ANSWER KANGAROO 2017

1. Exp:

-> Answer: B
2. Exp:
18 legs + 16 legs = 18 legs + 8 legs + 8 legs
=4
Answer: C -> 4 cats.

3. Exp:
  Answer: E
4. Exp:
2222 = 1111 x 2
1111 x 1111 x 2 = 1234321
1234321 x 2 = 2468642
 Answer: D
5. Exp:

Answer: B
6. Exp:
K = small
J = medium
L = large
We can see : J -> K -> L
 Answer: A
7. Exp:
  5+ ? = 20
 ? = 15
 Answer: E
8. Exp:

 RED = 18 – 6 – 9 = 3
 Answer: C
9. Exp:
Total: 2 + 3 = 5
30 : 5 = 6
Nick: 6 x 3 = 18
Peter: 6 x 2 = 12
18 – 12 = 6
 Answer: B
10. Exp:
  Answer: D
11. Exp:
Sofa – loveseat = 220 – 160 = 60
 White seat = 60

1 white seat = 60 cm
 Chair = sofa – 2 x white seat = 220 – 2 x60 = 100cm
 Answer: D
12. Exp:
D=4
A=1
B=2
H=8
  ? = BHD = 284
 Answer: C
13. Exp:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
 Answer: C
14. Exp:
  The shape is: 3x4x5
 Answer: C
15. Exp:

a=1
b=1
c=0
d=3
 Answer: D
16. Exp:
5x + 20 = 70
-> 5x = 50
-> x = 10

 10 + 6 = 16
 Answer: E
17. Exp:

 Answer : E
18. Exp:
+ 1 x 2 -1 will give the largest sum of money.
 Answer : D
19. Exp:
2x2=4
4 x 4 = 16
6 x 6 = 36
 56 – 5 = 51

 Answer: B
20. Exp:

We have : 6 + 7 + 8 = 21
5 + 6 + 9 =20
 What is the greatest number of goals Mike could have scored is <5, that is
4.
 Answer: C
21. Exp:
 Answer : A
22. Exp:
  Answer: D
23. Exp:

 3 + 5 + 5 = 13
 Answer : D
24. Exp:
Monica understands that some results may be equal, and therefore she can
group the numbers. She will quickly notice that only two (𝑛1 = 2𝑛2 or 𝑛1 = 3𝑛2 or
2𝑛1 = 3𝑛2) or three numbers (𝑛1 = 2𝑛2 = 3𝑛3) can be in the same group, i. e. can
produce the same result. Then she will list all possible groups:
1+1+1+1+1
2+1+1+1
2+2+1
3+1+1
2+3
The smallest number of groups is 2, when a pair and a triple is choosen.
 Answer: B
25. Exp:
  Answer: C
26. Exp:
Rephrasing the described situation: among every 5 marbles at least 1 marble is
red, this is the same as to say that at most 4 marbles are green. Hence, there are
at most 4 green marbles in the bag. (Otherwise, if a bag contained more than 4
green marbles, Jackie could pick 5 marbles none of which is red because all of
them are green.)
Similarly, among every 6 marbles at least 1 marble is green, this is the same as to
say that at most 5 marbles are red. Hence, there are at most 5 red marbles in the
bag. (Otherwise, if a bag contained more than 5 red marbles, Jackie could pick 6
marbles none of which is green because all of them are red.)
Altogether the bag can contain at most 4 green and 5 red marbles, totally 4+5=9
marbles.
9 is the largest number of marbles that the bag can contain.
 Answer: C.

27. Exp:
First off, let’s summarize the story and list up the numbers each girl collected.

Ala: 32 and 52
Beata: 24, 33 and 45
Celina: 20, 25 and 35

Ala likes even numbers, so there will be no even number left after she goes. And
yet, Beata collected 24 and Celina collected 20, which means Ala didn’t go before
them. This narrows down our choices to B and D.
 (B) Celina, Beata, Ala
(D) Beata, Celina, Ala

Apply the same thinking for Beata. If she went before Ala and Celina, they
wouldn’t be able to have any number divisible by 3. And indeed, they don’t have
any. Option D seems good so far.

