Online International Math Challenge




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 Preface
International Math Challenge (IMC) is one of the leading mathematics-based international
competitions in the world aimed at school students of various grades. As an IMC team, we
believe that current problems around the globe can be solved through critical thinking and
cooperation among the next generation of skilled challengers. The first Math Challenge was
organized in 2012 as an inter-school competition among international schools in Bangkok
with the participation of 144 students from 10 schools. Gradually the number of participants
increased and in 2014 Math Challenge went beyond the Thailand borders and started
hosting international participants. IMC IX witnessed the participation of 800 students from
20 countries in 2020.

In 2020, aiming to encourage students to study and excel in math and critical thinking, the
IMC team decided to conduct an online version of the International Math Challenge to boost
the motivation of both teachers and students who have been bored, lost goal-oriented
character, and stimulus for study under the difficult global pandemic times, when most of the
Olympiads and competitions are forced to be canceled or postponed until unknown time.
The IMC team also hoped this competition will help all types of schools to keep their
students engaged and to observe their mathematics education in an international arena. The
Online IMC 2020 witnessed the participation of 2000 students from 70 countries.

The next year, in 2021, the IMC Team cooperated with many institutions as well as
universities from the different regions of the world. The competition was held in 5 languages
and was participated in by more than 5000 students from 96 countries. The organizers and
five university partners awarded 212 students from Category 4 with a total of more than 15
million USD as a scholarship.

Now, the IMC is the leading math competition in the world by the participating countries. The
IMC 2022 will be even far-reaching with more surprises. This event is hoped to motivate
students to see math in a different light, have their interest stimulated in the subject, and
think about how they can apply math in their future studies and daily life.

We wish the best to all students and their mathematics mentors/trainers. We hope our youth
will be inspired to think critically and scientifically by the love of mathematics and technology.
We look forward to welcoming you all to the next competition days.

Warm Regards,

Chayanin Mhadla
General Secretary
 Competition details:
The Online International Math Challenge is open to all students from all grades. Students can
participate under their relevant categories.

US/Canada
Category Thai System British System Russian System
System
Grade 1 Prathom 1 Year 2 Grade 1
Category kids
Grade 2 Prathom 2 Year 3 Grade 2
Grade 3 Prathom 3 Year 4 Grade 3
Category 1
Grade 4 Prathom 4 Year 5 Grade 4
Grade 5 Prathom 5 Year 6 Grade 5
Category 2
Grade 6 Prathom 6 Year 7 Grade 6
Grade 7 Matthayom 1 Year 8 Grade 7
Category 3
Grade 8 Matthayom 2 Year 9 Grade 8
Grade 9 Matthayom 3 Year 10 Grade 9
Category 4
Grade 10 Matthayom 4 Year 11 Grade 10
Grade 11 Matthayom 5 Year 12 Grade 11
Category 5
Grade 12 Matthayom 6 Year 13 Grade 12

Dates:

Registration dates: 15 August - 30 October 2022

Competition date: 11-12 November 2022
Results Announcement: 15 November 2022
Awarding Ceremony: 30 November 2022

Exam rules:
The exam will be online in English, Thai, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish.
There will be 25 multiple choice questions for category kids, and 40 questions
for all other categories.
3 wrong answers will void 1 correct answer.
Students will be receiving individual awards.
Certificates will be issued to all participants, mentors, and schools.
More information at https://mathchallenge.in.th/online/
For any questions, please contact [email protected]

Topics:
Please see the updated topics at https://mathchallenge.in.th/online/
 Catergory 4 Topics
Kindly note that this is the topics for the Online IMC 2021. For the updated topics, please visit
our website.
Online International Math Challenge 2021 Category 4

1. In a class, every student likes to play either volleyball or badminton. There are 7
students who like to play volleyball, 9 students who like to play badminton, and 4
students like to play both. How many students are there in that class?
A) 20 B) 16 C) 12 D) 2

2. Which of the following represents (A∩B∩C)∪(C\(A∪B)?

A) B) C) D)
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3. 2 log 3 27+ log 3 3 can be simplified as . . . .

