CREST Mathematics Olympiad (CMO)

Previous Year Paper (2021-22)

Class 8
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 Practical Mathematics (Each Question is 1 Mark)

1. A dishonest milkman mixed 2 L of water for every 5 L of milk and thus prepared a mixture of
milk and water of 49 L. If he finally adds 14 L of pure milk to the mixture, find the ratio of milk
and water in the mixture:

a. 12: 5 b. 14: 3
c. 7: 2 d. 9: 4

2. A sum of money lent out a simple interest amounts to $720 after 2 years and to $1020 after a
further period of 5 years. The sum is:

a. $500 b. $600
c. $700 d. $710

3. In a joint family, the average age of grandparents is 67 years, the average age of parents is
35 years and that of three grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family?

4 5
a. 28 7 b. 31 7
1 4
c. 32 2 d. 29 7

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

5 7 9 11 11 9 7 5
a. < < < b. < < <
7 9 11 13 13 11 9 7
5 11 7 9 5 9 11 7
c. < < < d. < < <
7 13 9 11 7 11 13 9

5. A shopkeeper sold furniture at $266 each after giving 5% discount on labelled price. Had he
not given the discount, he would have earned a profit of 12% on the cost price. The cost price
of each furniture was:

a. $200 b. $225
c. $250 d. $240

6. A metallic sheet is of rectangular shape with measurements 48 cm x 36 cm. From each one
of its corners a square of 8 cm is cut off. An open box is made of the remaining sheet. The
volume of the box is:

a. 5020 cm3 b. 1250 cm3

c. 2150 cm3 d. 5120 cm3

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7. A person travels at a speed of 24 km/hr and reaches a town in 32 hours. How much time
does he take to cover the same distance if his speed is 32 km/hr?

a. 8 hours b. 12 hours
c. 24 hours d. 28 hours

1 1
8. From a wire 10 2 m long, Samir cut of 5 pieces of 1 4 m each. How much length of the wire is
left?

1 1
a. 4 4 b. 21 4
1 1
c. 6 d. 5
4 4

4 2 1
9. The product of three rational numbers is − 11. If two of the numbers are − and − , then
3 11
find the third number:

a. -6 b. 6
c. 11 d. -11

6 𝑎 6 3𝑎
10. Find the value of 'a' such that (7) x(7) = 1296
2401
:

a. 4 b. 1
c. 0 d. 5

11. The sum of three expressions is x2 + y2 + z2. If two of them are 4x2 - 5y2 + 3z2 and - 3x2 + 4y2
+ 2z2, the third expression is:

a. 2𝑥 2 + 2𝑧 2 b. 2𝑦 2
c. 2𝑥 2 − 2𝑧 2 d. 2𝑦 2 − 4𝑧 2

12. What is the quotient when (x3 + 8) is divided by (x2 - 2x + 4)?

a. x – 2 b. x + 2
c. x + 1 d. x - 1

1
13. is subtracted from a number and the difference is multiplied by 4. If 25 is added to the
2
product and the sum is divided by 3, the result is equal to 10. Find the number:

3 7
a. b.
5 4
6 2
c. d.
7 3

14. Which of the following is not a possible solution for 2x - 5y = 4?

a. x = 2, y = 0 b. x = 7, y = 2
c. x = 12, y = 4 d. x = 15, y = 6

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15. The product of two rational numbers is -13/35. If one of them is , then find the absolute value
7
of the difference of these rational numbers:

2 31
a. 35
b. 1 105
4 46
c. 5
d. 105

16. A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 yellow balls and 7 pink balls. If one ball is drawn at random from
the bag, what is the probability that it is either pink or red?

