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.
A bus leaves the station at exactly 7:43 a.m. and arrives at its
destination at exactly 8:22 a.m. on the same day. How long, in minutes,
was the bus trip?
A new mathematical operation, , is defined by .
For example, . If , what is the value of ?
The figure shown is formed using eight line segments. Whenever
two of these line segments meet, they form a right angle. The perimeter
of the figure is . What is the
value of ?
The figure is a polygon with eight sides. Two sides have numerical
lengths given, four other sides have length expressions in terms of a
variable , and the remaining two
sides do not have their lengths indicated. Moving around the perimeter
of the polygon, the sides alternate between horizontal and vertical as
follows: Starting at a vertex at the bottom of the figure,
move up units,
then to the left
units,
then up units (arriving
at the polygon’s top-left vertex),
then to the right
units (arriving at the polygon’s top-right vertex),
then down units,
then to the left
units,
then down to a point directly to the right of the starting
vertex,
and then to the left to meet the starting vertex.
A net of a cube is shown with one integer on each face.
A larger cube is constructed using copies of this cube. What is the
minimum possible sum of all of the integers showing on the six faces of
the larger cube?
A hiking trail leaves from point . The trail consists of a flat section
from point to point , followed by an uphill section from
to a viewing platform at point
.
A hiker walked from to to and back from to to . The hiker’s speed was km/h on the flat section in both
directions, km/h while walking
uphill, and km/h while walking
downhill. If the hiker left at
1:00 p.m., spent exactly hour at
, and returned to at 8:00 p.m. on the same day, what was
the total distance walked by the hiker?
Consider the two points and . For each point with positive integer coordinates, we
define to be the shortest
distance needed to travel from to
to moving only horizontally and/or
vertically. For example, for the point , we compute as follows:
To get from to moving only horizontally and/or
vertically, we can move unit to
the left then units up for a
total distance of . (There are
other such ways to get from to
, but no shorter ways.) The
shortest path from to moving only horizontally and/or
vertically is to move unit left
and then unit up (or unit up then unit left) for a total distance of
. Thus, for , we have that . This is demonstrated in the
diagram.
The positive integer has the
property that there are exactly points with and and . What is the value 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.
In the diagram, square
is centred inside square and
the region between the two squares is shaded.
Determine the area of the shaded region if the length of is cm and the length of is cm.
Determine the length of
if the length of is cm and the area of the shaded region
is cm2.
Determine the length of
if the length of is cm and the area of the shaded region
is of the area of
.
Suppose that the area of the shaded region is the area of . If the length of is cm and the length of is cm, determine the value of .
For a four-digit positive integer , where , , , and are digits with and , we define the Reverse Digit
sum (RD sum) of to be the
sum of and . For example, the RD sum of is , while the integer does not have an RD sum.
Note that the four-digit positive integer is equal to .
Determine the RD sum of .
There are positive integers and with the property that the RD sum of
the integer is always equal to
. State
the value of and the value of
.
Determine the number of four-digit integers whose RD sum is .
Determine the number of four-digit integers that are equal to the
RD sum of a four-digit integer.
The positive integers are written into rows so that Row includes every integer with the following properties:
is a multiple
of ,
,
and
is not in an
earlier row.
The table below shows the first six rows.
Row 1
1
Row 2
2, 4
Row 3
3, 6, 9
Row 4
8, 12, 16
Row 5
5, 10, 15, 20, 25
Row 6
18, 24, 30, 36
Determine the smallest integer in Row .
Show that, for all positive integers , Row includes each of and .
Determine the largest positive integer with the property that Row does not include .