2020美国"大联盟"(Math League)夏季数学挑战活动

2020 Math League Summer Challenge (China)

Grade 3, Speed Questions & Solutions
August 2020

Note: In the following passage,

1) × represents the multiplication operation.
2) Both ÷and / represent the division operation.
3) x^y represents 𝑥 𝑦 (exponentiation).

1. Evaluate: 15 – 14 + 13 – 12 +11 – 10 =

A) 8 B) 4 C) 3 D) 2

Answer: C
Solution:
15 – 14 + 13 – 12 +11 – 10 = 1 + 1 + 1 = 3

2. A television set costs $2596. Mr. Dobb can buy 4 smartphones with that amount of
money. How much more does a television set cost than a smartphone?

A) $1937 B) $1947 C) $1647 D) $1657

Answer: B
Solution:
2596 – 2596/4 = 1947

3. Which one of the following numbers has the least value?

A) 100 – 91 B) 11 – 1 C) 20 – 9 D) 99 – 91

Answer: D
Solution:
100 – 91 = 9
11 – 1 = 10
20 – 9 = 11
99 – 91 = 8

4. If Jacob’s age is divided by 3, the remainder is 2. Jacob’s age could be

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A) 33 B) 23 C) 34 D) 43

Answer: B
Solution:
23 = 3 × 7 + 2

5. 64 ÷4 = 4 × ?

A) 2 B) 4 C) 8 D) 16

Answer: B
Solution:
64 ÷4 = 16 = 4 × 4

6. 999 × 99 =

A) 99000 – 99 B) 9900 – 99 C) 100000 – 99 D) 100000 – 999

Answer: A
Solution:
999 × 99 = (1000 – 1) × 99 = 99000 - 99

7. 28 weeks = ? × 14 days

A) 21 B) 14 C) 7 D) 2

Answer: B
Solution:
28 weeks = 28 × 7 days = 14 × 14 days

8. If the product of 3 different prime numbers is 154, their sum must be

A) 18 B) 19 C) 20 D) 22

Answer: C
Solution:
Since the product is an even number, one of the primes must be 2. The other two
primes are 7 and 11. There sum is 20.

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9. Of the following, which quotient is even?

A) 15 ÷1 B) 15 ÷5 C) 60 ÷15 D) 60 ÷60

Answer: C
Solution:
60 ÷15 = 4

10. What is the greatest common divisor of 26, 36, and 46?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 6 D) 12

Answer: A
Solution:
26 = 2 × 13, 36 = 2^2 × 3 ^2, 46 = 2 × 23, the g.c.d. is 2.

11. What is the smallest multiple of 12 that is a multiple of 20?

A) 30 B) 240 C) 120 D) 60

Answer: D
Solution:
Multiples of 12: 12, 24, 36, 48, 60
Multiples of 20: 20, 40, 60

12. 10 × 2 × 10 × 5 × 10 = 100 × ?

A) 25 B) 50 C) 70 D) 100

Answer: D
Solution:
10 × 2 × 10 × 5 × 10 = 100 × (2 × 10 × 5) = 100 × 100

13. If I round 4057 to the nearest 100 then subtract 500, I would end up with ____.

A) 3500 B) 3457 C) 3557 D) 3600

Answer: D
Solution:

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4100 – 500 = 3600

14. If yesterday was Thursday, what day will it be 10 days from today?

A) Sunday B) Saturday C) Monday D) Tuesday

Answer: C
Solution:
Today is Friday. 7 days from today is Friday. Three days from Friday is Monday.

15. What time will it be 7 hours and 30 minutes after 1:30 p.m.?

A) 8:00 p.m. B) 8:30 p.m. C) 9:00 p.m. D) 9:30 p.m.

Answer: C
Solution:
30 minutes after 1:30 p.m. is 2:00 p.m., and 7 hours after 2:00 p.m. is 9:00 p.m.

16. Fill in the blank: 24 × 60 minutes equals to ______.

A) 1 day B) 1440 hours C) 12 hours D) 6 days

Answer: A
Solution:
24 × 60 minutes = 24 × 1 hour = 24 hours = 1 day

17. If you triple a number and then subtract 9, the result is 9. What is the number?

A) 5 B) 6 C) 8 D) 9

Answer: B
Solution:
9 + 9 =18, 18 is three times this number. This number must be 6.

