2018 RIPMWC Questions

1. If the positive even integers are arranged in rows of eleven as shown below, then "2018" will
appear in the mth row and nth column. Find m + n.
(Eg, "58" appears in the 3rd row and 7th column, so that m + n = 10)
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66
··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···

A. 97
B. 99
C. 100
D. 103
E. None of the above

1 3
2. The figure below is composed of three 4 - arcs of a circle of radius 2 cm connected to a 4 - arc of
a circle. Find the area enclosed by the figure in cm2. You may take  = 22
7 in your calculations.

A. 14
B. 15 2
7
4
C. 15
7
D. 16
E. None of the above
3. Calculate

1
(2019  2018 − 2018  2017 + 2017  2016 − 2016  2015 + ... + 5  4 − 4  3 + 3  2 − 2 1)
2
.
A. 1007090
B. 1019090
C. 1028090
D. 1037090
E. None of the above

4. Calculate

 3 5 3 12   1009 1009 1009 1009 

 403 + 183 + 155 + 118    + + + .
 5 11 13 17   15 33 39 51 

A. 5
B. 5.5
C. 6
D. 6.5
E. None of the above

5. In a class of pupils, 80% participated in basketball, 85% participated in football, 74% participated in
softball and 68% participated in squash. Find the minimum percentage of pupils who participated in
all the four sports events.

A. 7%
B. 10%
C. 12%
D. 15%
E. None of the above
6. How many paths, which follow the line segments in the diagram below, are there from P to Q
if all the paths must always be moving to the right?

A. 140
B. 144
C. 148
D. 153
E. None of the above

7. A particular cattle is fed 7 kg, 8 kg and 9 kg of special food on Day 1, 2 and 3 respectively by a
farmer. On the Day 4 onwards, the amount of food fed to the cattle follows the following rule:

(i) if the total amount of food fed to the cattle in the past 3 days is 24 kg or more, the cattle will be
fed 2 kg less than the day before.

(ii) if the total amount of food fed to the cattle in the past 3 days is less than 24 kg, the cattle will be
fed 1 kg more than the day before.

Calculate the minimum number of days for the total amount of food fed to the cattle to exceed 2018
kg.

A. 280
B. 284
C. 288
D. 292
E. None of the above

8. Two motor-cyclists John and Kevin were 800 km apart and travelling towards each other at a
constant speed. They started at the same time, meeting after 8 hours. If Kevin started1 1 hour later
2
than John, they would be 70 km apart 8 hours after John started. At what speed was John
travelling in km/h?

A. 50

B. 51 2
3

C. 52 1
2

D. 53 1
3

E. None of the above

9. The diagram shows 2 circles, each with radius 3 cm and touching at point C. The points A, B, C,
D, E, F and G are positioned such that all the arcs AB, BC, CD, DE, EF, FC, CG and GA are all
equal in length. An ant walks along the figure “8” path EFCGABCDE in that order and after which
it retraces the path again and again. After the ant has walked 2018  , where is the ant?

A. Along the arc between F and C

B. Along the arc between C and D
C. Along the arc between B and C
D. Along the arc between C and G
E. None of the above

10. Find the exact number of minutes after 3.00 pm when the minute and hour hands are first at
90° to each other.

A. 31 2
11
B. 31 3
11
C. 32 8
11
D. 33 3
11
E. None of the above

11. Eight pupils from Victory Primary School take a Mathematics test, but none of the pupils wrote
his/her name on the test. The tests are therefore handed back to the pupils at random. In how many
ways can exactly 5 of the 8 pupils get the correct test back?

A. 30
B. 36
C. 56
D. 112
E. None of the above
12. What are the last 2 digits on the right in the expansion of the expression 22018201 － 8?

A. 12
B. 22
C. 44
D. 88
E. None of the above

13. A 6-digit number starting with 18, 18ABCD , is a multiple of 6, 7, 9 and 10. Find (A +B +
C + D) for the smallest such number?

A. 7
B. 12
C. 14
D. 28
E. None of the above

14. In triangle OTV, points P and R are on the side OT and points Q, S and U are on the side OV.
Given that the areas of OPQ , PQR , QRS , RST and STU are all equal to 30 cm2,
find the area of SRU in cm2.

A. 22.5
B. 23
C. 23.25
D. 24.25
E. None of the above
15. A 14-digit number 666666XY444444 is a multiple of 26. If X and Y are both positive, what is
smallest value of X + Y?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 9
D. 14
E. None of the above

16. As shown in the figure below, ABCD is a trapezium with ∠BAD = ∠ABC = 90° and its area is
equal to 90 cm2. AD = 8 cm and BC = 10 cm. AC and BD are diagonals in the trapezium. Find the
area of triangle ABP in cm2.

A. 21
B. 22 2
9
4
C. 22
9
2
D. 23
9
E. None of the above

17. The first 2018 integers (1, 2, 3, … , 2017, 2018) are written on the blackboard. What is the
minimum number of integers that should be erased from the blackboard, so that the last digit of the
product of the remaining integers is 2?

A. 402
B. 403
C. 404
D. 410
E. None of the above
18. Calculate
1 1 1 1 1 1
+ 5 + 5 2 + ... + 5 8 + 5 9 + 5 10 .
5 +1 5 +5 5 +5
5
5 +5 5 +5 5 +5

A. 11
6250
B. 23
12500
C. 6
3125
D. 13
6250
E. None of the above

19. 25 identical 1-dollar coins are to be distributed to 3 brothers. In how many ways can this be done if
each brother must get at least $5?

A. 48
B. 66
C. 120
D. 240
E. None of the above

20. Find the total number of ways that 270 can be written as a sum of at least 2 consecutive positive
integers.

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 9
E. None of the above