� NMTC Syllabus for Class 8 (Kaprekar Contest)

1. Arithmetic

 Square & Square Roots

 Cube & Cube Roots
 Allegation & Mixture
 Average
 Time & Work
 Time & Distance
 Races, Games & Skills
 Traveling Around a Circle

2. Mensuration

 Three-Dimensional Shapes:
o Cube
o Cuboid
o Sphere
o Cone
o Cylinder
o Pyramids

3. Algebra

 Algebraic Equations:
o Degree 1 & Degree 2
 Algebraic Identities
 Factorisation of Algebraic Expressions
 Laws of Indices
 Basics of Surds

4. Number Theory

 Prime & Composite Numbers

 Divisibility Rules

5. Geometry

 Triangles
 Triangle Inequalities
 Parallelogram
 Trapezoids
 Pythagoras Theorem
 ASSOCIATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS OF INDIA
Screening Test – Kaprekar Contest
(NMTC SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL—VII and VIII 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. There is a 6-digit number in which the first and the fourth digit from the first are the
same, the second and the fifth digit from the first are the same and the third and the
sixth digit from the first are the same. Then the number is always
a) A square number b) Divisible by 5
c) Divisible by 11 d) An odd number.

2. Starting from the number 1, Ritu generates a series of numbers as

1, 3, 6, 11, 18, 29, 42, …
such that the differences of the consecutive numbers from the beginning give
consecutive primes. In this series she came across a perfect square for the first
time. The Square root of this perfect square is

a) 14 b) 19 c) 23 d) 21

1 1
 x y  x y
x   y
 2y x   2 x y 
   
3. The expression 1 1 reduces to
 x  xy   y  xy 
    
 2 xy   2 xy 
x y 2 xy
a) xy b) c) d)
2 x y x y
4. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is multiplied by 8 and the result is
found to be 13 more than the number. Then the two digit number is
a) A prime number
b) An even number
c) Such that the difference of its digits is 2.
d) Such that the sum of its digits is a composite number.

5. A water tank is fitted with four different taps as outlets. If the tank is full,
it takes 1 hour to empty the tank when the first tap alone is opened;
it takes 2 hours to empty the tank when the second tap alone is opened;
it takes 3 hours to empty the tank when the third tap alone is opened;
it takes 4 hours to empty the tank when the fourth tap alone is opened.
When all the taps are opened simultaneously, the full tank will be emptied in

a) More than 29 minutes b) Between 28 and 29 minutes

c) Between 29 and 30 minutes d) Less than 28 minutes.

6. Two primes p, q are such that p + q is odd and q ⎼ 10p = 23. Then q ⎼ 20p
equals to

a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7

7. Which one of the following is a false statement?

a) Diagonals of a square bisect each other at right angles.
b) Diagonals of a rectangle bisect each other.
c) Diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other at right angles.
d) If the diagonals of a quadrilateral bisect each other, then the quadrilateral
is a rectangle.

8. Soham has his 23rd birthday on 1st January 2024 and he noticed that 2024 is
divisible by 23. If he lives till 100 years of age, how many times other than
the above, his age would be a divisor of the then year?

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
9. Consider the two figures shown here.
AB = 16 cm in both the figures.

Points P, Q, R divide AB in equal

lengths in fig.1 fig.1
Similarly P,Q,R,S,T,L,M divide AB
in equal length in fig 2
All the curves are semi-circles.
If [a] and [b] are the areas of fig 2
the shaded figures respectively in fig 1 and fig 2, then
5
a) [a] ⎼ [b] is a non-zero number. b) [a] = [b]
4
4
c) [a] = [b] d) [a] = [b]
5
10. The sum of 11 consecutive natural numbers is 121. The sum of the
next three numbers is

a) 54 b) 55 c) 53 d) 57

11. A big ship wrecked and 1000 people landed in a remote island. The food
material was available for them for 60 days. After 16 days another small
ship, which had no food stock, wrecked and 100 people landed in the same
island. The number of days the food material for all of them available is
a) 42 b) 35 c) 40 d) 41

12. Two numbers are respectively 28% and 70% of a third number. The
percentage of the first number to the second is
a) 40 b) 36 c) 45 d) 50

13. The sum of two natural numbers is 150. Their HCF is 15. The number of
pairs of such numbers is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

14. ABC and ADE are isosceles triangles.

If ∠BFD = 156o, then ∠A =

a) 68o b) 70o
c) 66o d) 70o
15. Some students are made to stand in rows of equal number, one behind the

other. Saket is in the 3rd row from the front and 5th row from the back. He

is 4th from the left and 6th from right. The total number of students is

a) 45 b) 72 c) 63 d) 81

FILL IN THE BLANKS

16. In the adjoining figure, ABCD is

a rectangle. Then,

∠EBD = __________ degrees.

17. An infinite sequence of positive numbers x1 , x2 , x3 ,..., xn , xn1 ,... satisfies

xn2  (3n  7)  ( n  3) xn 1 , where xn is the nth term of the sequence. Then the

numerical value of x1 is ___________

18. For n  2 and n   , the smallest positive integer n for which none of the
17 18 19 100
fractions , , , ... ... ... , can be simplified is ________.
n  17 n  18 n  19 n  100

19. In triangle ABC, AB = 15 cm, BC = 20 cm and CA = 25 cm. Then the

length of the shortest altitude of the triangle (in cm) is __________.

20. The units digit of 19

2025
 9992023 is __________.

21. N is a 2-digit number. When 6 is added to the tens digit and 2 is

subtracted from the units digit, we get a two digit number which is equal

to 3N. Then N is ________.

22. ABCD is a quadrilateral. AB is parallel to CD and AB > CD. If AD = AB = BC

and ∠ADC = 140o, then the measure of ∠CAB is ________degrees.

23. The product of two positive numbers x and y is 4 times their Sum and the

same product is 8 times their difference. If x ≥ y , then x = ___________.

24. In the adjoining figure, ABCDEFGH

is a regular Octagon. The measure

of ∠ADG (in degrees) is __________.

25. If 23a  2  4b7 and 3a 10  272b10 then the value of a 2  b2 is ____________.

26. ABCD is a rectangle. AB = 6 and AD = 10.

E is a point on BC such that AE = 10.

Then area of ∆ADE (in square units) is _______.

27. The numbers 1, 4, 7, 10 and 13 are

placed in each box of the figure, such
that the sum of the numbers in the
horizontal or vertical boxes are the
same. The largest possible value of
the horizontal or vertical sum is __________.

28. The number of integer pairs (m , n) such that m(n2+1) = 48 is _________.

29. In the adjoining figure, ∆ABD and

∆BCE are equilateral triangles.

The measure of ∠AFC = ______ degrees.

4
27. 3 9
30. The value of is ________.
6
9.33 . 3

End of Question Paper

 ASSOCIATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHRS OF INDIA
Screening Test – Kaprekar Contest
(NMTC SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL—VII and VIII Grades)

Saturday, the 7th October 2023

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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. The value of 2023 2022 (2021 2019)  1  1  1 is

a) 2023 b) 2022 c) 2021 d) 2023 2022

2. In the adjoining figure, ∆ABC is an isosceles right-angled

triangle. BE is perpendicular to AD. If BE = 1 cm,
then the area (in cm2) of the quadrilateral ABCD is
3
a) 1 b)
2
4
c) 2 d)
3
(a 2  b 2  c 2 ) 2
3. If a  b  c  0 , then the value of is
a 4  b4  c4
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

4. Ram, Rahim, Robin and Ria are four children, the product of whose ages is 5040.
Ram is older than Rahim by one year, older then Robin by two years and older
than by Ria by three years. The age of Ram (in years) is
a) 15 b) 7 c) 12 d) 10
5. A fruit-seller sells apples, oranges and pineapples. In his stock, 20% are
pineapples and 60% are oranges. There are 40 apples. If half the oranges are
replaced by pineapples, how many pineapples are there in the shop now?

a) 40 b) 60 c) 80 d) 100
6. A carpenter can repair 4 tables in 5 hours. The time (in hours) for him to
Repair (at the same rate) 7 tables is
a) 8 b) 7 c) 7½ d) 8¾
7. In the adjoining figure, AB = AC, ∠C = 80o and

BC = BD = DE. Then the measure (in degrees)

of angle ADE is

a) 9 b) 35
c) 15 d) 40

8. In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a Square.

Given BE = AB. If the measure of ∠DFC (in
degrees) is xo then the value of 2x (in degrees) is
a) 205 b) 190

c) 200 d) 215

9. Two real numbers a, b (where a > b) are given such that their sum is equal
2ab
to 4 times their difference. The value of is
3(a 2  b 2 )
a) ⅔ b) ½ c) 1 d) ⅝
10. The average of three numbers is x. Two of the three numbers are y and z.

