Math Olympiad 5( Week 26 Mid-Term Exam) 1. If a♣b = |a − 2b|, what is the value of (8♣9)♣14? 2. If a♠b = a2 − ab + b2, what is the value of (3♠2)♠4? 3. If a♥b = a + ab + b2, what is the value of (6♥3)♥5? 4. Eric is 3 times the age of Mary who is 9 years older than Richard. If the total age of the three is 66, how old is Richard? 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 1 hour 31 minutes? 9. If 5 days before yesterday was Sunday, what day of the week will it be 50 days from today? 10. There are 12 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. George has taken 5 exams so far and the scores were 82, 87, 89, 90, and 83. What will George need to score on his final math exam to have an average score of 85 for the semester? 12. Using digits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, 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 3, 4 and 6 regardless of the order? 14. The product of 5 consecutive natural numbers must be divisible by: 15. What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6? 16. A spinner shown in the diagram has 8 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 odd number?
17. A spinner shown in the diagram has 10 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 prime?
18. If 12x is deducted by 8y, and the difference is then multiplied by , which of the following is the result? 19. Three consecutive multiples of 30 have a sum of 990? What is the middle number among the three numbers? 20. A complete cycle of a traffic light takes 55 seconds with light in green for 35 seconds, amber for 5 seconds, and red for 15 seconds. What is the probability that the light will NOT be green? |