IKMC 2027 - Grades 1-2 - Self-study SET 6 - Thematic Batch 3

How many more bricks are in the larger pile than in the smaller pile?

Magda makes a large cube from 8 small cubes, as shown. She paints one face of the large cube red and all its other faces blue. Then she separates it into the original small cubes. How many small cubes have exactly 2 blue-painted faces?

John sees 5 adult kangaroos and 5 young kangaroos. Some young kangaroos are in their mothers’ pouches, so John can see only their heads and 2 front legs. The other young kangaroos run around their parents. John sees 7 tails altogether. How many legs can he see?

An divides a circle into equal parts. Ben takes some parts away to make another shape. How many parts has Ben taken?

Nam wants to fill the grid with the five symbols: person, puzzle piece, pig, saxophone and smiling face. Each symbol must occur exactly once in each row and each column. Which symbol belongs in the cell marked “?”?

Ben’s farm has only sheep and dairy cows. There are 8 more sheep than cows, and the number of cows is half the number of sheep. How many animals are there altogether?

How many quadrilaterals are used to make the robot below?

Mai’s classroom has the decorated window shown. Mai draws a small part of it. Which of the pictures below cannot be her drawing?

Anna’s mother buys her a wooden-piece puzzle, shown below. Anna makes letters from some of the pieces. Which pictured letter cannot she make? She may rotate or flip the pieces.



Editorial clarification: Compare the piece divisions drawn in each option, not merely the outer outline.

Little Puppy is trying to find the way home. Puppy does not want to get wet. Which letter must Puppy pass in the picture below?

A rose bush has 11 flowers. Some butterflies and dragonflies land on them, with at most one insect on each flower. More than half of the flowers have no insect. There are twice as many butterflies as dragonflies. How many insects are on the flowers altogether?

How many triangles are in the drawing?

Today is 15 March 2018. After today, how many dates in 2018 have the same digit sum as today?



Original choices (retained): A. 10; B. 11; C. 13; D. 14; E. 15

Editorial correction: None of the printed choices is correct. Give your own number and explain your count.

After a shipwreck, Robinson is stranded on a remote island. Very hungry, he makes a small boat and some fishing rods. His boat is near the shore, but unfortunately there is a lot of rubbish there. Which rod has caught the fish?

How many butterflies are flying around the flower in the picture?

The yellow bee moves 2 cells to the right on each flight, which takes 3 seconds. If it lands on a flower, it drinks nectar there for 2 more seconds. Which coloured flowers does it visit, and how many seconds does it take to finish drinking from all of them?

Lan Anh colours the circles green, red and yellow, so that touching circles have different colours. She has already coloured the bottom row. When all the circles are coloured, how many will be yellow?

Which number should replace the question mark?