Class VIII IMO

Past Year Paper 2010

IMO SOF INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD

Past Year Paper - 2010
Time: 1 hour Total Marks: 50

Guidelines for the Candidate

1. Additional 10 (Ten) minutes will be given to the students to fill up the students'
information before the start of the exam.
2. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. There is no negative marking. Use
of calculator is not permitted.
3. Write your Name, Roll No., and Class clearly on the Answer Sheet and do not forget to
sign.
4. There is only one correct answer hence mark one choice only
5. Darken your choice with HB Pencil or Blue / Black Ball Point Pen only. For Example
Q.16: A number has nine ones, six tens and eight hundreds. What is the number?
(A) 869
(B) 896
(C) 968
(D) 986
As the correct answer is option No. (A), the candidate should darken the circle
corresponding to option No (A)

6. Rough work should be done in the blank space provided in this booklet.
7. Return the answer sheet to the invigilator at the end of the exam. The question paper can
be retained by the student.

SECTION I: LOGICAL REASONNING

1. The square tiles given here are arranged to show a pattern. Which expression can be
used to determine the number of square tiles in Stage n?

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4

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A. 4n + 3
B. 5n + 2
C. n2 + 6
D. n3 + 6

2. Which of the following figures comes next in the given pattern?

A. B. C. D.

3. In a certain code INACTIVE is written as VITCANIE. How is ALIGATOR written in that

code?
A. ROTAGILA
B. ROTAGAIL
C. ROTAGILE
D. OTAGILAR

4. If 'bat' is 'racket', 'racket' is 'football' is 'shuttle', 'shuttle' is 'ludo' and 'ludo' is

'carrom', what is cricket played with?
A. Racket
B. Football
C. Bat
D. Shuttle

5. Shivani saw the restaurant sign shown below.

Manager's Special

Choose 1 main dish, 1 side dish, and 1 bread for `880.

Main Dish Side Dish Bread

Meat loaf Corn Dinner roll
Chicken - fried steak Beans Biscuit
Mashed potatoes
Macaroni & Cheese

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How many different combinations are possible if Shivani buys the managers special?
A. 8
B. 16
C. 24
D. 11

6. In the series 6 4 1 2 2 8 7 4 2 1 5 3 8 6 2 1 7 1 4 1 3 2 8, how many pairs of successive

numbers have a difference of 2 each?
A. Four
B. Five
C. Six
D. Seven

7. This Venn diagram is used to classify counting numbers according to a set of rules.
Which one of the following numbers belongs in the region of the diagram marked by
the question mark?

A. 45
B. 50
C. 60
D. 65

8. If you cut out and fold the pattern shown on the right to make
a cube, which letter will be on the face of the cube opposite
the face labelled 3?

A. 2
B. 1
C. 5
D. 6

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9. The given chart shows how much the Party house charges for pizza parties for
different number of people.
Number of People Cost
5 `125
8 `140
12 `160
20 `200
If n stands for the number of people and C stands for the cost in `, which equation
represents the information in the chart?
A. C = 5n + 100
B. C = n + 45
C. C = 5n + 40
D. C = 2n + 35

10. Which is the top view of the prism?

A. B. C. D.

11. The given question consists of four figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 called the Problem Set. There
is a definite relationship between figures 1 and 2. Establish a similar relationship
between figures 3 and 4 by selecting a suitable figure from the options that would
replace the question mark (?) in fig. (4).

