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AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS CoMPETITION
For tHE Westpac Awarps
AN ACTIVITY OF THE AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS TR
WEDNESDAY 25 JULY 2007
INTERMEDIATE DIVISION COMPETITION PAPER
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.
NO calculators, slide rules, log tables, maths stencils, mobile phones or other calculating aids are
permitted, Seribbiing 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 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 campeting against
your own year in your own State or Region so different years doing the same paper are not compared
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 conectiy coded
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.
Your Answer Sheet will be tead by 2 machine. The machine wil se all markings even if they are in the
vwrorg 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 status to their score.Intermediate Division
Questions 1 to 10, 3 marks each
8x9
= equals
(A) 27 (B) LL (C) 24 (D} 20 (E) 17
. In the diagram, where PQR is a straight
line, « equals
(A) 60 (B) 70 (C)80 (D) 90. (F) 100
. 1110 +a = 97 +y, then
(A) 2413 = (B) 2 = +13 (Qety=13
(D) 2+ y= 207 () e-y =207
. Andy bought 2 chocolates at $1.35 each. How much change should he get from $5?
(A) 82.70 (B) $2.60 (©) 83.30 (D) $2 (B) $2.30
. OF the following, which is the largest fraction?
3 6
As we OF @)
i+
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. The average weight of a group of 4 boys and 6 girls is G4kg. The average weight
of the boys is 70kg. What is the average weight of the girls?
(A) 58ke (B) 59kg (C) 60kg (D) 61kg (B) 62kg,rr
A fish tank in the shape of a rectangular prism is
Nicky started a mobile phone call at 10:57am. The charge for the call was 89 cents
per minute and the total cost for the call was $6.23, Nicky’s call ended at
(A) 11:27am = (B) sldam = (C) 1Odam = (D) 11:46am —(B) 11:05am
1m long and 25 cm wide. If it holds 55 L when full,
ils height, in eentimetzes, is
11 (B22 (C) 44 (Dpv10—(B) 220
}. The larger of two numbers is 3 more than twice the smaller number. If their sum
is 18, what is the smaller number?
(A) 3 (B)4 (C)5 (D)7 (E)9
10.
A square with side length 2 units is placed
next lo a square with side length 5 units as
showa. The shaded area, in square units, is
(A) 135 (B) 145 (©) 185
(D) 19.5 (B) 26 2
Th.
Questions 11 to 20, 4 marks each
Successive discounts of 10%, 20% and 50% are equivalent to a single discount of
(A) 64% (B) 75% (C) 263% (D) 36% (B) 70%
Ig:
‘The game of Four Tofwis played on a 4 x 4 grid
When completed, each of the numbers 1, 2, 3 and
4 occurs in each row and column of the 4 x 4 grid
and also in each 2 x 2 comer of the grid
When the grid shown is completed, the sum of the
four numbers in the corners of the 4 x 4 grid is
(A) 13 (B) iL {C) 15 (D) 12 (E) 1013,
14.
15.
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In the diagram, 4POX = £QOX and