GRADE 4 AMO – 2016

1. The clock at Bernoulli Towers is slow. Every day, at noon, Kayla corrects it from
10:20 am to 12:00 pm. When Kayla went on vacation for 3 consecutive days (3 days in a
row), he accidentally took the key with him. With no one to reset the clock, it fell far
behind. When Kayla returned after vacation to correct the clock to noon, what time did
the clock show?

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4. How many whole numbers less than 361 are exactly divisible by 6 but not exactly
divisible by 9?

5. A bicyclist takes 5 minutes, 15 seconds to travel a distance of 2 mile. At this rate, how
many miles will the bicyclist travel in 1 hour and 42 minutes?
(1 mile is approximately 1609.34 metres)

6. Allan’s number has four digits in increasing order. The tens digit is the sum of the
hundreds digit and the thousands digit. The ones digit is the sum of the other three. The
sum of all four digits is 12. Find the tens digit in Tom’s number.

7. Consider the three-by-three grid shown (middle square removed). The counting numbers
from 1 to 8 are placed in the squares (one number per square) so that the top row adds
to 9, the bottom row adds to 21, the left column adds to 13, and the right column adds to
15. What is the sum: A + B + C + D?

8. What is the value of N that makes the following statement true?

5×2×9×10=90×N
9. Find the least whole number which when divided by 5 gives a remainder of 4 and when
divided by 12 gives a remainder of 11.

10. Two rectangles, each 6 cm × 10 cm, overlap to form the

8-sided shape in the diagram. The overlap is a rectangle with counting (Natural) numbers
for its length and width. What is the least perimeter, in centimeters, that the 8-sided
shape can have? [Diagram not drawn to scale.]

11. Each letter in the ordered list A, B, C, D, E, F, G represents a number. The numbers are
not necessarily different, which means that two letters can represent the same number.
The sum of the values of any three adjacent letters (three letters in a row) is 20. When B
= 6 and D = 9, what is the value of G?

12. Each number from 1 through 16 is written one to a box. A path is formed by placing
consecutive numbers in adjacent boxes horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally. Two
numbers are shown. Find the largest possible sum of the numbers in the starred (*)
boxes. (“Adjacent boxes” means that boxes next to each other).

13. On Thursday, the store sign said that the new video game would be available in 55 days.
On what day of the week should the sign say that it will be available in only 4 days?

14. Three students are in an election. Thirty votes are cast. Jacob has more votes than
anyone else. What is the least number of votes he could have?

15. The number in the center of each box is the result of operations that use the four
numbers in the corners of the same box. Each of the four corner numbers in a box must
be used exactly once. The same set of operations is used for each box. What number
should replace the N?
 16. Dave is Dylan’s father. Dave’s age and Dylan’s age have the same digits but in reverse
order. In 13 years, Dave will be twice as old as Dylan. How old is Dylan now?

17. In a parking lot, there are 65 cars, all of which are black or blue and all of which are
Fords or Dodges. There are 25 black Dodges. There are 23 blue cars. There are 28
Fords. How many blue Fords are there?

18. The Funny Book has its pages numbered in the following way: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4,
5, … . That is, there is one 1, two 2s, three 3s, four 4s, five 5s, and so on. How many
actual pages (including front and back) will the Funny Book have if it contains all possible
pages that are numbered “1” through “22”, but not any that are numbered “23”?

19. Karen can paint a wall in 2 hours. Stephanie takes 3 hours to paint the same size wall.
How many minutes will it take for Karen and Stephanie working together to paint the
same wall?

20. What is the smallest 3-digit number that is divisible by both 32 and 36?

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21. In the cryptarithm shown, each letter represents a different digit. What is the greatest 3-
digit value that can equal SUM? A cannot equal 0.

22. Find the value of 98-87+76-65+54-43+32-21+10.

23. What is the greatest multiple of 29 that has exactly 3 digits?

24. There are 165 unit cubes arranged in 5 square layers with no space between the cubes
as shown. The layers are 1 by 1, 3 by 3, 5 by 5, 7 by 7, and 9 by 9. How many unit cubes
are completely surrounded by six other unit cubes? (This means that each face is shared
with a face of another cube.)

25. Simplify: 30×7+10×4-15×5-5.

26. Terry is Sherry’s mother. Terry’s age and Sherry’s age have the same digits but in
reverse order. In 13 years, Terry will be twice as old as Sherry. How old is Sherry now?

27. Ari, Barry, and Carrie chose a number. Ari said the number was a multiple of 3, 5, and
11. Barry said the number was a multiple of 2 and 7. Carrie said the number had 4 digits,
one of which was a 9, but none of which were 6. What are the first three digits of the
number they chose?

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29. At Springfield Elementary School, a shelf contains either 4 math books or 9 spelling
books. On 20 shelves at Springfield Elementary, there are 117 spelling books and some
number of math books. All 20 shelves are full. How many math books are there on the
shelves?

