1st MATH-Inic Vedic Mathematics National Challenge, Junior Category

1) 8999 + 9998 =
a) 18,887
b) 18,889
c) 18,997
d) 18,999
e) none of the above

2) 79,687 - 49,689 =
a) 29,999
b) 29,998
c) 29,997
d) 29,996
e) none of the above

3) 8889 x 9998 =
a) 88,722,222
b) 88,772,222
c) 88,872,222
d) 88,882,222
e) None of the above

4) 398.5 x 0.05 =
a) 19.175
b) 19.375
c) 19.825
d) 19.925
e) None of the above

5) What is the remainder when 7, 135, 246 is divided by 9?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) none of the above

6) 39.85 ÷ 0.005 =
a) 7960
b) 7970
c) 7980
d) 7990
e) none of the above
7) What is the digital root of the product of 9889 and 4334?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
e) none of the above

8) 800,000 – 756,789
a) 54,221
b) 54,211
c) 44,221
d) 43,211
e) none of the above

9) 29,998 + 2,998 + 298 + 28 =

a) 32,222
b) 33,222
c) 33,322
d) 33,332
e) none of the above

10) 155^2 =
a) 16,025
b) 18,025
c) 24,025
d) 30,025
e) none of the above

11) 1213 x 1004

a) 1,216,852
b) 1,217,642
c) 1,217,842
d) 1,217,852
e) none of the above

12) 406 x 503 =

a) 204, 218
b) 204, 418
c) 214, 218
d) 214, 418
e) none of the above
13) What is the Greatest Common factor of 48, 54 and 72?
a) 6
b) 9
c) 12
d) 18
e) none of the above

14) What is the Least Common Multiple of 24 ,54 and 216?

a) 864
b) 648
c) 432
d) 216
e) none of the above

15) What is the square root of 5329?

a) 63
b) 67
c) 73
d) 77
e) none of the above

16) What is the square of 987?

a) 964,169
b) 964, 369
c) 974, 087
d) 974,169
e) none of the above

17) 4 3/8 + 5 1/6 =

a) 9 21/48
b) 9 23/48
c) 9 11/ 24
d) 9 9/24
e) None of the above

18) 8 7/16 – 4 3/10

a) 4 11/160
b) 4 23/160
c) 4 11/80
d) 4 1/10
e) none of the above
19) 6 3/5 x 6 6/15 =
a) 36 6/25
b) 36 9/20
c) 42 6/25
d) 42 9/20
e) none of the above

20) What is 8 1/3 divided by 5/6 ?

a) 10
b) 8
c) 125/18
d) 18/125
e) none of the above

21) What is 12,114 divided by 97

a) 123 rem 84
b) 124 rem 64
c) 124 rem 74
d) 124 rem 86
e) none of the above

22) What is 12,434 divided by 112?

a) 110 rem. 74
b) 110 rem. 84
c) 111 rem. 2
d) 111 rem 12
e) none of the above

23) Which of the following fractions is the largest? 144/999; 72/499; 36/249; 18/125;
9/63
a) 114/999
b) 72/499
c) 36/249
d) 18/125
e) 9/63

24) What is 99.2 x 0.000889

a) 0.881888
b) 0.888188
c) 0.0888188
d) 0.0881888
e) none of the above
25) What is 987, 654, 321 x 9?
a) 8, 888, 888, 869
b) 8, 888, 888, 879
c) 8, 888, 888, 889
d) 8, 888, 888, 899
e) none of the above

26) The easiest way to solve the multiplication 496 x 404 is by

a) Conventional Multiplication
b) Nikhilam or Base Multiplication
c) Using the Average
d) By One More Than the One before
e) Vertically and Crosswise

27) What is the remainder when 12, 121, 212 is divided by 11

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) none of the above

28) Using Vertically and Crosswise, what is the least number of steps required to solve
this multiplication, 504 x 608
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
e) none of the above

29) Using Vertically and Crosswise, what is the least number of steps needed to solve
this multiplication, 1102 x 2201?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 7
e) none of the above

30) This multiplication, 911 x 889 can be easily be solved using

a) Conventional Multiplication
b) Nikhilam or Base Multiplication
c) Using the Average
d) By One More than the One Before
e) Vertically and Crosswise
31) What is the value of x if 2x/3 - 3 = 3
a) 12
b) 9
c) 6
d) 3
e) none of the above

