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AUSTRALIAN MaTHEmatics ComPeTITION
SPONSORED BY THE COMMONWEALTH BANK
AN ACTIVITY OF THE AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS TRUST
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‘TEACHER
2015
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION
AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL YEARS 9 and 10
TIME ALLOWED: 75 MINUTES
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
GENERAL
1. Do not open the booklet until told to do so by your teacher.
2. NO calculators, maths stencils, mobile phones or other calculating aids are permitted. Seribbling paper, graph
paper, ruler and compasses are permitted, but are not essential.
. Diagrams are NOT drawn to scale. They are intended only as aids.
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.
‘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 country/Australian state 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
entered. It is your responsibility to correctly code your answer sheet.
7. When your teacher gives the signal, begin working on the problems,
‘THE ANSWER SHEET
Use only lead pencil
Record your answers on the reverse of the answer sheet (not on the question paper) by FULLY colouring the
circle matching your answer.
Your answer sheet will be scanned. The optical scanner will attempt to read 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 AMT reserves the right to re-examine students before deciding whether to grant official status to their score.Intermediate Division
Questions 1 to 10, 3 marks each
‘What is the area of this triangle in square
centimetres? 2cm
(Ajio 2 Cu ()7 Hé6
12cm
A movie lasts for 24 hours. The movie is shown in two equal sessions.
For how many minutes does each session last?
(A) 85 (B) 70 (©) 80 (D) 65 (©) 7
If p =11 and q = —4, then p? — q? equals
(A) 105, (B) 137 (c) 117 (p) 115, (B) 94
2015 — 20.15 equals
(A) 1984.85 (B) 1995.15 (C) 1994.85 (D) 1995.85 (B) 2035.15
‘What is the value of 2015 twenty-cent coins?
(A) $2015 (B) $107.50 (C) 817.50 (D) $403 (E) $43
Ana, Ben, Con, Dan and Eve are sitting around a ta~
ble in that order. Ana calls out the number 1, then
Ben calls out the number 2, then Con calls out the (40)
number 3, and so on. After a person calls out a num-
ber, the next person around the table calls out the (ve)
next number.
Anyone who calls out a multiple of 7 must immediately
leave the table.
Who is the last person remaining at the table?
(A) Ana (B) Ben (C) Con
(D) Dan (B) Event}
7. Ona farm the ratio of horses to cows is 3 : 2 and ratio of cows to goats is 4: 3.
The ratio of goats to horses is
(A) 5:7 (B) 3:8 (0)3:5 (D) 5:18 (B) 1:2
8. Warren the window washer starts on the 38th floor of a building that has 12 windows
per floor. He washes all of the windows on each floor before moving down to the floor
below. Which floor is Warren on after he has washed 141 windows?
(A) 25th (B) 24th (C) 28th (D) 27th (E) 26th
9. A packet of lollies contains 5 blue lollies, 15 yellow lollies and some red lollies.
One-third of the lollies are red. What fraction of the lollies are yellow?
1 5 1 1 2
(A) 5 Bs 5 )§ 5
10. The diagram shows two small squares in opposite comers of
a large square. The squares have sides of length lcm, 2cm
and Tom,
What is the area of the shaded pentagon?
(A) 18cm? (B) 16cm? (C) 22cm?
(D) 24cm? (E) 20cm?i —
Questions 11 to 20, 4 marks each
11. Jenna measures three sides of a rectangle and gets a total of 80cm. Dylan measures
three sides of the same rectangle and gets a total of 88cm. What is the perimeter of
the rectangle?
(A) 112em (B) 132cm (C) 96cm (D) 168cm (E) 156em
12. A bar-tailed godwit was recorded by satellite tag in 2007 to
have flown 11500km in eight days.
On average, approximately how many kilometres per hour
is that?
(A) 120 (B) 6 (1 (D) 24 (B) 60
13. A cube has the letters A, C, M, T, H and S on its six faces. Here are two views of
Which one of the following could be a third view of the same cube?
(a) ue 8) (©) \%G @) ©) So
14, Two ordinary dice are rolled. The two resulting numbers are multiplied together to
create a score. The probability of rolling a score that is a multiple of six is
Ay ®% ©} 5 ©) 515. ‘The diagram shows part of a tiled floor.
‘The tiles are all
sizes. The smallest tile is lem x 1em and
the next smallest is 3em x 3cm.
What is the distance XY? i
(A) VGem (B) 19cm ¥
(C) V300em (D) V3i7em
(E) 20cm me
14
squares, of seven different.
16. How many three-digit numbers have no two digits the same?
(A) 764
(B) 900 (C) 648 (D) 520
(E) 480
17. The diagram shows two weightless balance beams.
Each tips as ar
weights. Each weight has mass X kg, Y kg or Z kg, as
shown.
Which of the following lists the weights from lightest
to heaviest?
(A)X
(D)23.
For each integer from 0 to 999, André wrote down the sum of its digits. What is the
average of the numbers that André wrote down?
(A) 13.5 (B) 15 (0) 12 (D) 12.5 (B) 105
24,
Max’s journey around this grid starts on a grid point
on side AB.
He visits a grid point on each of sides BC,CD and
DA in order before returning to his starting point,
forming a quadrilateral.
Max does not visit corner points A, B,C’ or D.
How many journeys are possible which are not rect-
angles? (Note that a square is a rectangle.)
(A) 256 (B) 252 (C) 64 (D) 248 (E) 76
25.
Tt takes Nicolai one and a half hours to paint the walls of a room and two hours to
paint the ceiling. Elena needs exactly one hour to paint the walls of the same room
and one hour to paint the ceiling.
If Nicolai and Elena work together, what is the shortest possible time in minutes in
which they can paint the walls and the ceiling of the room?
(a) 72 (B) 60 (C) 83 (D) 75 (8) 76
For questions 26 to 30, shade the answer as an integer 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.
26.
Mike has 2015 matches and uses them to build
a triangular pattern like the one shown, but as
big as possible. How many matches does he have
left over?
om
in27.
How many positive integers n less than 2015 have the property that 4+ + can be
simplified to a fraction with denominator less than n?
28.
29.
A rectangle has all sides of integer length. When 3 units are added to the height
and 2 units to the width, the area of the rectangle is tripled. What is the sum of the
original areas of all such rectangles?
At Berracan station, northbound trains arrive every three minutes starting at noon
and finishing at midnight, while southbound trains arrive every five minntes starting
at noon and finishing at midnight. Each day, I walk to Berracan station at a random
time in the afternoon and wait for the first train in either direction. On average, how
many seconds should I expect to wait?
30.
In a 14 x 18 rectangle ABCD, points P,Q, Rand SA
are chosen, one on each side of ABCD as pictured.
‘The lengths AP, PB, BQ, QC, CR, RD, DS and
‘SA are all positive integers and PQRS is a rectangle.
What is the largest possible area that PQRS could g
have?
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