Q1.
(Number Logic)
There are some 2 digits numbers whose both digits if doubled results in another 2 or 3 digit number
which is double of the original number. How many such 2 digit numbers are there?
Ans: 45
Solution: This will happen only for the numbers AB where A is from 1-9 (9 digits) and B is from 0-4 (5
digits) so total combinations is 9*5=45.
Suitable for Grade 3 or 4
Q2. (Number Line, subtraction )
A frog that has fallen into a 20 m deep well is trying to jump out of it. Every time it jumps 5 m but
slips down 2 m due to the wet surface of the wall of the well. In how many jumps it will come out of
the well?
A. 4
B. 7
C. 10
D. 6
E. 10
Ans: D. 6
Solution: The frog jumps 5 m but slips 2 m which means that in it’s 5th jump it will go from
12 m to 17 m height but will come down to 15 m height. In it’s 6th jump, it will cover another
5 m and will reach outside the well of 20 m depth.
Suitable for Grade 2 & 3
Q3. (Number sense, Intervals & distance and Area calculation)
There is a rectangular park and trees are planted along the boundary of the park in such a
way that each tree is at equal distance from the next tree. The length of the park is twice
the width. If there are 12 trees and the distance between alternate trees is 20 m, then what
is the area of the park in sq.m?
Ans: 800
Solution: Alternate trees distance = 20m so consecutive trees distance is 10 m. As there are
12 trees and the park is rectangular, the perimeter will be the 10* (12-1)+10= 120 m
As the length is double of the width, the length will and width will be 120/2*2/3 = 40m and
120/2*1/3 =20m respectively. So the area will be 40*20 = 800 sq m.
Suitable for Grade 4 & 5
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Q4. (Number sense, Division, Odd & Even and Logic)
9 consecutive positive integers are put in a magic square shown below in such a way that the
totals of all rows, columns and diagonals are equal. What is the total of the four corner
numbers?
11
19
Ans: 60.
Solution: As the integers are consecutive and the no. 11 and 19 are given so the no.s are
from 11 to 19. The total of the whole grid will be therefore 11+12+..19= 135 so each row or
column or diagonal will be 135/3=45. So the centre square will be 45-19-11=15. Now we are
left with 2 odd numbers (13 & 17) and 4 even numbers (12,14,16 & 18) and we have 6 places
to fill them. As 45 is an odd number we already have the centre column with all odd
numbers, for any row we can use either both the odd no.s or any combination of even
numbers. Checking the balance for each row, we get 34 (45-11) for top row which can be
achieved only by 18 and 16 combination, and bottom row the balance is 26 (45-19) which
can be achieved only by 12 and 14 combination. So the total of 4 corner no. is
=12+14+16+18= 60.
Suitable for Grade 4 & 5
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Q5. (LOGIC)
Mark has two cubical dices (six faced, each has no. 1 to 6 of dots signifying the no.s on
them). The numbers are arranged in such a way that the no.s on opposite faces have the
same total. He gets a total of 34 for all the visible faces numbers on the two dices when he
rolls them together. He them multiplies the numbers on top of each dice and gets a number
N. What is the difference of maximum and minimum possible values of N?
Ans. 4.
Solution: ). As the sum of two opposite faces is same in each dice, therefore the opposite
faces are (1,6), (2,5) and (3,4) all totalling upto 7.
The total of all numbers on each dice is 1+2+3+4+5+6 = 21 so two dices put together will be
21*2= 42. If Mark can see a total of 34 then he is not able to see one face each of each dice
and those faces total is 8 (42-34). The combination could be (2,6) or (3,5) or (4,4), therefore
the faces on top can be {(7-2),(7-6)} or {(7-3),(7-5)} or {(7-4),(7-4)}. So the numbers on top
will be in the combination (5,1) or (4,2) or (3,3). The maximum product will be 9 (for 3,3)
and minimum will be 5 (5,1). So the difference between max and minimum products of the
numbers on top faces will be 9-5=4.
Suitable for Grade 4 & 5
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Q6.(Understanding of Ordinal and Cardinal, Multiplication)
In an exam hall desks are arranged in equal rows and columns and on each desk 2 students
can sit. Sally is sitting on a desk which is fifth from the front and fourth from the back in her
column. There are three desks to her right and two desks to her left in her row. If there are
2 desks are empty, 1 desk has only one student and rest all desks are full, how many
students apart from Sally are in the Hall?
A. 90
B. 96
C. 85
D. 91
E. None of the above
Ans.: 90
No. of rows: Position in column : 5th from front is 4th from back = 8
No. of columns : 3 right + 2 left plus her own row = 6
Total No. of Desks = 8*6=48. Total capacity = 48*2= 96
Empty seats = 2*2+1=5
Excluding Sally, No. of students are : 96-5-1= 90.