A. B. C. D.

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12. Which number would replace the question mark in the series?
7, 12, 19, ?, 39
A. 39
B. 28
C. 26
D. 24

13. Anusha remembers that her brother Kabirs birthday falls after 20th May but before
28th May. While Pia remembers that Kabirs birthday falls before 22nd May but after
12th May. On what date Kabirs birthday falls?
A. 20th May
B. 21st May
C. 22nd May
D. 12th May

14. The mirror-image of the figure (X), when mirror is placed along PQ from amongst the
four alternatives is _______

A. B. C. D.

15. How many triangles are there in the given figure?

A. 8
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12

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16. A is the father of C and D is son of B. E is brother of A. If C is sister of D, how is B

related to E?
A. Daughter
B. Brother
C. Husband
D. Sister-in-law

17. If means , means +, + means and means , then 40 12 + 3 6 60 =?

A. 7.95
B. 16
C. 44
D. 4

18. Which letter will be the fifth from the right if the first and second, the third and fourth
and so on are interchanged among each other in the word COMPANIONATE?
A. A
B. I
C. N
D. O

19. Which one of the following sets is best represented in the adjoining diagram?

A. Animals, Insects, Cockroaches

B. Country, States, Districts
C. Animals, Males, Females
D. States, Districts, Union territories

20. Find the missing character from among the given options.

A. 22
B. 30
C. 32
D. 42

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SECTION II: MATHEMATICAL REASONING

21. Supriya is standing in the Sun close to a lamp post. Supriya is 5 feet tall and her
shadow is 2 feet long. The shadow of the lamp post is 8 feet long. How tall is the lamp
post?

A. 20 ft
B. 18 ft
C. 16 ft
D. 14 ft

22. What is the value of 3(x2 4x) when x = 5?

A. 5
B. 15
C. 30
D. 55

1 1 1
23. The value of 2/3
+ 3/4
+ 1/5
is _____________
216 256 32
A. 102
B. 105
C. 107
D. 109

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24. What is the value of x in the given equation?

3x + 1 2x - 3 x + 3 3x - 1
+ = +
16 7 8 14
A. 2
B. 4
C. 3
D. 5

25. Last year Mr. Nitin earned `5,800 from the corn he grew on his farm. This year he
expects a 7% increase in the income from corn. How much does he expect to earn
from corn this year?
A. `406
B. `6,206
C. `8,600
D. `9,600

26. The radius of the large circle is equal to the diameter of the small circle. If the area of
the small circle is 13m2, what is the area of the shaded region?

A. 55 m2
B. 48 m2
C. 39 m2
D. 26 m2

27. If RTW ABC, what is the measure of T in the given figure?

A.12
B. 72
C. 80
D. 90

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120m2 n-3
28. Write in simplest form using only positive exponents. Assume that m 0
60m5 n-2
and n 0.
2n
A. 3
m
2
B. 3
mn
2m3
C.
n
1
D. 3
mn

29. A 2 cm long grasshopper can jump 160 cm. If a 6 metre tall animal had the same
height and jump ratio, how far could he jump?
A. 48 m
B. 480 m
C. 180 m
D. 8000 m

30. John made the given grid to show the location of some things in his garden.
Which ordered pair best represents the point on the grid labelled tree?

A. (2, 6)
B. (3, 1)
C. (1, 3)
D. None of these

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31. Students at a local college were asked how many hours they slept last night. The
adjoining chart shows the data. A bar graph of this data will be made on a grid that is
20 units. What scale would be most appropriate for the axis labelled Number of
Students?
Hours of Sleep Number of Students
6 14
7 26
8 28
9 15
More than 10 6

A. 1 unit = 1 student
B. 1 unit = 2 students
C. 1 unit = 10 students
D. 1 unit = 28 students

32. ABCD is a parallelogram. The angle bisectors of A and D meet at O. The measure of
AOD is _______________.
A. 45
B. 90
C. Depends on the angles A and D
D. Not able to determine from given data

33. Which of the following numbers does NOT have a multiplicative inverse?
1
A.
3

B. 0

C. 1

D. 3

34. The radius of the cylinder, whose lateral surface area is 704 cm2 and height 8 cm, is
__________.
A. 6 cm
B. 4 cm
C. 18 cm
D. 14 cm

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35. Which expression is equivalent to 5[4 + 3(x 6)] ?

