IKMC 2027 - Grades 1-2 - Self-study SET 4 - Thematic Batch 3

In which order should Milan arrange the fruit slices to make the plate shown? Each lower slice must be placed before a slice lying on top of it.

Maika is getting ready for a party. She stands in front of a mirror and adjusts her hair bow. The picture shows her face.
1. Which of the pictures A–E is her reflection?
2. After looking at herself several times, Maika chooses a larger bow with funny eyes. What will her reflection look like now?

Editorial layout: picture group 1 shows the first bow and its five choices; picture group 2 shows the new bow and its five choices. Give a choice for each part and explain.

Ann, Ben, Chris and Fred live in the same building. Ann lives on floor 4. Ben lives 3 floors above Ann. Chris lives 2 floors below Ben. Fred lives 4 floors above Chris. On which floor does Fred live?

The number of dwarfs that can shelter under each mushroom equals the number of spots on it. The picture shows one side of each mushroom. The other side has the same visible pattern. If 30 dwarfs are looking for shelter, how many may get wet because there is not enough room?

At Christmas, Ann, Ben and Chris receive 3 bags of sweets, with 10 sweets in each bag. Each child eats 1 sweet and gives 1 sweet to the teacher. How many sweets do the three children have left altogether?

The zookeeper wants the two enclosures to contain equal numbers of kangaroos. How many kangaroos should be moved from the left enclosure to the right?

Việt has 10 stamps bearing the digits 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. He uses some of them to stamp the date of the Kangaroo Mathematics Competition shown. How many stamps does he use?

Anna’s younger twins were born when she was 8 years old. How old will Anna be when the sum of the twins’ ages equals her age?

Look at the sequence of stars. Which picture should replace the question mark?

The six faces of a die carry the six symbols shown. The two drawings show the same die from different viewpoints. Which symbol is opposite the square?

In another zoo there are 10 camels. Each camel has 1 or 2 humps. Altogether they have 14 humps. How many camels have 2 humps?

Each of the dragons Dodo, Pepe, Rino, Bruno and Fifi lives in one of the caves shown. Dodo and Pepe each have only 1 neighbour. Rino’s cave has a triangle. Bruno’s cave has no tree in front. Pepe lives next to Bruno. Which cave is Fifi’s?

Nam uses identical sticks to make the word KANGA as shown. How many sticks does he use?

How many ways are there to cut along a grid line to divide the 3×3 square into two equal parts?

A vending machine stands on the pavement. You may insert several coins at once, but must pay the exact price of a drink. The available prices are shown. An has only two 1-cent coins and three 5-cent coins. Which answer lists all the prices of drinks that he cannot buy?

Mai and Mi buy Christmas-tree baubles. At the shop they see a box of 25 baubles arranged as in the first picture, but their box is mixed up as in the second picture. Their father asks them to swap pairs of neighbouring baubles until the arrangement matches the shop’s box. What is the fewest swaps needed?

Pigeons have walked across Mr Lân’s yard, leaving the footprints shown on the tiles. How many pigeons entered the yard, if each pigeon crossed it exactly once?

Today a total solar eclipse begins at 9:11 and ends at 11:03. How long does it last?