18. Lisa and her four friends split 60 coins equally. Each will get _____coins.

A) 20 B) 15 C) 12 D) 10

Answer: C

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Solution:
60/5 = 12

19. How many of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are the product of 2

different whole numbers?

A) 3 B) 5 C) 9 D) 10

Answer: C
Solution:
All except 1 are the product of 2 different whole numbers.

20. Last year, Ed was twice as old as Al. If Al is 5 now, how old was Ed when Al was
born?

A) 10 B) 8 C) 5 D) 4

Answer: D
Solution:
Al is 5 now. Al was 4 last year. Ed was 8 last year. Ed is 9 this year. Ed was 4 was Al
was born.

21. The greatest number less than 1200 that is divisible by 4 is

A) 1192 B) 1194 C) 1196 D) 1198

Answer: C
Solution:
1196 / 4 = 299

22. Multiplying 8 by 8 is the same as dividing 64 by

A) 1 B) 2 C) 8 D) 64

Answer: A
Solution:
8 × 8 = 64 = 64 / 1

23. There are 12 boys and 15 girls in a class. Out of the 16 students with blue eyes,
only 4 are boys. How many girls in the class do not have blue eyes?

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A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

Answer: C
Solution:
12 (=16 – 4) girls have blue eyes. 15 – 12 = 3.

24. How many 3-digit whole numbers that contain all the digits 1, 2, and 3 are odd?

A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6

Answer: B
Solution:
231, 321, 213, 123

25. Of the following whole numbers, which is not divisible by 3?

A) 353 B) 252 C) 273 D) 426

Answer: A
Solution:
353 is not divisible by 3.

26. Which one of the following products is an odd number?

A) 11 × 30 B) 11 × 23 C) 11 × 12 D) 11 × 26

Answer: B
Solution:
odd × even = even
odd × odd = odd

27. The total value of 15 dimes and 15 pennies is equal to ______ cents.

A) 165 B) 150 C) 155 D) 160

Answer: A
Solution:
15×10 + 15 = 165

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28. Tina’s 8th birthday was in 2015. In what year will she turn 14?

A) 2019 B) 2020 C) 2021 D) 2022

Answer: C
Solution:
Tina was born in 2007. She will turn 14 in 2007 + 14 = 2021.

29. The time 250 minutes before 2 P.M. is 120 minutes after

A) 7:50 A.M. B) 8 A.M. C) 8:10 A.M. D) 8:20 A.M.

Answer: A
Solution:
250 minutes = 4 × 60 + 10 minutes, 250 minutes before 2 P.M. is 9:50 AM. 9:50 A.M.
is 120 minutes (2 hours) after 7:50 A.M.

30. 1 × 8 × 12 = 3 × 4 × ?

A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8

Answer: D
Solution:
1 × 8 × 12 = 8 × 3 × 4 = 3 × 4 × 8

31. Instead of dividing a number by 3, Rosalie multiplied it by 3. Her answer was 36.
What should be the correct answer if she had divided by 3?

A) 4 B) 6 C) 12 D) 108

Answer: A
Solution:
The number is 36/3 = 12. 12/3 = 4.

32. Three days after tomorrow is how many days after the day before yesterday?

A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7

Answer: C

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Solution:
Let’s say today is Jan 10. Three days after tomorrow is Jan 14. The day before
yesterday is Jan 8. Jan 14 is 6 days after Jan 8.

33. Lina’s favorite prime number is 6 less than another prime number. Her favorite
prime number could be:

A) 19 B) 29 C) 35 D) 37

Answer: D
Solution:
37 and 43 (=37 + 6) are both primes.

34. Which of the following products is a multiple of 6?

A) 200 × 5 B) 200 × 8 C) 300 × 3 D) 200 × 4

Answer: C
Solution:
300 × 3 = 150 × 2 × 3 = 150 × 6

35. Fill in the blank: one-quarter of a day equals to _____.

A) 360 minutes B) 150 minutes C) 300 minutes D) 5 hours

Answer: A
Solution:
One-quarter of a day = ¼ × 24 × 60 minutes = 360 minutes

36. Jerome counts by 5 starting with 12. He could not possibly say this number:
______.

A) 37 B) 45 C) 57 D) 17

Answer: B
Solution:
45 – 12 = 33, which is not a multiple of 5.