30. Summer vacation lasts for 76 days. During summer vacation, what is the greatest
number of Fridays that could occur?

31. The cost of 3 pencils and 2 markers is $26. The cost of 2 pencils and 3 markers is $24.
What is the total cost of 7 pencils and 7 markers?
32. Nine 1cm by 1cm tiles are arranged in 3 rows and 3 columns to form a single square as
shown. The perimeter of the square is 12cm. If the shape is cut into exactly two pieces
along edges of the tiles, what is the greatest total perimeter of the two pieces, in
centimetres, that can be made?

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34. A certain book has its pages numbered from 1 to 100. Then any page number that
contains the digit 5 is entirely erased. What is the sum of all of the numbers that were
erased?

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36. Karen can paint a wall in 2 hours. Stephanie takes 3 hours to paint the same size wall.
How many minutes will it take for Karen and Stephanie working together to paint the
same wall?

37. The sum of the digits of the number 315 is 9. What is the least number greater than 315
whose sum of the digits is 9?

38. Sandy multiplies 2×5×7×2×5×7×2×5 and writes the product as a whole number. What is
the sum of the digits of this number?

39. What is the smallest 3-digit number that is divisible by both 32 and 36?

40. Dillon works at the park every third day. William works at the park every fourth day.
Francis works at the park every fifth day. They all worked together on Thursday. The park
 is open every day. On what day of the week will they all next work together?
(If your answer is Monday, write 001; if it is Tuesday, write 002; and so on)

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41. Annie is making pattern of dots. The first four figures are shown below. How many dots
will the 7th figure contain?
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43. Each number from 1 through 16 is written one to a box. A path is formed by placing
consecutive numbers in adjacent boxes horizontally or vertically, but not diagonally. Two
numbers are shown. Find the largest possible sum of the numbers in the starred (*)
boxes. (“Adjacent boxes” means that boxes next to each other).

44. Each of the whole numbers 1 through 9 is written on 9 cards, one number per card.
Three cards are given to each of three players. The sum of Player One’s cards is 15. The
sum of Player Two’s cards is 24. Who received the greatest number of even digits?
(Write 001 if it was Player One, 002 if it was Player Two, 003 if it was Player Three)

45. In the following cryptarithm, each different letter represents a different digit. Find the first
three digits of the largest possible sum.
(Example, if your answer is 1234, then write 123.)

46. Sigmund is a collector of coins from different countries. When his coins are arranged in
piles of 13, there are 9 coins left over. When his coins are arranged in piles of 11, there
are 9 coins left over. When Sigmund’s coins are arranged in piles of 143, how many
coins are left over?

47. A rectangular billboard has a length greater than its height and has an area of 60 square
meters. There are lights around the perimeter of the billboard, one every meter. There
are 34 lights around the perimeter of the billboard. Find the length, in meters, of the
longer side of the billboard.
48. In the following cryptarithm, each different letter represents a different digit in the 6-digit
numbers. If B is not 0, find the first three digits of the smallest possible sum.
(Example, if your answer is 12345, then write 123.)

49. In the figure, the whole numbers from 1 through 7 are to be placed, one per square. The
sum of the numbers in the left column, the sum of the numbers in the right column, and
the sum of the numbers in each diagonal are the same. What is the least possible
product of the numbers across the grey row?

50. What is the value of

(88+66+44+11)-(77+55+33+22)?

51. Three brothers have the same birthday but were born in different years. Four years ago,
the oldest brother’s age was 5 times the age of the youngest brother. At that time, the
age of the middle brother was 3 times the age of the youngest brother. Today, the middle
brother’s age is twice the age of the youngest brother. Today, how old is the oldest
brother?

52. Sammy has $10 on Monday and gets $2 every Sunday for allowance. Tammy has $50
on the same Monday and spends $3 every Sunday on snacks. After how many weeks
will they have the same amount of money on a Monday?

53. Find the value of

78+65+52+39+26+13.

54. Kenneth writes the whole numbers in order as shown below. The 1st number in Row 1 is
1. The 1st and 2nd number in Row 2 are 2 and 3, respectively, and so on. What is the
27th number in Row 27?
Row 1: 1
Row 2: 2 3
Row 3: 4 5 6

55. How many of the first 40 even whole numbers contain the digit ‘4’?
56. Marci looked at a clock and realized that the number of hours that had passed since
midnight was three times the number of hours remaining until noon. What time did the
clock show?
(Disregard the colon in your answer. Example, if your answer is 3:00, write 300)

57. The figure shown is created by overlapping three 2 cm-by-6 cm

rectangles. What is the perimeter, in cm, of the H-shaped figure?

58. Following only the paths shown, what is the number of the different paths that go from A
to B to C to D and touch each of those points exactly once?

59. David scored three times as much as Jim in a game. The sum of their scores is 1032
points. What is David’s score?

60. Orville has L-tiles, each made up of three 1 x 1 squares (as shown). What is the greatest
number of these L-tiles that can fit into a 7 x 5 rectangle so long as there is no overlap?
[Note: The L-tiles can be rotated in order to fit better but not cut.]