WCED HMC 2021 ROUND 2 - MEMORANDUM

1. What is the value of (888 − 88 + 8) ÷ 8 ?

= (800 + 8) ÷ 8
= 808 ÷ 8
= 101
ANSWER: D) 101
A) 81 B) 88 C) 100 D) 101 E) 108

20+21
2. =?
2+0+2+1
41 82
= = = 8,2
5 10
ANSWER: B) 8,2
A) 8,1 B) 8,2 C) 8,5 D) 4,1 E) 4,2

3. Some birds were flying and met a bird on their way. The bird greeted them, hello hundred!
They said we are not hundred, we need half of us plus you to make us hundred.
How many birds were flying?
Since 66
66
66 + + 1 = 100
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ANSWER: C) 66
A) 50 B) 80 C) 66 D) 99 E) 108

4. Figure has unit cubes. Find the number of unit cubes below figure?
Number of cubes layer by layer
Layer1: 5 × 3 = 15𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑠
Layer2: 5 × 2 = 10𝑐𝑢𝑏𝑒𝑠
Layer3: (5 × 1) + (2 × 1) = 7
Layer4: (5 × 1) + (1 × 1) = 6
Layer5: 2 × 1 = 2
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = 15 + 10 + 7 + 6 + 2 = 40
ANSWER: A) 40
A) 40 B) 36 C) 32 D) 28 E) 44

5. Which one is the half of 28 ?

28 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 256, Half of 256 is 128, 128 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 27

ANSWER: D) 27
A) 24 B) 1 C) 32 D) 27 E) 64
6. If seven web programmers can format 1001 puzzles in 429 minutes, how long does it take
three web programmers to format those 1001 puzzles?
7 persons solve 1001 puzzles in 429 minutes then 1 person solves 1001 puzzles in 429×7 minutes
Then three programmers solve 1001 puzzles in 429×7/3 = 143×7 = 1001 minutes .
Answer : A) 1001
A) 1001 B) 429 C) 143 D) 403 E) 33

7. If today is Thursday, what day is it 500 days after today?

500 is divided by 7 so remainder is 3 (497 is divisible by 7) so the day is Sunday
Answer: E) Sunday
A) Saturday B) Friday C) Monday D) Thursday E) Sunday

8. There are some cats and some hens in the yard. You counted that they have 18 heads and
58 legs total. Find the difference of the numbers of cats and hens?
Assume all are cats then number of legs is 18×4 = 72
so we have 72 – 58 = 14 more legs
that coming from hens in which each hens got 2 more legs
then number of legs is 14/2 = 7 hend
then 18 – 7 = 11 cats .
difference = 11 – 7 = 4
Answer: B) 4
A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8 E) 10

9. I have seven pairs of socks in my drawer, one of each color of the rainbow. How many
socks do I have to draw out in order to guarantee that I have grabbed at least one pair?
After grabbing 7 socks, worst case scenario, I have grabbed a sock of each color.
Thus, after grabbing one more sock,
it has to match up with one of the previous socks
so after grabbing 8 socks I am guaranteed to have a same color of pair.
Answer: C) 8
A) 3 B) 7 C) 8 D) 11 E) 14

10. Five people were eating apples, A finished before B, but behind C. D finished before E, but
behind B. What was the finishing order from first to last?
Putting the first three in order, A finished in front of B but behind C, so CAB.
Then, we know D finished before B, so CABD. We know E finished after D, so CABDE.
Answer: E) CABDE
A) CABDE B) CADBE C) CABED D) CDEAB E) CABDE
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PART – 2 5 marks each

11. What is the least number of cuts required to cut a cube into 24 identical pieces?
From figure on the side;
3 vertical(blue) cuts
1 horizontal(red) cut
2 green cuts
All add up to 6 cuts
Answer: B) 6
A) 7 B) 6 C) 5 D) 4 E) 3

12. 2021 is a number which is written with two consecutive numbers follow each other. Find the
number of natural numbers less than 2021 which can be written with consecutive 2 or 3 or
4 numbers like 78, 345, 910 or 1516.
12, 23, 34, 45, 56, 67, 78, 89, 910, 1011, 1112, 1213, 1314, 1415, 1516, 1617, 1718, 1819,
1920, 123, 234, 345, 456, 567, 678, 789, 8910, 1234, 2345
Total is 27
Answer: A) 27
A) 27 B) 26 C) 19 D) 20 E) 23