Suitable for Grade 2 &3
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Qs. 7 (Arrangement & LOGIC)
Denise has 5 number cards: 1 , 2 , 5 , 10 & 20. She arranges them in such a way that the following
holds true:
The sum of first three number cards is 27
The sum of last three number cards is 31
The last number card is double of the first one.
What is the first number card?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 5
D. 10
E. 20
Ans. : C. 5.
Solution: The sequence will be 5,2,20,1,10.
Suitable for Grade 2 & 3
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Qs. 8 (Calendar sense and Multiples)
In a certain year, in the month of July, a date (except 1st of the month) and it’s multiples have the
maximum number of Sundays. Which day is the last date of the month?
A. Saturday
B. Sunday
C. Tuesday
D. Wednesday
E. None of the above
Ans.: D. Wednesday.
Solution: 7 is the number which will have maximum no. of multiples (7,14,21,28) on the same day.
Hence if 7th is a Sunday then 14th, 21st, 28th will also be on a Sunday which means July which has 31
days will have 31st July as Wednesday.
Suitable for Grade 3 or 4
Qs. 9 (Sense of time and Time Zones)
Henry flies from Singapore to Chennai (India)and takes a morning 7 am flight Singapore time. The
flight time from Singapore to Chennai is 5 and half hours. If India time is is 2 and half hour behind
Singapore, what time (India time ) will he reach Chennai?
A. 12:30 am
B. 12:30 pm
C. 2:00 pm
D. 10:30 pm
E. 10:00 am
Ans: E. 10:00 am
Solution: Singapore time of arrival will be 7 am + 5 and half hours = 12:30 pm. India time is 2
and half hour behind so the time will be 10:00 am.
Suitable for Grade 2 &3
Qs. 10 ( Understanding of Pairing and combinations)
In a chess tournament a Group has 4 players , Adam, Brandon, Charlie and Dan. Each player plays
two matches against each of it’s opponents. For each win, the winner gets 2 points and the loser 0
whereas for a drawn game, both players get 1 each. If one fourth of the matches were drawn, then
what is the maximum points the leading player could have accumulated?
Ans. : 12.
Solution:
Max Matches : 6*2= 12 and each team plays 6 matches. If one fourth matches were drawn then 3
games were drawn only out of 12 so 9 matches had results. So it is possible that leading player
could have been not a part of any of the drawn games and have won all his 6 matches.
Suitable for Grade 3 & 4
Qs. 11 (Chicken & rabbit)
In Maths Olympiad exam, there are 25 Multiple choice Question to answer and for each correct
answer you get 4 marks, 0 for not attempting it and -2 for a wrong one. Cheng left 5 questions as he
was not sure about them and attempted the rest. If he got 62 marks, how many qs did he get right?
Ans: 17
Max score possible 25*4 = 100. He left 5 qs so he could have still scored (25-5)*4= 80
He has scored 62 so he lost 80-62 = 18 marks. For each wrong answer he loses 2 marks but he also
does not get 4 marks he could have possibly got so his total loss is 6 marks. So for 18, he must have
got 3 incorrect. So he has got 25-5-3 = 17 questions answers right.
Suitable for Grade 3 & 4
Qs. 12 (Visualization and understanding of numbers and Gauss theory)
Sarah draws a diagram of a circular wall clock with the hour digits of 1 to 12. Then she draws 5
straight lines dividing the clock into multiple parts in such a way that the sum of the numbers within
each part is equal. What is the sum of the numbers in each part?
Ans. 13
Solution: The clock has 12 number and some of which is 78. If one drwas 5 lines then the circle will
be divided in 6 parts and we also know that 13*6=78 and as per Gauss theory 1+12 =
2+11=3+10=4+9=5+8=6+7 = 13.
Suitable for Grade 3& 4. (Don’t give the diagram to keep the qs interesting).
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Q 13. (Cryprarithm)
A B C
A B C
+ A B C
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C C C
If A, B and C represent different digits, find the 3 digit no. ABC.
Ans.: 185
Solution: C can be only 5 as only 5*3 (5+5+5) can only give a 5 in init’s place (15). Now in the result
to get C=5 at hundred’s place A has to be 1 only so 2 is getting carried forward from the B column so
3 B (B+B+B) + 1 (carried from C+CC+C=15) has to be 25, therefire 3B = 25-1=24 so B =24/3=1.
Suitable for Grade 2 and 3.
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Qs.14 (Binary sense)
A fruit seller has 30 apples. He keeps them in 5 baskets such that if you ask any number of apples
from 1 to 30. he will give them to you in any combination of the 5 baskets (or less). What can be the
maximum number of apples in one basket can be?
Ans: 16
Solution:
Any number N can be represented in the form of additions of various powers of 2 where maximum
power of 2 would be k where 2^k<=N. Any Number can be 1 or 0 *2^K+1 or 0 *2^k-1…and so on till
1 or 0* 2^0.
