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AMA | fistean AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION FOR THE WESTPAC AWARDS AN ACTIVITY OF THE AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS TRUST TUESDAY 30 JULY 2002 SENIOR DIVISION COMPE Oa SCHOOL YEARS 11 AND 12 RUCTH ND INFORMATION NERAL 1. Do not open this booklet until told to do so by your teacher. 2. Calculators are not permitted. Scribbling paper, graph paper, ruler and compasses are permitted, but are not essential, 3, Diagrams are NOT drawn to scale. They are intended only as aids. 4. You are encouraged to attempt all of the first 20 questions, where penalties do not apply. Your score will not go backwards in the last 10 questions by guessing, but in order to maximise your score in this section, you should only guess if you have narrowed the possibilities down to at most two options. 5, Read the instructions on the answer sheet carefully. It is the student's responsibility that the answer sheet is correctly coded, 6. When your teacher gives the signal, begin working on the problems. You have 1'/, hours working time. INTEGRITY OF THE COMPETITION To ensure the integrity of the Competition and to identify the outstanding students the AMC reserves the right to re-examine students before deciding whether to grant official status to their score. ANSWERS ON THE ANSWER SHEET 1. All answers should be recorded on the answer sheet. 2. Use only B or 2B lead pencil. 3. If a coding error is made, use only a plastic eraser to ensure that all lead marks and smudges are COMPLETELY removed.sl Questions 1 - 10, 3 marks each 1. 1.1 x 0.7 equals (A) 77 (B) 7.7 (C) 0.77 (D) 0.707 (E) 7.07 P+324+3? 2 ooo pas mals 3 9 3 729 (A) 5 By (C)1 ()7 © 5 3. The value of a in terms of c is (A) 3 (B) e—20 (C) e-40 (D)80-c (E)100-c 4, The sum of 250 ~ 249 + 248 — 247 + 246 —---+2-lis (A) 125 (B) 225 (C) 250 (D) 124 (&) 126 =e % 5. If k= 4, m = —0.4 and t = 4.4, then the value of a @F Of OF @rn 6. Which of the following is the largest? (A) 2002 (B) (20.02)? (C) 200? (D) 2x 10 (B) 2002 x 20.02 7. Two trees on either side of a river were lined up as shown in the diagram, with measurements , in metres, as shown. The width of the river, in metres, is (A) 50 (B) 60 (©) 48 (D)72 (&)16s2 and ¢= Z which of the following is true? (B)a1. Given that a; = 2 and az = 5, what is the value of azoo2? (a)? @®? ©2 Os ws 20. A 4x4 antimagic square is an arrangement in a square of the numbers from 1 to 16 so that * [4 the totals of each of the four rows and four 9|3|7 columns and two diagonals are ten consecutive 12} 13] 5 numbers in some order. The diagram shows [agluat@ {a an incomplete antimagic square. When it is completed, what number will replace the asterisk? (A)1 (B)2 (c)8 (D) 15 (E) 16 Questions 21 - 30, 8 marks each correct response, 0 marks each incorrect response, 3 marks each no response 21. When we divide the numbers 272758 and 273437 by a two digit number N, we get remainders of 13 and 17 respectively. Find the sum of the digits of N. (A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 1 (E) 12SS 22. There are 40 students in a class. One week a group of students from the class went on an excursion, then the next week a group of students went on a different excursion, and the next week again a group of students from the class went on another excursion, When the teacher added up the number of students that went on the first excursion, the number of students that went on the second one and the number of students that went on the third one, he got 75. The number of students that were on all three excursions is 7 and every student went on at least one excursion. What is the total number of students that have been on exactly two excursions? (A) 14 (B) 21 (C) 26 (D) 28 (E) 33 23. The walls of a castle form a quadrilateral PQRS as shown so that PQ = 40 m, QR = 45 m, RS = 20m, SP = 20m and ZPSR = 90°. A guard must walk outside the walls so that he is always 2m from the nearest part of the walls. The guard started walking around the castle clockwise and finally arrived at the start- Q' ing point. The length, in metres, of his walk was P R (A) 125+ 4m (B) 121 45m (C) 125+ 5m (D) 121 +6m (B) 125 +5 