13. The speed of the bicycle is 90 km/hr, what is its speed in metre/minute?
90000
90 𝑘𝑚 𝑖𝑛 1 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 90 000 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 60 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 1 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 = 1500 𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛
60
Answer: D) 1500 m/min
A) 25 m/min B) 45 m/min C) 15000 m/min D) 1500 m/min E) 100 m/min

14. The points A, F and E are on the straight line. The measure of angle (DEF) = 240
FC and FB bisects the angle (AFD) and angle (AFC), respectively.
Which one is equal to angle (BFD)?
180 − 24 = 156
156 ÷ 2 = 78
78 ÷ 2 = 39
𝐵𝐹𝐷 = 78 + 39 = 117
Answer: C) 117
A) 78 B) 102 C) 117 D) 63 E) 156

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15. Using the digits 2, 9, 3, 6 and 0 form the largest and the smallest possible 5-digit numbers
each has different digits. Find the difference between these two numbers formed.
Biggest = 96 320; smallest 20369. Then difference = 96 320 – 20 369 = 75 951
Answer: A) 75951
A) 75951 B) 72630 C) 66690 D) 70263 E) 62690

16. How many minutes are there in 1% of a year?

𝟑𝟔𝟓 × 𝟐𝟒 × 𝟔𝟎 = 𝟓𝟐𝟓𝟔𝟎𝟎
𝟏% 𝒐𝒇 𝟓𝟐𝟓𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒊𝒔 𝟓𝟐𝟓𝟔
Answer: B) 5256
A) 1440 B) 5256 C) 2190 D) 4648 E) 8760

17. Calculate area of shaded rectangle.

24 6
= so lengths as on the figure on the side.
20 5

𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 8 × 4 = 32
Answer: B) 32
A) 30 B) 32 C) 40 D) 44 E) 58

18. In numbering the pages of a book digit 9 was used 100 times. Which one can be the total
number of pages of this book?
1 to 9, It used onces
10 to 99, 19 times
100 to 199, 20 times
200 to 299, 20 times
300 to 399, 20 times
400 to 499, 20 times, so total is 100 times
Answer can between 500 to 599 and smallest one
Answer: A) 506
A) 506 B) 400 C) 605 D) 498 E) 550

19. 5+7+9+…+33 is subtracted from 6+8+10…+34. The answer is

𝟔 + 𝟖 + 𝟏𝟎 + ⋯ + 𝟑𝟐 + 𝟑𝟒
𝟓 + 𝟕 + 𝟗 + ⋯ + 𝟑𝟏 + 𝟑𝟑 whem each subrated vertically
𝟏 + 𝟏 + 𝟏 + ⋯ + 𝟏 + 𝟏 = 𝟐𝟗
Answer: A) 29
A) 29 B) 28 C) 17 D) 16 E) 15

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20. The letters of STAR will be rearranged. What is the probability of that the new combination
of letters has T and A in the middle?
All arrangements: 𝟒 × 𝟑 × 𝟐 × 𝟏 = 𝟐𝟒
STAR, SATR, RTAS, RATS is 4
𝟒 𝟏
=
𝟐𝟒 𝟔
𝟏
Answer: B) 𝟔
1 1 1 1 1
A) B) C) D) E)
2 6 8 2 3

PART – 3 6 marks each

21. The width of a rectangular piece of paper is half of its length.

Shape A is formed when this paper is folded horizontally 6 times,
its width gets shorter but the length does not change.
Shape B is formed when this paper is folded vertically 4 times,

its length gets shorter but the width does not change.

If the perimeter of shape A is 52 cm, then determine the area of shape B.

