2013 WMI Competition

Grade 6 Part 1 Logical Reasoning Test

Problems 1–30: 5 points each for a total of 150 points.

3 7 5
1. Which one of the following expressions is equal to ÷ ÷ ?
2 9 6

3× 7 × 5 3× 9 × 5 2×9×6 3× 9 × 6
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2×9×6 2×7×6 3× 7 × 5 2 ×5×7

2. If the sum of the number of edges and faces of a prism is 54, find the number of
vertices of this prism
(A) 22 (B) 24 (C) 26 (D) 28

3. For the following six □ , how many of them can be inserted the “＞” sign
5 12 5 12 7 7 7 7
(1) 3 ÷ □ 3 × (2) 2 ÷2 □ ÷
9 13 9 13 9 9 12 12

5 16 5 16 1 1 1 7
(3) × □ ÷ (4) 7 ÷2 □ 7 ÷
6 15 6 15 5 3 5 3
4 3 3 4 1 1 1
(5) 4 ÷4 □ 4 ÷4 (6) 2÷2÷2 □ ÷ ÷
7 7 7 7 2 2 2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

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4. Given that 3.6：A＝3：7＝B：224＝C： 5 . Then A + B + C = ?
6
(A) 106.9 (B) 109.6 (C) 105.9 (D) 109.5
 5. How large is the area of the shaded area of the figure below? (Use 3.14 for π)

(A) 68.84 (B) 68.48 (C) 86.84 (D) 86.48

6. A is 0.8 times as heavy as C and D is 0.75 times as heavy as B, If C weighs 76

kilograms and D weighs 27 kilograms, how much is the combined weight of A and
B? (Select the correct expression for this combined weight.)
(A) 27÷0.8+76×0.75 (B) 27×0.8+76÷0.75
(C) 76÷0.8+27×0.75 (D) 76×0.8+27÷0.75

7. If a laptop computer used up 3 batteries every 8 hours and batteries were selling four
in a pack, how many packs of batteries must be purchased so the computer can
operate for 48 hours.
(A)6 packs (B) 4 packs (C) 5 packs (D) 3 packs

8. If a shop raises the price of an item to 18% over the original cost, how many times is
the new price more than the original cost?
(A) 1.8 Times (B) 1.18 Times (C) 1.08 Times (D) 1.018 Times

9. Let x be the interior angle of a regular 10 sided polygon and let y be the interior angle
of a regular 12 sided polygons. What is y – x ?
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 4 (D) 6

10. Consider the following 5 relationships: (1) a child’s age and his weight, (2) the
amount of gasoline bought and the amount paid, (3) the rate of amount of water
filling a pool per minute and the time needed to fill the pool, (4) the perimeter of a
regular pentagon and its edge length, (5) two brothers’ age difference. Among these
5 relationships, how many of them are direct relationships?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
11. Given that the price of 9 bottles of juice is the same as 6 cups of coffee. If A asks his
son B to go buy 6 bottles of juice and 5 cups of coffee. Since B does not like juice so
he uses all the money his father gave him to buy just coffee. How many cups of
coffee did he buy?
(A) 9 (B) 11 (C) 8 (D) 10

12. In a school, the proportion between the number of boys to number of girls is 2.75 :
1
2 . If the total number of students in this school is 708, what is the difference
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between the number of boys and the number of girls in that school?
(A) 54 (B) 72 (C) 80 (D) 84

13. Observe the arrangement of the three figures

on the right. If one continues drawing
figures following this pattern, how many
◇ does the 8th figure has?
(A) 38 (B) 34 (C) 32 (D) 30

14. If the hundreds digit of a 3–digit number is 7 and it is also a common multiple of 28
and 42, find the sum of this number’s tens and unit digits
(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 11 (D) 14

15. When Kim’s grandfather was 45, his age was 9 times Kim’s father’s age. Kim’s
father
is 32 this year and his age is 8 times Kim’s age. What is the difference between Kim’s
age and her grandfather’s age this year?
(A) 68 (B) 67 (C) 70 (D) 69

