Take Home Practice RIPMWC 2018 Round 1 [1]

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RIPMWC 2018 Round 1

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1. If the positive even integers are arranged in rows of eleven as shown below, then
“2018” will appear in the mth row and nth column. Find m + n.
(Eg. “58” appears in the 3rd row and 7th column, so that m + n = 10)
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64 66
… … … … … … … … … … …
(Select the correct answer from those given below)
A. 97 B. 99 C. 100 D. 103 E. None of the above

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2. The figure below is composed of three 4 – arcs of a circle of radius 2cm connected
3
to a 4 – arc of a circle. Find the area enclosed by the figure in cm2. You may take 𝜋 =
22
in your calculations.
7

2 4
A. 14 B. 15 C. 15 D. 16 E. None of the above
7 7

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3. Calculate
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(2019 × 2018 − 2018 × 2017 + 2017 × 2016 − 2016 × 2015 + ⋯ + 5 × 4
2
− 4 × 3 + 3 × 2 − 2 × 1)
A. 1007090 B. 1019090 C. 1028090 D. 1037090 E. None of the above

4. Calculate
3 5 3 12 1009 1009 1009 1009
(403 + 183 + 155 + 118 ) ÷ ( + + + )
5 11 13 17 15 33 39 51
A. 5 B. 5.5 C. 6 D. 6.5 E. None of the above

5. In a class of pupils, 80% participated in basketball, 85% participated in football, 74%

participated in softball and 68% participated in squash. Find the minimum
percentage of pupils who participated in all the four sports events.
A. 7% B. 10% C. 12% D. 15% E. None of the above

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6. How many paths, which follow the line segments in the diagram below, are there
from P to Q if all the paths must always be moving to the right?
A. 140 B. 144 C. 148 D. 153 E. None of the above

P Q

7. A particular cattle is fed 7kg, 8kg and 9kg of special food on Day 1, 2 and 3
respectively by a farmer. On the Day 4 onwards, the amount of food fed to the cattle
follows the following rule:
(i) if the total amount of food fed to the cattle in the past 3 days is 24kg or more, the
cattle will be fed 2kg less than the day before
(ii) if the total amount of food fed to the cattle in the past 3 days is less than 24kg,
the cattle will be fed 1kg more than the day before.

Calculate the minimum number of days for the total amount of food fed to the cattle
to exceed 2018kg.
A. 280 B. 284 C. 288 D. 292 E. None of the above

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8. Two motor-cyclists John and Kevin were 800km apart and travelling towards each
other at a constant speed. They started at the same time, meeting after 8 hours. If
1
Kevin started 1 2 hour later than John, they would be 70km apart 8 hours after John
started. At what speed was John travelling in km/h?
2 1 1
A. 50 B. 513 C. 522 D. 533 E. None of the above

9. The diagram shows 2 circles, each with radius 3cm and touching at point C. The
points A, B, C, D, E, F and G are positioned such that all the arcs AB, BC, CD, DE, EF,
FC, CG and GA are all equal in length. An ant walks along the figure “8” path
EFCGABCDE in that order and after which it retraces the path again and again. After
the ant has walked 2018 𝜋, where is the ant?

A. along the arc between F and C B F

B. along the arc between C and D
C. along the arc between B and C A C E
D. along the arc between C and G
E. None of the above
G D

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10. Find the exact number of minutes after 3.00 pm when the minute and hour hands
are first at 90° to each other.
2 3 8 3
A. 3111 B. 3111 C. 3211 D. 3311 E. None of the above

11. Eight pupils from Victory Primary School take a Mathematics test, but none of the
pupils write his/her name on the test. The tests are therefore handed back to the
pupils at random. In how many ways can exactly 5 of the 8 pupils get the correct
test back?
A. 30 B. 36 C. 56 D. 112 E. None of the above

12. What are the last 2 digits on the right in the expansion of the expression
22018201 – 8?
A. 12 B. 22 C. 44 D. 88 E. None of the above

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13. A 6-digit number starting with 18, 18ABCD, is a multiple of 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Find (A
+ B + C + D) for the smallest such number?
A. 7 B. 12 C. 14 D. 28 E. None of the above

14. In triangle OTV, points P and R are on the side OT and points Q, S and U are on the
side OV. Given that the areas of ΔOPQ, ΔPQR, ΔQRS, ΔRST and ΔSTU are all equal to
30 cm2, find the area of ΔSRU in cm2.
A. 22.5 B. 23 C. 23.25 D. 24.25 E. None of the above
V
U
S
Q

O P R T

15. A 14-digit number 666666XY444444 is a multiple of 26. If X and Y are both positive,
what is the smallest value of X+Y?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 9 D. 14 E. None of the above

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16. As shown in the figure below, ABCD is a trapezium with ∠BAD = ∠ABC = 90° and
its area is equal to 90 cm2. AD = 8cm and BC = 10cm. AC and BD are diagonals in
the trapezium. Find the area of triangle ABP in cm2.
2 4 2
A. 21 B. 229 C. 229 D. 239 E. None of the above

D
P

A B

17. The first 2018 integers (1, 2, 3, …, 2017, 2018) are written on the blackboard. What
is the minimum number of integers that should be erased from the blackboard, so
that the last digit of the product of the remaining integers is 2?
A. 402 B. 403 C. 404 D. 410 E. None of the above

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1 1 1 1 1 1
18. Calculate 55 +1 + 55+5 + 55 +52 + ⋯ + 55 +58 + 55 +59 + 55 +510
11 23 6 13
A. 6250 B. 12500 C. 3125 D. 6250 E. None of the above

19. 25 identical 1-dollar coins are to be distributed to 3 brothers. In how many ways
can this be done if each brother must get at least $5?
A. 48 B. 66 C. 120 D. 240 E. None of the above

20. Find the total number of ways that 270 can be written as a sum of at least 2
consecutive positive integers.
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 9 E. None of the above

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ANSWER
1. C 2. D

3. B 4. C

5. A 6. D

7. E 8. D

9. A 10. C

11. D 12. C

13. E 14. A

15. B 16. B

17. B 18. A

19. B 20. C

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