IMO Class 10
IMO Class 10
IMO Class 10
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LOGICALREASONING 1. Thereare6shortpiecesoflinkchain,eachhaving4links.Ittakes 10secondstocutalinkand25secondstowelditbacktogether. Whatistheshortestpossibletimetomakethelongestchain? (A) 175seconds (B) 210seconds (C) 150seconds (D) 60seconds (E) Noneofthese. 2. Whatshould comeatthe placeof? sothatevery columnor diagonalhasthesamesum? (A) 19 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 15 (E) Noneofthese. 3. PointsAandBonamapare12kmapartifyoufollowthepath.A troopofboyscoutsleavespointAat11:00a.m.Theyareallcarrying packsandtravel3km/hruntiltheyreachpointCat12:45.Ifthey wanttoreachpointBby2:00,howfastwilltheyhavetogo? (A) 5.4km/hr (B) 6.75km/hr (C) 5.25km/hr (D) 1.75km/hr (E) Noneofthese.
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4. Achildwaslookingforhisfather.Hewent90metresintheEastbeforeturningtohisright.Hewent20 metresbeforeturningtohisrightagaintolookforhisfatherathisunclesplace30metresfromthispoint. Hisfatherwasnotthere.Fromherehewent100metrestotheNorthbeforemeetinghisfatherinastreet. Howfardidthesonmeethisfatherfromthestartingpoint? (A) 80metres (B) 100metres (C) 140metres (D) 260metres (E) Noneofthese. 5. IfDELHIiscodedas73541andCALCUTTAas82589662,howcanCALICUTbecoded? (A) 5279431 (B) 5978213 (C) 8251896 (D) 8543691 (E) Noneofthese. 6. If1stOctoberisSunday,then1stNovemberwillbe (A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Thursday (E) Noneofthese.
7. If+standsfordivision,standsforaddition,standsformultiplicationand standsforsubtraction, thenwhichofthefollowingequationsiscorrect? (A) 366+7 26=20 (B) 36 6+353=45 (C) 36+635 3=24 (D) 366+35 3=74 (E) Noneofthese. MATHEMATICAL REASONING 8. IfOisthecentreofthecircle,findthevalueofxinthefollowingfigure. (A) 75 (C) 65 (E) Noneofthese. 9. ParallelogramABCDisshownintheadjoiningfigure.Whichpairoftriangles canbeestablishedtobecongruenttoprovethat DAB @ BCD? (A) D ADC and D BCD (B) D AED and D BEC (C) D DAB and D BCD (D) D DEC and D BEA D (E) Noneofthese. 10.Whatisthecompletesolutiontotheequation|36x|=15? (A) x=2x=3 (B) x=2x =3 (C) x=2x =3 (D) x=2x =3 (B) 40 (D) 90
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11. Inthefiguregivenhere,AB>BC. Ifweassumethatm A=m C,itfollowsthatAB=BC.Thiscontradictsthegiven statementthatAB>BC.Whatconclusioncanbedrawnfromthiscontradiction? (A) m A=mB (B) m A m B (C) m A=m C (D) m A m C (E) Noneofthese. C
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