Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad 2019
SECONDARY 3 (GRADE 9) CONTEST PAPER
NAME: Index Number:
SCHOOL:
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Please DO NOT OPEN the contest booklet until the Proctor has given permission.
2. TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes.
3. There are 25 questions:
Section A: Questions 1 to 15 score 2 points each, no points are deducted for
unanswered question and 1 point is deducted for wrong answer.
Section B: Questions 16 to 25 score 4 points each, no points are deducted for
unanswered or wrong answer.
4. Shade your answers neatly using 2B lead pencil in the Answer Entry Sheet.
5. PROCTORING: No one may help any student in any way during the contest.
6. No electronic devices capable of storing and displaying visual information are allowed
during the course of the exam.
7. Strictly No Calculators are allowed into the exam.
8. All students must fill and shade their Name, School and Index Number in the
Answer Entry Sheet and Contest booklet.
9. MINIMUM TIME: Students must stay in the exam hall at least 1 hour.
10. Student must show detailed working and transfer answers to the Answer Entry Sheet.
No exam papers and written notes can be taken out by any contestant.
Rough Working
SASMO 2019, Secondary 3 / Grade 9 Contest
Section A (Correct answer – 2 points| No answer – 0 points| Incorrect answer – minus 1 point)
Question 1
Evaluate
1 1
− × 2019.625 − 0.625 + 0.75 × 2019.625 + × 2019.625
4 2
A. 2019
B. 2019.625
C. 2020
D. -2019
E. None of the above
Question 2
Let 𝑥 be a positive integer whose prime factors are 5 and 11 only. If 𝑥 has exactly 6
different positive integer factors, what is the smallest value of 𝑥?
A. 110
B. 605
C. 165
D. 275
E. None of the above
Question 3
Suppose −11 ≤ 𝑦 + 3 ≤ 3 and 0 < 𝑥 < 8. What is the greatest possible value of 𝑥𝑦?
A. 112
B. 24
C. 0
D. 98
E. None of the above
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Question 4
Which of the following is true?
A. √81 = ±9
B. (𝑥12 )18 = 𝑥 30
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C. 5𝑥 −1 = 5𝑥
2(−𝑥+1)(𝑥+1) 1−𝑥 2
D. − =
32 −24
E. None of the above
Question 5
Let 𝐴, 𝑀, 𝑁, 𝑃, 𝑆 and 𝑊 be real numbers such that:
𝑀 = 𝑆 1 × 𝑊 2 × 𝐴3 × 𝑃4
𝑁 = 𝑃1 × 𝐴2 × 𝑊 3 × 𝑆 4
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Suppose 𝑊 × 𝐴 × 𝑆 × 𝑃 = (1331)15 , what is the value of 𝑀 × 𝑁?
A. 11
B. 21
C. 1331
D. Insufficient data
E. None of the above
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Question 6
Which of the following is NOT true about a gradient (or slope)?
A. If a line is horizontal, then its gradient is zero.
B. If a line has a negative gradient and the other line has a positive gradient,
then these 2 lines intersect at exactly one point.
C. A line with gradient 1 forms a 45° angle together with the 𝑥-axis.
D. If 𝑚1 and 𝑚2 are gradients of lines such that 𝑚1 = −𝑚2 , then the lines are
parallel.
E. None of the above
Question 7
Assuming the list below has a mode, what is the greatest difference between the
median and mode?
{19, 𝑋, 13, 11, 23, 17}
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 12
E. None of the above
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Question 8
Which of the following fractions is the largest?
654321
A. 654322
65432
B. 65433
6543
C. 6544
654
D. 655
65
E. 66
Question 9
A 6-digit positive integer which contains digit 8 is divisible by 9. Given all its digits
are different, what is the sum of the digits of the least possible value of this integer?
A. 9
B. 19
C. 27
D. 36
E. None of the above
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Question 10
If 𝐴 = 102019 − 2019, how many digits of 𝐴 are odd numbers?
A. 2015
B. 2016
C. 2017
D. 2018
E. None of the above
Question 11
Gryffindor Secondary School has 170 students. A survey of their hobbies shows that:
• 79 like alchemy, 75 like origami and 34 like stage illusion;
• 32 like both alchemy and origami;
• 24 like both alchemy and stage illusion;
• 13 like all the three hobbies;
• 45 have hobbies which are not listed above.
