Po Leung Kuk
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16 Primary Mathematics World Contest
Individual Contest 2013
1. Nine cards are numbered from 1 to 9 respectively. Two cards are distributed to
each of four children. The sum of the numbers on the two cards the children
are given is: 7 for Ann, 10 for Ben, 11 for Cathy and 12 for Don. What is the
number on the card that was not distributed?
2. Given A, B, C and D are distinct digits and
A A B C D
− D A A B C
2 0 1 3 D
Find A + B + C + D.
3. A car traveled from Town A to Town B at an average speed of 100 km/h.
It then traveled from Town B to Town C at an average speed of 75 km/h.
Given that the distance from Town A to Town B is twice the distance from
Town B to Town C, find the car’s average speed, in km/h, for the entire
journey.
4. In your answer sheet, there is a 4 × 4 board. Shade 4 of the 16 squares so that
no two shaded squares lie on the same vertical, horizontal or diagonal path.
Below is an illustration of the paths.
5. Find the sum of all the digits in the integers from 1 to 2013.
6. What is the 2013th term in the sequence
1 2 1 3 2 1 4 3 2 1
1 ，1 ，2 ，1 ，2 ，3 ，1 ，2 ，3 ，4 ，…?
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Po Leung Kuk
th
16 Primary Mathematics World Contest
Individual Contest 2013
7. All the perfect square numbers are written in order in a line: 14916253649…
Which digit falls in the 100th place?
8. A team of four children are to be chosen from 3 girls and 6 boys. There must
be at least one girl in the team. How many different teams of 4 are possible?
9. The sum of 13 distinct positive integers is 2013. What is the maximum value
of the smallest integer?
10. Four teams participated in a soccer tournament. Each team played against all
other teams exactly once. Three points were awarded for a win, one point
for a draw and no points for a loss. At the end of the tournament, the four
teams have obtained 5, 1, x and 6 points respectively. Find the value of x.
11. In the figure below, ABCD and EFGH are squares and side BC is on the line
EH. The area of ABCD is 121 cm2 and the area of EFGH is 441 cm2. If the
area of triangle AGC is 82.5 cm2, what is the area of triangle ABE, in cm2?
F E
B A
C D
G H
12. In triangle ABC below, DE//BC and FE//DC. If AF = 4 and FD =6, find DB.
A
F
D E
B C
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Po Leung Kuk
th
16 Primary Mathematics World Contest
Individual Contest 2013
13. In the diagram below, AB // DC, ∠ACB = 90o, AC = BC and AB = DB.
Find ∠CBD, in degrees.
D C
A B
14. In the diagram below, the area of triangle ABC is 32 cm2. Given that
2BD = 3CD and AE = DE, find the area of the shaded region, in cm2.
A
B D C
1 1 1 1
15. Given that 1 + 2
+ 2 + ... = M , and 1 + 2 + 2 + ... = K,
2 3 3 5
find the ratio of M : K.
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Po Leung Kuk
th
16 Primary Mathematics World Contest
Team Contest 2013(Final version)
Team:
1. Find the greatest three-digit number xyz such that x0 yz ＝ 9 × xyz .
2. Write one of the operators ＋,－,or×÷ into each of the □ below.
How many different positive values are there for the expression
2 □ 2 □ 2?
3. Let A be an integer greater than 3. The remainder of 603 divided by A is
twice the remainder of 939 divided by A. This second remainder is twice
the remainder of 393 divided by A. What is the number A?
4. Find x if
x x x x
+ + +⋯+ = 11
1× 2 × 3 2 × 3 × 4 3 × 4 × 5 8 × 9 × 10
5. A rectangular wall measuring 3 units by 4 units is to be covered with 6
tiles of different colours, each measuring 1 unit by 2 units. In how
many ways can this be done?
tile
wall
Po Leung Kuk
th
16 Primary Mathematics World Contest
Team Contest 2013(Final version)
Team:
6. How many six-digit numbers of the form ababab (a≠b) have exactly 32
positive divisors?
7. Five red blocks and four white blocks are to be placed in a row. At no
point in the row may three or more consecutive blocks have the same
color. How many such arrangements are possible?
8. In the diagram below, ABCD is a parallelogram. F and G are points on
AB and CD respectively such that FG // AD. FG intersects BD at E.
If the areas of triangle AEF and trapezium BCGE are 1cm2 and
3 2
2 cm respectively, find the area of the parallelogram.
5
B C
F E
G
A D
9. Solve the following cross-number puzzle.
Across
1 2 3 A. a prime number
B. a prime number
A C. a cube
Down
B 1. a cube
C
2. a square
3. a square
Po Leung Kuk
th
16 Primary Mathematics World Contest
Team Contest 2013(Final version)
Team:
10. The circle below has twelve points evenly spaced on its circumference.
How many triangles can you make by connecting the points with the
following property: the sum of the numbers on the vertices of the
triangle created has at least 3 factors greater than 1?
12 1
11
2
10
3
9
4
8
5
7 6
2013 PMWC Answers
Individual
1. 5 2. 15 3. 90 4. 5. 28083
4
6. 7. 9 8. 111 9. 148 10. 4
60
11. 22 12. 15 13. 15° 14. 12 15. 4：3
Team
1. 675 2. 6
3. 17 4. 45
5. 7920 6. 19
128
7. 45 8.
15
5 4 1
9. 1 4 9 10. 145
2 1 6