Suitable for Grade 4 & 5.
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Qs.15 (Price, Quantity and money sense)
Sally goes to the stationary shop to buy pencils. She can get 1 box of pencils containing 10 pencils
for 4$. If she buys loose pencils, she gets each for 50 cents. If Sally has 10$, what is the maximum
no. of pencils she can get?
A. 25
B. 24
C. 30
D. 20
E. None of the above
Ans.: B. 24
Solution: First we will see how many packs can be purchased as the rate per pencil is cheaper when
bought in packs. 2 backs can be purchased for 8$ and for remaining 2$ , 4 loose pencils can be
purchased.
Suitable for Grade 2 and 3.
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Q.17. (Ratio)
In a school bus, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:5 in the beginning. During the journey to the school,
more boys and girls get on the bus in the ratio of 8:5 and when the bus reaches the school, the no. of
boys and girls are equal. What is the minimum possible no. of students in the bus when it reaches
the school?
Ans: 40.
Solution: For every 5 girls 8 boys get on the bus, i.e. 3 boys more for every 5 girls. This ratio cannot
be further reduced. So minimum no. of boys getting on the bus is 8 but initially the boys were less in
the ratio of 3:5 which means that for every 5 girl there were 2 boy less. Now keeping the ratios
same we have to understand that since the no. of boys and girls became same at the end of the
journey, we take the LCM (6) of the shortage (2) and excess (3) of boys and multiply them by their
respective multiples (3 and 2 respectively) for the LCM so initially we had 9 boys and 15 girls (3:5*3)
and 16 boys and 10 girls (8:5 * 2) joined the bus later. Si minimum no. of students on the bus when
it reaches the school is 50 (25 boys +25 Girls).
Suitable for: Grade 4 and 5
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Qs. 18 (Understanding of shapes, areas and proportion)
In the given figure, a large rectangle is divided into 4 smaller rectangles whose areas are given in sq
cm in the diagram. What is the area of the 4th rectangle?
Ans: 88
Solution: The left hand side two rectangles have the same length but the width is different and the
areas are in the proportion of the widths which is 99/18=5.5. The width of the rectangles on right
hand side will also have the same proportion and hence the area as the length is same for them. So
the area is 16*5.5=88 sq cm.
Suitable for Grade 4 and 5.
Qs. 19.(Distribution of numbers/ money)
Alfred, Bernard, Chuck and Denver contribute equal money and buy some pencils. Alfred later says that he
does not want all the pencils he got in his share and gives equal pencils to the other three boys in such a way
that now each of the other three boys has 4 pencils more than him and so each one of them returns 40 cents
to him to offset the cost of the pencils paid by Albert initially. What is the cost of one pencil?
A. 40 cents
B. 10 cents
C. 20 cents
D. 30 cents
E. None of the above
Ans: A. 40 cents
Solution: When Alfred gives one pencil each to the three boys, he has now got 3 pencils less than the equal
distribution no. and the other three boys have got 1 more each than the equal distribution no. So the
difference from each one of them is 4 however it is only one pencil which he has given to each one of them
and hence he would get paid for one pencil only. Had it been 2 boys or 3 boys in the qs the difference would
have been 2 or 3 units respectively if 1 unit was passed on from one to the others.
Lets assume they bought 4x pencils for equal distribution of x No. of pencils being possible between 4 people.
He have away n pencils to each one of them so he has got x-n-n-n= x-3n pencils. The others would have
x+n each.
The question says (x+n) – (x-3n) = 4 or 4n=4 which gives n=1.
Suitable for Grade 4 &5
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Qs. 20. (Understanding of Lowest common multiple and Remainders/ Divisibility)
Luke had some gold coins and when someone asked him how many he had, he would say:
“If I arrange them in stacks of 2, one is left over”
“If I arrange them in stacks of 3, two are left over”
“If I arrange them in stacks of 4, three are left over”
“And that number is also the largest possible TWO digit number for the gold coins I have with all the
above conditions”
How many coins did Luke have?
Ans.: 95.
Solution: If the coin was one more there would have been complete stacks of 2 or 3 or 4 since the remaining
coins after making the stacks individually is exactly one less than the coins per stack. So if n is the number
of coins then n+1 is completely divisible by 2 or 3 or 4. Now the LCM of 2,3,4 is 12 which is divisible by all
these 3 numbers. The largest 2 digit multiple of 12 is 96 (12*8) hence n+1=96 so n=95.
Suitable for Grade 4 & 5.
Qs. 21( Probability)
How many minimum students there needs to be in class so that at least 3 students have their birthdays in
the same month?
Ans.: 25
Solution: Taking the worst case scenario, if the first 12 students have their birthdays in different month and
again the next 12 have again have their birthdays in different months then the 25 th student will have a
birthday in a month which already has two birthdays.
