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Singapore Kangaroo Maths Contest
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PRE-ECOLIER
2012-2016
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INTERNATIONAL KANGAROO MATHEMATICS CONTEST 2016
Time Allowed: 2 Hours
SECTION ONE - (3 points problems)
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Singapore Math Kangaroo Contest 2015 - Pre-Ecolier
3 point problems
1. Which figure is not in each of four pictures?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2. How many triangles are there in the picture?
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4 (E) 3
3. Find the missing part of the house.
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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4. Five lady-bugs live on a bush. In total, how many spots have the lady-bugs?
(A) 17 (B) 18 (C) 19 (D) 20 (E) 21
5. Eric had 10 equal metal strips.
He has screwed pairs of them together into five long strips.
Which strip is the shortest?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
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6. Which of the following pictures can be rotated so that it will coincide with the picture
shown on the right?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
7. What does the round tower look like from above?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
8. What is the sum of the numbers outside the square?
(A) 30 (B) 60 (C) 90 (D) 45 (E) 100

4 point problems
9. It takes half an hour for Jenny to go half of the way from school to home. How long does it
take Jenny to go to school from home?
(A) 15 minutes (B) half an hour (C) 1 hour

(D) 2 hours (E) 40 minutes
10. Don made two bricks by sticking two cubes together. Which construction cannot be built
of these two bricks?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
11. Marko has 9 sweets and Tomo has 17 sweets. How many sweets does Tomo need to give to
Marko so that each boy has the same number of sweets?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
12. Six towers are built with grey cubes and white cubes. Each tower is made with five cubes.
Cubes of the same colors do not touch. How many white cubes are there?
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 18 (E) 30
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13. Which piece is missing?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
14. The date 5/5/2015 has three 5's. The earliest date that will have three 5's again is:
(A) 5/5/2025 (B) 15/6/2055 (C) 15/5/2050

(D) 25/5/2015 (E) 15/5/2015
15. Mother ordered 2 pizzas and sliced each of them into 8 pieces for Vera's birthday. There
were 14 children at the party including Vera. How many slices are left over if mother gives
one slice to each child?
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) 1
16. Place each of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 into one box so that everything is correct. Which
number goes into the box marked with question mark?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
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5 point problems
17. There were 11 flags on a straight track of a race. The first one was at the start, the last one
at the finish. The distance between each flag was 8 m. How long was the track?
(A) 24 metres (B) 48 metres (C) 72 metres (D) 80 metres (E) 88 metres
18. The Kangaroo jumps from circle S along the line to the next circle in one jump.
It is not allowed to jump into any circle more than once. In how many different ways, by
taking only 4 jumps, can the Kangaroo reach circle F?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
19. A ship was attacked by pirates. One by one they were climbing a rope to get to the ship.
The pirate captain was in the middle and he was also the eighth one from the beginning.
How many pirates were on the rope?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 15 (E) 16
20. During 3 days Joy the cat was catching mice. Each day, Joy caught 2 mice more than the
previous day. On the third day, Joy caught twice as many mice as on the first day. In total,
how many mice did Joy catch during the three days?
(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 20 (E) 24

21. Rick and Tom were building an igloo. Each hour Rick made 8 snow bricks and Tom made
two bricks less. How many bricks did they make together in three hours?
(A) 14 (B) 30 (C) 42 (D) 48 (E) 54
22. Nick built a cube using gray and white cubes (see fig.). The cubes with the same color do
not have a common face. Which statement describes the number of used cubes?
(A) one gray cube more than white cubes

(B) one white cube more than gray cubes
(C) the same number of gray and white cubes
(D) two white cubes more than gray cubes
(E) two gray cubes more than white cubes
23. We left for a summer camp yesterday at 4:32 PM and got to our destination today at
6:11 AM. For how long did we travel?
(A) 13 hours 39 minutes (B) 14 hours 39 minutes

(C) 14 hours 21 minutes (D) 13 hours 21 minutes
(E) 2 hours 21 minutes
24. The numbers 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9 are written into the squares (see fig.) so that the sum of the
numbers in the row is equal to the sum of the numbers in the column. Which number is
written in the central square?
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9

