Senior Division

Questions 1 to 10, 3 marks each

1. The value of (4 × 5) ÷ (2 × 10) is

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(A) 4 (B) (C) 2 (D) (E) 1
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4. The straight line y = x + g passes throught the point (2,3). The value of g is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) −1

5. A two-digit number has tens digit t and its units digit u. If the digit 8 is placed
between these digits, the value of the three-digit number is

(A) t + u + 8 (B) 10t + 80 + u (C) 10t + u + 8

(D) 100t + 10u + 8 (E) 100t + 80 + u

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7. In our school the average mark in Year 11 for a test was 70 and in Year 12 it was
80 for the same test. There were 20 students in Year 11 and 30 students in Year
12 who sat the test. The average mark for the two groups was

(A) 72 (B) 75 (C) 76 (D) 78 (E) 74

8. Different tyres were fitted to a car, increasing the circumference of the wheels from
200 cm to 225 cm. On a journey of 1800 km, the number of revolutions of each
wheel was reduced by

(A) 50 000 (B) 1000 (C) 2000 (D) 100 000 (E) 7 200 000

9. The sum of all but one of the internal angles of a pentagon is 400◦ . The number
of degrees in the remaining angle is

(A) 40 (B) 120 (C) 140 (D) 160 (E) 400

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10. The value of 2 × 32 2 is
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(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 4 2 (D) 4 4 2 (E) 16 4 2

Questions 11 to 20, 4 marks each

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11. The difference between a positive fraction and its reciprocal is . The sum of the
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(A) (B) (C) (D) 5 (E) not uniquely determined
9 20 16

12. At time t = 0 a split forms in a balloon and the quantity Q of gas left in the
balloon at time t is given by
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Q= .
(1 + 2t)2
The time taken for half the gas to escape is
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2−1 1 1+ 2 √ 10 2 − 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2 (E)
2 2 2 10
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13. Two dice are thrown at random. The probability that the two numbers obtained
are the two digits of a perfect square is
1 2 7 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
9 9 36 4 3

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16. A train leaves Canberra for Sydney at 12 noon, and another train leaves Sydney
for Canberra forty minutes later. Both trains follow the same route and travel at
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(A) 1:45 pm (B) 2:00 pm (C) 2:05 pm (D) 2:15 pm (E) 2:25 pm

17. A spiral is formed by starting with an

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18. The number of 5-digit numbers in which every two neighbouring digits differ by 3
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(A) 40 (B) 41 (C) 43 (D) 45 (E) 50

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Questions 21 to 30, 5 marks each

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21. The number of real solutions of x + x2 + x3 + 1 = 1 is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

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23. When (1 − 2x)3 (1 + kx)2 is expanded, two values k1 and k2 of k give the coefficient
of x2 as 40. The value of k1 + k2 is
(A) −1 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 14

24. What is the area, in square units, enclosed by the figure whose boundary points
satisfy
|x| + |y| = 4?

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16 (E) 32

25. The number of digits in the decimal expansion of 22005 is closest to

(A) 400 (B) 500 (C) 600 (D) 700 (E) 800

For questions 26 to 30, shade the answer as an integer from 0 to 999 in

the space provided on the answer sheet.

26. My name is Louis and my father has cooked me an L-shaped cake for my birthday.
He says that I must cut it into three pieces with a single cut, so that my brother
and sister can have a piece too. So, I have to cut it
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but I just know they’ll be greedy and leave the smallest possible piece for me. So I
want to cut the cake so that my little piece will be as big as possible. If I do this,
how big, in square centimetres, will my piece be?
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27. The function y = f (x) is a function such that f (f (x)) = 6x − 2005 for every real
number x. An integer t satisfies the equation f (t) = 6t − 2005. What is this value
of t?
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29. If x, y and z satisfy the system of equations

x+y+z = 5
x + y 2 + z 2 = 15
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xy = z 2 ,
1 1 1
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30. A positive integer is equal to the sum of the squares of its four smallest positive
divisors. What is the largest prime that divides this positive integer?