Trial

1 The average of four numbers is 85. If 80 is added to make a fifth number, what is the new
average?
A. 81 B. 82 C. 83 D. 84

2 20 students at school play football or rugby. 5 students do both. If 7 students play football only,
how many play rugby?
A. 5 B. 8 C. 13 D. 15

3 If 102y = 25, then what is 10-y ?

1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
125 50 25 5

4 The time shown on a 12-hour clock face is exactly 2:15. What is the angle between the hour hand
and the minute hand?

A. 5o B. 22½ o C. 28 o D. 30 o

5 A rectangle has an area of 24. The graph of the length as a function of its width is:
A. a parabola that opens upward
B. a parabola that opens downward
C. a hyperbola
D. one branch of a hyperbola
Set 1

1 If the line with equation x + 2y + 3 = 0 is perpendicular to the line with equation

ax + 3y + 2 = 0, then a =
3 1
a –6 b –2 c −2 d −2

2 What is the sum of the integers from 1 to 100, inclusive, which are not divisible by 6?
a 816 b 4234 c 4330 d 5034

3 If √𝑥𝑥 + 3 = 3, then (𝑥𝑥 + 3)3 =

a 3√3 b 27 c 81 d 729

4 The perimeter of a semi-circle is equal to its area. The radius of the semi-circle is
2 2+𝜋𝜋 4
a 𝜋𝜋
b 2 c 𝜋𝜋
d 𝜋𝜋
+2

5 If “MATH” is a square and H is the midpoint of AE, then ∡AME is

a less than 112.5̊ b 112.5̊
c Greater than 112.5̊ d Cannot tell from the data
Set 2

6 A coin is tossed three times. Given that at least one head appears, what is the probability
that the three coins show exactly two heads?
3 3 5 7
a 8
b 7
c 8
d 8

7 If the base of a triangle is increased by 20% and the altitude relative to that base is
decreased by 20%, what is the percentage change in the area of the triangle?
a A decrease of 6% b No change
c A an increase of 6% d A decrease of 4%

𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅
8 In the formula 𝐾𝐾 = 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏+𝑡𝑡, R, b, and t are positive constants and o is any positive integer.
As o increases in value, then K will
a decrease in value b remain the same
c increase in value d decrease first and then increase

9 If we expand the expression ((𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦)3 (𝑥𝑥 + 2𝑦𝑦)3 )2 and simplify, the number of terms of
the resulting expression is
a 18 b 13 c 12 d 8

10 If twelve numbers are inserted between 2 and 287 to make an arithmetic sequence, then
the sum of this sequence is
a 2022 b 2023 c 2033 d 2044
Set 3

11 Let n be the smallest non-prime integer greater than 1 with no prime factor less than 10.
Its factors are different. Then
a 120 < n < 130 b 130 < n < 140
c 140 < n < 150 d 150 < n < 160

12 Brothers Marco and Roberto go to the same school. They use the same route to school.
Marco averages 90 steps per minute, each of his steps is 75 cm long and it takes him 16
minutes to get to school. Roberto averages 100 steps per minute, and his step is 60 cm
long. How long does it take Roberto to get to school?
a 18 min. b 16 min
2
c 15 min. d 14 9 min.

13 Figure ABCD is a trapezoid with AB||DC.

Find the length of DC.

2 2
a 6 + 3 √3 b 6 + 3 √2
1
c 6 + √3 d 72

14 If a sequence is defined by
𝑎𝑎1 = 3
𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑛+1 = 𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑛 + 3𝑛𝑛, with 𝑛𝑛 ≥ 1
Find 𝑎𝑎100
a 14850 b 14 853
c 29 700 d 29703

15 A right triangle ABC has side AB = 15. Altitude BH is drawn and HC = 16. Find the area
of triangle ABC.

(Figure not to scale)

a 120 b 144 c 150 d 216
Set 4

16 What is the number of digits in 418527 when written in the usual base 10 form?
a 27 b 30 c 36 d 45

17 The total area of all the faces of a rectangular solid is 22 cm2, and the total length of all its
edges is 24 cm. What is the length of any of its internal diagonals?

a √12 b √13 c √14 d √15

18 A box contains 20 balls numbered 1 through 20. A ball is randomly chosen from the box.
What is the probability that the number on the ball is prime or a multiple of three?
13
a 0.4 b 20
c 0.7 d 0.75

19 A 2.5 m ladder leans against the vertical wall of a tall building. The foot of the ladder is
0.7 m away from the base of the building. If the top of the ladder slides down the wall 0.4
m, then the foot of the ladder will slide away from the building by:
a 0.8 m b 0.7 m c 0.5 m d 0.4 m

20 Lukas bought a new car for €30 000. One month later he sold it to Sophia with a profit of
10%. Sophia did not like the car, so she sold it to Lukas back at a loss of 10%. Then:
a Lukas comes out even b Lucas makes €3300 profit
c Lucas makes €3000 profit d Lukas loses €900
Set 5

