A u s t r a l i a n M a t h e ma t i c s C o m p e t i t i o n

an activity of the australian mathematics trust

t h u r s d ay 6 A u g u s t 2 0 0 9

UPPER primary Division Competition Paper

australian School Years 5, 6 and primary 7*
time allowed: 60 minutes
*some states only

Inst ruc tion s a nd I nf or m ati on

GENERAL
1. Do not open the booklet until told to do so by your teacher.
2. You may use any teaching aids normally available in your classroom, such as MAB blocks,
counters, currency, calculators, play money etc. You are allowed to work on scrap paper
and teachers may explain the meaning of words in the paper.
3. Diagrams are NOT drawn to scale. They are intended only as aids.
4. There are 25 multiple-choice questions, each with 5 possible answers given and 5 questions
that require a whole number answer between 0 and 999. The questions generally get harder as
you work through the paper. There is no penalty for an incorrect response.
5. This is a competition not a test; do not expect to answer all questions. You are only competing
against your own year in your own State or Region so different years doing the same paper are
not compared.
6. Read the instructions on the Answer Sheet carefully. Ensure your name, school name and
school year are filled in. It is your responsibility that the Answer Sheet is correctly coded.
7. When your teacher gives the signal, begin working on the problems.

THE ANSWER SHEET

1. Use only lead pencil.
2. Record your answers on the reverse of the Answer Sheet (not on the question paper) by FULLY
colouring the circle matching your answer.
3. Your Answer Sheet will be read by a machine. The machine will see all markings even if they
are in the wrong places, so please be careful not to doodle or write anything extra on the
Answer Sheet. If you want to change an answer or remove any marks, use a plastic eraser
and be sure to remove all marks and smudges.

INTEGRITY OF THE COMPETITION

The AMC reserves the right to re-examine students before deciding whether to grant official
status to their score.
 Upper Primary Division

Questions 1 to 10, 3 marks each

1. For the number below, what number will be obtained if I double the
ten-thousands digit and halve the hundreds digit?

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(A) 28 824 (B) 44 224 (C) 44 824 (D) 14 824 (E) 28 224

2. When Sam doubled a number and then added 7, it became 33. What
was the original number?
(A) 8 (B) 13 (C) 16 (D) 24 (E) 26

3. Which of the following is closest to 1000 seconds?

(A) 1 hour (B) 1 day (C) 45 minutes
(D) 30 minutes (E) 15 minutes

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

5. What is the angle, in degrees, between the

hands of a clock showing 1 : 20?
(A) 40 (B) 45 (C) 80
(D) 100 (E) 120
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7. The cost for every 15 minutes in a car parking meter is 20c. Jake put
a $1 coin and two 20c coins into the meter at 1:15 pm. At what time
did the parking meter expire?

(A) 2:30 pm (B) 3:00 pm (C) 2:45 pm

(D) 3:05 pm (E) 3:15 pm

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9. Five cars were travelling at different speeds. From the following
speeds, which car was travelling the fastest?

(A) 1 km per minute (B) 30 km in 20 minutes (C) 50 km/h

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12. Ali has a bag containing 100 jelly beans. In his bag there are equal
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closes his eyes and takes jelly beans out of the bag one by one, what
is the smallest number he needs to take out to ensure he will have
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(A) 5 (B) 9 (C) 20 (D) 21 (E) 25

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16. The ages of the three children in the Jones family add up to 14. If
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of the eldest child?

(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 14

17. We form a rectangle using 24 square tiles, each 1 cm by 1 cm. Which

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(A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 28 (D) 36 (E) 50

18. Each of three coloured caps covers one of three objects. The red cap
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the left of the bean. The green cap is somewhere to the right of the
shell. The bean is somewhere to the right of the green cap. Which
of the following statements is correct?
(A) The bean is under the red cap.
(B) The bean is under the green cap.
(C) The shell is under the red cap.
(D) The coin is under the white cap.
(E) The shell is under the white cap.

19. In an Australian netball competition, these teams are tipped to win

Round 1 by three experts:
Expert A: NSW, Queensland, WA, Tasmania
Expert B: SA, Victoria, Queensland, WA
Expert C: NSW, ACT, WA, Victoria
No one tipped the Northern Territory to win.
Which team did Victoria play?

(A) NSW (B) Tasmania (C) Queensland

(D) WA (E) Northern Territory
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20. Marcello says to Aiden, “If you give me one of your pencils, I’ll have
twice as many pencils as you.”
Aiden answers, “But if you give me one of yours, we’ll have the same
number of pencils each.”
How many pencils does Aiden have?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

Questions 21 to 25, 5 marks each

21. A basketball team has won 30 games out of 40 played. How many of
the remaining 30 games must it win to have an 80% win record for
the season?
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 30

22. A horse trainer has some carrots for the horses. He gives each horse
4 carrots and has 2 carrots left over. If he wants to give each horse 6
carrots, he needs another 22 carrots. How many horses are there in
his stables?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 11 (E) 12

23. I bought a map of Australia, unfolded it and marked 8 places I wanted

to visit.

I then refolded the map and placed it back on the table as it was. In
what order are my marks stacked from top to bottom?
(A) RTYQKAWP (B) YKRAWTPQ (C) RTQYKAWP
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25. Thomas and Susie each have a number of dogs, cats and fish. They
each have nine pets. Thomas has three more fish than Susie but
one less dog. Susie has twice as many cats as Thomas but she has
the same number of fish as Thomas has dogs. How many fish does
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(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

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For questions 26 to 30, shade the answer as a whole number

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.

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