4th International Mathematics Assessments for Schools

(2014-2015 )

Upper Primary Division Round 2

Time: 120 minutes

Printed Name: Code: Score:

Instructions:
 Do not open the contest booklet until you are told to do so.
 Be sure that your name and code are written on the space provided above.
 Round 2 of IMAS is composed of three parts; the total score is 100 marks.
 Questions 1 to 5 are given as a 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 in the space provided. Each
correct answer is worth 4 marks. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
 Questions 6 to 13 are a 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 in the space
provided to obtain full marks. Each correct answer is worth 5 marks. There is no
penalty for incorrect answers.
 Questions 14 and 15 require a detailed solution or process in which 20 marks are
to be awarded to a completely written solution. Partial marks may be given to an
incomplete presentation. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer.
 Use of electronic computing devices is not allowed.
 Only pencil, blue or black ball-pens may be used to write your solution or answer.
 Diagrams are not drawn to scale. They are intended as aids only.
 After the contest the invigilator will collect the contest paper.
The following area is to be filled in by the judges;
the contestants are not supposed to mark anything here.
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 Upper Primary Division Round 2

Questions 1 to 5, 4 marks each

1. What is the value of 32  37  75 ?
（A）88075 （B）88800 （C）88200 （D）74000 （E）80800

Answer：

2. In a gymnastic competition, an athlete receives a score from each of seven judges.

After the highest score and the lowest score have been removed, the average of
the remaining five scores is the actual score for that athlete. If the seven judges
give scores of 9.2, 9.5, 9.3, 9.6, 9.1, 9.6 and 9.4 to an athlete, what is the actual
score for this athlete?

9.2 9.5 9.3 9.6 9.1 9.6 9.4

（A）9.3 （B）9.38 （C）9.4 （D）9.42 （E）9.5

Answer：

3. There are 4 children in the first row, and each subsequent row has one more child
than the preceding row. If there are 39 children altogether, how many children
are in the last row?
（A）5 （B）6 （C）9 （D）15 （E）35

Answer：

4. When 200 is subtracted from the square of a positive integer n, the difference is a
three-digit multiple of 4. How many different values can n take?
（A）8 （B）9 （C）16 （D）17 （E）32

Answer：
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5. From a cubical box without the top, a circle is removed from each of two
opposite faces. Which of the following shapes can be folded to form such a box?

（A） （B） （C）

（D） （E）

Answer：

Questions 6 to 13, 5 marks each

6. If a computer printer is sold at a 10% off discount, a profit of $220 can still be
made. However, if it is sold at a 20% off discount, there will be a loss of $100.
What is the list price of this computer printer?
Answer： $

7. There are three storage compartments in an airplane. The maximum weight

which can be stored in them are 10, 16 and 8 tons respectively. The maximum
volume which can be stored in them are 66, 84 and 51 m3 respectively. The
airplane is used to transport grain, each ton of which has volume 6 m3. If the
actual weight of grain in each compartment must be in the same proportion to the
maximum weight allowed in that compartment, what is the maximum weight of
grain the airplane can transport at a time?
Front Middle Back
maximum
10 16 8
weight/tons
maximum
66 84 51
volume /m3
Answer： tons
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8. In triangle ABC, D is the midpoint of BC. E is an arbitrary point on CA, and F is
the midpoint of BE. If the area of triangle ABC is 120 cm2 and the area of the
quadrilateral AFDC is 80 cm2, what is the area, in cm2, of triangle BDF?
A

F
B D C

Answer： cm2

9. The expressions 1000  991  9 and 1001  994  7 are examples in which the
difference between a four-digit number and a three-digit number is a one-digit
number. How many such expressions are there, including these two examples?

Answer： expressions

10. An ant starts from the top left corner square of a 3  5 chessboard. It moves
from a square to the adjacent square in the same row or column. After visiting
every square exactly once, it ends up at the square in the middle row second
column from the right. How many different paths can the ant follow?
A
B

Answer： paths
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11. Lily’s eight-digit telephone number is divisible by 3 and 5. Micky can only
remember its first six digits, which are 8, 9, 2, 0, 1 and 5 in that order. What is
the maximum number of times Micky has to dial before reaching the correct
telephone number?

Answer：

12. ABCD, CEFG and DGMN are squares, with G on CD and F on GM. If AB = 10
cm and MN = 6 cm, what is the area, in cm2, of triangle AME?

A D N

G M
F

B C E

Answer： cm2

13. The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are divided into two groups. The sum
of all the numbers in one group is n, while the product of all the numbers in the
other group is also n. What is the maximum value of n?

Answer：
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Questions 14 to 15, 20 marks each

(Detailed solutions are needed for these two problems)
14. We increase by 1 each of three prime numbers, not necessarily distinct. Then we
form the product of these three sums. How many numbers between 1999 to 2021
can appear as such a product?

Answer：
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15. Each side of an equilateral triangle is divided into 6 equal parts by 5 points, and
these points are joined by lines parallel to the sides of the triangle, dividing into
36 small equilateral triangles. A regular hexagon is the same size as 6 of the
small equilateral triangles put together. What is the maximum number of such
hexagons that can along the grid line fit inside the large equilateral triangle
without overlap?

Answer： , hexagons