_ 1987 . Australian Mathematics Competition for the Westpac Awards Senior DivisionQuestions — Senior Division Questions 1-10, 3 marks each 1, 22+ 2% equals (a)6 (B) 28 (ce) 10 (D) 21° (E) 24 2 (e-1)-(1—2x)+ (x — 1) equals (A) 3x -3 (B)x-3 (C)8x-1 (D)x-1 (E)x 3. The solution of the equation <5 = 0.0Lis (A) -4.99 (B)5.01 (15 (0) 95 (©) 105 4. FO +(-1)") equals (aye 1 ©o o + (®)-5 5. The square on the right is a magic square. This means that the sum of the numbers in any row, column or diagonal must be the u 15 same. The value of N is (a) 13 (B) 10 (C)17 ro (D)9 () 4 6. The distance, d kilometres, to the visible horizon, seen from a height of +h metres, is given approximately by the formula a-8/* ‘Toa mountain climber on the slopes of Mt Cook, in New Zealand, the western horizon of the Tasman Sea is a distance of 160km away. The mountain climber’s height, in metres, is close to (A) 1600 (B) 2500 (C) 4000 (D) 1000 (E) 2000Questions — Senior Division 7. Ifxy =7, the value of (ay4 (B) 2" (Cc) 24 (D) 28 (BE) 21% 8. Acontainer is completely filled from a Fully uniformly dripping tap. The graph shows the level of water in the container at any time while the container is being filled. The segment PQ is a straight line. The shape of the container which corresponds with this graph is (A) (B) ( \ (C) \/ (E) ( 9. For each of two consecutive years cheese prices rose by 10 per cent. At the beginning of the first year 1kg of cheese cost $5. At the end of the second year how many grams of cheese, to the nearest ten grams, could be bought for $10? (A) 1600 (B) 2400 (C) 1650 (D) 1670 (E) 1820 Water level y 3 3 Time 10. A pair of twins and a set of triplets have ages in whole numbers of years totalling 150. If the ages of the twins and triplets were interchanged, the total would be 120. How many years old are the twins? (A) 12 (B) 30 (C) 42 (D) 24 (E) 20 Questions 11-20, 4 marks each 11. Across-country skier in Finland is in open country 2km west of a long, straight fence that runs due north. She is also 5km south and 8km east of the finishing post. The rules of the race state that she must touch the fence once before reaching the finishing post. The shortest distance, in kilometres, that she can ski to fulfil the conditions of the race is (evs By1o+vo9 (C2 +V5 = (DAH VBI HIB 26Questions — Senior Division 12. The 14 digits in a credit card number are to be written in the boxes below. If the sum of any three consecutive digits is 20, the value of x is 9 2 7 (a3 (4 os (7 9 R 13. Inthe diagram /PST = LPQR = 90°. 7 Also PS = 15m, QR = 16m, PT = 17m. ‘The length of QT, in metres, is (ays 4 (15 Of (D) 16 (17 a P 14. The x-coordinate of the foot of the perpendicular from the point (1, 9) to the line y =x is (A) 4 (B)5 (C)6 (D)7 (E)9 15. Two candles have different lengths and thicknesses. The longer one can burn for Thours and the shorter one for 10 hours. After 4 hours’ burning, both candles have the same length. The shorter candle’s length divided by the longer candle’s length was 7 ws 6 + ot o > @ 2 16. How many four-digit positive integers have four different digits, all non-zero, whose sum is 12? (a) 56 @)18 (©) 256 (4 43 7Questions — Senior Division 17. The distance of a point Q from a curve is defined as the minimum distance QR 18. 20. where R is a point on the curve. A point P moves so that its distance from the circle with equation x* + y? = 1 and its distance from the straight line with equation x = 2 are equal. The equation of the path of Pis (A) 9? =9- 6x (B) 4x? + 4y? = 9 (C)y?=3- 2x x= > @)x2+y?+2-3=0 2 ‘Three identical semi-circles, of radius R, have their centres C}, C2, and C3 ina straight line, and each lying on the circumference of another, as shown. A fourth circle, with centre C4, is then drawn to touch the 3 identical / mi-circles, as shown. Ifr is the radius of the small circle, then the ratio of R tor is O Cy Cs (A) 4:1 (B) 15:4 (C) 11:3 (D) 10:3 (E) 3:1 ). For what values of x is x? < |2x — 8] (A) -24 ‘Two trains are travelling at uniform speeds. The slower train takes 15 seconds longer to cover 4km. It travels 1km less than the faster one in 15 minutes. The speed of the faster train, in kilometres per hour, is (A) 40 (B) 44 (C) 48 (D) 60 (E) 64 Questions 21-30, 5 marks each a. 22, If £(x) = px7 + qx} + rx — 4 and £(—7) = 3, the value of f(7) is (A) -11 (B) -3 (C) 10 (D) 17 (E) not determined by the data In numbering the pages of a book, 642 digits were used. The number of pages in the book was (A) 251 (B) 244 (C) 247 (D) 250 (E) 253Questions — Senior Division 23. 26. 27. ‘The figure is constructed with four semi- circular arcs as shown. If PR = 12 and QS = 6 then the enclosed area is (A) 81n (B) 36n, (C) 18n (D) 9n (E) 540 P ‘The remainder, when 19 + 2° + 3° + 43+ ... + 100° is divided by 7, is (A) 1 2 (C3 (D)4 (B)5 . PQRS isarectangle in which PQ =2PS. P U Q T and U are the mid-points of PS and PQ respectively. QT’ and US intersect at V. ‘The ratio of the area of QRSV to the area of APQT is q (A) 2:1 (B) 8:3 (C) 3:1 (D) 10:3 (E) 4:1 A regular octahedron (see figure) with edges of length one is cut by a plane parallel to a face. This plane divides each edge it meets in the ratio 1:2. The area of the section of the octahedron cut by the plane is (aysv3, ® 4a +2v3) © of oe daravy The number of strictly positive roots of the equation . a sins = Jog is (A) 30 (B) 31 (C) 61 (D) 62 (E) 63 2929. 30. . In the pattern of circles shown the largest Questions — Se: circle has radius r. The area of the shaded part is (a) $nr2 (B) (x — 2)r2 (C) 27? (D) (4 = n)r? () V2? A time machine is controlled by a bank of switches, numbered 1 to 10 (from left to right). Each switch must be set to 0 or 1 before the starter button is pressed. The nth switch takes the time traveller forward 2"~! years if n is odd and back 2”-1 years if n is even; a switch set to 0 has no effect; the combined effect of several switches set to 1 is the sum of their individual effects. How should the switches be set to take the time traveller back 200 years, to 1787, the year in which the First Fleet departed? (A) 0001001011 (B) 0001001000 (C) 0010001100 (D) 0001100010 (E) 0010001011 Ackermann’s function is defined for non-negative integers n and k by £(0,n) £(R, 0) . and f(k + 1,n +1) = f(k, f(k +1,n)). Evaluate f(2, 2). (A) 6 (B) 11 (C)5 (D)9 (E)7 30