TMC2023 Mock Question Level 1 Solution

1. 1+2+3+3+2+1=（ ）.
A. 11 B.12 C.13 D.14
Answer: B
Solution: 1+2+3+3+2+1=12

2. There are ( ) more fish than cats in this picture.

A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5

Answer: C

Solution: There are 12 fish and 8 cats. 12-8=4.

3. Bella went to the park by bus. There were originally 10 people on the bus. 3 people got on at
the first stop and 4 people got off at the second stop. There are ( ) people on the bus now.

A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9
【Answer】D
 【Solution】10+3-4=9

4. These are the grilled skewers bought by Gina. Please complete the last skewer according to
the pattern. ( )

【Answer】B
【Solution】 Arranged according to the law, the right side of the mushroom is the pepper.

5. Find out the pattern and choose the correct answer for the marked place. ( )

【Answer】A
【Solution】The p l a c e o f t h e apple rotates counterclockwise, moving one grid
once.

6. The elder brother has 7 books, and the younger brother has 3 more books than the elder brother.
The younger brother has books.
 【Answer】10
【Solution】The younger brother has 3 more books than
the elder brother, so use addition, 7+3=10.

7. The supermarket is selling apples and pears. Each apple basket holds 11 apples, and each pear
basket holds 7 pears. Tony bought 2 baskets of apples and 2 baskets of pears. He bought
more apples than pears in total.

【Answer】8
【Solution】There are 1 1+1 1=22 apples in 2 baskets, 7+7=14 pears in 2
baskets, 22-1 4=8, so there are 8 more apples than pears.

8. The classmates are lining up to do exercises. Anna is the 6 th person from the front and the 7 th
person from the back. There is a total of people in the line.

【Answer】12
【Solution】6+7-1=12.

9. As shown in the figure below, there is a total of squares.

 【Answer】13
【Solution】There are 7 small squares, 5 medium squares, and 1 large square,
7+5+1=13.

10. Help Ella choose what to wear when going out. One top should be paired with one pair
of pants. There are different ways to match them.

【Answer】6
【Solution】There are 2 combinations of pink top, 2 combinations of green top,
and 2 combinations of yellow top. There are 6 combinations.

11. As the picture shown, increase the numbers in all blue squares by 1, leave the numbers in
white squares unchanged, and then add all numbers up. The final result is .
 【Answer】31
【Solution】0 in the blue grid becomes 1, 2 becomes 3, 4 becomes 5, 8
becomes 9, 1+4+3+7+0+5+2+9=31.

12. These are different shapes built with small cubes of the same size. From the left view, the
solid with the least number of visible squares has visible squares.

【Answer】5
【Solution】Looking from the left, A has 6 squares, B has 6 squares, and C has
5 squares.

13. This is a beautiful flower bed, and each circle represents an area. Lily observed the number of
yellow flowers in each area and made the record shown in the figure on the right. According to
the recording rule, "?" =
.

【Answer】25

【Solution】According to the prompt above, the sum of the small yellow flowers in
each circle is 26, so the sum of the corresponding small flowers in the picture below is
25.
14. Only the numbers 1-3 can be filled in the circle, and the sum of the three numbers in each
smallest triangle is required to be 6. The center position has been filled with 1. The sum of the
three numbers in vertices of the largest triangle is . If the center position is filled
with 2, the sum of the three n u m b e r s i n vertices of the largest triangle is . If the center
position is filled with 3, the sum of numbers in all positions is .

【Answer】3、6、21

【Solution】If the center is 1, A+B=C+D=E+F=5, then G=H=I=1, so G+H+I=3. If

the centermost is 2 , A+B=C+D=E+F=4 , then G=H=I=2 , so G+H+I=6 . If the most

central is 3, A+B+G=C+D+H=E+F+I=6, plus the most central 3, 6+6+6+ 3=21.

15. Please plant flowers in the picture below!

Rules:
(1) Each color represents a small area, and each small area is planted with one flower;
(2) Only one flower can be planted in each row and each column;
(3) No other flowers can be planted in the 8 squares around each flower.
Please answer：
(1) The square numbered in the green grid need to be planted with flowers.
(2) The square numbered in the red grid need to be planted with flowers.
【Answer】4、2
【Solution】as below