CREST Mathematics Olympiad (CMO)

Previous Year Paper (2022-23)

Class 7 (Set - A)

Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 60

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• There are a total of 50 questions in this booklet comprising 2 sections namely the
Practical Mathematics & Achievers' Section consisting of 40 questions (1 mark
each) & 10 questions (2 marks each) respectively.
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 Practical Mathematics (Each Question is 1 Mark)

1. Look at the figure given below. Find the 160

value of x in the given figure: 140

Number of Pupils
120
100
80 150
60 120
40 90 80
20 40
0

Days of the week

a. 30% b. 25%
a. 2 cm b. 3 cm c. 60% d. 50%
c. 4 cm d. 6 cm
5. Michel says that she got 16 more
2. The product of three integers is -600. If marks than 4 times the number of
two of the integers are -15 and 10, then marks scored by Alexa. Form an
find the third integer. equation which gives the marks scored
by Alexa if Michel scored 72 marks:
a. -5 b. 1
c. 3 d. 4 a. 16x + 4 = 72
b. 16 + 4x = 72
3. In a class test containing 10 questions, c. 16x + 72 = 4
5 marks are given for every correct d. 72 + 4x = 16
answer and (-2) marks are given for
every incorrect answer and 0 for 6. Anderson was measuring a piece of
question not attempted. cloth of length 2.5 m but by mistake, he
measured its length as 255 cm. Find
Alice did five correct and five incorrect the change in percentage in measuring
answers. What will be her score? its length:

a. 0 mark b. 8 marks
a. 1.5% b. 2.5%
c. 15 marks d. 20 marks
c. 2% d. 1%

4. The given bar graph shows the number

7. Given that a pizza has a radius of 6
of pupils who participated in the fitness
inches and has 6 slices, what is the
test on different days of the week.
perimeter of one of the slices of pizza?

What percentage of the total number of

a. (π + 6) in b. 2(π + 6) in
pupils had their fitness test on
c. (π + 8) in d. 2(π + 8) in
Wednesday?
8. The score of Fernandes in
Mathematics is 25 more than the two-
third of her score in science. If she
scored x marks in science, then
determine her score in Mathematics:

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 3 2 2
a. (2)x + 25 b. + 25x $90,000, then the value of of the
3 3
2 3 same will be:
c. (3)x + 25 d.
2
+ 25x
a. $60,000 b. $65,000
9. The perimeter of a triangle is (7x - 15) c. $70,000 d. $80,000
cm. The two sides are (3x - 3) cm and
(2x - 2) cm. Find the third side: 14. If a and b are positive integers such
that ab = 125, then (a - b) a + b - 4 is
a. 3x - 13 b. 2x - 14 equal to:
c. 2x - 10 d. 3x - 15
a. 16 b. 25
10. Harry wants to solve the following c. 28 d. 30
equation and find the value of n. If
9n × 35 × 273 15. Two trains approach each other at 30
= 27, then the value of n is:
3 × 814 km/hr and 27 km/hr from two places
342 km apart. After how many hours do
a. 0 b. 2 they meet?
c. 3 d. 4
a. 5 hours b. 6 hours
11. Which is the least number of squares c. 7 hours d. 12 hours
that must be added so that the line AB
becomes a line of symmetry? 16. Fill in the blank:
A
A run twice as fast as B and B runs
thrice as fast as C. The distance
covered by C in 72 minutes will be
covered by A in _____.

a. 18 min b. 24 min
B
c. 16 min d. 12 min
a. 3 b. 4
c. 5 d. 6
17. The degree measure of each of the
12. Sia is a fashion designer who received three angles of a triangle is an integer.
an order to sew 24 designer tees. If 24 Which of the following could NOT be
designer tees of equal size can be the ratio of their measures?
made from 54 metres of fabric, how
much fabric is needed for each a. 2 : 3 : 4 b. 3 : 4 : 5
designer tee? c. 5 : 6 : 7 d. 6 : 7 : 8

4 5 18. Look at the image given below in which

a. b. PQ = QR = PS. Calculate the size of
5 4
4 9 the labelled angles:
c. d. P
9 4

o
13. Angelina has a beautiful estate; she a
was telling the cost of her estate to her o S
friend in the following way of c
o
3 d
conversation. If of an estate is worth
4 o
b
Q R
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 a. a = 40o, b = 50o, c = 70o, d = 110o for $125,000 losing 20%. Find the cost
b. a = 42o, b = 48o, c = 69o, d = 111o price of the building:
c. a = 45o, b = 45o, c = 67.5o, d =
112.5o a. $150,000 b. $156,250
d. a = 50o, b = 40o, c = 65o, d = 115o c. $156,500 d. $155,250

