The Turtle Mathematics Contest 2018

Grades 1 & 2

Name: ___________________________________ Grade: ______________

Name of School: __________________________________________

(Circle the answer)

Part A (3 points each)

1. How many of the 7 pieces are triangles?

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

2. Which has the most dots?

(A) • • (B) •• (C) •• (D) ••• (E) • •

•• • • • ••• • •••
••• •• •• ••• •

3. Which shape does not belong?

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

 4. 10 What number goes in Box X?
4 6

3 1 X

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

5. How many squares are needed to fill this shape?

(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15

6. Janie went to the zoo and saw 3 lions, 4 hawks and 2 snakes.
How many legs in total do these animals have?

(A) 6 (B) 14 (C) 16 (D) 20 (E) 24

Part B (4 points each)

7. From the numbers, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, in how many ways can you pick
two different numbers which add to 7?
The order in which you add does not matter.

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

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8. If the pattern continues, how many stars will be in the next shape?

(A) 23 (B) 25 (C) 27 (D) 29 (E) 31

9. When the 2 shapes below are cut out and rearranged,

which one of the following can not be made?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

(E)

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10. Which piece does not occur in this square?

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

11. If the pattern below continues, what should replace the and the ?

XZXYXZXY ZXYX X

(A) X and X (B) X and Y (C) Y and Z

(D) Y and X (E) X and Z

12. 6 students can work at a table

like this.

How many students, in

total, could work at 4
tables arranged as shown?

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

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Part C (5 points each) (The Dragon Questions)

13. How many white squares need to be shaded so there will be an equal
number of white and shaded squares?

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 9 (E) 12

14.

Which beads will continue the pattern?

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

15.
How many more triangles than squares are there?

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

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 16. A parking lot is shown below.
A car hides the row and the number of a parking space.
We know the row is X. What is the number?

W W W W W W etc.
69 70 7I 72 73 74

I6 06 68 88 98
X X X X X

(A) 87 (B) 86 (C) 96 (D) 97 (E) 79

17. Dan has 2 hens. Each hen lays one egg a day.
In how many days will Dan have 6 eggs?

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

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18. What is the fewest number of these tiles needed to cover

the area below?

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8

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 Answers

Part A (3 points each)

1. How many triangles?

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

2. Which has the most dots?

(B) • • (B) •• (C) •• (D) ••• (E) • •

•• • • • ••• • •••
••• •• •• ••• •

3. Which shape does not belong?

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

4. 10 What number goes in Box X?

4 6

3 1 X

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

5. (A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15

6. Janie went to the zoo and saw 3 lions, 4 hawks and 2 snakes.
How many legs in total do these animals have?

(A) 6 (B) 14 (C) 16 (D) 20 (E) 24

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Part B (4 points each)

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

8. (A) 23 (B) 25 (C) 27 (D) 29 (E) 31

(B) (B)
9.

(C) (D)

(E)

10. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

11. (A) X and X (B) X and Y (C) Y and Z

(D) Y and X (E) X and Z

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

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 Part C (5 points each)

(Dragon Questions)

13. (A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 9 (E) 12

14.
(B) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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

16. A) 87 (B) 86 (C) 96 (D) 97 (E) 79

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

18. (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8