37. What is the length of time from 25 minutes past midnight to 7:40 a.m.?

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A) 6 hr 55 min B) 7 hr 5 min C) 7 hr 10 min D) 7 hr 15 min

Answer: D
Solution:
25 minutes after midnight is 0:25 a.m. 7 hours after 0:25 a.m. is 7:25 a.m. 7:40 a.m. is
15 minutes after 7:25 a.m. So the answer is 7 hours 15 minutes.

38. Fill in the blank. If 8 saps = 3 zaps, and 5 zaps = 2 zoggles, then ____ saps = 24
zoggles?

A) 240 B) 160 C) 80 D) 64

Answer: B
Solution:
24 zoggles = 12 × 5 = 60 zaps = 8 × (60/3) = 160 saps

39. Anika had $255. She spent one third of it on a party dress, and half of the remainder
on a purse. How much money did she have left?

A) $85 B) $95 C) $138 D) $190

Answer: A
Solution:
255 – 1/3×255 = 170, 170×1/2 = 85.

40. Four friends ate 11 slices of pizza in total. Each of them ate at least one slice, and no
two of them ate the same number of slices. One of them ate exactly 3 slices, and three of
them ate 6 slices in total. How many slices of pizza were eaten by one of them who ate
the most slices?

A) 7 B) 6 C) 5 D) 4

Answer: C
Solution:
One of them ate exactly 3 slices, and three of them ate 6 slices in total. So three of them
ate 1, 2, and 3 slices, respectively. The last person ate 5 slices.

41. Luka kept track of how long it took him to do his homework last week. How much
time did he spend on his homework in total last week?

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Sunday
45 min 50 min 1 h 15 min 2 h 15 min 55 min

A) 6 hours B) 7 hours C) 6 h 45 min D) 7 h 15 min

Answer: A
Solution:
45 + 50 + 15 + 15 + 55 = 180 minutes = 3 hours
3 + 1 + 2 = 6 hours

42. I am 4 years older than my sister. If the sum of our ages is 18, how old am I?

A) 12 B) 11 C) 10 D) 9

Answer: B
Solution:
(18 – 4)/2 = 7 – my sister’s age
7 + 4 = 11

43. Alex wrote out entire alphabet (a-z), in order, 5 times in a row. (Alex wrote entire
alphabet for the first time, then for the second, third, fourth, and fifth time.) What was
the 100th letter Alex wrote?

A) w B) v C) u D) t

Answer: B
Solution:
26 × 4 = 104, so the 104th letter is z. The 100th letter is v.

44. If January 1, 2020 was a Wednesday, then January 1, 2021 will be a

A) Thursday B) Friday C) Saturday D) Sunday

Answer: B
Solution:
Year 2020 is a leap year. January 1, 2021 is 366 days after January 1, 2020. 366 = 52 ×
7 + 2. So the answer is two days after Wednesday, which is Friday.

45. What is the tens digit of 1 × 2 × 3 × ... × 99?

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A) 8 B) 6 C) 4 D) 0

Answer: D
Solution:
2 × 5 × 10 = 100, the tens digit of the product of 100 and any positive integer is 0.

46. The letter M represents the same digit in the 4-digit number M33M. This 4-digit
number is divisible by 99. What digit does the letter M represent?

A) 7 B) 9 C) 6 D) 3

Answer: C
Solution:
M33M is divisible by 9 and 11.

47. Stephen had 70 books and Alice had 50 books. After Stephen had given Alice some
books, he had 10 more books than Alice. How many books did Stephen give Alice?

A) 10 B) 7 C) 6 D) 5

Answer: D
Solution:
If Stephen had 10 more books than Alice, then Stephen had 65 books, and Alice had 55
books. 70 – 65 = 5.

