Senior International Vedic Maths Olympiad 2022

Time allowed - 1 Hour

Questions 1 - 25 each carry 2 marks

1. 5.0 − 0.5 + 0.05 − 0.005 + 0.0005

A 4.5555 B 4.4545 C 4.5454 D 4.4555 E 4.5455

2. Which of the following is not divisible by 9?

A 277227722772 B 90817263542 C 432234432234 D 1234545678 E 623637613683

3. When using Vertically and crosswise to calculate 367 × 482 , what is the result of the third step
before any carry digits are included?

A 72 B 78 C 80 D 82 E 92

4. Given that 3× 37 = 111 , calculate 999999 ÷ 37 .

A 54054 B 45045 C 36036 D 18018 E 27027

5. What is the square root of 0.00005625?

A 0.075 B 0.0075 C 0.00075 D 0.000075 E None of these

6. One of the following shows the correct working for 329 × 989 using Nikhilam multiplication. Which
one?

32 9 − 6 7 1 32 9 − 6 7 1 32 9 − 6 7 1
A B C
× 989 − 0 0 1 × 989 − 1 1 1 × 989 − 0 1 1
32 5 / 7 3 7 8 1 1 32 5 / 7 3 7 8 1 1 32 5 / 7 3 7 8 1 1

D 32 9 − 6 7 1 32 9 − 6 7 0
E
× 989 − 0 1 1 × 989 − 0 1 1
32 5 / 6 3 7 8 1 1 32 5 / 7 3 7 8 1 1

7. The devinculated form of 62 is 58. What is the devinculated form of 30023748 ?

A 29977662 B 20077662 C 20087652 D 29977652 E 29976652

8. What are the final four digits of 999999999872 ?

A 0169 B 9169 C 9983 D 0113 E 0913

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 9. Using Nikhilam division for 24219 ÷ 897, some workings are shown below. What are the three
missing digits for A, B and C?

897 2 4 /2 1 9
A BC
618
2 7/0 0 0

A 328 B 283 C 206 D 308 E 204

10. Which fraction is the largest?

24 12 6 3 1
A B C D E
2972 1483 745 373 124

11. Convert, the partially recurring decimal, 0.16! 3! , to a fraction in lowest terms.

9 17 81 147 163
A B C D E
55 111 495 900 990

12. 783
A 474552 B 551368 C 548552 D 474462 E 475552

13. What are the last five digits of the recurring pattern in the decimal equivalent of 1
?
39

A …26341! B …13941! C …27341! D …26641! E …25641!

14. Find the integer remainder for 12345678 ÷ 89789

A 13585 B 24685 C 42785 D 44585 E 68285

15. Which of the following is both a square and a cube?

A 498 B 817 C 1253 D 2165 E 3436

16. What is the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 38808 and 1320?

A 64 680 B 194 040 C 582120 D 1 552 320 E 2134 440

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 17. 123454321

A 1111111 B 111111 C 11111 D 1111 E 111

18. Which of the following can be expressed as the difference of two cubes and also the product of two
consecutive integers?

A 721 B 875 C 936 D 973 E 992

19. In how many ways can 96 be expressed as the difference of two square integers?

A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3 E 4

20. Simplify,
(x + 2y +1)2 − (x − 2y −1)2

A 8xy + 4x B x 2 + 8xy + 8y C 4xy + 8x D 5x 2 + 8y 2 + 2 E 2x 2 + 4xy + 8y 2

21. What is the square root of, x 4 − 6x 3 +17x 2 − 24x +16 ?

A x 2 − 4x +16 B x 2 + 4x + 4 C x 2 − 3x − 4 D x 2 − 3x + 4 E x 2 + 3x − 4

22. Given that 3x 2 + 3x − 5 is a factor of 6x 4 − 9x 3 − 7x 2 + 43x − 30 , which of the following is another

factor?

A 2x 2 − 6x + 6 B 2x 2 − 7x + 6 C 2x 2 + 7x + 6 D 2x 2 + 5x + 6 E 2x 2 − 5x + 6

23. What is the equation of the line which is perpendicular to 3x + 2y = 7 and which passes through the
point with coordinates, (4, 3)?

A 3x + 2y = 18 B 3x − 2y = 6 C 2x − 3y = −1 D 2x + 3y = 29 E 2x + 3y = 7

24. What is the radius of the circle with equation,

x 2 + y 2 + 4x −10y −167 = 0 ?

