Class VII 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 REASONING

1. Rohan plans to make a display by stacking cans. The top 3 rows are
shown here. The display will be a total of 7 rows. How many cans in all
will Rohan need to make the display?

A. 49
B. 28
C. 7
D. 22

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2. There are 8 girls in a dance class. The girls are represented in the diagrams shown
below by the numbers 1 to 8. If each girl needs a dance partner. Which list shows all the
possible combinations of girls in the dance class?
A. B.

C. D.

3. A parent group is planning an awards dinner for students, teachers and parents. The
parent group plans to seat the guests around a circular table that has seating for 30. The
guests will be seated in the order of student, teacher, parent in a repeating pattern. Who
will be the 20th guest?
A. Student
B. Teacher
C. Parent
D. Cannot be determined

4. Rahul bought 4 packets of notebook paper for school last year. Each packet contained
500 notebook papers. He used about 20 notebook papers each week. What information
is needed to find the approximate number of notebook papers Rahul had left after the
school year was over?
A. The number of hours Rahul did homework every day
B. The number of classes Rahul had
C. The number of students in Rahul's grade
D. The number of weeks in the school year

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5. Which pair of eagle pictures shows translation?

A. B. C. D.

6. The top, side and front views of a solid figure made of cubes are shown below.
Which solid figure is best represented by these views?

A. B.

C. D.

7. A soccer league has 64 teams competing in a tournament. In each round, pairs of teams
compete. The team that wins advances to the next round. The table given below shows
the results of the first 2 rounds. At the end of which round will there be only 2 teams
remaining, assuming there are no ties?

Soccer League Tournament

Round Number of Teams Number of Teams
Competing Remaining
1 64 32
2 32 16

A. Round 4
B. Round 5
C. Round 6
D. Round 7

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8. Read the graph and answer the given question. On which day did Samira receive exactly
60 text messages?

A. Monday
B. Thursday
C. Friday
D. Sunday

9. Priyanka is taller than Shikha and shorter than Sneha. If Sneha is shorter than Yogita,
who is the shortest among them?
A. Priyanka
B. Shikha
C. Sneha
D. Yogita

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10. A community swimming pool is open on different days depending on the air
temperature. The given table shows the air temperature on different days. The dates
listed in the table show that the pool was closed on May 1, June 1 and October 1. If the
pool was open on all the other dates listed, which of the following statements best
describes the air temperature when the pool is open?

Swimming Pool
Date Air Temperature
May 1 68F
June 1 73F
July 1 82F
August 1 87F
September 1 92F
October 1 75F

A. The air temperature must be between 74F and 90F

B. The air temperature must be lower than 91F
C. The air temperature must be higher than 75F
D. The air temperature must be between 68F and 91F

11. The given table shows the ticket prices at an amusement park. Five people in Nick's
family paid a total of `80 for tickets. If they purchased 2 adult tickets, what were the
other 3 tickets they purchased among the given options?

Ticket Prices
Type of Tickets Price
Child `10
Youth `15
Adult `20

A. 2 child and 1 youth

B. 3 child
C. 3 youth
D. 2 youth and 1 child

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12. Kishan walks 10 km towards North. From there, he walks 6 km towards South. Then he
walks 3 km towards East. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his
starting point?
A. 5 km West
B. 5 km North-East
C. 7 km East
D. 7 km West

13. Which one of the following diagrams best illustrates the three classes: Rhombus,
Quadrilateral, Polygons?
A. B. C. D.

14. Which of the following letters in the word 'SELFRIGHTEOUSNESS' does not change its
position when the letters are reversed?
A. E
B. G
C. H
D. T

15. If A means 'plus', B means 'minus', C means 'divided by' and D means 'multiplied by'
then 18 A 12 C 6 D 2 B 5 equals _______________
A. 17
B. 25
C. 27
D. 45

16. A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many was he left with?
A. Nil
B. 8
C. 9
D. 17

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17. How many rectangles are there in the given figure?

