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Questions 1 to 10, 3 marks each

1. What is the area of this triangle in square
centimetres? 2 cm
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 7 (E) 6
12 cm

2. A movie lasts for 2 1 hours. The movie is shown in two equal sessions.
3
For how many minutes does each session last?

(A) 85 (B) 70 (C) 80 (D) 65 (E) 75

3. If p = 11 and q = −4, then p2 − q 2 equals

(A) 105 (B) 137 (C) 117 (D) 115 (E) 94

4. 2015 − 20.15 equals

(A) 1984.85 (B) 1995.15 (C) 1994.85 (D) 1995.85 (E) 2035.15

5. What is the value of 2015 twenty-cent coins?

(A) $2015 (B) $107.50 (C) $17.50 (D) $403 (E) $43

6. Ana, Ben, Con, Dan and Eve are sitting around a ta-
ble in that order. Ana calls out the number 1, then Ana
Ben calls out the number 2, then Con calls out the
number 3, and so on. After a person calls out a num-
ber, the next person around the table calls out the Eve Ben
next number.
Anyone who calls out a multiple of 7 must immediately
leave the table.
Who is the last person remaining at the table? Dan Con

(A) Ana (B) Ben (C) Con

(D) Dan (E) Eve
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7. On a farm the ratio of horses to cows is 3 : 2 and ratio of cows to goats is 4 : 3.

The ratio of goats to horses is

(A) 5 : 7 (B) 3 : 8 (C) 3 : 5 (D) 5 : 18 (E) 1 : 2

8. Warren the window washer starts on the 38th floor of a building that has 12 windows
per floor. He washes all of the windows on each floor before moving down to the floor
below. Which floor is Warren on after he has washed 141 windows?
(A) 25th (B) 24th (C) 28th (D) 27th (E) 26th

9. A packet of lollies contains 5 blue lollies, 15 yellow lollies and some red lollies.
One-third of the lollies are red. What fraction of the lollies are yellow?
1 5 1 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3 6 2 6 3

10. The diagram shows two small squares in opposite corners of

a large square. The squares have sides of length 1 cm, 2 cm
and 7 cm.
What is the area of the shaded pentagon?

(A) 18 cm2 (B) 16 cm2 (C) 22 cm2

(D) 24 cm2 (E) 20 cm2
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Questions 11 to 20, 4 marks each

11. Jenna measures three sides of a rectangle and gets a total of 80 cm. Dylan measures
three sides of the same rectangle and gets a total of 88 cm. What is the perimeter of
the rectangle?

(A) 112 cm (B) 132 cm (C) 96 cm (D) 168 cm (E) 156 cm

12. A bar-tailed godwit was recorded by satellite tag in 2007 to

have flown 11 500 km in eight days.
On average, approximately how many kilometres per hour
is that?
(A) 120 (B) 6 (C) 1 (D) 24 (E) 60

13. A cube has the letters A, C, M, T, H and S on its six faces. Here are two views of
this cube.
A
T

C AM
M

Which one of the following could be a third view of the same cube?

(A)
T (B) (C)
C (D) (E)
A T

C
M

M
H

H
T

T S
C
A S

14. Two ordinary dice are rolled. The two resulting numbers are multiplied together to
create a score. The probability of rolling a score that is a multiple of six is
1 5 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
6 12 4 3 2
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15. The diagram shows part of a tiled floor.