A) 9 B) 7 C) 4 D) 2

4. Given that 2x=3, 3y=4, and 4z =5. What is the value of 2xyz+1?
A) 0 B) 2 C) 5 D) 10
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5. In an ABCDEFGH cube with edges of 4cm and P is the midpoint of FG, what is the
shortest distance between P and AH?
A) 2√2 B) 2√3 C) 2√5 D) 3√2

6. A right triangle with side , , forming an arithme�c sequence. The perimeter of

2
that triangle is and its area is . Given that 3 = 2 , what is the value of
?
A) 12 B) 10 C) 9 D) 8
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7. Given a geometric sequence with 5 = 100 and 10 = . What is the value of
8

2?

A) 700 B) 800 C) 900 D) 1000

8. A group of 10 people has an average weight of 70.1 kg. Two people with the same
weight are added into that group and the average changed into 71.75 kg. What is
the weight of those addi�onal people?
A) 70 kg B) 75 kg C) 80 kg D) 85 kg
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9. A box contains 10 light bulbs. Three of those light bulbs are defected. If 3 light
bulbs are taken, what is the probability of ge�ng exactly one defected light bulb?
32 21 18 15
A) B) C) D)
40 40 40 40

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10. Given that ( ) = and is the inverse of , what is the value of (5)?
√2 + 1
12 13 14 16
A) − B) C) − D) −
25 25 25 25
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11. Given that lines ( + ) + 2 = 2 and − ( − 3 ) = −4 intersect

at (1, −1), what is the value of + ?
A) 2 B) -2 C) 0 D) 1

12. There is a rela�onship between numbers wri�en into large squares and numbers
in small squares. Find A.
A) 12 B) 10 C) 9 D) 8
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13. The square on the right is formed by a certain rule. Which of the below squares
is not formed by the same rule?

A) B)

C) D)

14. The four-digit numbers that are given below will be placed in 4x4 table
horizontally and ver�cally, where each cell contains a digit. Hence, what is the value
of A+B-C?

A) 4 B) 5 C) 7 D) 9
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15. There is a rela�on between given numbers in the diagrams, then find the value
of (K+A).
A) 44 B) 40
C) 36 D) 32

16. The number sequence above is formed according to a certain rule. Find (x+y).

A) 24 B) 26 C) 28 D) 30
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17. f: [−6,8] → is given. At how many points will the graph of f(x) and f(x-3)
intersect each other?

A) 4 B) 3
C) 2 D) 1

18. A palindromic number is a number that remains the same when its digits are
reversed. For example: 1235321, 212, 23732 ..., 5554555… . Then how many seven-
digit palindromic numbers can be generated?
A) 900 B) 9000 C) 10000 D) 12000
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19. A student solved 20, 12, 14, 16, 18 ques�ons during a week. What is the
standard devia�on of the number of ques�ons solved?
A) 3.14 B) 3.15 C) 3.16 D) 3.17

20. The above symbol represents the th

term of an
arithme�c sequence where its first term is and its common
difference is . What is the value of sa�sfying the following
equa�on?

A) 8 B) 9 C) 10 D) 11
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21. Given + + = 0. , are its roots where + , 1, × , … forms an
−
arithme�c sequence. Find the value of .

A) 4 B) 3 C) 2.5 D) 2

22. The graphs of func�ons ( ) and ( ) are given. By using the graph find how
( )− ( )
many terms of sequence =( ) are nega�ve?
( )

A) 8 B) 7 C) 5 D) 4
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23. The above figure is formed by unit squares. Calculate (tan + tan ) .

13 4 11
A) B) 5 C) D)
6 3 6

24. The bar KL with a length of 10 m is a�ached to the wall at a 300 angle. Later the
same bar is re-a�ached to the wall at the 600 angle. Find the length of LL/.

A) 5 B) 5√6
C) 5√3 − 5 D) 5√6 − 5√2
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25. ABC is an equilateral triangle. If | |=5 , | |=3 , then find value

of .

2√3 √3 √3 √3
A) B) C) D)
5 5 2 4

26. Radar beams are sent from 2 radar sta�ons with a distance of 2600 m to capture
enemy aircra� which is directly above the radars. The tangent of the angle of the
beam sent from the le� radar sta�on with the plane is 5. When the beams make a
45-degree angle in the sky, the plane is located. If the height of the radar sta�ons
are 50 m, determine the ground height of the aircra�.