3 points
# 1. Ladybird will sit on a flower that has five petals and three leaves. On which of
the following flowers will ladybird sit?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
# 2. In what order do you meet the shapes starting from the arrow?
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(A) N, , • (B) N, •, (C) •, N, (D) , N, • (E) , •, N
# 3. How many more grey squares than white ones can you see?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10
# 4. Put the animials in line from the smallest to the largest. What animal is in the middle?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
# 5. Ann has twelve of these tiles . She makes one line

with the design. Ann starts at the left side. How does the line end?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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# 6. Which is the shadow of the girl?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
# 7. A square was composed of 25 small squares, but some of these small squares are lost. How
many are lost?

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12
# 8. How many ducks balance the crocodile?
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(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
4 points
# 9. When the ant goes from home following these arrows: → 3, ↑ 3, → 3, ↑ 1, it comes to
the ladybird
Which animal would it come to, if it goes from home following these arrows: → 2, ↓ 2, → 3, ↑ 3,
→ 2, ↑ 2?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
# 10. The kangaroo is inside how many circles?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
# 11. A square was cut into 4 parts as shown in the picture. Which of the following shapes cannot
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be made with these 4 parts?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
# 12. Which form fits exactly the one given above?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
# 13. Walking from K to O along the lines pick up the letters KANGAROO in the correct order.
What is the lenght of the shortest walk in meters?
1m
1m
(A) 16 m (B) 17 m (C) 18 m (D) 19 m (E) 20 m
# 14. How many numbers are greater than 10 and less than or equal to 31 which can be written
with digits 1, 2 or 3 only? You can repeat digits.
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
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# 15. Seven sticks lie on top of each other. Stick 2 is at

the bottom. Stick 6 is at the top. Which stick is in the middle?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 7
# 16. How many frogs did the three pelicans catch?
New diagram required.

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 9 (E) 12
5 points
# 17. The chess board is damaged. How many black squares on the right side of the line are missing?
(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15
# 18. Rabbit Venya eats cabbages and carrots. Each day he eats either 10 carrots, or 2 cabbages.
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Last week Venya ate 6 cabbages. How many carrots did he eat?
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 34 (D) 40 (E) 50
# 19. What should you put in the square to get a correct diagram?
(A) −38 (B) : 8 (C) −45 (D) ·6 (E) : 6
# 20. Put the digits 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the squares and calculate the sum to get the largest value.
What is that value? +
(A) 68 (B) 77 (C) 86 (D) 95 (E) 97
# 21. The central cell of the square was removed. We cut it into equal pieces. Which piece is not
possible to get?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
# 22. To get the product of 2 x 3 x 15, Bill has to press the keys of his calculator seven times:
Bill wants to multiply all numbers from 3 to 21, using his calculator. At least, how many times will
he press the keys of his calculator?
(A) 19 (B) 31 (C) 37 (D) 50 (E) 60
# 23. Fedya has 4 red cubes, 3 blue cubes, 2 green cubes and 1 yellow cube. He builds a tower (see
the picture) in such a way that no two adjacent cubes have the same colour. What is the colour of
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the middle cube?
(A) red (B) blue (C) green (D) yellow
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(E) impossible to determine
# 24. Cogwheel A turns round completely once. At which place is x now?
e d
A C xc
x A C
a bx
(A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d (E) e
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3 points
# 1. Which digits are missing?
(A) 3 and 5 (B) 4 and 8 (C) 2 and 0 (D) 6 and 9 (E) 7 and 1
# 2. There are 12 books on a shelf and four children in a room. How many books will be left on the
shelf if each child takes one book?

