Maths Olympiad Class (Regular) : Grade - 8

MATHS OLYMPIAD CLASS (Regular)
Grade - 8
Unit 1
Number Summation (Sigma)
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Unit 1 Number Summation (Sigma)
Questions
1. The sum of a series, 27 + 36 + 45 + … + 162 is 1512. What is the number

of terms in the series?
2. In an arithmetic progression, the sum of the first ten terms is 400 and the
sum of the next ten terms is 1000. Find the common difference and the
first term.
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3. What is the sum of all multiples of 3 from 21 to 162?
4. What is the sum of prime numbers between 9 and 99?
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5. The value of 2 + 3 + 4 + … + n is 560. Find the value of n.
6. In the year 2000, a shop sold 150 computers. Each year the shop sold 10
more computers than the year before, so that the shop sold 160 computers
in 2001, 170 computers in 2002 and so on. Find the total number of
computers the shop sold from 2000 to 2021.
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7. Compute 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + …. + 168 + 169 + 170 + 169 + 168 + … +
3 + 2 + 1.
8. Find the value of 12 + 22 + 32 + … + 252.
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9. Compute 122 + 142 + 162 + … + 382.
10. Compute 112 + 132 + 152 + … + 372.
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11. Find the value of 13 + 23 + 33 + … + 203.
12. Compute 163 + 173 + 183 + … + 353.
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13. Find the value of 3 + 5 + 8 + 13 + … + 377 + 610+ 987.
14. Compute 4 + 5 + 9 + 14 + 23 + 37 + 60 + 97 + 157 + 254 + 411 + 665.
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15. The second term of a Fibonacci number is 12. Its eighth term is 180. Find
the value of its first term.
16. Compute ∑12 2

𝑛=1 𝑛 .
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17. Compute ∑4𝑥=0(𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 1).
18. Compute ∑20 3 2

𝑖=1(𝑖 − 𝑖 ).
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19. Compute ∑100 2
𝑖=1(3 − 2𝑖) .
20. Find the sum of the number patterns below.
1 2 3 4 ⋯ ⋯ 20
2 3 4 5 ⋯ ⋯ 21
3 4 5 6 ⋯ ⋯ 22
⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ⋯ ⋯ ⋮
⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ⋯ ⋯ ⋮
20 21 22 23 ⋯ ⋯ 39
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Unit 2
Discovering the Patterns
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Unit 2 Discovering the Patterns
Questions
Find the missing numbers.
1. 30, 35, 33, 38, 36, 41, ?, ?
2. 12, 7, 24, 77, 48, 847, ?, ?
3. 1, 3, 4, 4, 10, 6, 22, 10, ?, ?
4. 8, 4, 1, 5, 9, 6, 0, ?, ?
5. 2, 2, 5, 11, ?, ?
6. 2, 2, 4, 12, 48, ?, ?
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7. 5, 8, 24, 27, 81, ?, ?
8. 848, 212, 208, 52, ? , ?
9. 16, 20.5, 25, 28, 36, 35.5, ?, ?
10. 1, 3, 8, 16, 27, ? , ?
11. 1, 3, 4, 21, 100, ?
12. 1, 2, 5, 26, ?
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13. Fill in the next four terms in the number sequence.
2, 8, 40, 240, ______, ______, ______, ______
14. Find the 29th term in the number sequence below.

3, 34, 78, 1516, …
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15. Find the sum of the numbers in the 50 group in the pattern below.
(1, 2, 3), (2, 9, 20), (3, 28, 87), …
16. In a sequence the first 3 terms are 1, 2 and 3. From the 4th term on, the next
terms are calculated from the previous 3 terms, the third term was
subtracted from the sum of the 1 st and 2nd terms:
1, 2, 3, 0, 5, –2, 7, …. What are the 2021st and 2022nd term of the sequence?
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17. In the following sequence,
3 6 11 18 27
, , , , ,...
7 26 63 124 215
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Find the 99 term of the sequence.
18. Study the following shape patterns and answer the questions below.
Fig: 1 Fig: 2 Fig: 3 Fig: 4
(a) How many small triangles are there in Fig: 10?

