MATHEMATICS WITHOUT BORDERS

AGE GROUP 5
AUTUMN 2017

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Please DO NOT OPEN the contest papers until the Proctor has given
permission.
2. The number of problems in the test is 20, 10 of which have a multiple-choice
answer and 10 have an open answer.
3. Please write your answers in the ANSWER SHEET: write only the letter of the
chosen answer to the questions from 1 to 10 and write the answer/answers to the
questions from 11 to 20.
4. Each correctly solved problem from 1 to 10 is worth 1 point, and each correctly
solved problem from 11 to 20 is worth 2 points (if a problem has 2 or more
answers: 1 point for a partial answer, 2 points for a complete answer). For
unanswered or wrong answers – 0 points.
5. No calculators or other electronic devices are allowed during the course of the
contest.
6. Working time: not more than 60 minutes. In the case of an equal number of
solved problems, the higher ranked participant will be the one who has spent less
time solving the problems.
7. No contest papers and written notes can be taken out by any contestant.
8. No one may help any student in any way during the contest.

GOOD LUCK!
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Problem 1. Find the value of the following expression.

A) 0 B) 4 C) 8 D) other
Problem 2. Which of the following expression has the greatest value?
A) B) C) D)
Problem 3. The sum of the first 100 positive integers is 5050.
(1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + … + 96 + 98 + 99 + 100 = 5050)
Find the sum of the first 100 positive even numbers.
A) 10,000 B) 10,050 C) 10,100 D) 10,150
Problem 4. There were a total of 120 coins in two boxes. Ten coins were then shifted from the
first box to the second. As a result, the number of coins in the second box was twice as much as
the number of coins in the first one. What was the number of coins in the first box before the
shift?
A) 90 B) 80 C) 50 D) 40
Problem 5. The number of minutes in 8 hours is the same as the number of hours in ( ).
A) 8 days B) 10 days C) 15 days D) 20 days
(Hint: One day consist of 24 hours.)
Problem 6. Calculate 16 4 8 125 1000.
A) 2 B) 8 C) 16 D) another answer
Problem 7. The magical square below is made up of 9 consecutive numbers.
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Which of the options below could be the sum of the numbers hidden behind the emojis?
A) 8 B) 9 C) 10 D) 11
Problem 8. How many of the integers from 1 to 101 inclusive are divisible by neither 5 or 3?
A) 47 B) 51 C) 54 D) 44
Problem 9. Four squirrels ate a total of 70 walnuts. Each squirrel ate at least one walnut. The
first squirrel ate more than all the others. The second and third ate a total of 45 walnuts. How
many walnuts did the fourth squirrel eat?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 5 D) 11
Задача 10. When X is divided by 33 the remainder is 18. What is the remainder when is
divided by 33?
A) 18 B) 20 C) 24 D) 28

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Problem 11. It is known that the sums of any two of four numbers are 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 11. What
is the sum of those four numbers?

Problem 12. Calculate

Problem 13. There are 84 kg of salt that have been poured into 27 boxes. In each box there is
either 3 kg, 4 kg or 5 kg of salt. How many of the boxes contain either 4 kg or 5 kg?

Problem 14. The natural numbers from 1 to 29 have been written in a row:
1234567891011...272829.
What is the greatest number that we can get from this multidigit number after removing 44
digits? (The places of the digits cannot be changed.)

Problem 15. 1201 individual contestants aged 8 to 19 participated in the fourth final of the
Mathematics Without Borders Тournament. At most how many of the contestants were definitely
the same age?

Problem 16.Three of the Sundays in a month fall on even numbered days of the calendar. What
day of the week is the 20th day of this month?

Problem 17. What is the sum of the digits of the number below?
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Problem 18. I will release 1 insect in my aquarium every 20 minutes. If I have 13 insects and I
have released the first one at 8 o’clock, what time will I release the last one?

Problem 19. There are 16 different natural numbers that are divisors of the four-digit number
̅̅̅̅̅̅̅. Find all possible values of the digit а.
Hint: 1111 = 11 101 is only divisible by itself and 1.

Problem 20. How many natural numbers from 1 to 100 inclusive should I pick in order to be
sure that there would be at least two among them that are divisible by 3?