Suitable for: Grade 3 & 4
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Qs 22. (Combinations)
A, B, C,D buy one gift each for Christmas Secret Santa Part at office and they are supposed to give the gift to
someone else in their group (A,B,C,D) other than themselves. In how many ways the gifts can be
exchanged?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 24
D. 36
E. 9
Ans. E.9
Solution: As one can receive the gifts from 3 people and give to 3 different people the ways will be 3*3
ways . For each combination say once A has received a gift and given a gift, any two (including A) people
would have given a gift and any two (including A) would have received a gift which means the third gift and
4th gift exchange can happen in only one way as the they can’t give the gift to A as he has received it already
and they can’t give it to the person who has already received the gift from A and they cannot give the gift to
themselves so they have only one person they can give the gift to. In this way for each give and taken
combination of A all the other ways will also get covered so while prima facie, it looks like 12 ways, it is
actually 9 ways in which this 12 gifting events would happen.
There will be typically 3 mutual exchanges and 6 continuous exchanges.
Suitable for Grade 5 & 6.
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Qs.23. (Relative speed, Time and Distance)
Two trains 600 miles apart are traveling toward each on close parallel tracks (Tracks
distance is negligible). The first train goes 60 miles per hour; the second train rushes along
at 90 miles per hour and they start at the same time. A falcon is also starts flying at the
same time just above the nose of the first train. It buzzes from the first train to the second
train, turns around immediately, flies back to the first train, and turns around again. It goes
on flying back and forth between the two trains until they cross each other. If the train’s
lengths are ignored as compared to the distance and the falcon’s speed is 120 miles per
hour, how much distance, in miles, it has flown till this point of trains cross each other?
Ans: 480
Solution: Distance covered by both trains= 600 miles. Relative speed= 60+90=150 miles/hour
Total time taken to reach other = Distance / Relative speed = 600/150= 4 hours
Therefore distance covered by Falcon is : Speed * Time = 120*4 = 480 miles.
Suitable for Grade 4 & 5
Qs.24 : (Speed, Time and Distance and Ratio)
Two Cars X and Y at different constant speeds start from point A and B respectively towards each other at the
same time where A and B are end points of straight track. They cross each other the first time at point C
where BC= 56 kms. X &Y then reach point B and A respectively and turn back maintaining their speed
throughout and again cross each other at Point D where AD = 48 Kms. Find the distance CD in kms.
Ans.: 16 Kms
Solution: Lets say the distance between Point A and B is d. Now the first time when both the cars cross
each other the total distance covered by the cars will be d (AB = AC (by X)+CB (by Y)) and the distance
travelled by Car Y will be 56 kms (BC). The next time they cross each other at D, X would have covered
AB+BD (Return) and Y would have covered BA +AD. So total distance covered by them together will be AB
+BD +BA +AD = 2AB+ AD +BD = 2AB +AB = 3AB = 3d.
Now as the speeds are constant if Y covered 56 kms out of d distance done together by them at C
Then Y would cover 56*3 = 168 kms out of the total 3d distance done by them together at D.
Now at D, distance covered by Y was BA +AD = d + 48
So, d+48=168 kms hence d = AB = 168-48 kms = 120 kms.
Therefore, CD = AB – AD – BC= 120-48-56= 16 Kms.
Suitable for Grade 5 & 6
Qs. 24 ( Understanding of VENN Diagrams and understanding of sets/subsets)
In a class of 20 students, everyone needs to take up at least one sport (Swimming, Karate or Tennis). 16
have taken up Swimming as sport, 14 have taken up Karate and 17 have taken up Tennis. At least how many
of them have taken up all 3 sports?
Ans.: 7
Solution:
Its clear that out of a class of 20, 4 students have not opted (20-16) for Swimming who may play 1 or 2 of
the other two sport.
Similarly 6 students don’t learn Karate (20-14) who may learn one or both of the other two sports
And 3 students don’t learn Tennis(20-17) who may learn one or both of the other two sports.
So maximum students who could learn two sports is 4+6+3 = 13 students……..Part 1
Now let’s assume no. of students learning one sport is x, students learning two sport is y and students
learning all 3 sports is z.
Then x+y+z = 20 or x= 20-y-z
Also, x +2y+3z =47 (16+14+17) (as students learning two sports get counted twice (once each in their two
two sports list) and students learning 3 sports get counted thrice (once in each of the 3 sports list).
Replacing x=20-y-z in this equation we get
20-y-z+2y+3z=47
Or 2z= 27-y or z = (27- y)/2
Now for minimum z, y needs to be maximum from this equation and as discussed above, Max y will be only if
students playing two sports which we can derive from the 1st part and that is 4+6+3=13.
Therefore minimum z= {27-Y(Max)}/2= (27-13)/2= 14/2= 7.
Suitable for Grade 5 & 6
