International Kangaroo Mathematics Contest 2010: Student Level: Class (11 & 12) Max Time: 3 Hours 3-Point Problems

International Kangaroo Mathematics Contest 2010
Student Level: Class (11 & 12) Max Time: 3 Hours
3-point problems
Q1) Using next picture we can observe that

1+3+5+7 = 4 x 4.
What is the value of 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 + 15 + 17?
A) 14 x 14 B) 9 x 9 C) 4 x 4 x 4 D) 16 x 16 E) 7 x 9
Q2) If both rows have the same sum, what is the value of *?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2010
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 *
A) 1010 B) 1020 C) 1910 D) 1990 E) 2000

Q3) Two empty cubes have base areas of 1 dm2 and 4 dm2 respectively. We want to fill the bigger cube
with spring water which we fetch using the smaller cube. How many times do we have to go to the
spring?
A) 2 times B) 4 times C) 6 times D) 8 times E) 16 times

Q4) How many four-digit numbers formed of only odd digits are divisible by five?
A) 900 B) 625 C) 250 D) 125 E) 100
Q5) The director of a company said: “Each of our employees is at least 25 years old.“ Later, it turned
out, that he was not right. It means, that
A) all employees in the company are exactly 25 years old.;

B) all employees in the company are more than 26 years old;
C) none of the employees in the company is 25 years old yet;
D) some employee in the company is less than 25 years old;
E) some employee in the company is exactly 26 years old.
Q6) There are seven 3×1 bars in the box as showing the figure. We wish to
slide some bars in the box so there will be room for one more bar? At least how
many bars must be moved in that case?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5 E) It is impossible
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Q7) The triangle ABC is right-angled, M is the midpoint of the hypotenuse
AB and ∠A = 60°. ∠BMC =
A) 105° B) 108° C) 110° D) 120° E) 125°
Q8) Choose a number which could be equal to the number of edges of some prism.
A) 100 B) 200 C) 2008 D) 2009 E) 2010
Q9) How many 2-digit numbers xy have digits x and y with the property (x – 3)2 + (y – 2)2 = 0?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 6 D) 32 E) none
Q10) In the picture, the side of the square has length 2, the semicircles
go through the center of the square and have centers on the vertices of the
square. The shaded circles have centers on the sides of the squares and
are tangent to the semicircles. What is the shaded area?
3 1
A) 4(3 – 2 2 )π B) 2π C) π D) π E) π
4 4
4-point problems
Q11) The three numbers 7 , 3 7 , 6 7 are consecutive terms of a geometric progression.The next term
of the progression is
9 12 5 10
A) 7 B) 7 C) 7 D) 7 E) 1
Q12) The chord AB is tangent to the smaller of the concentric circle. If

AB = 16, what is the area of the shaded region?
A) 32π B) 63π C) 64π D) 32π2 E) it depends on radii of the circles
Q13) The integer numbers x and y satisfy 2x = 5y. Only one of the following can be x + y. Which is it?
A) 2011 B) 2010 C) 2009 D) 2008 E) 2007
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Q14) The big equilateral triangle consists of 36 smaller equilateral triangles
with area 1 cm2 each. Find the area of ∆ABC.
A) 11 cm2 B) 12 cm2 C) 13 cm2 D) 14 cm2 E) 15 cm2
Q15) There are balls of three colours in a bag: blue, green and red (there is at least one of each colour).
We know, that in case we are blindfolded and draw five balls randomly, there will definitely be at least
two red ones and at least three will be the same colour. How many blue balls are there in the bag?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
E) It is impossible to find out without more detailed information.
Q16) Which of these graphs corresponds with the set of all solutions of the equation
(x – |x|)2 + (y – |y|)2 = 4?
Q17) How many right-angled triangles can be formed by joining three vertices of a given regular 14-gon?
A) 42 B) 84 C) 88 D) 98 E) 168
Q18) Each star in the expression 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 7 * 8 * 9 * 10 is replaced either by “+” or “⋅”. Let
N be the largest possible value of the expression that can be obtained this way. What is the smallest prime
factor of N?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7 E) some other number