Then, the third number is

yz
a) 3x  y  z b) y  z  3x c) 3x  y  z d)
3
11. From a natural number 3 is subtracted, then the result is divided by 4 and the
outcome is increased by 4 and the whole result is then divided by 5. The final
resulting number is 2. Then the natural number taken in the beginning is
a) a perfect square b) a perfect cube
c) an even number d) divisible by 13

9n 2  64
12. For all permissible natural numbers ‘n’, the number is
1
n 1 
n
1
n4
a) a proper fraction b) an improper fraction
c) a natural number divisible by 4 d) an odd integer
 13. The number of solutions of the equation x  5  3x  4  12 x  1 is

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3

1 1 1 1 3553
14. If    ...   , then n =
1 3 2  4 3  5 n( n  2) 4830
a) 68 b) 65 c) 73 d) 90

15. In the adjoining figure,

∠BAE = 16o and ∠CBG = 12o.
Then the measure of x + y
(in degrees) is
a) 116o b) 123o
c) 114o d) 122o

PART B

16. There are 3 pineapples, 6 bananas and

7 apples. Each fruit of the same category
is of same price.
The total amount of the fruits of the 1st
row is ₹44, that of the 3rd row is ₹54 and
that of the 1st column is ₹72.
Then the total amount (in Rupees)
of the fruits in the 2nd row is __________

x21
17. If 22  16, then the value of x 4 is _______

18. In the adjoining figure, two rectangles

and two right-angled triangles are
arranged as shown. The numbers
shown inside each are their respective
areas. Then the area of A is __________
19. The sum of the length and breadth of a rectangle is 6 cm. A square is
constructed whose side is equal to the diagonal of the rectangle. If the
ratio of the areas of the square and the rectangle is 5:2, then the area of
the square (in cm2) is _______

20. If the area of a circle of radius 5 is numerically x % of its circumference,

then x = __________

21. There are 3 real positive numbers. The second is greater than the first by the
amount the third is greater than the second. The product of the two smaller
numbers is 85 and that of the two bigger numbers is 115. Then the difference
between the smallest and the greatest numbers is ________

22. The numbers 1, 3, 6, 10, . . . are called triangular numbers. The nth triangular
n( n  1)
number Tn  . Then the value of T3n 1  9Tn is equal to ____________
2
3 4
23. I read of a book on one day and of the remainder on another day. If
8 5
30 pages are still unread, then the total number of pages in the book is ______.

24. Three persons A, B, C participate in a running race for 1 km distance. When

A and B run, A wins by 60 seconds; when A, C run, A wins by 375 metres.
When B and C run, B wins by 30 seconds. If the time taken by B to run the
1 km distance is x minutes and 30 seconds, then x = ____________.

25. A ruler with no mark on it can measure

its own length AB.
A ruler with only one mark on it can
measure 3 lengths AB, AC, BC.
A ruler with two marks on it can measure
6 lengths AB, AC, CD, DB, AD and CB.
Then the number of lengths a ruler with
4 marks on it can measure is __________
26. In the adjoining figure,

The value of x (in degrees)

is ______________

27. In the adjoining figure,

AB ║ DC.

Also, PG = PF.

The measure of angle x

(in degrees) is __________

28. The sum of the first and last of four consecutive odd integers is 52. The
sum of all of them is ________.

29. The square root of a number plus 2 gives the number itself.
Then the number is ___________.

30. ABCD and CEFG are two squares such

That the extension of GE (diagonal
Of CEFG passes through B.

Given BE = 6 cm and CG = 4 2 cm.

Then the area of square ABCD (in cm2 )
is ____________

End of Question Paper.

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ASSOCIATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHRS OF INDIA

Screening Test – Kaprekar Contest
(NMTC-- SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL—VII and VIII Grades)
Saturday, the 15th October 2022
Note:

1. Fill in the Response Sheet with your Name, Class and the Institution through which you
appear, in the specified places.
2. Diagrams given are only Visual aids; 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 the Test: 2 pm to 4 pm (2 hours).

01. The value of [Link]  1 when simplified is

a) 2245 b) 2255 c) 2345 d) 2195

02. Two regular polygons of same number of sides have side lengths 8 cm
and 15 cm. The length of the side of another regular polygon of same
number of sides whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of the given
polygons is (in cm.)
a) 17 b) 23 c) 38 d) 120

03. When a = 2022, b = 2023, the numerical value of

a b 2
 
a b 1 a
1 1  2 is
b a a b

a) 1 b) 2022⨯2023 c) (2023)2 d) 0

04. Two sides of a triangle are of lengths 5 cm and 10 cm. The length of
the altitude to the third side is equal to the average of the other two
altitudes. The length of the third side (in cm ) is
20
a) 12 b) 8 c) d) 9
3
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05. a,b,c,d,e,f are natural numbers in some order among 4, 5, 6, 12, 20, 24.
a c e
The maximum value of   is
b d f

a) 1 b) 5 c) 10 d) 12

06. Two consecutive natural numbers exist such that the square of their
sum exceeds the sum of their squares by 112; then the difference of
their squares is …

a) 10 b) 12 c) 13 d) 15

07. ABCD is a trapezoid with AB  CD.

Given AB = 11 cm and DC = 21 cm.
and the height of the trapezoid is 4 cm.
If E is the midpoint of AD, the area of
triangle BEC (in cm2) is …

a) 32 b) 34 c) 28 d) 40

08. One-sixth of one-fourth of three-fourths of a number is 15, the number is

a) 1020 b) 320 c) 520 d) 480

09. Two places A and B are connected by a straight road. Samrud and Saket
start by motorbikes respectively from A and B at the same time; after
meeting each other, they complete their journey in 90 minutes and 40
minutes respectively. If the speed of Samrud’s bike is 16 km/hr., then
the speed of Saket’s bike (in km/hr.) is …

a) 20 b) 18 c) 24 d) 22

10. The length of a rectangle is increased by 60%. By what percent should

the breadth be decreased to have the same area?

a) 35.5 b) 37.5 c) 38.25 d) 36.5

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11. In the adjoining figure, PL is the

bisector of ∠QPR.
The measure of the angle MOL is …

a) 115o b) 120o

c) 125o d) 135o

12. A four centimetre cube is painted blue on all its faces. It is then cut into
Identical one centimetre cubes. Among them, the number of cubes with
only one face painted is …

a) 12 b) 16 c) 18 d) 24

13. In the adjoining figure, the

value of x (in degrees) is

a) 20o b) 25o

c) 30o d) 35o

14. Given here is a magic square. a 14 b 0

The numerical value of c 5 6 11

4 d 10 7
a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 + e2 is …
15 2 e 12

a) 324 b) 144 c) 274 d) 316

15. x % of 400 added to y % of 200 gives 100. If y % of 800 is 80, what

percent of x is y ?
a) 60 b) 40 c) 50 d) 20
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16. In the adjoining figure, AB = AC

and C = 40o.

If ABD = (3x – 3)o, BDA = (2x + 8)o

and CAE = (x – 11)o then x = _______

17. If a = 2022, b = ―2, c = 4044 then the numerical value of

a (b  c ) 2b(c  a ) c (2b  a )
2 2 2 2 2 2

  is __________.
bc ca ab
1
18. If a  3
2  , then the numerical value of 2 a
3
 6a
3
2
is ____________.
19. In the adjoining figure, two equilateral triangles cut
each other.
The measure of the angle xo is ____________
degrees.

20. A vendor has four regular customers. He sells to the first customer half
his stock of cakes and half a cake. He sells to the second customer half
of the remaining stock and half a cake. He repeats this procedure for the
third and the fourth customer also. Now, finally he is left with 15 cakes.
The number of cakes he had in the beginning is ____________.

21. In the sequence 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, …, the 2022nd term is _______.

22. In the adjoining figure, ABC is an

equilateral triangle.
AB and EF are parallel.
DE and FG are parallel.
∠BDE = 40o.
Then x + y (in degrees) is ________
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23. A gardener has to plant a number of rose plants in straight rows. First
he tried 5 in each row; then he successively tried 6, 8, 9 and 12 in each
row but always had 1 plant left Then he tried 13 in a row and to his
pleasant surprise, no plant was left out. The smallest number of plants
he could have had is __________.

24. A, B run a race 1 km long straight path. If A gives B 40 m start then , A

wins by 19 seconds. If A gives B 30 seconds start, then B wins by 40 m.
If B normally would take t1 seconds to run the total 1 km length and
A normally would take t2 seconds to run the total 1 km length, then
t1 ― t2 ( (in seconds) is ____________.

25. David computed the value of 319 as 11a 2261467. He found all the
digits correctly except ‘a’. The value of ‘a’ is __________.

26. The sum of eight consecutive natural numbers is 124. The sum of the
next 5 natural numbers will be ___________.

27. In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a

rectangle.

The value of x + y (in degrees)

is __________.

3/4
28. If A  (625) and B  (78125) , then the value of A⨯B is __________.
3/7

29. A room is 5 m 44cm long and 3 m 74cm broad. The side of the largest
square-slabs which can be paved of this room (in cm.) is __________.

30. A company sells umbrellas in two different sizes, large and small. This
year it sold 200 umbrellas, of which one-fourth were large. The sale of
large umbrellas produced one-third of the company’s income. If a : b is
the ratio of the price of a larger umbrella to the price of a smaller
umbrella, then ab2 is _______.
 THE ASSOCIATION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS OF INDIA
Screening Test - Kaprekar Contest
NMTC at SUB JUNIOR LEVEL - VII & VIII Standards
Saturday, 1 September, 2018
Note:

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 aids; they are NOT drawn to scale.

3. You are free to do rough work on separate sheets.

4. Duration of the test: 2 pm to 4 pm -- 2 hours.

PART—A
Note
• Only one of the choices A. B, C, D is correct for each question. Shade the alphabet of your choice
in the response sheet. If you have any doubt in the method of answering; seek the guidance of the
supervisor.
1
• For each correct response you get 1 mark. For each incorrect response you lose mark.
2
4
1. The fraction greater than 8 is
9
1 150 2 216
(A) 8 (B) (C) 8 (D)
3 18 3 27
Ans. (C)
4 76
Sol. 8 = = 8.44
9 9
1 25
(A) 8 = = 8.33 < 8.44
3 3
150
(B) = 8.33 < 8.44
18
2 26
(C) 8 = = 8.66 > 8.44
3 3
216
(D) = 8 < 8.44
27

2. A car is slowly driven in a road full of fog. The car passes a man who was walking at the rate of 3
km an hour in the same direction. He could see the car for 4 minutes and was visible for up to a
distance of 100 meters. The speed of the car is (in km per hours)
1 1
(A) 4 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 3
2 2
Ans. (A)

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Sol. Let speed of car = x km/hr
Speed of man = 3km/hr
Relative speed = (x – 3) km/hr
1
D = 100 m = km.
10
4
T = 4 min. = hr .
60
D
Speed =
T
1
3
x – 3 = 10  x – 3 =
4 2
60
1
x= 4 .
2

3. Kiran sells pens at a profit of 20% for Rs. 60. But due to lack of demand he reduced its price to Rs.
55. Then
(A) He gets a profit of 10% (B) He gets a profit of 12%
(C) He incurs a loss of 10% (D) He incurs a loss of 8%
Ans. (A)
Sol. SP = 60
Profit = 20%
100  60
CP = = 50.
120
If SP = 55
CP = 50
 Profit = 5
5
Profit % = × 100 = 10%.
50

4. If 40% of a number is added to another number then it becomes 125% of itself. The ratio of the
second to the first number is
(A) 5 : 8 (B) 7 : 5 (C) 8 : 5 (D) None of these
Ans. (D)
Sol. Let first number is x & second no. is y
ATP
40x 125x
y =
100 100
125x 40x
y= –
100 100
85x
y=
100
y 85 17
 = .
x 100 20

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5. The length of a rectangular sheet of paper is 33 cm. It is rolled along its length into a cylinder so
that width becomes height of the cylinder. The volume is 1386 cubic cms. The width of the
rectangular sheet (in cm) is
(A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) 18
Ans. (C)
Sol. Length of rectangular sheet = 33 cm
Width of rectangle = height of cylinder = x (let)
3
Volume = 1386 cm
Circumference of base of cylinder = Length of rectangular sheet
2r = 33
22
2× × r = 33
7
21
r=
4
2
r h = 1386
 22 21 21 
=     h  1386 
 7 4 4 
1386  7  4  4
h= = 16.
22  21 21
width of rectangle = 16.

