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International
MathematicsOlympiad
The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes.There are 3 sections: 20 questions
in section I, 20 in section II and 10 in section III.

SYLLABUS
Section I (Logical Reasoning) : Mathematical operations, Series completion, Direction sense
test, Analytical Reasoning, Problems on cubes and dice, Number ranking & Time sequence Test and
general reasoning based on prescribed syllabus.
Section II (Mathematical Reasoning) : Squares and Square Roots, Cubes and cube roots,
Exponents and Radicals, Comparing quantities, Algebraic identities, Polynomials, Equations in one
Variable, Parallel Lines, Special types of Quadrilaterals and their constructions, Mensuration, Arithmetic
Ability, Data handling.
Section III (Everyday Mathematics) : The Syllabus of this section will be based on the syllabus
of Mathematical Reasoning.

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LOGICALREASONING
1. Whatisthenumberyoustartedwith?

(A) 5
(B) 45

Multiplyby0.10

(C) 56
Divideby3

(D) 25
462

2. Oneterminthenumberseriesiswrong.Findoutthewrongterm.
24,27,31,33,36
(A) 24
(B) 27
(C) 31

(D) 33

3. Ais40mSouthwestofB.Cis40mSouthEastofB.ThenCisinwhichdirectionofA?
(A) East

(B) West

(C) Northeast

(D) South

4. Themaximumnumberofsquaresinthefollowingfigureis
(A) 14
(B) 13
(C) 10

(D) 9

5. Standingonaplatform,AmittoldSunitathatAligarhwasmorethantenkilometresbutlessthanfifteen
kilometresfromthere.Sunitaknewthatitwasmorethantwelvebutlessthanfourteenkilometresfrom
there.Ifbothofthemwerecorrect,whichofthefollowingcouldbethedistanceofAligarhfromthe
platform?
(A) 11km

(B) 12km

(C) 13km

(D) 14km

6. IfthedaybeforeyesterdaywasSaturday,whatdaywillfallonthedayaftertomorrow?
(A) Friday
(B) Thursday
(C) Wednesday
(D) Tuesday
7. Countthenumberofcubesinthefiguregivenhere.
(A) 14

(B) 15

(C) 12

(D) 20

MATHEMATICAL REASONING
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8. Whatisthelengthof YZ ?
(A) 9cm

(B) 15cm

(C) 19cm

(D) 25cm

8cm

17cm

9. Whatisthevolumeoftherectangularsolidshownbelow?
(A) 10cubiccm

(B) 25cubiccm

(C) 30cubiccm

(D) 62cubiccm

3cm

2cm
5cm

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10. Whatisthevalueofxif3x+2=7?
(A) x=6

(B) x=3

(C) x=3

(D) x=6
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11. WhatistheareaoftrapezoidQRST insquareunits?

(A) 22

(B) 27

(C) 38

(D) 48

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12. Mr.Guptamadeascaledrawingofhisoffice.
1
cm=3m
2
Thewidthofthescaledrawingoftheofficeis2cm.

2cm

Whatistheactualwidth,inmetres,ofMr.Guptasoffice?
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 9
(D) 12

13. Whichpropertyisusedintheequationgivenbelow?
12(x+4)=12x+48
(A) AssociativePropertyofAddition

(B) CommutativePropertyofAddition

(C) DistributiveProperty

(D) ReflexiveProperty

14. Whichofthefollowingequationsillustratestheinversepropertyofmultiplication?
1
(A) 5 = 1
(B) 51=5
(C) 50=0
(D) 55=25
5
15. Arighttriangleshypotenusehaslength5units.Ifoneleghaslength2units,whatisthelengthofthe
otherleg?
(A) 3

(B)

(C)

21

29

(D) 7

16. Thesumofanumber(n)and14is72.Whichequationshowsthisrelationship?
(A) 14+n =72

(B) 72n=14

(C) 14n=72

(D) 72+n =14

(C) 5

(D) 4.

17. Findthevalueofx
9x + 7
x- 2
- x-
= 36
2
7

(A) 9

(B) 18

EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS
18. DennistheMenaceisthinkingoftwonumbers.Theirgreatestcommonfactoris6.Theirleastcommon
multipleis36.Oneofthenumbersis12.Whatistheothernumber?
(A) 18
(B) 16
(C) 6
(D) 24
19. FarmerRamuputasquarefencearoundhisvegetablegardentokeepthedeerfromeatinghiscorn.
Onesidewas10minlength.Ifthepostswereplaced2mapart,howmanypostsdidheuse?
(A) 16
(B) 20
(C) 10
(D) 15
20. Anita passed around a basket of strawberries to the girls at her party. Before the party she ate 5
strawberriesandgaveafriend3.Eightgirlsarrivedattheparty.Thefirstgirltookastrawberry,the
secondgirltook3strawberries,thethirdgirltook5strawberriesandsoon.Afterthelastgirltookher
strawberries,thebasketwasempty.Howmanystrawberrieswerethereinthebasketatthebeginning?
(A) 72
(B) 60
(C) 65
(D) 45
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