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Class Ix: CRPF Public School, Rohini Third Intra School Mathematics Olympiad 2012

This document contains a 20 question mathematics olympiad test for Class IX students. It includes both multiple choice (Section A) and written response questions (Section B). Section A contains 15 multiple choice questions covering topics like algebra, geometry, ratios, and data analysis. Section B contains 5 word problems requiring multi-step calculations and solutions involving concepts like polynomials, geometry, ratios, and travel distances. The test is 1.5 hours long with instructions to show work for full credit on written response questions.

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Class Ix: CRPF Public School, Rohini Third Intra School Mathematics Olympiad 2012

This document contains a 20 question mathematics olympiad test for Class IX students. It includes both multiple choice (Section A) and written response questions (Section B). Section A contains 15 multiple choice questions covering topics like algebra, geometry, ratios, and data analysis. Section B contains 5 word problems requiring multi-step calculations and solutions involving concepts like polynomials, geometry, ratios, and travel distances. The test is 1.5 hours long with instructions to show work for full credit on written response questions.

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CRPF PUBLIC SCHOOL, ROHINI

THIRD InTRa ScHool MaTHeMaTIcS olyMpIaD 2012

CLASS IX
Max. Marks: 50 Max. Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
General Instructions:
1. Q1-15 (Section A) each MCQ carries 2 mark. Each question has five choices (A, B, C, D or E).
Select the correct answer to each question and darken the corresponding circle in the Answer
Sheet provided to you. THERE IS NO NEGATIVE MARKING. Marking of more than one circle for
an answer shall be awarded zero mark.
2. Q16-20 (Section B) each question carries 4 mark. You are to give the complete solution.
Marking will be done stepwise.

SECTION – A

Q1.The value of 
1996 1997 2  9 1998 is:

2000 1997  1 2

(A) 1994 (B) 1995 (C) 1996 (D) 1997 (E) 1998

Q2.How many different pairs of integers ( x; y) are solutions of the equation x 2  3 y 2  1997 ?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) infinitely many (E) none

Q3. John knocks over the two stacks of blocks shown in the diagram. He then uses the blocks to build a
similar stack whose top layer has one block and each layer below has one more block than the layer above
it. If he builds the largest possible stack, how many blocks will be left over?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

Q4. Six friends ate at a restaurant and agreed to share the bill equally. Because Luxmi forgot her
money, each of her five friends paid an extra Rs.3 to cover her portion of the total bill. What was the
total bill?

(A) Rs.90 (B) Rs.84 (C) Rs.75 (D) Rs.108 (E) Rs.60

Q5. In the expression a  c  e each letter is replaced by a different digit from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
b d f
What is the largest possible value of this expression?

2 5 1 2 1
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 9 (D) 9 (E) 10
3 6 3 3 3
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Q6. Twelve balloons are arranged in a circle as shown. Counting clockwise, every third balloon is the
first one popped. This continues around the circle until two unpopped balloons remain. The last two
remaining balloons are:

(A) B, H (B) B, G (C) A, E (D) E, J (E) F, K

Q7. If 1×2×3×……..×199×200 is calculated, then the number of zeros at the end of the product is:

(A) 42 (B) 43 (C) 46 (D) 49 (E) 52

Q8. If the length to breadth ratio is the same whether a book is opened or closed find the ratio of
length to breadth:

(A) 2 :1 (B) 2 :2 (C) 2:1 (D) 4:1 (E) 8:1

Q9. If M is a square number, then the next immediate square number is:

(A) M+5 (B) M+2 M +1 (C) M²+2M (D) M+9 (E) none of these

Q10. Three containers have their volumes in the ratio 3:4:5.They are full of mixtures of milk and
water. The mixtures contain milk and water in the ratio of 4:1, 3:1 and 5:2 respectively. The ratio of
milk and water in the fourth container contains all the above three mixtures is

(A) 4:1 (B) 151:48 (C) 157:53 (D) 5:2 (E) 5:4

Q11. How many unshaded squares are in the tenth figure of the pattern?

(A) 38 (B) 40 (C) 42 (D) 44 (E) 46

Q12. A student has to secure 40% marks to pass. He got 40 marks and failed by 40 marks.
The maximum number of marks is

(A) 160 (B) 180 (C) 200 (D) 320 (E) 360

Q13. The true statement for the data, -1,-1, 0, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6, 8,10and 11, is:

(A) Mean=Median=Mode (B) Mode=Median=5 (C) Mean=Median=5


(D) Mean=Mode=5 (E) Only Mode=5
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Q14. Find the missing number in the following series
1, 8, 7, 14, 13, 20,_____,26

(A) 21 (B) 18 (C) 22 (D) 19 (E) 25

Q15. ‘Buy three, get one free.' What is the percentage of discount being offered here?

(A) 20% (B) 28.56% (C) 33% (D) 22% (E) 25%

SECTION – B

Q16. Find the value of 5  2 6 up to 2 places of decimals if 2  1.41 , 3  1.73 .

Q17. The polynomial p  x   x 4  2 x 3  3 x 2  ax  b when divided by  x 1 and  x 1 leaves the

remainders 19 and 5 respectively. Find the values of a and b.Hence, determine the remainder when
p  x  is divided by  x  2  .

Q18. A rhombus shaped field has green grass for 18 cows to graze. If each side of the rhombus is 30 m
and its longer diagonal is 48 m, how much area of grass field will each cow get?

Q19. Two buses start travelling at the same time, bus 1 from city A to city B, and bus 2 from city B to
city A using the same road. Both buses travel with their constant speeds. For the first time they meet
7 km from A. After both buses reach their destinations (cities B and A respectively, possibly at
different times), they immediately start travelling back along the same road and with same speeds.
They meet again 4km from B. Find the distance between the cities A and B.

Q20. Square ABCD with side length 2 is inscribed in a circle, as shown. Using each side of the square
as a diameter, semi-circle arcs are drawn. Find the area of the shaded region outside and inside the
semi-circles.

******************************END OF PAPER***************************

NOTE: The Solution Key of this paper will be available on School’s blog
www.crpfpsrohini.blogspot.in today after 6 pm. The Result will be declared on 30 November
2012 and will be available on School’s blog.

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