1 2
16. Compute: 161 ÷ + 201.3 × 970.
25 75
(A) 20130 (B) 60390 (C) 201300 (D) 603900
17. Given that the heights of Bill and his father are in a proportion of 3:4 and that their
combined height is 308 centimeters. Suppose Bill and his father are being measured
in a ball field and they find that when Bill’s father’s shadow is measured at 144
centimeters long, Bill’s height is measured at x centimeters and his shadow is at y
centimeters long. Find x + y.
(A) 240 (B) 244 (C) 238 (D) 242

18. The table on the right shows the pattern Col Col Col Col Col Col
on how a library arranges its bookshelves. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Follow this pattern, Bookshelf Number Row 1 1 3 5 6 4 2
106 is located in which row and which Row 2 7 9 11 12 10 8
column? Row 3 13 15 17 18 16 14
(A) Row 17, Column 4 … … … … … … …
(B) Row 17, Column 5
(C) Row 18, Column 4
(D) Row 18, Column 5

19. Multiply a number by 10 and then add the resulting number to the original number.
Which one of the following choices is a possible value for this sum?
(A) 2345 (B) 3254 (C) 4235 (D) 5432

20. Kim and David both start from Location A traveling to Location B at the same time.
As soon as Kim arrives B, she turns around to go back to A and meets David at a
point 24 kilometers from B. If Kim travels at a speed of 24 kilometers per hour and
David’s speed is 20 kilometers per hour, How far is B from A?
(A) 144 km. (B) 120 km. (C) 192 km. (D) 168 km.

21. Place black and white chess pieces as shown in diagram on the
right. When each side has 45 pieces, are there more black or
more white pieces in the diagram? How many more?
(A) Black has 44 more pieces than White
(B) Black has 45 more pieces than White
(C) White has 44 more pieces than Black
(D) White has 45 more pieces than Black
22. Consider a job where A and B working together required 8 days, B and C working
together required 6 days, and all three working together required 4 days. How days
would it take it to be completed if B worked on it alone?
(A) 16 (B) 12 (C) 24 (D) 20

23. If the sum of three times a prime number and twice another prime is 40, what is the
difference of these two prime numbers?
(A) 16 (B) 17 (C) 14 (D) 15

24. Sam is visiting 4 sightseeing spots in Taipei. In each spot, he would spend $50 on
admission ticket and then he would spend half of the amount in his wallet. At the
end, he still has $80 left. Suppose Sam originally had x dollars. Then what is the sum
of the hundreds digit and tens digit of x ?
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 18 (D) 12

x 5
25. If the greatest common factor of positive integers x and y is 12 and = 1 , what is
y 12
the sum of the digits of x ?
(A) 15 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 6

26. Given four sets of expressions below. Which one of the following set does not have
the same kind of relationship as the other three sets?
2 5 1 15 3 17 5 24
(A) , (B) , (C) , (D) ，
3 9 4 16 5 25 7 49

27. As in the figure on the right, draw the largest circle possible inside
the square with an area of 200 cm2. Then draw the largest possible
square inside that circle and then draw the largest possible circle
inside that square. What is the area of the last circle drawn?
(Use 3.14 for the number π)
(A) 157 cm2 (B) 94.2 cm2 (C) 78.5 cm2 (D) 62.8 cm2
28. If there are five $5 stamps and four $12 stamps, how many different amounts of
postages can be put together by using these stamps?
(A) 29 (B) 30 (C) 27 (D) 28

29. A candy shop is buying three kinds of candies and the shop spends the same amount
of money on each kind of candies. Suppose the prices per kilogram for these kinds of
candies are $108, $120, and $180. If the shop mixes these three kinds of candies into
a bag and uses 25% profit margin as the price, what would be the price per kilogram
be set for this bag?
(A) $156 (B) $168 (C) $153 (D) $162

30. If the product of three positive integers is 1224 and the difference of two of these
numbers is equal to the third number, what is the sum of these three numbers?
(A) 42 (B) 34 (C) 46 (D) 38