A 13 B 14 C 15 D 17 E 18

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 25. 5
a ,b and c are positive integers that satisfy, 5a + = 19 . What is the value of c?
b + 1c

A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 E 5

Questions 26 - 35 each carry 3 marks

26. What are the values of A and B, given that Y and Z are linear functions of x?

14x + 4 A B
= +
2x + 9x − 5 Y
2
Z

A 2&6 B 3&7 C 4&8 D 5&8 E 6 & 10

27. A bee enters cell A in a honeycomb with the aim of reaching cell J. The bee cannot go back into any
cell with an earlier letter label. For example, to reach cell D, the bee can travel through ABCD or
ACD or ABD but not ACBD.
How many possible ways are there for it to reach cell J?

A 96 B 84 C 72 D 64 E 55

28. Two identical triangles overlap. The area of the

overlapping region, B, is one sixth the area of the whole
shaded region.

What fraction of the area of one triangle is the area B?

2 1 2 3 2
A B C D E
5 6 7 8 9

29. x −1 −1
Given that f (x) = , what is the inverse function, f (x) ?
3− x

1− 3x 3x −1 3x +1 3x +1 3x −1
A B C D E
x +1 x −1 x −1 x +1 x +1

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 30. Simplify,
⎛ 1⎞ ⎛ 1⎞ ⎛ 1 1 ⎞
⎜⎝ 1 + x ⎟⎠ ⎜⎝ 1 − x ⎟⎠ ⎜⎝ x +1 + x −1 ⎟⎠

2 2 2 2 2
A B C D E
x x2 x −1
2
(x +1)(x −1) x (x +1)(x −1)
2

31. The equation, x 2 − 98x + k = 0 , has two distinct solutions. What value must k be less than?

A 0 B 14 C 98 D 2401 E 9604

32. A parallelogram, ABCD, is drawn on a graph with

vertices as shown. What is the numerical value
of the area of the parallelogram?

A 9 B 10 C 12 D 14 E 15

33. A triangle has base, x − 7 cm , and height,

12 − 4x cm , where x is a variable. What is its
maximum area in cm2 ?

A 4 B 5 C 8 D 16 E 42

34. Two congruent isosceles triangles overlap

producing a hexagon in the middle. The areas
of the smaller triangles are 4 and the larger
triangels, 36, as shown.
What is the area of the hexagon?

A 44 B 48 C 56 D 64 E 72

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 35. Angle Q is defined by the triple Q) 5 12 13.
What is the triple for the angle 12 Q ?

A 3 4 5 B 3 2 √13 C 2 3 √13 D 13 5 √194 E √95 √5 10√5

Questions 36 - 40 each carry 4 marks

36. Given that |x|< 2 , what are the first three terms, in ascending powers of x, for the expansion of

4
?
(2 + x)2

A 1− 4x + 5x 2 +! B 1− x + 34 x 2 +! C 1+ x − 54 x 2 +! D 1− x + 54 x 2 +! E 1+ x + 14 x 2 +!

37. What is the area under the curve given by

6
y=
3x − 2
between the lines, x = 1 and x = 9 ?

A 4ln5 B 2ln24 C 2ln3

D 2ln6 E 6ln5

38. x2 y2
What is the gradient of the curve with equation, + = 12 , at the point (-3, 6)?
3 4

2 2 3 3 4
A B− C D− E
3 3 2 2 9

39. Two corners of a square, with side length 2,

touch the circumference of a circle. One side of
the square is tangent to the circle.

What is the circle’s circumeference?

A √5π B 2π C 2√2π

D 4√3
3
π E 25 π

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 40. How many rectangles of all types are there?

A 34 B 56 C 300 D 324 E 360

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Answer Key Senior IVMO 2022

1. E 11. A 21. D 31. D

2. B 12. A 22. E 32. A

3. D 13. E 23. C 33. C

4. E 14. D 24. B 34. C

5. B 15. E 25. D 35. B

6. C 16. B 26. A 36. B

7. D 17. C 27. E 37. A

8. A 18. E 28. C 38. A

9. C 19. E 29. D 39. E

10. B 20. A 30. A 40. E

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Answer Key Junior IVMO 2022

1. 11. 21. 31. 41.

2. 12. 22. 32. 42.

3. 13. 23. 33. 43.

4. 14. 24. 34. 44.

5. 15. 25. 35. 45.

6. 16. 26. 36. 46.

7. 17. 27. 37. 47.

8. 18. 28. 38. 48.

9. 19. 29. 39. 49.

10. 20. 30. 40. 50.

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Answer Sheet

1. 11. 21. 31. 41.

2. 12. 22. 32. 42.

3. 13. 23. 33. 43.

4. 14. 24. 34. 44.

5. 15. 25. 35. 45.

6. 16. 26. 36. 46.

7. 17. 27. 37. 47.

8. 18. 28. 38. 48.

9. 19. 29. 39. 49.

10. 20. 30. 40. 50.

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