SEAMO PAPER C 2016

Instructions:
1. Prayer before an exam
2. Paper C or Upper Primary (Grades 5 and 6)
3. Allocation
You are given 90 minutes to solve 20 multiple-choice questions and 5 free-response
questions.
4. Questions 1 to 10 are worth 3 marks each.
Questions 11 to 20 are worth 4 marks each.
Questions 21 to 25 are worth 6 marks each.
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SEAMO PAPER C 2016
1. Find the value of
100−98+96−94 +…+8−6+ 4−2
A. 46
B. 48
C. 50
D. 52
E. 54
2. The missing number in the following (E) None of the above sequence is ….
4 , 6 ,10 , 14 ,22 , 26 , 34 ,() , 46 …
A. 36
B. 37
C. 38
D. 39
E. 40
3. In the pentagon below, AB=BC=CD =DE=DE=EF . Find ∠ y

0
A. 106
0
B. 108
0
C. 110
0
D. 112
E. None of the above
4. Mr. Wang met with heavy traffic on the expressway. As a result, the speed of his car was
reduced by 20%. What was the percentage increase in time taken for his journey?
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 20%
D. 25%
E. None of the above
5. Find the number of ways in which you could travel from point A to point B by passing
through point X in the diagram shown below. You can only move in the → and ↑
directions.
 A. 16
B. 17
C. 18
D. 19
E. None of the above

6. Jane forgot her pencil case when she walked to school. So her brother cycled to give it to
her. After receiving it, she took another 4 more minutes to reach school. Her brother
reached home at the same time. If cycling is 3 times faster than walking, how many
minutes did Jane take to walk to school from home?
A. 14
B. 16
C. 18
D. 20
E. None of the above

7. Two dice are rolled at the same time. What is the chance that the sum of the 2 numbers
on the up faces is 8?

1
A.
6
1
B.
9
1
C.
12
5
D.
36
7
E.
36

8. A bag contains 8 red, 7 white, 5 yellow, 3 blue and 2 black balls. Without looking Roy
takes out the balls one by one. What is the least number of balls he must take out so that,
for certain, he will have at least 4 balls of the same colour?

A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14
E. None of the above
9. The average age of m number of teachers and n number of engineers are 32 and 40,
respectively. The average age of the same group of teachers and engineers is 35. Find
(m+n).
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
E. None of the above

10. A fast food outlet sells chicken nuggets in boxes of either 4 or 7. What is the largest
number of nuggets that one cannot buy?
A. 11
B. 17
C. 19
D. 22
E. None of the above

11. The figure below shows 3 squares and two circles. Find the area of the smallest square
in cm².

A. 46
B. 47
C. 48
D. 49
E. None of the above

12. In the number line shown below, 2 a=3 b−8 . Find the value of (2 c +d ).

A. 15
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18
E. None of the above

13. Find the value

1 1 1 1
+ + +…+
2 2× 2 2 ×2 ×2 2× 2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2 ×2
56
A.
128
127
B.
128
 128
C.
256
255
D.
256
E. None of the above

14. In ΔABC, points D,E and F are midpoints of CE,AF and BD respectively. It is known the
area of ΔABC is 56 cm². Find the area of ΔDEF.

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

5
15. Find the 2016th digit after the decimal in
7
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 5
E. 7

16. Let r , s ,t ,u be whole numbers. If 2r ×3 s × 5t ×7 u=252, then what does r +2 s +3 t+ 4 u

equal to?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
E. None of the above

17. Find the number of triangles that can be formed by using any 3 points as their vertices.

A. 20
B. 25
C. 30
D. 35
 E. None of the above

18. Evaluate
2016
2
2016 −2015 ×2017
A. 1
B. 2015
C. 2016
D. 2017
E. None of the above
19. John cut away one sixth of a pizza. He realized the curved circumference of the
remaining pizza is 15π . What was the diameter of the pizza in inches?

A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16
E. 18

1
20. There are 200 kilograms of oatmeal in a supermarket. On the 1st day, of the oatmeal
2
1 1
was sold. On the 2nd day, of the remaining oatmeal was sold. On the 3rd day, of the
3 4
1
remaining oatmeal was sold. This pattern went on until on the 199th day, of the
200
remaining oatmeal was sold. Find the amount of oatmeal, in kilograms, the was left.

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. None of the above
21. Aloysius, Barry, Carl, Dylan and Edward are participating in an international chess
competition where each contestant must play exactly one game against each other.

Aloysius played 4 games.

Barry played 3 games.
Carl played 2 games.
Dylan played 1 game

How many games has Edward played so far?

22. The digits below can form 24 different fourdigit numbers. Find the average of these 24
numbers.
2, 5, 7, and 8

23. The figure shows 2 blue circles and 3 blue semicircles, all of identical radii, inscribed in
a big semicircle. Find the ratio of the area of the big semicircle to the area of the area of
the blue regions.

24. The following four-digit numbers are similar to each other in some ways.
1383 1996 1231
Firstly, they all start with 1. Secondly, there are 2 identical digits in each number. How
many such numbers are there?

25. A triangle can be formed with sides of lengths 3, 4 and 5. It is impossible, however, to
construct a triangle with sides of lengths 3, 4, and 7. Jane has 8 sticks, each stick having
different lengths, which are whole numbers. She observes that she cannot form a triangle
using any 3 sticks as the sides. What is the shortest possible length of the longest stick
Jane has in cm?