(b) How many big triangles are there in Fig: 20?
(c) Find the total number of triangles in Fig: 15.
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19. What is the 49th term of the following sequence:
3–1, 8–1, 17–1, 30–1, 47–1, 68–1, …
20. What is the 50th term of the following sequence:

13, 14, 17, 22, 29, …
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Unit 3
Cryptarithms (Higher Cryptarithms)
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Unit 3 Cryptarithms (Higher Cryptarithms)
Questions
1. In this addition, different letters represent different digits. What digits do
A, B, C and D represent?
6 B 5 2
9 C 4
+ A 3 7 D
1 1 1 1 1
2. If each different letter represents different digit, what is the 3 – digit

number BAG?
B A G
B A G
+ B A G
G R A B
CAD
3. In this addition, different letters represent different digits. Find ?
B+E+D
7 C C A
C A 3 6
+ B 3 A 1
D E 7 B 2
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4. In the following subtraction, different letters represent different digits.
What is the value of D + E?
A B C
– C B A
D E 6
5. In this subtraction, different letters represent different digits.

What number does M9NM represent?
9 I M N
– M 9 N M
1 2 N 6
6. If each letter represents different digit, what number does KML represent?
7 K 3 2 L 4
– M 2 L 5 3 M
L 3 L M 7 8
7. Given that A – B = 3 and find 4A – 3B.
B B
A A
B A
B B
A B
+ A A
2 3 1
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8. In the following multiplication, different letters represent different digits.
What is the value of A + B + C + D?
A B C D
× 4
D C B A
9. In the following expression, different letters represent different digits. Find

the value of the product.
K 3 L
× L K
M 6 K
+ K 3 1
2 N N K

Find the value of K.
2 K K
× L L
1 L L 2
+ 1 L L 2
1 M 2 M 2
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Find the value of unknown letters.
A B C
× A 5
1 1 7 D
+ C E R
P 8 5 0
12. In the following expression, boxes represent digits and different letters
represent different non – zero digits. Find the greatest possible value of the
product.
X Y
× Z Y
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13. A, B and C represent different digits, C ≠ 0 and a blank box may represent
any digits in the following division. What digits do A, B and C each
represent?
B C
A B
4
0
0
14. In the following operation, different letters represent different digits.

Find the value of dividend.
R B
R P B U S E R S
– B R S R
P R D S
– P T C B
B B R
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Unit 4
Fundamental Combination
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Unit 4 Fundamental Combination
Questions
1. How many decreasing numbers are there between 300 and 700?
2. How many decreasing numbers are there between 2000 and 7000?
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3. How many increasing numbers are there between 100 and 600?
4. How many 6-digit odd numbers with distinct digits are there?
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5. How many even numbers can be made with the digits 0, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
without repetition?
6. How many permutations of letters of the word TATTLETALE are there?
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7. A palindrome is a number that reads the same forward and backward.
How many different six – digit palindromes are there?
8. How many triangles are there?
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9. There are 12 nails on the wood board shown below. How many different
triangles can be formed with stretchy rubber bands?
10. Consider the 4 × 5 figure shown below.

(a) How many rectangles are there?
(b) How many squares are there?
(c) How many 1 × 2 rectangles are there?
(d) How many 2 × 3 rectangles are there?
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11. The 4 × 6 rectangular grid of squares shown below contains a shaded
square. How many rectangular sub-regions contain the shaded square?
12. How many ways are there to get from A to B if you can only go north or
west?
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13. Move are only allowed one segment to the right or one segment up.
How many paths from A to B are possible?
14. Moving only downward and rightward along the line segments, how many
paths are there from A to B?
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15. What is the largest number of regions that the plane can be divided into by
using 100 straight lines?
16. Seven circles and 1 line can at most cut a plane into how many parts?
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17. Two circles and a square lie in the plane. What is the maximum number
of points of intersection of two or more of these three figures?
18. Two circles and three straight lines lie in the same plane. If neither the
circles nor the lines are coincident, what is the maximum possible number
of points of intersection?
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19. We call the number that can be written as the sum of the squares of 2
different positive integers as “T & H numbers”. How many T & H numbers
are there from 1 to 100?
20. A company produces Chummy Chocolate Bars in 10 different flavours.

