Teacher: ToiDM
TĐN, Practice 9, June 5, 2016.
Section A. (Correct answer = 2 marks)
1. The Gurukans have three little daughters. Every daughter has exactly two brothers. How many
people are there in the family?
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 11
2. There are 13 coins in John's pocket. Each coin is either 5 or 10 cents. Which of the following
cannot be the total value of John's coins?
(A) 60 (B) 80 (C) 70 (D) 115 (E) 125
3. In a soccer game the winner gains three points, while the loser gains zero points. If the game is
a draw, then the two teams gain one point each. A team has played 38 games and gained 80
points. Find the greatest possible number of games that the team lost.
A) 8 B) 9 C) 10 D) 11 E) 12
4. A grasshopper wants to climb a staircase with many steps. She can make only two kinds of
jumps: three steps up, or four steps down. Beginning at the ground level, at least how many
jumps will she have to make in order to take a rest on the 22th step?
A) 7 B) 9 C) 10 D) 12 E) 15
5. Matthew is catching fish. If he had caught three times as many as he actually did, he would have
12 more. How many fish did he catch?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
Section B (Correct answer = 3 marks)
6. In a box there are some marbles, 5/8 of which are yellow. Of the remainder, 1/4 are blue and the
rest are red. The difference between the number of yellow and red marbles is 220. How many
marbles are there in the box?
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7. For a meeting, equilateral triangular tables are arranged in a row as shown. Only one person can
sit at each open edge of a table.
How many people can be seated when 20 tables are assembled in this manner?
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8. Three signal lights were set to flash every certain specified time. The first light flashes every 12
seconds, the second flashes every 30 seconds and the third one every 66 seconds. The signal
lights flash simultaneously at 8:30 a.m. At what time will the signal lights next flash together?
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9. Two runners run in opposite directions from the same starting line. They run around a field
which has 300 m perimeter. If the first runner runs at 150 m/minute and the second one runs at
125 m/minute, how many times will the two runners pass each other in the first 20 minutes?
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10. The ratio of the number of students in Class A to Class B is 1:2. The ratio of the respective
average test scores is 8:9. If the average score of class A is 72, find the average score of all the
students.
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Section C: (Correct answer = 4 marks)
11. A litre of orange fruit juice drink contains 20% orange juice. How many milliliters of orange
juice must be added to produce a mixture containing 50% orange juice?
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12. In his latest game of bowling Tom scored 189 and this raised his average over a number of games
from 178 to 179. To raise his average to 180 with the next game, how many points does he have
to score?
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13. What is the volume of the concrete foot bridge shown below? (take π = 22/7)
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14. Three pipes of diameter 2 m are held together by a taut metal band as shown. What is the length
(in metres) of the metal band?
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15. Amy drives her car at constant speed. At 1 pm, 2 pm and 3 pm, she notices her distance from
home. When she starts her journey at 1 pm, her distance from home is a two digit number of
kilometres, after an hour it is given by the same two digits in reverse order and after a second
hour the distance is given by the original two digits separated by a zero. Calculate Amy’s speed.
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