QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 4.

In the figure, )*+, is a square and

3 MARKS EACH -./0 is a rectangle.

1. Find the value of ! in

It is known that .* = 2). , */ = 2/+ ,
1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 23, 44, !, 164, … ,0 = 20+ and ,- = 2)-.

(A) 82 Given that .* = 4 cm, find the area of

(B) 84 -./0.
(C) 85
(D) 87
(E) None of the above

2. Find the sum of all the digits in the

product

11111 × 99999

(A) 36
(B) 45 (A) 12
(C) 54 (B) 13
(D) 63 (C) 14
(E) None of the above (D) 16
(E) None of the above

3. A double-decker bus has 66 seats.

5. Sam has 63 $2 and $5 notes in his
At the 1st stop, 1 commuter boards;
wallet with a total value of $171.
At the 2nd stop, 2 commuters boards;
At the 3rd stop, 3 commuters boards;
How many $5 notes does he have?
and so on…

At which stop will all the seats be

taken?

(A) 10th
(B) 11th
(C) 12th (A) 15
(D) 13th (B) 16
(E) None of the above (C) 17
(D) 18
(E) None of the above

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6. The figure below shows a rectangle 8. The figure is made up of 2 squares and
that has been subdivided into smaller 4 identical rectangles. Given that the
rectangles. area of the 2 squares are 64 :;< and
4 :;< , respectively, find the perimeter
The areas (in units) of some smaller of a rectangle.
rectangles have been given below.

Find the area ).

15 )

30 90
(A) 16 cm
(B) 18 cm
(A) 38 (C) 20 cm
(B) 40 (D) 22 cm
(C) 42 (E) None of the above
(D) 46
(E) None of the above
9. When Mark filled a number from 1 to 7
into each box, the sum is 100.
7. The sum of Alice and her uncle’s ages
Find the largest 2-digit number in the
is 33 years. If her uncle will be twice
addition.
her age in 3 years’ time, how old is
Alice this year?

(A) 35
(B) 38
(C) 47
(A) 9
(D) 52
(B) 10
(E) None of the above
(C) 11
(D) 12
(E) None of the above

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10. A notorious child speaks the truth on 13. In mathematics,
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
2= = 2
Other days, he lies. On which day will
2< = 2 × 2
he say: “Tomorrow I will speak the
2> = 2 × 2 × 2
truth” ?
…

(A) Tuesday
For 3=? , find the digit in the ones
(B) Wednesday
place.
(C) Thursday
(D) Friday
(A) 3
(E) None of the above
(B) 7
QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH (C) 9
4 MARKS EACH (D) 1
(E) None of the above
11. Evaluate

1−2+3−4+5−6+⋯
14. A palindromic pair are two numbers
+2017 − 2018 + 2019 that are mirror images of each other.

(A) 1006 Here are some examples: 13 and 31,

(B) 1008 56 and 65, 92 and 29…
(C) 1010
(D) 1012 How many 2-digit palindromic pairs
(E) None of the above have a sum of 99?

(A) 1
12. In the 3 × 3 magic square below, the (B) 2
sum of numbers in each row, column (C) 3
and diagonal is the same. (D) 4
(E) None of the above
Find () + * + + + ,).

) 12 , 15. The digit ‘0’ was used 31 times in all

to print the page numbers of a book.
* 15 20 How many pages did the book have?

16 + 11
(A) 170
(B) 180
(A) 58 (C) 188
(B) 61 (D) 190
(C) 64 (E) None of the above
(D) 67
(E) None of the above

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16. Given that Fig. 1 has a perimeter of 18. What is the sum of the first 170
10 cm, find the perimeter of the numbers in the number pattern
figure formed using 36 squares. below?

11, 7, 13, 2, 11, 7, 13, 2, 11, …

(A) 1400
(B) 1404
(C) 1408
(D) 1412
(E) None of the above

19. Car ) travelled from Town ! to Town G

at a speed of 40 km/h. Car * travelled
(A) 34 from Town G to Town ! at a speed of
(B) 36 50 km/h.
(C) 38
(D) 40 They passed each other 20 km away
(E) None of the above from the middle of the two towns.
Find the distance between the towns.

17. In a particular year some time ago, (A) 270 km

there was a month with 5 Sundays. (B) 300 km
3 of those Sundays happened on an (C) 330 km
even day of the month. (D) 360 km
(E) None of the above

20. If Ms. Woodley gives 5 sweets to each

of her students, she will have 32 left.
If she gives each student 8 sweets,
then 5 of them will not get any.

How many sweets does Ms. Woodley

Which day was the 24th day of that have?
month?
(A) 140
(A) Monday (B) 144
(B) Tuesday (C) 148
(C) Wednesday (D) 152
(D) Thursday (E) None of the above
(E) Friday

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 QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH 24. Whole numbers starting from ‘0’ are
6 MARKS EACH arranged in the array shown below.

21. Given that

In which row will it be possible to find
) + * + + + , = 336 the number ‘2019’ ?

) + * = 144

* + + = 152

* + , = 160

Find the value of ,.

22. How many ways are there to travel

from ) to * , by passing through +
and ,?

25. Each distinct letter represents a

unique digit in the cryptarithm shown
below.

Find the digit represented by M.

23. A new operation is defined as

2⊡3=2+3+4

6⊡2=6+7

3⊡5=3+4+5+6+7

Find the value of I if I ⊡ 8 = 76.

End of Paper

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 SEAMO 2019
Paper B – Answers

Multiple-Choice Questions
Questions 1 to 10 carry 3 marks each.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
C B B D A

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
E B A E E

Questions 11 to 20 carry 4 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

C B C D E

Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

A A B D D

Free-Response Questions
Questions 21 to 25 carry 6 marks each.

21 22 23 24 25

100 27 6 Row 6 7

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