1 2
a. 3
b. 3
11 1
c. 15
d. 15

17. In an examination, a batch of 60 students made an average score of 55 and another batch of
40 made it only 45. What is the overall average score?

a. 52 b. 40
c. 51 d. 56

18. Find the points where the straight line 2x - 3y = 12 cut x-axis and y-axis:

a. (6, 0) & (0, 4) b. (-6, 0) & (0, 4)

c. (6, 0) & (0, -4) d. (4, 0) & (6, 0)

19. My brother is 3 years elder to me. My father was 28 years of age when my sister was born
while my mother was 26 years of age when I was born. If my sister was 4 years old when my
brother was born, then what was the age of my father and mother respectively when my
brother was born?

a. 32, 23 years b. 35, 29 years

c. 32, 29 years d. 35, 33 years

20. A train travelling at 90 km/h crosses a stationary goods train 200 m long in the same direction
in 15 s. In how much time will it cross a man moving in the opposite direction at 5 m/s?

a. 5.83 s b. 7.5 s
c. 5 s d. 8.33 s

21. Find the square root of the following:

1 1 25
x ÷
4 49 121

11 11
a. 5
b. 70
7 11
c. 11
d. 7

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22. Observe the graph and identify the point which is not collinear:

a. (1, 1) b. (3, 1)
c. (2, 2) d. (3, 3)

23. In the figure given below AN and CP are perpendiculars to the diagonal BD of a
parallelogram, then which of the following options is correct?

a. AN = CP b. AN > CP
c. AN < CP d. None of these

24. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

a. Probability of an event can never exceed 1

b. The median of the data 21, 26, 16, 29, 32 is 16.
c. The mode of a set of data is the value which occurs most often.
d. Double bar graphs are used to compare two sets of data

25. In the given figure (not drawn to scale), if AB || CG || EF, then find the value of the following:
(i) 2z - x
(ii) x + 2y

a. (i) 40°, (ii) 220° b. (i) 60°, (ii) 200°

c. (i) 50°, (ii) 200° d. (i) 40°, (ii) 200°

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26. Which of the following figures shows the given solid as viewed from above?

a. b.

c. d.

27. The figure shows a rectangle ABCD. Calculate the unshaded area:

a. 4x + 3y b. 8x + 5y
c. 12xy d. 22xy

28. In the given figure, ∠DAC = 30°, ∠CBD = 40°, ∠ADB = y°, and ∠ACB = x°.
Find the difference between angles y° and x°:

a. 30° b. 80°
c. 60° d. 70°

29. Subtract 4p2 - 2q + 7r3 from 3q + 7p2 - 2r3 + 4:

a. p2 + 2𝑞 + 5r 3 + 1 b. 11p2 + 𝑞 + 5r 3 + 1
c. −3p2 + 5𝑞 + 9r 3 − 7 d. 3p2 + 5𝑞 − 9r 3 + 4

30. A triangular prism has P faces, Q vertices and R edges.

Choose the correct value of P, Q and R:

a. P - 5, Q - 6, R - 7 b. P - 5, Q - 6, R - 9
c. P - 5, Q - 5, R - 8 d. P - 6, Q - 8, R - 12

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31. The side of a cube is halved. By what percent will its surface area decrease?

a. 50% b. 75%
c. 25% d. Surface area remains same

32. Simplify and match the following:

List-I List-II
1. (8x + 8y)/8 I. 7x10 - 4
2. (-15x3 + 12x7)/3 II. (3x5 + 4y9)/y3
3. (14x12y - 8x2y)/2x2y III. x+y
4. (36x5 + 48y9)/12y3 IV. 4x7 - 5x3

a. 1 – IV, 2 – III, 3 – II, 4 – II b. 1 – II, 2 – I, 3 – III, 4 – IV

c. 1 – I, 2 – II, 3 – III, 4 – IV d. 1 – III, 2 – IV, 3 – I, 4 – II

33. Study the following graph carefully to answer the following question:
Profit % = (Profit earned/Total investment) x 100
Profit earned = Total income - Total investment in the year

If the total amount invested by the two Companies in 2009 was 27 million, while the amount
invested by Company B was 50% of the amount invested by Company A, what was the total
profit earned by the Companies?