(A) 12 (B) 8 (C) 4 (D) 2 (E) 0
# 3. Which of the dresses has less than 7 dots, but more than 5 dots?
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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
# 4. There are white, grey and black kangaroos. Which picture has more black kangaroos than white
kangaroos?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
# 5. How many more bricks are there in the larger stack?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 10
# 6. There is a path with square tiles. How many tiles fit in the area
inside?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
# 7. Lotta cuts a big piece out of a cake. Which one?
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(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
# 8. Ann has . Barb gave Eve . Jim has . Bob has . Who
is Barb?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
# 9. Father gives 5 apples to each of his three children. Ana gives 3 apples to Sanja and then Sanja
gives half of her apples to Mihael. How many apples does Mihael have now?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
4 points
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# 10. George has 2 cats of the same weight. What is the weight of one cat if George weighs 30
kilograms?
(A) 1 kilogram (B) 2 kilograms (C) 3 kilograms (D) 4 kilograms (E) 5 kilograms
# 11. Which kind of square appears most often?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) all equal
# 12. How many carrots can the rabbit eat, walking freely in this maze?
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 15 (E) 16
# 13. Cat and Mouse are moving to the right. When Mouse jumps 1 tile, Cat jumps 2 tiles at the
same time.
On which tile does Cat catch Mouse?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
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# 14.
Peter built a podium (as in the picture). How many cubes did he use?
(A) 12 (B) 18 (C) 19 (D) 22 (E) 24
# 15. There are 5 children in a family. Kitty is 2 years older than Betty, but 2 years younger than
Dannie. Teddy is 3 years older than Annie. Betty and Annie are twins. Who of them is the eldest?
(A) Annie (B) Betty (C) Dannie (D) Kitty (E) Teddy
# 16. Which is the

next?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
5 points
# 17. Kasia has 3 brothers and 3 sisters. How many brothers and how many sisters does her brother
Mike have?
(A) 3 brothers and 3 sisters (B) 3 brothers and 4 sisters (C) 2 brothers and 3 sisters
(D) 3 brothers and 2 sisters (E) 2 brothers and 4 sisters
# 18. In a game it is possible to make the following exchanges:
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Adam has 6 pears. How many strawberries will Adam have, when he trades all his pears for just
strawberries?
(A) 12 (B) 36 (C) 18 (D) 24 (E) 6
# 19. Ann has a square sheet of paper: . She cuts these pieces: out of
the sheet, as many as possible. How many pieces does she get?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
# 20. Sophie makes a row of 10 houses with match-

sticks. In the picture you can see the beginning of the row. How many matchsticks does Sophie need
altogether?
(A) 50 (B) 51 (C) 55 (D) 60 (E) 62
# 21. A tile
falls off the wall. Caroline has three extra tiles, see the picture.
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Which tiles fit?

(A ) only b (B) a and b (C) b and c (D) only c
(E) all three of them fit
# 22. Ana has one coin of 5 cents, one coin of 10 cents, one coin of 20 cents and one coin of 50 cents.
How many different values can she make with these coins?
(A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 10 (D) 15 (E) 20
# 23. Ania makes a large cube from 27 small white cubes. She paints all the faces of the large cube
green. Then Ania removes a small cube from four corners, as shown. Whilst the
paint is still wet, she stamps each of the new faces onto a piece of paper. How many of the following
stamps can Ania make?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
# 24. A square box is filled with two layers of identical square pieces of chocolate. Kirill has eaten
all 20 pieces in the upper layer along the walls of the box. How many pieces of chocolate are left in
the box?
(A) 16 (B) 30 (C) 50 (D) 52 (E) 70
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Level Pre-Ecolier (Class 1 & 2)

Time Allowed : 2 hours
SECTION ONE - (3 points problems)
1. How many animals are in the picture?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
2. Which piece fits in the empty place?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3. How many legs do they have altogether?
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14 (E) 20
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4. Helena has written down the word KANGAROO twice. How many times did she write the
letter A?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 6
5. Luke repeats the same four stickers on a strip.
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Which is the tenth sticker put by Luke?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
6. On Friday Dan starts to paint the word BANANA. Each day he paints one letter. On
what day will he paint the last letter?
(A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Wednesday (D) Thursday (E) Friday
7. Which of the following lines is the longest?

