BBB Heat Round

Primary 4 Session 3
Section A:
1. Refer to the figure below. How many triangles are there?

Answer: 11
Solution:

2. Find the value of 11 × 5 + 55 × 19 − 143 × 7.

Answer: 99
Solution:
11 × (5 + 5 × 19 − 13 × 7)
= 11 × 9
= 99
3. Box A weighs 3 kg while Box B weighs 7 kg. If there is a total of 30 boxes A and B in
the storage, and the total weight of these 30 boxes is 178 kg, how many box As are
there?
Answer: 8
Solution:
𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑥 𝐵, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒
7 × 30 = 210 𝑘𝑔.
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
210 − 178 = 32 𝑘𝑔.
𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑏𝑜𝑥, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
32 ÷ 4 = 8 𝑏𝑜𝑥 𝐴𝑠.

4. Find the average of the numbers below.

7, 49, 35, 14, 42, 21, 56, 28, 63
Answer: 35
Solution:
𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.
7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63
𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟, 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑒
𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 + 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡
𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 =
2
63 + 7 70
𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 = = = 35.
2 2

5. Find the difference between the Least Common Multiple and the Highest Common
Factor of 200 and 225.
Answer: 1775
Solution:
200 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 × 5
225 = 3 × 3 × 5 × 5
𝐿𝐶𝑀 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 5 = 1800
𝐻𝐶𝐹 = 5 × 5 = 25
𝐷𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 1800 − 25 = 1775.

6. The sum of A and B is 391. A is 16 times of B. Determine the value of A.

Answer: 368
Solution:
𝐴 + 𝐵 = 391; 𝐴 = 16𝐵
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
16𝐵 + 𝐵 = 391
17𝐵 = 391
𝐵 = 23; 𝐴 = 368.
 7. Find the maximum value of a 3-digit number such that the remainder when we
divide it by 12 and the remainder when we divide it by 15 are both 7.
Answer: 967
Solution:
𝐿𝐶𝑀(12,15) = 60
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 3 − 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 60 𝑖𝑠 960.
𝐴𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 7, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 967.

8. Determine the value of 2496 ÷ 12.

Answer: 208
Solution:
2496 = 2400 + 96
2400 ÷ 12 = 200
96 ÷ 12 = 8
2496 ÷ 12 = 200 + 8
= 208

9. Find the LCM of 120 and 64.

Answer: 960
Solution:
120 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5
64 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2
𝐿𝐶𝑀 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5
= 960

10. Tomorrow is a Sunday. Which day of the week will 439 days later be?
Answer: Thursday
Solution:
439
= 62 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 5.
7
𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦. 5 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦.

Section B:
11. Determine the last 3 digits of the value of the expression below.
8 × 17 × 26 × 35 × … × 116 × 125
Answer: 000
Solution:
𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 80.
𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜, 𝑏𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 35 𝑎𝑛𝑑 125 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛,
𝑤𝑒 ′ 𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑒𝑠.
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 3 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 000.
12. Numbers are drawn from 80 integers 45 to 124. At least how many draws should be
made to ensure you have two numbers whose sum is 115?
Answer: 68
Solution:
𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡 − 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜:
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 71 𝑡𝑜 124 𝑑𝑜𝑛′ 𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 54 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑠.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 45 𝑡𝑜 57 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 58 𝑡𝑜 70. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 13 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑠.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒
54 + 13 + 1(𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒) = 68 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑠.

13. If the 9-digit number ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅

9876543𝐴𝐵 is divisible by 11, determine the least possible value
of ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐴.
Answer: 50
Solution:
𝐵𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 11:
(9 + 7 + 5 + 3 + 𝐵) − (8 + 6 + 4 + 𝐴) 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 11.
𝑆𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
24 + 𝐵 − 18 − 𝐴.
6 + 𝐵 − 𝐴 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 11.
𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 11, 𝐵 − 𝐴 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜 5.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐵 𝑖𝑠 5, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐴 𝑖𝑠 0.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝐵𝐴 = 50.

