2023 Ecolier

KÄNGURU DER MATHEMATIK 2023
16. 3. 2023
Level: Écolier, Grade: Schulstufe 3 + 4
Name:
School:
Class:
Time: 60 min.
24 starting points
each correct answer to questions 1. – 8.: 3 points
each questions left unanswered: 0 points
each incorrect answer: minus ¼ of the points for the question
Please write the letter (A, B, C, D, E) of the correct

answer in the square under the question number
(1 bis 24). Write clearly and carefully!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
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Känguru der Mathematik Österreich – 16. 3. 2023 Name:
Level Écolier (Schulstufe 3 and 4)
- 3 Point Examples -
1. Five children each light a candle at the same time. Lisa blows out
the candles at different times. Now they look as shown in the
picture.
Which candle did Lisa blow out first?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
2. The two markers with a question mark have the same value.
Which value do you have to use instead of the question mark so that the calculation is
correct?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 10 (E) 20
3. A black disc with two holes is placed on top of a dial of

a watch.
The black disc is turned.
Which two numbers can be seen at the same time?
(A) 4 and 9 (B) 5 and 10 (C) 5 and 9 (D) 6 and 9 (E) 7 and 12
4. Alice has these four jigsaw pieces:
Which two can she put together to form this square?
5. Maria switches the lights on and off according to the given plan.
Licht 1
Licht 2
Licht 3
For how many minutes in total are there exactly two lights on at the same time?
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10
6. Christoph folds a see-through piece of foil along the dashed line.
What can he then see?
(A) (B)
(C) (D) (E)
7. Anna has four discs of different sizes. She wants to build a tower using 3 discs.
A smaller disc always has to lie on top of a bigger disc.
How many ways are there for Anna to build this tower?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
8. Daniel sticks these two pieces of paper on this black circle:

The two pieces of paper are not allowed to overlap.
Which picture does he get?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
9. Using the pieces A, B, C, D and E one can fill this shape completely:
Which of the pieces lies on the dot?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
10. The six weights of a scale weigh

1 kg, 2 kg, 3 kg, 4 kg, 5 kg and 6 kg.
Rosi places five weights on the two scale
pans so that they are balanced. The sixth
weight is left aside.
Which weight is left aside?
(A) 1 kg (B) 2 kg (C) 3 kg (D) 4 kg (E) 5 kg
11. The diagram shows four cars 1, 2, 3 and 4. The arrows show where
the cars move to in 5 seconds.
Which cars will crash into each other?
12. North of Straße A (street A) there are 7 houses.

East of Straße B (street B) there are 8 houses.
South of Straße A (street A) there are 5 houses.
How many houses are there West of Straße B (street B)?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7 (E) 8
13. In a queue in front of a ferry there are 8 cars with 19 people in total. There are either 2 or
3 people in each car.
How many cars are there with exactly 2 people?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
14. 6 beavers and 2 kangaroos are standing on the fields in this

order: Of three animals in a row there is always exactly one kangaroo.
On which of these numbers stands a kangaroo?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
15. Hanni wants to colour in the circles in the diagram. When two circles
are connected by a line they should have different colours.
What is the minimum number of colours she needs?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
16. A building block is made up of five identical rectangles:

How many of the patterns shown below can be made with two such
building blocks without overlap?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
17. An underground line has the six stations A, B, C, D, E and F. The train stops at every
station. After reaching the end of the line A or F the train continues in the opposite
direction.
The train conductor starts his journey in station B.
His first stop is in station C.
In which station will be his 46th stop?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
18. Rebecca folds a square piece of paper twice.

Then she cuts off one corner as you can see
in the diagram.
Then she unfolds the paper.
What could the paper look like now?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

19. Three boys enter a room one after the other.
Hermann is not the first. Felix is not the second. Clemens is not the third.
How many different orders are there for the boys to enter the room?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D)4 (E) 6
20. Five clocks are hanging on the wall. One

clock is one hour ahead. Another one is
one hour late and one is correct. Two
clocks have stopped working.
Which clock shows the correct time?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E
21. Adam has 9 marbles and Brenda also has 9 marbles. Together they
have 8 white and 10 black marbles. Brenda has twice as many
black marbles as white marbles.
How many black marbles does Adam have?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 0
22. Else has two machines R and S.

If she puts a square piece of paper into machine R it is rotated:
If she puts the piece of paper in machine S it is printed on:

She wants to produce the following picture:
In which order does Else use the two machines
so that she gets this picture?
(A) SRR (B) RSR (C) RSS (D) RRS (E) SRS
23. A teacher wants to write the numbers from 1 to 7 into the circles. He
writes exactly one number in each circle. When he adds up the two
numbers of circles that are next to each other , he gets the number
that is written between the two circles.
Which number does he write in the circle with the question mark?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
24. Maria colours exactly 5 cells of this grid in grey. Then she has her 5 friends guess
which cells she has coloured in and their answers are the five patterns A, B, C, D and E.
Maria looks at the patterns and says: „One of you is right. The others have each guessed
exactly four cells correctly.“
Which pattern did Maria paint?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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KÄNGURU DER MATHEMATIK 2023

Please write the letter (A, B, C, D, E) of the correct

Information über den Känguruwettbewerb: www.kaenguru.at

3. A black disc with two holes is placed on top of a dial of

4. Alice has these four jigsaw pieces:

Which two can she put together to form this square?

(C) (D) (E)

8. Daniel sticks these two pieces of paper on this black circle:

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

10. The six weights of a scale weigh

12. North of Straße A (street A) there are 7 houses.

14. 6 beavers and 2 kangaroos are standing on the fields in this

16. A building block is made up of five identical rectangles:

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

18. Rebecca folds a square piece of paper twice.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

20. Five clocks are hanging on the wall. One

22. Else has two machines R and S.

If she puts the piece of paper in machine S it is printed on:

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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