Mathematical Kangaroo 2015
Group Ecolier (Grade 3 and 4)
Austria – 23. 3. 2015
‐ 3 point questions ‐
1.
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 15
2. Florian has 10 identical metal strips, each with the same amount of holes (picture on the left).
He bolts these strips in pairs. That way he gets the 5 long strips in the picture on the right.
Which of the long strips is the longest?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
3. In kangaroo land you pay with “Kangas”. Lucy has a few Kangas in her
purse. She buys a ball and pays 7 Kangas. How many Kangas does she have
left over, after she has paid fort he ball?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
4. If you multiply both digits of the number 35, you get 15. How big is the sum of both digits?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
5. Which number is hidden behind the square?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
6. The word Kangaroo is written on the top of my umbrella. Which of
the 5 pictures shows my umbrella
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
7. 9 points, n
numbered 1 to 9 are marked onn a circle. P
Point 1 is jo
oined to
oint 3, 3 to 5. Continu
po ue the draw
wing, alwayys joining tto the nextt but one
po
oint along. Which draawing do yoou get if yoou keep go
oing until you get bacck
to point 1?
(A) (B) (C)
(DD) (E)
8. In the diaggram you ccan see a vvery raggedd island. So ome of the
e
froogs are sittting in the water. How w many ar e sitting on
n the
island?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D)) 8 (E) 9
‐ 4 p
point questiions ‐
9. Luis has go
ot 7 appless and 2 ban
nanas. He ggives 2 app
ples to his ffriend Jacoob, who givves him
baananas in return. Afterwards Luuis has got the same amounts o of apples a s bananas.. How man ny
baananas did Luis get from Jacob??
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4
( (D) 5 (E) 7
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100. Julia fold
ds the papeer net pictu
ured on thee right, into
o a cube. W
Which num
mber is 2 3 4
onn the face tthat is opposite to the face withh the numb ber 3? 5
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4
( (D) 5 (E) 6 6
111. Jack makkes a cube from 27 sm mall cubes.. The smalll cubes are
e either greey or
whhite as sho
own in the diagram. T Two small ccubes with h the same colour aree not
allowed to bbe placed n next to each
h other. Hoow many ssmall, white cubes haas
Jacck used?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 13
( (D) 14 (E) 15
122. 10 runneers start in a running race. At thhe finish, th
here are 3 more runnners behind
d Thomas
than there are in front of him. Inn which possition did TThomas fin nish?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4
( (D) 6
6 (E) 7
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3. Joseph has got a tooy car, a ted
ddy bear, aa ball and aa ship. He wwants to pput them in
n a new
order on thee shelf. Thee ship mustt be next too the car, aand the ted
ddy bear shhould also be next to
o
the car. In h
how many d different o
orders can hhe put the toys on th he
shelf?
(A) 2 (B
B) 4 (C
C) 5 (D) 6
( (E) 8
144. Peter rides his bikee along a cyycle path inn a park. He starts at
pooint S and rrides in thee direction of the arroow. At the
e first
croossing he tturns right,, then at th
he next leftt, and then
n again to
the right andd then agaiin to left. W
Which crosssing does he not
reach?
(A) A (B
B) B (C
C) C (D) D
( (E) E
155. Two of thhe 5 ladybiirds in the picture aree always frriends
wiith each otther if the d
difference between ttheir numb ber of dots
is exactly 1. TToday everry ladybird
d has sent aan SMS to each of
their friends. How man ny SMS me essages we re sent?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D)) 8 (E) 9
166. There aree 10 balls, numbered d 0 to 9 in aa basket. JJohn and
Geeorge play a game. Eaach person n is allowedd to take th hree balls
fro
om the bassket and caalculate the e total of the numbers on the
baalls. What is the biggeest possible
e differencce between n the john
an
nd Georgess totals?
(A) 1 (B) 12 (C) 18
( (D) 19 (E) 21
‐ 5 p
point questiions ‐
177. Luca wannts to cut tthe shape in figure 1 into equally sized
smmall triangles (like tho
ose in figurre 2). One oof these triangles is
alrready drawwn on figurre 1. How m many of th ese trianglles will he
Figur 2
geet?
(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D)) 15 (E) 16 F
Figur 1
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8. Some of the small ssquares on n each of thhe square ttransparenncies
haave been cooloured blaack. If you
u slide the tthree transsparencies on
top of each oother, withhout lifting them fromm the table e, a new
paattern can b
be seen. WWhat is the maximum m number o of black
squares whicch could bee seen in the new pattern?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7
( (D) 8
8 (E) 9
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9. The nummbers 1, 2, 3
3, 4 and 9 are writtenn into the ssquares on
n the
following figure. The su
um of the tthree num bers in thee horizontaal row,
should be the same as the sum o of the threee numbers in the verttical
olumn. Wh
co hich numbeer is written in the middle?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D)) 4 (E) 9
20 pe in the piicture is to be split into three id
0. The shap dentical pie
eces.
What does o
one of thesse pieces lo
ook like?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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1. Which piicture show
ws a single large loopp?
(A) (B) (C)
( (D) (E)
222. In this sq
quare theree are 9 dots. The disttance betwween the points is alwways
the same. Yo ou can draw w a square
e by joiningg 4 points. How manyy different
sizzes can succh squares have?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2
( (D) 3 (E) 4
233. Thomas d drew a pigg and a shark. He cutss each animmal into three pieces.. Then he ttakes one o of
the two head ds, one of the two middle secti ons and on ne of the tw
wo tails annd lays them together
to make ano other animaal. How maany differeent animalss can he make in this way?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4
( (D) 5 (E) 8
244. Anna, Beerta, Charlie, David annd Elisa ba ked biscuitts at the w
weekend. A Anna bakedd 24, Bertaa
255, Charlie 226, David 27 and Elisaa 28 biscuitts. By the e
end of the w
weekend oone of the children haad
twwice as man ny, one 3 times, one 4 times, onne 5 times and one 6 6 times as m many biscu
uits as on
Saaturday. Who baked tthe most b biscuits on Saturday?
(A) Anna (B) Berrta (C) Charlie
( David
(D) D (E) Elisa