1 1 1 19
6. If   ........   then n =
1 2 2  3 n  n  1 20

(A) 18 (B) 19 (C) 20 (D) 25

Ans. (B)
1 1 1 19
Sol.   ........  
1 2 2  3 n  n  1 20
1 1 1 1 1 1 19
   .......  
1 2 2 3 n n  1 20
1 19
1 
n  1 20
n 19
 20n = 19n + 19
n  1 20
n = 19.

7. a, b are natural numbers. If 9a2 = 12 a + 96 and b2 = 2b + 3, the value of 2018 (a + b) is

(A) 14226 (B) 14128 (C) 14126 (D) 14246
Ans. (C)
Sol. 9a2 = 12a + 96
2
9a – 12a – 96 = 0
3(3a2 – 4a – 32) = 0
2
3a – 4a – 32 = 0
3a2 – 12a + 8a – 32 = 0
3a (a – 4) + 8 (a – 4) = 0
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 8
a = 4 or a = – , only possible a = 4
3
2
b = 2b + 3
b2 – 2b – 3 = 0
2
b – 3b + b – 3 = 0
b (b – 3) + 1 (b – 3) = 0
(b – 3) (b + 1) = 0
b = 3 or b = – 1 , only possible b = 3
 2018 (a + b) = 2018 (4 + 3)
2018 × 7 = 14126.

8. Shanti has three daughters. The average age of them is 15 years. Their ages are in the ratio 3 : 5 :
7. The age of the youngest daughter is (in years)
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 12
Ans. (B)
Sol. Let ages be 3x, 5x and 7x
3x  5x  7x
ATP = 15
3
15x
= 15.
3
x = 3.
 Age of youngest daughter = 3 × 3 = 9

9. In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a quadrilateral. The bisectors of B and the exterior angle at D
1
meet at P. Given C = 80º, ADC = A and A = C + 40º. Then DPB is
2

(A) 50º (B) 60º (C) 70º (D) 80º

Ans. (C)
Sol. B
A x
x
120

60 80°
D C

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 A = C + 40
= 80° + 40° = 120°
1
ADC = A
2
1
= × 120 = 60°
2
 A +  B +  C +  D = 360°
B = 100°
x = 50°
A + x + ADP + DPB = 360°
120 + 50 + 120 + DPB = 360°
= 70°

10. The number of 3-digit number which contain 6 and 7 is

(A) 52 (B) 60 (C) 62 (D) 64
Ans. (A)
Sol. Number of 3-digit number which contain 6 and 7 =
670 , 671 .... 679  10 numbers
607 , 617 .... 697  9 numbers
760 , 761 .... 769  10 numbers
706 , 716 .... 796  9 numbers
167 , 267 .... 967  7 numbers
176 , 276 .... 976  7 numbers
 Total numbers = 52

11. The difference between the biggest and the smallest three digit number each of which has different
digits is
(A) 864 (B) 875 (C) 885 (D) 895
Ans. (C)
Sol. Biggest three digit number with distinct digit = 987
Smallest three digit number with distinct digit = 102
Difference = 987 – 102 = 885.

12. If 3x + 1 = 2y – 1 = 5z + 3 = 7w + 1 = 15, the value of 6x – 3y + 5z – 8w is

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these
Ans. (D)
Sol. 3x + 1 = 2y – 1 = 5z + 3 = 7w + 1 = 15
3x + 1 = 15
3x = 14
14
x=
3
2y – 1 = 15
2y = 16
y=8

5z + 3 = 15
5z = 12

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 12
z=
5
7w + 1 = 15
7w = 14
w = 2.
 6x – 3y + 5z – 8w
6  14 5  12
= –3×8+ –8×2
3 5
= 28 – 24 + 12 – 16
= 40 – 40 = 0.

13. Five years ago the average age of Aruna, Roy , David and salman is 45 years. Sita joins them
now,. The average age of all the five now is 49 years. The present age of sita is (in years)
(A) 45 (B) 43 (C) 51 (D) 48
Ans. (A)
Sol. Let present ages of Aruna, Roy, David and Salman be x, y, z and w.
Five years ago their ages were x – 5 , y – 5 , z – 5 , w –5
x5 y 5 z5 w 5
ATP = 45
4
x + y + z + w – 20 = 180
x + y + z + w = 200
Let present age of Sita be ‘a’
xyzwa
= 49
5
x + y + z + w + a = 245
200 + a = 245
a = 45.

B A
14. The fraction is subtracted from the fraction . The resulting fraction is
3x  1 2x  3
11
. Then A + B =
 2x  3  3x  1
(A) 11 (B) – 11 (C) 5 (D) – 5
Ans. (C)
A B 11
Sol. – =
2x  3 3x  1 (2x  3) (3x  1)
A(3x  1)  B(2x  3) 11
=
(2x  3) (3x  1) (2x  3) (3x  1)
3Ax – A – 2Bx – 3B = – 11
x(3A – 2B) – (A + 3B) = – 11
Comparing we get
3A – 2B = 0
A + 3B = 11
Solving we get
B = 3,
A=2
A + B = 3 + 2 = 5.

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15. There are some cows and ducks. The total number of legs is equal to 14 more than twice the
number of heads. The number of cows is
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
Ans. (C)
Sol. Number of ducks = x
Number of cows = y
Total number of legs = 2x + 4y
Number of heads = x + y
ATP
2x + 4y = 14 + 2 (x + y)
2x + 4y = 14 + 2x + 2y
2y = 14
y = 7.

16. The sum of 5% of a number and 9% another number is equal to sum of the 8% first number and
7% of the second number. The ratio between the numbers is
(A) 3 : 2 (B) 5 : 7 (C) 7 : 9 (D) 2 : 3
Ans. (D)
5 9 8 7
Sol. x y = x y
100 100 100 100
2y 3x
=
100 100
2y = 3x
x : y = 2 : 3.

17. The length of two sides of an isosceles triangle are 8 cm and 14 cm. The perimeter of the triangle
(in cm) is
(A) 30 (B) 36 (C) 19 (D) 30 or 36
Ans. (D)
Sol. Let the sides be 8, 8 and 14
P = 8 + 8 + 14 = 30
Let the sides be 8, 14, 14
P = 8 + 14 + 14 = 36.

18. There are three cell phones A, B, C. A is 50% costlier than C and B is 25% costlier than C.A is a%
costlier than B. Then a =
(A) 25 (B) 20 (C) 15 (D) 10
Ans. (B)
Sol. Let the cost price of C be x
50 3x
A=x+ x=
100 2
25 5x
B=x+ x=
100 4
A is a% costlier than B
3x 5x a 5x
 = + 
2 4 100 4
3x 5x  a 
= 1
2 4  100 


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 6  a 
= 1  
5  100 
a 1
= .
100 5
a = 20.

19. Sushant wrote a two digit number. He added 5 to the tens digit and subtracted 3 from the unit digit
of the number and got a number equal to twice the original number. The original number is
(A) 47 (B) 74 (C) 37 (D) 73
Ans. (A)
Sol. Let unit digit = x
ten digit = y
Number = 10 y + x
Now unit digit = x – 3
ten digit = y + 5
Number = 10 (y + 5) + (x – 3)
10y + 50 + x – 3
10y +x + 47
10y + x + 47 = 2(10y + x)
10y + x + 47 = 20y + 2x
10y + x = 47
Number = 47.

20. The units digit of 52018 – 32018 is

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 4
Ans. (B)
Sol. 52018 – 32018
Unit digit of 52018 = 5
Unit digit of 32018 = 9
Unit digit of 52018 – 32018 = 6.

PART - B
Note :
 Write the correct answer in the space provided in the response sheet
1
 For each correct response you get 1 mark. For each incorrect response you lose marks.
4

21. The smallest natural number that has to be added to 803642 to get a number which is divisible by
9 is __________.
Ans. 9
Sol. 8 + 0 + 3 + 6 + 4 + 2 = 23
So 4 has to be added to 803642 to get a number divisible by 9.