48. Maya bought 30 pounds of rice and kept it in a container. After 5 weeks, 14 pounds
of rice was used. If the weight of the container and the remaining rice was 22 pounds,
what was the weight of the container?

A) 6 pounds B) 10 pounds C) 12 pounds D) 16 pounds

Answer: A
Solution:
30 – 14 = 16 pounds (remaining rice), 22 – 16 = 6.

49. During a Food Drive, Rockwell Elementary School collected 236 cans of food.
Einstein Elementary School collected 20 cans less than Rockwell. How many cans of
food did the two schools collect altogether?

A) 444 B) 452 C) 454 D) 545

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Answer: B
Solution:
236 + (236 – 20) = 452.

50. Steven spent half of his money on a sandwich and a drink. The drink cost $1.25 and
the sandwich cost $2.40. How much money did he have at first?

A) $6.05 B) $14.60 C) $5.40 D) $7.30

Answer: D
Solution:
(1.25 + 2.40) × 2 = 7.3

51. If P, Q, and R represent the missing digits in the subtraction shown, what is the sum
of P + Q + R?

81 P
− Q 65
3R2

A) 12 B) 14 C) 16 D) 18

Answer: C
Solution:
P=7
R=5
Q=4
P + Q + R = 16

52. Vanessa read some books over the holidays. Eve read three times as many books as
Vanessa. Altogether they read 24 books. How many more books did Eve read than
Vanessa?

A) 6 B) 12 C) 24 D) 30

Answer: B
Solution:
24/(1 + 3) = 6, Vanessa read 6 books, and Eve read 18 books. 18 – 6 = 12.

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53. Study the number pattern below carefully.
A B C D E F
1 2 4 16
If the pattern continues, what number is under the letter J?

A) 256 B) 512 C) 1024 D) 128

Answer: B
Solution:
2^9 = 512

54. What is the smallest possible positive difference between 2 whole numbers whose
product is 999?

A) 998 B) 330 C) 102 D) 10

Answer: D
Solution:
999 = (3^3) × 37
Four possibilities:
999 = 1 × 999, the difference is 999 – 1 = 998.
999 = 3 × 333, the difference is 333 – 3 = 330.
999 = 9 × 111, the difference is 111 – 9 = 102.
999 = (3^3) × 37, the difference is 37 – (3^3) = 10.

55. The pie sale is happening this week. Mr. Locket is excited to purchase some pies for
the family reunion this coming Sunday. All pies cost the same. If Mr. Locket buys 5
pies, he will have $3 left. If he buys 6 pies, he will need $9 more. How much does a pie
cost?

A) $10 B) $12 C) $14 D) $15

Answer: B
Solution:
3 + 9 = 12

56. Tom multiplied 2018 by 10001. Which of the following statements is true?

A) The sum of B) The product C) There are D) The product

the digits in the is less than more than 8 contains 4

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product is 22. 20180020. digits in the zeroes.
product.

Answer: A
Solution:
2018 ×10001 = 2018 ×(10000 + 1) = 20180000 + 2018 = 20182018, the sum of digits
in 20182018 is 22.

57. Kevin used sticks to make a total of 9 polygons, some were octagons and the rest
were pentagons. He used a total of 63 sticks. If he used 8 sticks to make each octagon
and 5 sticks to make each pentagon, how many of pentagons did he make?

A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 7

Answer: A
Solution:
63 – (5 × 3) = 48, which is a multiple of 8.

58. I counted backwards by 3's starting with the number 999. What was the 100th
number I counted？

A) 699 B) 702 C) 705 D) 708

Answer: B
Solution:
999 – (99 × 3) = 702

59. I made a list of all the 3-digit whole numbers whose digits are all prime. How
many even numbers were on the list?

A) 0 B) 8 C) 16 D) 60

Answer: C
Solution:
The hundreds digit can be 2, 3, 5, or 7. The tens digits can be 2, 3, 5, or 7. The ones
digits has to be 2. So 4 × 4 = 16.

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60. Of the following, which is the sum of 10 consecutive integers?

A) 50 B) 54 C) 145 D) 154

Answer: C
Solution:
The sum of 10 consecutive integers is a multiple of 5. 145 is a multiple of 5.

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