IKMC 2027 - Grades 1-2 - Self-study SET 25 - Thematic Batch 3

Peter stacks small cubes to make a shape like an Olympic medal podium, as shown. How many small cubes does he use?

There are 12 books on a shelf and 4 children in the room. If each child takes 1 book, how many books remain on the shelf?

A teacher asks how many fairy tales each pupil has heard and writes these numbers on the board: 5, 4, 7, 7, 4, 3, 9, 2, 5, 8. How many of the numbers are greater than 6?

In art class, Tí and Sửu each receive the pictured sheet of ten circles numbered 1 to 10. They colour each circle green, red or yellow so that touching circles have different colours.
1. Tí has coloured the bottom row as shown. What colours should Tí use for circles 4, 5, 6, and for circles 3, 2, 1?
2. Starting from the original picture, Sửu colours 4 circles yellow, 3 red and 3 green. How many colours are needed for circles 1, 2, 3? For circles 4, 7, 8? For circles 5, 6, 9? How many of circles 1 to 9 are yellow? What colour is circle 10?

Chris cuts a rope into three equal pieces and ties some knots in them. Which picture could show Chris’s three pieces?

Seven children want to share their Halloween sweets equally. Which number cannot be their total number of sweets?

Alex puts the pictured quadrilateral on a table. Without turning it over, which of the following views is impossible?

Ebert writes numbers and operations in the table, but accidentally spills paint over some cells. What number is hidden by the red paint marked “?”?

Two mothers and two daughters have afternoon tea together. What is the smallest possible number of people present?

A rectangle is divided into four squares as shown. The grey square has perimeter 36cm. What is the rectangle’s perimeter?

How many squares are in the picture?

Anna’s toy set contains the wooden pieces shown. Her mother wants to teach her to make “Hello” as pictured, but one set does not contain enough pieces. What is the least number of additional sets her mother must buy?

Which object does the string lead the kangaroo to?

Twelve children stand in a queue at the zoo entrance. Lucy is seventh from the front and Kim is second from the back. How many children stand between Lucy and Kim?

How many more breaks must Ann make to obtain 10 separate pieces of chocolate?

Ann wears . Bob gives Eve . Jim wears . Gio wears . Who is Lily?

A ladybird rests on a flower stem as shown. Which picture shows the same ladybird after it turns to the right?

Today is Thursday, 19 March 2015, the day of the Kangaroo Mathematics contest. What day of the week was 19 February 2015?