A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9

18. Choose the correct mirror-image of Fig. (X), when the mirror is placed along PQ?

A. B. C. D.

19. A cube is to be coloured in such a way that no two opposite faces have the same colour.
The minimum number of colours required is ______
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 6

20. Find the odd one out.

A. 83 75
B. 58 50
C. 49 42
D. 25 17

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SECTION II: MATHEMATICAL REASONING

21. Amit counted the number of people in line for tickets at the movie theatre. Every time
he saw 5 people, he added a tick mark on his counting sheet, as shown below.

Amit saw 2 more people after he added his last tick mark. Which of the following
could be used to find p, the total number of people he saw?
A. 14 + 2 + 5 = p
B. 14 2 5 = p
C. 14 5 + 2 = p
D. 14 + 5 2 = p

22. A triangle has angle measurements of 32, 43 and 105. What kind of triangle is it?
A. Equilateral
B. Isosceles
C. Scalene
D. None of these

23. What is the value of the expression given below?

5 + 5(9 3)2
A. 35
B. 90
C. 50
D. 230

24. Which of the following are corresponding parts of the two given congruent figures?

A. TQ XY
B. ST XY
C. TQ WX
D. Q Y

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25. Which of the following figures are obtuse isosceles triangles?

A. P and R only
B. Q and R only
C. P, Q and R only
D. P, R and S only

26. Which of the following digits makes the given statement true?
6,06,19? is divisible by 10.
A. 3
B. 6
C. 5
D. 0

27. Shalini shaded 3/5 of her design given on the right. Which decimal
number represents the shaded part of her design?

A. 0.6
B. 0.06
C. 0.006
D.0.0006

2 3 4 5 1
28. The fractions , , , and are each equivalent to . Which of the following
4 6 8 10 2
statements represents the relation between the numerator and denominator of the
fractions given above?
A. The numerator is twice the denominator
B. The denominator is twice the numerator
C. The numerator is 2 more than the denominator
D. The denominator is 2 more than the numerator

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29. Which group shows all the numbers that are common factors of 36 and 48?
A. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
B. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12
C. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18
D. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24

30. Which of the following figures has 10 vertices?

A. Figure U
B. Figure V
C. Figure W
D. Figure X

31. Which two angles in the given figure are NOT complementary?

A. RXS and TXU

B. SXT and TXU
C. RXS and SXT
D. TXU and UXV

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32. Mr. Raghav installed a triangular piece of stained glass above his front door. Which of
the following best describes the triangle with the given measures?

A. Acute equilateral triangle

B. Obtuse isosceles triangle
C. Right scalene triangle
D. Right isosceles triangle

1 2
33. Which model best represents the expression ?
2 3
A. B. C. D.

34. Mr. Sameer was trying to find a tablecloth for his rectangular dining table. He knew the
area and perimeter of the tabletop.
Area = 36 square metres, Perimeter = 26 metres
Which of the following best represents the width and length of the tabletop?
A. Width = 2 m, Length = 18 m
B. Width = 3 m. Length = 12 m
C. Width = 6 m, Length = 6 m
D. Width = 4 m, Length = 9 m

35. Leela looked at several different flower arrangements before purchasing one. The
arrangements varied in price from `15.62 to `37.50. Which measure of data can be used
to describe the variation in price of the different arrangements?
A. Mean
B. Mode
C. Range
D. Median

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36. Which list of integers is in order from least to greatest?

A. 42, 39, 4, 40, 41
B. 42, 41, 40, 39, 4
C. 4, 39, 40, 41, 42
D. 41, 40, 4, 39, 42

37. The factor tree for the number 24 is shown here.

According to the factor tree, which of the following statements is true?

A. The number 24 is prime.

B. The only prime factor of the number 24 is 12.
C. The numbers 24, 12 and 6 are composite.
D. The numbers 2, 3, 6 and 12 are prime factors of 24.