There are sold in packs of 4 so that, in each pack, each bar is a different
flavor. How many different packs are possible?
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21. A quiz team of 5 students is to be chosen from 6 boys and 4 girls. Find the
number of possible teams that can be selected in which these are more boys
than girls.
22. A committee of 5 students is to be chosen from 6 boys and 9 girls. Find

the number of ways that this can be done if
(a) there are no restrictions,
(b) there are to be 3 boys and 2 girls on the committee,
(c) there must be more girls and boys on the committee.
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23. A test consists of 10 different questions. 4 of the questions are on
trigonometry and 6 questions are on algebra. Students are asked to answer
8 questions.
(a) Find the number of ways in which students can select 8 questions if there
are no restrictions.
(b) Find the number of these selections which contain at least 4 algebra
questions.
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Unit 5
Extremum
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Unit 5 Extremum
Questions
1. Use 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 to construct two 4-digit numbers so that the
difference of those two numbers is minimized, find that difference.
2. Given x, y are distinct numbers from 1, 2, 3, …, 99, 100, find the maximum
x+y 2x + y
value of (a) (b) .
x–y x+y
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4 1 2
3. Find the value of a if a is an integer and   .
47 a 21
3 4 7
4. Find the values of b if b is an integer and   .
19 b 23
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13 1 9
5. How many integers y satisfies   .
121 y 20
2
6. For a rectangle with area 132 cm and the length and width of the rectangle
are integers, find the maximum perimeter of that rectangle.
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7. Use a wire with length 390 cm to form a rectangle so that the length and
width of the rectangle are integers. Find the largest area of this rectangle.
8. Use 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 to construct two 4-digit numbers so that the

product of those two numbers is maximized.
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9. Separate 13 as sum of several integers so that the product of those numbers
is maximized, how much is that product?
10. Separate 22 as sum of several integers so that the product of those numbers
is maximized, how much is that product?
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Unit 6
Function, Clock & Calender
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Unit 6 Function, Clock & Calender
Questions
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1. Consider the functions f , g : R → R defined as f(x) = and g(x) = 3𝑥 + 2.
𝑥2 +1
Find the formulas for g ° f and f ° g.
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2. Let f(x) = 6𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 and g(x) = 3 − . Find (f + g) (−1) and (f ° g) (2).
𝑥
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Grade – 8
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3. Consider the functions f , g : R → R defined as f(x) = √𝑥 + 1 and g(x) = 𝑥 3 .
Find the formulas for g ° f and f ° g.
4. If f : R → R and g : R → R are defined by f(x) = 2x + 3 and g(x) = x2 + 7,

