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The document contains 25 short answer mathematics problems for a 9th grade international mathematics and science olympiad being held in Lucknow, India from October 27 to November 2, 2012. Contestants have 60 minutes to complete the test. The problems cover a range of mathematics topics including geometry, algebra, number patterns, and word problems.

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IMSO 2012 - Short Answer

The document contains 25 short answer mathematics problems for a 9th grade international mathematics and science olympiad being held in Lucknow, India from October 27 to November 2, 2012. Contestants have 60 minutes to complete the test. The problems cover a range of mathematics topics including geometry, algebra, number patterns, and word problems.

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Mathematics Short Answer Problems

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9th International Mathematics and Science


Olympiad (IMSO) for Primary School 2012
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Instructions:
* Write down your name and country on the answer sheet.
* Write your answer on the answer sheet.
* You have 60 minutes to work on this test.
* Use pen or pencil to write your answer.

Smart, Skilled, and Creative In a Joyful Competition for Excellence

City Montessori Inter College,


RDSO Campus, Manak Nagar, Lucknow, India
27 Oct. 2 Nov 2012

International Mathematics and Science Olympiad 2012

SHORT ANSWER PROBLEMS


(1)

The radius of a circle is increased by 100%. Find the percentage increase in


the area?

(2)

Three committees meet today. Of these three committees, one meets every 11
days, a second meets every 15 days, and the third meets every 21 days. What
is the number of days before they all meet on the same day again?

(3)

A nonzero number is halved and the result is squared. This yields a number
which is twice the original number. What is the original number?

(4)

The hypotenuse of a right triangle has length 10 cm, and the other two sides
have lengths y and 3y respectively. Find the area of the triangle, in cm2.

(5)

In the diagram below, ABC is an equilateral triangle of side length 7 cm. The
arcs AB, BC and CA are drawn with centres C, A and B respectively. Find the
22
total length, in cm, of the three arcs. (Using = )
7
A

(6)

Carmen selects four different numbers from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7} whose
sum is 11. If l is the largest of these four numbers, what is the value of l?

(7)

When my age is divided by 2, 3, 4 or 6 there is always a remainder of 1, but


when divided by 7 there is no remainder. How old am I if my age is under
100?

(8)

If 7 is subtracted from a three-digit number x, the result is a multiple of 7. If 8


is subtracted from x, the result is a multiple of 8. If 9 is subtracted from x, the
result is a multiple of 9. When x is divided by 10, what is the remainder?

(9)

In a class of 25 children, 12 wear glasses and 11 wear braces. If 7 wear both


glasses and braces, what is the number of those who wear neither?

(10)

IMSO, MOSI and SMIO are some arrangements of the letters I, M, S and O.
How many different arrangements are there such that the letter I is not next to
the letter O?

(11)

A boy saved 1 dollar in the first week, 4 dollars in the second week, he saved
3 dollars more than he did the previous week. What was the total number of
dollars that the boy had in the first ten weeks?

(12)

A two-digit odd number is a multiple of 9. The product of its digits is also a


multiple of 9. What is this number?

(13)

The product of two positive integers is 1 000 000. Neither of the two numbers
contains the digit 0. What is their sum?

(14)

In triangle ABC,
A =50 and the external bisector of
in O. find the measure of BOC , in degrees?
A

B and

C meet

50
B

E
O
In the diagram below, each of the small squares in the 44 grid measures 1 cm
by 1 cm. Find the area of the 11-sided polygon, in cm2.
D

(15)

(16)

The teacher gave ten tests during the year, each carrying the same weight. If
Mary had got 10 more marks on the last test, her average would have become
92. What was her actual average?

(17)

The faces of a cube contain the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 such that


the sum of the numbers on each pair of opposite faces is 7. For
each of the cubes eight corners, we multiply the three numbers
on the faces incident to that corner, and write down its value. (In
the diagram, the value of the indicated corner is 1 2 3 = 6.)
What is the sum of the eight values assigned to the cubes corners?

2
1

(18)

In a certain province, there are twelve highways, each joining a pair of cities.
Each city is situated at the termination of three highways. What is the number
of cities in this province?

(19)

A positive integer n is divisible by four of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, but not by the


other two. If the two numbers that do not divide n are consecutive, what is the
smallest value of n?
5 a 9
The positive integers a and b are such that < < .
7 b 11

(20)

Find the value of a + b when b takes the smallest possible value.

(21)

In the diagram below, ABCD is a square, E is a point on AD and F a point on


AB such that DE=2AE and AF=2BF. What is the ratio of the area of triangle
CEF to that of square ABCD?
F
A
B
E

(22)

D
Consider the following pattern:

Y1 = 6

Y2 = 15

Y3 = 28

Find Y199 .
(23)

The first four digits of an eight-digit perfect square are 2012. Find its square
root.

(24)

Peter arranges 5 poker cards on the table as shown in Figure 1. Then he


rotates one of them 180. Now the five cards are as shown in Figure 2. Which
card, A, B, C, D or E, has been rotated?

Fig. 1

Fig. 2
(25)

When a two-digit number is divided by the sum of its digits, what is the
largest possible remainder?

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