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Challenge
13 – 17 November 2017

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Please do not start to answer questions until you are told to do so. When you do turn over the
page you will have 45 minutes for the challenge. P

You must do all the work on your own. You should use rough paper for this. x

For questions 1 – 20, write down A B C D or E in the space for each answer.
For questions 21 – 25, write down your answer in the space.
Each correct answer gains one mark.

Good Luck. Enjoy the challenge!

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P1 What is the missing number in Arthur’s list? 80, 40, . . . , 10, 5 M
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P2 What is the approximate height of an adult giraffe?

A 5 mm B 5 cm C 50 cm D 5m E 5 km

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thousand and thirty-three members.
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2. Anna takes a regular hexagon and cuts it exactly into two halves
as shown.
She will get two of which shape?
A triangle B rhombus C trapezium
D pentagon E hexagon

3. Jess could see that someone had printed the word BARBERZ on the window.
How did it look from the other side of the window?
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4. How many times in 2017 will a working digital clock show the time of 20:17?
A 2 B 12 C 24 D 52 E 365

5. Which of these numbers is a multiple of three?

A 2017 B 2018 C 2019 D 2020 E 2021

6. For a party, Dolly buys 20 sweets at 15p each,

Molly buys 25 sweets at 20p each, Polly buys
30 sweets at 25p each.
How much do they spend in total?
A £3 B £8 C £15
D £15.50 E £25.50

7. Sam’s exam was meant to begin at 13:45 but started 17 minutes late.
At what time did it begin?
A 13:28 B 13:38 C 13:56 D 14:02 E 14:06

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11. When Patience asked her Granddad how old he was, he answered, “I am 34
now and will be 33 on my birthday.” She looked confused so he added, “After
being 50 for a year I started counting backwards on each birthday.”
How old will he actually be on his birthday?
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in half twice as shown, and a hole is
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Which of the following does the piece of paper look like when it is unfolded?
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13. I am twice the age of each of my sons, Barry and Larry. Our three ages have a
total of 76.
How old is Barry?
A 9 12 B 18 C 19 D 36 E 38

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15. Which of the following progress bars indicates 23.4 MB of 37 MB downloaded?

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18. I ate half an apple pie on Saturday and two thirds of the remainder on Sunday.
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19. In which of these sets do all of the numbers give a remainder of 1 when divided
into 2017? Total marks

A 2, 3, 4, 5 B 3, 4, 5, 6 C 4, 5, 6, 7 D 5, 6, 7, 8 E 6, 7, 8, 9
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20. My aunt Lotsa Cash has given me £200 to share
between me and my five brothers.
What is the smallest sum of money I must give away
so that I can share what is left equally among the six
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A nothing B 1p C 2p D 3p E £2

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21. The shape on the right is made of 4 long lines of equal length
and 16 short lines of equal length. All the angles are right
angles. The area of the shape is 144 cm2 .
What, in centimetres, is the perimeter of the shape?

22. I wish to make a list that includes each of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 exactly
once so that at least one pair of numbers next to each other in the list has a
product that is a multiple of 6.
How many different such lists can I make?

23. A palindrome, such as 303 or 8668, is a number that remains the same when read
backwards.
What 3-digit palindrome can you add to 2017 and get a 4-digit palindrome as
your answer?

24. On a pie-chart showing the flavours of packets

of crisps in Aunty’s cupboard, the angle for Plain
Crisps was 90°. When Marco ate four packets of
Plain Crisps and redrew the pie-chart, the angle
for Plain Crisps had decreased to 60°.
How many packets are there now?

25. A rectangle has an area of 20 cm2 . If its length is reduced by 2.5 cm and its
width is increased by 3 cm, the new shape is a square.
What is the perimeter of the square?

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Leicester LE2 3BE
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c The Mathematical Association

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Leicester LE2 3BE
0116 221 0014
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