2012 MK Sample Questions NEW
2012 MK Sample Questions NEW
2012 MK Sample Questions NEW
LEVELS 1 AND 2
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 7
Father hangs the laundry outside on a clothesline. He wants to use as few pins as possible. For 3
towels he needs 4 pins, as shown. How many pins does he need for 9 towels?
A) 9 B) 10 C) 12 D) 16 E) 18
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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A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 7
Father hangs the laundry outside on a clothesline. He wants to use as few pins as possible. For 3
towels he needs 4 pins, as shown. How many pins does he need for 9 towels?
A) 9 B) 10 C) 12 D) 16 E) 18
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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Math Kangaroo 2012 Sample Questions
LEVELS 3 AND 4
A regular rectangular pattern on a wall was created with 2 kinds of tiles: grey and striped. Some
tiles have fallen off the wall (see the picture). How many grey tiles have fallen off?
A) 9 B) 8 C) 7 D) 6 E) 5
Among Nikolay's classmates there are twice as many girls as boys. Which of the following
numbers can be equal to the number of all children in this class?
A) 30 B) 20 C) 24 D) 25 E) 29
Gregory forms two numbers with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Both numbers have three digits,
and each digit is used only once. He adds these two numbers. What is the greatest sum Gregory
can get?
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Math Kangaroo 2012 Sample Questions
A regular rectangular pattern on a wall was created with 2 kinds of tiles: grey and striped. Some
tiles have fallen off the wall (see the picture). How many grey tiles have fallen off?
A) 9 B) 8 C) 7 D) 6 E) 5
Among Nikolay's classmates there are twice as many girls as boys. Which of the following
numbers can be equal to the number of all children in this class?
A) 30 B) 20 C) 24 D) 25 E) 29
Gregory forms two numbers with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Both numbers have three digits,
and each digit is used only once. He adds these two numbers. What is the greatest sum Gregory
can get?
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Math Kangaroo 2012 Sample Questions
LEVELS 5 AND 6
Sally can put 4 coins in a square made using 4 matches (see picture). At least how many matches
will she need in order to make a square containing 16 coins that do not overlap?
A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 15 E) 16
There are five cities in Wonderland. Each pair of cities is connected by one road, either visible or
invisible. On the map of Wonderland, there are only seven visible roads, as shown. Alice has
magical glasses: when she looks at the map through these glasses she only sees the roads that are
otherwise invisible. How many invisible roads can she see?
A) 9 B) 8 C) 7 D) 3 E) 2
Kanga wants to arrange the twelve numbers from 1 to 12 in a circle in such a way that any
neighboring numbers always differ by either 1 or 2. Which of the following pairs of numbers
have to be neighbors?
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Sally can put 4 coins in a square made using 4 matches (see picture). At least how many matches
will she need in order to make a square containing 16 coins that do not overlap?
A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 15 E) 16
There are five cities in Wonderland. Each pair of cities is connected by one road, either visible or
invisible. On the map of Wonderland, there are only seven visible roads, as shown. Alice has
magical glasses: when she looks at the map through these glasses she only sees the roads that are
otherwise invisible. How many invisible roads can she see?
A) 9 B) 8 C) 7 D) 3 E) 2
Kanga wants to arrange the twelve numbers from 1 to 12 in a circle in such a way that any
neighboring numbers always differ by either 1 or 2. Which of the following pairs of numbers
have to be neighbors?
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Math Kangaroo 2012 Sample Questions
LEVELS 7 AND 8
Mary has a pair of scissors and five cardboard letters. She cuts each letter exactly once (along a
straight line) so that it falls apart into as many pieces as possible. Which letter falls apart into the
most pieces?
A cube is rolled on a plane so that it turns around its edges. It begins at position 1, and is rolled
so that one of its faces touches the plane in positions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, in that order, as shown.
Which two of these positions were occupied by the same face of the cube?
A rope is folded in half, then in half again, and then in half again. Finally the folded rope is cut
through, forming several strands. The lengths of two of the strands are 4 m and 9 m. Which of
the following could not have been the length of the whole rope?
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Mary has a pair of scissors and five cardboard letters. She cuts each letter exactly once (along a
straight line) so that it falls apart into as many pieces as possible. Which letter falls apart into the
most pieces?
E)
A cube is rolled on a plane so that it turns around its edges. It begins at position 1, and is rolled
so that one of its faces touches the plane in positions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, in that order, as shown.
Which two of these positions were occupied by the same face of the cube?
A rope is folded in half, then in half again, and then in half again. Finally the folded rope is cut
through, forming several strands. The lengths of two of the strands are 4 m and 9 m. Which of
the following could not have been the length of the whole rope?
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Math Kangaroo 2012 Sample Questions
LEVELS 9 AND 10
The diagram shows an isosceles triangle; M and N are the midpoints of the equal sides. The
triangle has been divided into four regions by two straight lines. Three of the regions have areas
of 3, 3 and 6, as shown. What is the area of the fourth region?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 7
If Adam stands on the table and Mike stands on the floor, then Adam is 80 cm taller than Mike.
If Mike stands on the same table and Adam stands on the floor, then Mike is one meter taller
than Adam. How high is the table?
A) 20 cm B) 80 cm C) 90 cm D) 100 cm E) 120 cm
A) 1 B) 2 C) 4 D) 6 E) 9
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Math Kangaroo 2012 Sample Questions
The diagram shows an isosceles triangle; M and N are the midpoints of the equal sides. The
triangle has been divided into four regions by two straight lines. Three of the regions have areas
of 3, 3 and 6, as shown. What is the area of the fourth region?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 E) 7
If Adam stands on the table and Mike stands on the floor, then Adam is 80 cm taller than Mike.
If Mike stands on the same table and Adam stands on the floor, then Mike is one meter taller
than Adam. How high is the table?
A) 20 cm B) 80 cm C) 90 cm D) 100 cm E) 120 cm
A) 1 B) 2 C) 4 D) 6 E) 9
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LEVELS 11 AND 12
The water level in a port city rose and fell on a certain day as shown in the figure. For how many
hours was the water level above 30 cm on that day?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 9 E) 13
My age is a two-digit integer which is a power of 5, and my cousin's age is a two-digit integer
which is a power of 2. The sum of the digits of our ages is an odd number. What is the product of
the digits of our ages?
An equilateral triangle rolls without slipping around a square with side length of 1 (see picture).
What is the length of the path that the marked point covers until the triangle and the point reach
their starting positions the next time?
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Math Kangaroo 2012 Sample Questions
The water level in a port city rose and fell on a certain day as shown in the figure. For how many
hours was the water level above 30 cm on that day?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 9 E) 13
My age is a two-digit integer which is a power of 5, and my cousin's age is a two-digit integer
which is a power of 2. The sum of the digits of our ages is an odd number. What is the product of
the digits of our ages?
An equilateral triangle rolls without slipping around a square with side length of 1 (see picture).
What is the length of the path that the marked point covers until the triangle and the point reach
their starting positions the next time?
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