Part I – Each question is worth 3 marks.

1. A balance scale is used to weigh an item and weights can be placed on either
side. Now, there are only three different weights, each is one-of-a-kind: 3 grams,
5 grams and 7 grams. How many objects of different weights can be weighed on
this balance scale?
A. 7 B. 10 C. 11 D. 15

2. Mario practices mental calculation by adding up the cubes of counting numbers.

He starts from 1 in the order of non-zero positive integers. When adding up to a
certain number, the total is 2900, but he found out that a cube of a number is
missing when doing the addition. Which cubic number did Mario not include
when doing the mental calculation?
A. 64 B. 125 C. 216 D. 343

3. After changing the order of the four-digit numbers and rearranging them, some
new four-digit numbers can be obtained. There is a four-digit M and its four digits
are different, and none of them are 0. It is known that M is 7875 smaller than the
largest number among the new four-digit number and 297 larger than the smallest
number among the new four-digit number. Find this four-digit number.
A. 2419 B. 3169 C. 1986 D. 5917

4. Determine the sum of all integers, x, that satisfy the inequality: 3 ≤ |4𝑥 − 1| ≤ 7.
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 4

5. If 9√3√27 = 3𝑥 , calculate the value of x.

13 7 7 13
A. 4 B. 4 C. D.
2 2

6. Simplify: √14 − 4√12 − √15 − √224.

A. 2√2 − √6 B. 2√2 − √7 C. √7 − √6 D. √7 + √6

𝑥 3 −𝑦 3
7. Given 𝑥 + 𝑦 = √6, 𝑥𝑦 = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 < 𝑦. Find the value of 𝑥3 +𝑦 3 .
√3 √3 √6 √6
A. − 27 B. 27
C. 27
D. − 27
8. The first term in the sequence of numbers 9, 13, -13, … is 9. Each even-
numbered term is 4 more than the previous term and each odd-numbered term,
after the first, is -1 times the previous term. What is the 2022nd term of the
sequence?
A. 9 B. 13 C. -13 D. -9

9. In the figure below, ABCD and BEFG are squares, ABE is a straight line. Find
the area of ACF if AB = 10cm and BE = 4cm.

A. 38 𝑐𝑚2
B. 50 𝑐𝑚2
C. 88 𝑐𝑚2
D. 116 𝑐𝑚2

10. In ΔGHI, GH=10, HI=14 and GI=16. Find the height of ΔGHI from G to HI.
A.
40√3
B.
40√3 C. 5√3 D. 4√3
5 7

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11. Find the value of 𝑥 2 + 𝑥2 , given 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 1 = 0.
A. 45 B. 46 C. 47 D. 49

12. Find all positive integer solutions (x, y) to 4𝑥 2 − 4𝑥𝑦 − 3𝑦 2 = 21.

A. (8, 5) and (3, 1) C. (5, 8) and (1, 3)
B. (8, 1) and (3, 5) D. (5, 3) and (1, 8)

13. 200 students are selected to vote for the Student Council President. Among the
three candidates, Allan has already secured 75 votes. On the other hand, Clyde
has 20 votes and Bernard has 28 votes. How many more votes must Allan get, at
least, to be elected as the Student Council President?
A. 15 B. 16 C. 25 D. 26
14. 56 new students wanted to join 3 different clubs in their school. To avoid
overcrowding in a single club, a student can at least join 1 club but at most 2
clubs. How many students, at least, joined the same club/clubs?
A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11

15. A group of 10 people is to be seated at a long table, 5 each side. There are 2
people who wish to sit on one side of the table and 3 people who wish to sit on the
other side of the table. How many seating arrangements are possible?
A. 10! 5!5!5!
C. 3!2!
B. 5!3!2! 10!
D. 5!3!2!

16. The following tree diagram shows the results of drug testing on 35 athletes. Find
the probability that an athlete receives a false result.

A. 4/35

B. 14/35

C. 21/35

D. 31/35

17. If today is Wednesday, what day of the week will it be 20222022 days from now?
A. Thursday C. Sunday
B. Friday D. Tuesday

18. Dates are expressed by fraction, for example, 2nd January as “1/2”. At a specific
date, this fraction is identical with the ratio of the number of days already
passed by for the year. What day it was?
A. January 1st C. March 6th
B. February 5th D. April 5th

19. Of 5000 apples harvested, every 3rd apple was too small, every 4th apple was too
green and every 10th apple was bruised. The remaining apples were perfect. How
many perfect apples were harvested?
A. 2250 B. 2750 C. 2709 D. 2291
 20. For how many positive integers x is (𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 − 6) … (𝑥 − 2018)(𝑥 −
2020)(𝑥 − 2022) ≤ 0?
A. 1010 C. 1516
B. 1011 D. 1517

Part II – Each question is worth 5 marks.

1. What is the ones digit of the value of: 20042022 × 20052021 + 20062020 × 20072019 −
20082018 × 20092017 ?

2. Find the least value of n for which 𝑆𝑛 of a geometric series exceeds 2022 with first
term 2 and a common ratio of 4.

3. How many different integers b will make 𝑥 2 − 𝑏𝑥 + 24 factorable?

𝑎
4. Given that log 2 𝑎 = 𝑥 and log 2 𝑏 = 𝑦, 𝑎2 𝑏 = 16 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏2 = 8, find the value of x + y.

5. Given that the line 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 5 meets the curve 2𝑥𝑦 − 2𝑥 = 7, find the range of
values of m. (If your answer is a fraction, express your answer in a/b format.)

6. A circle is divided into N sectors such that the smallest angle is 6𝑜 and the
largest angle is 30𝑜 . Given that the angles of the sectors are in arithmetic
sequence, find the value of n.

7. When 7 fair standard 6-sided dice are thrown, find the probability that the sum
of the numbers on the top faces is 9? Express your answer in a/b format.
8. Jose and Marie are the best strikers on the football team. In penalty shootouts,
Jose has a 80% chance of scoring goal while Marie has an 75% chance. They each
have one attempt to score a penalty goal. What is the probability that at least
one of these players will miss?

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