4. Mr.

Wang met with heavy traffic on the

1. Find the value of
expressway. As a result, the speed of his car

100 − 98 + 96 − 94 + ⋯ + 8 − 6 + 4 − 2 was reduced by 20%. What was the

percentage increase in time taken for his
journey?
(A) 46
(B) 48 (A) 10%
(C) 50 (B) 15%
(D) 52 (C) 20%
(E) 54
(D) 25%
(E) None of the above
2. The missing number in the following
sequence is _____.
5. Find the number of ways in which you could
4, 6, 10, 14, 22, 26, 34, , 46 …
travel from point A to point B by passing
through point ! in the diagram shown

(A) 36 below.

(B) 37 You can only move in the and

(C) 38 directions.

(D) 39
(E) 40

3.2. In the pentagon below, !" = !" = !" =

!" = !". Find ∠!.

(A) 16
(B) 17
(C) 18
(D) 19
(A) 106° (E) None of the above
(B) 108°
(C) 110°
(D) 112°
(E) None of the above

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6. Jane forgot her pencil case when she 8. A bag contains 8 red, 7 white, 5 yellow, 3
walked to school. So her brother cycled to blue and 2 black balls. Without looking Roy
give it to her. After receiving it, she took takes out the balls one by one. What is the
another 4 more minutes to reach school. least number of balls he must take out so
Her brother reached home at the same that, for certain, he will have at least 4 balls
time. If cycling is 3 times faster than of the same colour?
walking, how many minutes did Jane take to
walk to school from home?

(A) 14
(B) 16
(C) 18
(A) 11
(D) 20
(B) 12
(E) None of the above
(C) 13
(D) 14
7. Two dice are rolled at the same time. What (E) None of the above
is the chance that the sum of the 2 numbers
on the up faces is 8? 9. The average age of ! number of teachers
and ! number of engineers are 32 and 40,
respectively. The average age of the same
group of teachers and engineers is 35. Find
(! + !).

(A) 4
(B) 6
!
(A) (C) 8
!
! (D) 10
(B) !
(E) None of the above
!
(C) !"
!
(D) !"
!
(E) !"

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 13. Find the value of
10. A fast food outlet sells chicken nuggets in
boxes of either 4 or 7. What is the largest ! ! ! !
+ + +…+
number of nuggets that one cannot buy? ! !×! !×!×! !×!×!×!×!×!×!×!

(A) 11 !"
(A) !"#
(B) 17 !"#
(B) !"#
(C) 19
!"#
(D) 22 (C) !"#

(E) None of the above !""

(D) !"#

(E) None of the above

11. The figure below shows 3 squares and two
circles. Find the area of the smallest square
in !!! . 14. In ∆ABC, points D,E and F are midpoints of
CE,AF and BD respectively. It is known the
area of ∆ABC is 56 !!! . Find the area of
∆DEF.

(A) 46
(B) 47
(C) 48
(D) 49
(E) None of the above

12. In the number line shown below,

2! = 3! – 8. Find the value of (2! + !).
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(A) 15 (D) 8
(B) 16
(E) None of the above
(C) 17
(D) 18
(E) None of the above

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 !
15. Find the 2016th digit after the decimal in .
! 18. Evaluate
2016
2016! − 2015 ×2017
(A) 1
(A) 1
(B) 2
(B) 2015
(C) 4
(C) 2016
(D) 5
(D) 2017
(E) 7
(E) None of the above

16. Let !, !, !, ! be whole numbers. If

2! ×3! ×5! ×7! = 252, then what does
19. John cut away one sixth of a pizza. He
! + 2! + 3! + 4! equal to?
realized the curved circumference of the
remaining pizza is 15 ! . What was the
(A) 4 diameter of the pizza in inches?
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 10
(E) None of the above

17. Find the number of triangles that can be

formed by using any 3 points as their
vertices.

(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 14
(D) 16

(A) 20 (E) 18

(B) 25
(C) 30
(D) 35
(E) None of the above

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20. There are 200 kilograms of oatmeal in a
!
supermarket. On the 1st day, of the
!
!
oatmeal was sold. On the 2nd day, of the
!

remaining oatmeal was sold. On the 3rd day,

!
!
of the remaining oatmeal was sold. This
!
pattern went on until on the 199th day,
!""
of the remaining oatmeal was sold. Find the
amount of oatmeal, in kilograms, the was
left.

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
(E) None of the above

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 QUESTIONS 21 - 25 ARE FREE RESPONSE 24. The following four-digit numbers are similar
to each other in some ways.
Write your answer in the free response section of
the ANSWER SHEET provided.
1383 1996 1231

21. Aloysius, Barry, Carl, Dylan and Edward are

Firstly, they all start with 1.
participating in an international chess
Secondly, there are 2 identical digits in each
competition where each contestant must play
number.
exactly one game against each other.
How many such numbers are there?
Aloysius played 4 games.
Barry played 3 games.
Carl played 2 games. 25. A triangle can be formed with sides of
Dylan played 1 game. lengths 3, 4 and 5. It is impossible, however,
to construct a triangle with sides of lengths
How many games has Edward played so far?
3, 4, and 7. Jane has 8 sticks, each stick
having different lengths, which are whole
22. The digits below can form 24 different four-
numbers. She observes that she cannot
digit numbers. Find the average of these 24
form a triangle using any 3 sticks as the
numbers.
sides.

2, 5, 7 and 8
What is the shortest possible length of the
longest stick Jane has in !"?

23. The figure shows 2 blue circles and 3 blue

semicircles, all of identical radii, inscribed in
a big semicircle. Find the ratio of the area of
the big semicircle to the area of the area of
the blue regions.

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