The tiles are all squares, of seven different
sizes. The smallest tile is 1 cm × 1 cm and
the next smallest is 3 cm × 3 cm.
What is the distance XY ?
√
(A) 346 cm (B) 19 cm Y
√ √
(C) 369 cm (D) 377 cm
(E) 20 cm X

16. How many three-digit numbers have no two digits the same?

(A) 764 (B) 900 (C) 648 (D) 520 (E) 480

17. The diagram shows two weightless balance beams.

Each tips as a result of an imbalance in the hanging
Y kg
weights. Each weight has mass X kg, Y kg or Z kg, as
shown. X kg
Y kg
Which of the following lists the weights from lightest
to heaviest?
Z kg
(A) X < Y < Z (B) X < Z < Y (C) Y < X < Z X kg
(D) Y < Z < X (E) Z < X < Y Y kg

18. A strip of paper 1 cm wide is folded 4 times to make a regular octagon as shown.

If the ends of the strip meet exactly when folded, how many centimetres long is the
strip?
√ √ √
(A) 8 2 (B) 8 (C) 4 + 4 2 (D) 16 (E) 16 − 4 2
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19. The country of Numismatica has six coins of the

following denominations: 1 cent, 2 cents, 4 cents, 4c
10c
10 cents, 20 cents and 40 cents.
Using the coins in my pocket, I can pay exactly for 2c
40c
any amount up to and including 200 cents.
20c 1c
What is the smallest number of coins I could have?
(A) 12 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 9 (E) 8

20. What fraction of the large triangle is shaded? 1

1 1 4 2
(A) (B) (C)
6 3 9 2
1 2 1
(D) (E)
2 5

2 1

Questions 21 to 25, 5 marks each

21. A student noticed that in a list of five integers, the mean, median and mode were
consecutive integers in ascending order. What is the largest range possible for these
five integers?

(A) 5 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 7 (E) 6

22. The square P QRS has sides of length 2 units and Q

P 2
J is the midpoint of P S. The line QJ intersects
the diagonal P R at L.
1
The length of LP is
L 2
√ √ √ J
2 3 2
(A) (B) (C) 1
3 3 2
√ √
2 3 2 2 S R
(D) (E)
3 3
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23. For each integer from 0 to 999, André wrote down the sum of its digits. What is the
average of the numbers that André wrote down?

(A) 13.5 (B) 15 (C) 12 (D) 12.5 (E) 10.5

24. Max’s journey around this grid starts on a grid point B C

on side AB.
He visits a grid point on each of sides BC, CD and
DA in order before returning to his starting point,
forming a quadrilateral.
Max does not visit corner points A, B, C or D.
How many journeys are possible which are not rect-
angles? (Note that a square is a rectangle.)
A D
(A) 256 (B) 252 (C) 64 (D) 248 (E) 76

25. It takes Nicolai one and a half hours to paint the walls of a room and two hours to
paint the ceiling. Elena needs exactly one hour to paint the walls of the same room
and one hour to paint the ceiling.
If Nicolai and Elena work together, what is the shortest possible time in minutes in
which they can paint the walls and the ceiling of the room?

(A) 72 (B) 60 (C) 83 (D) 75 (E) 76

For questions 26 to 30, shade the answer as an integer from 0 to 999

in the space provided on the answer sheet.
Question 26 is 6 marks, question 27 is 7 marks, question 28 is 8 marks,
question 29 is 9 marks and question 30 is 10 marks.

26. Mike has 2015 matches and uses them to build

a triangular pattern like the one shown, but as
big as possible. How many matches does he have
left over?
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1 1
27. How many positive integers n less than 2015 have the property that + can be
3 n
simplified to a fraction with denominator less than n?

28. A rectangle has all sides of integer length. When 3 units are added to the height
and 2 units to the width, the area of the rectangle is tripled. What is the sum of the
original areas of all such rectangles?

29. At Berracan station, northbound trains arrive every three minutes starting at noon
and finishing at midnight, while southbound trains arrive every five minutes starting
at noon and finishing at midnight. Each day, I walk to Berracan station at a random
time in the afternoon and wait for the first train in either direction. On average, how
many seconds should I expect to wait?

P
30. In a 14 × 18 rectangle ABCD, points P, Q, R and S A B
are chosen, one on each side of ABCD as pictured.
The lengths AP , P B, BQ, QC, CR, RD, DS and Q
SA are all positive integers and P QRS is a rectangle.
What is the largest possible area that P QRS could S
have?
D C
R