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Grade 7 Math Challenge Questions

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1st MATH-Inic Vedic Mathematics National Challenge

Primary Category
1) 899 + 998 =
a) 1887
b) 1889
c) 1897
d) 1899
e) none of the above

2) 887 - 489 =
a) 498
b) 488
c) 398
d) 388
e) none of the above

3) 89 x 98 =
a) 8972
b) 8872
c) 8722
d) 8622
e) None of the above

4) 39.8 x 5 =
a) 197.5
b) 198
c) 198.5
d) 199
e) None of the above

5) What is the remainder when 135,246 is divided by 9?


a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) none of the above

6) 39.8 ÷ 0.5 =
a) 79.85
b) 79.80
c) 79.70
d) 79.60
e) none of the above
7) What is the digital root of the product of 989 and 434?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8
e) none of the above

8) 100,000 – 56,789
a) 54,221
b) 54,211
c) 44,221
d) 43,211
e) none of the above

9) 444 + 278 + 316 + 140 =


a) 1174
b) 1176
c) 1178
d) 1180
e) none of the above

10) 85^2 =
a) 6415
b) 6425
c) 7225
d) 7255
e) none of the above

11) 123 x 103


a) 12,303
b) 12,309
c) 12,609
d) 12,669
e) none of the above

12) 503 x 406 =


a) 204, 218
b) 204, 418
c) 214, 218
d) 214, 418
e) none of the above
13) What is the Greatest Common factor of 54 and 72?
a) 6
b) 9
c) 12
d) 18
e) none of the above

14) What is the Least Common Multiple of 24 and 54?


a) 108
b) 144
c) 216
d) 288
e) none of the above

15) What is the square root of 4225?


a) 45
b) 55
c) 65
d) 75
e) none of the above

16) What is the result in this subtraction 45678 -36789 ?


a) 11,111
b) 9,999
c) 9,998
d) 8,889
e) none of the above

17) 3/8 + 1/6 =


a) 21/48
b) 23/48
c) 11/ 24
d) 9/24
e) None of the above

18) 7/16 – 3/10


a) 11/160
b) 23/160
c) 11/80
d) 1/10
e) none of the above
19) 3/5 x 15/12 =
a) 5/6
b) 4/5
c) 3/4
d) 2/3
e) none of the above

20) What is 25/3 divided by 5/6 ?


a) 10
b) 8
c) 125/18
d) 18/125
e) none of the above

21) Which of the following multiplication will give the biggest product?
a) 91 x 99
b) 98 x 92
c) 93 x 97
d) 96 x 94
e) 95 x 95

22) Which of the following sum is not like the others?


a) 1/6 + 2/6
b) 1/8 + 3/8
c) 1/12 + 5/12
d) 3/14 + 5/14
e) 4/18 + 5/18

23) Which of the following fractions is the largest? 17/26, 17/25, 17/24, 34/49, 34/51.
a) 17/26
b) 17/25
c) 17/24
d) 34/49
e) 34/51

24) Which number should we remove from the list so that the sum of these numbers
is exactly equal to 2500: 384,445, 336, 557, 778, 229
a) 384
b) 336
c) 557
d) 778
e) 229
25) Which of the following numbers is not exactly divisible by 9?
a) 234,567
b) 345,672
c) 456,723
d) 567,234
e) none of the above

26) There are 5 steps in a 3 x 3 Vertically and Crosswise (V&C) Multiplication while
there are 9 steps in an 5 x 5 (V&C) Multiplication. How many steps are there in a 3 x 6
(V&C) Multiplication?
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 9
e) none of the above

26) In multiplying 114 by 111 using base multiplication, the first three digits of the
answer is obtained from
a) 114 + 11 + 1
b) 111 + 14 + 1
c) 100 + 14 + 11 + 1
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

28) What is 1234 divided by 99 ?


a) 12 r. 26
b) 12 r. 36
c) 12 r. 46
d) 12 r. 56
e) none of the above

29) 848 x 0.075 =


a) 636
b) 63.6
c) 6.36
d) 0.636
e) none of the above
30) 296 x 304 =
a) 90,016
b) 89,916
c) 89,984
d) 89,998
e) none of the above

31) What is 385 divided by 3.5 ?


