Intermediate International Vedic Maths Olympiad 2022

Time allowed - 1 Hour

Questions 1 - 25 each carry 2 marks

1. 10.01 − 1.1

A 8.91 B 9.01 C 9.1 D 9.9 E 9.91

2. Which of the following is not divisible by 9?

A 277227722772 B 1234545678 C 432234432234 D 90817263542 E 623637613683

3. When using Vertically and crosswise to calculate 367 × 482 , what is the result of the third step
before any carry digits are included?

A 76 B 80 C 82 D 87 E 92

4. Given that 3× 37 = 111 , calculate 999999 ÷ 37 .

A 54054 B 45045 C 36036 D 27027 E 18018

5. What is the square root of 5625?

A 45 B 55 C 65 D 75 E 85

6. One of the following shows the correct working for 329 × 989 using Nikhilam multiplication. Which
one?

32 9 − 6 7 1 32 9 − 6 7 1 32 9 − 6 7 1
A B C
× 989 − 0 0 1 × 989 − 1 1 1 × 989 − 0 1 1
32 5 / 7 3 7 8 1 1 32 5 / 7 3 7 8 1 1 32 5 / 7 3 7 8 1 1

D 32 9 − 6 7 1 32 9 − 6 7 0
E
× 989 − 0 1 1 × 989 − 0 1 1
32 5 / 6 3 7 8 1 1 32 5 / 7 3 7 8 1 1

7. The devinculated form of 62 is 58. What is the devinculated form of 7321403 ?

A 6718597 B 6728607 C 6619697 D 6718607 E 6718507

8. 83% of $25.00

A $20.75 B $20.50 C $20.15 D $19.75 E $19.35

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 9. Using Nikhilam division for 24219 ÷ 897, some workings are shown below. What are the three
missing digits for A, B and C?

897 2 4 /2 1 9
A BC
618
2 7/0 0 0

A 328 B 283 C 206 D 308 E 204

10. 0.0001252

A 0.000625 B 0.00015625 C 0.00000015625 D 0.000000015625 E 0.000000000625

11. What are the final three digits of the answer to 99999972 ?

A 009 B 049 C 014 D 019 E 409

12. Which fraction is the largest?

24 12 6 3 1
A B C D E
2972 1483 745 373 124

13. What is the whole number remainder for 57499 ÷ 312 ?

A 61 B 81 C 82 D 91 E 92

14. 493

A 103619 B 117649 C 195319 D 159319 E 207379

15. 12 has six factors, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12.

How many factors does 360 have?

A 16 B 18 C 22 D 24 E 26

16. x and y are two quantities. Rishi calculates that 80% of 50% of x is equal to 40% of 30% of y.
Which of the following is true?

x x 8 10
A y= B y= C y = 4x D y= x E y= x
2 3 3 3

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 17. How many of the following staements are true?

A multiple of 4 is always a multiple of 8

A multiple of 9 always has the sum of its digits equal to a multiple of 9
The square of an odd nnumber is always an odd number
All prime numbers are odd

A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E 4

18. A sequence begins, 2, 9, 18, 29, 42, ...

What is the 98th term of this sequence?

A 8947 B 9123 C 9395 D 9827 E 9993

19. Simplify,
(x + 2y +1)2 − (x − 2y −1)2

A 8xy + 4x B x 2 + 8xy + 8y C 4xy + 8x D 5x 2 + 8y 2 + 2 E 2x 2 + 4xy + 8y 2

20. Convert, the partially recurring decimal, 0.1636363636363.... , to a fraction in lowest terms.

9 17 81 147 163
A B C D E
55 111 495 900 990

21. Simplify,
8c 2d × (4cd)2

A 144c 4d 3 B 128c 3d 2 C 32c 4d 3 D 128c 4d 3 E 32c 3d 3

22. Solve the equation to find the value of x.

7x x −1
− = −1
2 8

A − 13 B 1
3
C − 277 D − 272 E 1
54

23. What is the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 38808 and 1320?

A 64 680 B 194 040 C 582120 D 1 552 320 E 2134 440

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 24. The total takings from tickets sales at a cricket match in Kolkata are INR 11028864. Each ticket costs
INR 112. How many spectators are there?

