Mathematical Kangaroo 2013 Group Écolier (Grade 3./4.) Austria - 21.3.2013
Mathematical Kangaroo 2013 Group Écolier (Grade 3./4.) Austria - 21.3.2013
1. How many more bricks does the right hand pyramid have
than the left hand pyramid?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 10
2. In which picture are there more black Kangaroos than white ones?
Picture 1 Picture 2
8. The rectangular mirror has broken. Which piece is missing?
- 4 Point Questions -
9. How many triangles can be seen in the picture on the right? (Be careful!
A triangle can be also be made by joining several smaller triangles
together.)
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 13 (E) 12
10. Veras Mum has made sandwiches, each using two slices of bread.
There are 24 slices in a pack. How many sandwiches can she make with
two whole and one half packets of bread?
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 24 (D) 30 (E) 48
11. Daniel had 36 sweets. He shared them equally between his siblings. How many siblings can he
definitely not have?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
12. Pinocchios nose is 9cm long. If he lies his nose grows by 6cm. If he tells the truth it shortens by
2cm. He tells three untruths and twice the truth. How long is Pinocchios nose now?
(A) 14 cm (B) 15 cm (C) 19 cm (D) 23 cm (E) 31 cm
13. Which of the following pieces can be joined to the one pictured so that a rectangle is
formed?
- 5 Point Questions -
17. The number 35 has the property that it can be divided by its unit digit, because 35 divided by 5 is
exactly 7. The number 38 does not have this property. How many numbers bigger than 21, but smaller
than 30 have this property?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
18. In February 2013 Schnurrli the tomcat slept for exactly three weeks. For how many hours in this
month was he awake?
(A) 168 (B) 192 (C) 216 (D) 240 (E) 504
19. Andi, Betti, Clara and Dani were born in the same year. Their birthdays are on the 20th February,
12th April, 12th May and 25th May, but not necessarily in that order. Betti and Andi were born in the
same month. Andi and Clara were born on the same day in different months. Who is the oldest?
(A) Andi (B) Betti (C) Clara (D) Dani
(E) There is not enough information to answer the question.
20. If I join the midpoints of the sides of the large triangle in the picture, a small
triangle is formed. If I join the midpoints of the sides of this small triangle, a tiny
triangle is formed. How many of these tiny triangles can fit into the largest
triangle at the same time?
(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 16 (E) 32
21. Chrissi wants to sell 10 glass marbles which each have a different weight. Their weights are:
1 dag, 2 dag, 3 dag, 4 dag, 5 dag, 6 dag, 7 dag, 8 dag, 9 dag and 10 dag. They should be packed into
bags two at a time, so that each bag has the same weight. Which two marbles will be put into the
same bag?
(A) 3 and 6 (B) 3 and 7 (C) 3 and 8 (D) 3 and 9 (E) 3 and 10
22. Baris has a few dominoes as shown in the picture. He wants to lay them in a line according to the
rules of dominoes, that is that two dominoes can only be laid together if the neighbouring squares
have the same number of dots in them. What is the biggest number of these dominoes that he can lay
in a single line?
24. Beatrice has a few grey tiles that all look exactly like the one pictured. At
least how many of these tiles does she need in order to make a complete
square? (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 16