All India Open Mathematics Scholarship Examination

Std. V Mega Final April 2010 Page 1

since 1996 Total Questions : 15 Time : 45 minutes

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Q. 1. Simplify : (1) (2) (3) (4)
1 1 4 3 2 3
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Q. 2. Twenty percent less than 60 is one- third more than what number ?
(1) 16 (2) 36 (3) 32 (4) 48

Q. 3. Which of the following would equal to 70 using the BODMAS ?

(1) (2 x 3) + ( 4 x 5 ) (2) (2x3+4)x5
(3) 2x(3+4x5) (4) 2 x ( 3 + 4) x 5

Q. 4. The letter ‘T’ is formed by placing two 2 inch x 4 inch rectangle

next to each other as shown. What is the perimeter of ‘T’ in inches
(1) 12 (2) 16 (3) 20 (4) 24

Q. 5. A box contains silver coins. If the coins are equally divided among six people, four coins
are left over. If the coins are equally divided among five people, three coins are left over.
If the box contains the smallest number of coins that meets these two conditions, how
many coins are left when equally divided among seven people?
(1) 1 (2) 0 (3) 2 (4) 3
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Q. 6. In the diagram, a 4 x 4 grid is to be filled so that each of the
digiits 1, 2, 3 and 4 appears in each row and each column. 2
The 4 x 4 grid is divided into four smaller 2 x 2 squares. X
Each of these 2 x 2 squares is also to contain each of the digits 4
1, 2, 3 and 4. What digit will replace X
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

Q. 7. The English mathematician Augustus DeMorgan lived in the nineteenth century

(1801-1900). The over 40 year old mathematician made the following statement :
“ I was ‘x’ years old in the year x2.” In which year was he born.
(1) 1816 (2) 1824 (3) 1806 (4) 1849

Q. 8. In the year 2001, the International Mathematics Olympiad was held in U.S.A. Let
I. M. O. be disticnt positive integers such that the product of I x M x O = 2001. What is
the largest possible value of the sum of I + M + O ?
(1) 111 (2) 671 (3) 861 (4) 99

Q. 9. Use each of the numbers 5, 6 and 7 in the boxes and find the
greatest product.
(1) 455 (2) 475
(3) 450 (4) 480
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Q. 10. What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock when it is
6 : 43 p.m.
(1) 50 ½º (2) 56 ½º (3) 72 ½º (4) 68 ½º

Q. 11. Twelve 1 cm X 1 cm squares form a rectangle,

as shown in the figure The area of the shaded portion
in the figure will be :
(1) 8 sq. cm (2) 10 sq. cm
(3) 9 sq. cm (4) 7 sq. cm

Q. 12. A bell rings every 4 minutes, a second bell rings every 6 ninutes and a third bell rings
every 8 minutes. If all the three bells ring together for the first at 3 : 00 p.m., then at what
time will all the three bells ring together for the 5th time?
(1) 5 : 00 p.m. (2) 3 : 24 p.m. (3) 4 : 36 p.m. (4) 5 : 24 p.m.

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Q. 13. On the number line, the points are equally P
spaced. What number is represented by • • • • • • • • • 
point ‘P’
(1) 7. 052 (2) 7. 52 (3) 7.49 (4) 7.50

Q. 14. The odd integers from 5 to 21 are used to build the 5

3 x 3 magic square. ( In a magic square the numbers
in each row, column and diagonal have the same
sum ). If 5, 9 and 17 are placed as shown, what is 9 17
the value of ‘M’ when the magic square is complete ?
(1) 7 (2) 15 M
(3) 11 (4) 19

Q. 15. A certain sum of money amounts to Rs. 1680 in 3 years at simple interest and amounts
to Rs.1920 in 7 years at the same rate. What could be the rate of interest per annum ?
(1) 3% (2) 5% (3) 4% (4) 6%