Canadian

Mathematics
Competition
An activity of the Centre for Education
in Mathematics and Computing,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Pascal Contest (Grade 9)

Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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Time: 60 minutes 2006

c Waterloo Mathematics Foundation
Calculators are permitted
Instructions
1. Do not open the Contest booklet until you are told to do so.
2. You may use rulers, compasses and paper for rough work.
3. Be sure that you understand the coding system for your response form. If you are not sure,
ask your teacher to clarify it. All coding must be done with a pencil, preferably HB. Fill in
circles completely.
4. On your response form, print your school name, city/town, and province in the box in the
upper left corner.
5. Be certain that you code your name, age, sex, grade, and the Contest you are
writing in the response form. Only those who do so can be counted as official
contestants.
6. This is a multiple-choice test. Each question is followed by five possible answers marked
A, B, C, D, and E. Only one of these is correct. After making your choice, fill in the
appropriate circle on the response form.
7. Scoring: Each correct answer is worth 5 in Part A, 6 in Part B, and 8 in Part C.
There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
Each unanswered question is worth 2, to a maximum of 10 unanswered questions.
8. Diagrams are not drawn to scale. They are intended as aids only.
9. When your supervisor tells you to begin, you will have sixty minutes of working time.

The names of some top-scoring students will be published in the PCF Results on our Web site,
http://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca.
 Scoring: There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
Each unanswered question is worth 2, to a maximum of 10 unanswered questions.

Part A: Each correct answer is worth 5.

1. The value of 3 × (7 − 5) − 5 is
(A) 11 (B) 1 (C) −30 (D) 11 (E) −1

2. Which of the following is the best estimate for the value

of x shown on the number line? x
(A) 1.3 (B) −1.3 (C) −2.7
(D) 0.7 (E) −0.7 3 2 1 0 1 2 3

3. What fraction of the area of rectangle ABCD is the area A 5 D

of the shaded square?
1 1 1
(A) 15 (B) 8 (C) 10 3
1 1 1
(D) 4 (E) 12
1
B C

4. The value of 25 − 52 is
(A) 0 (B) −3 (C) −7 (D) 3 (E) 7

5. The table shows the pay Leona earned for two different
shifts at the same fixed hourly rate. How much will she Shift Total Pay
earn for a five hour shift at this rate? 3 hours $24.75
6 hours $49.50
(A) $43.75 (B) $46.25 (C) $38.75
(D) $36.25 (E) $41.25
√ √
64 + 36
6. The value of √ is
64 + 36
7 16 1 24 14
(A) 5 (B) 5 (C) 5 (D) 5 (E) 5

7. Megan inherits $1 000 000 and Dan inherits $10 000. Each donates 10% of his or her
inheritance to charity. In total, they donate
(A) $101 000 (B) $110 000 (C) $100 000 (D) $11 000 (E) $10 100

8. In the diagram, what is the area of 4ABC? y

(A) 36 (B) 54 (C) 108 A (4, 9)
(D) 72 (E) 48

x
B (0, 0) C (12, 0)
 5 1
9. The value of 8 −16 is
3
(A) larger than 4 (B) larger than 35 (C) larger than 5
9
(D) less than 12 7
(E) less than 16

10. If M = 2007 ÷ 3, N = M ÷ 3, and X = M − N , then the value of X is

(A) 669 (B) 223 (C) 1338 (D) 892 (E) 446

Part B: Each correct answer is worth 6.

11. The mean (average) of 6, 9 and 18 is equal to the mean (average) of 12 and y. What
is the value of y?
(A) 22 (B) 21 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 5

12. In the diagram, if ∠P QR = 48◦ , what is the measure of

∠P M N ? M R
(A) 60◦ (B) 42◦ (C) 48◦
(D) 66◦ (E) 84◦ P
N
Q

13. The sum of two different prime numbers is 10. The product of these two numbers is
(A) 24 (B) 21 (C) 16 (D) 9 (E) 7

14. At Webster High School, the ratio of males to females writing the Pascal Contest
is 3 : 7. If there are 21 males writing the Contest, what is the total number of
students writing?
(A) 30 (B) 25 (C) 49 (D) 70 (E) 79

15. Clara knocks over the two stacks of blocks shown in the
diagram. She then uses the blocks to build a similar stack
whose top layer has one block and each layer below has
one more block than the layer above it. If she builds
the largest possible stack, how many blocks will be left
over?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2
(D) 3 (E) 4

16. In the table, the sum of the numbers in each row, column and
diagonal is the same. What is the value of P + Q + R + S? P 4 Q
10 16 22
(A) 56 (B) 60 (C) 64
R 28 S
(D) 68 (E) 72
17. Norine can retire when her age and the number of years that she has worked add
to 85. At present, she is 50 years old and has worked for 19 years. If she works
continuously until she retires, how old will she be when she can retire?
(A) 53 (B) 54 (C) 58 (D) 66 (E) 69
18. In the diagram, what is the perimeter of 4P QS? Q P
(A) 74 (B) 55 (C) 80 5
R 13
(D) 84 (E) 97
37

S
 
3 1
19. The reciprocal of is + 1 . What is the value of x?
10 x
7 3 3 5 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3 13 7 3 5

20. In the diagram, rectangle ABCD is divided into two

regions, AEF CD and EBCF , of equal area. If EB = 40, A E B
AD = 80 and EF = 30, what is the length of AE?
(A) 20 (B) 24 (C) 10
F
(D) 15 (E) 30

D C

Part C: Each correct answer is worth 8.

21. P , Q, R, S, and T are five different integers between 2 and 19 inclusive.

• P is a two-digit prime number whose digits add up to a prime number.

• Q is a multiple of 5.
• R is an odd number, but not a prime number.
• S is the square of a prime number.
• T is a prime number that is also the mean (average) of P and Q.

Which number is the largest?

(A) P (B) Q (C) R (D) S (E) T

22. Asafa ran at a speed of 21 km/h from P to Q to R

to S, as shown. Florence ran at a constant speed P
from P directly to R and then to S. They left P at
the same time and arrived at S at the same time. 8 km
How many minutes after Florence did Asafa arrive 7 km
at point R? Q 15 km R S
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 6
(D) 7 (E) 5
23. In the diagram, two circles, each with centre D, have radii
of 1 and 2. The total area of the shaded regions is 125
of A
the area of the larger circle. What is a possible measure
of ∠ADC?
D
(A) 108◦ (B) 120◦ (C) 90◦ C
(D) 150◦ (E) 135◦

24. Starting with the “1” in the centre, the spiral of

consecutive integers continues, as shown. What is 17 16 15 14 13
the sum of the number that appears directly above
2007 and the number that appears directly below ↓ 5 4 3 12
2007? 6 1 2 11
(A) 4014 (B) 4016 (C) 4018 7 8 9 10
(D) 4020 (E) 4022

25. How many four-digit positive integers x are there with the property that x and 3x
have only even digits? (One such number is x = 8002, since 3x = 24006 and each of
x and 3x has only even digits.)
(A) 82 (B) 84 (C) 86 (D) 88 (E) 90
 (English)
Contest
Pascal
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Canadian Mathematics Competition

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