A B C D E
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
8. Katja is in a boat on a lake. Which of the pictures does she see in the lake?
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(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(E)
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SECTION TWO - (4 points problems)
9. 13 children are playing hide and seek. One of them is the ”seeker”. After a while 9 children
have been found. How many children are still hiding?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 9 (E) 22
10. Father hangs the laundry outside on a clothesline. He wants to use as few pegs as possible.
For 3 towels he needs 4 pegs, as shown. How many pegs does he need for 9 towels?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 16 (E) 18
11. Today Betty added her age and her sister’s age and obtained 10 as the sum. What will
the sum of their ages be after one year?
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12 (E) 20
12. The clock shows the time when Stephen leaves his school. School lunch starts 3 hours
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11 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 5
before school ends. At what time does lunch start? 6
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 11 (E) 12
13. A dragon has 3 heads. Every time a hero cuts off 1 head, 3 new heads emerge. The hero
cuts 1 head off and then he cuts 1 off head again. How many heads does the dragon have now?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
14. Stars, clovers, gifts and trees repeat regularly on a game board. Some juice was spilt on
the board. As a result some pictures can’t be seen. How many stars were on the board before
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the juice was spilt?

(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 20
15. Eve brings 12 candies, Alice 9 candies and Irene doesn’t bring any candy. They put all
the candies together on a table and divide them equally among themselves. How many candies
does each of the girls get?
(A) 3 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 12
16. Tim is looking at seven silk paintings on a wall. At the left he sees the dragon and on
the right the butterfly.
Which animal is on the left of the tiger and the lion, and on the right of the apricot?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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SECTION THREE - (5 points problems)
17. Winnie the Pooh bought 4 apple pies and Eeyore bought 6 cheese cakes. They paid the
same and together they paid 24 euros. How many euros does 1 cheese cake cost?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 10 (E) 12
18. Sparrow Jack jumps on a fence from one post to another. Each jump takes him 1 second.
He makes 4 jumps ahead, then 1 jump back and again 4 jumps ahead and 1 back etc. In how
many seconds does Jack get from START to FINISH?
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T I
A N
R I
T S
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(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 14
19. Grandmother made 11 cookies. She decorated 5 cookies with raisins and then 7 cookies
with nuts. At least how many cookies were decorated with both raisins and nuts?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 7 (E) 12
20. At a school’s party Dan, Jack and Ben each received a bag with 10 candies. Each of the
boys ate just 1 candy and gave 1 candy to the teacher. How many candies did they have left
altogether?
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 24 (D) 27 (E) 30
21. What number is covered by the flower?
6 of 7
1 + 2 = 3
2 + 2 = 4
2 + 3 = 5
1 + 2 = 4
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
22. Ann has a lot of these tiles:
. How many of the following shapes can Ann make by glueing together two of these
tiles?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
23. In a box there are three boxes, each one of which contains three smaller boxes. How many
boxes are there in total?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 15
24. There are coins on the board. We want to have 2 coins in each column and 2 coins in
each row. How many coins need to be removed?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
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Singapore Math Kangaroo Contest 2017
Primary 2 Contest Paper
Name:
School:
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Please DO NOT OPEN the contest booklet until the Proctor has given permission to start.
2. TIME : 1 hour and 30 minutes
3. There are 30 questions in this paper. 3 points, 4 points and 5 points will be awarded for each
correct question in Section A, Section B and Section C respectively. No points are deducted for
Unanswered question. 1 point is deducted for Wrong answer.
4. Shade your answers neatly in the answer entry sheet.
5. PROCTORING : No one may help any student in any way during the contest.
6. No calculators are allowed.
7. All students must fill and shade in your Name, Index number, Level and School in the
Answer sheet provided.
8. MINIMUM TIME: Students must stay in the exam hall for at least 1 hour and 15 minutes.
9. Students must show detailed working and transfer answers to the answer entry sheet.
10. No spare papers can be used in writing this contest. Enough space is provided for your
working of each question.
11. You must return this contest paper to the proctor.