38. Ashwin used the rule listed below to rewrite the expression 102 105 = 107.
10m 10n = 10m + n
Based on this rule, which of the following is equivalent to the expression 84 86?
A. 810, because 84 86 = 846
B. 810, because 84 86 = 84+6
C. 82, because 84 86 = 846
D. 82, because 84 86 = 84+6

39. A ladder that is 13 m long leans against a building. The bottom of the ladder is 5 m away
from the base of the building. How far up the side of the building does the ladder reach?
A. 18 m
B. 16 m
C. 12 m
D. 8 m

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40. A mistake was made in simplifying the expression given below.

Simplify : 5 + 2(6 + 4) 23, Step 1: 5 + 2(10) 23, Step 2: 7(10) 23, Step 3: 70 - 23,
Step 4: 70 - 8, Step 5: 62.
In which step did the first mistake appear?
A. Step 1
B. Step 2
C. Step 3
D. Step 4

SECTION III: EVERYDAY MATHEMATICS

41. Mr. X packs boxes for an appliance company. He can pack a large box in 10 minutes and
a small box in 4 minutes. He needs to pack 10 large boxes and 20 small boxes. If 2.5
hours remain before closing time, will Mr. X have time to finish the work before closing
time if he works without stopping?
A. Yes, Mr. X will finish the work in 1.8 hours.
B. No, it will take Mr. X 4 hours to finish.
C. Yes, Mr. X will finish the work in 0.5 hour.
D. No, it will take Mr. X 3 hours to finish.

42. Tarana has 4 old coins: W, X, Y and Z. Coin Y is worth `2. Coin Z is worth 3 times the
value of Coin Y. Coin X is worth 4 times the value of Coin Y. The 4 coins are worth `30
altogether. What is the value of Coin W?
A. `14
B. `18
C. `9
D. `19

43. In a factory, one machine makes flashlights at a rate of 150 flashlights per hour, and
another machine makes the same flashlights at a rate of 135 flashlights per hour. Which
of the following equations can be used to find t, the total number of flashlights both
machines will make in 8 hours?
A. t = (150 + 135) + 8
B. t = 150(8) 135(8)
C. t = (150 + 135)8
D. t = 150(8) + 135

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44. The total length of all songs on a CD, Mohammed bought is about 80 minutes. Each song
is between 4 to 6 minutes long. Which is a reasonable number of songs that could be on
the CD?
A. 10
B. 40
C. 74
D. 16

1
45. Sonal needed to make 2 costumes for a school play. The larger costume required 4
4
3
metres of material, and the smaller costume requiredmetres less than the larger one.
4
Which of the following equations can be used to find n, the number of metres of
material needed for the smaller costume?
1 3
A. n = 4
4 4

B. n = 4
1 3
4 4
1 3
C. n = 4
4 4
1 3
D. n = 4
4 4

46. Arun can run 100 metres in 20 seconds. If he competes in the 400-metres race, about
how many seconds will it take him to run the race?
A. 50 secs
B. 40 secs
C. 80 secs
D. 20 secs

47. Which of the following statements represents the greatest percent of change?
A. A tree grew from 6 feet to 12 feet in 1 year.
B. An aquarium that was originally priced at `80 is now `140.
C. A person whose salary was `1000 per week is now earning `1200 per week.
D. A baby who weighed 7 pounds at birth now weighs 16 pounds.

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48. Malini answered 75% of the 40 problems on her history homework correctly. How
many problems on her homework did she answer correctly?
A. 19
B. 30
C. 28
D. 10

49. It took Abhilasha 15 minutes to apply a coat of paint to a piece of pottery. After each
coat she waited close to 60 minutes for the paint to dry. Which is a reasonable amount
of time it could have taken for Abhilasha to have applied 3 coats of paint and for the
pottery to be completely dry?
A. 105 minutes
B. 225 minutes
C. 195 minutes
D. 903 minutes

50. Isha and Shivani raced their toy cars. The given diagram shows the distance the cars
travelled during the race. How much farther did lsha's car travel than Shivani's car?

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A. m
100
44
B. m
100
72
C. m
100
62
D. m
100

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