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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- 1.6 workers can build a wall in 5 days. How many days will 3 workers take, working at the same speed? (a) 2 days (b) 11 days (c) 10 days (d) 8 days
- 2.Every pair follows the same rule: 2 : 6, 3 : 8, 5 : 12. What is 9 : ? (a) 21 (b) 20 (c) 13 (d) 27
- 3.4 workers can build a wall in 5 days. How many days will 2 workers take, working at the same speed? (a) 7 days (b) 11 days (c) 10 days (d) 3 days
- 4.A rectangle has an area of 66 sq cm and a length of 11 cm. What is its width? (a) 7 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 55 cm (d) 12 cm
- 5.A teacher has 8 pencils and 20 erasers. She makes identical gift packs using all of them. What is the greatest number of packs she can make? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 4
- 6.Which is the greatest: 0.55, 0.5, 0.018, 0.425? (a) 0.55 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.018 (d) 0.425
- 7.3 workers can build a wall in 11 days. How many days will 11 workers take, working at the same speed? (a) 4 days (b) 19 days (c) 2 days (d) 3 days
- 8.What is 3/4 of 12? (a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 3
- 9.1/3 + 2/3 = ? (a) 4/3 (b) 1 (c) 2/3 (d) 1/2
- 10.Every pair follows the same rule: 4 : 28, 6 : 42, 8 : 56. What is 2 : ? (a) 15 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) 13
- 11.Every pair follows the same rule: 3 : 9, 4 : 16, 8 : 64. What is 6 : ? (a) 18 (b) 40 (c) 36 (d) 12
- 12.What is the average of 66, 50, 78, 54 and 77? (a) 67 (b) 65 (c) 66 (d) 64
- 13.If 8x + 4 = 7x + 12, what is x? (a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 16 (d) 8
- 14.If 4x + 28 = 48, what is x? (a) 19 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) 5
- 15.If 5 kites cost ₹110, how much do 11 kites cost? (a) ₹242 (b) ₹264 (c) ₹1210 (d) ₹116
- 16.If 4 kites cost ₹64, how much do 10 kites cost? (a) ₹70 (b) ₹176 (c) ₹640 (d) ₹160
- 17.If 17 May is a Monday, what day of the week is 7 June? (a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
- 18.If 9x + 13 = 6x + 43, what is x? (a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 2 (d) 12
- 19.3 workers can build a wall in 5 days. How many days will 5 workers take, working at the same speed? (a) 7 days (b) 3 days (c) 4 days (d) 2 days
- 20.Every pair follows the same rule: 4 : 20, 8 : 40, 9 : 45. What is 5 : ? (a) 25 (b) 26 (c) 21 (d) 24
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a toy for ₹300 and sells it for ₹330. What is his profit percent? (a) 15% (b) 10% (c) 30% (d) 5%
- 22.Which fraction is greater: 2/3 or 4/11? (a) 4/11 (b) 2/3 (c) They are equal
- 23.Which is the smallest: 0.062, 0.5, 0.58, 0.478? (a) 0.062 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.58 (d) 0.478
- 24.Today is Saturday. What day of the week will it be after 13 days? (a) Thursday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
- 25.Today is Sunday. What day of the week will it be after 91 days? (a) Sunday (b) Tuesday (c) Monday (d) Saturday
- 26.A rectangle is 7 cm long and 4 cm wide. What is its area? (a) 28 sq cm (b) 11 sq cm (c) 22 sq cm (d) 35 sq cm
- 27.5.71 + 6.9 = ? (a) 12.71 (b) 6.4 (c) 12.51 (d) 12.61
- 28.What is 5% of 540? (a) 513 (b) 27 (c) 54 (d) 270
- 29.7 workers can build a wall in 4 days. How many days will 2 workers take, working at the same speed? (a) 15 days (b) 13 days (c) 14 days (d) 9 days
- 30.A rectangle is 11 cm long and 4 cm wide. What is its perimeter? (a) 30 cm (b) 15 cm (c) 26 cm (d) 44 cm
- 31.A rectangle is 14 cm long and 5 cm wide. What is its perimeter? (a) 33 cm (b) 38 cm (c) 70 cm (d) 19 cm
- 32.What is the smallest number of sweets that can be shared equally among 4 children or among 6 children, with none left over? (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 10 (d) 13
- 33.Every pair follows the same rule: 2 : 1, 6 : 17, 8 : 25. What is 3 : ? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 6
- 34.A rectangle is 18 cm long and 8 cm wide. What is its perimeter? (a) 26 cm (b) 44 cm (c) 144 cm (d) 52 cm
- 35.What is 2/7 of 28? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) 8
- 36.Every pair follows the same rule: 2 : 3, 4 : 7, 5 : 9. What is 3 : ? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 4
- 37.The simple interest on ₹6500 for 3 years is ₹975. What is the rate per year? (a) 15% (b) 6% (c) 4% (d) 5%
- 38.A square has a perimeter of 52 cm. What is its area? (a) 169 sq cm (b) 196 sq cm (c) 52 sq cm (d) 26 sq cm
- 39.A rectangle is 8 cm long and 3 cm wide. What is its area? (a) 11 sq cm (b) 32 sq cm (c) 22 sq cm (d) 24 sq cm
- 40.1/3 + 4/5 = ? (a) 17/15 (b) 16/15 (c) 5/8 (d) 6/5
Answer key
- 10 days
- 20
- 10 days
- 6 cm
- 4
- 0.55
- 3 days
- 9
- 1
- 14
- 36
- 65
- 8
- 5
- ₹242
- ₹160
- Monday
- 10
- 3 days
- 25
- 10%
- 2/3
- 0.062
- Friday
- Sunday
- 28 sq cm
- 12.61
- 27
- 14 days
- 30 cm
- 38 cm
- 12
- 5
- 52 cm
- 8
- 5
- 5%
- 169 sq cm
- 24 sq cm
- 17/15
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