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SEAMO X 2023 - Paper C

The document contains a series of mathematical problems and their corresponding answers, divided into two sections. Section A consists of 10 questions with each correct answer worth 6 marks, while Section B includes 5 questions with each correct answer worth 8 marks. The problems cover various topics including number theory, probability, and geometry.

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SEAMO X 2023 - Paper C

The document contains a series of mathematical problems and their corresponding answers, divided into two sections. Section A consists of 10 questions with each correct answer worth 6 marks, while Section B includes 5 questions with each correct answer worth 8 marks. The problems cover various topics including number theory, probability, and geometry.

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Section A

For questions 1 to 10, each correct answer is awarded 6 marks.

1. For positive integers 𝑚 and 𝑛 with no common factor except 1, find 𝑚 + 𝑛 given that

1 1 1 1 1 1
( + + ⋯ + ) (1 + + + ⋯ + )
2 3 72 2 3 71

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 𝑚
− (1 + + + ⋯+ )( + + …+ ) =
2 3 72 2 3 4 71 𝑛

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2. A fast-food stall sells nuggets in boxes of 5 or 7 pieces. What is the largest number of
nuggets that cannot be sold?

3. Find the remainder when 39795678 is divided by 39.

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4. The probability that a positive integer less than or equal to 200 is divisible by 3 or 5 is
𝑚
, where 𝑚 and 𝑛 are positive integers with no common factor except 1.
𝑛

Find (𝑚 + 𝑛).

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5. Evaluate

4 4 4
(10 − × 5) + (9 − × 6) + ⋯ + (5 − × 10)
9 9 9

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6. Given that

13 = 1
13 + 23 = 1 + 8 = 9
13 + 23 + 33 = 9 + 27 = 36
13 + 23 + 33 + 43 = 36 + 64 = 100
…
…

Find 13 + 23 + 33 + ⋯ + 103.

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7. Find the ones digit in 14 + 24 + 34 + ⋯ + 20234.

8. Find the smallest integral value of 𝑘 such that (383 + 𝑘) is divisible by 13.

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9. In the figure below, square 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 circumscribes square 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆. The area of 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆 is
128 𝑐𝑚2 . Given that the perimeter of 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is 𝑘 𝑐𝑚, find the value of 𝑘.

Leave your answer as a whole number with no units.

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10. Given the following equations

𝑥+𝑦=4
𝑥𝑦 = −12

find the value of (𝑥 − 𝑦)2.

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Section B

For questions 11 to 15, each correct answer is awarded 8 marks.

11. Which of the following has the largest value?

2485, 3291 , 5194

(A) 2485
(B) 3291
(C) 5194

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12. In the trapezium shown below, 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐶𝐷. Given that the areas of the unshaded
3
regions are 10 𝑐𝑚2 and 12 𝑐𝑚2 , find the area of the shaded regions, in 𝑐𝑚2 .

Leave your answer as a whole number with no units.

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13. Container 𝐴 has 15 𝑙 of pure liquor. There is 20 𝑙 of water in Container 𝐵. A certain
amount of water was poured from Container 𝐵 into Container 𝐴. After the new
mixture was stirred, a certain amount of the mixture was poured back into Container
𝐵. The liquor by volume in containers 𝐴 and 𝐵 was then 75% and 30%, respectively.
How many litres of mixture was poured from Container 𝐴 back into Container 𝐵?

Leave your answer as a whole number with no units.

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14. There are 𝑛 students in Greenridge Primary School, all of whom play either soccer,
𝑎
rugby or tennis. 20% of the students play soccer and of them play rugby. Given
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that there are 91 tennis players, find the value of 𝑛.

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15. Given that (𝑥 − 45) and (𝑥 + 44) are square numbers, where 𝑥 is an integer.
Find 𝑥.

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SEAMO X 2023
Paper C – Answers
Questions 1 to 10 carry 6 marks each.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

73 23 1 293 25

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10

3025 4 4 64 64

Questions 11 to 15 carry 8 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

A 23 10 245 1981

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