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    The Po Leung Kuk 2nd Primary Mathematics World Contest featured a team contest with 10 questions. The questions covered a range of mathematical topics including sequences, ratios, primes, geometry, and digital puzzles. The highest possible score was 100 points.

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    The Po Leung Kuk 2nd Primary Mathematics World Contest featured a team contest with 10 questions. The questions covered a range of mathematical topics including sequences, ratios, primes, geometry, and digital puzzles. The highest possible score was 100 points.

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    The Po Leung Kuk 2nd Primary Mathematics World Contest featured a team contest with 10 questions. The questions covered a range of mathematical topics including sequences, ratios, primes, geometry, and digital puzzles. The highest possible score was 100 points.

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    Po Leung Kuk

    2nd Primary Mathematics World Contest

    Team Contest
    T1. What is the 1998th number in the following sequence ?
    1, -2, 2, -3, 3, -3, 4, -4, 4, -4, 5, -5, 5, -5, 5, -6, 6, -6, 6, -6, 6,........

    Answer : −63.

    T2 Tom started work on a job alone for 30 days. Jerry continued the job
    alone for 5 days, and finally they worked together for another 10 days
    to complete that job. For the same job, if Tom and Jerry work
    together, they can complete it in 20 days. Assuming Tom and Jerry
    each work at a constant rate throughout, how many days will Tom take
    to complete that job alone?

    Answer : 100.

    T3. The set L consists of all positive integers which leave a remainder of 1
    when divided by 3. A member of L (other than 1) is called an L-prime
    if it is not the product of two members of L, other than itself and 1.
    Which is the 8th L-prime?

    Answer: 31 .

    T4. There are many circles on a plane. Each is divided into four parts by
    two mutually perpendicular diameters. Each part is painted either red,
    yellow or blue. No matter how the circles are rotated in the plane, they
    are different from one another. At most how many circles are painted
    with all three colors?

    Solution : 9.
    T5. Find the largest positive integer with the following properties :
    (a) all the digits are different.
    (b) each two consecutive digits form a number divisible by either 17
    or 23.

    Answer : 923468517.

    T6. There were 3 students in an athletics competition of at least two


    events. Each student participated in all events. In each event, student
    who finished second got more points than the student who finished
    third but less than the student who finished first. All scores were
    positive integers and all the events used the same 3 scores. At the end
    of the competition, the total scores of the 3 students were 5, 9 and 16.
    Determine the first-place score for each event.

    Answer : 7.

    T7. A leaf is torn from a book of not more than 500 pages. The sum of the
    remaining pages numbers is 19905. What is the sum of the two page
    numbers of the leaf torn out ?

    Answer : 195.

    T8. A rectangular lawn is surrounded by a path 1 meter in width and


    forming a larger rectangle. The dimensions of the lawn are in whole
    number of metres and the area of the path equals the area of the lawn.
    Find the smallest possible area of the path in metres .

    Answer : 28.
    T9. A, B, C, D and E play a game in which each is either a lion or a goat.
    A lion’s statement is always false and a goat’s statement is always true.
    A says B is not a goat.
    C says D is a lion.
    E says A is not a lion.
    B says C is not a goat.
    D says that E and A are different kinds of animals.
    Who are the lions?

    Answer : B, D.

    T10. In the following expression, each letter represents a digit. Same digits
    are represented by the same letter, and different letters stand for
    different digits. Any digit can replace any square, find the 5-digit
    number ABCBA?

    † † 1
    x 9 †
    __________________
    † 9 † †
    † 8 † †
    __________________
    A B C B A

    Answer: 87 1
    X 9 8
    _________________________
    6 9 6 8

    7 8 3 9
    _________________________
    8 5 3 5 8

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