Question bank IMAS 2015

What is the value of 2015-116?

The diagram shows five children of equal height standing in a row under a street lamp. Which of them casts the shortest shadow?

Anne ate half of a box of biscuits and then half of the remaining biscuits. If only 1 biscuit is left, how many biscuits were there originally?

The sum of the digits displayed on each of the five watches is the same. Which of the following can be the time displayed on the last watch?

Eight pop bottles can be traded in for a pencil. What is the maximum number of pencils that can be obtained from 34 pop bottles?

What is the minimum number of straight cuts required to divide a cylindrical cake into eight identical pieces?

The product of two two-digit multiples of 10 is 2000. What is their sum?

Which of the following figures can be combined with the given one to form a square?

The subway system of a certain city consists of 16 stations in a closed loop, with trains going in both directions. The fare is 1 dollar for a ride of 1 station, 2 dollars for a ride of 2 or 3 stations, 3 dollars for a ride of 4 or 5 stations, 4 dollars for a ride of 6 or 7 stations, and 5 dollars for a ride of 8 or more stations. What is the minimum cost for going from Station #2 to Station #14?

Climbing the stairs, a boy takes 60 seconds to go from the $ 1^{st} $ floor to the $ 4^{th} $ floor. Assuming that the distance between consecutive floors is the same and the boy continues to climb at the same uniform speed as before, how many more seconds will he take to reach the $ 8^{th} $ floor?

Which of the following figures is the mirror reflection of the given figure?

Of the following figures, which one does not have exactly $ \frac{1}{4} $ of its area shaded?

A, B and C share 36 grapes. If A gives 10 to B and B then gives 8 to C, each has the same number of grapes. How many more grapes than C did A have initially?

The total weights of three groups of four animals are recorded as shown. Each animal of the same type has the same weight. What is the weight of each sheep?

A number is larger than another number by 416. The larger number is 9 times as large as the smaller number. What is the sum of these two numbers?

Every student consumes water at a constant rate. If a jug containing 420 litres of water is just sufficient to supply 20 students for 7 days, for how many days can the same jug supply 28 students?

In the number triangle shown, every number not on the bottom row is equal to the sum of the two numbers below it. What is the number represented by the “?” mark?

Three cups of equal value are the door prizes won by five people. Since the cups form a set, it is decided that a husband and wife pair among the five friends should get them. In return, the couple offers 1800 dollars to be shared equally by the other three friends. If each person has received an equal share, what is the value, in dollars, of each cup?

What is the maximum value of the expression ()×()+()-( ) if a different number chosen from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 is used to fill each bracketed space?

How many of the following statements are correct?

A: The sum of your age on your birthday in 2015 and your birth year must be 2015.

B: If today is Tuesday, then 217 days later it will again be Tuesday.

C: If we multiply 2015 by 8888 and then add 2015, the sum must be odd.

D: If the sum of the ages of three people is odd, then the sum of their ages a year later must be even.