Singapore International Math Olympiad Challenge 2019

GRADE 4 (PRIMARY 4)
July 7, 2019

Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

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INSTRUCTIONS

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

2. 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.

3. Shade your answers neatly using a pencil in the Answer Entry Sheet.

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

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

during the course of the exam. Strictly No Calculators are allowed into the exam.

6. Students must show detailed working and transfer answers to the Answer Entry Sheet.

7. 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

Find the value of 87 × 27 + 72 × 87 + 87.

A. 2700
B. 7200
C. 8700
D. 9700
E. None of the Above

Question 2

I am thinking of a number. First, I multiply it by 2, then add 14 to the result. Then

divide the sum by 7 and subtract 3 from the result. I will get 9 as my final answer.
What number am I thinking of?

A. 35
B. 14
C. 21
D. 42
E. None of the Above

Question 3

Study the pattern below.

11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18
52 56 60 A

What is the value of A?

A. 28
B. 82
C. 68
D. 64
E. None of the above
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Question 4

Figure 1 is called a “stack map.” The numbers tell how many cubes are stacked in each
position. Figure 2 shows these cubes, and Figure 3 shows the view of the stacked cubes
as seen from the front.

3 4 2 2 4
2 1 1 3 1
Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4
Which of the following is the front view for the stack map in Figure 4?

A B C D E

Question 5

A “funny number” is a number formed by writing two digits followed by their product.
For example, 6  7 = 42 , so 6742 and 7642 are “funny numbers”. The first digit of a
“funny number” cannot be a 0.

What is the difference between the largest and smallest “funny number?”

A. 9837
B. 9541
C. 9581
D. 9081
E. 9881

Question 6

In a certain month, the number of Thursdays is more than the number of Wednesdays.
Also, the number of Sundays is less than the number of Saturdays. On what day of the
week will the 27th of that month fall?

A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday
D. Friday
E. Sunday
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Question 7

What is the remainder when the number 1111111111

⏟ is divided by 7?
10 1𝑠

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

Question 8

A boy always tells the truth on Mondays and Tuesdays, always tells lies on Saturday,
and tells either truth or lies on the rest of the days of the week. For six days in a row,
he was asked what his name was and he gave the following answers: Tom, Brad, Tom,
John, Brad, John. What is the boy’s name?

A. Tom
B. Brad
C. John
D. Brad or John
E. Impossible to determine

Question 9

Study the pattern below.

3⨂5 = 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7

8 ⨂ 3 = 8 + 9 + 10

11 ⨂ 7 = 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17

100 ⨂ 2 = 100 + 101

What is the value of 10 ⨂ 4 ?

A. 10
B. 14
C. 40
D. 50
E. None of the above
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Question 10

If a digit 𝑎 is added to the left of the one-digit number 8 and a digit 𝑏 is added to the
right of it, a 3-digit number 𝑎8𝑏 is formed. If this number 𝑎8𝑏 is a multiple of 3, what is
the largest possible product 𝑎 × 𝑏?

A. 8
B. 56
C. 84
D. 96
E. None of the Above

Question 11

Ann, Betty and Clare, each bought beads from a market. Ann bought 400 beads more
than Betty. The total number of beads of Ann and Betty bought were 900 more than
Clare’s. If the three of them bought 4500 beads in total, how many beads did Clare
buy?

A. 1150
B. 1550
C. 1800
D. 2700
E. None of the Above
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Question 12

The temperature relationship between degrees Celsius (C) and degrees Fahrenheit (F)
9 9
is given by 5 × 𝐶 + 32 = 𝐹. For example, 20° Celsius is equal 5 × 20 + 32 = 68°
Fahrenheit. At what degree Celsius will the value of the temperature in degrees
Fahrenheit be exactly 5 times the value of the temperature in degrees Celsius?

A. 10
B. 20
C. 30
D. 40
E. 50

Question 13

3 6
of the marbles in Box B are equal in number to of the marbles in Box U. There is a
5 7
total of 85 marbles in the 2 boxes. How many marbles are there in Box U?

A. 35
B. 50
C. 60
D. 70
E. None of the Above
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Question 14

It takes 2 goats and 3 cows 6 days to eat 2 acres of grass. It takes 6 goats and 5 cows
10 days to eat 8 acres of grass. How many days will it take 8 goats and 8 cows to eat
17 acres of grass?

A. 5
B. 12
C. 15
D. 17
E. None of the Above

Question 15

At a snack bar, the cost of 7 sandwiches, 5 drinks and 1 dessert is $32, while the cost
of 10 sandwiches, 7 drinks, and 1 dessert is $45. Find the cost of 1 sandwich, 1 drink,
and 1 dessert.

A. $6
B. $7
C. $7.50
D. $19
E. None of the Above
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Section B (Correct answer – 4 points| Incorrect or No answer – 0 points)

When the answer is a 1-digit number, shade “0” for the tens, hundreds and thousands place.
Example: if the answer is 7, then shade 0007
When the answer is a 2-digit number, shade “0” for the hundreds and thousands place.
Example: if the answer is 23, then shade 0023
When the answer is a 3-digit number, shade “0” for the thousands place.
Example: if the answer is 785, then shade 0785
When the answer is a 4-digit number, shade as it is.
Example: if the answer is 4196, then shade 4196

Question 16

Study the pattern.

1 2 1 3 1 4
4 3 15 7 x 13

What is the value of x ?

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Question 17

ABCD is a square of side length 12 cm. Point L is any point on side AB. Points H and I
divide side AD into three equal parts. Points J and K also divide side BC into three equal
parts. Finally, points G, F and E divide side DC into four equal parts. Find the total area
(in cm2) of the shaded region.
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Question 18

The numbers 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 are placed in the 9 boxes shown
below. The numbers 15, 16, and 19 have been placed accordingly. If the sum of the
numbers placed horizontally is equal to the sum of the numbers placed vertically, what
is the sum of all possible values of 𝑎?

Question 19

Calculate the following

1 1 1 1
192 × ( + + + )
4 × 7 7 × 10 10 × 13 13 × 16
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Question 20

Tom made number 869 using 19 matchsticks as shown below. He wants to construct
the greatest possible four-digit number by moving exactly three matches. Find this
greatest possible value.

(The figures of all the digits from 0 to 9 are shown below.)

Question 21

Several commuters were on a bus when it started its journey from a bus interchange.
1
At the first bus stop, 2 more than of the commuters alighted. At the second bus stop,
3
1
4 more than of the remaining commuters alighted. At the third bus stop, 8 more
3
1
than of the remaining commuters alighted. Then the bus was left with 16
3
commuters. How many commuters boarded the bus at the bus interchange?
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Question 22

If a three-digit number 𝑎1𝑏

̅̅̅̅̅ is 9 times the 2-digit number 𝑎𝑏
̅̅̅, find the number 𝑎𝑏
̅̅̅.

Question 23

The number of my house is a 4-digit number. One day, on my way home, I accidentally
turned the number of my house upside down. I noticed that the new number formed by
turning it upside down is bigger than the original number by 4872. What is the number
of my house?
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Question 24

Find the value of

2 + 4 + 8 + ⋯ + 512 + 1024

Question 25

All the sides of the figure below meet at right angles. Use the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7 and 8 to represent the sides a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h in some order. Find the largest
possible area of the figure.
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