Steps: x => 6x => 12x => 3x

Perimeter for Shape A: 2(𝑥 + 12𝑥) = 52, 26𝑥 = 52, 𝑥 = 2
Area of shape B: 3𝑥 × 6𝑥 = 6 × 12 = 72
Answer: E) 72 cm2
A) 96 cm2 B) 192 cm2 C) 48 cm2 D) 144 cm2 E) 72 cm2

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22. The dots will be joined to draw a triangle.
How many different triangles can be drawn using any 3 of these 8 dots?
From A and two of XYZW
AXY, AYZ, AZW, AXZ, AYW, AXW so 6 triangles
Some for B, C, D => 6 × 4 = 24
From X and two of ABCD
Same for Y,Z,W => 6 × 4 = 24
So 24 + 24 = 48
Answer: A) 48
A) 48 B) 36 C) 32 D) 24 E) 12

23. Two dice are thrown. What is the probability of having the sum of the two top face values to
be an even number while the product of the two top face values is an odd number?
Top faces: odd & odd
1,1 3,1 5,1
1,3 3,3 5,3
1,5 3,5 5,5 so total is 9
9 1
All possiblities are 36, probability is =4
36

Answer:
5 1 1 5 13
A) B)10 C) 4 D) 13 E) 36
36

24. 2021 is divided by a natural number leave the remainder 11. Determine the number of such
natural numbers?
2021 = 𝑎 × 𝑏 + 11
2010 = 𝑎 × 𝑏
1 × 2010 5 × 402 15 × 132
2 × 1005 6 × 335 30 × 67
3 × 670 10 × 201

10 of them are more than 10

Answer: D) 10
A) 15 B) 12 C) 11 D) 10 E) 8

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 𝑎 ×𝑏 + 11
25. a, b, c are whole numbers and = 8. Which of the following is always true?
𝑐
𝑎 × 𝑏 + 11 = 8 × 𝑐 so 8 × 𝑐 is always an even number
Then 𝑎 × 𝑏 + 11 must be an even numbers.
11 is a odd number
An odd number + an odd number = an even number
Then 𝑎 × 𝑏 must be an odd number
There is only one option 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 × 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 = 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟
Therefore a and b both should be odd numbers.
Answer: a and b are odd numbers
A) c is an odd number
B) c is an even number
C) a is an odd, c is an even number
D) a and b are odd numbers
E) a and b are even numbers

26. Find the sum of the last 15 digits of the difference 102021 − 2021.

A) 143 B) 141 C) 137 D) 35 E) 131

27. Find the sum of a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h.

𝐾 =𝑎+𝑏
𝐿 =𝑐+𝑑
𝑁 =𝑒+𝑓
𝑀 =ℎ+𝑔
𝐾 + 𝐿 + 𝑀 + 𝑁 = 360 Sum of interior angles in quadrilateral
Answer: D) 360
A) 900 B) 720 C) 540 D) 360 E) 180

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28. If the sides meet corners at 900, then find the perimeter of shape.
According to letter located on the figure on the side;
𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 12
5 + 𝑑 + 3 + 5 − 𝑑 + 3 = 16
Perimeter = 16 + 2 × 12 = 40
Answer: E) 40

A) 36 B) 44 C) 30 D) 46 E) 40

29. How many different routes are there from A to C with or without passing through B moving
along the routes in the direction of arrows?
𝐴&𝐵 𝐵&𝐶 𝐴&𝐶
3 × 5 + 3
= 15 + 3
= 18
𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟: 𝐶) 18
A) 11 B) 15 C) 18 D) 30 E) 45

30. There are two candles of the same length of 60cm and same size. Both of them burn at a uniform
rate. The first one burns in 5 hours and the second one burns in 3 hours. Both candles are lit
together. After how many minutes the lengt of the first candle is 3 times that of the other?
First Second
After 90 minutes 60 60
60 − × 90 = 42 60 − × 90 = 30
5 × 60 3 × 60
After 120 minutes 60 60
60 − × 120 = 36 60 − × 120 = 20
5 × 60 3 × 60
After 135 minutes 60 60
60 − × 135 = 33 60 − × 135 = 15
5 × 60 3 × 60
After 150 minutes 60 60
60 − × 150 = 30 60 − × 150 = 10
5 × 60 3 × 60
Correct answer(30 = 3 × 10)
After 165 minutes 60 60
60 − × 165 = 27 60 − × 165 = 5
5 × 60 3 × 60

A) 90 B) 120 C) 135 D) 150 E) 165

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