Rough Working
Singapore Math Kangaroo Contest 2017 – Primary 2/Grade 2
Section A (Correct – 3 points | Unanswered – 0 points | Wrong – deduct 1 point)
Question 1
Who caught the fish?
(A) Adam (B) Basil (C) Charlie (D) David (E) Edgar
Question 2
In the picture below, there are 5-pointed, 6-pointed and 7-pointed stars. How many 5-pointed stars
are there?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 9
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Question 3
The picture below shows a pie that is divided among some children. Each child receives a piece of the
pie with three cherries on top. How many children are there?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 8
Question 4
Ellen wants to decorate the butterfly in the picture below:
With the following stickers:
Which butterfly can she make?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
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Question 5
The rope is cut along the dotted line as shown in the picture below. How many parts of rope are there
after the rope have been cut?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
Question 6
The shape of a brick is: . The bricks are used to form an igloo as shown in the picture below.
How many bricks are missing in the igloo?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10
Question 7
The drawing below shows a necklace four beads(Figure 1). Which strings below shows the untangled
necklace (Figure 1)?
(Figure 1)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Question 8
4 digits are selected from the 5 digits (1, 3, 4, 5, 7). Each sqaure is replaced with different digits such
that the equation below is correct.
Which of the 5 digits is not used?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 7
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Section B (Correct – 4 points | Unanswered – 0 points | Wrong – deduct 1 point)
Question 9
In the country of Jewelries, you can trade three sapphires for one ruby (picture 1). For one sapphire
you can trade two flowers (picture 2).How many flowers can be traded for two rubies?
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 14
Question 10
Jim and Ben sat on a ferris wheel in the picture below. When the ferris wheel turned, Ben moved to
the place where Jim previously Jim. At Ben’s new position, where was will Jim be?
BEN
JIM
JIM
JIM
JIM
(A) (B) (C)
JIM
(D) (E) JIM
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Question 11
How many triangles are there in total in the picture below?
(A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11 (E) 12
Question 12
Alfred was rotating a figure. The first three rotations are shown in the picture below. He did six
rotations in total. How does the figure look like at the end?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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Question 13
Which picture below shows that the number of apples are twice as much the number of carrots, and
the number of carrots are twice as much the number of pears?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(E)
Question 14
Brian and William stand in a queue. Brian knows that there are 7 people in front of him. William
knows that there are in total 11 people in the queue. If Brian is right in front of William, how many
people are in the queue behind William?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
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Question 15
The time of the clock below is half past one. What is the time when it was two and a half hours ago?
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11 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 5
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(A) (B) (C)
12
11 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 5
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(D) (E)
Question 16
Liz used the following stickers: , and to form a paper crown:
The stickers come in two separated sheets:
If she wants to make 3 crowns, what is the minimum number of sheets that she should use?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
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Section C (Correct – 5 points | Unanswered – 0 points | Wrong – deduct 1 point)
Question 17
In the table, the correct additions were performed in the squares according to the pattern shown.
What number should replace the question mark?
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 15
Question 18
There are one horse, two cows and three pigs in McDonald’s farm. How many more cows does
McDonald’s farm need so that the total number of animals is twice as the number of cows?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
Question 19
Which figure can you make by combining the following pieces:
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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Question 20
A Kangaroo makes 10 jumps in 1 minute and rests 3 minutes after. Then he makes 10 more jumps in
1 minute and rests 3 minutes, and so on. What is the shortest possible time(in minutes) he needs to
make 30 jumps?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
Question 21
Which stamp has been used to get the picture below?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
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Question 22
Each of the 4 keys fits only one of the 4 padlocks and the numbers on the keys refer to the letters on
the padlocks. What is written on the last padlock?
(A) GDA (B) ADG (C) GAD (D) GAG (E) DAD
Question 23
Ann put six toys in a six-slot shelf as shown below.
When you look at the shelf, you can see that:
• is between and
• is right above
• is at left of and at right of .
Which toy is in the shaded slot?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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Question 24
In a stack of three cards with holes, the top of each card is white and the bottom is grey. Basil
threaded these cards on a rope as shown below.
Basil rearranged the cards without untieing the rope. Which option below is possible to obtain the
same threaded cards?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
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Rough Working
Rough Working
Rough Working
Singapore Math Kangaroo Contest 2018
Primary 2 / Grade 2 Contest Paper
Name:
School:
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Please DO NOT OPEN the contest booklet until the Proctor has given permission to start.
2. Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes
3. There are 24 questions in this paper. Each question scores 3 points in Section A, 4 points in
Section B and 5 points in Section C. No points are deducted for Unanswered question. 1 point
is deducted for Wrong answer.
4. Shade your answers neatly in the answer entry sheet.
5. PROCTORING: No help should be given to any student in any way during the contest.
6. No calculators are allowed.
7. All students must fill and shade in your Name, Index number, Level and School in the
Answer sheet provided.
8. Students are not allowed to leave the venue within the first hour of the contest and 15 minutes before
the end of the contest.
9. Students must show detailed working and transfer their answers to the answer entry sheet.
10. No spare papers can be used in writing this contest. Enough space is provided for your
working of each question.
11. Students are not allowed take any answer script, reference materials and contest paper out of the
venue.
Rough Working
Singapore Math Kangaroo Contest 2018 – Primary 2 / Grade 2
Section A (Correct – 3 points | Unanswered – 0 points | Wrong – deduct 1 point)
Question 1
What do you get when you invert the colours?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Question 2
Alice draws a figure connecting the ladybirds in the order of increasing number of their dots. She
starts with the ladybird with one dot. Which figure will she get?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
Question 3
How many 4-ray stars is needed to be glued on top one another to form the pattern on the right?
4-ray stars: Pattern:

