Wednesday, 3 June 2015

SMO 2015 (Junior Section) Answers

SMO 2015 Results

SMO 2015 Junior Questions

SMO 2015 Junior Round 2 cut off (~15)

SMO 2015 (Junior Section) Answers

1. D
2. E
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. A
9. D
10. D
11. 28
12. 40
13. 27720
14. 180
15. 4851
16. 18
17. 16
18. 42
19. 31
20. 23
21. 10002
22. 2016
23. 674
24. 6
25. 532
26. 12
27. 3
28. 1600
29. 1312
30. 9961
31. 18
32. 59
33. 12
34. 1078
35. 80 (qn is flawed, impossible scenario)

Initial answers are provided by a Year 2 NUS High student who does not wish to be named, and is different from last year's answers provider.

SMO (Junior) Previous Years' Cut-off Points (Inclusive of Round 2 scores)
2014 Scores were not revealed to schools and students
2013 Gold (27), Silver (11), Bronze (8), HM (7), Round 2 (13), Top 30 (~50)
2012 Gold (17), Silver (8), Bronze (6), HM (5), Round 2 (8)
2011 Gold (12), Silver (9), Bronze (7), HM (6), Round 2 (11), Top 30 (~34)
2010 Gold (24), Silver (9), Bronze (8), HM (5)
2009 Gold (11), Silver (7), Bronze (6), HM (5)
2008 Gold (23), Silver (14), Bronze (11), HM (10)
2007 Gold (20), Silver (14), Bronze (11), HM (10)
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20 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 June 2015 at 14:05

    Question 19 is definitely not 217, since they ask for biggest prime number. 217 can be divided by 7. My answer is 31.

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  2. Anonymous3 June 2015 at 14:10

    I think it's E for Q4.

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  3. Anonymous3 June 2015 at 14:20

    yes, answer for Q19 is 31, instead of 217.

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  4. Anonymous3 June 2015 at 14:32

    Q10.
    6y^2=8x-4x^2
    10x+6y^2=18x-4x^2
    =-(2x-9/2)^2+81/4
    Therefore the answer is 81/4.

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    1. Anonymous17 June 2015 at 16:39

      However equality cannot be achieved.

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  5. Anonymous3 June 2015 at 14:41

    Q28
    I think that the answer should be 400.

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  6. Anonymous3 June 2015 at 17:19

    Can somebody explain Qn 4, 17, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 32? Thks a lot. The paper was a headache...

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  7. Anonymous4 June 2015 at 08:18

    What do you think would be the cut-off point for bronze this year?

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  8. Anonymous4 June 2015 at 11:13

    What do you think would be be the cop for round 2

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  9. Anonymous4 June 2015 at 15:53

    Around 17, I guess. Last year was 14.(This year is a lot easier) Sorry for the 2 stupid mistakes.

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  10. Anonymous5 June 2015 at 16:07

    If I get 13 for round 1, will I get into round 2 or will I at least get a bronze/silver?

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  11. Anonymous5 June 2015 at 16:08

    When will the results be released??

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  12. Unknown6 June 2015 at 09:05

    Are all the answers here correct? Cos I get 21 points and do not know whether can get to the next round :((

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  13. William8 June 2015 at 13:42

    I get 35 points... Not sure whether can get into second round... Feel very noob :(((

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  14. Anonymous12 June 2015 at 10:17

    Any idea when will be results declared?

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  15. Anonymous14 June 2015 at 12:16

    I just get 22 points, and wonder whether can into the second round. :((((

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  16. Anonymous14 June 2015 at 18:41

    Note that if 81/4 is achieved, then x=9/4, hence 81/8+3y^2=9, so y^2=-3/8, i.e. y is not real. Hence 81/4 is wrong. The correct answer is (C) 20 since that is the largest number which yields a real value of y.
    (Q10)

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  17. Anonymous17 June 2015 at 23:11

    Hi,the namelist for SMO Round 2 is out this afternoon. The following link address shows the list of students who are invited for Junior 2nd round.

    http://sms.math.nus.edu.sg/competitions/SMO2015/JuniorR2-2015.pdf

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