Math Olympiad 5( Week 26 Mid-Term Exam) 1. If a♣b = |a − 2b|, what is the value of (5♣1)♣8? 2. If a♠b = a2 − ab + b2, what is the value of (5♠7)♠4? 3. If a♥b = a + ab + b2, what is the value of (3♥4)♥1? 4. Julia is 5 times the age of Ed who is 2 years older than Jane. If the total age of the three is 33, how old is Jane? 7. If a⊛b = a2 − 2ab + b2, which of the following has the greatest value? 8. There are 24 hours a day, 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute. There are even smaller time units, such as millisecond (10 −3 second), microsecond (10 −6 second), nanosecond (10 −9 second). How many seconds are in 8 hours 45 minutes? 9. If 3 days before yesterday was Wednesday, what day of the week will it be 40 days from today? 10. There are 20 triangles. Each triangle has exact one shared side with another triangle. How many sides are there in total? 11. There are 6 math exams during the semester. Steve has taken 5 exams so far and the scores were 89, 95, 85, 95, and 85. What will Steve need to score on his final math exam to have an average score of 88 for the semester? 12. Using digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, how many different 3-digit numbers can you make if no digit can be used more than once within a number? 13. Using a die(a cube with number of 1 to 6), what is the probability of throwing a 1, 3 and 6 in the order? 14. The product of 5 consecutive natural numbers must be divisible by: 15. What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 4, 5, 6, and 7? 16. A spinner shown in the diagram has 6 equal sections. The probability of the pointer falling into each section is the same (Assume the pointer will never fall on a line between two sections). What is the probability that the pointer falls on an even number?
17. A spinner shown in the diagram has 7 equal sections. The probability of the pointer falling into each section is the same (Assume the pointer will never fall on a line between two sections). What is the probability that the pointer falls on a number that is a multiple of 3?
18. If 15x is deducted by 10y, and the difference is then multiplied by , which of the following is the result? 19. Three consecutive multiples of 20 have a sum of 420? What is the smallest number among the three numbers? 20. A complete cycle of a traffic light takes 50 seconds with light in green for 25 seconds, amber for 5 seconds, and red for 20 seconds. What is the probability that the light will NOT be green? |