The Fourth Rwanda Mathematics Competition

Stage 1 - district elimination

Date: March 11th , 2022 Time limit: 3 hours

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INSTRUCTIONS AND REGULATIONS (please read it):

• For each of the following 30 multiple-choice questions mark with cross (×) the alternative an-
swer which you find is true. If you, at some point, want to change the marking add a clear note.
Only one of the alternatives A, B, C, D and E is true.
• No calculators, cellphones nor other electronic devices are allowed. Only paper, pen, eraser,
straightedge and compass.
• Please do not make any calculation on the problem pages. Those are only for answers. 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.
• When the invigilators announces “TIME’S UP”, please collect your papers (with this page on
top) and hand them over immediately. Do NOT include scratch papers.
• Note that the total time allowed is 3 hours.

Wishing you Good Luck

Celestin Kurujyibwami, Layla Sorkatti and Paul Vaderlind.

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Problems 3 points 4 points 5 points Total Score

Score /30 /40 /50 /120

 NAME: PART 1

Each correct answer will be awarded 3 points.

1. Elisabeth has 1188 stones. Half of them are blue, one quarter are red, and one sixth are green. How
many stones are of some other colors?

 (A) 91  (B) 99  (C) 101  (D) 122  (E) 137

2. What is the value of expression (1 − 2) − (3 − 4) − (5 − 6) − (7 − 8) − (9 − 10) − (11 − 12) ?

 (A) −6  (B) 0  (C) 4  (D) 6  (E) 13

3. An equilateral triangle ACD is rotated anti-clockwise around

point A. At what angle is it rotated after it covers triangle ABC
for the first time ?

 (A) 60◦  (B) 120◦  (C) 180◦  (D) 240◦

 (E) 300◦

4. In the cells of a 4 × 4 square (see the adjacent figure) one has to place
4 stones according to the following rules:
– one stone in each row;
– one stone in each column;
– if a cell contains a stone, then a stone in a diagonally neighboring
cell is not allowed.
In how many ways can this be done?

 (A) 0  (B) 1  (C) 2  (D) 4  (E) 24

5. The product of four different integers is 100. What is their sum?

 (A) 10  (B) 12  (C) 15  (D) 17  (E) 18

6. The triangle with the sides 4, 5 and 6 is divided into two triangles with equal perimeters by the line
drawn from the vertex of the smalest angle. What are the parts the side of the triangle is divided into?

 (A) 2.5 and 1.5  (B) 3 and 1  (C) 2 and 2  (D) 3.5 and 0.2  (E) 2.8 and 1.2

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 7. We paint a wooden cube of side 4 cm in green color and then we cut it in cubes of side 1 cm each. The
number of those small cubes that have exactly two green faces is

 (A) 56  (B) 32  (C) 24  (D) 16  (E) 48

8. The sum of four consecutive numbers is equal to 1002. The sum of the digits of the greatest of these
numbers is:

 (A) 9  (B) 10  (C) 11  (D) 13  (E) 15

9. Olivia takes 2022 equally sized square pieces and places them side by side in a form of a rectangle.
How many different shapes can his rectangle have?

 (A) 1  (B) 2  (C) 3  (D) 4  (E) 5

10. How many triangles are there with side lengths being integers (whole numbers) and a perimeter of 12
cm?

 (A) 2  (B) 3  (C) 4  (D) 5  (E) more than 5

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 NAME: PART 2

Each correct answer will be awarded 4 points.

1. What is the diameter of the circle in the picture?

 (A) 10  (B) 12  (C) 12.5  (D) 14

 (E) there is no unique answer

2. A man has a rectangular patio in his garden. He decides to enlarge it by increasing both length and
width by 10%. The percentage increase in area is

 (A) 10%  (B) 15%  (C) 21%  (D) 25%  (E) 30%

3. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC = 5 cm, and ∠BAC > 60◦ . The length of its perimeter
is a whole number of centimeters. How many such triangles are possible?

 (A) 1  (B) 2  (C) 3  (D) 4  (E) 5

4. Unit squares are used to build each pattern in the figure below. The first three patterns are shown in the
figure. Not including the black square hole inside, how many unit squares are needed to build the 10th
pattern in this sequence?

 (A) 76  (B) 80  (C) 84  (D) 88  (E) 92

5. In a quadrangle ABCD (see the adjacent figure) both angles C

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BDA and CAB are 44◦ , the angle CAD is 37◦ , and the angles
ACD and DBC are equal. Find the size of the angle BCD.

