QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 3.

John writes the following numbers on

3 MARKS EACH the whiteboard:

1. A new operation is defined as 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

!+# Each time, he selects 2 numbers to

!∗# =
2 erase. Then, he replaces them with
Evaluate 3 ∗ (6 ∗ 8). another number that is 1 less than
their sum.
(A) 2
(B) 3 What will be the last number remaining
(C) 4 on the whiteboard?
(D) 5 (A) 23
(E) None of the above (B) 29
(C) 69
(D) 71
2. 10 identical circles are arranged as (E) None of the above
shown.

4. At 2:45 PM, the angle formed by the

hour and minute hands is 3° , where
0° < 3 < 180°.

What is the value of 3 ?

(A) 163°
(B) 169°
(C) 172.5°
12 is a straight line that cuts through (D) 175°
the centres of 2 circles. (E) None of the above

What is the ratio of the area above

line 12 to the area below line AB ? 5. There were 4 Thursdays and 5 Fridays
in the month of October some years
(A) 2 : 7 ago.
(B) 2:3
(C) 7 : 13 On which day of the week was the
(D) 9 : 11 20th of October that year?
(E) None of the above
(A) Monday
(B) Tuesday
(C) Wednesday
(D) Thursday
(E) Sunday

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6. 9 and : are prime numbers. Given 9. A rectangle paper is folded along the
that 29 + 5: = 2019, find 9 − :. diagonal as shown in the diagram
below.
(A) 992
(B) 984
(C) 889
(D) 968
(E) None of the above

7. Jane is 3 years younger than her

brother. The sum of their ages is half
that of Mdm. Punitha’s.

Find the area of the shaded region.

15 years from now, the sum of their
ages will equal Mdm. Punitha’s. (A) 11
(B) 12
How old is Jane? (C) 13
(D) 14
(A) 5
(E) None of the above
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 9 10. Group A consists of 16 numbers
whose sum is 98.

8. 1-, 2-, 4-, 8- and 16-gram weights Group B consists of some numbers
are used on a balancing device. whose average is 11.

Given that the weight(s) can only be The average of all the numbers in
placed on one side of the device, how both groups is 8.
many different masses is the device
capable of measuring? How many numbers are there in
Group B?

(A) 9
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 12
(A) 28 (E) None of the above
(B) 29
(C) 30
(D) 31
(E) None of the above

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 QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH 13. Cindy and Diane each have some
4 MARKS EACH savings.

11. In the diagram below, ∠1=2 = 90°

and > is the midpoint of arc 12.
Given that the area of the shaded
region 3 is 12 cmB , find the area of
the shaded region C in D!B .
If Cindy spends $20 and Diane spends
$10 a day, Cindy will have $3500
remaining when Diane finishes up her
savings.
If Cindy spends $10 and Diane spends
$20 a day, Cindy will have $3950
remaining when Diane finishes up her
savings.

How much money does Cindy have at

first?

(A) $3900
(B) $4100
(C) $4300
(A) 12 (D) $4500
(B) 14 (E) None of the above
(C) 12E
(D) 14E
14. A bag contains 4 red and 4 black
(E) None of the above
balls.

When 3 balls are chosen at random,

12. 60% of the students at North Shore
without replacement, the probability
School were boys.
of getting 2 red balls and 1 black ball
F
is .
44% of the students took part in the G
sports meet, of which 52% were
boys. Find (! + #).

What percentage of the North Shore (A) 5

girls did not participate? (B) 6
(C) 7
(A) 60% (D) 8
(B) 64% (E) None of the above
(C) 68%
(D) 72%
(E) None of the above

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15. At least how many numbers from 18. Find the value of H, when (H − I) is
1 to 30 must be chosen to ensure minimum.
there always exists a number that is
twice another?

(A) 17
(B) 18
(A) 573
(C) 19
(B) 575
(D) 20
(C) 577
(E) None of the above
(D) 579
(E) None of the above
16. Find the integer part of

1 19. Pipe A takes twice as long to fill a pool

1 1 1 1 1 as compared with Pipe B.
+ + +
71 72 73 74 75 +

(A) 14
(B) 13
(C) 12
(D) 15
(E) None of the above

17. An equilateral triangle of side length

1 is rotated pivoting at >. Then it is
turned at point 2. Find the distance It takes them 12 hours to fill a pool
travelled by the point 1. when turned on together.

If Pipe A alone is turned on for !

hours and then turned off, Pipe B will
take another 9 hours to fill the pool.

Find !.

J (A) 14
(A) E
K
L (B) 16
(B) E (C) 18
K
(C)
K
E (D) 20
M (E) None of the above
N
(D) E
M
(E) None of the above

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20. Given that 24. The sum of a whole number # and
125 is a square number.
H = 5MO , I = 3KB , D = 2OP

Which of the following statements is The sum of # and 176 is also a square
true? number.

(A) H>I>D Find the value of #.

(B) I>D>H
(C) I>H>D
(D) D>H>I
25. Evaluate
(E) None of the above
1 3 7 29 37 41 53 29 3
+ + + + + + + +
QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH 7 8 36 56 63 72 77 84 88
6 MARKS EACH

21. Find the remainder if the following

expression is divided by 11.

2
TUUUUUUUVUUUUUUUW
× 2 × 2 × …× 2 × 2 × 2
BXPO

YYYYY is a 3-digit number with no

22. HID
repeated digits. Given that

YYY + YYY
HI IH + HD YYY + YYY
YYY + DH YYY = HID
ID + DI YYYYY

the sum of digits of YYYYY

HID are multiples
of ____.

23. At 9:00 AM, Cars A and B left Towns

X and Y, respectively, and travelled
towards each other with their speeds
in the ratio 5 : 4.

After the two cars passed each other,

Car A’s speed reduced by 20% while
Car B’s speed increased by 20%.

Given that Car B was still 10 km

away from Town X when Car A
reached Town Y, find the distance
between the towns.
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 SEAMO 2019
Paper C – Answers

Multiple-Choice Questions
Questions 1 to 10 carry 3 marks each.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
D B D C C

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
A B D E B

Questions 11 to 20 carry 4 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

A E B E E

Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

A D A C D

Free-Response Questions
Questions 21 to 25 carry 6 marks each.

21 22 23 24 25
5
6 6 450 𝑘𝑚 500 3
11

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