Chapter 11 Exercise
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Grade 5 · Chapter 11 · Independent exercise

Lesson 11.7 — Chapter 11 Exercise

Apply calculation logic to attribute matching, digital-clock counting, feasibility, role-and-floor grids, tournament points, label statements, constrained numbers, rankings, circular seating, ages, and football scores. Every problem is written in full here; this lesson is not needed.

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Tips for this exercise

Translate every clueWrite exact conditions such as “one and only one,” “above but below,” “divisible by,” or “one false statement.” Do not replace them with a vague guess.
Count or test systematicallyUse a table, case list, point budget, or circular sketch. Record enough work that another person can follow why rejected cases fail.
Check every conditionQuestions 11–13 are extended response. State a final answer and then audit it against every clue, not just the clue that first suggested it.

Section I — Fill in the blanks

Questions 1–10 · 6 points each · 60 points

60 points
1

Mary's three-condition match · 6 points

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Mary's ideal “Prince Charming” is tall, has dark skin, and is handsome. Among Mike, Bill, John, and Jack, exactly one man satisfies all three conditions.

  1. Exactly three of the four men are tall, exactly two have dark skin, and exactly one is handsome.
  2. Every man satisfies at least one of the three conditions.
  3. Mike and Bill have the same skin-color status: either both have dark skin or neither does.
  4. Bill and John have the same height status: either both are tall or neither is.
  5. John and Mike are not both tall.

Who satisfies all three conditions?

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2

Repeated digits on a digital clock · 6 points

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A 24-hour electronic clock shows hours from 00 through 23 and minutes from 00 through 59. Ignore the colon and read the four digits HHMM. Count a time when its display contains a run of at least three identical consecutive digits.

Examples include 00:0000:0503:3311:1220:0022:22.

How many minute displays in one full day have this property? Count each minute once, even when runs of repeated digits overlap.

minutes
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3

Can 50 sheets be distributed this way? · 6 points

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Xiaoli: “Yesterday I gave 50 sheets of scratch paper to 10 classmates. Every classmate received at least one whole sheet, and no two classmates received the same number of sheets.”
Xiaohong: “That is impossible. What you said is false.”

Is Xiaohong correct?

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4

Sum and difference · 6 points

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The sum of two numbers is 75. The first number is 15 greater than the second number. What is the second number?

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5

Floors and occupations · 6 points

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Floors are numbered 1 at the bottom through 4 at the top. A, B, C, and D live on different floors of a four-story building and have four different occupations: engineer, worker, teacher, and doctor.

  1. A lives above B but below C. D lives on the fourth floor.
  2. The doctor lives above the teacher but below the worker. The engineer lives on the first floor.

Complete every person's floor and occupation.

Person A
Person B
Person C
Person D
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6

Round-robin table-tennis points · 6 points

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A, B, C, D, and E play a table-tennis round robin: every pair plays exactly one match, with no draws. A winner receives 2 points and a loser receives 0.

  • A and E tie for first place.
  • B is third.
  • C and D tie for fourth place.

How many points does B have?

points
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7

Candy and stone bag labels · 6 points

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There are three bags. One contains candy; each of the other two contains one stone. The labels say:

Bag A: “A stone is in Bag B.”
Bag B: “A stone is in this bag.”
Bag C: “A stone is in Bag A.”

The statement on the candy bag is true. Among the other two statements, at least one is false. Which bag contains the candy?

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8

Three hidden character cards · 6 points

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Four cards carry the four different Chinese characters , , , and . Three of the four cards are selected and placed face down as Card 1, Card 2, and Card 3. No knowledge of Chinese is needed; treat the characters as four distinct symbols.

GuesserCard 1Card 2Card 3
A
B
C

Every card is guessed correctly by at least one person. Of the three guessers, one gets none of the three cards correct, while the other two get exactly two and exactly three correct, respectively. What is on each card?

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9

Five constrained integers · 6 points

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Choose five distinct numbers A, B, C, D, E from the integers 1 through 10 so that all six conditions hold:

  1. D is greater than 6.
  2. D is divisible by C.
  3. A + D = B.
  4. A + C + E = D.
  5. A + C < E.
  6. A + E < C + 5.

List every ordered solution (A, B, C, D, E) that satisfies all conditions.

Optional scratch work
Check completenessCheck the full candidate range and explain why your list includes every valid ordered solution.
10

Five predicted ranks · 6 points

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A, B, C, D, and E are the top five students, with no ties, and predict their ranks:

PredictorFirst predictionSecond prediction
AD is 1stE is 5th
BA is 2ndC is 4th
CD is 3rdA is 4th
DC is 1stB is 3rd
EC is 2ndB is 4th

Each predictor guesses exactly one person's rank correctly, and each rank is correctly identified by exactly one predictor. Determine the actual ranking.

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Section II — Extended response

Questions 11–13 · 20 points each · 60 points

60 points
11

Which couple is separated? · 20 points

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Mr. and Mrs. A invite three other married couples—B, C, and D—to dinner. The eight people sit around a circular table. Exactly one married couple is not seated together. “Together” means in immediately neighboring seats, including the neighbors across the end of the numbered list.

  1. The person opposite Mrs. A is the gentleman seated immediately to the left of Mr. B.
  2. The person immediately to the left of Mrs. C is a woman seated opposite Mr. D.
  3. The person immediately to the right of Mr. D is a woman. She sits opposite the woman who is two seats to the left of Mr. A.

Everyone faces the center. “Left” and “right” refer to the seated person's own left and right: with everyone facing inward, left is clockwise and right is counterclockwise. Clockwise order is viewed from above; the numbered seats below run clockwise. Which married couple is separated?

Eight seats facing inwardSeats 1 to 8 run clockwise from the top, viewed from above. Each arrow points toward the table center. No people have been placed.12345678ClockwiseEveryone faces the center.
12

Three ages with one false sentence each · 20 points

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Aunt Zhang asks three young workers—Xiao Liu, Xiao Chen, and Xiao Li—their ages. Each person makes three statements, and exactly one of each person's three statements is false.

Xiao Liu: “I am 22 years old. I am 2 years younger than Xiao Chen. I am 1 year older than Xiao Li.”
Xiao Chen: “I am older than at least one of the other two workers. Xiao Li and I differ in age by 3 years. Xiao Li is 25 years old.”
Xiao Li: “I am younger than Xiao Liu. Xiao Liu is 23 years old. Xiao Chen is 3 years older than Xiao Liu.”

Determine their ages in whole years. Treat “differ by 3” as larger age minus smaller age equals 3.

13

Football points and goal totals · 20 points

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Teams A, B, C, and D play a football round robin, so every pair of teams plays one match. A win is worth 2 points, a draw 1 point, and a loss 0 points.

  • B earns 5 points, C earns 3 points, and A earns 1 point.
  • There are 9 goals in all six matches combined.
  • B scores more goals than any other team, with 4 goals in total.
  • C concedes 3 goals in total.
  • D scores no goals.
  • The score in the A–C match is A:C = 2:3.

What is the score in the A–B match?