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香港國際數學競賽初賽 2019（香港賽區）
HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL
M ATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD
HEAT ROUND 2019 (HONG KONG REGION)

Secondary 1
Time allowed: 90 minutes
Question Paper
Instructions to Contestants:

1. Each contestant should have ONE Question-Answer Book which CANNOT be taken away.
2. There are 5 exam areas and 5 questions in each exam area. There are a total of 25 questions in this
Question-Answer Book. Each carries 4 marks. Total score is 100 marks. No points are deducted for
incorrect answers.
3. All answers should be written on ANSWER SHEET.
4. NO calculators can be used during the contest.
5. All figures in the paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
6. This Question-Answer Book will be collected at the end of the contest.

THIS Question-Answer Book CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY.

DO NOT turn over this Question-Answer Book without approval of the examiner.
Otherwise, contestant may be DISQUALIFIED.

Write down the answer in the simplest form. If the calculation result is a fraction, please write down the answer as a proper or mixed fraction,
decimal figure is also accepted. Marks will NOT be given for incorrect unit.
All answers should be written on the ANSWER SHEET.

Open-Ended Questions (1st ~25th) (4 points for correct answer, no penalty point for wrong answer)

Logical Thinking

1. Given A and B are two non-zero digits and the 2-digit numbers formed by these two digits have the
following properties:
1. BA is a prime number greater than 30;
2. AB only has 1 prime factor;
Find the 2-digit number BA .

2. Alice goes west for 60km, then goes north for 25km. How far is she now from the original position?

3. How many time(s) does hour hand and minute hand of a clock form a right angle for a day?

4. Alice is saving money. She saves $1 on the first day, $3 on the second day, $5 on the third day, etc, until
the total money she saved are multiples of 60. How long does she need to save?

5. There are 10 pieces of red socks, 6 pieces of white socks and 22 pieces of blue socks in the box. If you
want to get 2 pairs of socks with different colour, at least how many piece(s) of sock(s) is / are needed to
be drawn?

Write down the answer in the simplest form. If the calculation result is a fraction, please write down the answer as a proper or mixed fraction,
decimal figure is also accepted. Marks will NOT be given for incorrect unit.
All answers should be written on the ANSWER SHEET.

Algebra

6. Find the value of x if (81 + 10x) − (6 x − 15) = 0 .

7. If x and y are positive integers and 3x − 9 y = 27 , find the minimum value of x − y .

8. How many integral solution(s) is / are there for z if 662  7 z + 18  −31 ?

9. Given a and b are positive real numbers and satisfy equations a 2 − b2 = 128 and a = 8 − b , find the
value of b − a .

10. Factorise x 2 − 2 x + 63 .

Number Theory

11. Find the sum of all positive factor(s) of 2023.

12. From 1 to 2019, how many integer(s) is / are divisible by 3 and 7, but not divisible by 6?

13. Find the unit value of 2200 + 3300 + 4400 .

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14. Given x  0 and x + = 4 , find the value of x3 + 3 .
x x

15. The difference between two square numbers is 611. Find the value of the larger square?

Write down the answer in the simplest form. If the calculation result is a fraction, please write down the answer as a proper or mixed fraction,
decimal figure is also accepted. Marks will NOT be given for incorrect unit.
All answers should be written on the ANSWER SHEET.

Geometry

16. A cube with side length 8 is cut into cubes with side length 2. Find the increase in total surface area of the
cubes.

17. An iron wire is bent into two circles whose radiui are 14. If the wire is now bent into 4 identical
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rectangles, what is the maximum value of area of each rectangle? (Take  = )
7

18. Small cubes with side length 1 are combined according to the pattern shown below. If there are 28 layers,
find the volume.

19. The hypotenuse of a triangle is 10, find the maximum area of the triangle.

20. An interior angle of a n-sided polygon is 8 times of an exterior angle. Find n.

Write down the answer in the simplest form. If the calculation result is a fraction, please write down the answer as a proper or mixed fraction,
decimal figure is also accepted. Marks will NOT be given for incorrect unit.
All answers should be written on the ANSWER SHEET.

Combinatorics

21. For a n-digit number which leftmost digit is 3, if the leftmost digit is now put at the rightmost, the new
number formed is 3 times as the original one. Find the minimum value of n.

22. 1st April, 2019 is Monday, which year will 1st April be Friday for the earliest case?

23. In how many possible ways can 10 identical flowers be distributed to 3 distinct vases with at least one in
each vase?

24. Use 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 to form six-digit numbers. The odd digits cannot be next to each other. How many
number(s) can be formed in this way?

25. If Alice goes from point A to point B, each step can only move up or move right. How many way(s) is /
are there?

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Write down the answer in the simplest form. If the calculation result is a fraction, please write down the answer as a proper or mixed fraction,
decimal figure is also accepted. Marks will NOT be given for incorrect unit.