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9
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Question 4
This pizza was divided into equal parts. How many parts have been taken?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
Question 5
How many kangaroos must be moved from one park to the other in order to get the same number of
kangaroos in both parks?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 9
Question 6
Which of these ladybirds has to fly away so that the rest of them have 20 dots in total?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
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Question 7
Emilie builds towers in the following pattern:
Which one will be the figure number 16?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Question 8
Little Theodor assembled a stacking toy as shown in the picture below. How many rings will he see
looking at it from above?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
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Section B (Correct – 4 points | Unanswered – 0 points | Wrong – deduct 1 point)
Question 9
Juana, the friendly witch, has 5 broomsticks in her garage. She removes the broomsticks one by one
without moving the others. Which broomstick will Juana take at last?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
Question 10
The two transparent squares are placed on top of each other. What can you see?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Question 11
Peter drew a pattern twice, as in the picture. Which point will he pass when he draws the same
pattern for the third time?
B
A D E
C
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
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Question 12
Lisa has 4 pieces, but she only needs 3 out of the 4 to fill the given frame.
A B C D
Which one will be left over?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) C or D
Question 13
Diana took part in an archery contest. On her first try, Diana got 6 points with three arrows on the
target, as in the left picture. The second time she got 8 points, as in the middle picture. How many
points did she get the third time?
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14 (E) 16
Question 14
The dog went to its food following a path, as shown. At the crossroads it had to turn 3 times to the
right and 2 times to the left. Which path did the dog take?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(E)
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Question 15
How many of these drawings show the right hand?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
Question 16
Charles cuts a rope in three equal pieces and then made some equal knots with them. Which figure
shows correctly the three pieces with the knots?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(E)
Section C (Correct – 5 points | Unanswered – 0 points | Wrong – deduct 1 point)
Question 17
The number of frogs that can fit under a mushroom is equal to the number of dots on the mushroom.
The figure below shows one side of each mushroom. The number of dots on the other side is the same.
If 30 frogs are seeking shelter from the rain, how many frogs will get wet?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
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Question 18
1 ice-cream costs 1 dollar. There is a promotion so you can buy 6 ice-creams for 5 dollars. What is
the most number of ice-creams that can be bought with 36 dollars?
(A) 36 (B) 30 (C) 42 (D) 43 (E) 45
Question 19
How many different numbers greater than 10 and smaller than 25 with different digits can we make
by using two of the digits 2, 0, 1, and 8 ?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
Question 20
A pirate has two chests. There are 10 coins in the left chest and the other is empty. Everyday, the
pirate will put 1 coin in the left chest and 2 coins in the other one every day. In how many days will
the two chests have the same number of coins?
(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) never
Question 21
Alice has 3 white, 2 black and 2 grey pieces of paper. She cuts every non-black piece of paper in half.
Then she cuts every non-white piece of paper in half. How many pieces of paper will she have?
(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 20
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Question 22
A student had some sticks of length 5 cm and width 1 cm. With the sticks he constructed the fence
below. What is the length of the fence?
(A) 20 cm (B) 21 cm (C) 22 cm (D) 23 cm (E) 25 cm
Question 23
The road from Anna’s to Mary’s house is 16 km long. The road from Mary’s to John’s house is 20
km long and the road from the crossroad to Mary’s house is 9 km long. How long is the road from
Anna’s house to John’s house?
(A) 7 km (B) 9 km (C) 11 km (D) 16 km (E) 18 km
Question 24
Nelly bought 4 toys from the toystore. Their costs satisfy the three equations below.
What are the cheapest and the most expensive toys?
(A) , (B) , (C) ,
(D) , (E) ,
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Rough Working
Rough Working
KSF 2019
2019 - Problems PreEcolier (Class 1 & 2)
Time Allowed: 120 minutes
SECTION ONE - (3 point problems)
1. Which cloud contains only numbers less than 7?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
2. Yesterday was Sunday. What day is tomorrow?
(A) Tuesday (B) Thursday (C) Wednesday

