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	What will be the next number in the given series? 64, 125, 216, ____
	a) 343		b) 256
	c) 512		d) 296

Q.3	The price of a computer is $48,000. The sales tax charged was 4%, what is the amount to be paid by Mr. Jordan?
	a) $42,099		b) $47,970
	c) $49,920		d) $49,862

Q.4	Two cubes each of 10 cm edge are joined end-to-end. Calculate the surface area of the resulting cuboid.
	a) 100 cm2		b) 1000 cm2
	c) 10 cm2		d) 10000 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: (14x - 3y)(2x + 25y) - (-45x + 21y)
	a) 32x2 - 84y2 + 339xy - 11y		b) 28x2 - 75y2 + 389xy - 21y
	c) 13x2 - 44y2 + 239xy - 51y		d) 23x2 - 44y2 + 321xy - 23y

Q.7	1/5 portion of a bamboo is in mud, 2/5 portion is in water and the remaining portion is above water. What portion is above water ?
	a) 2/5 portion		b) 3/4 portion
	c) 1/2 portion		d) 3/7 portion

Q.8	Find the next term in the alphanumeric series: Z1A, X2D, V6G, T21J, R88M, P445P, ?
	a) T2676N		b) T2670N
	c) N2676S		d) N2676T

Q.9	Solve for "x": 69.69 – 51.54 + 73.64 = x + 32.42
	a) 56.14		b) 57.12
	c) 59.37		d) 52.42

Q.10	What must be multiplied by each of the numbers 5, 9, 7, and 12 to obtain the proportion numbers?
	a) 3		b) 5
	c) 4		d) 7

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