Preparation for

Caribou Contest
November
Uncle Rat eats two books a month; Aunt Rat eats one
book every two months. In a year, Uncle Rat eats ? more
books than Aunt Rat.

a. 4
b. 48
c. 18
d. 36
e. 24
f. 6
g. 12
Jeff picks 26 times one letter randomly from the whole
English alphabet. Sometimes he will get a letter that is in the
word "Mathematics". What is the most likely number of
times that this happens?

a. 6
b. 7
c. 8
d. 9
e. 10
f. 11
g. 12
If two numbers differ by 10 and their sum is 22,
the larger number is
a. 9
b. 14
c. 18
d. 13
e. 12
f. 10
g. 16
Mina drew her grandma with only numbers. Pick a
number that is NOT in the picture she drew.

a. 4
b. 3
c. 0
d. 6
e. 9
f. 7
g. 8
 Which of the blocks listed below
completes the following shape to
make a rectangular prism?

Note:
Blocks can be rotated but of course not mirrored. The
only missing blocks from the prism are the ones that
can be seen from the perspective shown - there are no
other hidden gaps!
 Which statement about the number of hands in
this picture is false?

a. There are more than 5 hands.

b. There are less than 15 hands.
c. There are 10 hands.
d. There are 5 right hands.
e. There are 5 left hands.
f. There are more left hands than right hands.
g. There is an equal number of left and right hands .
There are 6 cats who went fishing. Which cat
caught the fish?
a. a
b. b
c. c
d. d
e. e
f. f
g.none of them
At a bake sale, a cookie costs 1 Dollar and a brownie costs 2 Dollars. Jimmy had
7 Dollars and bought two brownies. How many cookies can he still buy?

a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e. 4
f. 5
g. 6
Count the spots. Which of the following is the correct
number of spots?

a. 3 tens = 30 ones
b. 2 tens = 20 ones
c. 1 ten = 10 ones
d. 5 tens = 50 ones
e. 4 tens = 40 ones
f. 6 tens = 60 ones
g. 7 tens = 70 ones
We can put a mirror on the middle of each of the letters W and B so that the remaining
half of the letter plus its reflection look the same as the original letter. If we tried this
with all letters of the word MATHEMATICS, how many halves of letters would never
look the same as their reflections?

a. 1
b. 2
c.
d.
3
4 MATHEMATICS
e. 5
f. 6
g. 7
Count the spots. Which of the following is the correct
number of spots?

a. 3 tens = 30 ones
b. 2 tens = 20 ones
c. 1 ten = 10 ones
d. 5 tens = 50 ones
e. 4 tens = 40 ones
f. 6 tens = 60 ones
g. 7 tens = 70 ones
John was outside catching creepy crawlies. He saw 20 creepy
crawlies in total, some were spiders with 8 legs and some were ants
with 6 legs. He counted 150 legs in total. How many spiders and ants
did he see?

a. 10 ants, 10 spiders
b. 15 ants, 5 spiders
c. 9 ants, 11 spiders
d. 11 ants, 9 spiders
e. 12 ants, 8 spiders
f. 25 ants, 0 spiders
g. 5 ants, 15 spiders
Great Job!