THE ASSOCIATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS OF INDIA

Screening Test - GAUSS Contest

NMTC at PRIMARY LEVEL - V & VI Standards
Saturday, 1 September, 2018
Note:

1. Fill in the response sheet with your Name, Class and the institution through which you appear in the
specified places.

2. Diagrams are only visual aids; they are NOT drawn to scale.

3. You are free to do rough work on separate sheets.

4. Duration of the test: 2 pm to 4 pm -- 2 hours.

PART—A
Note
• Only one of the choices A. B, C, D is correct for each question. Shade the alphabet of your choice
in the response sheet. If you have any doubt in the method of answering; seek the guidance of the
supervisor.
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• For each correct response you get 1 mark. For each incorrect response you lose mark.
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1. Observe the following sequence. What is the 100th term?

7,8,1,0,0,1,0,1,1,0,2,1,0,3,........
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 3
Ans. (D)

1 1 1
2. A number is multiplied by 2 then by , then by 4, then by then by 6 and finally by . The
3 5 7
answer is 16. Then the number is
(A) odd (B) even (C) Square (D) a cube
Ans. (A)
Sol. Let the number be x
1 1 1
x×2× ×4× ×6× = 16
3 5 7
x = 35

3. Samrud bought a t- shirt for Rs.250. His friend Shlok wanted by buy it. Samrud wants to have a
10% profit on that. The selling price is (in rupees)
(A) 280 (B) 278 (C) 276 (D) 275
Ans. (D)
Sol. C.P. = 25 `
Profit = 10%

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S.P. = 250 + 250 ×
100
 250 + 25
selling price = 275 `

4. The value of 1 + 21 + 41 61 + 81 – 11 – 31 – 51 – 71 – 91 is
(A) – 50 (B) 50 (C) 100 (D) – 100
Ans. (A)
Sol. 1 + 21 + 41 + 61 + 81 – 11 – 31 –51 – 71 – 91
 1 –11 + 21 – 31 + 41 – 51 + 61 – 71 + 81 – 91
 ( – 10) + ( – 10) + ( – 10) + ( – 10) + ( – 10)
 – 50

5. In the adjoining figure what portion of the figure is shaded ?

1 2 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 10
Ans. (D)

6. The sum of the numbers in the three brackets ( ) is

() 20 24 4
  
24 () 18 ()
(A) 60 (B) 55 (C) 50 (D) 45
Ans. (C)
(A) 20 24 4 4
Sol. = = = =
24 (B) 18 (C) 3
A  32
B  15
C3
A + B + C  50

7. A is the smallest three digit number which leaves a remainder 2 when divided by 17. B is the
smallest three digit number which leaves remainder 7. When divided by 12. Then A + B is
(A) 205 (B) 312 (C) 215 (D) 207
Ans. (D)
Sol. Smallest three digit number leaves a remainder 2 when divided by 17 is 104 = A
Smallest three digit number leaves a remainder 7 when divided by 12 is 103 = B
A + B = 104 + 103 = 207

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8. A square of side 3 cm in cut into 9 equal squares. Another square of side 4 cm is cut into 16 equal
squares. Saket made a bigger square using all the smaller square bits. The length of the side of
the bigger square is (in cm)
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 8
Ans. (C)
Sol. 9 (squares) + 16 (squares) = 25 (squares)
25
Length of side of the bigger square = =5
5
9. A contractor constructed a big hall, rectangular in shape, with length 32 meters and breadth 18
meters. He wanted to buy 1 meter by 1 meter tiles. But in the shop 3 meter by 2 meter tiles only
were available. How many tiles he has to buy for tilting the floor?
(A) 48 (B) 96 (C) 120 (D) 126
Ans. (B)
18 32
Sol. Number of tiles required = ×  6 × 16 = 96
3 2

1 4
10. The fraction to be added to 2 to get the fraction 4 is
3 7
1 4 5 6
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2
21 21 21 21
Ans. (C)
1 4
Sol. x+ 2 = 4
3 7
32 7
x= –
7 3
96 – 49
x=
21
47
x=
21
5
x= 2
21
PART - B
Note :
 Write the correct answer in the space provided in the response sheet
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 For each correct response you get 1 mark. For each incorrect response you lose
4
marks.