then find the value of x such that g (f (x)) = 8.
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Grade – 8
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5. The function f : R→R defined as f (x) = x3 + 1 is bijective. Find its inverse.
6. The function f : Z×Z → Z×Z defined by the formula f (m, n) = (5m + 4n,
4m + 3n) is bijective. Find its inverse.
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Grade – 8
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7. Let B = {2𝑛 : 𝑛 ∈ 𝑍} = {… , , , 1, 2, 4, … }. Show that the function f : Z → B
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defined as f (n) = 2 is bijective. Then find f -1.
n
8. Calculate the acute angle formed by two hands when the time shows
10:42 a.m.
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9. What is the smaller angle formed by the hands of a clock at 10:07?
10. The time is 2:30. When will the minute hand and the hour hand be in
opposite directions?
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11. When will the minute hand and the hour hand form a right angle between
6:00 and 8:00?
12. How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?
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13. At what time between 2 and 3 o'clock will the hands of a clock be together?
14. If 17th march 2008 was Monday, what was 1st April 2012?
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15. If today is Sunday, what will be the day after 7777th day?
16. What day of the week was 15th August 1997?
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Grade – 8
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17. Which year in the future will have the same calendar exactly as 2009?
18. If the first day of a year (other than leap year) was Friday, then which was
the last day of that year?
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Grade – 8
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19. It was Tuesday on Feb 8, 2005. What was the day of the week on Feb 8,
2004.
20. Molly was born on 29th, Feb 2012 (Wednesday). If she lives to be till 2090,
how many birthdays would she celebrate on a Wednesday?
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Grade - 8
Unit 7
Telescopic Sum
Grade – 8
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Unit 7 Telescopic Sum
Questions
312 312 312 312 312
1. Evaluate + + + ⋯+ + .
1×2 2×3 3×4 154 × 155 155 × 156
5 7 9 11 13 15
2. Evaluate – + − + – .
2×3 3×4 4×5 5×6 6×7 7×8
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1 1 1 1
3. Evaluate + +… + + .
1×4 2×6 23 × 48 24 × 50
1 1 5 1
4. Evaluate + +⋯+ + .
2×6 2 × 14 182 × 186 38 × 186
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1 1 1 1 1
5. Evaluate + + + + .
2 2+4 2+4+6 2+4+6+8 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10
1 1 1 1 1
6. Evaluate + +…+ + + .
20 30 90 110 132
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1 1 1 1
7. The sum of + +… + + is in
2×3×4 3×4×5 13 × 14 × 15 14 × 15 × 16
𝑚
the form of in its lowest terms. Find the value of 𝑚 + 𝑛.
𝑛
1 1 1 1
8. Evaluate + +… + + .
1×2×3×4 2×3×4×5 6×7×8×9 7 × 8 × 9 × 10
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9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25
9. Evaluate – + – + – + – + .
20 30 42 36 72 90 110 132 156
1 1 1 1 1
10. Evaluate + + +⋯+ + .
√2+√1 √3+√2 √4+√3 √99+√98 √100+√99
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1 1 1 1
11. Evaluate + + …+ + .
2×6 6 × 10 182 × 186 186 × 190
1 1 1 1 1
12. Evaluate + + +…+ + .
3 15 35 483 575
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Grade – 8
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5 5 5 5
13. Evaluate + +… + + .
3×6 6×9 99 × 102 102 × 105
1 2 3 200
14. If 𝑆= 2 4 + 2 4 + 2 4 + ⋯+ 2 4 , find the value
1+1 +1 1+2 +2 1+3 +3 1+200 +200
of 80402 × 𝑆.
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Grade – 8
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(1×2×3)+(2×4×6)+(3×6×9)+⋯+(337×674×1011)
15. Find the value of
(1×3×6)+(2×6×12)+(3×9×18)+⋯+(337×1011×2022)
.
1 1 1 1
16. Evaluate + +… + + .
2×2×6 3×4×8 8 × 14 × 18 9 × 16 × 20
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1 1 1 1
17. Evaluate + + +… + +
1 1+ 2 1+2+3 1 + 2 + 3 + …+ 98 + 99
1
.
1 + 2 + 3 + …+ 99 + 100
1 1 1 1 1
18. Evaluate + + + ⋯+ + .
1×6 2×9 3 × 12 9 × 30 10 × 33
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Grade – 8
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19. Evaluate ∑∞
𝑛=2 .
𝑛2 −1
20. Let n be the positive integer such that
1 1 1 1 1
+ + +⋯+ = .
9√11+11√9 11√13+13√11 13√15+15√13 𝑛√𝑛+2+(𝑛+2)√𝑛 9
Find the value of n.
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Grade - 8
Unit 8
Fundamental Number Theory
Grade – 8
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Unit 8 Fundamental Number Theory
Questions
1. Find the value of a + b + c if 173 a is divisible by 9, 173 b is divisible by 11 and
173 c is divisible by 6.
2. A 9-digit number is formed by using each of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, …, 9 exactly

once. What is the greatest number that is divisible by 11?
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3. A 6-digit number, 53AB98 is divisible by 99. Find the value of A + B.
4. An 8-digit number is divisible by 36. When the digits in the ones and tens place
are removed, the number becomes 201020. Find the smallest possible value of
8-digit number.
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5. M1725N is divisible by 4. The remainder is 5 when it is divided by 11.
Find M + N.
6. When a 3-digit number 3 × 9 is added to 189, the sum 5y8 is divisible by 9.

Find the value of x and y.
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7. A 7-digit number, 1962ab6 is a multiple of 72. Find the possible value of a and b.
8. If n is a positive integer, which of the following statements about n 2 + n + 2 is true?