Now Celina. If she went before Ala and Beata, they wouldn’t be able to have any
number divisible by 5. And yet, Beata has 45, which means Celina didn’t go
before Beata. Therefore, option B is incorrect.

 Answer is : (D) Beata, Celina, Ala

28. Exp:
Note the following rules regarding adding odd/even numbers:
Odd + Odd = Even (1 + 1 = 2, also 3 + 3 = 6 and so on)
Odd + Even = Odd (1 + 2 = 3, also 3 + 4 = 7 and so on)
Even + Even = Even (2 + 2 = 4, also 4 + 4 = 8 and so on)

This means the following:

 Bottom boxes are odd–odd–odd–odd numbers:

 2nd-bottom row will be even-even-even
 Rest will all be even, therefore you have 4 odd numbers

 Bottom boxes are odd–odd–odd–even numbers:

 2nd-bottom row will be even-even-odd
 3rd-bottom row will be even-odd
 Top row will be odd, therefore you have 6 odd numbers
 Even-odd-odd-odd at the bottom will have the same result
 Bottom boxes are odd–odd–even–even numbers:
 2nd-bottom row will be even-odd-even
 3rd-bottom row will be odd-odd
 Top row will be even, therefore you have 5 odd numbers
 Even-even-odd-odd at the bottom will have the same result

 Bottom boxes are odd–even–even–even number:

 2nd-bottom row will be odd-even-even
 3rd-bottom row will be odd-even
 Top row will be odd, therefore you have 4 odd numbers

 Bottom boxes are even-even-even-even numbers:

 The rest will all be even, therefore 0 odd numbers

 Bottom boxes are odd–even–odd–even numbers:

 2nd-bottom row will be odd-odd-odd
 Rest will all be even, therefore 5 odd numbers
 Even-odd-even-odd at the bottom will have the same result

 Bottom boxes are odd–even–even–odd numbers:

 2nd-bottom row will be odd-even-odd
 3rd-bottom row will be odd-odd
 Top row will be even, therefore 6 odd numbers

 Bottom boxes odd–odd–even–odd numbers:

 2nd-bottom row will be even-odd-odd
 3rd-bottom row will be odd-even
 Top row will be odd, therefore 7 odd numbers
 Odd-even-odd-odd at the bottom will have the same result
 At this point, we have tried all possibilities for the bottom boxes.

Answer is (D) 7.

29. Exp:
Let’s simplify the map like this, and call it Variation A.

I’ve put numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 to represent the colors available, and I began by applying
them clockwise.
Now I’ll keep the colors 1 and 2 fixed and swap 3 and 4 and get a new combination,
and call it Variation B:

Let’s go back to Variation A, keep the colors 1 and 3 fixed, and swap the colors 2
and 4. We’ll call it Variation C:
Let’s go back to Variation A again, keep the colors 1 and 4 fixed and swap 2 and 3,
you’ll get Variation D:

Take Variation D, keep the colors 1 and 2 fixed, and swap 3 and 4. You’ll get
Variation E:

Let’s put all of them together and check if we’ve done it right so far. They are all
different, right?
 These are all possible options when we have the color 1 at the left-top, and we use
all 4 colors available. But remember we can use the same color for the nation at the
left-top and the one at the bottom-right? We can, because they don’t share a
common border.
That means, we also have these options:

We can have Variation A’ which is very similar to Variation A but different because
of that bottom-right nation. Same goes for B, C, D and so on.
Therefore, in total, we have 12 ways to color the map when we have the color 1 at
the left-top.
Now, how many colors can be used for the top-left? 4 colors. So the total number
of ways she can color the map is:
12 × 4 = 48
 Answer is (E) 48.
30. Exp:
Here’s the cell board given in the question. It’s 6 x 6:
Let’s simplify it with fewer cells so we can think about it more easily. I’ll make it 3 x 3:

Under the conditions of the question, the minimum number of lamps we must light up
initially is 3. In other words, we need to light up the lamps along the diagonal line:

Because, with each minute, the neighboring lamps will light up on their own:

Can we say the same about the 6 x 6 board? Yes we can. If we light up the 6 lamps along
the diagonal line, the rest will light up on their own in the same way as above.

 Therefore, the answer is (C) 6.