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2011OnlineTrainingGrade34 PDF
Contest-‐Game
Math
Kangaroo
Online
Training
March
19,
2011
Grade
3-‐4
03/19/11
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
A
has
3
hearts
and
11
objects
which
is
3/11,
not
3/4
B
has
3
hearts
and
7
objects
which
is
3/7,
not
3/4
C
has
6
hearts
and
14
objects
which
is
6/14
=
3/7,
not
3/4
D
has
9
hearts
and
12
objects,
which
is
9/12
=
3/4
:-‐)
Answer:
D)
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3) At
the
picture
below
you
can
see
a
road
from
town
A
to
town
B
(a
solid
line),
and
a
detour
of
a
renovated
interval
A’B’,
marked
as
a
dashed
line.
How
many
km
further
does
one
have
to
travel
using
the
detour?
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Answer:
C)
3
+
3
=
6
km
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Part
A:
Each
correct
answer
is
worth
3
points.
4)
Jerome
was
4
years
old
when
his
sister
was
born.
Today
he
celebrates
his
9th
birthday.
What
is
the
age
difference
between
him
and
his
sister?
Answer:
A)
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of
Toronto
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Answer:
B)
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Answer:
B)
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The
front
layer
is
all
red,
as
is
the
back
one.
Let's
look
at
the
two
middle
layers.
Each
of
them
has
red
cubes
all
around
the
outside
and
blue
ones
in
the
middle.
Each
of
the
middle
layers
has
six
blue
cubes
in
the
middle,
giving
a
total
of
12
cubes.
Answer:
A)
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10)
BeZy
likes
calculaEng
the
sum
of
the
digits
that
she
sees
on
her
digital
clock
(for
instance,
if
the
clock
shows
21:17,
then
BeZy
gets
11).
What
is
the
biggest
sum
she
can
get
if
the
clock
is
a
24-‐hour
clock?
A)
24
B)
36
The
biggest
sum
we
can
get
from
C)
19
minutes
is
obtained
by
the
biggest
digits:
5
and
9.
D)
25
The
biggest
number
we
can
have
as
E)
another
answer
the
hour
is
23.
BUT!
That's
not
the
number
with
the
biggest
sum
of
digits.
That
number
is
19.
Answer:
A) So
the
total
maximum
sum
of
digits
is
1
+
9
+
5
+
9
=
24.
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11)
The
picture
below
shows
9
pencils
and
a
weight
of
30
g
on
a
balance
scale.
The
picture
on
the
right
shows
one
of
the
same
pencils,
a
pen,
and
a
weight
of
15
g.
Both
scales
are
balanced.
How
many
grams
does
the
pen
weight?
12)
In
a
class
there
are
29
children.
12
children
have
a
sister
and
18
children
have
a
brother.
Tina,
Bert,
and
Anne
have
no
brother
and
no
sister.
How
many
children
in
that
class
have
both
a
brother
and
a
sister?
A)
no
one
How
many
children
have
a
brother
or
a
sister
B)
1
if
3
children
don't
have
any?
C)
3
There
are
26
children
with
a
brother
or
a
D)
4
sister.
E)
6 If
none
of
them
had
both,
there
would
be
12
+
18
=
30
children.
However,
we
only
have
26,
which
means
4
children
have
to
be
in
both
groups,
i.e.
4
children
have
both
a
brother
and
a
sister.
Answer:
D)
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1 2 3 4 5
Determine
the
color
of
house
#3
using
the
following
clues
•
The
numbers
of
the
blue
and
yellow
houses
are
even.
•
The
red
house
is
next
to
the
blue
house
only.
•
The
blue
house
is
between
the
green
and
red
houses.
A)
Blue
B)
Red
C)
Yellow
D)
Pink
E)
Green Answer:
E)
14) Four numbers are placed in the small squares in the table below:
If
the
sum
of
the
numbers
of
the
first
row
is
3,
the
sum
of
the
numbers
of
the
second
row
is
8
and
the
sum
of
the
numbers
of
the
first
column
is
4,
what
is
the
sum
of
the
numbers
in
the
second
column?
A) 4
B)
6
C)
7
D)
8
E)
11
15)
The
first
three
figures
of
a
paZern
are
constructed
from
triangles,
as
shown:
…
There
is
one
triangle
on
the
first
figure,
4
triangles
on
the
second
figure,
and
9
triangles
on
the
third
figure.
If
the
paZern
is
extended
with
several
more
figures,
how
many
triangles
will
be
there
on
the
fiQh
figure?
A)
15
B)
20
C)
25
D)
30
E)
50
Considering
diagonal
rows,
the
first
triangle
has
1,
the
second
1
+
3
=
4,
the
third
1
+
3
+
5
=
9.
If
the
pafern
is
followed,
the
fourth
will
be
1
+
3
+
5
+
7
=
16.
The
fiZh
will
be
1
+
3
+
5
+
7
+
9
=
25.
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C)
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