22. The greatest two digit number that will divided 398, 436, and 542 leaving respectively 7, 11 and 15
as remainders is _________.
Ans. 17
Sol. Required Number = HCF {(398 – 7), (436 – 11), (542 – 15)}
HCF {391, 425, 527} = 17

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 2 1
23. is ________ of .
3 3
Ans. 2
2 1
Sol. =x×
3 3
x=2

24. The sum of 5 positive integers is 280. The average of the first 2 number is 40. The average of the
third and fourth number is 60. The fifth number is ________
Ans. 80
Sol. a + b + c + d + e = 280
ab
= 40  a + b = 80
2
cd
= 60  c + d = 120
2
 80 + 120 + e = 280
e = 80.

p a2  b2  ab
25. If a : b = 3 : 4 and  , where p, q have no common divisors other than 1, p + q is
q a2  b2  ab
_____.
Ans. 50
Sol. Let a = 3x, b = 4x
p (3x)2  (4x)2  3x(4x) 9x 2  16x 2  12x 2 37x 2 37
= 2 2
= 2 2 2
= 2
= .
q (3x)  (4x)  3x(4x) 9x  16x – 12x 13x 13
p + q = 37 + 13 = 50.

26. a is a natural number such that a has exactly two divisors and (a + 1) has exactly three divisors.
The number of divisors of a + 2 is ________.
Ans. 2
Sol. a has exactly 2 divisor
 a must be a prime number
Let a = 3
a+1=4
Number of divisor of a + 2 = 3 + 2 = 5 = 2.

2 1 x
27. The first term of a series is . If x is a term of this series, the next term is . If tn denotes the n-
5 1 x
p
th term and t2018 – t2017 = , where p, q are integers having no common factors other than 1, p + q
q
is ______.
Ans. 36
2
Sol. Let x =
5
2
1
nd
2 term = 5 = 3.
2 7
1
5
3
1
rd
3 term = 7 = 4 = 2
5 10 5
1
7
2 3 2 3
 Sequence is , , ,
5 7 5 7
p
t2018 – t2017 =
q

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 3 2 p
– =
7 5 q
1 p
=
35 q
p + q = 1 + 35 = 36.

2018
28. In the adjoining figure, the side of the square is cm. The area of the unshaded region is

2
   A sq. cms. The value of A is _______.
 

Ans. 1009
2018
Sol. Side of the square =

2018
Diagonal = 2 

2018
 Diameter = 2 


2 2018
Radius = 
2 
2
 2 2018 
Area of circle =    
 2  

2 2018
× × = 1009
4 
2
 2018  2018
Area of square =   =
   

2018
Area of unshaded region = 1009 –

2018 2
1009 – = A
   
1009  – 2018 = ( – 2)A
1009 (– 2) = ( – 2) A
A = 1009.

29. n is a natural number. The square root of the sum of the square of n and 19 is equal to the next
natural number to n. The value of n is _______.
Ans. 9
Sol. n2  19 = n + 1
n + 19 = (n + 1)2
2
2 2
n + 19 = n + 2n + 1
2n = 18  n = 19

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30. Using only the digits 1,2, 4, 5, two- digit numbers are formed. The digits of the two digit number
may be the same or different. The number of such two-digit number is _______
Ans. 16
Sol. Possible two digit numbers =
11, 22, 44, 55
12, 14, 15, 21, 24, 25, 41, 42, 45, 51, 52, 54
Number of possible two digit number = 16.

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AMTI (NMTC) - 2004
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUBJUNIOR LEVEL

1. A four digit number of the form abaa (a’s and b’s are the digits of the four digit number)
is divisible by 33. The number of such four digit numbers is
(A) 36 (B) 6 (C) 3 (D) 1
2. If a + 2a + 3a + .... + 1000a = 2b + 4b + 6b + .... + 2000b = 3c + 6c + 9c + .... + 3000c
then a : b : c is as
(A) 1 : 2 : 3 (B) 3 : 2 : 1 (C) 2 : 3 : 6 (D) 6 : 3 : 2
3. If a * = a + 1 and *a = a – 1, then 1 * – * 1 + 2 * – * 2 + 3 * – * 3 + .... + 1000 * – * 1000
is equal to
(A) 1000 (B) –1000 (C) 2000 (D) –2000
4. ‘a’ and ‘b’ are two natural numbers with a + b = 8. If a > b and a 2 + b 2 has minimum value,
then a and b are given by
(A) 7, 1 (B) 6, 2 (C) 4, 4 (D) 5, 2
5. In the adjoining figure, ABC is right angled at A; mB = mC. The bisectors of angles
B and C meet at I. Then mBIC is

(A) 135 0 (B) 115 0 (C) 100 0 (D) 90 0

6. The number of isosceles triangles in which one angle is 4 times another angle is
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) Infinitely many (D) 4
7. Nine dots are arranged such that they are equally spaced horizontally and vertically as in
the figure. The number of triangles which are not right angled triangles that can be formed
with the above dots as vertices is

  
  
  
(A) 18 (B) 21 (C) 40 (D) 24
8. The number of non negative integers which are less than 1000 and end with only one
zero is
(A) 90 (B) 99 (C) 91 (D) 100
9. The tenth term of the sequence (2, 5), (3, 7), (5, 11), (7, 13), (11, 17), .... is
(A) (23, 29) (B) (19, 13) (C) (20, 04) (D) (29, 31)
10. The sum of the digits of the number 10 n – 1 is 3798. The value of n is
(A) 431 (B) 673 (C) 422 (D) 501
11. The image of INMO when reflected in a mirror is
(A) IWNO (B) OMNI (C) INWO (D) OWNI
12. A transport company’s vans each carry a maximum load of 10 tonnes. 24 sealed boxes
each weighing 5 tonnes have to be transported to a factory. The number of van loads
needed to do this is
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12
13. The digits of the year 2000 add up to 2. In how many years has this happened since the
year 1 till this year 2004 ?
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 10
14. Ram is 7 years younger than Ravi. In four years time, Ram will be half of Ravi’s age. The
sum of their ages now is
(A) 13 (B) 15 (C) 17 (D) 19
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 15. A circle is added to the equally spaced grid alongside. The largest number of dots that
the circle can pass through is

    
    
    
    
    

(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 18 (D) 10

16. A certain number has exactly eight factors including 1 and itself. Two of its factors are
21 and 35. The number is
(A) 105 (B) 210 (C) 420 (D) 525
17. In a magic square, each row and each column and both main diagonals have the same
total. The number that should replace x in this partially completed magic square is

(A) more information needed (B) 9

(C) 10 (D) 12
18. In the triangle ABC, D is a point on the line segment BC such that AD = BD = CD. The
measure of angle BAC is
(A) 60 0 (B) 75 0 (C) 190 0 (D) 120 0
19. The product of Hari’s age in years on his last birthday and his age now in complete months
is 1800. Hari’s age on his last birthday was
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 15
20. One hundred and twenty students take an examination which is marked out of 100 (with
no fractional marks). No three students are awarded the same mark. What is the smallest
possible number of pairs of students who are awarded the same mark ?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 19 (D) 20
21. If all the diagonals of a regular hexagon are drawn, the numbe of points of intersection,
not counting the corners of the hexagon is
(A) 6 (B) 13 (C) 7 (D) 12
22. Three people each think of a number, which is the product of two different primes. The
product of the three numbers which are thought of is
(A) 120 (B) 12100 (C) 240 (D) 3000
23. The area of the shaded region in the diagram is

(A) 9 (B) 3 2 (C) 18 (D) 6 3  3 2

24. The largest positive integer which cannot be written in the form 5m + 7n where m and n
are positive integers is
(A) 25 (B) 35
(C) geater than 100 (D) greater than 350
2004
1
25. The last digit in the finite decimal representation of the number   is
5
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

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AMTI (NMTC) - 2011
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
PART - A
 n 
1. Given 63.63 = m  21   , m , n positive integers with n < 100. The value of (m + n) is
 100 
(A) 21 (B) 24 (C) 104 (D) 101
2. n is a natural number and (n + 2) (n + 4) is odd. Then the biggest power of 2 that divides
(n + 1) (n + 3) for any n is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
3. Two squares 17 cm x 17 cm overlap to form a rectangle 17 cm x 30 cm. The area of the
over lapping region is
(A) 289 (B) 68 (C) 510 (D) 85
4. Aruna and Baskar wrote the three digit number 888 and Aruna changed two of its digits
and wrote the biggest three digit number divisible by 8. Bhaskar too changed two of the
digits of 888 and wrote the smallest three digit number divisible by 8. The difference of
the new numbers obtained is
(A) 848 (B) 856 (C) 864 (D) 872
5. n is a negative integer. The expression having the greatest value is
(A) –2n 2 + 2n (B) –2n 2 – 2n (C) 2n 2 + 2n (D) 2n 2 – 2n
6. Five positive integers are written around a circle so that no two or three adjacent
numbers have a sum divisible by 3. In this collection the number of numbers divisible by
3 is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
7. A number is called a palindrome if it reads the same forward or backward. For example
13531 is a palindrome. The difference between the biggest 10 digit palindrome and the
smallest 9 digit palindrome is
(A) 976666666 (B) 9888888888 (C) 9899999998 (D) 9777777777
8. In the figure, PQRS is a rectangle of area 2011 square units. K, L, M, N are the mid point
of the respective sides. O is the midpoint of MN. The area of the triangle OKL is equal
to (in square units)

2011 2(2011) 2011 3(2011)

(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 4 8
9. A computer is printing a list of the seventh powers of all natural numbers, that is the
sequence 1 7, 2 7, 3 7, ..... . The number of terms (or numbers) between 5 21 and 4 28 are
(A) 12 (B) 130 (C) 14 (D) 150
10. A natural number n has exactly two divisors and (n + 1) has three divisors. The number of
divisors of (n + 2) is
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) depends on the value of n
p q
11.   r where p, q, r are positive integers and p = q. The biggest value of r less than
9 10
100 is
(A) 19 (B) 57 (C) 76 (D) 95
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 12. In the grid shown in the diagram A and B erase 4 numbers each from the table. The sum of
the numbers erased by them are in the ratio 10:11. After erasing the numbers, the
number left out on the table is
13 14 15
20 21 22
27 28 29
(A) 21 (B) 14 (C) 22 (D) 13
13. The positive integers p, q. p – q and p + q are all prime numbers. The sum of all these
numbers is
(A) divisible by 3 (B) divisible by 5
(C) divisible by 7 (D) prime
14. a, b, c are positive reals such that a(b + c) = 32, b(c + a) = 65 and c(a + b) = 77. Then abc =
(A) 100 (B) 110 (C) 220 (D) 130
15. 100th term of the sequence 1, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 .... is
(A) 15 (B) 13 (C) 17 (D) 19
PART - B
1. When a barrel is 40 % empty it contains 80 litres more than when it is 20% full. The full
capacity of the barrel (in litres) is _______.
2. a, b, c are the digits of a nine digit number abcabcabc. The quotient when this number is
divided by 1001001 is _______
2 1 x 
3. The first term of a sequence is  7  . Each new term is calculated using the formula  1  x 
   
where x is the preceding term. The sum of the first 2011 terms is ______.
n
4. The number of integers n for which is the square of an integer is ______.
20  n
5. All sides of the convex pentagon ABCDE are equal in length. A = B = 90 0. Then E is
equal to _____.
6. The units digit of the number 3 2011 is _______.
7. The number of digits used to write all page numbers in a book is 192. The total number
of pages in the book is _______.
8. A bar code is formed using 25 black and certain white bars. White and black bars
alternate. The first and the last are black bars. Some of the black bars are thin and others
are wide.

