THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, MONA

The 2016 Jamaican Mathematical Olympiad

Test for Grades 9, 10, and 11

NAME:
GRADE:
SCHOOL:
YEAR OF BIRTH:
STUDENT PHONE:
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1) If x = 2w and y = 2x, which of the following is equal to w + x + y?
a) w

b) 3w

c) 5w

d) 7w

e) 9w

2) Two positive integers have a sum of 6 and a product of 5. What is the sum of their squares?
a) 26

b) 12

c) 36

d) 10

e) 13

3) In the figure below, ABC is an equilateral triangle and ACDE and AF GB are squares. What is the
measure of 6 EAF ?
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a) 90

b) 120

c) 105

d) 150

e) 135

4) The lions, snakes, and parrots at a zoo have 20 wings, 40 heads, and 60 legs between them. How many
snakes are in the zoo?
a) 5

b) 15

c) 10

d) 25

5) In the figure on the right, ABCD is a square with AB = 2, M is the midpoint of BC, and N is the midpoint of CD. What is the area of the shaded
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e) 20
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6) If a = 1, b = 10, c = 100, and d = 1, 000, what is the value of

(a + b + c d)) + (a + b c + d) + (a b + c + d) + (a + b + c + d)?
a) 1111

b) 2222

c) 3333

d) 1212

e) 4242

7) A palindrome is a positive integer which gives the same number when its digits are reversed. For example,
6556 is a palindrome. What is the smallest number that can be added to 2036 to make a palindrome?
a) 186

b) 85

c) 590

d) 64

e) 76

8) Suppose a, b, and c are positive integers and a and b are odd. Then 3a + (b 1)c is:
a) odd for all choices of c.
b) even for all choices of c
c) odd if c is even, and even if c is odd.
d) odd if c is odd, and even if c is even.
e) odd if c is not a multiple of 3, and even if c is a multiple of 3
9) There are exactly four statements on the card below. How many of them are false?
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On this card exactly three statements are false.
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a) 0

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c) 2

d) 3

e) 4

10) In the figure below, the points A1 , A2 , A3 , . . . , A10 are equally spaced around a circle with centre C.
What is the measure of 6 A1 A5 C?
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11) How many numbers between 100 and 1000 are divisible by 3 or by 7 (or by both)?
a) 385

12) What is the value of

a) 10

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c) 386

d) 276

e) 430

c) 16

d) 82

e) 100

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13) A three-digit number abc is called cyclic if a < b < c and the sum of the numbers abc, bca, and cab is a
three-digit number of the form ddd. How many three-digit numbers are cyclic?
a) 3

b) 7

c) 6

d) 12

e) 9

14) The figure below shows a cube with side length 2. Two diagonals on one face intersect at P , and a
vertex on the opposite face is labeled A. What is the length of AP ?
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15) How many pairs of positive integers (a, b) with a + b 100 satisfy the equation
a) 9

b) 1

c) 13

d) 7

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16) How many integers between 10 and 100 are increased by 9 when their digits are reversed?
a) 0

b) 1

c) 8

d) 9

e) 10

17) In the figure below, 4ABC has a right angle at C, 4AXD is isosceles with AX = AD, and 4BY D is
isosceles with BY = BD. What is the measure of 6 XDY ?
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d) 52.5

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18) In a geometric progression, the sum of the first two terms is 9 and the sum of the first six terms is 189.
What is the sum of the first four terms?
a) 48

b) 54

c) 180

d) 45

e) 99

19) When the numbers 123,456,789 and 999,999,999 are multiplied, how many digits of the product are 9s?
a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) 3

e) 17

20) When four positive integers are added three at a time, the sums are 180, 197, 208, and 222, respectively.
What is the largest of the four numbers?
a) 77

b) 89

c) 83

d) 108

e) 95

21) In the figure below, triangle ABC is isosceles with AB = AC = 25 cm and CB = 40 cm. From point D
on base CB, perpendiculars are drawn to meet AC at E and AB at F . What is the value of ED + DF ?
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22) The sequence x1 , x2 , x3 , . . . is formed according to these rules: x1 = 1, x2 = 3, and for n 3,

xn = xn1 xn2 . So, according to these rules, x3 = 2 and x4 = 1. What is the value of the sum
x1 + x2 + x3 + + x100 ?
a) 1

b) 1

c) 2

d) 4

e) 5

23) When 1 ounce of water is added to a mixture of water and acid, the new mixture is 20% acid. When 1
ounce of acid is added to the new mixture, the resulting mixture is 33 31 % acid. What was the percentage
of acid in the original mixture?
a) 22

b) 24

c) 25

d) 30

e) 33 31

24) In the figure below, ABCD is a square with side length 1 + 3 and DEC is an equilateral triangle.
Lines AC and DE intersect at F . What is the area of triangle DF C?
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25) A subset S of the set {1, 2, 3, . . . , 50} has the property that no pair of distinct numbers in S has a sum
divisible by 7. What is the largest number of elements that S could have?
a) 6

b) 7

c) 14

d) 22

e) 23

END OF QUESTIONS
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