SilverZone Foundation · Maths · Class 7
International Olympiad of Mathematics (iOM) Class 7: syllabus, dates and exam pattern (2026–27)
Everything you need in one place — the exact NCERT chapters this paper tests, all 3 exam dates, the registration window, and the full marking scheme. Updated for the 2026–27 session.
Last verified against SilverZone Foundation's own site on 11 August 2026.
2026–27 exam dates
Date 1
8 October 2026
Date 2
18 November 2026
Date 3
7 December 2026
SilverZone publishes these under the heading "Tentative Examination Schedule for the year 2026-27" — they are the body's own dates, but SilverZone has not marked them final, so treat them as indicative until your school confirms. One inconsistency worth knowing about: the schedule page lists three dates, while the iOM page still describes a two-date structure ("the school may opt from the two dates suggested"). Ask your coordinator which of the published dates your school has actually opted for.
Registration: SilverZone registers students through participating schools; the prospectus with the exact registration cutoff is sent to schools directly, and SilverZone does not publish a cutoff date publicly. A school needs a minimum of 20 registrations to run the paper, and there is no fee for a school to become a registered centre — so a school that has never run iOM can still start this year. If yours does not, ask your coordinator to request a prospectus from info@silverzone.org or 011-69114100.
The deadline is set by your school, not by you
Most parents find the exam date and assume they have until then. The registration window closes long before it, and for some papers it has already started closing. Here is how it actually works.
- Your school registers your child and your school picks which of the 2–3 dates the class sits. The family does not choose.
- For SOF papers, registrations must reach SOF exactly 30 days before that chosen date — and once the school has chosen, the date cannot be changed.
- CREST is the exception: it registers students directly, online, with no school involved. It is the one body a parent can act on alone.
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SOF IEO (English)
If your school picks 30 September 2026, registration closes 31 August 2026 · English
SOF IMO (Maths)
If your school picks 23 October 2026, registration closes 23 September 2026 · Maths
Every deadline in this box was checked against that exam body's own website on 11 August 2026. Bodies do move dates — we re-check every Monday.
Exam pattern
How the iOM paper is structured
| Section | Questions | Marks per question | Section total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers and Their Operations | 5 | 2.5 | 12.5 |
| Algebra | 3 | 2.5 | 7.5 |
| Ratio and its Applications | 4 | 2.5 | 10.0 |
| Geometry and Mensuration | 5 | 2.5 | 12.5 |
| Data Handling | 3 | 2.5 | 7.5 |
| Reasoning and Aptitude | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Scholar's Zone | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| Total | 35 questions | — | 100 marks · 40 minutes |
Syllabus
Maths syllabus mapped to NCERT Ganita Prakash (Class 7, 2026-27) — Part 1 + Part 2
Ch 2. Arithmetic Expressions
Olympiad syllabus label: Numbers and Their Operations — Simplifying Arithmetic Expressions
Ch 3. A Peek Beyond the Point
Olympiad syllabus label: Numbers and Their Operations — Fractions and Decimals
Ch 4. Expressions using Letter-Numbers
Olympiad syllabus label: Algebra — Algebraic Expressions
Ch 5. Parallel and Intersecting Lines
Olympiad syllabus label: Geometry and Mensuration — Lines and Angles
Ch 7. A Tale of Three Intersecting Lines
Olympiad syllabus label: Geometry and Mensuration — Triangles
Ch 8. Working with Fractions
Olympiad syllabus label: Numbers and Their Operations — Fractions and Decimals
Ch 10. Operations with Integers
Olympiad syllabus label: Numbers and Their Operations — Integers
Ch 11. Finding Common Ground
Olympiad syllabus label: Ratio and its Applications — Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Profit and Loss
Ch 12. Another Peek Beyond the Point
Olympiad syllabus label: Numbers and Their Operations — Rational Numbers
Ch 13. Connecting the Dots
Olympiad syllabus label: Data Handling — Arithmetic Mean, Median and Mode; Bar graphs
Ch 15. Finding the Unknown
Olympiad syllabus label: Algebra — Simple Equations
Two things this list is telling you that a plain chapter dump would not. First, iOM is narrower than SOF IMO on the school syllabus: SilverZone's published Class 7 list does not name large numbers, number play, congruence of triangles, or constructions and tilings, all of which are chapters in the Ganita Prakash book. Second, and more important, it is wider in four places the school book no longer covers — exponents, solid shapes, quadrilaterals, and the area of closed figures (parallelogram and circle). SilverZone names all four; the 2026-27 Class 7 book has moved or dropped all four. Simple interest is a fifth: SilverZone lists it under Ratio and its Applications, but the book's comparing-quantities chapter stops at profit, loss and discount. A child preparing only from the school book will meet those five topics for the first time in the exam hall. Our Class 7 practice keeps every one of them in scope. Separately, the Reasoning and Aptitude section (10 questions, 30 of the 100 marks) is its own spine — verbal and non-verbal reasoning, not drawn from the maths chapters at all.
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