2nd International Mathematics Assessments for Schools

(2012-2013 )

Middle Primary Division Round 2

Time: 120 minutes

Printed Name;! ! Code; ! Score;! !

Instructions:!
z Do not open the contest booklet until you are told to do so.
z Be sure that your name and code are written on the space provided above.
z Round 2 of IMAS is composed of three parts, total score is 100 marks.
z Questions 1 to 5 are given in multiple-choice test. Each question has five possible
options marked as A, B, C, D and E. Only one of these options is correct. After
making your choice, fill in the appropriate letter on the space provided. Each
correct answer is worth 5 marks. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
z Questions 6 to 13 are short answer test. Only Arabic numerals are accepted; using
other written text will not be honored or credited. Some questions have more than
one answer, as such all answers are required to be written down on the space
provided to obtain full marks. Each correct answer is worth 5 marks. There is no
penalty for incorrect answer.
z Questions 14 and 15 require detailed solution or process in which 20 marks are to
be awarded to completely written solution. Partial marks may be given to
incomplete presentation. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
z Using of electronic computing devices is not allowed.
z Only pencil, blue or black ball-pens may be used to write your solution or answer.
z Diagrams are not drawn to scale. They are intended as aids only.
z After the contest the invigilator will collect the contest paper.
The following area is to be filled up by the judges;
the contestants are not supposed to mark anything here.
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Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Score Signature

Score

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 Middle Primary Division Round 2
Questions 1 to 5, 4 marks each
1. When 86 is divided by a number, the remainder is 6. Which of following cannot
be the value of that number?
（A）10 （B）20 （C）30 （D）40 （E）80

Answer:

2. Edmond was one of 14 athletes in the track-and-field team. They are numbered
from 1 to 14. The sum of the numbers of the other 13 athletes is 100. What is
Edmond’s number?
（A）5 （B）7 （C）11 （D）14 （E）17

Answer:

3. A department store sells three different gift items costing 30 dollars, 60 dollars
and 90 dollars, and three kinds of gift boxes costing 20 dollars, 50 dollars and 80
dollars. Helen buys one gift item and a gift box. How many different values can
her total bill be?
（A）4 （B）5 （C）6 （D）7 （E）8

Answer:

4. The diagram below shows five squares of equal size. The shaded part of each is
removed. Of the resulting figures, whose perimeter is equal to the perimeter of
the uncut square?
（A） （B） （C） （D） （E）

Answer:

5. A man standing upside down saw in a mirror a woman wearing a shirt with a
number as shown below. What is the actual number on the woman’s shirt?

（A）2009 （B）2006 （C）5006 （D）5009 （E）6005

Answer:
 MP 2

Questions 6 to 13, 5 marks each

6. The weight of box A is four times the weight of box B. Box A is heavier than box
B by 12 kg. What is the weight of box A in kg?

Answer: kg

7. The distance between Mark’s home and the park is 3000 m. Mark walked from
his home to the park at a speed of 100 m per minute and then walked back home
at a speed of 150m per minute. What is Mark’s average speed in meter per
minute?

Answer: m per minute

8. There are three 1 by 3 cards, each containing three digits in a vertical column. If
these three cards are placed side by side as shown in the diagram below, we can
read off three three-digit numbers: 264, 918 and 689. What is the smallest
three-digit number that can be obtained by rearranging the order of the cards?
2 6 4
9 1 8
6 8 9

Answer:

9. In the 6 × 8 square grid, each square is 1 cm2 , what is the shaded area, in cm2 ?

Answer: cm2
 MP 3
10. The diagram shows two identical graduated cylinders of capacity 900 ml, each
containing some water. In order for both cylinders to contain the same amount of
water, how much water should be poured from the cylinder on the left into the
cylinder on the right?

Answer: ml

11. Observe the following pattern:

29
= 0.725
40
31
= 0.775
40
33
= 0.825
40
27
What is the decimal expansion of ?
40

Answer:

12. The diagram shows that if a rope is folded once and be cut in halves, it will
separate into 3 pieces; and if it is folded twice instead, it will separate into 5
pieces. If it is folded 6 times instead, into how many pieces will it separate?

Fold 1 time Fold 2 times

Answer:

13. Andy and Ben started at 7:00AM from town A and jogged along the same road in
the same direction. Andy jogged at a constant speed of 6 km/h while Ben jogged
at a constant speed of 4 km/h. At 9:00AM, Ben borrowed a bike along the road
and rode at a constant speed of 10 km/h. He caught up with Andy at town B.
What was the distance between town A and town B?

Answer: km
 MP 4
Questions 14 to 15, 20 marks each
(Detailed solutions are needed for these two problems)
14. The total value of Jerome’s 4 coins is 3 dollars less than Roberta’s 3 coins. Each
is a 1-dollar, 2-dollar or 5-dollar coin, but there are only two different kinds
among these 7 coins. What is their minimum total value?

Answer:
 MP 5
15. Unlimited numbers of two types of two square cardboard papers are available:
side lengths of 1 cm or 2 cm.

Now, we are going to use these two kinds of cardboard paper to assemble a
rectangular shape with length of 5 cm by 3 cm. How many different ways can we
make such kind of rectangular shape paper? (rotating and flipping of each other
to make a rectangular paper is considered the same way of making the rectangular
paper. For example, the following three rectangular pieces of paper is the same
way of making a new rectangular pieces of paper, because the first rectangular
piece of paper becomes the second piece through a clockwise rotation of 90
degrees and the third piece can be obtained from the second piece by flipping it
upside down)

Answer: