Name: _____________________ Class:

SASMO Assessment Secondary 1 (Grade 7) Contest

Please select the correct answer. No calculators allowed. Time allowed is 45
minutes.

Question 1
What is the remainder when 1234 × 567 is divided by 5?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 8

Question 2
Given that 17 × A = 10172 − 10002 , what is the value of A?

A. 17
B. 217
C. 1117
D. 2017
E. None of the above

Question 3
Find the average of the following 100 numbers.
−1, 2, −3, 4, −5, 6, … , −99, 100

A. 0.5
B. 1
C. 50
D. 50.5
E. None of the above
Question 4
Which of the following has the largest value?

6
A. 7
10
B. 11
12
C. 13
16
D. 17
18
E. 19

Question 5
It would cost Danny $15.50 to buy three Banana smoothies and four Mango
smoothies. Buying five Banana smoothies and six Mango smoothies would cost him
$24.50. What is the price, in dollars, of 2 Banana smoothies?

A. $2
B. $2.50
C. $5
D. $7.50
E. None of the above

Question 6
Find the next term of the following sequence:
2017, 2016, 2012, 2003, 1987, ?

A. 1982
B. 1971
C. 1962
D. 1951
E. None of the above
Question 7
100 students participated in a survey about usage of social media sites Facebook,
Instagram and YouTube. All of them are using at least one of these sites. It was found
that all who use Instagram also use Facebook. 40 students use YouTube, 30 use
Instagram, 8 use all the three sites and 12 use YouTube ONLY. Determine the number
of students who use Facebook ONLY.

A. 10
B. 38
C. 58
D. 80
E. None of the above

Question 8
The operator ☼ acts on two numbers to give the following results:
4 ☼ 8 = 86
8 ☼ 9 = 910
6 ☼ 12 = 128
15 ☼ 20 = 2017
Find the value of 17 ☼ 17.

A. 1719
B. 1720
C. 2013
D. 2017
E. None of the above
F.

Question 9
It is given that 𝑛! = 𝑛 × (𝑛 − 1) × (𝑛 − 2) × … × 3 × 2 × 1. For example, 4! =
4 × 3 × 2 × 1. Find the remainder when 1! + 2! + 3! + ⋯ + 10! Is divided by 10.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. None of the above
Question 10
Five friends of James are playing a riddle game in which James has to determine who
is hiding his key.

Antonio: “It is not Eric. It is Bruce.”

Bruce: “It is not Chris. It is not Eric.”
Chris: “It is Eric. It is not Antonio.”
Daniel: “It is Chris. It is Bruce.”
Eric: “It is Daniel. It is not Antonio.”

If each of them says only one true sentence, who is hiding James’s key?

A. Antonio
B. Bruce
C. Chris
D. Daniel
E. Not enough information to determine

Question 11
How many different 4-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1 or 7 only?
(Example: 1111 and 1717)

A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D.
E. 14
F. 16
Question 12
The figure below shows a parallelogram 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷, and p, q, r and s each denotes the
area of the triangle as shown in the figure. Which of the following relations among
the areas is ALWAYS true?
A B
p

s
D C

A. 𝑝+𝑟 =𝑞+𝑠
B. 𝑞−𝑝 =𝑟−𝑠
C. 𝑝+𝑞 =𝑟+𝑠
D. 2 × (𝑝 + 𝑠) = 𝑞 + 𝑟
E. Impossible to determine

Question 13
A whole number has the same remainder when divided by 7, by 9, or by 11.What is
the greatest 3-digit whole number that satisfy these criteria?

A. 693
B. 694
C. 695
D. 696
E. None of the above
Question 14
2017
What is the 2017th digit after the decimal point of the decimal form of ?
7

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

Question 15
Only 2 out of the 4 figures below will form a 3 by 3 cube as
shown on the right. Which 2 figures can form a 3 by 3 cube?

P. Q

R. S.

A. P, Q
B. P, R
C. P, S
D. Q, R
E. Q, S