11. In the adjoining figure BAD = DAF = FAC. GE is parallel to DF, and EGA = 90º.
If ACE = 70º, the measure of FDE is __________. (Bonus)

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12. ABC is a triangle in which the angles are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 . PQR is a triangle in which the angles
are in the ratio 5 : 6 : 7. The difference between the least angle of ABC and the least angle of PQR
is aº. Then a = _________
Ans. 5
Sol. 3x + 4x + 5x = 180°
12x = 180
x = 15
Least angle of triangle ABC is = 3 × 15 = 45°
5x + 6x + 7x = 180°
18x = 180°
x = 10
Least angle of triangle PQR = 5 × 10 = 50
Difference a° = 50 – 45
a° = 5

13. Samrud had to multiply a number by 35. By mistake he multiplied by 53 and got a result 720 more.
The new product is _________.
Ans. 2120
Sol. Let the number be x
incorrect product = x × 53
correct product = x × 35
x × 53 – x × 35 = 720
18x = 720
x = 40
New product x × 53
 40 × 53 = 2120

14. Vishva plays football every 4th day. He played on a Tuesday . He plays football on a Tuesday again
in _________ days.
Ans. 28
Sol. Number of days in week = 7 days
Vishva plays football in = 4 days
He will play football on a tuesday again in 7 × 4 = 28 days

15. In an elementary school 26% of the students are girls. If there are 240 less girls than boys, then the
strength of the school is _________
Ans. 500
Sol. Girls = 26%
Boys = 100 – 26 = 74%
Given 74% – 26% = 240
48% = 240
240
1% = students
48
240
100% = × 100
48
= 500 students

16. There are three concentric circles as shown in the figure. The radii of them are 2 cm , 4 cm and 6
a
cm. The ratio of the area of the shaded region to the area of the dotted region is where a, b are
b
integers and have no common factor other than 1. Then a + b = _____________

Ans. 8

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 Areaof Shadedregion a
Sol. =
Area of dottedregion b
(4)2 – (2)2 a
=
(6)2 – (4)2 b
16 – 4 a
=
36 – 16 b
12 a
=
20 b
3 a
=
5 b
a+b=5+3=8

 1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
17. The value of  1   1   1   1   1   1    1   1   is __________
 9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2
Ans. 5
 1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
Sol.  1  9  1  8  1  7  1  6  1  5  1  4   1  3  1  2 
        
 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3 
=         
 9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2 
10
= =5
2

18. When a two digit number divides 265, the remainder is 5. The number of such two digit numbers is
________
Ans. 6
Sol. 265 – 5 = 260
260 = 2 × 2 × 5 × 13
two digits such numbers will be
 1 × 13 = 13
 2 × 13 = 26
 2 × 5 = 10
 4 × 5 = 20
 4 × 13 = 52
 5 × 13 = 65
6 Ans.

A B 12 # 8 10 # 6
19. If A  B = , the value of  is ___________
A B 8#4 6#2
43
Ans.
10
24 15
12 # 8 10 # 6
Sol.   5  4
8#4 6#2 8 3
3 2
3  3 30
 
5 12
408  150

60
258

60
43

10

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20. When water becomes ice, its volume increases by 10%. When ice melts into water its volume
decreases by a%. Then a = _________.
1
Ans. 9
11
Sol. Let the volume of water = x unit cube
x  10 11
Volume of ice = x +  x unit cube
100 10
11x
–x
When ice melt to water its % decrease in volume = 10 × 100
11
x
10
1
x
 10 ×100
11
x
10
1
a%  9 %.
11

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