(A) It is neither a multiple of 2 nor 5.
(B) It is divisible by 2, but not by 5.
(C) It is divisible by 5, but not by 2.
(D) It is divisible by both 2 and 5.
(E) It is not divisible by either 2 or 5.
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Grade – 8
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9. Find the smallest positive integer n such that 1000 ≤ n ≤ 1100 and 1111n + 1222n
+ 1333n + 14444n is divided by 10.
27
10. Find the remainder of 4737 when it is divided by 11.
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11. A number when divided by 44, gives 432 as quotient and 0 as remainder. What
will be the remainder when dividing the same number by 31?
12. In a division sum, the divisor is 10 times the quotient and 5 times the remainder.
If the remainder is 46, find out the dividend.
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13. The difference of two numbers is 1365. On dividing the larger number by the
smaller, 6 is obtained as quotient and 15 as remainder. What is the smaller
number?
14. A three-digit number 4a3 is added to another three-digit number 984 to give a
four-digit number 13b7, which is divisible by 11. What is the value of (a + b)?
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15. On dividing a number by 56, we get 29 as remainder. On dividing the same
number by 8, what will be the remainder?
16. Find the remainder of 32021 when it is divided by 13.
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Grade – 8
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17. What is the remainder of 23456789 4 when it is divided by 9?
18. What is the remainder when 202220222022…2022 is divided by 9?
2022 groups of ‘2022’
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19. What is the remainder when 91990 is divided by 11?
20. What is the remainder of 22225555+55552222 when it is divided by 7?
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Grade - 8
Unit 9
Polynomials and Integer Solutions
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Unit 9 Polynomials and Integer Solutions
Questions
999 666 444
1. Rank 2 , 3 and 4 in ascending order in terms of their values.
x+y
2. Given that 9x² – 6xy + y² = 0, find the value of .
x–y
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3. Solve the following equations and find the value of |𝑥 − 𝑦|.
x² – xy = 13, y² – xy = 12
4. Given that (i) x² – y² = 144 (ii) x² – y² = 2011, find the possible values of
x and y. (x and y are positive integers)
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5. For any real number x, 4x² - 5x + 8 = a (x + 2)² + b (x + 2) + c.
Evaluate 5a + 3b + c.
6. It is given x + y = 4 and xy = 2. Find the values of x² + y² and x³ + y³.
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7. It is given a – b = 6. Find the value of a³ – b³ – 18ab.
8. If (x + y)² = 10 and (x – y)² = 6, then find x² + y² .
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x-3 2y
9. If x + 4y – 4 = 0, find the value of 9 × 81 .
x 3 y 3x+2y
10. Given that 5 = , 5 = 2. Find the value of 5 .
5
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x y
11. Given 3x + 3y = 2, find the value of 27 × 243 .
1 n
12. Given that xm = , x = 9. Find the value of x3m + 2n.
3
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13. It is given m – = 3. Find the values of m2 + 2 .
m m
1 1
14. Given that x 2 + 2
= 227. Evaluate x 3 + 3 .
x x
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15. It is given x² – 5x + 1 = 0, Find the value of x 2 + .
x2
1
16. Given that x² – 4x + 1 = 0, evaluate x 4 + .
x4
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17. How many distinct pairs of possible positive integers (m, n) are there so
1
that the sum of the reciprocals of m and n is ? (m ≠ n)
7
1 1
18. How many ways are there to express as the sum of two fractions
12 x
1
and where x and y are positive integers?
y
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1 1 2
19. Find the number of positive integer solutions : + = .
x y 5
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Unit 10
Prime Numbers and Square Numbers
Grade – 8
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Unit 10 Prime Numbers and Square Numbers
Questions
1. The sum of 9 consecutive prime numbers is an even number. Find the sum of
these prime numbers.
2. The product of two prime numbers is 437. What is the difference of these two
prime numbers?
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3. In how many ways is 50 as a sum of 3 prime numbers?
4. Different whole numbers are written on each face of a cube. The sum of two
whole numbers on the opposite faces equal to each of the 2 other sums of the
whole numbers on opposite faces. The face opposite 18 is a prime number, a.
The face opposite 14 is another prime number, b. Lastly, the prime number, c,
is opposite a whole number, 35. What is the value of a + b + c?
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5. How many twin prime numbers are there between 1 and 100?
311
6. x, y and z are all primes. The sum of their inverses is . Find the three
1001
primes.
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7. Two numbers are relatively prime if their only common factor is 1. How many
numbers less than 50 are relatively prime to 50?
8. The prime numbers m and n satisfy 5m + 7n = 198. What is the value of m + n?
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9. Given that 𝑝, 𝑝 + 8 and 𝑝 + 16 are all prime numbers.
Find the value of 𝑝 2 + (𝑝 + 8)2 + (𝑝 + 16)2 .
10. 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are all primes. If a + b + c = 72, then find ab + bc + ac.
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11. Find the value of n that satisfies the following;
n
(a) is a square number.
3
n
(b) is a cubic number.
5
12. Given 𝑎𝑏𝑐 = 𝑛2 and 𝑎 × 𝑏 × 𝑐 = 𝑛 + 3. Find the 3-digit number.
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13. Find the greatest value of prime number P in 1991P + 1, so the sum is a square
number.
14. Find the possible pairs of integers (𝑚, 𝑛) where (0 < 𝑚 < 𝑛 < 2021) of the
equation 20222 + 𝑚2 = 20212 + 𝑛2 .
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15. Find the largest integer N such that both N + 496 and N + 224 are perfect
squares.
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MATHS OLYMPIAD CLASS (Regular)