24, A right angled triangle PQR has its hypotenuse PR trisected at points $ and T. If QS? + QT? = kPR?, then the value of k is (ae @®2 ©f o2 @} 25. An increasing sequence of integers a, a2, a3,... is such that Gy =An-1+An-2 for n>3. If a5 = 59, what is the largest possible value for a1? (A) 4 (B)7 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12 26. Note that 1+2+3+445+6+78+9 = 144. In how many other ways is it possible to make a total of 144 using only 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in that order and addition signs? (A)1 (B) 2 (C)3 (D) 4 (E)5S6 27. How many pairs of real numbers (x,y) satisfy the equation (e+)? =(@+3)(y-3)? (AO (B)1 (c)2 (D3 (E) infinitely many 28. A rectangular prism 77 x 81 x 100 is cut into cubes of edge 1 by planes parallel to the faces of the prism. A given internal diagonal pierces how many of these cubes? (A) 255, (B) 256 (C) 257 (D) 258 (E) 259 29. In the diagram, PQ _ 9s = 38° g Ba = Fg (POR = 38° and ZPRQ = 46°. Find ZRPS in degrees. (A)42 (B43 (C) 44g R s (D) 45 (B) 46 30. How many times does the digit 1 occur in the result of ee 2 14+114+111+---+]11,..u)? 2002 digits (A) 512 (B) 2002» (C) 1001 (D) 224 (B) 223,A SELECTION OF AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS TRUST PUBLICATIONS AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION BOOKS The Australian Mathematics Competition Solutions and Statistics @$A24.20 each This annual book provides the questions, full solutions and statistics for that year’s competition. It also provides information on Australian achievement rates, analyses of the statistics as well as discrimination and difficulty factors for each question. The 2002 book will be available early 2003. Australian Mathematics Competition Book 1 (1978-1984) @$A29.70 each Australian Mathematics Competition Book 2 (1985-1991) @$A29.70 cach Australian Mathematics Competition Book 3 (1992-1998) @$A29.70 cach An excellent training and leaming resource, cach of these extremely popular and useful books contains over 750 past AMC questions, answers and full solutions. The questions are grouped into topics and ranked in order of difficulty. Book 3 also available on CD (for PC's only) @ $29.70 each, Problem Solving via the AMC $A29.70 each This book uses nearly 150 problems from past AMC papers to demonstrate strategies and techniques for problem solving. The topics selected include Geometry, Motion and Counting Techniques. BOOKS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SKILLS, Mathematical Toolchest {$429.70 each ‘This book is intended for talented or interested secondary school students who are keen to develop ‘their mathematical knowledge and to acquire new skills. Most of the topics are enrichment material outside the normal syllabus and should be accessible to enthusiastic year 10 students. ‘Methods of Problem Solving, Book 1 $A29.70 each Introducing the talented secondary school student aiming for higher level mathematics (such as Olympiad competitions) to more advanced, sometimes powerful, problem solving techniques. Details of other AMT publications are available on the Australian Mathematics Trust's web site \wwwamt.cenberra.edu.au/amtpub.html. Order forms for other AMT publications are available from the Australian Mathematics Trust office. The above prices are current to 31 December 2002. PAYMENT DETAILS Payment must accompany orders, Please allow 14 days for delivery. PLEASE FORWARD PUBLICATIONS TO: (print clearly) NAME: ADDRESS: COUNTRY: POSTCODE: ‘TOTAL: Cheque/Bankdraft enclosed for the amount of $A Please charge my: BANKCARD[_] viSA[_] MASTERCARD [_] Amt. authorised:$A Cardholder's Name (as shown on card): Cardholder's Signatur Expiry Date: Tel (bh): Card Number: All payments (cheques/bankdraftsete) should be in Australian currency, made payable to Australian Mathematics Trust and sent to: Australian Mathematics Trust, University of Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. ‘Tel: 02 6201 5137 Fax: 02 6201 5052 Please Note: For postage and handling outside Australia add $410.00 for the first book and $44.00 for each additional book. ‘AMT PUBLISHING 2002 AMTT UMITED ACN 083 950 341

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