ASSOCIATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS OF INDIA

AMTI – NMTC – 2023 November - PRIMARY – FINAL

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all questions. Each question carries 10 marks.
2. Elegant and innovative solutions will get extra marks.
3. Diagrams and justification should be given wherever necessary.
4. Before starting to answer, fill in the FACE SLIP completely.
5. Your ‘rough work’ should be done in the answer sheet itself.
6. Maximum time allowed is THREE hours.

1. ABCD is an isosceles trapezium as shown in the figure, in which AB = DC ; DAP = 20º ; DP is

perpendicular to AP; C = 70º ; QR is the bisector of ∠BQD and PS  QR. Calculate SPQ and
SRA. Justify each of the steps in calculation.

Sol. B
R
70º
125º
S
90º
90º 55º
A
90º 55º Q
20º
70º
90º 35º
90º
70º
P
D 40º

70º
C
ABCD is an isosceles trapezium so
B = C = 70º
also A + B = 180º {sum of adjscent angle
So 20° + RAP + 70° = 180º}
RAP = 180º – 90º = 90º .........(1)
In ADP  20º + 90º + ADP = 180º
So ADP = 70º ......... (2)
Now ADP = DQC (alternate interior angle)
So DQC = 70º .............(3)
Now DQC + DQB = 180º (Linear pair)
70º + DQB = 180º
DQB = 110º .............(4)

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 Now RQ is angle bisertor so
110
PQS = SQB = = 55º .............(5)
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Now in PSQ  SPQ + PQS + QSP = 180º
= SPQ + 55º + 90º = 180º
SPQ = 35º ...........(6)
In quad APQR  RAP + APQ + PQR + QRA = 360º
90º + 90º + 55º + QRA = 360º
 QRA = 125º

2. Ramanujan is a sixth grade student. His mathematics teacher gave a problem sheet in maths as
home task for the Puja holidays. Ramanujan wants to complete it in 4 days and wants to enjoy the
holidays for the remaining 6 days.
On the first day, he worked out one-fifth the number of problems plus 12 more problems.
On the second day, he worked out one-fourth the remaining problems plus 15 more problems.
On the third day, he solved one-third of the remaining problems plus 20 more problems.
The fourth day, he worked out successfully the remaining 60 problems and completed the work.
Find the total number of problems given by the teacher and the number of problems solved by
Ramanujan on each day.
1
Sol. First day work = x  12
5
1  x
First day remaining work = x –  x  12   x – – 12
 5  5
 4x 
=  – 12 
 5 
1  4x  x
Second day work =  – 12   15  – 3  15
4 5  5
x 
=   12 
5 
 4x  x  4x x
Remaining work =  – 12  –   12   – – 24
 5  5  5 5
 3x 
=  – 24 
 5 
1  3x  x  x 
Third day work =  – 24   20   – 8  20  =   12 
3 5  5  5 
 3x  x   2x 
Remaining =  – 24  –   12    – 36 
 5  5   5 
2x
Fourth day work = – 36 = 60
5
2x
= 96
5
96 5
x= = 240
2
total problem = 240

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3. There are 4 cards and on each card a whole number is written. All the numbers are different from one
another. Two girls of grade six, Deepa and Dilruba play a game. Deepa takes 3 cards at a time
leaving a card behind. She multiplies the numbers and gets an answer. In the same way, again, she
leaves one different card and selects the other three and multiplies the numbers. She got the answers
480, 560, 420 and 336. Now, Dilruba has to find the numbers in each card. Dilruba worked out and
found the correct numbers.
What are they? Work out systematically and find the numbers.
Sol. A × B × C = 480 ...........(1)
A × B × D = 560 ...........(2)
B × C × D = 420 ............(3)
A × C × D = 336 ............(4)
Eq.1 C 6 7
   D= C
Eq. 2 D 7 6
Eq.2 A 28 28
 = A= C
Eq.3 C 21 21
Eq.4 D 7 10 10 7 5 5
 = B= D × ×C= CB= C
Eq.1 B 10 7 7 6 3 3
A × B × C = 480
28 5
×C× × C × C = 480
21 3
480  21 3
C3 = =8×3×3×3
28  5
C= 2×3=6

28
A= 6  8
21

7
D= 6  7
6

5
B=  6  10
3

A, B, C, D = 8, 10, 6, 7

4. An angle is divided into 3 equal parts by two straight lines; such lines are called trisectors. ABCD is a
square. The lines (AP, AS) are trisectors of BAD. Similarly, we have the trisectors (BP,BQ),
(CQ,CR) and (DR,DS).
Prove that PQRS is a square.

