SIMOC 2018, Primary 3 (Grade 3) Contest

Section A (Correct answer – 2 points| No answer – 0 points| Incorrect answer – minus 1 point)

Question 1
Find the sum 218 + 812 + 128 + 182 + 810.

A. 1340
B. 1610
C. 2150
D. 2430
E. None of the above

Question 2
The parking rate for a car in Orchard Road is $3 for the first two hours and $2 for every
subsequent half-hour in excess of the first two hours. How much do I have to pay if I
parked my car from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.?

A. $5
B. $7
C. $9
D. $12
E. None of the above

Question 3
James is 26 years old and John is 31 years old. What is the sum of their ages 4 years
from now?

A. 65
B. 61
C. 69
D. 73
E. None of the above

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Question 4
At a party, each person shook hands exactly once with everyone. If there were 6 people
at the party, how many handshakes were exchanged altogether?

A. 12
B. 6
C. 15
D. 10
E. None of the above

Question 5
A square and a rectangle have the same perimeter. The breadth of a rectangle is 11
cm. Its length is 4 cm more than its breadth. What is the area of the square in cm2?

A. 144
B. 196
C. 225
D. 169
E. None of the above

Question 6
The figure is folded along the lines shown to form a
cube. Three faces come together at each corner of 1
the cube. What is the largest sum of three numbers
whose faces come together at a corner?
6 2 4 5
3
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
E. None of the above

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Question 7
A log is cut into 5 pieces in 20 seconds. At this same rate, how many seconds will it
take to cut the log into 10 pieces?
A. 45
B. 40
C. 35
D. 30
E. None of the above

Question 8
All the following figures are made up of 2 parts. Find out which one of these has two
identical parts.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(E) None of the above

Question 9
There are 4 red socks, 4 blue socks, 4 yellow socks and 4 gray socks in a drawer. If
Benjamin is blindfolded, what is the least number of socks he must take from the
drawer to be sure of getting two socks of the same colour?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 13
E. None of the above

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Question 10
Arnold likes to add numbers by 3, Bert likes to multiply by 4, and Carlo likes to subtract
1. In what order should they perform their operations to convert 6 to 26?

A. Arnold, Bert, Carlo

B. Arnold, Carlo, Bert
C. Bert, Arnold, Carlo
D. Carlo, Bert, Arnold
E. None of the above

Question 11
Two cubes are joined together as shown below. Each cube has 6 faces. Five of the
faces with numbers written on it are shown. The sum of the opposite faces in each
cube is equal to 9. What is the sum of the numbers on the other 7 faces which are not
visible on the picture?

A. 27
B. 39
C. 30
D. 36
E. None of the above

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Question 12
When Mark was 11 years old, his grandfather was 68 years old. In how many years will
the grandfather be four times as old as Mark?

A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. None of the above

Question 13
$95 is to be shared between Amy and Bob so that Bob gets $20 more than twice the
amount Amy gets. How much will Amy get?

A. $60
B. $75
C. $50
D. $25
E. None of the above

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Question 14
In the following, all the different letters stand for different digits. Find the value of C.

AB
−B A
C 4
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. None of the above

Question 15
You want to measure the weight an object using a balancing scale. You only have the
following weights: 1kg, 4kg, and 6 kg. What is the maximum number of objects with
different weights that you can measure?
(Hint: for example, an object with the weight of 5 kg can measured using 1 kg and 4
kg)

A. 7
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
E. None of the above

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

Question 16
The difference between two numbers is 2. If their product is 168, what is the sum of
the two numbers?

Question 17
Find the value of A in the diagram shown below.

÷𝟓 −𝟖𝟒𝟔 ×𝟒
A 216

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Question 18
A farmer has chickens and rabbits in his farm. If he counts 43 heads in his farm, and
the total number of legs is 134, how many rabbits does the farmer have?

Question 19
Nine cats eat 4 fishes in 2 days. Assuming that the cats eat at the same rate, how many
days will it take 21 cats to eat 14 fishes?

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Question 20
The figure shown on the right is folded to form a
cube. What is the product of the numbers on the four 1
faces next to the face labelled with a “1”? 3 2
4 5
6

Question 21
From the numbers 1 to 9, select 6 different numbers to be placed in the squares so that
the largest result is obtained. What is the largest result?

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Question 22
In the figure below, how many right-angled triangles can be found?

Question 23
• 2 diamonds and 1 circle balance 3 squares and 2 triangles.
• 6 circles balance 1 triangle, 1 square and 1 diamond.
• 1 diamond and 1 triangle balance 2 circles and 1 square.

How many triangles balance 1 circle and 1 square?

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Question 24
Each square of the figure below should consist a number. If the sums of the numbers
horizontally, vertically and diagonally are the same, what is the value of A + B ?

67 43

A 73

Question 25
The figure below is made up of 4 squares overlapping one another. Find the sum of the
areas of the shaded regions in square centimetres.
2 cm 2 cm 2 cm 2 cm

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