a) 90
b) 9
c) 110
d) 11
e) none of the above

32) What is 17.5 % of 160?


a) 24
b) 26
c) 28
d) 30
e) none of the above

33) Which of the following pairs is not a twin prime? 71 and 73; 89 and 91; 101 and
103; and 107 and 109
a) 71 and 73
b) 89 and 91
c) 101 and 103
d) 107 and 109
e) none of the above

34) What is 4445 divided by 9?


a) 492 r. 8
b) 493 r. 8
c) 494 r. 8
d) 495 r. 8
e) none of the above

35) Which of the following multiplication is not correct?


a) 18 x 37 = 666
b) 24 x 37 = 888
c) 27 x 37 = 999
d) 21 x 37 = 777
e) none of the above
36) Which of the following multiplication cannot be solved using the sutra "By One
More Than the One Before" and its corollaries.
a) 85 x 85
b) 63 x 67
c) 76 x 36
d) 66 x 26
e) none of the above

37) What is the result when the sum of 55,555 and 59,867 is deducted from the sum
of 79,867 and 99,999?
a) 54,449
b) 54,444
c) 64,454
d) 64,444
e) none of the above

38) If a 2.3" x 2.3" square is removed from each of the 4 corners of a 10" x 15"
rectangle, what is the perimeter of the resulting figure?
a) 31.6'
b) 40.8"
c) 45.4"
d) 50"
e) none of the above

39) A fruit and vegetable dealer left his farm at 3:54 AM to deliver his goods at the
provincial market. I took him 1 hour 58 minutes to get to the market, 45 minutes to
unload his goods and 1 hour 25 minutes to return to his farm. What time did he return
to his farm?
a) 7: 58 AM
b) 8:02 AM
c) 8:04 AM
d) 8:06 AM
e) none of the above

40) A local grass variety grows at the rate of 9.4 mm per day. What is its total growth
in 7 weeks?
a) 460.06 mm
b) 460.6 mm
c) 466.6 mm
d) 46.6 cm
e) none of the above
41) A rectangle is four times as long as it is high. A square has 9 times the area of the
rectangle. What is the ratio of the perimeter of the rectangle to the perimeter of the
square?
a) 1:3
b) 5:12
c) 12: 5
d) 3:1
e) none of the above

42) Peter got grades of 92, 93, 94, 95 and 96 in his first 5 quizzes. What grade must he
get in his sixth and last quiz so that he will have an average of 95 in all his quizzes
a) 97
b) 98
c) 99
d) 100
e) none of the above

43) The senior citizen’s discount of 20% is applied after deducting the 12% value
added tax. The easiest way to compute what a senior citizen must actually pay at a
fast-food center is to
a) Deduct 12% from the list price and multiply the result by 0.8.
b) Deduct 32% from the list price.
c) Deduct (12/1.12)% from the list price then deduct 20% from the difference
d) Multiply the list price by (5/7)
e) none of the above

44) A car travelling at a constant speed covers a distance of 36 k in 1 hour 12


minutes. Travelling at the same speed what distance can it cover in 1 hour 48
minutes?
a) 52 km
b) 54 km
c) 56 km
d) 58 km
e) none of the above
45) If 1/7 is equivalent to the repeating decimal 0.142857, what repeating decimal is
equivalent to 6/7 ?
a) 0.857142
b) 0.857143
c) 0.857243
d) 0.857123
e) none of the above

46) 9 4/11 x 10 7/11 =


a) 90 28/121
b) 99 28/121
c) 99 72/121
d) 99 110/121
e) none of the above

47) The first 5 triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6, 10 and 15. What is 44th triangular
number?
a) 946
b) 964
c) 988
d) 992
e) none of the above

48) The easiest way to compute the total area of 16 squares each measuring 2.45 cm
on one side is
a) (2.45 x 2.45) x 16
b) (2.45 x 2.45) x 10 + (2.45 x 2.45) x 6
c) (16 x 2.45) x 2.45
d) (4 x 2.45) x (4 x 2.45)
e) (2 x 2.45) x (8 x 2.45)

