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SAMPLE PAPER
INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD

The actual test paper has 50 questions. Time allowed : 60 minutes. There are 3 sections,
20 questions in section I, 20 in section II and 10 in section III.
Section I : Logical Reasoning, Section II : Mathematical Reasoning &
Section III : Everyday Mathematics
SYLLABUS
7 and 8 digit Numbers, Rounding off, Roman Numbers, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication,
Division, Factors and Multiples, Rules of divisibility, Prime and composite numbers, Fractions,
Decimals, Basics geometry, Circles, Symmetry, Measurement of Length, Mass, Capacity,
Perimeter and Area of rectangle and Square, Measurement of Volume, Temperature, Time
and various operations on time, Relationship between Seconds, Minutes and Hours, Money,
Representation of data in Pictorial Form, Patterns Formation of Numbers and Figures.

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1. ThetableshowsthenumberoftoysafactorymadeinMarchandApril.
HowmanymoretoysdidthefactorymakeinMarchthaninApril
(A) 117,123

(B) 82,977

Month

NumberMade

(C) 82,877

(D) 117,137

March

962,458

April

879,581

(E) Noneoftheabove.

2. Harryhad 500coinsina jar.Hesortedthe coinsinto25different stack.Eachstackhad thesame

numberofcoins.Howmanycoinswereineachstack?
(A) 20
(B) 45
(C) 25
(D) 12
(E) Noneofthese.
3. Thereare914studentsenrolledinLakeviewElementarySchool.FrederichElementarySchoolhas276
fewerstudentsenrolled.HowmanystudentsareenrolledatFrederichElementarySchool?
(A) 642
(B) 762
(C) 1,190
(D) 638
(E) Noneofthese.
4. Howis4.026writteninwords?
(A) Fourandtwentysixthousandths (B) Fourandtwentysixhundredths
(C) Fourthousand,twentysix
(D) Fourhundredtwentysix
(E) Noneofthese.
5. Whichofthefollowingshowsareflection(flip)oftheshadedshapeacrosstheheavydottedline?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

6. Inthefigure,pointO isthecenterofthecircle
Which two points appear to make a diameter when
connectedwithastraightline?
(A) M andS
(B) OandR
(C) NandS
(D) TandR
(E) Noneofthese.

(E) Noneofthese.
M
N
T

O
R
S

7. Whichunitcouldbeusedformeasuringtheamountofliquidneededtofillasmallteacup?
(A) Gram
(B) Kg
(C) Meter
(D) Milliliter
(E) Noneofthese.
8. Whichofthefollowinghasexactly6vertices?
(A)

(B)

(C)

9.

(D)

(E) Noneofthese.

Whichfigureisquadrilateral?
S

(A) Figure T

(B) Figure S

(C) Figure X

(D) Figure W

(E) Noneofthese.

10.Whichfigurehasanareaof8andaperimeterof12?Eachsquareblockisofside1unit.
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E) Noneofthese.

11. Tomlefthomeat7:15a.m.togotowork.Hereturnedhomeat4:45p.m.Whatisthetotalamountof
timeTomwasawayfromhome?
(A) 7hours,30minutes
(B) 9hours,30minutes
(C) 3hours,30minutes
(D) 8hours,30minutes
(E) Noneofthese.
12.Arulewasusedtomakethepatternshownbelow.
51,45,39,33,27,21...
Whichcouldbetheruleusedtomakethepattern?
(A) Divideby7 (B) Divideby6 (C) Subtract7
(D) Subtract6

(E) Noneofthese.

13.WhichofthesecouldbesolvedbyusingtheopensentenceS 7=?
(A) Ritacollected7moreseashellsthanHenry.IfSisthenumberofseashellsthatHenrycollected,
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howmanydidRitaCollect?
(B) Bonycollected7fewerseashellsthanKamal.IfSisthenumberofseashellsKamalcollected,how
manydidBonycollect?
(C) Davidneeds7seashellsmoretocompletehiscollection.IfSisthenumberofseashellshehasso
far,howmanywillhehaveafterhegets7more?
(D) Amityfilled7boxeswithseashells.IfSisthenumberofseashellssheputineachbox,howmany
seashellsdidsheuseinall?
(E) Noneoftheabove.
14.Anoptometristusesthesymbolbelowasatoolduringaneyeexam.
Whichfigurewouldresultwhenthesymbolisflippedoverthedottedline?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E) Noneofthese.

15.SimonandJulieneed72paperflowerstocompleteabulletinboard.Theyhave19paperflowerssofar.
Whichoperationshouldbeusedintheboxbelowtofindhowmanymorepaperflowerstheyneed?
72?19=

(A) addition

(B) division

(C) multiplication (D) subtraction

16.Shelleyisorderingaskirtfromacatalog.Shecanchooseoneof
twolengths:ashortskirtoralongskirt.Thenshecanchoose
oneofthreefabricpatterns:stripes,plaid,orflowers.
HowmanydifferentskirtscouldShelleyorderchoosingalength
andafabricpattern?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 6

(E) Noneofthese.

Short

Long
Skirts

Stripes Plaid Flowers

FabricPatterns

(E) Noneofthese.

17.Thereareabout20timesasmanyspeciesofantsastherearespeciesofbats.Letbrepresentsthe
numberofspeciesofbats.Whichexpressionrepresentsthenumberofspeciesofants?
(A) b+20
(B) b 20
(C) 20b
(D) 20 b
(E) Noneofthese.
18.AtangramisanancientChinesepuzzle.Itismadeofsevenpiecesthatfit
togethertomakeasquare.
Whichoftheanglesmarkedinthetangrampuzzleaboveisanobtuseangle?
(A) AngleA
(B) AngleB
(C) AngleC
(D) AngleD
(E) Noneoftheabove

C
A

B
D

19.Thepicturebelowshowsaspinnerforananimalboardgame.
Inwhichanimalsectionisspinnerleastlikelytoland?
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E) Noneoftheabove.
20.Thefollowingtableshowsthedistancearoundfour
differentplanets.
Whichplanetsdistancehasthenumeral3in the
tenthousandsplace?
(A) Jupiter
(B) Mars
(C) Mercury
(D) Neptune
(E) Noneoftheabove.

DISTANCEAROUND
Planet

DistanceAround(inmiles)

Jupiter

88,732

Mars
Mercury

4,213

Neptune

30,603

3,032

ANSWERKEY
1. (C)
11. (B)

2. (A)
12. (D)

3. (D)
13. (B)

4. (A)
14. (A)

5. (C)
15. (D)

6. (A)
16. (D)

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7. (D)
17. (C)

8. (A)
18. (C)

9. (C)
19. (A)

10. (B)
20. (D)