Sol.
A B
30º 30º
30º
30º P120º

S120º Q120º

30º R 120º 30º

30º 30º
D C

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 90
Angle divided into 3 equal parts = = 30º
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So, SAD = SDA = RDC = RCD = QCB = QBC = PBA = PAB = 30º
and also SAP = PBQ = QCR = SDR = 30º
ASD is isosceles A = D = 30º
So, ASD = 120º
Also APB , BQC and CRD isosceles
In ASD and APB
AD = AB (Square sides)
 SAD = PAB
SDD = PBA (Both are 30º)
By ASA both triangle are congruent
ASD  APB
So, by CPCT
 AS  AP 
  like that ASD , DRC and CRB also congruent.
DS  BD 
Now , ASP, BPQ, CQR and SDR are isosceles triangle
In ASP  A + S + P = 180º
S = P
30º + S + S = 180
2S = 180º – 30º
S = 75º = P
By same in all triangle we can prove same thing we know that the complete angle is = 360º
Now in quadrilateral PQRS  SPQ = 360º – (75° + 120° + 75°) = 90º
by same PQR , QRS are RSP all are equal to 90º
Now, IN ASP and DSR
AS = DS
A = D = 30º
AD = 6DR
by SAS both triangle congruent
ASP  DSR
by CPCT
[SP = SR]
by same SP = PQ = QR = RS
Quadrilateral all side are equal and all angle 90º
So PQRS is a square
5. Five squares of different dimensions are arranged in two ways as shown in the following diagrams.
The numbers inside each square represents its area in square units.

Calculate the perimeter A1A2A3A4A5A6A7A8A9A10A11A12A1 and the corresponding perimeter of figure 2.

Are they same? If they are different, which is greater?
A6 A7
A4 A5 A8 A9
A3 Area A10 A11
A2 Area Area
Sol. Area Area 81
9 16 64 25
A12
A1
Figure -1
Total perimeter A1A2A3A4A5A6A7A8A9A10A11A12A1
= 3 + 3 + 1 + 4 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 8 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 29
= 76

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 B6 B7
B4 B5 B8 B9
B3 Area B10 B11
B2 Area
Area Area 81 Area
16 64 25 9 B12
B1
Figure -2

Total perimeter = 4 + 4 + 4 + 8 + 1 + 9 + 4 + 5 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 29 = 76
Both perimeter are same.

6. (i) In a book, a problem on fractions is given as

1 5 4
2 3
1
 4  8  7
1 9 4
3 4
5 7

The denominator of the third term is not printed. The answer is given to be 2. What is the missing
denominator? Let it be a.

1 p
(ii) Simplify: . Let the answer be of the form where p, q
1 q
3
1
2
5
 
7
p
have no common factors. Let b 
q
 1 
(iii) Find the value of  2  b 
a 
9 28 4
1 4 8 7
Sol. (i) –   2
16 9 a 32
5 7
5 1 29 1
–   2
16 4 8a 8
5 – 4  2 29
 2
16 8a
3 29
 2
16 8a
29 3
 2–
8a 16
29 32 – 3

8a 16
29 29

8a 16
8a = 16
a=2

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 1 1
(ii) 
1 1
3– 3–
7 3
2–
5 5
1
=
5
3–
3
1 3
= 
9–5 4
3
 p 3
b   
 q 4
1
(iii) b
a2
1 3
= 2 
2 4
1 3
= 
4 4
1 3
= =1 Ans.
4

1 1 1
7. a, b are two integers. Find all pairs a and b such that   . Arrive at your result logically.
a b 2
Sol. Given a, b are two integers
1 1 1
 
a b 2
1 1 1
 –
a 2 b
1 b–2

a 2b
2b
a= … (i)
b–2
here b – 2 is factor of 2b for get integer, there are only four pairs which satisfy eq. (i)
b = 3, b = 4, b = – 2, b=6
a = 6, a = 4, a = 1, a=3

8. A train starts from a station A and travels with constant speed up to 100 kms/hr. After some time,
3
there appeared a problem in the engine and so the train proceeds with th of the original speed and
4
arrives at Station B, late by 90 minutes. Had the problem in the engine occurred 60 kms further on,
then the train would have reached 15 minutes sooner. Find the original speed of the train and
distance between stations A and B.
Sol.

A B
Let Total distance between AB = d
and speed of train = V
and total time = t
D
A B
V 3/4 V
d' d d'
d _ _

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 Time taken A to D
d'
 t1 =
v
and time taken D to B
d  d'
 t2 =
3/4V
90
Now t1 + t2 = t +
60
d' 4(d  d' ) d 3
   = 
v 3v v 2
d' 4d 4d' d 3
  –  
v 3v 3v v 2
1 d d' 3
 – 
3 v 3v 2
9
 d – d' = V
2
Now from second condition
d'60 4(d  d  60) d 75
 + = 
V 3V v 60
d' 60 4d 4d' 4 60 d 5
   – –   
v v 3v 3v 3 v v 4
d d' 20 5
 – – 
3v 3v v 4
1 20 5
 (d  d' ) – 
3v v 4
1 9v 20 5
  – 
3v 2 v 4
3 20 5
 – 
2 v 4
20 3 5 1
  – =
v 2 4 4
V = 80 km/hr.
9
Now d – d' = × 80
2
 d – d' = 360 km.

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