University of the West Indies

Grade-8 Practice Olympiad

Section A: Multiple Choice

1) If ten trees are planted in a row with 15 m between each tree, what is the distance
between the first and last trees?
A) 75 m B) 135 m C) 150 m D) 225 m E) 1015 m

2) Which number is missing in the following progression: 1, 3, 7, 15, , 63, 127?

A) 31 B) 21 C) 43 D) 32 E) 19

3) What is the least number of colours needed to paint a cube in such a way that no two
adjacent sides have the same colour?
A) 1 B) 6 C) 2 D) 4 E) 3

4) If you multiply all the odd numbers between 1 and 2009 (including 1 and 2009), what
is the last digit of the product?
A) 1 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7 E) 9

5) In the diagram below, the rectangle ABCD has area 36 square units. The points E,
F , and G are the midpoints of the sides on which they lie. What is the area of the
triangle EF G?
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A) 9 B) 15 C) 18 D) 24 E) 34
 Section B: Written Answers

6) In the sequence 1, 4, 2, 8, 3, 12, 4, 16, 5, . . . , what are the next two numbers?

7) A square sheet of paper is folded down the middle to form two rectangles as shown
below. If each rectangle has perimeter 18 cm, what is the perimeter of the original
square?
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8) Maria gets channels 2 through 42 on her television. When advancing through the
channels they loop so that after channel 42 comes channel 2 again. If she is watching
Channel 15 and advances through 518 channels, which one will she be watching?

9) If a cube 5 cm on each side is formed of cubes 1 cm on each side, how many of the
smaller cubes cannot be seen from the outside?

10) If x is the solution to the equation

x+1 x+2 x + 100

+ + ···+ = 100,
1 2 100
what is x?