HKIMO 2026 Grade 8 National Preliminary Set 05 Next → A test has 25 questions, worth 2 points for each correct answer. At least how many students must take it to guarantee that four receive the same score?
Editorial scoring convention for this word problem: each incorrect or unanswered question earns zero points.
79
76
101
105
John travels 13 km northwest, then 12 km northeast, then 4 km southeast. How far is he from his starting point?
15 km
29 km
21 km
5 km
Given $\overline{abcd}+\overline{badc}=17688$, find $a+b-c-d$.
9
8
7
10
It is 6 o’clock. How many minutes until the minute hand and hour hand first overlap?
$33\frac{8}{11}$
$32\frac{5}{11}$
$32\frac{8}{11}$
$33\frac{5}{11}$
There are 13 white, 11 yellow and 14 brown chopsticks mixed together. What is the least number to draw without looking to guarantee two non-yellow pairs?
Editorial convention: each pair consists of two chopsticks of the same colour.
13
14
15
16
Find $y$ if $|2x+6y+8|+|x-3y+4|=0$.
-4
0
4
2
Let $a$ be constant. The coefficient of $x$ in $(2x-a)(x^2-4x)$ is 20. Find $a$.
5
-5
80
-80
How many negative integers $x$ satisfy $-97\le7x+3\le32$?
15
19
14
18
Given that $x-2$ is a factor of $x^3-2x^2+3x+m$, find $m$.
6
-6
22
10
Given $f(x)=ax^2+bx+c$, $f(-1)=3$, $f(2)=18$ and $f(-2)=6$, find $f(1)$.
15
-3
3
9
Find the remainder when $2024^{2024}$ is divided by 5.
4
2
3
1
If $A=30!\div3^n$ is an integer, find the largest value of $n$.
Editorial domain convention: n is a nonnegative integer exponent.
12
10
14
13
Find the units digit of $A=1+7+7^2+7^3+\cdots+7^{99}+7^{100}$.
1
3
7
9
How many positive integers less than 65 are coprime to 65?
45
48
52
47
Find the number of positive divisors of 35000.
30
40
50
60
Right triangles satisfy $\triangle ABC\sim\triangle FED$, with legs $AB=5$ and $BC=12$. Find $DF:EF$.
$\frac{13}{5}$
$\frac{17}{5}$
$\frac{12}{5}$
$\frac{13}{12}$
On a coordinate plane, $A=(9,4)$, $B=(1,3)$ and $C=(9,8)$. Find the area of triangle ABC.
20
12
16
24
A triangle has side lengths 13, 20 and x, where x is an integer. How many possible values of x are there?
27
24
26
25
An exterior angle of a regular n-sided polygon is $(2n+16)^\circ$. Find n.
8
10
16
18
How many diagonals does a convex 80-sided polygon have?
3080
3160
6320
3120
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