A. 15x 10
B. 15x 70
C. 15x 14
D. 15x 110

36. Between which two consecutive whole numbers 1,000 lies?

A. 29 and 30
B. 30 and 31
C. 31 and 32
D. 32 and 33

37. Which two quadrilaterals have exactly one line of symmetry?

A. (1) and (5)

B. (2) and (3)
C. (1) and (4)
D. (2) and (5)

38. Which of the following expressions represents the distance around the triangle?

A. 5x + 39
B. 4x 37
C. 4x + 39
D. 6x + 47

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39. What are the lengths of the sides of a triangle that has a perimeter of 24 centimetres?
A. 6 cm, 6 cm, 12 cm
B. 7 cm, 7 cm, 10 cm
C. 3 cm, 8 cm, 13 cm
D. 4 cm, 5 cm, 15 cm

40. Manish saw the given figure while he was reading a book on astronomy. How is the
distance from Venus to the Sun written in scientific notation?

A. 67.23 106 miles

B. 0.6723 108 miles
C. 6.723 104 miles
D. 6.723 107 miles

SECTION III: EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS

41. The Wright brothers had their first successful flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Mr. Satish finds it easy to remember the year in which the flight occurred because the
number 3,621,502, the square root of his telephone number is nearest to a whole
number. In which year did the flight occur?
A. 1902
B. 1903
C. 1904
D. 1905

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42. Dhruv plans on leaving his home in Delhi at 8:00 A.M. He will drive at an average
speed of 40 km per hour and plans to arrive at his destination just before 11:00 A.M. If
he makes no stops along the way, which of the four places is his destination?

A. w
B. x
C. y
D. z

43. Jasmine is a much better tennis player than Reshma. They decided to have a contest.
Every time Jasmine wins a game, she will earn 3 points and every time Reshma wins a
game, she will earn 5 points. If they play 48 games and the final score is tied, how
many games did Jasmine win?
A. 50
B. 40
C. 30
D. 18

44. Sushmita used 200 square tiles to tile her kitchen floor. Of these, 66 tiles were green.
What percent of the tiles were green?
A. 134%
B. 66%
C. 33%
D. 3.03%

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45. Nalini and three of her friends worked together to make a quilt. The given table lists
the fractional part of the quilt that each of the girls made. Which list shows the girls in
order from one who sewed the most to the one who sewed the least?
Girl Parts Sewn
3
Nalini
8
1
Kamini
5
2
Shalini
5
1
Reena
40

A. Reena, Nalini, Shalini, Kamini

B. Shalini, Nalini, Kamini, Reena
C. Reena, Kamini, Nalini, Shalini
D. Kamini, Shalini, Nalini, Reena

46. Two flower beds in a park are similar rectangles of same width. The longest side of
the large flower bed is 24 cm long, and the longest side of the small flower bed is 8 cm.
If L is the area of the large flower bed and S is the area of the small flower bed, which
equation is true?

A. S = L 16

B. S = L + 16

1
C. S = L
9
1
D. S = L
3

47. A machine takes 12 minutes to fill 200 bottles of soda. At this rate, how many minutes
will it take the machine to fill 500 bottles of soda?
A. 25 minutes
B. 28 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 40 minutes

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48. Jiah is building birdhouses. It takes her 3 hours to build 4 birdhouses. Which of the
2
following is an equivalent rate?
A. 14 hours to build 18 birdhouses
B. 28 hours to build 35 birdhouses
C. 7 hours to build 8 birdhouses
D. 21 hours to build 28 birdhouses

49. Madhuri is on the fourth floor of a building. Her car is in the parking garage three
levels below the ground floor. She gets in the elevator and travels from the fourth
floor above ground level to the third floor below ground level. How many floors did
she travel?
A. 3
B. 1
C. 4
D. 7

50. Mrs. Ravina needs to take a taxi to the doctors clinic. The taxi ride costs `13.00 for the
first km and `6 for each km thereafter. How much does Mrs. Ravina pay for a 2.3 km
taxi ride?
A. `25
B. `28
C. `32
D. `30

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