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Junior Mathematics (Olympiad) 2017

The document outlines the Junior Mathematics Olympiad for the JETS Central Region held in 2017, detailing the exam duration, total marks, and venue. It consists of ten mathematical questions, each worth 5 marks, covering various topics such as geometry, algebra, and probability. Participants are instructed to show their workings clearly on separate sheets.

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Junior Mathematics (Olympiad) 2017

The document outlines the Junior Mathematics Olympiad for the JETS Central Region held in 2017, detailing the exam duration, total marks, and venue. It consists of ten mathematical questions, each worth 5 marks, covering various topics such as geometry, algebra, and probability. Participants are instructed to show their workings clearly on separate sheets.

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JETS CENTRAL REGION

JUNIOR MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD – 2017

Duration: 3 Hours

Total Marks: 50

Time: 10:00 Hours

Venue: Chibombo Boarding Secondary School

INSTRUCTIONS

 There are ten questions in this paper.


 Answer all the questions in this paper on separate sheets.
 Each question has a maximum of 5 marks; indicated in [ ]
 Show your working clearly.

QUESTION ONE

Annie plays Zane in a game with 12 rounds. In each round, the winner scores 5 points and the
loser scores 3 points. At the end of the game, Zane’s total score is 44 points. How many rounds
did Annie inn? [5]

QUESTION TWO

In the square shown below, the length of the diagonal is 6cm. What is the area of the square?

6 cm

[5]

QUESTION THREE
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A large cube consists of large number of identical cubes. The number of small cubes that touch
four other small cubes face- to -face is 168. How many small cubes make up the large cube?

[5]

QUESTION FOUR

The board shown has 32 cells, one of which is labeled and another. The shortest path starting at S
and finishing at F involves exactly nine other cells and ten moves, where each move goes from
cell to cell horizontally or vertically across an edge.

How many paths of this length are there from S to F? [5]

QUESTION FIVE

Three isosceles triangle are put together to create a large isosceles triangle, as shown.

What is the value of x? [5]

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QUESTION SIX

Juice and her daughters Megan and Zoey have the same birthday. Today, Julie is 32, Megan is 4
and Zoey is 1. How old will Julie be when her age is the sum of the age is the sum of the ages of
Megan and Zoey? [5]

QUESTION SEVEN

The mode of four numbers is 11, the median is 12, and the mean is 13. What is the greatest of the
four numbers? [5]

QUESTION EIGHT

a b 31
If a and b are integers and + = , What is the value of a and what is the value of b? [5]
5 7 35

QUESTION NINE

Linda has a very thin sheet of paper measuring 20 cm by 30 cm. She repeatedly folds her paper
in half by folding along the shorter line of symmetry. She finishes when she has a rectangle with
area of 75 cm2. What is the perimeter of her final rectangle? [5]

QUESTION TEN

30 students were asked if they had a bicycle (B), a mobile Phone (M) and a computer (C). The
results are shown in the Venn diagram.

(a) Work out the value of x. [1]


(b) Find∩ ( C ∩ ( M ∪ B ) ).
'
[1]
(c) A student is chosen at random. [1]
(d) Write down the probability that the student is a member of set M ' [1]
(e) Write down the probability that a student has a bicycle. [1]

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