32) What is 17.5% of 50 + 50% of 82.5

a) 42.5
b) 45
c) 50
d) 62.5
e) none of the above

33) What is the intersection of the lines 2x + y = 12 and x + 2y = 9 ?

a) ( 6, 1)
b) (5, 2)
c) (4, 3)
d) (3, 4)
e) none of the above

34) What is 4445 divided by 9?

a) 492 r. 8
b) 493 r. 8
c) 494 r. 8
d) 495 r. 8
e) none of the above

35) All of these multiplications can be simplified by using proportionately (doubling

and halving) except
a) 18 x 4
b) 35 x 24
c) 68 x 25
d) 21 x 15
e) none of the above

36) Which of the following multiplication cannot be solved using the sutra "By One
More Than The One Before" and its corollaries.
a) 85 x 85
b) 63 x 67
c) 76 x 36
d) 66 x 26
e) none of the above
37) What is the result when the sum of 55,555 and 59,867 is deducted from the sum
of 79,867 and 99,999?
a) 54,449
b) 54,444
c) 64,454
d) 64,444
e) none of the above

38) If a 2.3" x 2.3" square is removed from each of the 4 corners of a 10" x 15"
rectangle, what is the perimeter of the resulting figure?
a) 31.6'
b) 40.8"
c) 45.4"
d) 50"
e) none of the above

39) A fruit and vegetable dealer left his farm at 3:54 AM to deliver his goods at the
provincial market. It took him 1 hour 58 minutes to get to the market, 45 minutes to
unload his goods and 1 hour 25 minutes to return to his farm. What time did he return
to his farm?
a) 7: 58 AM
b) 8:02 AM
c) 8:04 AM
d) 8:06 AM
e) none of the

40) A local grass variety grows at the rate of 4.9 mm per day. What is its total growth
in 7 weeks?
a) 240.01 mm
b) 240.1 mm
c) 236.6 mm
d) 236.1 mm
e) none of the above

41) A rectangle is four times as it is high. A square has 9 times the area of the
rectangle. What is the ratio of the perimeter of the rectangle to the perimeter of the
square?
a) 1:3
b) 5:12
c) 12: 5
d) 3:1
 e) none of the above

42) Peter got grades of 84, 85, 87, 89 and 90 in his first 5 quizzes. What average grade
must he get in his last three quizzes so that he will have an average of 90 in all his
quizzes
a) 92
b) 93
c) 94
d) 95
e) none of the above

43) The senior citizen’s discount of 20% is applied after deducting the 12% value
added tax. The easiest way to compute what a senior citizen must actually pay at a
fast-food center is to
a) Deduct 12% from the list price and multiply the result by 0.8.
b) Deduct 32% from the list price.
c) Deduct (12/1.12)% from the list price then deduct 20% from the difference
d) Multiply the list price by (5/7)
e) none of the above

44) A car travelling at a constant speed covers a distance of 35 k in 1 hour 5 minutes.

Travelling at the same speed what distance can it cover in 1 hour 31 minutes?
a) 48 km
b) 49 km
c) 50 km
d) 51 km
e) none of the above

45) 9 4/11 x 10 7/11 =

a) 90 28/121
b) 99 28/121
c) 99 72/121
d) 99 110/121
e) none of the above

46) 12 can be expressed as the difference of the squares of two integers: 12 = 4^2 -
2^2. The number 48 can be expressed as the difference of the squares of how many
pairs of integers?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
 e) none of the above

47) If (x -1)/4 - (x -2)/3 = (x - 3)/12 then x is equal to

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
e) none of the above

48) The easiest way to compute mentally the total area of 36 squares each measuring
3.3 cm on one side is
a) (3.3 x 3.3 ) x 36
b) (3.3 x 6) x (3.3. x 6)
c) (3.3 x 3) x (3.3 x 12)
d) (3.3 x 3) x ( 3.3 x 3) x 4
e) (36 x 3.3) x 3.3

49) 978,978 is not divisible by

a) 14
b) 22
c) 26
d) 77
e) none of the above

50) In the figure below, in addition to 1 - 4 x 4 square, 4- 3 x 3 squares, 9 - 2 x 2

squares and 19 - 1 x 1 squares, there are
a) 12 - 1/2 x 1/2 and 3 - 3/2 x 3/2 squares
b) 12 - 1/2 x 1/2 and 2 - 3/2 x 3/2 squares
c) 16 - 1/2 x 1/2 and 3 - 3/2 x 3/2 squares
d) 16 - 1/2 x 1/2 and 2 - 3/2 x 3/2 squares
e) none of the above