A 98472 B 96582 C 94647 D 92886 E 97452

25. Solve, 12x 2 +13x −14 = 0

1 4 3 6 1 4 3 7 2 7
A ,− B , C− ,− D− , E ,−
2 7 2 7 2 7 2 4 3 4

Questions 26 - 35 each carry 3 marks

26. What is the square root of, x 4 − 6x 3 +17x 2 − 24x +16 ?

A x 2 − 4x +16 B x 2 + 4x + 4 C x 2 − 3x − 4 D x 2 − 3x + 4 E x 2 + 3x − 4

27. What is the remainder when 3x 4 − 7x 3 +15x 2 − 23x − 5 is divided by

(x − 2) ?

A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E 4

28. Sruti buys 4 cups of coffee and 3 cups of tea for $18.95. In the same cafe, Wajma buys 2 cups of
coffee and 5 cups of tea and the total comes to $13.85. What is the cost of one cup of coffee?

A $3.20 B $3.40 C $3.60 D $3.80 E $4.00

29. This irregular pentagram has angles as shown.

What is the size of x?

A 31˚ B 33˚ C 38˚ D 43˚

E Not enough information

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 30. What is the equation of the line which is perpendicular to 3x + 2y = 7 and which passes through
the point with coordinates, (4, 3)?

A 3x + 2y = 18 B 3x − 2y = 6 C 2x − 3y = −1 D 2x + 3y = 29 E 2x + 3y = 7

31. What is the maximum value of y, given that y = 12x − x 2 − 29 ?

A 7 B 8 C 9 D 10 E 11

32. Six semicircles are arranged around a regular

hexagon. The distance from the centre of the
hexagon to the centre of each semicirlce is 1 cm.

What is the total shaded area?

A 34 π cm2 B π cm2 C 94 π cm2

D 4π cm2 E 9π cm2

33. A long line AB is divided at point C so that the ratio of lengths AC : CB is 5 : 3. CB is then divided at
D in the ratio 5 : 3. DB is similarly divided at E in the same ratio and EB is again divided at F in the
ratio 5 : 3. FB is 3 cm. How long is AB?

64 256 512 1012 4096

A cm B cm C cm D cm E cm
27 27 27 27 27 A

34. Two squares of side length 2 units and 6 units

touch a circle as shown. What is the radius of
the circle?

A 3 - √2
B 6 - 2√2
C 6 - √2
D 1 + √2
E 8 - 4√2

35. Two identical triangles overlap. The area of the

overlapping region, B, is one sixth the area of the whole
shaded region.

What fraction of the area of one triangle is the area B?

2 1 2 3 2
A B C D E
5 6 7 8 9

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 Questions 36 - 40 each carry 4 marks

36. In how many ways can 96 be expressed as the difference of two square integers?

A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E 4

37. Two congruent isosceles triangles overlap

producing a hexagon in the middle. The areas
of the smaller triangles are 4 and the larger
triangels, 36, as shown.
What is the area of the hexagon?

A 44 B 48 C 56 D 64 E 72

38. Simplify,
⎛ 1⎞ ⎛ 1⎞ ⎛ 1 1 ⎞
⎜⎝ 1 + x ⎟⎠ ⎜⎝ 1 − x ⎟⎠ ⎜⎝ x +1 + x −1 ⎟⎠

2 2 2 2 2
A B C D E
x x2 x −1
2
(x +1)(x −1) x (x +1)(x −1)
2

39. An open wooden box is a cube with edge

length x cm. The sides and base have
thickness d cm.

Which expression shows the total surface

area?

A 5x 2 + 8dx + 4d 2 B 9x 2 − 6dx + d 2 C 10x 2 −12dx + 8d 2

D 10x 2 − 6dx + d 2 E 10x 2 − 4dx + 8d 2

40. How many rectangles of all types are there?

A 34 B 56 C 289 D 324 E 360

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Answer Key Intermediate IVMO 2022

1. A 11. A 21. D 31. A

2. D 12. B 22. A 32. B

3. C 13. D 23. B 33. E

4. D 14. B 24. A 34. E

5. D 15. D 25. E 35. C

6. C 16. E 26. D 36. E

7. A 17. C 27. B 37. C

8. A 18. E 28. D 38. A

9. C 19. A 29. B 39. C

10. D 20. A 30. C 40. E

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