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RAMANUJAN SOCIETY OF BORN MATHEMATICIANS

(JR)

Inter School Mathematics Competition ( 2007)

Max . Time 2 hrs Class 5 Max. Marks 100

1. Please do not write your name or the name of your school on the
question paper.

2. Write your Roll number carefully and clearly on all pages.

3. Read the questions carefully.

4. Think before you write the answer. Answers with over-writing and
cutting will not be marked.

5. Write the answer within the limited space provided.

6. Do the rough work on the sheet attached with the questionnaire.

For Part I :
Choose the right answer and put a  in the box in front of it .
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PART I

1. The ones digit in the product of 159  22  453  35 is:

(a) 0

(b) 3

(c) 5

(d) 9

2. The L.C.M. of two numbers which are co- prime is their:

(a) Sum

(b) Difference

(c) Product

(d) Quotient

3. Vivaan ate 28 biscuits at lunch. Vidur ate half as many biscuits as

Vivaan. Sahil ate 3 biscuits more than Vidur. Which number sentence
will find the number of biscuits Sahil ate?

(a) (28 ÷ 2) + 3 =

(b) (28 ÷ 2)  3 =

(c) (28 + 2) ÷ 2 =

(d) (28  3) ÷ 2 =
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4. 123% can be expressed as

(a) 0.0123

(b) 0.123

(c) 1.23

(d) 12.3

5. At a class party, 3 pizzas were ordered for the children. Each pizza
was divided into 8 equal slices.

Each child ate 2 slices and there was a quarter of one left.
How many children were at the party?

(a) 11

(b) 12

(c) 18

(d) 22

6. How many “X” symbols are needed to represent 339 in Roman

Numerals?

(a) 3

(b) 4

(c) 6

(d) 7
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7. The smallest 5 digit number formed by using the digits 5, 0 and 3
contains:

(a) 3 in tens place

(b) 5 in hundreds place

(c) 0 in thousands place

(d) 0 in the ten thousands place

8. A fraction of the group of marbles below is shaded:

Which figure below is shaded to represent a fraction of the same value?

(a)

(b)

(c )

(d)
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9. If a clock strikes 6 times in 5 seconds, how many times does it strike

in 10 seconds?

(a) 6

(b) 10

(c) 11

(d) 12

10. The cost of flooring a room at Rs 25 per square meter is Rs 1125. If it

is 9 m long , its breadth will be:

(a) 5 m

(b) 11 m

(c) 25 m

(d) 45 m

11. Which decimal multiplied by 8 gives 10?

(a) 0.125

(b) 0.8

(c) 1.25

(d) 80
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12. If 4.805  3 = 14.415, then 480.5  30 = ?

(a) 14.415

(b) 144.15

(c) 1441.5

(d) 14415

13. How many quarters are there in a dozen?

(a) 3

(b) 12

(c) 24

(d) 48

14. The following is the sequence of the seven consecutive days of the
week.
Day before yesterday, yesterday, tomorrow, day after tomorrow,
Wednesday, Thursday. What is the day today?

(a) Saturday

(b) Sunday

(c) Monday

(d) Tuesday
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15. 10% of 50% of 100 is

(a) 5

(b) 10

(c) 20

(d) 50

16. Which of these numerals is twice the sum of its digits?

(a) 18

(b) 28

(c) 35

(d) 36

17. Which expression represents the following figure?

1
(a) 3 
2

1
(b) 3 7
2

1
(c) 7 
2

1
(d) 7 +
2
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18. 1000 boxes weigh 25 kgs. What is the weight of 100 boxes in grams?

(a) 2.5 gms.

(b) 250 gms.

(c) 2500 gms.

(d) 25000 gms.

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19. Complete the series 1, 1 , 1.5, ________, _________
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(a) 1.75, 2

3
(b) 1 , 2
4

1
(c) 2, 2
4

1
(d) 2 , 2.5
4

20. Saurabh glued 4 white cubes together (as shown below). Then he
painted the entire cuboid red.

How many faces of the 4 cubes were painted red?

(a) 6

(b) 9

(c) 18

(d) 24
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21. The product of 2 numbers in 1265. If their H.C.F. is 1, their L.C.M.
will be:

(a) 5

(b) 632.4

(c) 1265

(d) 1267

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22. A tap drips every 2 seconds. How many times will it drip in one
2
minute?