The number of white bars is 15 more than the thin black bars. The number of thick black
bars is ______.
9. By drawing 10 lines of which 4 are horizontal and 6 are vertical crossing each other as in
the figure, one can get 15 cells. With the same 10 lines of which 3 are vertical and 7
horizontal we get 12 cells.

10. If a 2 – b 2 = 2011 where a, b are integers, then the most negative value of (a + b) is ____.
x
11. x and y are real numbers such that xy = x + y = y (x  0, y  0). Then the numerical
value of (x – y) is _______.
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 12. When x = 2011, the value of 1 is ______.
1
1
1
1
1
1
x
13. After the school final exams are over, all students in a class exchange their photographs.
Each student gives his photograph to each of the remaining students and gets the
photograph of all his friends. There are totally 870 exchanges of photos. The number of
students in the class is ______.
14. The angles of a polygon are in the ratio [Link]. The difference between the greatest
and least angle of the polygon is ________.
15. The perimeter of a right angled triangle is 132. The sum of the squares of all its sides is
6050. The sum of the legs of the triangle is ______.

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 Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2012
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
PART - A
2 2
 p 1  p 1 
1. p is an odd prime. Then     is
 2   2 
(A) a fraction less than p. (B) a fraction greater than p.
(C) a natural number not equal to p. (D) a natural number equal to p.
2. PQRS is a parallelogram. MP and NP divide SPQ into three equal parts (MPQ > NPQ)
and MQ and NQ divide RQP into 3 equal parts (MQP > NQP). If k(PNQ) = (PMQ)
then k =
1 3 1
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D)
2 2 3
3. In a foot ball league, a particular team played 50 games in a season. The team never lost
three games consecutively and never won four games consecutively, in that season. If N
is the number of games the team won in that season, then N satisfies
(A) 25 < N < 30 (B) 25 < N < 36 (C) 16 < N < 38 (D) 16 < N < 30
4. a, b, c, d, e are five integers such that a + b = b + c = c + d = d + e = 2012,
a + b + c + d + e = 5024. Then the value of (d – a) is
(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 10 (D) 4
2012
5. The last two digits of 3 , when represented in decimal notation, will be
(A) 81 (B) 01 (C) 41 (D) 21
6. There exists positive integers x, y such that both the expressions (3x + 2y) and (4x – 3y)
are exactly divisible by
(A) 11 (B) 7 (C) 23 (D) 17
7. The years of 20 th century and 21 st century are of 4 digits. The number of years which are
divisible by the product of the four digits of the year is
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) none of these
1 1
8. If x    1 , then the value of x 3  3 is
x x
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) 2
9. The number of natural numbers a (< 100) such that (a 3 – a 2) is a square of a natural
number is
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
10. Let n be the smallest nonprime integer greater than 1 with no prime factor less than 10.
Then
(A) 100 < n < 100 (B) 110 < n < 120
(C) 120 < n < 130 (D) 130 < n < 140
11. A point P inside a rectangle ABCD is joined to the angular points. Then
(A) Sum of the areas of two of the triangles so formed is equal to the sum of the other
two.
(B) The sum of the areas of the triangles so formed is a whole number whatever may be
the dimensions of the rectangle.
(C) The sum of the areas of a pair of opposite triangles is greater than half the area of
the rectangle.
(D) None of these
12. In the adjoining figure ABCD and BGFE are rhombuses. AB = 10 cm, GF = 3 cm. GE
meets DC at H. A = 60 0. The perimeter of ABEHD is (in cm)

(A) 47 (B) 40 (C) 39 (D) 33

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 13. If 3a + 1 = 2b – 1 = 5c + 3 = 7d + 1 = 15, then the value of (3a – b + 5c – 9d) is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
14. The perimeter of an isosceles right angled triangle is 2012. Its area is
(A) 2012 (3 – 2 ) (B) (1006) 2 (3 – 2 )
(C) (2012) 2 (D) (1006) 2
15. Five two digit numbers (none of the digits is zero) add up to 100. If each digit is
replaced by its 9 complement, then the sum of these five new numbers is
(A) 295 (B) 195 (C) 380 (D) 395
PART - B
1. The sum of two natural numbers is 484. Their HCF is 11. The number of such possible
pairs is _______.
2. ABCD is a trapezium with AB and CD parallel. If AB = 16 cm, BC = 17 cm, CD = 8 cm,
DA = 15 cm then the area of the trapezium (in cm 2) is ______.
3. The number of multiples of 9 less than 2012 and having sum of the digits as 18 is ____.
4. AB, CD, EF, GH and IJ are five 2-digit numbers such that each letter stands for a
different digit. The largest possible sum of these five numbers is _______.
5. Two consecutive natural numbers are respectively by 4 and 7. The sum of the their
respective quotient is 8. Then the sum between the numbers is ______.
6. p is the difference between a real number and its reciprocal. q is the difference between
the square of the same real number and the square of the reciprocal. Then the value of
p 4 + q 2 + 4p 2 is _____.
7. A square is inscribed in another square each of whose four vertices lies on each side of
25
the square. The area of the smaller square is times the area of the bigger one. Then
49
the ratio with which each vertex of the smaller square divides the side of the bigger
square is ______.
8. a, b, c are three positive numbers. The second number is greater than the first by the
amount the third number is greater than the second. The product of the two smaller
numbers is 85 and that of the two bigger numbers is 115. Then the value of
(2012a – 1006c) is ______.
y a2 x y
9. If x  and y  the value of x ( y  2 )   when a = 2012 is ______.
y 1 2 y x
10. PSR is an isosceles triangle in which PS = PR. SP is produced to O such that PO = SP.
Then SRO is equal to _______.
11. a, b, c, d are five integers such that a + b = b + c = c + d = d + e = 2012 and
a + b + c + d + e = 5024. Then the value of (d – a) = ______.
12. A class contains three girls and four boys. Every Saturday, five students go on a picnic, a
different group is sent each week. During the picnic, each person (boy or girl) is given a
Cake by the accompanying teacher. After all possible groups of five have gone once; the
total number of cakes received by the girls during the picnic is _______.
13. CAB is an angle whose measure is 70 0. ACFG and ABDE are squares drawn outside the
angle. The diagonal FA meets BE at H. Then the measure of the angle EAH is ______.
14. The number of prime numbers p for which p + 2 and are also prime number is _____.
15. The number of integers pairs (m, n) which satisfied m(n 2 + 1) = 48 is ______.

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AMTI (NMTC) - 2014
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB JUNIOR LEVEL
PART - A
1. If a + b + c = 0 where a, b, c are non zero real numbers, then the value of (a 2 – bc) 2 –
(b 2 – ca) (c2 – ab) is
(A) 1 (B) abc (C) a 2 + b 2 + c2 (D) 0
2. In the adjoining incomplete magic square the sum of all numbers in any row or column
or diagonals is a constant value. The value of x is

(A) 18 (B) 24 (C) 22 (D) 16

3. Aruna, Bhanu and Rita have some amount of money. The ratio of the money of Aruna to
that of Bhanu is 7:15 and the ratio of the money of Bhanu and Rita is 7:16. If Aruna has
Rs. 490, the amount of money Rita has is (in Rupees)
(A) 1500 (B) 1600 (C) 2400 (D) 3600
4. In the figure below, all the three semicircles have equal radius of 1 unit. The area of the
shaded portion is

3
(A)  + 2 (B) 5 (C) 1 (D) 4
2
5. The sum of three different prime numbers is 40. What is the difference between the two
biggest ones among them ?
(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 20 (D) 24
6. Peter has written down four natural numbers. If the chooses three of his numbers at a
time and adds up each triple, he obtains totals of 186, 206, 215 and 194. The largest
number Peter has written is
(A) 93 (B) 103 (C) 81 (D) 73
7. There are four non-zero numbers x, y, z and u. If x = y – z, y = z – u, z = u – x, then the
x y z u
value of y  z  u  x is equal to

1 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) 0 (D) –
2 2
8. The natural numbers from 1 to 20 are listed below is such a way that the sum of each
adjacent pair is a prime number. 20, A, 16, 15, 4, B, 12, C, 10, 7, 6, D, 2, 17, 14, 9, 8, 5,
18, E. The number D is
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 11 (D) 13
9. How many ordered pairs of natural numbers (a, b) satisfy a + 2b = 100 ?
(A) 33 (B) 49 (C) 50 (D) 99
10. The value of ( 5  6  7 )( 5  6  7 )  ( 5  6  7 )( 6  7  5) is

(A) 3 210 (B) 210 (C) 4 210 (D) 104

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 11. The least number which, when divided by 52 leaves a remainder 33, when divided by 78
leaves a remainder 59 and when divided by 117 leaves a remainder 98 is
(A) 553 (B) 293 (C) 468 (D) 449
12. A sum of money is divided between two persons in the ratio 3:5. If the share of one
person is Rs. 2000 more than that of the other, then the sum of money is (in rupees)
(A) 6000 (B) 8000 (C) 10,000 (D) 12,000
13. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. What percent of
the second number is the first number ?
(A) 70 % (B) 30 % (C) 80 % (D) 60 %
14. There are some toys. One third of them are sold at a profit of 15%, one fourth of the
total are sold at a profit of 20% and the rest for 24% profit. The total profit is Rs. 3200.
The total price of the toys is (in rupees)
(A) 32000 (B) 64000 (C) 16000 (D) 48000
15. The radius of a circle is increased by 4 units and the ratio of the areas of the original and
the increased circle is 4:9. The radius of the original circle is
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 12 (D) 8
PART - B
16. A natural number less than 100 has remainder 2 when divided by 3, remainder 3 when
divided by 4 and remainder 4 when divided by 5. The remainder when the number is
divided by 7 is _______.
17. The units digit of (2013) 2013 is ______.
18. In the figure ABCD is a rectangle with sides 24 units, 32 units. SKL, PLN, QNM, RNL
are congruent right angled triangles. The area of each triangle is ______.

