UKMT 2005 Senior Maths Challenge

1. What is the value of 2005 plus 2005 thousandths?

A 2005.002005 B 2005.2005 C 2007.005 D 2025.05 E 2205.5

2. The number 2005 is the sum of a sequence of five consecutive positive integers.

Which of the following numbers occurs in this sequence?

A 395 B 400 C 405 D 410 E 415

5 4 3 2 1
3. What is the mean of the five numbers 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 ?

A 6.2 B 11.4 C 12.2 D 13 E 13.8

4. The diagram shows two squares, with sides of length 1 and 3, which have the same
centre and corresponding sides parallel.

What fraction of the larger square is shaded?

4 4 2 2 6
A 9 B 11 C 5 D 7 E 11

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5. Last year Rachel took part in a swimathon. Every day for 9 weeks she swam the same
number of lengths, either in a 25m indoor pool or a 20m outdoor pool. Later she
discovered that she had swum the same total distance in each pool.

On how many days did Rachel swim in the indoor pool?

A 45 B 42 C 35 D 32 E 28

6. How many differently shaped triangles exist in which no two sides are the same length,
each side is of integral unit length and the perimeter of the triangle is less than 13
units?

A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6

7. Consider the arithmetic sequences 1998, 2005, 2012,…and 1996, 2005, 2014,….
Which is the next number after 2005 that appears in both sequences?

A 2054 B 2059 C 2061 D 2063 E 2068

8. An examination paper is made by taking 5 large sheets of paper, folding the pile in half
and stapling it. The pages are then numbered in order from 1 to 20.

What is the sum of the three page numbers that are on the same sheet of paper as
page number 5?

A 13 B 21 C 33 D 37 E 41

1 (1 + 1 )(1 + 1 )...(1 + 1 )(1 + 1 )

A 1001 B 1002 C 1003 D 1004 E 1005

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10. Sam and Pat were counting their money. They discovered that if Sam gave Pat £5,
then Pat would have 5 times as much as Sam, but if Pat gave Sam £5, then Sam
would have 5 times as much as Pat.

How much did they have altogether?

A £10 B £15 C £20 D £25 E £30

11. A sculpture is made up of 12 wooden cylinders, each of height 2cm. They are glued
together as shown. The diameter of the top cylinder is 2cm and each of the other
cylinders has a diameter 2cm more than the one immediately above it. The exhibit
stands with its base on a marble table.
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What, in cm , is the total surface area of the sculpture, excluding the base?

A 456π B 356π C 256π D 156π E 144π

12. The positive integer x is a multiple of 7, and √x is between 15 and 16.

What is the number of possible values of x?

A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 E 5

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13. In the figure shown, what is the sum of the interior angles at A, B, C, D, E?

A
E

D
C

A 90° B 135° C 150° D 180° E more information required.

14. A square number is divided by 6.

Which of the following could not be the remainder?

A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E 4

15. The four statements in the box refer to a mother and her four daughters.
One statement is true, three statements are false.

Alice is the mother.

Who is the mother?

A Alice B Beth C Carol D Diane E Ella

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16. A hockey team consists of 1 goalkeeper, 4 defenders, 4 midfielders and 2 forwards.
There are 4 substitutes: 1 goalkeeper, 1 defender, 1 midfielder and 1 forward. A
substitute may only replace a player of the same category eg: midfielder for midfielder.

Given that a maximum of 3 substitutes may be used and that there are still 11 players
on the pitch at the end, how many different teams could finish the game?

A 110 B 118 C 121 D 125 E 132

17. Eight identical regular octagons are placed edge to edge in a ring in such a way that a
symmetrical star shape is formed by the interior edges. If each octagon has sides of
length 1, what is the area of the star?

A 5 + 10 2 B 8 2 C 9+4 2 D 16 – 4 2 E 8+4 2

18. A cube exactly fits inside a sphere and another sphere exactly fits inside this cube.

What is the ratio of the volume of the smaller sphere to the volume of the larger
sphere?

A 1 : 3√3 B 1:4 C 1:3 D 2:3 E 1:2

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19. The graph of y = | x | is shown below.

Which of the following could be a sketch of the graph of y = x | x |?

y y y

x x x

A B C
y y

x x

D E

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20. It takes two weeks to clean the 3312 panes of glass in the 6000m glass roof of the
British Museum, a task performed once every two years.

Assuming that all the panes are equilateral triangles of the same size, roughly how long
is the side of each pane?

A 50 cm B 1m C 2m D 3m E 4m

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21. What is the sum of the values of n for which both n and n – 1 are integers?

A −8 B −4 C 0 D 4 E 8

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22. Given that S = (x + 20) + (x + 21) + (x + 22) +…+ (x + 100), where x is a positive
integer, what is the smallest value of x such that S is a perfect square?

A 1 B 2 C 4 D 8 E 64

23. The diagram shows four touching circles, each of which also touches the sides of an
equilateral triangle with sides of length 3.

What is the area of the shaded region?

11π (4 + 3 )π (3 + 3 )π 37π
A 12 B π C 6 D 4 E 36

24. The factorial of n, written n!, is defined by n! = 1 × 2 × 3 ×…× (n − 2) × (n − 1) × n.

For how many positive integer values of k less than 50 is it impossible to find a value of
n such that n! ends in exactly k zeros?

A 0 B 5 C 8 D 9 E 10

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25. Which of the following is equal to 2005  2005  1 ?

A 1003 – 1002 B 1005 – 1004 C 1007 – 1005

D 2005 – 2003 E 2007 – 2005

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