Scribd
Upload
32 views6 pages

Rwanda Math Competition 2020 Guide

The Rwanda Mathematics Competition 2020 consists of four parts with varying point values for each question. Participants must complete the test within a 3-hour time limit without the use of electronic devices, and they are required to provide full solutions for open problems. The competition includes multiple-choice questions and open-ended problems, focusing on various mathematical concepts.

Uploaded by

Mequanent Mengistu
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
32 views6 pages

Rwanda Math Competition 2020 Guide

The Rwanda Mathematics Competition 2020 consists of four parts with varying point values for each question. Participants must complete the test within a 3-hour time limit without the use of electronic devices, and they are required to provide full solutions for open problems. The competition includes multiple-choice questions and open-ended problems, focusing on various mathematical concepts.

Uploaded by

Mequanent Mengistu
Copyright
© All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Rwanda Mathematics Competition 2020

First Stage
Date: Febreuary 21st , 2020 Time limit: 3 hours

Please enter the following information in PRINT.

M 
NAME: GENDER:
F 

SCHOOL: CLASS:

INSTRUCTIONS AND REGULATIONS (please read it):


• In each question in PART ONE, PART TWO, and PART THREE cross (×) for the alternative
you find is true. Only one of the alternatives A, B, C, D and E is true.
• Write full solutions to ALL Open problems in PART FOUR.
• No calculators, cellphones nor other electronic devices are allowed.
• Please do not make any calculation on the problem pages. Those are only for answers or solutions.
For your own calculations use scratch papers.
• If you need additional paper or go to the toilet please raise your hand and wait until one of the
invigilators will approach you.
• Students communicating with each other during the test will be removed from the classroom.
• There are three questions in each category: Part 1 (2 points each), Part 2 (3 points each), Part 3 (4
points each) and Open problems (7 points each).
• When the invigilators announce “TIME’S UP” please collect your papers (with this page on top)
and hand them over immediately. Do NOT include scratch papers.
Wishing you Good Luck
Celestin Kurujyibwami, Japhet Niyobuhungiro, Layla Sorkatti and Paul Vaderlind.

DO NOT write in the boxes below please


Problems Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Total Score

Score /6 /9 /12 /21 /48


PART ONE. Each correct answer will be awarded 2 points.

1. Each block in the figure has the length a and the heights b. What
is the circumference of the figure?

 (A) 10a + 10b  (B) 12a + 10b


 (C) 15a + 15b  (D) 30a + 15b
 (E) None of the previous alternatives

2. The cells of a 20 × 20 grid are filled with numbers: the first row with 1, 2, 3, ..., 20, the next row with
21, 22, ..., 40 and so on. Which of the numbers below is in a cell having as one of the corners at the
midpoint of the grid?

 (A) 189  (B) 199  (C) 200  (D) 211  (E) 220

3. Innocent and Jeninah write poems. Each one writes two or three poems every day. During some period
of time Innocent wrote 43 poems while Jeninah wrote 61. How many days was this period of time?

 (A) 14  (B) 15  (C) 21  (D) 22  (E) 30

PART TWO. Each correct answer will be awarded 3 points.

4. How many four digits numbers 6 ∗ 4 ∗ are divisible by 36?

 (E) None of previ-


 (A) 1  (B) 2  (C) 3  (D) 4
ous alternatives

5. Alice has two markers of different colors and a sheet of paper on which a regular pentagon ABCDE
has been drawn. She wants to color the vertices of the pentagon using her markers so that the resulting
figure has no axes of symmetry. (An axes of symmetry is a line which divides a figure into two mirror
parts.) The number of ways Alice can do this is

 (E) None of previ-


 (A) 1  (B) 2  (C) 4  (D) 5
ous alternatives

Page 2 of 6 First stage


6. In 4ABC, M is the midpoint of BC, AM = M C, AT bisects
∠BAC and AT C = 56◦ , as shown in the figure below. What is
the size of ∠AM B? (The proportions in the figure here are not A
exact.)
56◦
 (A) 145  (B) 158 C T M B
 (C) 165  (D) 168
 (E) None of previous alternatives

PART THREE. Each correct answer will be awarded 4 points.