( n  2 )( n  2 )
19. The number of natural numbers n for which is a natural number is ______.
( n  3)
20. The product of two natural numbers a and b divides 48. a, b are not relatively prime to
each other. The number of pairs (a, b) where 1 < a + b < 48, (a  b) is ______.
2 2
  2
21. The value of the expression  a  a   1  a 
1 1 1 1 a
1
2 2
 is K 3 where a = (2013) . The
a
2
a 2
a 2
a 2

value of K is _____.
22. AB and AC are two straight line segments enclosing an angle 70 0. Squares ABDE and
ACFG are drawn outside the angle BAC. The diagonal FA is produced to meet the
diagonal EB in H, then EAH = _______.
23. In the pentagon ABCDE, D = 2B and the other angles are each equal to half the sum
of the angles B and D. The largest interior angle of the pentagon is _____.
24. The ratio of a two digit number and the sum of its digits is 4:1. If the digit in the units
place is 3 more than the digit in the tens place, then the number is _______.
25. There is a famine in a place. But there is sufficient food for 400 people for 31 days.
After 28 days 280 of them left the place. Assuming that each person consumes the same
amount of food per day, the number of days for which the rest of the food would last for
the remaining people is ______.
26. A triangle whose sides are integers has a perimeter 8. The area of the triangle is _____.

27. If (10 2013  25) 2  (10 2013  25) 2  ( 10 ) n then the value of n is _______.

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 28. ABC and ADC are isosceles triangles with AB = AC = AD. BAC = 40 0, CAD = 70 0.
The value of BCD + BDC = ________.

29. There are three persons Samrud, Saket and Vishwa. Samrud is twice the age of Saket and
Saket is twice the age of Vishwa. Their total ages will be trebled in 28 years. The present
age of Samrud is _______.
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 Bhavesh Study Circle
AMTI (NMTC) - 2015
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
PART - A
1. If 150% of a certain number is 300, then 30% of the number is.
(A) 50 (B) 60 (C) 70 (D) 65
2. The sum of five distinct non negative integers is 90. What can be the second largest
number of the five at most ?
(A) 82 (B) 43 (C) 34 (D) 73
3. The length of two sides of an isosceles triangle are 5 units and 16 units. The perimeter
of the triangle (in the same units) is
(A) 26 (B) 37 (C) 26 or 37 (D) none of these
1
4. ABCD is a rectangle. P is the mid-point of DC and Q is a point on AB such that AQ  AB .
3
What fraction of the area of ABCD is AQPD ?
1 3 2 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 7 12
5. The number of digits when (999999999999) 2 is expanded is
(A) 26 (B) 24 (C) 32 (D) 16
6. Three equal squares are kept as in the diagram. C, D being the mid points of the
respective sides of the lower squares. If AB = 100 cm, area of each square is (in cm 2)
(A) 1200 (B) 1500 (C) 900 (D) 1600
7. Samrud wrote 4 different natural numbers. He chose three numbers at a time and added
them each time. He got the sums as 115, 153, 169, 181. The largest of the numbers
Samrud first wrote is
(A) 37 (B) 48 (C) 57 (D) 91
8. Saket wrote a two digit number. He added 5 to the tens digit and subtracted 3 from the
units digit of the number. The resulting number is twice the original number. The
original number is
(A) 47 (B) 74 (C) 37 (D) 73
9. Five consecutive natural numbers cannot add up to
(A) 225 (B) 222 (C) 220 (D) 200
10. In the adjoining figure the different numbers denote the area of the corresponding
rectangle in which the number is there. The value of x is
(A) 3014 (B) 1125 (C) 2139 (D) 250
87
11. What is the remainder when 2 + 3 is divided by ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
12. If Mahadevan gets 71 in his next examination, his average will be 83. If he gets 99, his
average will be 87. How many exams Mahadevan has already taken ?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
13. In the adjoining figure, AB, CD, EF and GH are straight lines passing through a single
point. The value of x + y + z + u is

(A) 155 0 (B) 164 0 (C) 174 0 (D) 148 0

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 14. In the adjoining diagram AB = AD. DCB = 23 0. The measure of DBC is

(A) 55 0 (B) 58 0 (C) 56 0 (D) 45 0

15. In the figure, ABCD is a square. BCE is an equilateral triangle. The measure of BEA is

(A) 15 0 (B) 20 0 (C) 18 0 (D) 16 0

PART - B
16. The smallest multiple of 9 with no odd digits is _______.
17. The sum of the squares of the lengths of the three sides of a right triangle is 800. The
length of the hypotenuse is _______.
18. In the adjoining figure, the biggest square of area 125 cm 2 is divided into 5 equal parts of
same area. (4 squares and the L shaped figure). The shorter side of the L shape is k ( 5  2) ,
where k is a natural number. Then k = ________.
19. Five years ago, the average age of A, B, C and D is 45 years. E joins them now. The
average age of all the five now is 49 years. The present age of E is _______.
20. In the sequence 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5 ..... The 2014 th term is _______.
21. In the adjoining figure ABCD is a rectangle. E is the midpoint of AD. F is the midpoint of
EC. The area of the rectangle ABCD is 120 cm 2.

22. Flag poles are installed along a road side on every 8 meters. Markings are made every
12 m as shown. The length of the road is 240 m. The number of markings made beside
the flag poles are _______.
23. The number of different natural numbers n for which n 2 – 440 is a perfect square is
____.
24. Aruna, Bhavani and Christina each wear a saree of different colour (blue, yellow or green).
It is known that, if Aruna wears blue then Bhavani wears green, if Aruna wears yellow
Christina wears green and if Bhavani does not wear yellow, Christina wears blue. The
saree Aruna is wearing has the color _______.
25. Arish found the value of 319 to be 11a2261467. He found all the digits correctly except
the digit denoted by a. The value of a is _______.
26. The daily wages of two persons are in the ratio 3:5. They work in a place and the
employer is satisfied with their work and gives Rs. 20 more to each. Then the ratio of
their wages comes to 13:21. The sum of the original wages of the two persons is _____.
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27. The value of x which satisfies the equation  1.
5
6
5
6
6 x
28. The current age of a father is three times that of his son. Ten years from now, the father’s
age will be twice that of his son. The fathers age will be 60 after ______ years.
29. The number of (x, y, z) such that xy = 6, yz = 15, zx = 10 is ______.
a  b 1 a 2  ab  b 2 p
30. If  , The value of 2 in the form is ______.
a  b 2 a  ab  b 2 q

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AMTI (NMTC) - 2017
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB - JUNIOR LEVEL
PART - A
1. On the square ABCD, point E lies on the side AD and F lies on BC so that BE = EF =
FD = 30 cm. The area of the square (in square cms) is

(A) 300 (B) 900 (C) 810 (D) None of these

2. If 2016 = 2 x3 y5 z 7 u where x, y, z, u are non negative integers, the value of x + y + 2016z + 3u
is
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13
3. A is the area of triangle of sides 25, 25 and 30. B is the area of a triangle of sides 25, 25
and 40. Then
(A) A = B (B) A < B (C) A = 3B (D) A = 2B
4. A number on being divided by 5 leaves a remainder 2 and when divided 7, leaves a
remainder 4. The remainder when the same number is divided by 5 x 7 is
(A) 20 (B) 23 (C) 32 (D) None
5. The sum of three numbers is 204. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 : 3 and that of the
second to third is 5 : 3. Then the second number is
(A) 60 (B) 65 (C) 58 (D) 90
6. Anirud goes to the vegetable market to buy onions. He carries money to buy 3 kg onions.
But on reaching the market he finds that the price of onions has increased by 20%. If he
buys onions for the money he has, the quantity he could buy is
(A) 2.5 kg (B) 2.2 kg (C) 2 kg (D) 2.8 kg
7. Two runners cover the same distance at the rate of 15 km per hour and 16 km per hour
respectively. The first runner took 16 minutes longer than the second to cover the
distance. Then the distance (in km) is
(A) 58 (B) 64 (C) 66 (D) 73
8. The total surface area of a cube is 600 cm 2. The length of its diagonal in cms is
(A) 10 (B) 30 (C) 10 2 (D) 10 3
9. In the figure below the distance between any two horizontal or vertical dots is one unit.
The area of the triangle shown is

