Maths Olympiad Sample Paper (Practice)
How to solve it (Spot the topic first): Read the question and name the topic: HCF/LCM, fractions, calendar, ratio, percentage, interest, average, equation or number theory. Use that lesson’s method; write small working on rough paper. Look at the options: rule out answers that are too big, too small or the wrong kind. Check your answer by working backwards when you can.
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- 1.A teacher has 4 pencils and 14 erasers. She makes identical gift packs using all of them. What is the greatest number of packs she can make? (a) 10 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
- 2.What is the average of all the whole numbers from 46 to 54? (a) 51 (b) 8 (c) 50 (d) 4
- 3.What is the units digit of 3^47? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 7
- 4.A square has a perimeter of 32 cm. What is its area? (a) 81 sq cm (b) 16 sq cm (c) 32 sq cm (d) 64 sq cm
- 5.What is the units digit of 9^36? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 9
- 6.If 7 pens cost ₹77, how much do 4 pens cost? (a) ₹55 (b) ₹74 (c) ₹44 (d) ₹308
- 7.If 2x − 2 = 10, what is x? (a) 7 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 8.A rectangle has an area of 56 sq cm and a length of 8 cm. What is its width? (a) 8 cm (b) 7 cm (c) 48 cm (d) 14 cm
- 9.Two bells ring every 15 minutes and every 18 minutes. They ring together at 9:00. After how many minutes will they next ring together? (a) 90 min (b) 270 min (c) 33 min (d) 3 min
- 10.2/4 + 6/8 = ? (a) 11/8 (b) 5/4 (c) 2/3 (d) 9/8
- 11.If 7x + 10 = 6x + 11, what is x? (a) 21 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
- 12.The average of 8 numbers is 29. When one number is taken away, the average of the rest is 33. Which number was taken away? (a) 2 (b) 62 (c) 29 (d) 1
- 13.Every pair follows the same rule: 5 : 9, 6 : 11, 9 : 17. What is 7 : ? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 12
- 14.Every pair follows the same rule: 2 : 9, 3 : 14, 9 : 86. What is 6 : ? (a) 50 (b) 13 (c) 42 (d) 41
- 15.If 15 July is a Monday, what day of the week is 30 July? (a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 16.A rectangle has an area of 98 sq cm and a length of 14 cm. What is its width? (a) 7 cm (b) 84 cm (c) 14 cm (d) 8 cm
- 17.What is the value of the digit 1 in 81.362? (a) 0.01 (b) 10 (c) 0.1 (d) 1
- 18.If 8x + 23 = 103, what is x? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 80 (d) 10
- 19.If 4 March is a Sunday, what day of the week is 12 March? (a) Monday (b) Wednesday (c) Tuesday (d) Sunday
- 20.A square has a perimeter of 28 cm. What is its area? (a) 64 sq cm (b) 28 sq cm (c) 49 sq cm (d) 14 sq cm
- 21.What is the smallest number of sweets that can be shared equally among 4 children or among 6 children, with none left over? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 13
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a toy for ₹780 and sells it for ₹468. What is his loss percent? (a) 35% (b) 45% (c) 41% (d) 40%
- 23.If 10 December is a Wednesday, what day of the week is 23 December? (a) Wednesday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Thursday
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a toy for ₹320 and sells it for ₹448. What is his profit percent? (a) 45% (b) 35% (c) 41% (d) 40%
- 25.Which fraction is greater: 9/11 or 4/9? (a) 4/9 (b) They are equal (c) 9/11
- 26.Every pair follows the same rule: 2 : 1, 5 : 22, 7 : 46. What is 9 : ? (a) 70 (b) 79 (c) 77 (d) 78
- 27.What is the smallest number of sweets that can be shared equally among 6 children or among 15 children, with none left over? (a) 90 (b) 30 (c) 21 (d) 60
- 28.What is the average of 60, 70, 46, 53 and 76? (a) 63 (b) 62 (c) 60 (d) 61
- 29.9.91 + 9.8 = ? (a) 19.61 (b) 19.71 (c) 10.89 (d) 19.81
- 30.What is the value of the digit 8 in 25.318? (a) 8 (b) 0.008 (c) 0.8 (d) 0.08
- 31.If 13 March is a Wednesday, what day of the week is 27 March? (a) Thursday (b) Tuesday (c) Friday (d) Wednesday
- 32.2.88 + 5.8 = ? (a) 3.46 (b) 8.78 (c) 8.58 (d) 8.68
- 33.If 5x + 9 = 3x + 17, what is x? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 13
- 34.A rectangle is 17 cm long and 5 cm wide. What is its area? (a) 22 sq cm (b) 44 sq cm (c) 102 sq cm (d) 85 sq cm
- 35.What is the value of the digit 1 in 31.859? (a) 0.01 (b) 0.1 (c) 10 (d) 1
- 36.A rectangle is 20 cm long and 4 cm wide. What is its area? (a) 100 sq cm (b) 24 sq cm (c) 48 sq cm (d) 80 sq cm
- 37.A shopkeeper buys a toy for ₹780 and sells it for ₹585. What is his loss percent? (a) 30% (b) 25% (c) 26% (d) 20%
- 38.If 11 May is a Tuesday, what day of the week is 25 May? (a) Tuesday (b) Thursday (c) Wednesday (d) Monday
- 39.If 8x + 14 = 110, what is x? (a) 13 (b) 96 (c) 11 (d) 12
- 40.7.78 + 7.1 = ? (a) 8.49 (b) 14.88 (c) 14.78 (d) 14.98
Answer key
- 2
- 50
- 7
- 64 sq cm
- 1
- ₹44
- 6
- 7 cm
- 90 min
- 5/4
- 1
- 1
- 13
- 41
- Tuesday
- 7 cm
- 1
- 10
- Monday
- 49 sq cm
- 12
- 40%
- Tuesday
- 40%
- 9/11
- 78
- 30
- 61
- 19.71
- 0.008
- Wednesday
- 8.68
- 4
- 85 sq cm
- 1
- 80 sq cm
- 25%
- Tuesday
- 12
- 14.88
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