2013 WMI Competition

Grade 8 Part 2 Applications Test

Problems 1–15: 10 points each for a total of 150 points.

1. 12345678×12345678 – 12345677×12345679 = ?

2. If real number a is the same as its additive inverse, real number b is the same as
its reciprocal, and real number c is the same as its square root, then
a2013 + b2×2013 + c3×2013 = ?

3. If f (x, y) = 3x2 – xy + y2, g (x, y)＝3 f (x, y) – 2, and h (x, y)＝2 f (x, y) + g (x, y),
find f (x, y) + g (x, y) + h (x, y).

1 2 3
4. Simplify ×( − )
3 − 2 −1 3 + 2 −1 3 + 2 +1

B A
5. As shown in the figure on the right, ABCD is a trapezoid where S2 E
AB / / CD and CE is the angle bisector for ∠BCD . Also,
CE ⊥ AD , DE = 2 AE , and CE divides trapezoid ABCD into S1
2 regions with areas S1 and S2 as shown. If S1 = 40, find S2. C D

6. As shown in the figure on the right, ABCD is a rectangle with

AB = 32 and AD = 36. If O1 and O2 are equal sized circles
that externally tangent with each other and tangent to the sides
of this rectangle, then how long is the radius of O1 ?
 7. If the perimeter of rectangle ABCD is 32 and its sides have integer value lengths x
and y satisfying x2 – 2xy + y2 = x – y + 2, what is the area of this rectangle ?

x + xy + y＝2 + 3 2 …1
8. If x and y are real numbers satisfying equations 2 2
,
x + y ＝6…2
find | x + y + 1| .

9. FC Bacelona is a well–known football team. One day afternoon, four players

Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, and Pujol are practicing on a football field. If the ball returns
back to Messi after he passes the ball five times, how many ways can this happen
with only these four players practicing on the field ?

10. As in the figure on the right, points E, F, G, and H are on the

sides AB, BC, CD, and DA, respectively. Point P is an interior
point of ABCD. If AB = 4 cm, BC = 6 cm, AE = CG = 3 cm,
BF = DH = 4 cm, and the area of quadrilateral AEPH is
5 cm2, what is the area of quadrilateral PFCG ?

11. If a＜b＜c＜d＜e are 5 consecutive positive integers in ascending order so that

b+c+d is a perfect square and a+b+c+d+e is a perfect cube, what is the
smallest possible value for c ?

12. If for every positive integer n, a1 + a2 + a3 + … + an = n3, then what is

1 1 1
+ +…+ ?
a －1 a －1
2 3
a －1 100

13. Let a, a, and b be the lengths of a triangle and let a, b, and b be the lengths of
another triangle where a > b. If the smallest interior angle of each of these two
a
triangles are the same, what is ?
b

a+ b a– b
14. Define x = and y = where a and b are positive integers. If
a– b a+ b
19x2 + 151xy + 19y2 = 2013, what would be the smallest value for a+b ?
15. Justin wanted to send roses to 5 ladies. He went to a flower shop and chose yellow,
blue, white, and red roses 10 of each. He then packaged these 40 flowers into 5
bunches of 8 flowers in each bunch so that each bunch would have all 4 colors of
flowers. At the end, these 5 ladies received the following combinations:
Alice: The number of yellow roses is more than the other three roses put together.
Betty: The number of blue roses is the least number among her roses.
Claire: The combined total number of yellow and white roses is the same of the
combined total number of blue and red roses.
Diana: The number of white roses is twice as many as the number of red roses.
Elizabeth: The number of red roses is the same as the number of blue roses.
Questions: (1) Who received the most number of blue roses?
(2) How many red roses did Betty receive?