2021 Canadian Senior
Mathematics Contest
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
(in North America and South America)
Thursday, November 18, 2021
(outside of North American and South America)

©2021 University of Waterloo
Instructions
Time: 2 hours
Calculating devices are allowed, provided that they do not have any of the following features: (i) internet access, (ii) the ability to communicate with other devices, (iii) information previously stored by students (such as formulas, programs, notes, etc.), (iv) a computer algebra system, (v) dynamic geometry software.
Do not open this booklet until instructed to do so.
There are two parts to this paper. The questions in each part are arranged roughly in order of increasing difficulty. The early problems in Part B are likely easier than the later problems in Part A.
PART A
- This part consists of six questions, each worth 5 marks.
- Enter the answer in the appropriate box in the answer booklet. For these questions, full marks will be given for a correct answer which is placed in the box. Part marks will be awarded only if relevant work is shown in the space provided in the answer booklet.
PART B
- This part consists of three questions, each worth 10 marks.
- Finished solutions must be written in the appropriate location in the answer booklet. Rough work should be done separately. If you require extra pages for your finished solutions, they will be supplied by your supervising teacher. Insert these pages into your answer booklet. Write your name, school name, and question number on any inserted pages.
- Marks are awarded for completeness, clarity, and style of presentation. A correct solution, poorly presented, will not earn full marks.
At the completion of the contest, insert your student information form inside your answer booklet.
Do not discuss the problems or solutions from this contest online for the next 48 hours.
The name, grade, school and location, and score range of some top-scoring students will be published on the website, cemc.uwaterloo.ca. In addition, the name, grade, school and location, and score of some students may be shared with other mathematical organizations for other recognition opportunities.
NOTE:
- Please read the instructions on the front cover of this booklet.
- Write solutions in the answer booklet provided.
- Express answers as simplified exact numbers except where otherwise indicated. For example, and are simplified exact numbers.
- While calculators may be used for numerical calculations, other mathematical steps must be shown and justified in your written solutions and specific marks may be allocated for these steps. For example, while your calculator might be able to find the -intercepts of the graph of an equation like , you should show the algebraic steps that you used to find these numbers, rather than simply writing these numbers down.
- Diagrams are not drawn to scale. They are intended as aids only.
- No student may write both the Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest and the Canadian Intermediate Mathematics Contest in the same year.
PART A
For each question in Part A, full marks will be given for a correct answer which is placed in the box. Part marks will be awarded only if relevant work is shown in the space provided in the answer booklet.
Useful Fact for Part A:
The volume of a square-based pyramid equals one-third times the area of its base times its height. Similarly, the volume of a triangular-based pyramid equals one-third times the area of its base times its height.
In the diagram, a row of 3 squares is made using 10 toothpicks.
In total, how many toothpicks are needed to make a row of 11
squares?
The operation is
defined by
for real numbers and . For example, . If , what is the value of
?
Consider the points ,
and . The line with equation is parallel to and passes through the midpoint of
. What is the value of ?
In an experiment, 1000 people receive Medicine A and 1000
different people receive Medicine B. The 2000 people are asked whether
they have severe side effects, mild side effects, or no side effects.
The following information is obtained from the experiment:
The probability that a random person has severe side effects is
.
The probability that a random person with severe side effects was
given Medicine A is .
The probability that a random person who was given Medicine A has
severe or mild side effects is .
The probability that a random person who was given Medicine B has
severe or mild side effects is .
What is the probability that a random person with mild side effects
was given Medicine B?
What are all real numbers for which ?
In the diagram, is a
pyramid with square base and
with . Suppose that
is the midpoint of and that . Triangular-based
pyramid is removed by cutting
along the triangle defined by the points ,
and . The volume of the remaining
solid is 288. What is the
length of ?
PART B
For each question in Part B, your solution must be well-organized and contain words of explanation or justification. Marks are awarded for completeness, clarity, and style of presentation. A correct solution, poorly presented, will not earn full marks.
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Factor as the
product of two linear expressions in .
Determine the integer for
which .
Determine the positive integer for which .
Prove that is
not a prime number. (A prime number is a positive integer
greater than 1 whose only positive divisors are 1 and itself. For
example, 7 is a prime number.)
If is a positive integer,
a Leistra sequence is a sequence
with terms with the following
properties:
(P1) Each term is an even positive integer.
(P2) Each term is obtained by dividing the previous term in the
sequence by an integer between 10 and 50, inclusive. (For a specific
sequence, the divisors used do not all have to be the same.)
(P3) There is no integer
between 10 and 50, inclusive, for which is an even
integer.
For example,
1000, 50, 2 |
1000, 100, 4 |
3000, 300, 30, 2 |
106 |
1000, 50, 1 |
(P1) fails – includes an odd
integer |
1000, 200, 4 |
(P2) fails – divisor 5 falls outside
range () |
3000, 300, 30 |
(P3) fails – can be extended with |
104 |
(P3) fails – can be extended with |
Determine all Leistra sequences with .
How many Leistra sequences have ?
How many Leistra sequences have ?
Determine the number of Leistra sequences with .
(In parts (b) and (c), full marks will be given for a correct answer.
Part marks may be awarded for an incomplete solution or work leading to
an incorrect answer.)
A pair of functions and
is called a Payneful
pair if
is a real number for
all real numbers ,
is a real number for
all real numbers ,
for all real numbers and ,
for all real numbers and , and
for some real
number .
For every Payneful pair of functions and :
Determine the values of
and .
If
for all real numbers , determine
the value of .
If and
for all real
numbers , determine the value of
.