Q19) The lengths of the sides of a triangle in centimeters are the natural numbers 13, x and y. Find the
perimeter if xy = 105.
A) 35 B) 39 C) 51 D) 69 E) 119
3
Q20) The paper ribbon is folded three times as shown. Find β if α = 70º.
A) 140º B) 130º C) 120º D) 110º E) 100º
5-point problems
Q21) Lines parallel to the base divide each of the other two sides of the
triangle shown into 10 equal segment.
Which percentage of the area of triangle is grey?
A) 42.5% B) 45% C) 46% D) 47.5% E) 50%
Q22) 100 people took part in a race, no two of which arrived at the same time. Each was asked, in which
place he/she had finished and everybody answered with a number from 1 to 100. The sum of all answers
equaled 4000. What is the smallest number of false answers the runners could have given?
A) 9 B) 10 C) 11 D) 12 E) 13
Q23) We throw a dice three times. If the number obtained on the third throw is equal to the sum of the
numbers we obtained on the first two, what is the probability that a 2 appeared at least once?
A) 1/6 B) 91/216 C) 1/2 D) 8/15 E) 7/12
Q24) A bar-code of the type shown is composed of alternate strips of black

and white, always beginning and ending with a black strip. Each strip (of either
colour) has the width 1 or 2, and the total width of the bar code is 12. How
many different codes are possible, always reading from left to right?
A) 24 B) 132 C) 66 D) 12 E) 116
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Q25) A wall is tiled with two sizes of square tile as shown. The larger tile has sides of length a, and the
smaller of length b. The dashed lines (horizontal and slanted) form an angle of 30°. Determine the ratio
a:b.
A) (2 3 ) : 1 B) (2 + 3) : 1 C) (3 + 2):1 D) (3 2 ) : 1 E) 2 : 1
Q26) The natural numbers from 1 to 10 are each written on the blackboard 10 times. The students in the
class then play the following game: a student deletes 2 of the numbers and instead of them writes down
on the blackboard their sum decreased by 1; after that another student deletes 2 of the numbers and
instead of them writes down on the blackboard their sum decreased by 1; and so on. The game continues
until only one number remains on the blackboard. The remaining number is:
A) less than 440 B) 451 C) 460 D) 488 E) more than 500
( 2 + 3) ( 22 + 32 )…( 21024 + 31024 )( 22048 + 32048 ) + 24096

Q27) The value of the expression equals:
32048
E) 32048 + 22048
A) 22048 B) 24096 C) 32048 D) 34096
th
Q28) The square root 0.44...4
is written as an infinite decimal. What is the 100 digit after the decimal
100 times
point?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 6
Q29) f : R+ → R, ∀x > 0 : 2 f ( x) + 3 f 
2010 
 = 5 x , then
 x 
f (6) = …
A) 993 B) 1 C) 2009 D) 1013 E) 923
Q30) Points P and Q are chosen, one on each leg of right-angled triangle. The length of the sides are a
and b respectively. Let K and H be the feet of perpendiculars from P and Q respectively on the
hypotenuse. Find the least possible value of the sum KP+PQ+QH.
2ab
C)
2ab ( a + b )2 ( a + b )2
A) a + b B) D) E)
a+b a 2 + b2 a 2 + b2 2ab

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Q1) Using next picture we can observe that

A) 1010 B) 1020 C) 1910 D) 1990 E) 2000

A) 2 times B) 4 times C) 6 times D) 8 times E) 16 times

A) 900 B) 625 C) 250 D) 125 E) 100

A) all employees in the company are exactly 25 years old.;

A) 105° B) 108° C) 110° D) 120° E) 125°

A) 100 B) 200 C) 2008 D) 2009 E) 2010

Q12) The chord AB is tangent to the smaller of the concentric circle. If

A) 32π B) 63π C) 64π D) 32π2 E) it depends on radii of the circles

A) 2011 B) 2010 C) 2009 D) 2008 E) 2007

A) 11 cm2 B) 12 cm2 C) 13 cm2 D) 14 cm2 E) 15 cm2

A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7 E) some other number

A) 140º B) 130º C) 120º D) 110º E) 100º

A) 42.5% B) 45% C) 46% D) 47.5% E) 50%

A) 1/6 B) 91/216 C) 1/2 D) 8/15 E) 7/12

Q24) A bar-code of the type shown is composed of alternate strips of black

A) less than 440 B) 451 C) 460 D) 488 E) more than 500

( 2 + 3) ( 22 + 32 )…( 21024 + 31024 )( 22048 + 32048 ) + 24096

A) 993 B) 1 C) 2009 D) 1013 E) 923

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