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 6
10. The number of natural numbers less than 400 that are not divisible by 17 or 23 is
(A) 290 (B) 320 (C) 360 (D) 370
11. If a is a % of b and b is b % of c, where a is a positive real number, then the value of c is
(A) 120 (B) 200 (C) 150 (D) 100
12. The sum of the reciprocals of all the positive integers that divide 24 is
7 1 5 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
1 1 1
13. N is a positive integer and p, q are primes. If N = pq and   , the value of N is
N p q
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9
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 14. The number of two digit numbers that leave a remainder 1 when divided by 4 is
(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 22 (D) 23
2 2 2
15. If (a + b) + (b + c) + (c + d) = 4(ab + bc + cd), then
(A) a + b or b + c or c + d must be zero
(B) Two of a, b, c, d are zero and other two non zero
(C) a = b = c = d
(D) None of these
PART - B
16. A race horse eats (3a + 2b) bags of oats every week. The number of weeks in which it can
eat (12a 2 – 7ab – 10b 2) bags of oats is ______.
17. Choose 4 digits a, b, c, d from {2, 0, 1, 6} and form the number (10a + b) 10c + d. For
example, if a = 2, b = 0, c = 1, d = 6, we will get 20 16. For all such choices of a, b, c, d the
number of distinct numbers that will be formed is _______.
1 1
18. A fraction F becomes when its denominator is increased by 4 and becomes when its
2 3
numerator is decreased by 5. Then F equals ______.
19. The average of 5 consecutive positive integers starting with m is n. Then the average of
5 consecutive integers starting with n is (in terms of m) is _______.
20. Two boys came to Mahadevan and asked his age. Mahadevan told, “Delete all the vowels
and repeated letters from my name. Find the numerical value of the remaining letters
(for example, D has value 4, G has 7 etc). Add all of them. Find the number got by in-
terchanging its digits. Add both the numbers. That is my age.” One boy ran away. The
other boy calculate correctly. The age of Mahadevan is _______.
24  24 32  32 42  42 AC
21. If A  4 4
, B  2 2
, C  2 2
the integral part of is _____.
2 2 3 3 4 4 B
22. A six-digit number is formed using the digits 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3. The number of 6-digit
numbers in which the 1s are separated by one digit, 2s are separated by two digits and 3s
are separated by 3 digits is ______.
23. In the addition shown below, P, I, U are digits. The value of U is _______.
24. There are four cows, eight hen, a fish, a cow, a girl and a boy in a garden. Outside the
garden there is one dog, a peacock and some cats. The number of legs of all of them
inside the garden is equal that outside the garden. The number of cats is _______.
25. Two sides of a triangle are 8 cm and 5 cm. The length of the third side in cms is also an
integer. The number of such triangles is _______.
26. If a 2 – a – 10 = 0, then (a + 1) (a + 2) (a – 4) is ______.
27. There are 5 points on the circumference of a circle. The number of chords which can be
drawn joining them is _______.
28. Each side of an equilateral triangle is 3 cm longer than each side of a square. The total
perimeter of the square and the triangle is 51 cm. Then the side of the triangle in cms is
_______.
29. The largest three digit number that is a multiple of 3 and 5 is _______.
30. Consider the sequence 0, 6, 24, 60, 120, ..... The 6th term of this sequence is ______.

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AMTI (NMTC) - 2017
KAPREKAR CONTEST - SUB - JUNIOR LEVEL
(Standard - VII & VIII)
Note :
 Fill in the response sheet with your Name, Class and the institution through which you
appear in the specified places.
 Diagrams are only visual aids; they are NOT drawn to scale.
 You are free to do rough work on separate sheets.
 Duration of the test : 2 pm to 4 pm – 2 hours.
PART - A
Note :
 Only one of the choices A, B, C, D is correct for each question. Shade the alphabet of
your choice in the response sheet. If you have any doubt in the method of answering,
seek the guidance of the supervisor.
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 For each correct response you get 1 mark. For each incorrect response you lose mark.
2

4
1. The function is written in the decimal from 0.a 1a 2a 3.... The value of a 2017 is
37
(A) 8 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 5
2. The number of integers x satisfying the equation (x 2 – 3x + 1) x + 1 = 1 is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
3. The number of two digit numbers ab such that the number ab – ba is a prime number is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
5 42 5 29 87 49 3
4. If A    , then
14 44 30 45 4 28 4
(A) 1 < A < 2 (B) 2 < A < 3 (C) 3 < A < 4 (D) A < 1
5. What is the 2017 th letter in ABRACADABRAABRACADABRA..., where the word
ABRACADABRA is respectively written ?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) R
6. How many of the following statements are true ?
(a) A 10 % increase followed by another 5 % increase is equivalent to a 15 % increase.
(b) If the radius of a circle is doubled then the ratio of the area of the circle to the
circumference is doubled.
(C) If a positive fraction is substracted from 1 and the resulting fraction is again
subtracted from 1 we get the original fraction.
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
7. In the adjoining figure the breadth of the rectangle is 10 units. Two semicircles are drawn
on the breadth as diameter. The area of the shaded region is 100 sq units. The shortest
distance between the semicircles is

5 5 3
(A) (B) 5 (C) (D)
2 3 4
8. When you arrange the following is descending order :
A. 15% of 30 B. 8% of 15 C. 20% of 20
D. 26% of 10 E. 9% of 25
the middle one is
(A) 15% of 30 (B) 8 % of 15 (C) 20 % of 20 (D) 26% of 10
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 9. A boy aims at a target shown in the figure. When he hits the center circle he gets 7
points, first annular region 5 points and second annular region 3 points. He shoots six
times. Which one of the following is a possible score ?

(A) 16 (B) 26 (C) 19 (D) 41

 b  a  x  y  y 
 a  1  ab   1  xy 
10. After simplifying the fraction     we get a term independent of
a(b  a ) y ( x  y)
1   1  
 1  ab   1  xy 

(A) a, y (B) b, x (C) a, b (D) x, y

11. If 7 Rasagullas are distributed to each boy of a group. 10 rasagullas would be left. If 8
are given to each boy then 5 rasagullas would be left. So the person who distributes the
rasagullas brought 15 more rasagullas and distributed the same number (x) rasagullas to
each. There is no rasagulla left. Then x is
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 14
12. In the adjoining diagram all squares are of the same size. The total area of the figure is
288 square cms. The perimeter of the figure (in cm) is

(A) 86 (B) 96 (C) 106 (D) 92

13. When Newton was a primary school student he had to multiply a number by 5. But by
mistake he divided the number by 5. The percentage error he committed is
(A) 95% (B) 96% (C) 50% (D) 75%
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14. ABC is an isosceles triangle with sides AB  AC  3 x  4  x  32 . The area of the
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equilateral triangle with side length x is
(A) 32 3 (B) 36 3 (C) 54 3 (D) 64 3
15. Two distinct numbers a and b are selected from 1, 2, 3, ....., 60. The maximum value of -
ab
is
ab
(A) 6750 (B) 5270 (C) 4850 (D) 3540

PART - B
Note :
 Write the correct answer in the space provided in the response sheet.
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 For each correct response you get 1 mark. For each incorrect response you lose mark.
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16. Two cogged wheels of which one has 16 cogs and the other 27 cogs, mesh into each
other. If the latter turns 80 times in three quarters of a minute, the number of turns made
by the other in 8 seconds is _______.
17. If n is a positive integer such that a 2n = 2, then 2a 6n – 16 is _______.
18. The least number of children in a family such that every child has at least one sister and
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19. A water tank is full. When 40 liters of water is removed, it becomes full. The
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capacity of the tank in liters is ________.
20. ABC is an equilateral triangle. Squares are described on the sides AB and AC as shown.
The value of x is ________.

21. ABCD is a trapezium with AB = 6 cm, AD = 8 cm and CD = 18 cms. The sides AB and CD
are parallel and AD is perpendicular to AB. P is the point of intersection of AC and BD.
The difference between the areas of the triangles PCD and PAB is square cms is _______.

22. The price of cooking oil has increased by 25%. The percentage of reduction that a
family should effect in the use of oil so as not to increase the expenditure is _______.
23. The number of natural numbers between 90 and 999 which contains exactly one zero is
_____.
24. In the adjoining we hae semicircle and AB = BC = CD. The ratio of the unshaded area to
the shaded area is _________.

25. Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water. The ratio in
which these two metals be mixed so that the mixture is 15 times as heavy as water is ____.
26. Five angles of a heptagon (seven sided polygon) are 160 0, 135 0, 185 0, 145 0 and 125 0. If
the other two angles are both equal to x 0, then x is _______.
27. ABCD is a trapezium with AB parallel to CD and AD perpendicular to AB. If AB = 23 cm,
CD = 35 cm and AD = 5 cm. The perimeter of the given trapezium in cms is _______.
28. The number of three digit numbers which are multiples of 11 is ________.
29. If a, b are digits, ab denotes the number 10a + b. Similarly when a, b, c are digits, abc
denotes the number 100a + 10b + c. If X, Y, Z are digits such that XX + YY + ZZ = XYZ,
then XX x YY x ZZ is _______.
30. The positive integer n has 2,5 and 6 as its factors and the positive integer m has 4, 8, 12
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AMTI (NMTC) - 2004
KAPREKAR CONTEST - FINAL - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
1. The greatest common divisor of a and 72 is (a, 72) = 24 and the least common multiple
of b and 24 is [b, 24] = 72. Find the g.c.d. (a, b) and the l.c.m. [a, b] given that a is the
smallest three digit number having this property; and b is the biggest integer having this
property.
2. Given that a 2 – b 2 = 105 and a and b are two relatively prime positive integers (two posi-
tive integers m and n are relatively prime if their g.c.d. (m, n) = 1), find all such a and b.
After having found all such a and b, if one draws a triangle ABC with sides having lengths
a 2 – b 2, a 2 + b 2 and 2ab find the area of all such triangles.
3. A is a set 2004 positive integers. Show that there is a pair of elements in A whose differ-
ence is divisible by 2003.
4. Let ABC be an acute angled triangle with AD, BE, CF as the altitudes (i.e., D is the foot
of the perpendicular from A on BC and so on....). If the altitudes meet at the point O, find
BOC, COA, AOB in terms of the angles A, B, C of the triangle ABC.
5. Is the statement “If p and p 2 + 2 are primes than p 3 + 2 is also a prime” true or false ? Give
reasons for your answer.
6. Let P denote the product of first n prime numbers (with n > 2). For what values of n we
have.
1. P – 1 is a perfect square 2. P + 1 is a perfect square
7. Three counters A, B and C are coloured with three different colours red, blue and white.
Of the following statements only one is true.
1. A is red. 2. B is not red. 3. C is not blue.
8. The sum and least common multiple of two positive integers x, y are given as x + y = 40
and l.c.m. [x, y] = 48. Find the numbers x and y.
9. What is the greatest positive integer n which makes n 3 + 100 divisible by n + 10 ?
10. Find the sum of all three digit numbers that can be written using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4
(repetitions allowed).
11. Consider the collection C of all isosceles triangles of area 48 sq. units, whose bases and
heights are integers. How many triangles are there in C ? How many triangles in C have
their equal sides also of integral lengths ?
12. In triangle ABC, we are given that A = 90 0. Median AM, angle bisector AK and the
altitude AH are drawn. Prove that MAK = KAH.
13. Triangle ABC is divided into four regions with areas as shown in the diagram. Find x.

14. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral (which means that a circle passes through the vertices
A, B, C, D). In other words the vertices A, B, C, D, in that order, lie on a circle. If the
diagonals AC and BD cut a right angles at E, prove that AE 2 + BE 2 + CE 2 + DE 2 = 4R 2
where R is the radius of the circle ABCD.
15. A = {a, b, c, d, e} is a set of five integers. We take two out of the numbers in A and add.
The following ten sums are obtained
0, 6, 11, 12, 17, 20, 23, 26, 32, 37
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AMTI (NMTC) - 2011
KAPREKAR CONTEST - FINAL - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
1. Find all three digit and four digit natural numbers such that the product of the digits is a
prime number. Find the sum of all such three digit numbers and the sum of all such four
digit numbers. Find the biggest prime factor of each sum.
2. Let a sequence of numbers be denoted as t 1, t 2, t 3, ....., where t 1 = 1 and t n = t n–1 + n. (n is
a natural number). Find t 2, t 3, t 4, t 10, t 2011.
3. When written out completely 16 2011 has m digits and 625 2011 has n digits. Find the value
of (m + n).
4. Four digit numbers are formed by four different digits a, b, c, d (none of them is zero)
without any repetition of digits. Prove that when the sum of all such numbers when
divided by the sum of the digits a, b, c, d, the quotient is 6666.
5. ABCD is a parallelogram. Through C a straight line is drawn outside the parallelogram. AP,
BQ, DR are drawn perpendicular to this line from A, B and D. Prove that AP = BQ + DR.
6. Falguni puts 12 plastic bags inside another plastic bag. Each of these 12 bags is either
empty or contains 12 othe plastic bags. All together if 12 bags were non-empty, find the
total number of bags.
7. A, B and C are the digits of a three digit number ABC (A, C  0). The number got by
reversing the digits (also a three digit number) is added to ABC and the sum is found to
be a square number. Find all such three digit numbers.
8. Nine square are arranged to form a rectangle ABCD. The smallest square P has an area 4
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AMTI (NMTC) - 2012
KAPREKAR CONTEST - FINAL - SUB-JUNIOR LEVEL
1. Find the numberof numbers coprime to and less than 2012. Find their sum. Find also the
quotient when this sum is divided by 2012. (Information : 503 is a prime).
2. Composite twins are defined below :
(a) Odd composite twin: Let a and a + 2 be two odd composite numbers. If (a – 2) and
(a + 4) are primes then (a, a + 2) is called an “odd composite twin.”
(b) Even composite twin: Let b and b + 2 two even numbers (b > 2). If (b – 1) and
(b + 3) are primes then (b, b + 2) is called an even composite twin.
List all composite twins less than or equal to 100.
3. ABCD is a rectangle. The sides are extended and the external angles are bisected and the
bisectors are produced in both ways to form a quadrilateral. Prove that the quadrilateral
is a square.
4. (a) A single digit natural number is increased by 10. The obtained number is now
increased by the same percentage as in the first increase. The result is 72. Find the
original single digit number.
(b) After two price reductions by one and the same percent the price of an article is
reduced from Rs. 250 to Rs. 160. By how much percent was the price reduced each
time. Write detailed steps.
5. If a finite straight line segment is divided into two parts so that the rectangle contained
by the whole and first part is equal to the square on the other part, prove that the square
described on the of the diagonals of the rectangle contained by the whole and the first
part is three times the square on other part.
6. abcde is a five digit number. Show that abcde is divisible by 7 if and only if the number
abcd – (2 x e) is divisible by 7.
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7. If a 2x 3 + b 2y3 + c2z 3 = p 5, ax 2 = by2 = cz 2 and    find a  b  c only in
x y z p
terms of p.
8. Take any natural number. Multiply it with the next two natural numbers. Take another
natural number different from the first and do the same as before. Subtract one result
from the other to get a positive difference and divide the difference obtained by the
positive difference of the original numbers. Add to the quotient the product of the
original numbers. Prove that the final result is the product of some number by the
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AMTI (NMTC) - 2014
KAPREKAR CONTEST - FINAL - JUNIOR LEVEL
3 3
 a (a 3  2b 3 )   b(2a 3  b3 ) 
3 3
1. Prove that algebraic identity a  b   3 3    3 3  .
 a b   a b 
2. The ratio between a two-digit number and the sum of the digits of that number is a : b. If
the digits in the units place is n more than the digit in the tens place, prove that the
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number is given by .
11b  2 a
( a  b )( c  d ) 20 12 ( a  c )( b  d )
3. If (b  c )( d  a )  2 01 3 find the value of ( a  b )( c  d ) .

4. Q, R are the midpoints of the sides AC, AB of the isosceles triangle ABC in which
AB = AC. The median AD is produced to E so that DE = AD. EQ and ER are joined to cut
BC in N and M respectively. Show that AMEN is a rhombus.
5. ABCD is a square. The diagonals AC, BD, cut at E. From B a perpendicular is drawn to
the bisector of DCA and it cuts AC at P and DC at Q. Prove that DQ = 2 PE.

6. a) A two digit number is equal to six times the sum of its digits.
10 2013  1 10 3013  1
b) Show that  .
10 2014  1 10 3014  1
Prove that the two digit number formed by interchanging the digits in equal to five times
the sum of its digits.
7. a) For any two natural numbers m, n prove that (m 3 + n 3 + 4) cannot be a perfect cube.
b) A circle is divided into six sectors and the six numbers 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0 are written
clockwise, one in each sector. One can add 1 to the numbers in any two adjacent
sectors. Is it possible to make all the numbers equal ? If so after how many opera-
tions can this be achieved ?
8. a) All natural numbers from 1 to 2013 are written in a row in that order. Can you
insert + and – signs between them so that the value of the resulting expression is
zero ? If it is possible, how many + and – signs should be inserted ? Justify your
answer by giving clear reasoning.
b) The natural numbers 1, 2, 3, .... are partitioned into subsets S 1 = {1}, S 2 = {2, 3},
S 3 = {4, 5, 6}, S 4 = {7, 8, 9, 10} and so on. What are the greatest and least numbers
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AMTI (NMTC) - 2015
KAPREKAR CONTEST - FINAL - JUNIOR LEVEL
1. A hare, pursued by a gray-hound, is 50 of her own leaps ahead of him. In the time hare
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takes 4 leaps, the gray-hound takes 3 leaps. In one leap the hare goes 1 meter and the
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gra-hound 2 meter. In how many leaps will the gray-hound overtake the hare ?
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2. If a  x  b  x  c  x  0 , show that (a + b + c + 3x) (a + b + c – x) = 4 (ab + bc + ca)
3. Some amount of work has to be completed. Anand, Bilal and Charles offered to do
the job. Anand would alone take a times as many days as Bilal and Charles working
together. Bilal would alone take b times as many days as Anand and Charles together.
Charles would alone take c times as many days as Anand and Bilal together. Show
a b c
that   2.
a 1 b 1 c 1
4. Let P be any point on the diagonal BD of a rectangle ABCD. F is the foot of the
perpendicular from P to BC. H is a point on the side BC such that FB = FH. PC cuts AH
in Q. Show that Area of APQ = Area of CHQ.

5. A three digit number is base 7 when expressed in base 9 has its digits reversed in order.
Find the number in base 7 and base 10.
6. a) Two regular polygons have the number of their sides in the ratio 3 : 2 and the
interior angles in the ratio 10 : 9. Find the number of sides of the polygons.
b) Find two natural numbers such that their difference, sum and the product is to one
another as 1, 7 and 24.

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AMTI (NMTC) - 2017
KAPREKAR - FINAL - JUNIOR LEVEL
x y z
1. (a) If    201 6 , where x, y, z, a, b, c are non zero real numbers, find the value
a b c
xyz ( a  b )( b  c )( c  a )
of .
abc ( x  y ( y  z )( z  x )
(b) Four boys Amar, Benny, Charan, Dany and four girls Azija, Beula, Chitra and Dais
have to work on a project. They should form 4 pairs, one boy and one girl in each.
They know each other with the following constraints :
i. Amar knows neither Azija nor Buela
ii. Benny does not know Buela
iii. Both Charan and Dany know neither Chitra nor Daisy.
In how many ways can the pairs be formed so that each boy knows the girl in his
pair.
2. In a triangle ABC, C = 90 0 and BC = 3AC. Points D, E lie on CB such that
CD = DE = EB. Prove that ABC + AEC + ADC = 90 0.
3. Let m, n, p be distinct two digit natural numbers. If m = 10a + b, n = 10b + c, p = 10c + a.
Find all possible values of gcd (m, n, p).
 x y  x y 
4. If xy = ab (a + b) and x 2 + y2 – xy = a 3 + b 3 find the value of      .
 a b  b a 
5. The square ABCD of side length a cm is rotated about A in the clockwise direction by an
angle 450 to become the square AB’C’D’. Show that the shaded area is ( 2  1)a 2 square
cms.

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