CREST Mental Maths Olympiad Class 8 Previous Year Paper

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• Covers key topics such as Algebra, Mensuration, Data Handling and Symmetry etc.
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Syllabus:

Number System
Algebra
Square and Square Roots
Cube and Cube Roots
Comparing Quantities
Mensuration
Playing with Numbers
Data Handling and Symmetry
Geometry

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Previous Year Questions

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Q.1	What will come in place of question mark (?) in the number series?  1, 9, 25, 49, 81, ?
	a) 99		b) 121
	c) 144		d) 169

Q.2	Find the ratio of speed of a car and truck travelling 150 km in 3 hours and 120 km in 4 hours respectively.
	a) 4 : 5		b) 7 : 3
	c) 5 : 3		d) 3 : 7

Q.3	In the given figure, find the: i. Order of rotational symmetry. ii. Degree measure of the angle of rotation.
	a) i. 4 ii. 90o		b) i. 3 ii. 90o
	c) i. 3 ii. 360o		d) i. 4 ii. 360o

Q.4	A pizza has a radius of 28 cm. What is the area of the pizza?
	a) 2356 cm2		b) 2464 cm2
	c) 2686 cm2		d) 2844 cm2

Q.5	If a box contains 12 items and 3 of them are defective, what percentage of the items are defective?
	a) 25%		b) 18%
	c) 17%		d) 20%

Q.6	Simplify the expression: (4x - 3y) - (2x + 5y)
	a) 2x - 8y		b) 3x -7y
	c) 2y -3x		d) 3y -7x

Q.7	If x stands for -, / stands for +, + stands for / and - stands for x, which one of the following equations is correct?
	a) 15 - 5/5 x 20 + 10 = 6		b) 3/7 - 5 x 10 + 3 = 10
	c) 8/10 - 3 + 5 x 6 = 8		d) 6 x 2 + 3/12 - 3 = 15

Q.8	If the ratio of three numbers is 2 : 3 : 5 and their sum is 2700, what is the smallest of the three numbers?
	a) 540		b) 270
	c) 450		d) 530

Q.9	What is the rational number between 1/3 and 1/2?
	a) 1/3		b) 2/3
	c) 3/8		d) 9/8

Q.10	ABCD is a quadrilateral, Find x:
	a) 110o		b) 105o
	c) 115o		d) 107o

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