1. The sum of a series, 27 + 36 + 45 + … + 162 is 1512. What is the number

4. What is the sum of prime numbers between 9 and 99?

8. Find the value of 12 + 22 + 32 + … + 252.

10. Compute 112 + 132 + 152 + … + 372.

12. Compute 163 + 173 + 183 + … + 353.

14. Compute 4 + 5 + 9 + 14 + 23 + 37 + 60 + 97 + 157 + 254 + 411 + 665.

16. Compute ∑12 2

18. Compute ∑20 3 2

20. Find the sum of the number patterns below.

2. 12, 7, 24, 77, 48, 847, ?, ?

3. 1, 3, 4, 4, 10, 6, 22, 10, ?, ?

8. 848, 212, 208, 52, ? , ?

9. 16, 20.5, 25, 28, 36, 35.5, ?, ?

10. 1, 3, 8, 16, 27, ? , ?

11. 1, 3, 4, 21, 100, ?

14. Find the 29th term in the number sequence below.

Fig: 1 Fig: 2 Fig: 3 Fig: 4

(a) How many small triangles are there in Fig: 10?

19. What is the 49th term of the following sequence:

3–1, 8–1, 17–1, 30–1, 47–1, 68–1, …

20. What is the 50th term of the following sequence:

2. If each different letter represents different digit, what is the 3 – digit

5. In this subtraction, different letters represent different digits.

7. Given that A – B = 3 and find 4A – 3B.

9. In the following expression, different letters represent different digits. Find

10. In the following multiplication, different letters represent different digits.

14. In the following operation, different letters represent different digits.

6. How many permutations of letters of the word TATTLETALE are there?

8. How many triangles are there?

10. Consider the 4 × 5 figure shown below.

20. A company produces Chummy Chocolate Bars in 10 different flavours.

22. A committee of 5 students is to be chosen from 6 boys and 9 girls. Find

8. Use 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 to construct two 4-digit numbers so that the

4. If f : R → R and g : R → R are defined by f(x) = 2x + 3 and g(x) = x2 + 7,

16. What day of the week was 15th August 1997?

20. Let n be the positive integer such that

Find the value of n.

2. A 9-digit number is formed by using each of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, …, 9 exactly

6. When a 3-digit number 3 × 9 is added to 189, the sum 5y8 is divisible by 9.

8. If n is a positive integer, which of the following statements about n 2 + n + 2 is true?

16. Find the remainder of 32021 when it is divided by 13.

18. What is the remainder when 202220222022…2022 is divided by 9?

2022 groups of ‘2022’

20. What is the remainder of 22225555+55552222 when it is divided by 7?

6. It is given x + y = 4 and xy = 2. Find the values of x² + y² and x³ + y³.

8. If (x + y)² = 10 and (x – y)² = 6, then find x² + y² .

8. The prime numbers m and n satisfy 5m + 7n = 198. What is the value of m + n?

Find the value of 𝑝 2 + (𝑝 + 8)2 + (𝑝 + 16)2 .

10. 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are all primes. If a + b + c = 72, then find ab + bc + ac.

12. Given 𝑎𝑏𝑐 = 𝑛2 and 𝑎 × 𝑏 × 𝑐 = 𝑛 + 3. Find the 3-digit number.

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