21, 29

13. Which of the following shaded parts has the greatest area?

A. C.

B. D.

Answer: C

Solution:

The sum of the bases of the two triangles in C is longer than the length of the
rectangle.

14. What is the sum of the marked exterior angles of the triangle with side
lengths of 17, 144, and 145 units?

A. 90° B. 180° C. 210° D. 270°

Answer: D

Solution:

180 + 180 – 90 = 270

15. Twin years are years with only two repeated digits, like 2020 and 1188.
How many years from 2021 to 3000 are twin years?

A. 19 B. 26 C. 16 D. 15

Answer: B

Solution:
2 --- 2 --- = 8 (2121 to 2929)
22 --- --- = 9 (2200 to 2299)
2__ __ 2 = 9 (2112 to 2992)

16. How many different triangles can be formed using the blue points below?

A. 16 B. 18 C. 19 D. 20

Answer: B

Solution:

6C3 – 3C3– 3C3 = 20 – 2 = 18

Or
3C2 x 3 +3C2 x3 = 9 + 9 = 18
17. How many ways are there to go from A to B following the directions of the
arrowheads in the triangular track and if only downward and leftward
movements in the square grid are allowed?

A. 4 B. 8 C. 16 E. 20

Answer: D

Solution:

4 x 6 = 24

18. Malee used the digits 7, 9, 8, 6, and 2 without repetition to form 4-digit
even numbers and 2-digit odd numbers greater than 60. How many more
even numbers than the odd numbers did he form?

A. 72 B. 66 C. 60 D. 58

Answer: B
Solution:
Even numbers:
4 digits: 4 x 3 x 2 x 3= 72

2 digit odd greater than 6:

3x2=6

Difference: 72 - 6= = 66

19. Justine and his 5 classmates try to count the number of ways they can
arrange themselves to sit on the 6 chairs, composed of 4 yellow and 2
black chairs, such that none of them should sit on any of the black chairs.
How many possible arrangements can they make?

A. 360 B. 120 C. 60 D. 30

Answer: A

Solution:

6 x 5 x 4 x 3 = 360

20. The 4 identical lighter sacks of rice made up the 24% of the total number
of sacks of rice in the warehouse. The 6 identical heavier sacks of rice
made up the 60% of the total sacks. How many sacks of rice in all are
there in the warehouse?

A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13

Answer: C

Solution:
100% - 4x6% - 6x10% = 16%
16% is 1 sack of lightest and 1 sack of heaviest

21. In a test of 12 items, a student gets 2 points for every correct answer, zero
for every unattempted question and 1-point deduction for every incorrect
answer. Chatri wants to find out how many students are in his class if at
least 3 students have the same score? Negative scores are possible.

A. 37 B. 73 C. 75 D. 77

Answer: C
Solution:

Lowest score: -12

Highest score: 24

Possible scores: -12, -11 … 0, 1, 2, 3 … 21, 22, 24 (13 + 23 = 36 different)

36 x 2 + 1= 73

22. The number of squares that can be seen at the top, front, and side views
of the figure is illustrated by the tile blocks shown below. Which tile block
illustration best describes the solid figure below?

top front side

A. 9 9 7 C. 9 10 8

B. 10 9 7 D. 9 10 10
Answer: C

Top : 9, Front:10, side: 8

23. What is the next figure in the pattern below?

v v v

A. v C. v

v
v
B. D.

Answer: A
Arrow transformed every 270 degrees clockwise
Star 90 degree movement clockwise
Triangles on its position
Quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, then heptagon (left right movement)
24. Looping numbers are numbers with repeated digits in between two other
digits. The numbers 3005 and 45554 are looping numbers. How many 4-
digit looping numbers are there in all?

A. 81 B. 648 C. 712 D. 729

Answer: D

Solution:

With different first and last digit

With 0 in between 9x1x 9=81

Non zero in between 8 x 9 x 9 = 8 x 81

Total: 9 x 81 = 729

25. Chaisee is counting numbers from 2981, 1976, 1971, 1966… Bussaba is
counting from 1, 4, 7, 10, 13… What is the number that they both mention?

A. 1871 B. 1301 C. 1801 D. 1356

Answer: C
Solution:

The numbers should end with 1 and 6 or when subtracted by 1 can be

divided by 3.

(1801-1)/3 = 600
PART II – Each question is worth 5 marks.

1. What is the units digit of 4(22022 – 22021) when it is written in standard form?

Answer: 8
Solution:

22(22022 – 22021)
22023

2023/4 =. 505 r. 3

Units digit is 8

2. How many real number roots does the polynomial (x3 + 2x – x2 – 2)(x2 + 5 x +
6) = 0 have?

Answer: 3
Solution:
(x3 + 2x – x2 – 2) (x2 + 5 x + 6) = 0
(x2 + 2)(x - 1)(x+2)(x+3) = 0

3. A rectangular glass window has a length that is 2 cm more than twice its
width. Its perimeter is 64 cm. The window is made up of six triangles of the
same areas. A spider is at the common vertex of the triangles. How far is
the spider from the base of the window?

Answer: 10 cm
Solution:
2(2x+2) + 2x = 64
4x+4+2x = 64
6x =60
x=10
length = 2(10) + 2 = 22

Area of 2 triangles (blue and orange) = (22 x 15)(1/3) = 22 x 5

Height of spider = 2(22 x 5)/ 22 = 10

4. Stickers with letters SIMSO MATH are to be arranged in the boxes below.
Chomca placed correctly the S and I in the first 2 boxes but made
mistakes in arranging the remaining letters. At most how many possible
mistakes did he make?

S I
Answer: 59
Solution:

7!/2! – 1 = 59

5. The sum of every three adjacent numbers in a row is 125. The first and the
third numbers are 23 and 67, respectively. What is the 11th number in the
row?

Answer: 35
Solution:

125 – 23 - 67 = 35

23, 35, 67, 23, 35, 67, 23, 35, 67, 23, 35, 67