(D) Monday (E) Saturday
3. Which figure shows a part of this necklace?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(E)
4. Together, mum Kangaroo and her son Jumper weigh 60 kilograms.

kilograms Mum Kangaroo
alone weighs 52 kilograms.. How much does Jumper weigh?
(A) 2 kilograms (B) 4 kilograms (C) 8 kilograms

(D) 30 kilograms (E) 46 kilograms
5. Karen cuts out one piece of this grid:
.
Which piece is the one she cut?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
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6. At the entrance of the zoo there are 12 children in the queue. Lucy is the 7th from the
front and Kim is the second from the back. How many children are there between Lucy
and Kim in the queue?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4

(D) 5 (E) 6
7. Jorge pairs his socks so that the numbers match. How many pairs can he make?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5

(D) 6 (E) 8
8.
(A) 5 cents (B) 6 cents (C) 7 cents

(D) 8 cents (E) 9 cents
SECTION TWO - (4 point problems)
9. You have to close two of the five gates so that the

mouse cannott reach the cheese. Which gates should you
close?
(A) 1 and 2 (B) 2 and 3

(C) 3 and 4 (D) 3 and 5
(E) 4 and 5
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10. Patricia folds a sheet of paper twice and then cuts it, as shown. How many pieces of
paper does she end up with?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4

(D) 5 (E) 6
11. Five square cards are stacked on a table, as shown.
The cards are removed one by one from the top of the stack. In what order are the cards
removed?
(A) 5-3-2-1-4 (B) 5-2-3-4-1 (C) 4-5-2-3-1

(D) 5-2-3-1-4 (E) 1-2-3-4-5
12. Maya Bee was gathering pollen from all of the flowers that lie inside the rectangle, but
are outside the triangle. From how many flowers did she collect pollen?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 13

(D) 17 (E) 20
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KSF 2019
13. Four strips are woven into a pattern, as shown.
What do you see when you look at it from the other side?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
14. Each of the shapes shown is made by gluing together four cubes of the same size. The
shapes are to be painted. Which shape has the smallest area to be painted?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
15. A floor is covered with identical rectangular tiles as shown. The shorter side of each
tile is 1 m. What is the length of the side with the question mark?
(A) 6 m (B) 8 m (C) 10 m

