Math Olympiad Problem Jan.

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Math Olympiad Problem Jan. 11, 2013

Grade 2 and 3

1) There are five containers in a treasure chest, in each container there are three boxes and in each box there are 10 golden coins. The treasure chest, the containers, and the boxes are all locked. How many locks do you need to open to get 50 coins? A) 5 B) 7 C) 9 D) 6 E) 8 2) One medal can be cut out from a golden square plate. If four medals are made from four plates, the remaining parts of those four plates can be used to make one more plate. What is the largest number of medals that could be formed when 16 plates are used? A) 17 B) 19 C) 20 D) 21 E) 32 3) Tom picked a natural number and multiplied it by 3. Which number CANNOT be the result of this multiplication? A) 987 B) 444 C) 204 D) 105 E) 103

Math Olympiad Problem Jan. 11, 2013 Solutions

Grade 2 and 3 1) There are five containers in a treasure chest, in each container there are three boxes and in each box there are 10 golden coins. The treasure chest, the containers, and the boxes are all locked. How many locks do you need to open to get 50 coins? A) 5 B) 7 C) 9 D) 6 E) 8 Solution: Answer is E) 8 locks First lock to be opened would be the treasure chest. You will find five containers. Open one of the containers (this is the second lock to be opened). You will find three boxes. Open all three boxes to get 30 coins (opening locks 3, 4 and 5). Go to the next container and open it (lock 6). Now open two boxes (locks 7 and 8) and get 20 more coins for a total of 50 coins. 2) One medal can be cut out from a golden square plate. If four medals are made from four plates, the remaining parts of those four plates can be used to make one more plate. What is the largest number of medals that could be formed when 16 plates are used? A) B) C) D) E) 17 19 20 21 32

Solution: Answer is C) 20. From 4 plates you can make 4 medals and the remaining parts from those will make another plate to make one more medal. Therefore 4 plates will yield 5 medals and therefore 16 plates will yield 5 times 4 = 20 medals. 3) Tom picked a natural number and multiplied it by 3. Which number CANNOT be the result of this multiplication? A) 987 B) 444

C) 204 D) 105 E) 103 Solution: Answer is E) 103. 987 divided by 3 is 329 444 divided by 3 is 148 204 divided by 3 is 68 105 divided by 3 is 35 103 divided by 3 is 34 with a remainder of 1. Therefore Tom could not have picked a number that when multiplied by 3 results in the number 103.