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G3 SASMO 2017
Full Name: __________________________________

Index Number: __________________________________

Class: __________________________________

School: __________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Please DO NOT OPEN the contest booklet until the Proctor has given permission.

2. TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes.

3. There are 25 questions.

Section A: Questions 1 to 15 score 2 points each, no points are deducted for
unanswered question and 1 point is deducted for wrong answer.
Section B: Questions 16 to 25 score 4 points each, no points are deducted for
unanswered or wrong answer.

4. Shade your answers neatly using a pencil in the answer entry sheet.

5. PROCTORING: No one may help any student in any way during the contest.

6. No electronic devices capable of storing and displaying visual information is

allowed during the course of the exam.

7. Strictly No Calculators are allowed into the exam.

8. All students must fill and shade their Name, Index Number, Class and School in
the answer sheet and contest booklet.

9. MINIMUM TIME: Students must stay in the exam hall at least 1h 15 min.

10. Students must show detailed working and transfer answers to the answer entry sheet.

11. No exam papers and written notes can be taken out by any contestant.
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Section A (Correct answer – 2 points| No answer – 0 points| Incorrect answer – minus 1 point)

Question 1
What is the sum of the following numbers?
2017 + 7012 + 271 =

A. 9200
B. 9290
C. 9300
D. 9390
E. None of the above

Question 2
Fill in the blank: __________ is 3 tens 7 ones less than 4 tens 6 ones.

A. 9
B. 19
C. 73
D. 83
E. None of the above

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Question 3
Sally wrote the following
Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad
She started on Sunday and wrote one letter each day. Which day of the week will she
finish writing all the letters?

A. Saturday
B. Sunday
C. Monday
D. Tuesday
E. None of the above

Question 4
What is the next number in the sequence below?
47, 44, 38, 29, 17, …

A. 12
B. 8
C. 5
D. 2
E. None of the above

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Question 5
The following grid can be filled with exactly 4 shapes (star, square, circle and diamond)
such that there is no duplicated shape in each row or column. What shape should be
put in the place of the question mark?

A. B. C. D.

E. It cannot be found

Question 6
During day time, Jack is standing in front of a mirror. What
will be the time after 15 minutes?

A. 10:10 am
B. 10:25 am
C. 2:05 pm
D. 3:05 pm
E. None of the above

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Question 7
Hannah bought 5 whole pizzas: 1 for herself and 1 for each of her 4 students.
Hannah sliced her pizza into 5 equal parts and ate only 3 slices.
Student A sliced his pizza into 4 equal parts, but ate only 3 slices.
Student B sliced his pizza into 8 equal parts, but ate only 7 slices.
Student C sliced her pizza into 3 equal parts, but ate only 2 slices.
Student D sliced her pizza into 6 equal parts, but ate only 3 slices.
Who ate less pizza than Hannah?

A. Student A
B. Student B
C. Student C
D. Student D
E. Nobody

Question 8
Some animals are placed on both sides of the balance scale. If the two sides weigh
the same, the balance scale will stay balanced.
How many birds will have the same weight as ONE elephant?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. None of the above

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Question 9
Suppose ♣ represents a whole number. The number 66 is obtained by performing the
following operations below.

Start Multiply Divide Plus

♣ by 6 by 4 10

66 Times 3

Starting with ♣ again, perform the operations below.

Start Divide Multiply ♫

♣ by 4 by 9

What is the whole number that ♫ represents?

A. 8
B. 18
C. 36
D. 108
E. None of the above

Question 10
Nick wants to bake a cake that consists of only 1 flavour and 1 topping. He gets to
choose from 3 different flavours and 3 different toppings. How many different kinds
of cake can he make?

A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 12
E. None of the above

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Question 11
Find the picture below which is exactly the same as the
picture on the right.

A. B. C.

D. E.

Question 12
The square below has an area of 40 cm2 . Point O is the centre of the square. What is
the area of the shaded region?

A. 10 cm2
B. 15 cm2
C. 20 cm2
D. 24 cm2
E. None of the above

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Question 13
The diagram shows some cubes of the same size stacked
at a corner of a room. How many cubes are there
altogether? (Note: The floor is horizontal and the two
walls are vertical. There are no gaps or holes behind the
visible cubes.)

A. 13
B. 15
C. 17
D. 19
E. None of the above

Question 14
An unknown number is an odd number greater than 50 but less than 100. The number
is a multiple of 3 and 7. What is the value of the unknown number?

A. 63
B. 77
C. 84
D. 91
E. None of the above

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Question 15
The operator ∆ acts on two numbers to give the following outcomes:

3 ∆ 2 = 12
4 ∆ 5 = 40
5 ∆ 9 = 90
6 ∆ 1 = 12

What is 2 ∆ 7 equal to?

A. 14
B. 20
C. 24
D. 28
E. None of the above

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Section B (Correct answer – 4 points| Incorrect or No answer – 0 points)

Question 16
Given that

+ + + + = 20 and

+ + = 16,

what is the value of + ?

Question 17
How many triangles are there in the figure on the right?

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Question 18
The picture graph below shows the number of story books that Phoebe, Queenie,
Rachael and Suzy have. Each bag represents the same amount of books. Altogether,
they have 40 books.

Phoebe

Queenie

Rachael

Suzy

If Queenie wishes to have twice as many books as Phoebe, how many books does
Queenie need to buy?

Question 19
Jason, Adam and Tom are siblings. They are 6, 9 and 10 years old. Tom’s age is a
multiple of 3. Jason is younger than Tom. How old is Adam?

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Question 20
In 6 years, Claire will be three times her current age. What will be Claire’s age two
years from now?

Question 21
Observe a pattern and find the value of ‘?’.

24 64
32 ?
8 6 7 8

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Question 22
The teacher asks Lisa to write all the odd numbers between 0 and 100. How many of
the numbers consist of the digit ‘1’?

Question 23
Tony bought 25 candies from a grocery shop. He bought 7 more apple candies than
orange candies. He bought 3 more apple candies than grape candies. He bought 2
more pineapple candies than orange candies. How many apple candies did Tony buy?

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Question 24
In the following, all the different letters stand for different digits. What is the value of
the 2-digit number QP?
P Q
+ Q
Q P

Question 25
As shown in Example 1, each number in a cell represents the number of shaded cells
that surround it.

Example 1:

How many shaded cells will be in the grid below after you shade it according to the
rules above?

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