INTERNATIONAL MATH OPEN FOR YOUNG ACHIEVERS

2017
2017
MIDDLE
MIDDLE PRIMARY
PRIMARY DIVISION
DIVISION
GRADES 3 and 4
YEARS 3 and 4
TIME ALLOWED: 90 MINUTES
TIME ALLOWED: 75 MINUTES

Instructions and Information

1. Write down your name, your school name, and country in the answer sheet.
2. There are three parts in this contest.
Section A is composed of 5 simple calculations items.
Section B is composed of 5 multiple choice items.
Section C is composed of 5 problem solving items.
2. Do not open the booklet until told to do so by the invigilator.
3. Please write your final answer in the answer sheet.
4. Diagrams are NOT drawn to scale.
6. No calculator, calculating device or protractor is allowed.
7. Answer the problems with pencil, blue or black ball pen.
8. All papers shall be collected at the end of this contest.

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Section A. Use a simple method to calculate each of the following. Write your answer in the spaces
provided in the answer sheet.

1. 216 + 531 – 98 + 184 – 102 .

2. 8 + 98 + 998 + 9998 + 99998 .

3. 234 + 432 – 4 × 8 + 330 ÷ 5 .

4. 5 × 64 × 25 × 125 × 97 .

5. If 3  2 = 3 + 33 = 36, 2  3 = 2 + 22 + 222 = 246, 1  4 = 1 + 11 + 111 + 1111 = 1234, what is the

simplified value of 4  6?

Section B. Choose the correct answer for each question. Write the letter that corresponds to your answer
in the spaces provided in the answer sheet. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily
drawn to scale.

1. Robert arranges some chairs for a meeting.

Row 3

Row 2

Row 1

If there are seven rows of chairs in this pattern, how many chairs are there altogether?
A. 49 B. 56 C. 63 D. 70

2. This balance shows that 4 blocks have the same mass as 2 balls and a
block. How many blocks would balance 6 balls?
A. 3 B. 7 C. 9 D. 10

3. The four sides of this rectangle were divided into three equal parts as shown
in the diagram. What fraction of the rectangle is shaded?
1 1 2 4
A. B. C. D.
4 3 9 9

4. If the minute hand on this clock turns through another 240°, what will be the time?
A. 2:40 B. 2:50 C. 3:10 D. 6:50

5. Trace your way through this mazetravel only in a

straight line.
How many turns are required to get through this maze?
A. 17-18 B. 19-20 C. 15-16 D. 13-14

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 Section C. Solve each of the following problems. Write your answer with appropriate units whenever
needed in the spaces provided in the answer sheet. All diagrams drawn are not scale unless
otherwise stated.

1. A rule to find the correct dose of a particular medicine for a child, is when the mass of the child in
kilograms is known, is:
Dose for child = (Dose for adult × mass of child) ÷ 70.
What is the correct dose for a child of mass 28 kg if the adult dose is 15 mL?

2. Karen bought three packets of nails. Each packet had the same number of nails. Karen opened one
packet and used half of those nails. She then had 100 nails left. How many nails are in each packet?

3. The three symbols , and stand for three different whole numbers. Each of the symbols
stands for the same number every time it appears.

24
What number does stand for?

4. A cabinetmaker is given 31 wooden legs to be used to make some wooden

stools. They are asked to use all the legs and make some three-legged
stools and some four-legged stools.
What is the largest number of stools that the cabinetmaker can produce?

5. There is a 5-digit number IMOYA, where each letter represents a different digit. Moreover, there is
another 4-digit number SING, where each letter represents a different prime digit. If both numbers
IMOYA and SING are even numbers, what is the largest possible value of the sum IMOYA + SING?

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