33rd INTERNATIONAL KANGAROO MATHEMATICS CONTEST 2023

KSF - Problems PreEcolier (Class 1 & 2)

Time Allowed: 120 minutes

SECTION ONE - (3 point problems)

1. How many circles are there in the figure?

(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9

2. The picture shows 5 cubes viewed from the front. What is the
view from above?

(A) I I I I (B) - = - (C)

(D) ~ (E) ~
3. Each bowl contains four numbered balls. as shown. In which bowl is the sum of all the
numbers largest?

(A) ~ (B) (jj (C) ~

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4. Mr. Beaver rearranges the pieces to make a kangaroo figure.

Which piece is missing?

(A) ~ (B) T (C) +

(D) ~ (E) ~
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 33rd INTERNATIONAL KANGAROO MATHEMATICS CONTEST 2023
KSF - Problems PreEcolier (Class 1 & 2)
Time Allowed: 120 minutes

5. MV boat has more than 1 circle. It also has 2 more triangles than squares. Which boat
is mine?

(A) ~I!!. (B) ~K (e) ~!!!!!!!!«.

(D) ~I!!. (E) 2!!!IJ~

6. This is mv grandfather's birthday cake. A large candle stands for

10 years and a small one for 1 vear. How old is mv grandfather?

(A) 65 (B) 66
(e) 76 (D) 77 (E) 78

7. Pablo puts 10 toy cars on this racetrack. How many cars are in the tunnel?

(A) 5 (B) 6 (e) 7

(D) 8 (E) 9

8. Steven drives from X to Y. At each crossing, he stops before going straight ahead. In
total, how many times does he stop at a crossing?

(A) 11 (B) 12 (e) 13

(0)14 (E) 15

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 33rd INTERNATIONAL KANGAROO MATHEMATICS CONTEST 2023
KSF - Problems PreEcolier (Class 1 & 2)
Time Allowed: 120 minutes

SECTION TWO - (4 point problems)

9. There are 5 trees in a park. A beaver can see only two of the trees because all the
others are hidden behind other trees. At which of the marked pOints is the beaver
standing?
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(A) at A (8) at B (C) at C
(D) at 0 (E) at E

10. There are 24 squares in the picture. Suchit has coloured some of the squares. How
many more squares need to be coloured so that half of the squares are coloured?

(A) 1 (8) 2 (C) 3

(D) 4 (E) 5

11. The two tokens with the question mark have the same number. What is each missing
number so that the sum is 1B?

(A) 1 (8) 2 (C) 3

(D) 4 (E) 5

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 33rd INTERNATIONAL KANGAROO MATHEMATICS CONTEST 2023
KSF - Problems PreEcolier (Class 1 & 2)
Time Allowed: 120 minutes

12. Raha wants to finish the bee on the left according to the model on the right.

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Raha needs to win points to unlock parts of the bee. How many points does she need
to win to complete the bee?

(A) 9 (B) 10 (e) 11

(0)12 (E) 13

13. The table has 30 boxes. After painting the boxes in row 3. row 6. column e and
column O. how many boxes will be not painted?

ABC D E
1
1--+---+-----f-+---1
2
1--+---+-----f-+---1
3
1--+---+-----f-+---1
4
1--+---+-----f-+---1
5
1--+---+-----f-+---1
6

(A) 8 (B) 10 (e) 12

(0)18 (E) 22

14. A sheet of paper is folded in half. Square and round holes are punched.

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 33rd INTERNATIONAL KANGAROO MATHEMATICS CONTEST 2023
KSF - Problems PreEcolier (Class 1 & 2)
Time Allowed: 120 minutes

How does the sheet look after it is unfolded again?

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15. A student made the shape shown using 12 cubes. He put one drop of glue between
any two cubes that share a common face. How many drops of glue did he use?

(A) 8 (8) 9 (e) 10

(D) 11 (E) 12

16. Max wants to complete the puzzle shown. m

He has 5 different pieces shown.
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Which pieces does he have to use to complete the puzzle?

(A) (8)

(e) (D)

(E) " L.
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 33rd INTERNATIONAL KANGAROO MATHEMATICS CONTEST 2023
KSF - Problems PreEcolier (Class 1 & 2)
Time Allowed: 120 minutes

SECTION THREE - (5 point problems)

17. Elvis has 6 identical triangles like this

he make?
W. Which of the following pictures can

(A) (B) (C)

(D) (E)

18. Five children share a birthday and each child has their own cake. Lea is two years
older than Jose, but one year younger than Ali. Vittorio is the youngest. Which is
Sarah's cake?

7
(A) (B) (C)

4
B
(D) (E)

19. The map shows five villages A, B, C, 0 and E, and

the distances in kilometres between them. Only
two villages are the same distance apart no
matter which route you choose. Which are these
two villages?

(A) Band E (B) Band D

(C) C and E (D) A and C (E) A and D

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 33rd INTERNATIONAL KANGAROO MATHEMATICS CONTEST 2023
KSF - Problems PreEcolier (Class 1 & 2)
Time Allowed: 120 minutes

20. Sam waLks through a two-storey maze from the entrance to the exit, both Located at
fLoor 1. In what order wiLL she find the waLL stickers?

(A) (8)

(e) (D)

(E)

21. Emma finished third in a soLo dance competition. There were three dancers between
her and Last pLace. In totaL. how many dancers took part in the competition?

(A) 4 (8) 5 (e) 6

(D) 7 (E) 8

22. Malik pLaces one of the five pieces on the grid. He cannot rotate or flip the pieces.

1 6 7
9 5 4
2 8 3
Which piece shouLd he use to cover the numbers with the Largest sum?

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 33rd INTERNATIONAL KANGAROO MATHEMATICS CONTEST 2023
KSF - Problems PreEcolier (Class 1 & 2)
Time Allowed: 120 minutes

23. In total. Maria has 19 apples in 3 bags. From each bag. she takes out the same
number of apples. Now the bags have 3. 4 and 6 apples. How many apples did Maria
take out of each bag?

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(A) 1 (8) 2 (C) 3
(D) 4 (E) 5

24. Three frogs live in a pond. Each night, one of the frogs sings a song to the other two.
After 9 nights. one of the frogs had sung 2 times. Another frog had listened to 5
songs. How many songs had the third frog listened to?

(A) 7 (8) 6 (C) 5

(D) 4 (E) 3

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