19. Jerry has a parallelogram-shaped plot, 24. The marks obtained by 11 students of
and she wants to grow tomatoes in one a class in an examination out of 25 are
section of it. She has estimated the given below.
plan, and she knows that the ratio of 23, 20, 23, 19, 21, 13, 13, 23, 16, 13,
two adjacent sides of a parallelogram is 20, 24.
3: 4. It has a perimeter of 105 cm. If the Find the mean of the following data.
altitude corresponding to the larger
side is 15 cm, find its area: a. 30.20 b. 29.43
c. 28.32 d. 20.72
a. 900 cm2 b. 600 cm2
c. 300 cm2 d. 450 cm2 25. Look at the image given below. The
measure of ∠p is:
20. Anderson has a finite number of
A 110
o D
2 H
candies, of which he gave to his
x E G p F
3
friend Niel and to his friend Max. If
x
2 3 35
+ = , what is the value of x?
I o
x x 4 111
5 7 C B
a. b.
11 4
4 11
c. d. a. 41o b. 70o
7 5
c. 69o d. 139o
21. In a parallelogram PQRS, the
diagonals PR and QS intersect at O. If 26. The product of two rational numbers is
15 5
∠POQ = 110o, ∠PRQ = 50o, and ∠SQP . If one of the numbers is then what
16 4
= 40o, then find the measure of ∠PSR: is the other number?

a. 90o b. 100o 75 25
a. b.
c. 110o d. 120o 54 64
3 25
c. d.
22. Rehman scored 40, 27, 32 and x marks 4 4
in four different subjects. The maximum
mark in each subject is 50. If the 27. For construction of a △PQR, where QR
average percentage of marks is 70%, = 8 cm, PR = 10 cm and ∠Q = 90o, its
then find the value of x: step for construction is given below in
jumbled form. Identify the second step
a. 41 b. 40 from the following.
c. 39 d. 42 1. At point Q, draw an angle of 90o.
2. From R cut an arc of length PR =
23. Andry is a contractor; He used to build 10.0 cm using a compass.
a house and sell it. He sold a building 3. Name the point of intersection of the
arm of the angle 90o and the arc
drawn in step 3, as P.

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 4. Join P to Q. PQR is the required a. They should be drawn on the same
triangle. sheet of paper.
5. Draw the base side QR = 8 cm. b. They should be drawn with a scale.
c. They should have the same length.
a. 2 b. 1 d. They should have different lengths.
c. 4 d. 5
34. Serena used to bake cakes and wrap
28. ABCD is a rhombus with ∠ABC = 56°. them in boxes when she worked as a
Find the value of ∠ACD where AC is baker. By determining the shape of the
the diagonal of the rhombus ABCD: box, can you identify the number of
edges and vertices it has?
a. 50o b. 62o
c. 124o d. 82o

29. Ricky came up with the number m and

gave the equation below.
Given that m2 = 272/3 x 16-3/2, find the
value of m.

9 3
a. b.
26 16 a. 8, 10 b. 12, 8
3 3
c. d. c. 6, 8 d. 8, 10
8 4

30. Kate has $P. Anna has $3 more than 35. Sam and Milo were doing an
Kate and Alice have $7 less than Anna. experiment using a solid object and a
Altogether the three boys have $20. bulb. Milo got things going first. A light
How much money does Kate have? is kept on directly above the book.
Name the shape of the obtained
a. $30 b. $10 shadows.
c. $7 d. $3

31. Duke bought two ropes and a 7 m long

rope is 1/5th of the length of another
rope. How long is the second rope?

a. 5 m b. 7 m
c. 14 m d. 35 m
a. Circle b. Square
32. Reckson asked his friend to find the c. Rectangle d. Semicircle
value of x and provided the following
clues: 2y = -6 and x - 3y = 13, so the 36. Seven times a number is twelve less
value of x is: than thirteen times the same number.
Choose the correct form of equation for
13 b. 4 the above from the following options.
a.
9
c. 19 d. 22 a. 7x = 12 - 3x
b. 7x - 12 = 13
33. Max and Reh each drew a line c. 7x = 13x - 12
segment. What is the condition for d. 7x + 12 = - 13x
them to be congruent?

