CREST Mathematics Olympiad (CMO)

Previous Year Paper (2023-24)

Class 1 (Set - A)
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 45

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• There are a total of 35 questions in this booklet comprising 2 sections namely the
Practical Mathematics & Achievers' Section consisting of 25 questions (1 mark
each) & 10 questions (2 marks each) respectively.
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 Practical Mathematics (Each Question is 1 Mark)

1. Which of these can be bought for 4. Which of these has the lowest value?
exactly 50 cents?

a. b.

c. d.

a. Noodles and French Fries

5. Which figure will come in the place of
b. Ice cream and Burger
"?"?
c. Ice cream and French Fries
d. Burger and French Fries

2. Look at the image and subtract:

a. b.

c. d.
a. b.

6. What is the number represented in the

c. d. abacus?

3. How many more circles are there than

triangles?

a. Thirty-five
b. Three hundred and five
c. Three hundred and fifty
d. Fifty-three

a. 1 b. 2 7. Which of the items can be bought for

c. 3 d. 4 exactly 35 cents?

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 a. Pencil and eraser 14. Find the number of triangles in the
b. Sharpener and Eraser figure:
c. Sharpener and pencil box
d. Pencil box and eraser

8. How many triangles are there in the

picture?

a. 6 b. 5
c. 4 d. 3

a. 3 b. 4 15. What is Arv's height if he is 17 cm taller

c. 2 d. 1 than his friend Albek who is 153 cm
tall?
9. Roe is taller than Amy by 33 cm. If
Roe's height is 128 cm, then what is a. 135 cm b. 136 cm
Amy's height? c. 160 cm d. 170 cm

a. 105 cm b. 85 cm 16. Which of these objects is the heaviest?

c. 95 cm d. 161 cm

10. Fill in the blank: a. b.

23 + ____= 42

a. 17 b. 19
c. 18 d. 16 c. d.

11. Fill in the blank:

The expanded form of 674 is 17. Fill in the blank:
___________ 32, 29, 26, ____, 20

a. 670 + 4 b. 600 + 74 a. 23 b. 24
c. 6 + 7 + 4 d. 600 + 70 + 4 c. 27 d. 25

12. Samy has 135 cents with her but the 18. What will be the time after 2 hours as
doll she wants to buy costs 185 cents. shown in the clock given below?
How much more money does she
need?

a. 45 cents b. 50 cents
c. 55 cents d. 40 cents

13. Albert weighs 7 kg more than his a. b.

brother Liam who weighs 18 kg. What
is their weight altogether?

a. 43 kg b. 25 kg
c. 23 kg d. 41 kg

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 c. d. a. 3 b. 6
c. 2 d. 4

19. At what time does Alice brush in the 23. Rebecca went to the stationery
morning? store and bought some pencils. She
organised it into groups by using a
pencil stand. How many pencil
a. b. groups are there?

c. d.
a. 1 b. 2
c. 3 d. 4
20. Hansel has 10 chocolates with her, of
which she has given five to her friends. 24. Rebecca went to the stationery store
What number of chocolates is still with and bought some pencils. She
her? organised it into groups by using a
pencil stand. How many pencils are
a. 4 b. 5 there in total?
c. 6 d. 7

21. Diana went to a fruit shop to buy some

fruits. She bought 12 different kinds,
but two kinds of them were rotting. How
a. 8 b. 10
many different fruit kinds are fresh?
c. 12 d. 14
a. 12 b. 10
c. 8 d. 9 25. Fill the missing numbers:
5, 7, 9, __, 13, __, 17.
22. Sirel has three groups of two
a. 11, 14 b. 11, 15
strawberries each. How many
strawberries does she have in total? c. 10, 14 d. 10, 15

Achievers’ Section (Each Question is 2 Marks)

26. The time taken by train A to travel a. A, 2 hours 30 minutes
between two stations is 8 hours 30 b. A, 1 hour 30 minutes
minutes. The time taken by train B to c. B, 2 hours 30 minutes
travel between the same stations is 10 d. B, 1 hour 30 minutes
hours. Which train took more time and
by how much?

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 27. A tailor has 50 m of cloth. For one pant, a. 435 – 224 b. 435 – 220
he requires 4 m of the cloth. After c. 435 – 225 d. 436 – 225
making 5 pants, how many clothes will
be left with him? 32. If a ball weighs 3 kg, then the weight of
how many such balls taken together
a. 30 m b. 25 m will be equal to a weight of 18 kg?
c. 20 m d. 15 m
a. 5 b. 6
28. Find X + Y when: c. 4 d. 7
9Y
- X 4_ 33. Nia's mother cuts out a ribbon of length
3 3_ 20 cm from an old mat. Nia asks for 4
more such ribbons from the same mat.
a. 6 b. 7 How much more of a cloth her mother
c. 13 d. 12 will have to cut from the same mat?

29. Sam goes to a park at 5 p.m. and a. 100 cm b. 80 cm

comes back home at 7 p.m. He then c. 60 cm d. 40 cm
studies till his dinner is served at 8:30
p.m. How much time did he study? 34. Mrs. Alek drew various shapes on the
whiteboard. Which shape has the most
a. 1 hour 30 minutes numbers?
b. 2 hours
c. 2 hours 30 minutes
d. 3 hours

30. Fill in the blanks:

Anna needs _______ 10 cent coins
and ______ 2 cent coins respectively
to buy the given object.
a. Triangle b. Rectangle
c. Square d. Circle

35. Harry drew a picture of a donkey. How

many circles do you see in the image?

a. 2, 3 b. 3, 2
c. 3, 4 d. 4, 3

31. What is the number statement

represented in the abacus?

a. 3 b. 5
c. 4 d. 7

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 Answer Key

1. c 2. b 3. b 4. b 5. c 6. b 7. d
8. b 9. c 10. b 11. d 12. b 13. a 14. a
15. d 16. c 17. a 18. b 19. c 20. b 21. b
22. b 23. c 24. c 25. b 26. d 27. a 28. c
29. a 30. b 31. c 32. b 33. b 34. a 35. c

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