ITO IMO Class 8 sample paper, 2026–27
What is actually on the ITO IMO Class 8 paper for 2026–27: the sections the body itself publishes, how many questions each one carries and what each is worth — read off the body's own site, and stamped with the date we last checked it.
Last verified against Indian Talent Olympiad (ITO)’s own site on 28 September 2026.
Where this stands
Is there a paper to download?
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The paper
What the body's own paper looks like
| Section | Questions | Marks each |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1 — Subjective (syllabus) | 35 | 1 |
| Section 2 — Logical Reasoning | 10 | 1 |
| Section 3 — Higher Order Thinking (HOTs) | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 50 | 50 marks · 65 minutes |
The 65 minutes above is the school route. Indian Talent Olympiad gives the individual online route 45 minutes for the same 50 questions — both figures are the body's own, in identically worded rows on its two schedule pages, and neither page mentions the other. If you are registering your child directly rather than through the school, plan for 54 seconds a question instead of 78.
What it covers: Maths for Class 8
Ch 1. A Square and A Cube
Olympiad syllabus label: Square and Square Roots; Cube and Cube Roots — two separate entries on ITO's list, one chapter in the book
Ch 2. Power Play
Olympiad syllabus label: Exponents and Powers — the Class 7 gap, now a chapter
Ch 3. A Story of Numbers
Olympiad syllabus label: Rational Number
Ch 4. Quadrilaterals
Olympiad syllabus label: Understanding Quadrilateral and Practical Geometry (the quadrilateral half)
Ch 5. Number Play
Olympiad syllabus label: Closest chapter to ITO's undescribed "Math Magic" entry — cryptarithms, divisibility proofs and number patterns. ITO publishes no description, so this mapping is ours
Ch 6. We Distribute, Yet Things Multiply
Olympiad syllabus label: Operation On Algebraic Expressions; Factorization
Ch 7. Proportional Reasoning-1
Olympiad syllabus label: Direct and Indirect Proportion; Comparing Quantities (the percentage half)
Ch 8. Fractions in Disguise
Olympiad syllabus label: Rational Number (the advanced-manipulation half — complex, algebraic and continued fractions)
Ch 9. The Baudhayana-Pythagoras Theorem
Olympiad syllabus label: Not on ITO's published Class 8 list at all — a whole chapter the body does not name
Ch 10. Proportional Reasoning-2
Olympiad syllabus label: Direct and Indirect Proportion (compound proportion); Comparing Quantities (compound interest)
Ch 11. Exploring Some Geometric Themes
Olympiad syllabus label: Understanding Quadrilateral and Practical Geometry (the construction half)
Ch 12. Tales by Dots and Lines
Olympiad syllabus label: Data Handling — but only its graphs-and-averages half; see the note below
Ch 13. Algebra Play
Olympiad syllabus label: Not on ITO's published Class 8 list — linear equations are named on its Class 7 list and dropped here
Ch 14. Area
Olympiad syllabus label: Mensuration — the other Class 7 gap, now a chapter
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