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.If 2x + 22 = 26, what is x? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
- 2.Every pair follows the same rule: 5 : 25, 6 : 29, 8 : 37. What is 4 : ? (a) 22 (b) 24 (c) 21 (d) 20
- 3.Every pair follows the same rule: 2 : 2, 5 : 23, 6 : 34. What is 3 : ? (a) 8 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 7
- 4.The simple interest on ₹8500 for 2 years is ₹1360. What is the rate per year? (a) 7% (b) 8% (c) 16% (d) 9%
- 5.What is the simple interest on ₹5000 at 7% per year for 3 years? (a) ₹1400 (b) ₹1050 (c) ₹6050 (d) ₹350
- 6.₹9000 is invested at 5% per year simple interest. What is the amount after 4 years? (a) ₹9450 (b) ₹11250 (c) ₹1800 (d) ₹10800
- 7.If 8x − 23 = 97, what is x? (a) 120 (b) 16 (c) 15 (d) 14
- 8.If x/2 + 11 = 16, what is x? (a) 10 (b) 5 (c) 54 (d) 21
- 9.Every pair follows the same rule: 4 : 15, 6 : 35, 8 : 63. What is 7 : ? (a) 18 (b) 48 (c) 49 (d) 47
- 10.6.84 + 2.3 = ? (a) 9.04 (b) 9.24 (c) 9.14 (d) 7.07
- 11.4.11 + 7.6 = ? (a) 11.71 (b) 11.81 (c) 4.87 (d) 11.61
- 12.A rectangle has an area of 132 sq cm and a length of 12 cm. What is its width? (a) 22 cm (b) 12 cm (c) 120 cm (d) 11 cm
- 13.2.84 + 3.5 = ? (a) 3.19 (b) 6.24 (c) 6.34 (d) 6.44
- 14.3 workers can build a wall in 14 days. How many days will 2 workers take, working at the same speed? (a) 15 days (b) 21 days (c) 13 days (d) 22 days
- 15.What is the smallest number of sweets that can be shared equally among 9 children or among 15 children, with none left over? (a) 90 (b) 135 (c) 24 (d) 45
- 16.A teacher has 8 pencils and 28 erasers. She makes identical gift packs using all of them. What is the greatest number of packs she can make? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 2
- 17.If 2 notebooks cost ₹28, how much do 3 notebooks cost? (a) ₹56 (b) ₹42 (c) ₹29 (d) ₹84
- 18.What is the average of all the whole numbers from 30 to 44? (a) 7 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 14
- 19.What is the value of the digit 5 in 83.615? (a) 0.5 (b) 0.05 (c) 0.005 (d) 5
- 20.What is 3/8 of 96? (a) 12 (b) 48 (c) 60 (d) 36
- 21.Which of these numbers is divisible by 4? (a) 339 (b) 340 (c) 342 (d) 345
- 22.What is the average of all the whole numbers from 31 to 41? (a) 5 (b) 37 (c) 10 (d) 36
- 23.What is the remainder when 334 is divided by 7? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2
- 24.Every pair follows the same rule: 4 : 18, 7 : 51, 8 : 66. What is 9 : ? (a) 83 (b) 84 (c) 23 (d) 81
- 25.What is the remainder when 522 is divided by 8? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 6 (d) 2
- 26.2/7 + 2/3 = ? (a) 2/5 (b) 1 (c) 20/21 (d) 19/21
- 27.If 8x + 5 = x + 68, what is x? (a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 11
- 28.If 7 kites cost ₹63, how much do 4 kites cost? (a) ₹252 (b) ₹45 (c) ₹36 (d) ₹60
- 29.What is 75% of 900? (a) 6750 (b) 1350 (c) 225 (d) 675
- 30.Which of these numbers is divisible by 4? (a) 3541 (b) 3537 (c) 3547 (d) 3540
- 31.In how many years will ₹7000 earn ₹840 simple interest at 4% per year? (a) 2 years (b) 6 years (c) 4 years (d) 3 years
- 32.₹204 is shared between two friends in the ratio 5 : 7. How much is the bigger share? (a) ₹17 (b) ₹85 (c) ₹102 (d) ₹119
- 33.If 9x − 34 = 38, what is x? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 72
- 34.A shopkeeper buys a toy for ₹620 and sells it for ₹682. What is his profit percent? (a) 10% (b) 5% (c) 15% (d) 62%
- 35.Every pair follows the same rule: 2 : 8, 4 : 64, 6 : 216. What is 5 : ? (a) 125 (b) 11 (c) 140 (d) 20
- 36.1/2 + 2/8 = ? (a) 3/4 (b) 3/10 (c) 7/8 (d) 5/8
- 37.Every pair follows the same rule: 2 : 8, 3 : 27, 4 : 64. What is 5 : ? (a) 20 (b) 125 (c) 101 (d) 11
- 38.Two ribbons are 4 cm and 18 cm long. Both are cut into pieces of the same length with nothing left over. What is the longest each piece can be? (a) 1 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 14 cm (d) 2 cm
- 39.Every pair follows the same rule: 2 : 4, 3 : 9, 8 : 64. What is 5 : ? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) 10 (d) 31
- 40.In how many years will ₹6500 earn ₹1560 simple interest at 6% per year? (a) 3 years (b) 8 years (c) 4 years (d) 5 years
Answer key
- 2
- 21
- 7
- 8%
- ₹1050
- ₹10800
- 15
- 10
- 48
- 9.14
- 11.71
- 11 cm
- 6.34
- 21 days
- 45
- 4
- ₹42
- 37
- 0.005
- 36
- 340
- 36
- 5
- 83
- 2
- 20/21
- 9
- ₹36
- 675
- 3540
- 3 years
- ₹119
- 8
- 10%
- 125
- 3/4
- 125
- 2 cm
- 25
- 4 years
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