a. $21.15 million b. $20.70 million

c. $18.70 million d. $20.15 million

34. Given that the number 1735538A36 is divisible by 3, where A is a digit, what are the possible
values of A?

a. 1 b. 4
c. 7 d. All of these

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35. What is the least number that must be added to 1901 so that the sum may be a perfect
square is:

a. 35 b. 32
c. 30 d. 29

36. Find the value of the following:

(4)0.5 × (0.5)4

a. 1 b. 4
1 1
c. d.
8 32

37. Which of the following options is same as 43.5:25?

a. 4: 1 b. 2: 1
c. 7: 5 d. 7: 10

1 1
38. If 𝑎2 + 𝑎2= 10, then find the value of 𝑎4 + 𝑎4:

a. 90 b. 98
c. 100 d. 102

39. A fraction becomes 2 when 1 is added to both the numerator and the denominator, and it
becomes 3 when 1 is subtracted from both the numerator and the denominator. The
numerator of the given fraction is:

a. 7 b. 4
c. 3 d. 2

40. A circle is inscribed in an equilateral triangle of side a. What is the area of any square
inscribed in the circle?

a2 a2
a. b.
3 4
a2 a2
c. d.
6 8

Achiever’s Section (Each Question is 2 Marks)

41. The ratio between the present ages of M and N is 5: 3 respectively. The ratio between M's
age 4 years ago and N's age after 4 years is 1: 1. What is the ratio between M's age after 4
years and N's age 4 years ago?

a. 2: 1 b. 1: 3
c. 4: 1 d. 3: 1

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42. A field is 200m long and 150 m broad. There is a plot 50 m long and 40 m broad, near the
field. The plot is dug 7 m deep and the earth taken out is spread evenly on the field. By how
many meters is the level of the field raised?

a. 0.25 m b. 0.42 m
c. 0.49 m d. 0.47 m

43. By selling pistachios at $120 per kg, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 20%. By how much
should he increase the S.P., so as to gain 30%:

1 2
a. 9 3% b. 8 3%

1 1
c. 8 3% d. 7 3%

44. Mona, Mike, Lucy, and Jane bought a car for $60,000. Mona paid one half of the sum of the
amounts paid by the other three. Mike paid one-third of the sum of the amounts paid by the
other three, and Lucy paid one-fourth of the sum of the amounts paid by the other three. How
much did Jane have to pay?

a. $15,000 b. $13,000
c. $17,000 d. $16,000

45. Match the statements of Column A with those of Column B:

Column A Column B
1. The point of concurrence of perpendicular I. In centre
bisectors of the sides of a triangle
2. The point of concurrence of altitudes of a II. Orthocentre
triangle
3. The point of concurrence of medians of III. Circumcentre
the triangle
4. The point of concurrence of internal angle IV. Centroid
bisectors of a triangle

a. 1 – III, 2 – II, 3 – IV, 4 – I b. 1 – III, 2 – IV, 3 – II, 4 – I

c. 1 – III, 2 – I, 3 – IV, 4 – II d. 1 – I, 2 – II, 3 – III, 4 – IV

46. Three men and four women can complete a job in 12 days. 12 men and 4 women can
complete it in 4 days. How much time does a women take to complete it (in days)?

a. 144 b. 120
c. 98 d. 84

47. Which of the following statements is always true?

𝑥−𝑦
a. is a rational number between x and y.
2
𝑥+𝑦
b. is a rational number between x and y.
2
𝑥𝑦
c. is a rational number between x and y.
2
𝑥÷𝑦
d. is a rational number between x and y.
2

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48. A bag has 2$ and 5$ coins. If the value of the coins in the bag is $150 and there are coins of
both types, find the number of ways in which the two types of coins can be distributed:

a. 11 b. 13
c. 12 d. 14

49. Draw four rays OA, OB, OC, OD such that ∠AOB = 58°, ∠COD = 64°. OP bisects ∠AOB, OQ
bisects ∠COD. If OQ is perpendicular to OP, then find the value of ∠BOC:

a. 29° b. 50°
c. 51° d. 48°

50. The smallest number that must be added to 680621 to make the sum a square is:

a. 4 b. 5
c. 6 d. 8

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Answer Key
1. c 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. c 6. d 7. c 8. a 9. a 10. b
11. d 12. b 13. b 14. d 15. b 16. b 17. c 18. c 19. a 20. a
21. b 22. b 23. a 24. b 25. d 26. d 27. d 28. d 29. d 30. b
31. b 32. d 33. b 34. d 35. a 36. c 37. a 38. b 39. a 40. c
41. d 42. d 43. c 44. b 45. a 46. a 47. b 48. d 49. a 50. a

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