Section A
For questions 1 to 10, each correct answer is awarded 6 marks.
1. What is the 10th term in the number sequence below?
1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 22, 23, 46, …
2. How many rectangles are there in the figure below?
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3. Find the remainder when ⏟
111 … 11 is divided by 7.
2023
4. A straight line divides a circle into 2 parts as shown below. Into how many parts can 6
lines divide the circle?
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𝑚
5. Given that the 2023rd term in the following array of fractions is , find (𝑚 + 𝑛).
𝑛
1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
, , , , , , , , , ,…
1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
6. There are 126 cartons of apples in a warehouse, each containing between 120 and
144 apples. What is the greatest number of cartons that is guaranteed to contain the
same number of apples at any given time?
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7. Find the greatest number of consecutives zeroes in the product below.
625 × 128 × 25 × 4
8. A teacher took 51 pupils on a riverboat excursion. A big boat can take 6 passengers
while a small boat can take 4. Given that a total of 11 boats were hired, how many
small boats were there?
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9. In the figure below, an equilateral triangle is inscribed in a circle. The circle is in turn
inscribed in a bigger equilateral triangle. The ratio of the area of the small triangle to
the big triangle is 𝑚 ∶ 𝑛. Find the value of (𝑚 + 𝑛).
10. Mark and Nick were running, in the same direction, around a 400 m circular track at
speeds of 200 m/min and 160 m/min, respectively. Given that they started at the
same point, how many minutes will it take for them to meet again?
Leave your answer as a whole number with no units.
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Section B
For questions 11 to 15, each correct answer is awarded 8 marks.
11. In the figure below, 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐵𝐷, 𝐹𝐴 = 𝐴𝐶 and 𝐵𝐶 = 𝐶𝐸. Find the area of ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹, in
𝑐𝑚2, if the area of triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 10 𝑐𝑚2.
Leave your answer as a whole number with no units.
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12. Evaluate
1 1 1
(1 + ) + (2 + × 2) + (3 + × 3)
47 47 47
1 1
+ ⋯ + (46 + × 46) + (47 + × 47)
47 47
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13. Given that 𝑚679𝑛 is divisible by 72, find (𝑚 + 𝑛).
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14. In the figure shown below, 𝐴𝐷 ∥ 𝐵𝐶 and 𝐵𝐶 = 1.5𝐴𝐷 . The area of
∆𝐴𝐷𝐸 = 16 𝑐𝑚2 and the area of ∆𝐵𝐸𝐶 = 18 𝑐𝑚2. Find the area, in 𝑐𝑚2, of the
shaded regions.
Leave your answer as a whole number with no units.
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15. The grass at the ranch grows at a constant rate every day. 27 oxen could finish eating
the grass in 6 days, and 23 oxen could finish eating the grass in 9 days. For how many
days could the ranch sustain a herd of 24 oxen?
Leave your answer as a whole number with no units.
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