14. Find the value of 8 + 17 + 26 + 35 + ⋯ + 116 + 125.

Answer: 931
Solution:
𝑠𝑢𝑚 = 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 × 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠
125 + 8 133
𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 = =
2 2
125 − 8 117
𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 = +1= + 1 = 14
9 9
133
𝑠𝑢𝑚 = × 14
2
= 133 × 7
= 931

15. Find the value of 220 ÷ 8 + 135 ÷ 2 + 90 ÷ 6.

Answer: 110
Solution:
220 135 90
+ +
8 2 6
220 + 540 760
= + 15 = + 15 = 95 + 15 = 110
8 8
16. Refer to the figure below. How many rectangles contain the two asterisks (*)?

Answer: 36
Solution:
2 × 3 × 2 × 3 = 36

17. If you refer to the operation below, what is the value of 3 4 6?

1 3 5 = 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + 13
2 2 6 = 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 + 12
3 4 3 = 3 + 7 + 11

Answer: 78
Solution:
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠: A😊B☹C
𝐴 = 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡
𝐵 = 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚
𝐶 = 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
3😊4☹6 = 3 + 7 + 11 + 15 + 19 + 23
= 78.
18. In an English test, the average score of 75 students is 68. If we don’t include the 25
students who got zero marks each, what will be the new average?
Answer: 102
Solution:
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 75 × 68 = 5100
5100 ÷ 50 = 102

19. If 5𝐴 × 7𝐵 = 1365, determine the minimum positive difference of the values of A

and B.
Answer: 10
Solution:
35 × 𝐴 × 𝐵 = 1365
𝐴 × 𝐵 = 1365 ÷ 35
𝐴 × 𝐵 = 39
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 39 𝑎𝑟𝑒 39 × 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 13 × 3.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 13 − 3 = 10.
20. Identify the surface area (in cm2) of a cylinder whose dimensions are given in the
figure below. Use π = 22/7.

Answer: 2552
Solution:
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠:
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 𝜋𝑟 2
22
= × 142
7
= 616 𝑐𝑚2
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 616 × 2 = 1232 𝑐𝑚2 .
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦, 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑡, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒.
𝐴 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒
𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟.
𝐺𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑙𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒
𝐶𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 2𝜋𝑟
22
=2× × 14
7
= 88 𝑐𝑚.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ × 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ = 88 × 15 = 1320 𝑐𝑚2 .
𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠
𝑆𝐴 = 1232 + 1320 = 2552 𝑐𝑚2 .
Section C:
21. A sock is drawn at random from a box containing 42 red, 43 blue, and 44 white
socks. At least how many draws should you make to ensure you have 4 pairs of each
color?
Answer: 95
Solution:
𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡 − 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜:
𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑖𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡.
44 + 43 + 8(𝑟𝑒𝑑 ) = 95 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑠.

22. Refer to the puzzle below. A is odd, B is prime, and ̅̅̅̅

𝐵𝐴 is prime. Find the value of 𝐶 +
𝐸 + 𝐸 + 𝐹.

Answer: 22
Solution:
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐵 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝐵 = 2.
𝑊𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐴.
̅̅̅̅ 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒.
𝐴 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒 0, 1, 𝑛𝑜𝑟 2 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝐵𝐴
𝐼𝑓 𝐴 = 3, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 32 × 23 = 736.
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 4 − 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡.
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 ′𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝐴 = 9.
𝐼𝑓 𝐴 = 9, 𝑤𝑒 ′ 𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 92 × 29 = 2668.
𝐴𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐶, 𝐷, 𝐸, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 2 + 6 + 6 + 8 = 22.

23. In a language test, the average score of 50 students is 68. If 16 students failed the
test, what will be the largest possible average score of the students who passed?
Answer: 100
Solution:
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒 = 50 × 68 = 3400
𝑇𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑,
𝑤𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜.
𝑆𝑜, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 16 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒
𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 = 3400 ÷ 34 = 100.
24. In how many ways can Kier go to point B from point A if he can only go downwards
or rightwards?

Answer: 46
Solution:

25. Find the value of 10012 − 10002 + 9992 − 9982 + 9972 − 9962 .
Answer: 5991
Solution:
𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠:
(1001 + 1000) × (1001 − 1000) + (999 + 998) × (999 − 998)
+(997 + 996) × (997 − 996)
= 2001 × 1 + 1997 × 1 + 1993
= 5991