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Senior Team Maths Challenge

2014
National Final

Supervisors booklet
Please ensure that students do not have access to this
booklet, and take care to hold it so that answers cannot
be seen.
Please ensure that students use blue or black ink to
write their answers; teachers are asked to use red ink
for marking.

Mini-Relay : Marking Instructions a reminder

Teams can hand in the Answer Sheet only when they have an answer to all four questions. The teacher starts
marking at Q.1 and stops marking at the first incorrect answer, ignoring any subsequent answers. The
teacher circles 3 marks on the Score Sheet by each correct answer and crosses out the 3 for the first incorrect
answer. The Answer Sheet is then returned to the pair who gave that incorrect answer.
When the Answer Sheet is handed in again only 1 mark is available for any question previously answered
incorrectly. Teams may have as many attempts as they wish at such a question. Correct answers to later
questions will still earn 3 marks each.
There will be a whistle after 6 minutes. Handing in an Answer Sheet with four correct answers before this
whistle will earn a bonus of 3 marks in addition to the maximum of 12 marks available for the individual
answers. This bonus is circled on the Score Sheet.
A final whistle is blown after 8 minutes. Teams must stop working and hand in their Answer Sheet for
marking.

MINI-RELAY ANSWERS

A1
A2
A3
A4

23
16
66
33

C1
C2
C3
C4

21
12
80
160

B1
B2
B3
B4

6
54
7
17

D1
D2
D3
D4

22
12
6
7

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Crossnumber
1

6
7
8
10

15

11

12

13

14

17

18

16
19

20
21

Across

Down

5. The value of x given by the simultaneous

equations
(14 Across)x (18 Down)y = 2124
3(14 Across)x 2(18 Down)y = 1128
(2)
6. Half of the sum of 8!, 6!, 4! and 2! (5)
7. The square of the distance from the origin !
2 Down 1 Down
,
to the image of the point
50
16
under a 90 anticlockwise rotation about the
point (0, 2) (3)
8. 13 Down divided by 3 (4)
10. The value ofq10b where

a + b = 45 + 10 14 (3)
11. A multiple of 9 (3)
13. One less than the sum of the smallest
perfect number and 14 Across (3)
14. A power of 4 (3)
15. The product of 17 Across and 17 (4)
17. The difference between 18 Down and
2 Down (3)
101
20. The first five decimal places of
(5)
900
21. The value of y given by the simultaneous
equations
(14 Across)x (18 Down)y = 2124
3(14 Across)x 2(18 Down)y = 1128
(2)

1. The positive value of c such that the

equation x 2 + cx + 16 (14 Across) = 0
has repeated roots (3)
2. The value ofq10a where

a + b = 45 + 10 14 (3)
3. The value of a(2c b) where a is 20 Across,
b is 7 Across and c is 10 Across (6)
4. The smallest five-digit number with no two
digits the same and no digits in common
with 2 Down or 19 Down (5)
5. Three more than the product of ten and
(13 Across) (4)
9. The square of the distance from (23, 0) to
the image of the point !
10 Across 14 Across
,
under a 90
20
8
anticlockwise rotation about the point
(0, 9) (3)
10. One fifth of 6! (3)
12. A palindromic number (6)
13. The difference between ten times 8 Across
and 59 017 (5)
16. One third of a power of 21 Across (4)
18. A power of 25 (3)
19. The average of the first twenty-five square
numbers (3)

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Crossnumber
1

answers
2

3
5

9
3

1
8

4
10

16

6
9

21

13

4
15

11

0
7

5
17

12

1
9

14

5
7

18

5
20

1
7

19

2
1

Marking Instructionsa reminder

Pairs may only communicate through the teacher, and only to request
that the other pair works on a particular clue.
When a pair enters an answer in the Answer Grid, the teacher checks
each digit of the answer:
if it is correct, then place a tick in the dotted circle;
if it is wrong, then cross it out, enter the correct digit and place a
cross in the dotted circle;
the correct answer is then shown to both pairs so that they are
up-to-date.
A pair may enter just one digit if they wish, rather than a complete
answer.
A pair may sacrifice a square, by guessing, if they wish.

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GROUP ROUND ANSWERS

1. Number of powers = 4

2. Value of x = 15

3. Position of 2014 = ( 61 , 3 )

4. Value of m = 2 3

5. First term = 513

6. Length of path = 16 cm

7. Height of frustum : radius of base

8. Value of R =

25
cm
4

= 8:7

1 5
9. Value of x =
2

10. Area of octagon ABCDEFGH

= 52 cm2

Award 6 points for each correct answer.

TOTAL SCORE(/60) = _____________________

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Mathematics Trust
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required. Please see our Child Protection Policy on our website for
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solutions format answers, and Team Challenges for 11-18 year olds. We are also
looking for assistance with the production, typesetting and checking of Primary Team
Maths Resources.
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