(D) 11 m (E) 12 m
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KSF 2019
16. A train from Kang station to Aroo station leaves at 6:00 in the morning and passes by
other three stations on the way, without stopping.
The numbers show the journey times between two stations, in hours. The train arrives at
Aroo station at 11:00
:00 at night on the same day. What is the journey time between Aroo
station and the previous one?
(A) 2 hours (B) 3 hours (C) 4 hours

(D) 5 hours (E) 6 hours
SECTION THREE - (5 point problems)
17. A cat and a bowl of milk are in the opposite

corners of the board. The cat can only move as
shown by the arrows. In how many ways can the
cat reach the milk?
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5
(E) 6
18. On a farm, there are only sheep and cows. The number of sheep is 8 more than the
number of cows. The number of cows is half the number of sheep. How many animals are
on the farm?
(A) 16 (B) 18 (C) 20

(D) 24 (E) 28
19. A figure has been cut into these 3 pieces:
Which figure could have been cut?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
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20. There are 10 camels in a Zoo. The camels are either bactrian (with two humps) or
dromedary (with one hump). In total there are 14 humps. Find the number of bactrian
camels in the Zoo.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3

(D) 4 (E) 5
21. Three squirrels Anni, Asia and Elli collected 7 nuts in total. Each collected a different
number of nuts, but each collected at least one. Anni collected the least, Asia the most.
How many nuts did Elli collect?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3

(D) 4 (E) 5
22. Tim and Tom built a sandcastle and decorated it

with a flag. They stuck half of the flagpole into the
highest point of the castle. The upper tip of the flagpole
was 80 cm above the ground, the lower tip was 20 cm
above the ground. How tall was the sandcastle?
(A) 40 cm (B) 45 cm
(C) 50 cm (D) 55 cm
(E) 60 cm
23. Here are nine squares:
First, Ani replaced all the black squares with white ones. Next, Bob replaced all the grey
squares with black ones. Finally, Chris replaced all the white squares with grey
gr ones.
What did they get at the end?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(E)
24. Peter chose a square of four cells in the table so that the sum of the four numbers
inside the square is greater than 63:
Which of the following numbers must be in the chosen square?
(A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 17

(D) 18 (E) 20
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Singapore Kangaroo Maths Contest

#08 – 01 Tanglin Shopping Centre, 19 Tanglin Road, Singapore 247909.

SECTION ONE - (3 points problems)

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A family has several children,

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1. Which figure is not in each of four pictures?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

2. How many triangles are there in the picture?

(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4 (E) 3

3. Find the missing part of the house.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

(A) 17 (B) 18 (C) 19 (D) 20 (E) 21

5. Eric had 10 equal metal strips.

He has screwed pairs of them together into five long strips.

Which strip is the shortest?

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E

shown on the right?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

7. What does the round tower look like from above?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

8. What is the sum of the numbers outside the square?

(A) 30 (B) 60 (C) 90 (D) 45 (E) 100

(A) 15 minutes (B) half an hour (C) 1 hour

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 18 (E) 30

13. Which piece is missing?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

(A) 5/5/2025 (B) 15/6/2055 (C) 15/5/2050

(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) 1

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

taking only 4 jumps, can the Kangaroo reach circle F?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 15 (E) 16

(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18 (D) 20 (E) 24

(A) 14 (B) 30 (C) 42 (D) 48 (E) 54

(A) one gray cube more than white cubes

(A) 13 hours 39 minutes (B) 14 hours 39 minutes

(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9

(A) (B) (C)

(A) N, , • (B) N, •, (C) •, N, (D) , N, • (E) , •, N

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

# 5. Ann has twelve of these tiles . She makes one line

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

# 6. Which is the shadow of the girl?

(A) (B) (C)

many are lost?

# 8. How many ducks balance the crocodile?

(A) (B) (C)

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

# 10. The kangaroo is inside how many circles?

be made with these 4 parts?

(A) (B) (C)

# 12. Which form fits exactly the one given above?

(A) (B) (C)