How many Gryffindor students have hobbies which are both stage illusion and
origami but not alchemy?
A. 20
B. 7
C. 46
D. 96
E. None of the above
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Question 12
In an event, twelve people got 12 different positive integers. The host of the event
asked each of them to give a clue about their numbers.
1st person: “My number is bigger than 1.”
2nd person: “My number is bigger than 2.”
3rd person: “My number is bigger than 3.”
…
12th person: “My number is bigger than 12.”
Then the host asked them again, and their responses in random order were as
follows:
“My number is less than 1.”
“My number is less than 2.”
“My number is less than 3.”
…
“My number is less than 12.”
Each person in this event is either a truthteller (who always tells the truth) or a liar
(who always lies). Excluding the host, what is the largest possible number of
truthtellers among these 12 people?
A. 11
B. 10
C. 8
D. 6
E. None of the above
Question 13
In the diagram, 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a quadrilateral with ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = A
∠𝐵𝐴𝐷 = 60° and ∠𝐷𝐴𝐶 = ∠𝐷𝐵𝐴.
Given 𝐴𝐷 = 13 and 𝐵𝐶 = 7, find the length of 𝐴𝐵. D
A. 20
B. 18
C. 18√3
D. Insufficient data
E. None of the above C
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Question 14
Two calendars are the same if all their dates correspond to the same days. The
calendar for the year 2019 is the same for the year ____.
(Years 2020, 2024, 2028 and 2032 are the leap years)
A. 2026
B. 2030
C. 2033
D. 2024
E. 2028
Question 15
Which of the nets below can be folded to form the figure on
the right?
A B C
D E
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Section B (Correct answer – 4 points| Incorrect or No answer – 0 points)
Question 16
In Mathematics, the product of the first 𝑛 positive integers is written as 𝑛! =
𝑛 × (𝑛 − 1) × … 1. For example, 2! = 2 × 1 and 7! = 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1. What
is the remainder when 2018! + 2018 is divided by 2019?
Question 17
How many 2-digit positive integers are there such that the product of the tens and
ones digits is an odd number?
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Question 18
The product of 3 consecutive integers is a four-digit number that starts with 4 and
ends with 6. What is the sum of these 3 consecutive integers?
Question 19
In the expression below, 𝑏 is a digit, 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏
̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ is a 5-digit number, and ̅̅̅
𝑏𝑏 is 2-digit
number. Find the numeric value of the expression in its simplest form.
̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅ − 𝑏) − 𝑏 × ̅̅̅
(𝑏 + 𝑏) × (𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 𝑏𝑏
𝑏 × ̅̅̅
𝑏𝑏
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Question 20
Find the value of
1 2 1 2 1 2
1 − (2019) 1 − (2018) 1 − (2 )
1 − 12 1 − 22 1 − 20192
+ + ⋯ + + + + ⋯ +
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 + 12 1 + 22 1 + 20192
1 + (2019) 1 + (2018) 1 + (2 )
Question 21
The number 𝑋 is a composite number with all different digits, and the product of its
𝑋
digits is 504. What is the greatest possible value of 10?
(Round off your answer to the nearest integer.)
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Question 22
In the diagram below, 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a rectangle with 𝐴𝐵 = 25 and 𝐴𝐷 = 104. Point 𝐸 is
inside the rectangle such that 𝐷𝐸 = 30 and 𝐶𝐸 = 25. Find the length of 𝐴𝐸.
D A
C B
Question 23
In how many ways can the integers 1 through 15 be arranged in a row such that the
sum of any two adjacent numbers is a perfect square?
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Question 24
In the equation below, 𝑥 and 𝑦 are positive integers. What is the greatest possible
value of 𝑥 + 𝑦?
(𝑥 2 + 𝑦)(𝑥 + 𝑦 2 ) = (𝑥 + 𝑦)3
Question 25
In the following cryptarithm, all the different letters stand for different digits.
C O O L
+ M A T H
S A S M O
Given that M = 7, find the value of S + A + S + M + O.
END OF PAPER
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Rough Working