A) 3050 m B) 2750 m
C) 3750 m D) 2900 m

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27. A unit cube is given. If | | = 2| |, then find value of sin (∠ ).

√22 √11 √2 1
A) B) C) D)
11 11 11 11

28. ABCD is a square. If | | = 3| |, find value of tan .

1 1 1
A) B) 3 C) D)
2 3 4

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29. There are (4x2+20x+25)6 apples in the basket A, and (x+4)12 apples in a basket B.
If there are the same numbers of the apples in both of the baskets, find the product
of the values of x.

A) 6 B) 5 C) 4 D) 3

30. In an ABC triangle with AB = 3cm, BC = 6cm, and AC = 7cm, what is the value of
?

1 11 20 √2
A) B) C) D)
2 21 21 2

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31. In a triangle ABC, AD ⊥ BC, | | = log 125, | | = log 3√5 and

| | = log 5 are given. Find the area of triangle ABC.

3
A) 6 B) 8 C) 10 D) 12√5

32. In the table below number of the people who gave blood and urine tests is
shown. If (x+10) people gave both tests and the total number of tests given is 224,
find the number of people who gave a blood test.

A) 45 B) 76 C) 57 D) 13

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33. In the picture above the parts of the face are given as sets A, B and C, where the
universal set ={ , , , ℎ}. Therefore, which of the given
condi�on(s) is (are) true for sets A, B and C?

I. A/(B∪C) = {Eyebrows}
II. C/(A∪B) = {nose, mouth}
III. (A∩B) ∪C= {eyes, nose, mouth}

A) I B) I, II C) I, III D) III

34. For the sets A= {n6: 1 ≤ n ≤ 99, n }, B= {x: 224 ≤ x ≤ 318, x } is given.
Find the n(A∩B).
A) 12 B) 13 C) 20 D) 23

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35. Sets A and B are given as: A= {(x; x2): x∈ }, B= {(x; x+6): x∈ }.

If A∩B= {(a, b), (c, d)} then find the sum of (a + b + c + d).

A) 10 B) 12 C) 13 D) 14

36. The coordinates of the player at the point C in the football field are given as
C(log 3 (19 − ), 2). He is closer to y-axis than x-axis. Find the sum of all integer
values of .

A) 112 B) 114 C) 116 D) 118

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2 +3
37. Func�on ( )=
3 −2
is given. If a sequence a = (
n
f  f  f  f )( n ) is defined by

n terms

means of ( ). Evaluate 2021st term of given sequence.

4045 6061
A) 2021 B) 1 C) D)
6061 4045

38. In a box containing 100 balls labelled 1, 2, 3, . . ., 100. What is the probability of
ge�ng a ball that is a mul�ple of 5, but not mul�ple of 3, if a ball is taken at
random?
3 4 7
A) B) C) D) 0
25 25 50

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39. How many ways are there to form 4-digit numbers, where the product of their
digits is 60? (Repe��on of digits are allowed.)
A) 72 B) 50 C) 48 D) 60

2
40. Given that ( )= + + passing through the point (0, 3) and has a
minimum point at (-2, 1), what is the value of − + ?
2
A) 4.5 B) 2.5 C) 1.5 D)
9

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Answers:
1. C) 12 2. D) 3. B) 7 4. D) 10 5. D) 3√2 6. A) 12 7. B) 800
21 −12
8. C) 80 kg 9. B) 10. A) 11. A) 2 12. D) 8 13. C) 14. B) 5 15. D) 32
40 25
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16. A) 24 17. C) 2 18. B) 9000 19. C) 3.16 20. D) 11 21. D) 2 22. C) 5 23. A)
6

√3 √22 1 11
24. C) 5√3 − 5 25. D) 26. A) 3050 m 27. A) 28. C) 29. D) 3 30. B)
4 11 3 21
4045
31. A) 6 32. B) 76 33. C) I, III 34. A) 12 35. D) 14 36. C) 116 37. C)
6061
7
38. C) 39. D) 60 40. C) 1.5
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