SIMOC 2018, Primary 6 (Grade 6) Contest

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

Question 1
1+3+5+⋯+97+99
What is the value of ?
2+4+6+⋯+98+100

50
A.
51
100
B.
101
50
C.
101
51
D.
102
E. None of the above

Question 2

A palindrome number is a number that is the same when written forwards or

backwards. For example, 121 is a palindrome number. How many 3-digit palindromes
are there?

A. 900
B. 90
C. 1000
D. 999
E. None of the above

Question 3

The length of a rectangle is increased by 15% and the breadth is increased by 10%. By
how many percent is the area of the rectangle increased?

A. 25%
B. 59%
C. 52%
D. 26%
E. None of the above

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Question 4

There are two numbers. Twice their difference is 32. Half of their sum is 30. What is
half the smaller number?

A. 22
B. 19
C. 30
D. 11
E. None of the above

Question 5

John thinks of a number between 51 and 99 and writes in the form XY, where X is the
tens digit and Y is the ones digit. He then subtracts the sum of the digits of the number
from the number itself and obtains a new 2-digit number AB. What is the value of A+B?

A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. None of the above

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Question 6

In planet X, scientists conducted an experiment in a chicken farm and managed to

produce chickens with 2 heads and 3 legs. If normal chickens and abnormal chickens
were housed together in a chicken house, there were a total of 195 chicken heads and
316 chicken legs. How many normal chickens were there in the chicken house?

A. 27
B. 37
C. 47
D. 74
E. None of the above

Question 7

Let the operation ∆ be defined as follows:

2 ∆ 2 = 2 + 3, 6 ∆ 3 = 6 + 7 + 8, 10 ∆ 5 = 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14

If 𝑎 ∆ 9 = 4554, what is value of 𝑎?

A. 205
B. 502
C. 305
D. 503
E. None of the above

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Question 8

John’s average score in Math, Science and English was 91 points last semester. John’s
average score in Science and English was 2.5 points lower than the average of the
three subjects. John’s score in English was 3 points lower than his score in Science.
What was John’s score in English?

A. 88.5
B. 87
C. 90
D. 93
E. None of the above

Question 9

The highest common factor of X and Y is 21. If its least common multiple is 1512, what
is the smallest possible sum of X and Y?

A. 1533
B. 189
C. 21
D. 357
E. None of the above

Question 10

The largest number of Sundays in a month is 5. In a year, what is the largest number
of months in which there are 5 Sundays?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. None of the above

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Question 11

The diagonal of a square is 18 cm long. What is the area, in cm2, of the square?

A. 81
B. 162
C. 300
D. 324
E. None of the above

Question 12

A merchant imported 500 toys. When the package containing the toys was opened, it
was discovered that some of the toys were broken due to mishandling during
transportation. The merchant decided to sell the good ones at a profit of 25%, while
the defective ones were sold at a loss of 5%. After selling all the toys, the merchant
still gained a profit of 17.8%. How many defective toys were there?

A. 380
B. 360
C. 120
D. 140
E. None of the above

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Question 13

It is known that 𝑛! = 𝑛 × (𝑛 − 1) × (𝑛 − 2) × … 2 × 1. . For example, 3! = 3 × 2 × 1.

Furthermore, we denote 𝑎 𝑥 = ⏟
𝑎 × 𝑎 × … × 𝑎 as 𝑎 multiplied by itself 𝑥 times. If 3𝑘 is a
𝑥 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠
factor of (3 × 10)!, what is the largest possible integer value of 𝑘?

A. 1
B. 3
C. 10
D. 14
E. None of the above

Question 14

When 432 is divided by a three-digit number 𝑥, the remainder is 12. How many possible
values of 𝑥 are there?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 24
D. 12
E. None of the above

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Question 15

In the following cryptarithm, all the different letters stand for different digits. Find the value of
𝐴 + 𝐵 + 𝐶 + 𝐷.

ABC
 ABC
DBC
BC E
A B C
A C DB C

A. 60
B. 14
C. 125
D. 562
E. None of the above

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

Question 16
1 1 1 1
It is given that 𝑎 + 𝑎 = 20 + 20 and 𝑏 + 𝑏 = 18 + 18 and the largest possible value of 𝑏 −
𝑚
𝑎 can be written in the form 𝑛 . Find the value of 𝑚 − 𝑛.

Question 17

A certain 4-digit whole number becomes 73 times smaller when its first digit is
removed. What is this number?

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Question 18

Mark was walking from his home to school at an average speed of 40 metres per
minute. After walking at this rate for 3 minutes, he realized that if he were to continue
at this speed, he would be late for school by 4 minutes. Therefore, he walked 15
metres per minute faster than his previous speed and arrived in school 5 minutes early.
How far, in metres, is his home from school?

Question 19

Two candles have the same length. Both candles are lit at the same time. Candle A
burns out in 15 hours. Candle B burns out in 5 hours. After how many hours is candle A
twice as long as candle B?

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Question 20

At his birthday party, Mr. Jones would not tell directly how old he was. He said, “ If you
add the year of my birth to this year, then subtract the year of my 18th birthday and the
year of my 46th birthday, and then add my present age, the result is 88.” How old will
Mr. Jones be in 4 years’ time?

Question 21

Find the area of the four-sided region labelled as 𝑥.

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Question 22
𝑚 1 𝑚 1
A fraction, 𝑛 , is such that the smallest denominator satisfies < < 2017. What is
2018 𝑛
the smallest value of 𝑚 + 𝑛?

Question 23
1 1 1 1 𝑚
The value of the sum + + + ⋯+ is in its simplest form.
1×4 4×7 7×10 103×106 𝑛
What is value of 𝑚 + 𝑛?

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Question 24

In rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷, 𝐸 is a point on 𝐴𝐷 such that 𝐸𝐷 = 2 and 𝐴𝐸 = 4. Let 𝐹 and 𝐺 be

the midpoints of 𝐸𝐵 and 𝐹𝐶 respectively. If 𝐴𝐵 = 8, find the area of quadrilateral
𝐷𝐸𝐹𝐺.

Question 25

Lucas has a special calculator that can perform only 2 operations:

a. Add one to a number

b. Double a number

What is the smallest possible number of operations that must be performed on this
calculator so that Lucas can obtain 2019 starting with 1?

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