7. The quadrilateral Q = ABCD is circumscribed on a circle and AB : BC : CD = 2 : 3 : 5. The


circumference of Q is 42 cm. The length of the side AD is

 (A) 12  (B) 10  (C) 8


 (D) 6  (E) None of previous alternatives

8. Celestin has 3 baskets and each one contains exactly 4 balls of four different colors: red, blue, green
and white. All balls are of the same size. Suppose Celestin takes out randomly 1 ball from each basket.
The chance that he gets exactly 2 red balls is

1 9 1 3 25
 (A)  (B)  (C)  (D)  (E)
8 64 4 8 64

9. Nana is a magician. From the beginning she has 7 white balls and 7 black ones. When she says the
word ”aaa” 3 black balls disappear and 2 white ones appear (she can do it only if there are at least 3
black balls). If she says word ”eee” 4 white balls disappear and 9 black ones appear (she can do it only
if there are at least 4 white balls). After repeating her spells several times, it’s possible for Nana to end
up with

 (A) 2 white balls and 15 black ones  (B) 4 white balls and 14 black ones
 (C) 3 white balls and 11 black ones  (D) 7 white balls and 13 black ones
 (E) 10 white balls and 10 black ones

Page 3 of 6 First stage


PART FOUR: OPEN PROBLEMS. Each correct solution will be awarded 7 points.

10. Olivia wrote on the blackboard the numbers 1, 2, ..., n, for some positive integer n. Japhet erases two
consecutive numbers, add the remain numbers and get the sum 2020. What are the possible values of n?

Page 4 of 6 First stage


11. In the square ABCD a point E on the side AD and a point F on the side BC are chosen. Then a point
G inside the segment EF is chosen. Let H be the second point of intersection of circles circumscribed
on 4EGD and 4BGF . Prove that H lies on the diagonal BD.

D C

H
E G

A B

Page 5 of 6 First stage


12. Show that
1 a b
+ ≥ a + b − ab,
2 b a
for all positive real numbers a and b. When does the equality occur?

************ THE END ************

Page 6 of 6 First stage

Common questions

Powered by AI

A number is divisible by 36 if it is divisible by both 4 and 9. For a four-digit number to be divisible by 4, the last two digits must form a number that is divisible by 4. For "6∗4∗", this imposes that the digit ∗ is 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8. Similarly, to be divisible by 9, the sum of the digits 6 + 4 + the sum of the remaining digits must be divisible by 9. By testing each possibility, it turns out there is a valid solution, corresponding to one case. Therefore, the answer is 1 .

For circumscribed quadrilaterals, the sum of lengths of opposite sides are equal. Given the side ratio AB : BC : CD = 2:3:5, let AB = 2x, BC = 3x, and CD = 5x, then AD = x because 2x + x = 3x + 5x - 2x + 5x = total perimeter constant. Solving 11x = 42 cm gives x = 3.818, thus AD = 3.818 cm, equating to one of the given options .

The given inequality \( \frac{1}{2}(\frac{a}{b} + \frac{b}{a}) \geq a + b - ab \) indicates an algebraic balance, achievable through manipulation involving AM-GM inequality principles. Equality occurs when the terms on both sides satisfy the condition of geometric and arithmetic mean equality, specifically when a = b = 1, manipulating symmetric outcomes to be exactly equal en route to studied cycling .

Given square ABCD and chosen points E on AD, F on BC, G on EF, the problem explores circumscribed circles of triangles EGD and BGF intersecting at point H. The strategy involves confirming H aligns on diagonal BD by geometric locus properties and symmetry principles so that internal diagonals are respected under possible intersections such that H redistributes studied distances uniformly along BD .

To eliminate any axes of symmetry in coloring a regular pentagon, the configuration must ensure that no line can divide the pentagon into two mirror images. Using two colors, one strategy is to alternate colors such that no vertex and its opposite are the same color. There are two distinct ways to achieve this: by starting with either color on vertex A. Therefore, the number of possible ways Alice can color the vertices is 2 .

Nana's sequence alternately increases or decreases the counts of balls, conditional upon having sufficient quantities to enact the change. By analyzing initial conditions and transformations—'aaa' reduces black balls by 1 net, 'eee' alters by differing counts—a sequence is achievable where 3 'aaa' spells followed by 2 'eee' spells makes it possible to end with 4 white and 14 black balls by manipulating initial distribution through allowable transformations .

You might also like