QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 4.

In 2018, Lucas invested $1000 for a

3 MARKS EACH period of 2 years.

1. A new operation is defined as below

By the end of the 1st year, he saw his
investment suffer an 18% loss.
𝑚 ∗ 𝑛 = 𝑚𝑛

In the 2nd year, his investment showed

Find the value of 𝑛 in 𝑛 ∗ 5 = 243
a 25% gain on the remaining amount.

(A) 1
Over the 2-year period, what was the
(B) 2
percentage change in his investment?
(C) 3
(D) 4
(A) 2.5% gain
(E) 5
(B) 2.5% loss
(C) 2.8% gain
(D) 2.8% loss
2. Select 8 distinct numbers from 1 to 9 (E) No change
to fill in each blank below. What is the
greatest possible result?
5. 𝛥𝐴𝐸𝐷 and 𝛥𝐵𝐹𝐶 are identical isosceles
[ ÷ ×( + )] − [ × + − ]
triangles. The area of 𝛥𝐴𝐸𝐷 is 202 𝑐𝑚2 .
(A) 129 Find the area of rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷.
(B) 131
(C) 133
(D) 143
(E) 145

3. A cube has 8 vertices as shown. How

many triangles can be formed by
connecting any 3 vertices?

(A) 340 𝑐𝑚2

(B) 360 𝑐𝑚2
(C) 380 𝑐𝑚2
(D) 400 𝑐𝑚2
(E) 404 𝑐𝑚2

(A) 40
(B) 44
(C) 48
(D) 56
(E) None of the above

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6. Find the possible values of 𝑚 such 8. How many triangles are there in the
that the 101-digit number, as shown figure below?
below, is divisible by 7.

666 ⋯ 6 𝑚 ⏟
⏟ 555 ⋯ 5
50 6′ 𝑠 50 5′ 𝑠

(A) (1, 8)
(B) (2 ,6)
(A) 30
(C) (2, 9)
(B) 31
(D) (5, 6)
(C) 32
(E) (3, 7)
(D) 33
(E) 34

7. In the 4 × 4 grid shown below, each

line segment measures 1 unit in 9. How many ways are there to choose
length. two different numbers from the set
{5, 6, 7, 8, ⋯ , 15}, such that their sum is
What is the longest distance (in units) even?
a beetle can travel from Point 𝐴 to
Point 𝐵, if each line segment can only (A) 23
be traversed once? (B) 24
(C) 25
(D) 26
(E) None of the above

10. After Wattana spent $35 on a wallet,

he and James had money in the ratio
3 ∶ 4. Wattana then received $220 and
(A) 24 James spent $50.
(B) 26
(C) 28 In the end, Wattana had twice as
(D) 30 much money as James.
(E) 31
How much money had Wattana at
first?

(A) $225
(B) $227
(C) $231
(D) $234
(E) $240

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 QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH 14. Cindy used 12 matchsticks to make a
4 MARKS EACH 2 × 2 grid, 24 matchsticks to make a
3 × 3 grid and 1300 matchsticks to
11. If 𝐴 = 2248 and 𝐵 = 3155 , then
make a 𝑚 × 𝑚 grid. What is the value
of 𝑚?
(A) 𝐴=𝐵
(B) 𝐴 − 𝐵 = 13
(C) 𝐵 − 𝐴 = 15
(D) 𝐴>𝐵
(E) 𝐵>𝐴

12. Evaluate
(A) 20
7 7 7 (B) 22
(1 + 7) × (1 + ) × (1 + ) × ⋯ × (1 + )
2 3 9
9 9 9 (C) 24
(1 + 9) × (1 + ) × (1 + ) × ⋯ × (1 + )
2 3 7 (D) 25
3 (E) 26
(A)
4
2 15. In the quadrant shown below,
(B)
3
(C) 1

4
(D)
3
3
(E)
2

13. Each letter represents a unique non-

zero digit in the following addition. (i) 𝐴 = 28 𝑐𝑚2
(ii) 𝐴 = 30 𝑐𝑚2
𝐴 𝐵 𝐶 (iii) 𝐴=𝐵
+ 𝐷 𝐸 𝐹 (iv) 𝐴>𝐵
𝐻 𝐼 𝐽
What is the minimum value of Which of the following statements are
22
(𝐻 + 𝐼 + 𝐽) ? correct? Take 𝜋 = .
7

(A) 17 (A) (i) and (iii)

(B) 18 (B) (ii) and (iii)
(C) 19 (C) (i) and (iv)
(D) 21 (D) (ii) and (iv)
(E) None of the above (E) (iii) and (iv)

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16. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is an equilateral triangle. 18. Find the value of ∠𝑚 in ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 .
The shortest distance from Point 𝑂 to (The diagram is not drawn to scale.)
each side are 4, 5 and 6 units,
respectively.

Find the height of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶.

(A) 8°
(B) 9°
(C) 10°
(D) 12°
(A) 12 (E) 14°
(B) 13
(C) 14
19. How many numbers are there in the
(D) 15
range 1000 to 1999 where the ones
(E) 16
digit is greater than the hundreds
digit?

17. Find the value of

(A) 420
(B) 430
11 + 22 + 33 + ⋯ + 1089 + 1100
(C) 440
(D) 450
(A) 55540
(E) None of the above
(B) 55550
(C) 55560
(D) 55580
(E) None of the above

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20. A fair die is rolled twice. 23. Paul walked from 𝐴 to 𝐵 at a constant
speed of 80𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛. At the same time,
Mary walked from 𝐵 to 𝐴 at a constant
speed of 60𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛.

They met 120 𝑚 away from the

midpoint of 𝐴 and 𝐵.

If Paul stopped for a break along the

What is the probability that the sum way, they would still have met 120 𝑚
of the two outcomes is prime? away from the midpoint of 𝐴 and 𝐵.

1 How long (in minutes) is the break?

(A)
3
5
(B) 24. A 2020-digit number is written below.
12
Find the remainder when it is divided
2 by 9.
(C)
5
7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2⋯
(D)
12
3 25. Pool is a game in which players use a
(E)
5 cue pole to shoot balls into pockets
located along the sides of a table.
QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH
6 MARKS EACH
A 4 × 3 pool table has pockets located
21. The sum of ages of a group of people at 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 and 𝐷 , as shown below. A
is 4476. ball shot from 𝐴 enters the pocket
located at 𝐵 after a few bounces.
The eldest person is ≤79 years old.
The youngest is ≥30 years old.

No more than 3 people in the group

are of the same age.

What is the minimum number of

people who are ≥60 years old?

22. How many ways are there to form a If lengths 𝐴𝐵 = 2020 and 𝐵𝐶 = 2019 ,
5 𝑐𝑚 × 3 𝑐𝑚 rectangle from squares of which pocket, 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 or 𝐷 , will a ball
side lengths 1𝑐𝑚, 2 𝑐𝑚 and 3 𝑐𝑚 ? shot in the same way from 𝐴 enter?

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