ASSOCIATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS OF INDIA

Screening Test – Gauss Contest

(NMTC PRIMARY LEVEL—V and VI Grades)

2024-2025
Instructions:
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 guides; they are not drawn to scale.
3. You may use separate sheets to do rough work.
4. Use of Electronic gadgets such as Calculator, Mobile Phone or Computer is not permitted.
5. Duration of Test: 10 am to 12 Noon (Two hours)
6. For each correct response you get 1 mark; for each incorrect response, you lose ½ mark.
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1. Saket wanted to add two 2-digit numbers. But he multiplied them and got 629 as
the answer. The sum of the two 2-digit numbers is
a) 56 b) 52 c) 54 d) 46

2. The sum of three integers is 1. Their product is 36. The greatest of these three
numbers is
a) 12 b) 8 c) 4 d) 6

3. The sum of five consecutive even numbers is 150. When written in ascending
order, the fourth number is
a) 34 b) 32 c) 36 d) 38

4. The price of a cell phone is decreased by 25%. What percentage increase must be
done in the delivered price to get back the original price?
a) 25 % b) 27½ % c) 30 % d) 33⅓ %

5. A rectangular carpet is placed in 8 m ⨯ 8 m room,

as shown in the diagram. What fraction of the floor
is not covered?
1 5
a) b)
4 11
5 13
c) d)
8 24
 p ( p  1)
6. p and p+1 are two prime numbers. Then the value of lies between
2 p 1
4 7 6 7 7 8
a) and 1 b) 1 and c) and d) and
5 5 5 5 5 5

7. a, b, c, d are real numbers such that a ⎼ 2023 = b + 2024 = c ⎼ 2025 = d + 2026.

Then the greatest among a, b, c, d is

b) a b) b c) c d) d

8. In the adjoining figure, AD = AE.

Then measure of ∠EAD is

a) 100o b) 105o

c) 106o d) 108o

9. The largest 3-digit number which is exactly divisible by the H.C.F. of 24 and 36

is n. Then n + 4 is equal to

a) 994 b) 996 c) 998 d) 1000

10. In the given figure, AB ∥ HG ∥ CD ∥ FE.

AB = 6, GH = 4, CD = 5, FE = 9 and BC = 8.
Distance between the pair of parallel lines
(AB, HG), (BC, GF) and (CD, FE) is the same
and equal to 3. The area of the total figure is

a) 64 b) 60 c) 45 d) 65

11. The number of pairs of two digit square numbers, the sum or difference of which
are also squares is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
12. There are 20 people around a table. Each of them shakes hands with the people
to his (or her) immediate left and immediate right. The total number of
handshakes that takes place is
a) 40 b) 30 c) 32 d) 20
13. In the adjoining figure, A, B, C, D are
the vertices of a square of side 3 units.
All the semi-circles are equal.
Then the area of the shaded region is
(in sq.units)

a) 8 + л b) 6 + л

c) 12 + л d) 7 + л

14. There are two boxes A and B which can hold 38 candles and 20 candles
respectively.
288 candles have to be placed to the maximum capacity of the boxes. If we
require m number of A-type boxes and n number of B-type boxes, then the
m
value of is
n
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

15. The divisors of 6 are 1, 2, 3, 6. Leaving 1 and 6, the divisors are 2 and 3. Let us

denote 2 + 3 = 5. Then the value of is ____________

a) 6 b) 8 c) 5 d) 12

Section B (Fill in the blanks)

(2  3  4)  (4  6  8)  (6  9 12)  ...  (20  30  40)

16. The fraction reduces to
(1 2  3)  (2  4  6)  (3  6  9)  ...  (10  20  30)
___________

17. In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a

rectangle.

AE and CF are quadrants.

The length of the rectangle is twice its
breadth.
22
Taking   , the area of the shaded
7
region is 21 cm2.
Then the area of the rectangle is __________.
18. The number m has factors 2, 5 and 6. The number n has factors 4 and 8. The
smallest value of m + n is __________

19. There are two bus stops on opposite sides of a road. Bus route X has a frequency
of 15 minutes at one stop. Bus route Y has a frequency of 40 minutes in the
opposite bus stop. Currently both buses arrived in the opposite stops. Again two
buses will simultaneously arrive at opposite stops after ___________ hours.

20. In the adjoining figure, ∠ABC = 60o and

∠ACB = 80o.
AD is the bisector of ∠A.
A
Through C, a line making with BC is drawn.
2

This line cuts the bisector at D and the

perpendicular from B to AD at E.
Then the measure of x (in degrees) is _________

21. For two real numbers a and b, we have

 b  a
a ⋇ b = a  b  .
 2  2
Then the value of (2 ⋇ 8) ⋇ 2 is ___________.

22. A 2-digit number has repeated digits. The number of such numbers having

exactly 4 divisors is __________

23. The salaries of Peter and Ali are in the ratio 3:2. Their expenditures are in the

ratio 5:3 in that order. If each saves Rs.5000, then Peter’s income (in Rs) is

______.

24. In the given figure, ∠A:∠B:∠C = 14:3:1.

A line BE through B making an angle
B
with BC is drawn.
3
A line through A, making an angle
1
CAD with AC is drawn.
4

They cut at G.

Then the measure of ∠EGF is _____degrees.

25. Ramaswamy, Krishnaswamy, Rangawamy, Gopalaswamy and Kumaraswamy

have different amounts of money in rupees in their pockets, each an odd number

and less than Rs.100. The largest possible total sum of money in rupees is _______

26. The cost price of 10 articles is equal to the selling price of 9 articles. The profit
1
percent is 11 . Then a = __________
a
6 2 3
27. When 2 of 1 is divided by 3 , we get __________.
11 7 11

28. Two cell phones were sold at the same price. If there is 10% gain on the one and
10% loss on the other, then the total percent of loss is _________

29. An office staff works for 4 days consecutively, then has the next day off; he works
for 4 more days and has a day off on the next day; and so on. Today is his day-off
and it is a Sunday. The minimum number of days the staff must work to have his
off-day as Sunday is _________

30. In the adjoining figure, triangle BCD is

equilateral. If ∠AFB = 90o and AH is the bisector
of ∠FAE, then the measure of ∠HGE (in degrees)
is _________

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