 (A) 81◦  (B) 91◦  (C) 60◦  (D) 90◦

 (E) impossible to determine uniquely B A

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 6. The adjacent figure shows a solid formed with 6 triangular faces.
At each vertex there is a number. For each face we consider the
sum of the three numbers at the vertices of that face. If all the sums
are the same and two of the numbers are 1 and 5 as shown, what is
the sum of all the five numbers?

 (A) 9  (B) 11  (C) 15  (D) 17  (E) 18

7. In triangle ABC with right angle at C, the altitude CH and the median CM trisect (divide in three
equal parts) the right angle. If the area of triangle CHM is S, then the area of triangle ABC is
√ √
 (A) 6S  (B) 4 2S  (C) 4 3S  (D) 3S  (E) 4S

8. 9 balls of radius r are placed as shown in the adjacent figure, and are tied
together with a tight strap. How long is the strap?

 (A) 12r  (B) 24r  (C) (16 + 2π)r

 (D) (16 + π)r  (E) (20 + 2π)r

9. If we divide the number of women who attend a meeting by the number of men, the result is exactly
0.24. What is the smallest number possible for the total attendance at the meeting?

 (A) 25  (B) 31  (C) 36  (D) 48  (E) 76

10. At the end of a chess tournament it is sure that the first three places will be occupied by Nadine, David
and Ambre. It is also possible that two of them, or even all three of them, will end equally. Two
examples of possible results are:

1. Nadine, 2. Ambre and David

1. David, 2. Nadine, 3 Ambre

How many results are possible in total?

 (A) 6  (B) 8  (C) 9  (D) 12  (E) 13

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 NAME: PART 3

Each correct answer will be awarded 5 points.

1. In the adjacent picture ABCD is a square and two semicircles with

diameters AB and AD have been drawn. If AB = 2, what is the area
of the shaded region?
π
 (A) 1  (B) 2  (C) 2π  (D)
2
3
 (E)
4

2. Honorine has a large amount of building bricks which all have length 1
cm, width 2 cm and height 3 cm, as in the picture. What is the smallest
number of bricks she needs in order to build a cube?

 (A) 12  (B) 18  (C) 24  (D) 36

 (E) 60

3. The equilateral triangles ABC and DEF have perimeter 18 cm each.

We put one on the other such that their sides are parallel, as we can
see in the adjacent figure.
The perimeter of the hexagon GHIJKL is

 (A) 9 cm  (B) 12 cm  (C) 14 cm  (D) 18 cm

 (E) depends on how the triangles overlap

101 + 103 + 105 + · · · + 199

4. The value of the fraction is
1 + 3 + 5 + · · · + 99
 (A) 3  (B) 4  (C) 9  (D) 99  (E) none of these

5. The area of the triangle in the picture is 80 m2 and the radius of the
circles centered at the vertices is 2 m. What is the size, in m2 , of the
shaded area?

 (A) 76  (B) 80−2π  (C) 40−4π  (D) 80 − π

 (E) 78

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 6. Christella has picked flowers. 15% are yellow, 35% are while and the rest are red. Later on she found
more yellow flowers so that now the amount of yellow flowers is the same as that of the red flowers plus
the yellow ones which she originally had. How many percent of the total amount of flowers is now red
flowers?

 (A) 12.5%  (B) 20%  (C) 25%  (D) 30%  (E) 33%

7. 5 girls are running in a running contest. Among them is Layla and her two friends. Layla will call
an order at the finish ”good” if she finishes before her two friends. How many good orders are there
possible for Layla?

 (A) 2  (B) 20  (C) 30  (D) 40  (E) 60

8. The average age of grandmother, grandfather and 7 grandchildren is 28 years. The average age of the
7 grandchildren is 15 years. Find the age of grandfather, if it is known that grandfather is 3 years older
than grandmother.

 (A) 71  (B) 72  (C) 73  (D) 74  (E) 75

9. If a and b are positive integers, neither of which is divisible by 10, and if ab = 10000 then the sum a + b
is

 (A) 1025  (B) 641  (C) 1528  (D) 2401  (E) 100

10. David and his three friends: Etienne, Nadine and Asafu, ate the whole birthday cake very fast. How
long did it take if it is known that David, Etienne and Nadine can eat the cake in 10 minutes, David,
Etienne and Asafu can eat it in 15 minutes, and Nadine and Asafu can eat it in 18 minutes?

 (A) 16 min  (B) 11.5 min  (C) 4.5 min  (D) 8 min  (E) 9 min

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