Division

G8 SASMO 2017
Full Name: __________________________________

Index Number: __________________________________

Class: __________________________________

School: __________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Please DO NOT OPEN the contest booklet until the Proctor has given permission.

2. TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes.

3. There are 25 questions.

Section A: Questions 1 to 15 score 2 points each, no points are deducted for
unanswered question and 1 point is deducted for wrong answer.
Section B: Questions 16 to 25 score 4 points each, no points are deducted for
unanswered or wrong answer.

4. Shade your answers neatly using a pencil in the answer entry sheet.

5. PROCTORING: No one may help any student in any way during the contest.

6. No electronic devices capable of storing and displaying visual information is

allowed during the course of the exam.

7. Strictly No Calculators are allowed into the exam.

8. All students must fill and shade their Name, Index Number, Class and School in
the answer sheet and contest booklet.

9. MINIMUM TIME: Students must stay in the exam hall at least 1h 15 min.

10. Students must show detailed working and transfer answers to the answer entry sheet.

11. No exam papers and written notes can be taken out by any contestant.
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SASMO 2017, Secondary 2 / Grade 8 Contest

Section A (Correct answer – 2 points| No answer – 0 points| Incorrect answer – minus 1 point)

Question 1
Calculate the value of
39×15 + 20×17 + 20×18 + 35×19.

A. 1560
B. 1600
C. 1950
D. 2000
E. None of the above

Question 2
If x is a positive number, then which of the following is NOT always true?

A. x 0 = 1
B. √x > 0
1
C. x + x ≠ 0
D. x 6 > 0
E. x 4 > x 2

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Question 3
The number 2019 is the sum of two prime numbers. What is the larger prime
number?

A. 1867
B. 1949
C. 1979
D. 2017
E. None of the above

Question 4
Find the next number in the sequence below.
1, 5, 21, 57, 121, …

A. 185
B. 202
C. 221
D. 256
E. None of the above

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Question 5
The “Fibonacci sequence” is a series of numbers where a number is obtained by
adding up the two previous terms before it. Starting the series with two 1’s, we get
the Fibonacci sequence 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ….
Which of the following terms is an even number?

A. 55th
B. 56th
C. 57th
D. 58th
E. 59th

Question 6
It is given that 𝑛! = 𝑛×(𝑛 − 1)×(𝑛 − 2)× …×3×2×1. For example, 4! = 4×3×2×1.
Find the remainder when 1! + 2! + 3! + ⋯ + 10! is divided by 20.

A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16
E. None of the above

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Question 7
The vertices A, B and C of the triangle below are on the circumference of the circle.
Point O is the centre of the circle and ∠BCA = 300 . If the radius of circle is 1 cm and
BC = √3 cm, find the area of triangle ABC in cm2 .

A. √3
√3
B. 2
C. 1
D. 2√3
E. Not enough information

Question 8
The operator ☼ acts on two numbers to give the following results:
2 ☼ 11 = 30
3 ☼ 10 = 36
5 ☼ 8 = 42
8 ☼ 9 = 72
Find the value of 20 ☼ 17.

A. 336
B. 342
C. 352
D. 378
E. None of the above

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Question 9
Ben travels from his house to Sports Hall every Saturday. One Saturday, instead of
walking at his usual speed, he decided to walk slower at 1.2 m/s and arrived at the
destination 250 seconds later than his usual arrival time. The next Saturday, he
jogged at 3 m/s and arrived at the place 500 seconds earlier than his usual arrival
time. What is Ben’s usual walking speed?

A. 1.5 m/s
B. 1.8 m/s
C. 2.1 m/s
D. 2.4 m/s
E. None of the above

Question 10
Which of the following has the largest value?

3
A.
7
5
B. 11
6
C. 13
8
D. 17
9
E. 19

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Question 11
Given that a > b > c, which of the following is equal to
√(c − 2a + b)2 + √(b − a)2 + √(c − a)2 + √(c − b)3 ?
3

A. 3c − 4a + b
B. 4a − b − 3c
C. c−b
D. 4a − 3b − c
E. 4a − b − 3c

Question 12
How many numbers do appear in both sequences below?
9, 14, 19, 24, … , 494, 499
9, 16, 23, 30, … , 492, 499

A. 13
B. 14
C. 15
D. 16
E. 17

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Question 13
Of the 150 students, 120 have Facebook accounts, 75 have Instagram accounts and
50 have Snapchat accounts. What is the maximum number of students who have no
accounts in these 3 social media websites?

A. 1
B. 5
C. 15
D. 30
E. 95

Question 14
Amy, Betty, Cathy, Denny and Eddy are confused about today’s day of the week.
• Amy: “All I know is that yesterday was not Friday.”
• Betty: “Tomorrow is Tuesday.”
• Cathy: “No, today is Tuesday.”
• Denny: “The day after tomorrow is Tuesday.”
• Eddy: “Today is not Sunday, not Monday and not Tuesday.”
If only one of them is correct, which day is today?

A. Wednesday
B. Thursday
C. Tuesday
D. Sunday
E. Saturday

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Question 15
Only 2 out of the 4 figures below will form a 3 by 3 cube as
shown on the right. Which 2 figures can form a 3 by 3 cube?

P. Q

R. S.

A. (P and Q)
B. (P and R)
C. (P and S)
D. (Q and R)
E. (Q and S)

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Section B (Correct answer – 4 points| Incorrect or No answer – 0 points)

Question 16
Find the smallest positive multiple of 15 which consists of the digits 1 and 0 only?

Question 17
How many zeros are there in the quotient of (10100 − 1) ÷ 11?

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Question 18
The integers from 1 to 100 are written down on the whiteboard. Richard underlined
all numbers divisible by 3, then all numbers divisible by 5, and then all numbers
divisible by 9. How many numbers are underlined exactly twice?

Question 19
In the following, all the different letters stand for different digits.
Y A Y
X 5
P L A Y

What is the value of the four-digit number “PLAY”?

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Question 20
The bar chart below shows the number of smartphones sold in Town A in the second
half of year 2016. For example, 1400 smartphones were sold in September. Starting
from August, the number of smartphones sold in each month is equal to the average
number of smartphones sold in the previous month and in the following month. How
many smartphones were sold in July, 2016?
32

Number
of smartphone
14
(in Hundreds)

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Month

Question 21
Find the sum of the digits of 𝐴, where
A = 9 + 99 + 999 + 9999 + ⋯ + ⏟
999 … 999.
2017 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑠

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Question 22
Find the integer A if only 2 statements below are true and one statement is false.
1) 𝐴 + 41 is a perfect square
2) The last digit of A is 1.
3) 𝐴 − 48 is a perfect square.

Question 23
Nash is creating 6-letter words using the letters from the word ‘CODE’. He needs to
use exactly two C’s to form such words (Examples are CDECEO and ECECEE). How
many different 6-letter words can Nash form?

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Question 24
In quadrilateral ABCD, BC = 10√3 cm and CD = 20 cm. It is given that
∠ADC = ∠ABC = 900 and ∠BCD = 5× ∠DAB. If the area of quadrilateral ABCD is
𝑚√3 cm2 , what is the value of 𝑚?

Question 25
How many rectangles are there in the figure below?

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