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 37. The width of the rectangle is
2
of its 39. Anderina went to a fare with her friends
3 Tofu and Tia. It was summer, so they
length. If the perimeter of the rectangle bought hats to wear. How many letters
is 80 cm. Find its area. in the word HAT have symmetrical
lines?
a. 206 cm2 b. 384 cm2
c. 416 cm2 d. 466 cm2 The line which divides a line segment
into two equal halves and
38. One angle of triangle ABC is 40° in the perpendicular to it is called as
figure below. If the difference between _____________.
the other two angles is 30°, find the
larger of the two angles. a. 0 b. 1
A c. 2 d. 3

x 40. Two triangles ABC and PQR are

similar, if BC : CA : AB = 1 : 2 : 3, then
QR
y o
40 is _______.
PR
B C
2 4
a. b.
a. 76 o
b. 85 o 3 5
1 1
c. 89o d. 96o c. d.
2 3

Achievers’ Section (Each Question is 2 Marks)

41. Ronaldo challenged his friends to 43. Product of three natural numbers is
generate three rational numbers 24000 and their HCF is 10. How many
ranging from
3 7
to . Kate also such triplets of numbers are there?
5 8
wondered how many rational numbers a. 5 b. 4
can be determined from these two c. 6 d. 7
numbers.
44. Margaret bought two necklaces for
a. 12 b. 67 $1008. she sold one at a loss of 20%
c. 54 d. Infinite and the other a profit of 44%. If each
necklace was sold for the same price,
42. In the given figure, △ABC is a right- the cost price of the necklace which
angled triangle, semicircles are drawn was sold at a loss was:
on AB, AC and BC as diameters. It is
given that AB = 3cm and AC = 4 cm. a. $648 b. $360
Find the area of the shaded region: c. $568 d. $440

45. The mean of the marks in Statistics of

100 students in a class was 72. The
mean of marks for boys was 75, while
their number was 70. The mean of
marks of girls in the class was:
a. 12 cm2 b. 6 cm2
c. 9 cm2 d. 15 cm2

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 a. 35 b. 65 48. A worker is hired for 20 days with the
c. 68 d. 86 understanding that he will be paid $280
per day worked and fined $60 per day
46. Which of the following statements are absent. How many days did he miss if
true? he received a total of $2540?
i. If P = 3x − 4y − 8z, Q = −10y + 7x +
11z and R = 19z − 6y + 4x, then P − a. 10 b. 9
Q + R is equal to 0. c. 8 d. 7
ii. After Subtracting − x4 + 4x3y -
8x2y2 + 2xy3 - 4y4 from − 5x3y + x2y2 - 49. Alex was decorating his house for
6y4 we get, x4 − 9x3y + 9x2y2 − Christmas, and he wanted to put a star-
2xy3 + 2y4. shaped lamp there, so he bought a 15-
iii. Terms in algebraic expression which meter-long ladder that reached a
has the different power of variables window 12 metres above the ground by
is called like terms. placing it against a wall at a distance of
a. Determine the distance between the
a. i and ii b. only i ladder's foot and the wall.
c. i, ii and iii d. only iii
a. 6 m b. 7 m
47. Angelina and his buddy Alice were c. 9 m d. 11 m
playing a dice game with a regular die.
The game's rules are If the number that 50. Given two right angled triangle ABC
appears is an even number, they will and YZ, such that ∠A = 20o, ∠Y =
receive 5 times the number that 20o and AC = YX, Write the
appears. If they get an odd number, correspondence if triangles are
they will lose 12 times the number that congruent.
comes up. Angelina tosses a five.
Indicate her outcome as an integer. a. △ABC ≅ △XYZ
b. △ABC ≅ △XZO
a. - 60 b. 60 c. △ABC ≅ △ZOX
c. - 30 d. 30 d. △ABC ≅ △YZX

Answer Key
1. c 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. b 6. c 7. b 8. c 9. c 10. c
11. b 12. d 13. d 14. a 15. b 16. d 17. d 18. c 19. d 20. c
21. b 22. a 23. b 24. d 25. d 26. c 27. b 28. b 29. c 30. c
31. d 32. b 33. c 34. b 35. c 36. c 37. b 38. b 39. d 40. c
41. d 42. b 43. b 44. a 45. b 46. b 47. a 48. b 49. c 50. d

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