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In the following expression, each letter represents a digit. Same digits are represented by the same letter, and different letters stand for different digits. Any digit can replace any square, find the 5-digit number <math>\text{ABCBA}</math>? | In the following expression, each letter represents a digit. Same digits are represented by the same letter, and different letters stand for different digits. Any digit can replace any square, find the 5-digit number <math>\text{ABCBA}</math>? | ||
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[[1998 PMWC Problems/Problem T10|Solution]] | [[1998 PMWC Problems/Problem T10|Solution]] |
Latest revision as of 19:25, 10 March 2015
Contents
- 1 Problem I1
- 2 Problem I2
- 3 Problem I3
- 4 Problem I4
- 5 Problem I5
- 6 Problem I6
- 7 Problem I7
- 8 Problem I8
- 9 Problem I9
- 10 Problem I10
- 11 Problem I11
- 12 Problem I12
- 13 Problem I13
- 14 Problem I14
- 15 Problem I15
- 16 Problem T1
- 17 Problem T2
- 18 Problem T3
- 19 Problem T4
- 20 Problem T5
- 21 Problem T6
- 22 Problem T7
- 23 Problem T8
- 24 Problem T9
- 25 Problem T10
Problem I1
Calculate:
Problem I2
Triangular numbers and Square numbers can be represented in the following manner:
Find a pair of consecutive Triangular Numbers and the difference between a pair of consecutive Square Numbers whose difference are both . What is the sum of these four numbers ?
Problem I3
Suppose and
are diameters of the semicircles and
cm.
is a right angle.
and
are two points on the circumference of circle of radius
. Find the area of the shaded region in
Problem I4
Suppose in each day on a certain planet, there are only hours and every hour has
minutes. What is the measure, in degrees, of the acute angle formed by the hour hand and the minute hand at
o'clock
minutes?
Problem I5
There were many balls which were distributed into boxes and all these boxes were arranged in a row. If the second box from the left-hand contained
balls and any
consecutive boxes always had a total of
balls, how many balls were there in the right-hand box?
Problem I6
After a mathematics test, each of the students in the class got a quick look at the teacher’s grade sheet. Each student noticed five A’s. No student saw all the grades and no student saw her or his own grade. What is the minimum number of students who scored an A on
this test?
Problem I7
In the figure, is a
square with centre
.
is a right-angled triangle with
and
. Find the area of the shaded region.
Problem I8
A boy arranges three kinds of books which are mm,
mm, and
mm thick, respectively. He places only books of the same thickness into
stacks of equal height, and wants to make the height as small as possible. How many books would be used in this arrangement?
Problem I9
How many triangles are there with side lengths whole numbers and
with a perimeter of cm ?
Problem I10
Find the number of factors of .
Problem I11
What is the units digit of ?
Problem I12
In the pyramid in the diagram, start from the top square containing the number . In each step, go to either of the two squares immediately below. Stop when the bottom row is reached. If the number in the seven squares passed over are different from one another, determine the number in the destination square on the bottom row.
Problem I13
Every year there is at least one Friday the thirteenth, but no year has more than three. This year there are exactly three : in February, March and November. When will the next year be that contains exactly three Friday the thirteenths?
Problem I14
Arrange all fractions of the form in a row where
and
are counting numbers satisfy the following conditions:
(a) If , then
must be placed before
.
(b) If , and
, then
must also be placed before
.
How many fractions are there between and
?
Problem I15
Construct a rectangle by putting together nine squares with sides equal to and
. What is the sum of the areas of the squares on the
corners of the resulting rectangle ?
Problem T1
What is the number in the following sequence ?
Problem T2
Tom started work on a job alone for days. Jerry continued the job alone for
days, and finally they worked together for another
days to complete that job. For the same job, if Tom and Jerry work together, they can complete it in
days. Assuming Tom and Jerry each work at a constant rate throughout, how many days will Tom take to complete that job alone?
Problem T3
The set consists of all positive integers which leave a remainder of
when divided by
. A member of
(other than
) is called an
-prime if it is not the product of two members of
, other than itself and
. Which is the
th
-prime?
Problem T4
There are many circles on a plane. Each is divided into four parts by two mutually perpendicular diameters. Each part is painted either red, yellow or blue. No matter how the circles are rotated in the plane, they are different from one another. At most how many circles are painted with all three colors?
Problem T5
Find the largest positive integer with the following properties:
(a) all the digits are different.
(b) each two consecutive digits form a number divisible by either or
.
Problem T6
There were students in an athletics competition of at least two events. Each student participated in all events. In each event, student who finished second got more points than the student who finished third but less than the student who finished first. All scores were positive integers and all the events used the same
scores. At the end of the competition, the total scores of the
students were
and
. Determine the first-place score for each event.
Problem T7
A leaf is torn from a book of not more than pages. The sum of the remaining pages numbers is
. What is the sum of the two page numbers of the leaf torn out?
Problem T8
A rectangular lawn is surrounded by a path 1 meter in width and forming a larger rectangle. The dimensions of the lawn are in whole number of metres and the area of the path equals the area of the lawn. Find the smallest possible area of the path in metres .
Problem T9
and
play a game in which each is either a lion or a goat. A lion’s statement is always false and a goat’s statement is always true.
says
is not a goat.
says
is a lion.
says
is not a lion.
says
is not a goat.
says that
and
are different kinds of animals.
Who are the lions?
Problem T10
In the following expression, each letter represents a digit. Same digits are represented by the same letter, and different letters stand for different digits. Any digit can replace any square, find the 5-digit number ?