Math Olympiad
Math Olympiad
November 2024
for Elementary & Middle Schools
Directions to Students: After all questions have been read by your PICO, you will have 30 minutes to complete this contest. You may
not have a pen or pencil in your hand while the PICO reads the set of questions to the class. Calculators are not permitted. Answers
must be placed in the corresponding boxes in the answer column.
1B
1D
1C The equation 3x + 5y = 100 has exactly N solutions such that x and y are each
whole numbers. One solution is the whole number pair x = 15 and y = 11, 1E
since (3 ´ 15) + (5 ´ 11) = 100. Find N.
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x −12 x+4
1D Find the value of x so that both and are integers.
x+4 x −12
1E A construction crew has a large number of L-shaped tiles and square 2 ´ 2 tiles;
each composed entirely of 1 ´ 1 squares. Tiles may be rotated on the floor but
not flipped over, overlapped, or cut. What is the fewest number of tiles needed
to completely cover a 22 ´ 36 square unit floor?