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PREPARE FOR AMO 2019 - GRADE 5

Week 3

Introduction: This problem set is to help students get used to the problems appearing in AMO. Students should finish this set in

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Exercise 2. Alan and Ben were having a ninety-meter race. When Alan was 26m away from the
finishing point, Ben was 8m ahead of him. How far was Alan from the finishing line when Ben
finished the race?

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Exercise 4. In a building, there are 25 steps in the staircase leading from one storey to another.
How many steps are there from the second to the tenth storey in that building? (Assume the
number of steps in the staircase is the same)

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Exercise 5. The stretch of road leading to Cindy’s house is to be planted with some trees at regular
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Exercise 6. Lamp posts are planted at regular intervals of 30 m along a 1800-metre road. If the
lamp posts are placed at opposite ends of the road, how many lamp posts are placed along the
road?

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Exercise 8. An expo hall is divided into 24 rooms as shown. In how many ways can you walk from
Room A to Room B while passing through Room P? [Hint: Follow the movements of → and ↓ ]

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Exercise 9. How many shortest paths are there from A to B that pass through P without passing
through Q?

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Exercise 7. 070

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PREPARE FOR AMO 2019 - GRADE 5

Week 4

Introduction: This problem set is to help students get used to the problems appearing in AMO. Students should finish this set in
30 minutes.

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Exercise 3. Joey, Aaron, Barbara, and Stu have been collecting pennies and putting them in iden-
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tical containers. Joey’s container is full, Aaron’s is full, Barbara’s is , and Stu’s is full. Find
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the sum of the numerator and the denominator of the person has the most pennies?

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Exercise 4. What percent of the figure below is shaded?

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Exercise 5. Michelle purchases a vocation home with her sisters. Michelle has $40,000 invested in
the property, which is worth $400,000. What percent of the property does Machelle own?

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Exercise 6. Kyra’s weekly wages are $800. A Social Security tax of 5% and a State Disability
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Exercise 7. Among Kim and two other friends, Bernice is the lightest and Sabrina is the heaviest.
The table below shows the total weight of two girls weighing themselves.

1st reading 45 kg
2nd reading 55 kg
3rd reading 50 kg

Find the weight of Sabrina ?

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Exercise 8. Mr Wood and Mr Smith each have two children below 9 years old. Below shows some
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Exercise 9. Four teams are competing against one another for District Volleyball Championship.
Every team must play exactly once against the other three teams. So far, Team A has played 3
matches, Team B has played 2 matches and Team D has played 1 match. How many matches has
Team C played?

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Exercise 7. 030

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