(a) 15

(b) 24

(c) 40

(d) 150

23. The average of four numbers is 20. What will be the average if one
number is increased by 8?

(a) 12

(b) 22

(c) 24

(d) 28
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24. In a multiplication sum, a class 5 boy multiplied a number by 12
instead of 21. His answer was 204. The correct answer is

(a) 17

(b) 252

(c) 357

(d) 402

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25. MDCLIX, MDCCLIX, MDCCCLIX, ____________
What number is next?

(a) MDCCCCLIX

(b) MCMLIX

(c) MMCMLIX

(d) CMCMLIX

26. Neetasha’s hair grows 12 cms per year. She did not have a haircut for
four years. How much has her hair grown approximately?

(a) 0.48 cm

(b) 4.8 cm

(c) 0.48 m

(d) 4.8 m
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27. A shop sold a pair of shoes at a profit of 25% for Rs. 125.
The cost price of the shoes was:

(a) Rs. 31.25

(b) Rs. 75

(c) Rs. 100

(d) Rs. 125

28. The temperature of 4 cities is as follows:

City A : 0°C
City B : 0°F Which is the coldest city?
City C : -10°C
City D : 10°F

(a) City A

(b) City B

(c) City C

(d) City D

29. Vandana has to be at the airport by 8 o’clock in the morning

and she has to reach her destination on time. Her watch is ten
minutes slow but she thinks it is five minutes fast. At what time
does she actually reach the airport?

(a) 7:45 am

(b) 8 am

(c) 8:10 am

(d) 8:15 am
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30. A square has 4 corners. How many corners does the shape below have?

(a) 8

(b) 12

(c) 14

(d) 16

3 4  2  5
31. ?
3 2  4  2

1
(a)
2

3
(b)
4

(c) 1

(d) 50

32. The difference between 0.05 and 0.5 is

(a) 0.45

(b) 0.55

5
(c) times
10

(d) 100 times.

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33. Dividing by a third is the same as

(a) dividing by 3

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(b) multiplying by
3

(c) multiplying by 3

(d) none of the above

34. 9 children shared some sweets. They got 2 each and there were 7 left
over. How many sweets did they start with?

(a) 15

(b) 18

(c) 25

(d) 65

35. Which is true?

(a) 0.43 < 0.043

(b) 0.0043 > 0.43

(c) 0.043 > 0.0430

(d) 0.043 > 0.0043

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36. Half of the population of an undiscovered island has green hair and half
of those without green hair have orange hair. ¾ of the remaining
population has blue hair. What fraction of the island’s population has
blue hair?

3
(a)
16

1
(b)
4

3
(c)
8

3
(d)
4

37. Which is the odd one out?

(a) 2.22

(b) 22.22

(c) 222.2

(d) 222.20

38. (3 + ? )  30 = 210
(a) 4

(b) 7

(c) 21

(d) 40
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39. Sanjay read 48 pages of a book, which is part of the book. How
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many pages does the whole book have?

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(a)
3

(b) 27

(c) 72

(d) 84

40. If the length of a square becomes three times, its area will become

(a) double

(b) three times

(c) six times

(d) nine times

41. What 4 digit number has digit 1 three less than digit 4 which is one
more than digit 2,which is twice digit 3, which is not a prime number
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and is one more than of digit 4 ?
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(a) 1326

(b) 2365

(c) 3526

(d) 6849
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42. (1.001  1000) + 3.5 = ?

(a) 4.505

(b) 4.6

(c) 103.6

(d) 1004.5

43. When Jai covered a distance of 0.21 km in a fun-jog, he had only

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completed of the distance that had to be covered. What was the full
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distance that had to be run for the fun-jog?

(a) 210 m

(b) 2.1 km

(c) 4.2 km

(d) 21 km

44. How many odd numbers less than 50 are exactly divisible by 3?

(a) 7

(b) 8

(c) 16

(d) 25
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45. Mrs. White bought five litres and five millilitres of milk. It is the same
as:

(a) 0.505 litres

(b) 5.05 litres

(c) 5.005 litres

(d) 5.0005 litres

46. Which one of the following has the smallest value?

(a) 6.789

(b) 6.879

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(c) 6
5

9
(d) 6
10

47. There are 1800 students in a school. One-third of the students walk to
school and 40% of the remainder take the bus. How many students go
to school by bus?

(a) 240

(b) 340

(c) 420

(d) 480
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48. How many crores in ten millions?

(a) 1

(b) 10

(c) 100

(d) 1000

49. Instructions Z
Fold T over S.
Fold X over S. S
T Y
Fold Z over T.
Fold Y over X. X

If you follow the above instructions, what would it look like?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)
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50. Which figure is a trapezium?

D
A B C

(a) Figure A

(b) Figure B

(c) Figure C

(d) Figure D
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