SASMO 2016, Secondary 3 Contest

SASMO 2016 SECONDARY 3 CONTEST

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

1. Calculate the value of

A. 111 010
B. 110 110
C. 111 001
D. 110 011
E. None of the above

2. In the SASMO contest, there are 15 multiple choice questions. 2 points are
awarded for a correct answer and 1 point is deducted for a wrong answer. No points
are deducted or awarded for unanswered question. Albert answered 12 questions
and left the remaining unanswered. If his total score is less than 17, find the
maximum number of questions he answered correctly.

A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
E. 11

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3. How many digits are there in the number ?

A. 2012
B. 2013
C. 2014
D. 2015
E. 2016

4. Given that ( ) √ where Find the value of

A. 60
B.

C.

D.

E.

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5. If the five-digit number is divisible by 45, find the sum .

A. 5
B. 8
C. 13
D. 17
E. None of the above

6. Which of the following has the largest value?

A.

B.

C.
D.
E. Options A & D

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7. How many positive even 2-digit numbers are divisible neither by 3 nor by 7?

A. 21
B. 29
C. 43
D. 56
E. None of the above

8. Given that

√ √

where and are whole numbers.

Find the smallest possible value of

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

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9. How many factors of are perfect cubes?

A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 8
E. 9

10. The year 2016 is an interesting number because it is divisible by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7,

8 and 9. When was the previous year that has the same properties as above?

A. 504
B. 1522
C. 1512
D. 2520
E. None of the above

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11. There are 60 people in a tourist bus. 15 of them are going to Orchard and 30 of
them are going to Sentosa. (Some people are going to both). What is the greatest
number of people who are neither going to Orchard nor to Sentosa.

A. 15
B. 20
C. 30
D. 45
E. None of the above

12. How many triangles are there in the diagram below?

A. 24
B. 40
C. 48
D. 50
E. None of the above

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13. What is the greatest amount of numbers which must be selected from 108
numbers: 1, 2, 3,…, 108, to ensure that there are no two numbers (among selected)
with the product of 108?

A. 96
B. 102
C. 103
D. 12
E. None of the above

14. Amy, Emily and Raisa each has one cat. The names of the cats are Bella, Kitty
and Max. The three cats have different colours: calico, ginger and grey. It is known
that:

i) Kitty does not belong to Emily, and the calico cat does not belong to Raisa
ii) Bella is the calico cat
iii) Max’s colour is not ginger
iv) Raisa’s cat is not Kitty

Which of the following statement is correct?

A. The calico cat is Max, who belongs to Emily

B. The ginger cat belongs to Raisa, and Amy has a grey cat
C. Raisa has a grey cat named Max
D. Emily’s cat is Bella and Amy’s cat is Max
E. None of the above

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15.

is rotated to

as is rotated to

A. B. C.

D. E.

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

16. How many integers satisfy the inequality

√ ( )

17. Find the smallest possible value of the expression

( )( )( )( )

where is a real number.

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18. Find P in the sequence below

19. The numbers are written on a whiteboard. Tom choose any

two numbers and , erases them and then writes down their sum . He
continues the same process until one number is left on the whiteboard. What is this
number?

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20. is the product of two prime numbers. Find the largest of the two prime
numbers.

21. In how many different ways can the letters of the word SASMO be arranged so
that two S’s are NOT next to each other?

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22. The map below shows 28 postal districts of Singapore. Each district is to be
painted with one colour. What is the least number of colours needed to paint all the
regions so that any two neighboring districts do not share the same colour?

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23. What is the value of the following fraction?

(Round off your answer to the nearest whole number. For example, if your answer is
1234.56, then write your answer as 1235)

24. ABCD is a rectangular sheet of paper with AB = 18 and AD = 12. Point E is along
the line CD such that DE : CD = 1 : 2. Rectangle ABCD is folded so that point A falls
on point E. Find the length of the fold. A B

D C

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25. In the following cryptarithm, all the different letters stand for different digits.
Find the 5-digit number SASMO.

S T A Y

C O O L

S A S M O

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