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Mathematical Olympiads

January 16, 2018


for Elementary & Middle Schools

Directions to Students: After all questions have been read by your PICO, you will have 30 minutes to complete this contest. You may
not have a pen or pencil in your hand while the PICO reads the set of questions to the class. Calculators are not permitted. All work is
to be done on the pages provided. No additional scrap paper is to be used. Answers must be placed in the corresponding boxes in the
answer column.

Name: ____________________________________________________
3A Add: 531 + 642 + 753 + 864 + 975.

3B The first 40 odd counting numbers are written. How many


times does ‘3’ appear as a digit?

3C Ashley has a rectangle made out of paper that is 8 cm by


12 cm. She folds it in half twice, first vertically and then
horizontally. The new rectangle looks just like the original
rectangle but smaller. What is the area of the new smaller
rectangle in square cm?

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Name: __________________________________________________________________

3D In the figure, the whole numbers from 1 through 7 are to be placed,


one per square. The sum of the numbers in the left column, the
Answer Column
sum of the numbers in the right column, and the sum of the
3A numbers in each diagonal are the same. What is the least possible
product of the numbers across the gray row?
– Page may be folded along dotted line. –

3B

3C

cm2
3E In the following cryptarithm, each different letter represents
3D a different digit in the 6-digit numbers. If B ≠ 0, what is the
BETTER
BITTER
least sum possible? BATTER
– Page may be folded along dotted line. –

+BUTTER

3E

Do Not Write in this Space.


For PICO’s Use Only.
SCORE:
Mathematical Olympiads
January 16, 2018
for Elementary & Middle Schools

SOLUTIONS AND ANSWERS 3A


3A METHOD 1 Strategy: Write in expanded form and then find the sum.
531 + 642 + 753 + 864 + 975 = 3765
(500 + 30 + 1) + (600 + 40 + 2) + (700 + 50 + 3) + (800 + 60 + 4) + (900 + 70 + 5) =
(500 + 600 + 700 + 800 + 900) + (30 + 40 + 50 + 60 + 70) + (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5) =
(3500) + (250) + (15) = 3765.
3B
METHOD 2 Strategy: Decompose and compose by place value using a table.
Hundreds Tens Ones 13
5 3 1
6 4 2
7 5 3
8 6 4 3C
9 7 5
Totals 35 25 15
Finally, 3500 + 250 + 15 = 3765. 24 cm2
FOLLOW UP: Four numbers add to 2018. Three of the numbers are 135, 351, and
513. Find the fourth number. [1019]

3B METHOD 1 Strategy: Count using place value.


3D
The first 40 odd counting numbers begin with 1 and end with 79. The number ‘3’
will appear in the tens place 5 times (31, 33, 35, 37, and 39) and it will appear in
the ones place 8 times (3, 13, 23, 33, 43, 53, 63, and 73). Therefore the number 6
‘3’ will appear 5 + 8 = 13 times in the first 40 odd counting numbers.

METHOD 2 Strategy: Make a list and count.


List the first 40 odd counting numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 3E
27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69,
71, 73, 75, 77, 79. The number of times that the digit ‘3’ appears is 13.

FOLLOW UP: How many of the first 40 even counting numbers contain the
512,024
digit ‘4’? [12]

3C METHOD 1 Strategy: Draw diagrams to represent the folded paper.

4
8 8 The area of the final rectangle
6
is 4  6 = 24 cm2.
12 6

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METHOD 2 Strategy: Use spatial reasoning.
The area of the original rectangle is 8  12 = 96 cm2. When it is folded in half, the area is cut in half and
96/2 = 48 cm2. When the paper is again folded in half the area is once again cut in half and 48/2 = 24 cm2.

FOLLOW UP: Lisa had a square garden that had an area of 16 square feet. She extends the length of the
garden by 2 feet and the width by 3 feet. What is the perimeter of the garden? [26 feet]

3D Strategy: Use number sense applied to trial and error.


Since we wish to have the least possible product for the three numbers in the gray row, try
using 1, 2, and 3. 1 2 3
The sum of the numbers in the first column must equal the sum of the numbers in the
second column. Therefore, the sum of the two remaining numbers in the first column must
be 2 more than the sum of the two missing numbers in the second column. The missing
numbers in the first column must be 5 and 7 while the two missing numbers in the second 5 4
column must be 4 and 6. 1 2 3
The diagonals also have the same sum (5 + 1 + 7 = 13). One possible arrangement for the 7 6
four remaining numbers can be seen in the second diagram. The product of the numbers in
the gray row is 1  2  3 = 6.

FOLLOW UP: Use the same information as in the original problem with the additional constraint that the
sum of the numbers in the gray row equals the other sums. Find the least possible product of the numbers
in the gray row. [28]

3E Strategy: Use place value and number sense to problem solve.


Since the question asks for the least sum possible, start with the hundred-thousands 105506
place and assign B the least possible value, which is 1, since B ≠ 0. Assign the letters in 125506
the ten-thousands place with the least remaining unused digits. Since E repeats in the 135506
tens place, assign E = 0. Then assign 2, 3, and 4 to I, A, and U in some order. As a + 145506
result, the next least available digits for T and R are 5 and 6, respectively. Therefore, the 512024
least possible sum is 512,024.

NOTE: Other FOLLOW-UP problems related to some of the above can be found in our three
contest problem books and in “Creative Problem Solving in School Mathematics.”
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