21 Which terms we must remove from the following sum to make it equal to 1?
1 1 1 1 1 1
2
+ 4
+ 6
+ 8
+ 10
+ 12
1 1 1 1
a 4
&8 b 4
& 12
1 1 1 1
c 6
& 10 d 8
& 10

22 In some computer languages, when there are no parentheses in an algebraic expression,

the operations are grouped from right to left. Thus, 𝑎𝑎 × 𝑏𝑏 − 𝑐𝑐 means the a(b – c) in
ordinary algebraic notation. If 𝑥𝑥 ÷ 𝑦𝑦 − 𝑧𝑧 + 𝑡𝑡 is evaluated in such a language, the result in
ordinary algebraic notation would be
𝑎𝑎 𝑎𝑎
a 𝑏𝑏−𝑐𝑐−𝑑𝑑
b 𝑏𝑏−𝑐𝑐+𝑑𝑑
𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏−𝑐𝑐−𝑑𝑑
c 𝑏𝑏+𝑐𝑐−𝑑𝑑
d 𝑎𝑎

23 At a party, a total of 35 handshakes took place. Each participant shook hands once with
everyone else. The number of people present was
a 70 b 69
c 36 d Impossible to happen

24 Four holes, each with 1 cm radius, are to be drilled along the center line of a rectangular
metal piece so that their centers are 2.35 cm apart. The two end holes must be 1.75 cm
away from their corresponding ends. What is the length of the metal piece?

a 12.90 b 12.55 c 11.75 d 11. 15

25 In the diagram, Side AB of isosceles triangle ABC is extended to D such that triangle
BCD is now isosceles. If ∡A = θ°, then ∡BCD = ?

a 2θ° b 180 - 2θ° c 180 - 4θ° d 4θ°

Set 6

26 Two sections of a class took the same test. One section of 20 students made an average of
85%; the other section of 30 students made an average of 75%. The average for all
students in both sections is
a 80% b 79% c 77% d 76%

27 Pegs are put in a board 1 cm apart both horizontally and vertically. A rubber band is
stretched over 4 pegs as shown in the figure, forming a quadrilateral. Find its area in cm2.

a 4.5 b 5 c 5.5 d 6

28 If a and b are positive real numbers such that ab = ba and b = 9a, what is the value of a?

4 3
a √3 b 9 c √3 d √9

29 AE and CF are perpendicular to diagonal BD of rectangle ABCD and divide it into three
segments of 1 cm length each. Find the area of ABCD.

3
a 3√2 b 2√3 c 2
√2 d 3√3

30 In the diagram, if angle BEC = y, then angle BAC equals

𝑦𝑦
a 90° − y b 90° − 2 c 2y d 180° - y
Set 7

31 The product
1 1 1 1
�1 − 22 � �1 − 32 � … �1 − 92 � �1 − 102 � is
5 1 11 2
a 12
b 2
c 20
d 3

32 University books are expensive. A student bought 12 books and calculated the average
cost per book to be $82. One of the books was mistakenly written as $67 rather than $76.
The correct average price is
a $81.50 b $82 c $82.50 d $82.75

33 AB is a diameter of the circle in the diagram, CD is a chord parallel to AB. AC and BD

intersect at E, and angle AED has a measure of 60°. Find the ratio of the area of triangle
ABE to the area of triangle CDE.
2√3 4
a 4 b c 2 d
3 3

34 A parabola 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑎𝑎𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 + 𝑐𝑐 has vertex (4, 2).

(2, 0) is a point on this parabola. Find abc.
a −12 b −6 c 6 d 12

35 Dimensions of a rectangular box are consecutive terms of a geometric sequence, its

volume is 8 m3, and its total surface area is 32 m2. The sum of the lengths of all the edges
of this box is
a 28 b 32 c 36 d 44
Set 8

36 The shaded region in the diagram below is bounded by the lines 3x + 2y = 18,
3x + 8y = 36, and the coordinate axes. The area of this region is

a 54 b 36
c 27 d 19

37 In a coordinate plane, if the point B(3, 2) is rotated 90° clockwise about point A(1, 1), the
image will be
a (0, 3) b (2, -3) c (1, -2) d (2, -1)

38 A park is in the shape of a regular hexagon 2 km on a side. Starting at a corner, you walk
along the perimeter of the park for a distance of 5 km. How many km (air distance) away
are you from the starting point?
a √13 km b √14 km c √15 km d 4 km

39 If k is an integer and the numbers 9 + k, 27 + 3k, and 15 + 5k, are divisible by 2, 3, and 5,
then the smallest value of k lies in the interval
a 2 to 31 b 32 to 61 c 62 to 91 d 92 to 121

40 Angle BAC is an acute angle on the circumference of a circle with AB = AC. It has a
measure of x radians. Tangents to the circle at B and C meet at point D. If angle ABC is
twice angle D, then x is (remember that π radians is equivalent to 180°)

3𝜋𝜋 4𝜋𝜋
a 7
b 9
5𝜋𝜋 6𝜋𝜋
c 11
d 13