PHILIPPINE INTERNATIONAL
MATH AND SCIENCE OLYMPICS
National Round 2023
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. You have 90 mins to finish the test.
2. You may use scratch paper to write your solutions.
3. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
4. This test covers FOUR (4) Categories namely: ARITHMETIC & NUMBER THEORY, LOGICAL ANALYSIS, GEOMETRY,
and COMBINATORICS
5. There is a total of 30 questions in this test. Each correctly answered question will be marked (5) points. No
points shall be deducted for incorrect answers.
6. You are NOT allowed to use any calculating device during the test proper.
7. Any form of cheating is a ground for DISQUALIFICATION.
[Link] Primary 5
PIMSO - GRADE 5
1. What is the greatest common factor of 36, 54, and 78?
2. Evaluate: 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + … + 99
2500
3. What is the remainder when 100 x 200 is divided by 7?
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4. If x + 12 = 2x - 3, what is x?
15
5. John has N candies. If he gives each of his friends 2 pieces, there will be 1 left
over. If he gives each friend 3 pieces, there will also be 1 leftover. If N is between
50 and 60, what is N?
55
6. What is the next number in the sequence: 2, 5, 9, 14, 20, 27, __? (For specific
purposes, the sequence follows a polynomial function)
35
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7. Find the number of triangles in the picture given below
45
8. What is the missing number in the pie below?
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9. Andres goes running for 3/4 of an hour. When he comes home, he goes shopping
with his mom for 2/3 of an hour. How many minutes does Andres spend running
and shopping?
85
[Link] you have 7 triangles, 13 squares, 5 hexagons, and 8 pentagons, how many total
sides do you have?
143
[Link] today is Thursday. What day of the week will it be 19 days from today?
tuesday
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[Link] the missing number in the series: 1, 2, 6, 15, 31, ___
56
[Link] is the least 5-digit number that is divisible by 3?
10002
[Link] is the least common multiple of 12 and 18?
36
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[Link] is the smallest prime number greater than 100?
101
[Link] is the remainder when 2023 is divided by 101?
[Link] is the value of 10102 in base 10?
10
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[Link] is the value of 33 ?
27
[Link] triangle ABC has legs AB = 5 and BC = 6 units. If the hypotenuse AC is used
to construct square ACDE. What is the area of ACDE?
61
[Link] is the area of the shaded region? Take 𝜋 = 22/7.
1232
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[Link] is the radius of the largest circle that can fit inside the triangle with side
lengths 3, 4, and 5?
28
[Link] is the area of the trapezoid with base lengths 10 and 12, and with a height
of 8?
88
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[Link] is the largest integer value of 𝑥 so that line segments of length 𝑥, 6, and 8
form an acute triangle?
[Link] ABCD has points A,B,C, and D on the same circle. If angles A and B
are 48 and 54 degrees respectively, what is angle C (in degrees)?
42
[Link] a party there are 75 people. Everybody shakes everybody’s hand once. How
often are hands shaken in total?
2775
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[Link] wants to paint a staircase with 8 steps. If he can paint each step either
red or blue, how many different color patterns can he create?
256
[Link] how many ways can a committee of 3 students be formed from a group of 8
students?
56
[Link] how many ways can the letters of the word "SILVER" be arranged?
720
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[Link] are 10 steps on the stairs. How many ways can you climb the stairs if you
can only climb 1 or 2 steps at a time?
89
[Link] Andres, Jose, Emilio, Marcelo, Gregorio, Antonio and Apolinario are to be seated
in a circular table, how many seating arrangements are possible?
720
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