Question bank SASMO 2017

Question 1

How many dots are there in the figure?

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1. 30
2. 32
3. 34
4. 36
5. None of the above

Question 2

In a family, each boy has 3 sisters and each girl has 3 brothers. How many children are in the family?

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1. 3
2. 6
3. 7
4. 8
5. None of the above

Question 3

Observe the shape pattern and choose the two missing shapes.

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1. Option A
2. Option B
3. Option C
4. Option D
5. Option E

Question 4

During the daytime, Jack is standing in front of a mirror. What time is it now?

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1. 10:02 am
2. 10:10 am
3. 1:50 pm
4. 2:50 pm
5. None of the above

Question 5

What is the next number in $29,28,25,20,13,\ldots$?

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1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7
5. None of the above

Question 6

Christy was 5 years old 3 years ago. The sum of Christy’s and Danica’s ages this year is 18. How old is Danica this year?

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1. 9
2. 10
3. 11
4. 12
5. 13

Question 7

Elmo packs 107 cookies into bags of 5. How many cookies are left unpacked?

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1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
5. 4

Question 8

What comes next in the picture pattern?

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1. Option A
2. Option B
3. Option C
4. Option D
5. None of the above

Question 9

Which picture cannot be drawn in one stroke without lifting the pen or retracing a line?

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1. Picture A
2. Picture B
3. Picture C
4. Picture D
5. None of the above

Question 10

Equal cubes are stacked at a corner of a room with no hidden gaps. How many cubes are there altogether?

Source excerpt for visual verification:

1. 14
2. 16
3. 18
4. 20
5. None of the above

Question 11

Which picture is exactly the same as the reference picture?

Source excerpt for visual verification:

1. Picture A
2. Picture B
3. Picture C
4. Picture D
5. Picture E

Question 12

Ben is 7th from the front and 4th from the back in a queue. More children join, and Ben becomes the middle person. How many children joined?

Source excerpt for visual verification:

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5
5. 6

Question 13

Emma can exchange fruits according to the picture in the source excerpt. How many strawberries are needed to get 12 apples?

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1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7
5. None of the above

Question 14

A bag contains 2 blue marbles and 1 red marble. Alice and Bob each pick one without looking. Alice sees her own marble and truthfully says she knows Bob’s colour. What colours did they pick?

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1. Alice blue, Bob blue
2. Alice red, Bob blue
3. Alice blue, Bob red
4. Alice red, Bob red
5. None of the above

Question 15

Jay gave half his mini buns to his mother, then 3 buns to his sister, then half the remainder to his brother. He had 8 buns left. How many did he buy?

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1. 36
2. 38
3. 40
4. 42
5. None of the above

Question 16

The picture graph shows the storybooks owned by Phoebe, Queenie, Rachael and Suzy. Each picture represents 3 books. How many books do they have altogether?

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Question 17

Find $9+12+17+18+21+23$.

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Question 18

What is the smallest two-digit number divisible by 3 and 7?

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Question 19

In the number pyramid, adjacent numbers add to the number above them. Complete the diagram. What number replaces $A$?

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Question 20

Use the three symbol equations in the source excerpt. What number does the circle stand for?

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