49) 978,978 is not divisible by


a) 14
b) 22
c) 26
d) 77
e) none of the above
50) In the figure below, in addition to 1 - 4 x 4 square, 4- 3 x 3 squares, 9 - 2 x 2
squares and 19 - 1 x 1 squares, there are

a) 12 - 1/2 x 1/2 and 3 - 3/2 x 3/2 squares


b) 12 - 1/2 x 1/2 and 2 - 3/2 x 3/2 squares
c) 16 - 1/2 x 1/2 and 3 - 3/2 x 3/2 squares
d) 16 - 1/2 x 1/2 and 2 - 3/2 x 3/2 squares
e) none of the above

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To determine the largest product among multiplication pairs such as 91x99, 98x92, 93x97, 96x94, and 95x95, calculate each product individually. This can be quickly estimated by understanding symmetry and centrality; numbers closer to the square of a mean produce higher products. For these examples, 98x92 results in the highest product when calculated: 98 x 92 = 9,016. Thus, among the provided pairs, 98 x 92 yields the largest product .

To determine the greatest common factor (GCF) of 54 and 72, list the prime factors of each number. The prime factorization of 54 is 2 x 3^3, and for 72, it is 2^3 x 3^2. The common prime factors are 2 and 3. The lowest powers of these common factors are 2^1 and 3^2. Multiplying these gives 2^1 x 3^2 = 18. Hence, the GCF of 54 and 72 is 18 .

When both a Value Added Tax (VAT) and a discount apply, the discount should be applied after removing the VAT portion. For a senior citizen discount, which is applied after a 12% VAT is deducted, the effective calculation would involve first finding the net price by deducting 12% VAT and then applying a 20% discount on this adjusted price. Mathematically, this can be simplified by first removing the VAT and then multiplying the adjusted price by 0.8 to know the payable amount .

The 'By One More Than the One Before' sutra in Vedic Mathematics is primarily used for squaring numbers that end in 5. It involves multiplying the initial digit(s) by the next higher number followed by 25. For example, 85 x 85 is calculated as (8 x 9) followed by 25, leading to 7225. This sutra applies to cases like multiplying two numbers where one number can be easily derived from a structural relationship to another, but it does not apply to calculations where such a relationship doesn’t exist, such as 76 x 36 .

To calculate the total time for activities spanning multiple segments, add the times of each segment. For instance, leaving at 3:54 AM and taking 1 hour 58 minutes to reach involves reaching by 5:52 AM. Adding a 45-minute unloading period, the time is 6:37 AM. According to 1 hour 25 minutes return, reaching the starting point at 8:02 AM. Thus, the returning related time calculation requires combined sequential addition within day-time bounds .

To solve the subtraction 45678 - 36789, examine the digits borrowed step-by-step starting from the right. 8 - 9 requires a borrowed digit, similarly draw upon columns while calculating 7 - 8 and so forth. Resulting in each digit correctly subtracted gives the final result: 45678 - 36789 = 8899. This requires careful attention to ensure carries properly adjusted to avoid missteps in maintaining accuracy .

To find which number, when removed, results in a sum of 2500, calculate the total sum of the sequence: 384 + 445 + 336 + 557 + 778 + 229 = 2729. Then, subtract 2729 from 2500 to find the number to be removed: 2729 - 2500 = 229. Therefore, removing 229 from the sequence results in a sum of 2500 .

When removing a square from each corner of a rectangle, the shape transforms significantly and forms a more complex polygon. Originally, a 10'' x 15'' rectangle has a perimeter calculated as 2(10 + 15) = 50''. Removing a 2.3'' square from each corner effectively reduces each length and width segment exposed by the cut. The final perimeter account adds the concave segments introduced. When calculated correctly using the new vertices, the resulting perimeter becomes 45.4'' .

Twin primes are pairs of prime numbers that have a difference of two. For instance, 71 and 73 are twin primes because both numbers are prime and the difference between them (73 - 71 = 2) is exactly two. The characteristics that determine twin primes involve checking both primality and adequate separation (exactly two). In the given case, 71 and 73 fulfill these criteria, thus they are twin primes .

To calculate the digital root of a product, you first multiply the numbers 989 and 434. The exact product isn't necessary for finding the digital root, but often helps demonstrate the process: 989 x 434 = 429,586. To find the digital root, sum the digits of the product repeatedly until you obtain a single digit: 4+2+9+5+8+6 = 34; then, 3+4 = 7. Therefore, the digital root of 989 times 434 is 7 .

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