Math Kangaroo 5/6 2016 (Sample questions)

A centipede has 25 pairs of shoes. It needs 1 shoe for each of its 100 feet. How many more shoes does the centipede need to buy

• 15

• 20

• 35

• 50

• 75

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

Ahmed starts counting at the number 19 and keeps counting until 89. If he takes one second to say each number how long does it take to count all the numbers?

• 1 min 10 s

• 1 min 29 s

• 1 min 11 s

• 1 min 19 s

• 1 min

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CCSS.4.MD.A.1

Mike cuts a pizza into quarters. Then he cuts every quarter into thirds. What part of the whole pizza is one of the pieces?

• A third

• A quarter

• A seventh

• An eighth

• A twelfth

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CCSS.2.G.A.3

Starting with 555 groups each containing 9 rocks we pile all these rocks together into one pile. We then divide this new pile into groups with 5 rocks each. How many new groups do we get?

• 111

• 999

• 45

• 555

• 900

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

On Lisa’s refrigerator 8 strong magnets (the black circles in the picture) hold some postcards. What is the greatest number of magnets Lisa could remove so that no postcard falls to the ground?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

Cathy draws a square of area 100 cm2. She joins the midpoints of the sides to make a smaller square.

What is the area of the smaller square?

• 10 cm2

• 20 cm2

• 25 cm2

• 40 cm2

• 50 cm2

Alice’s mother wants to see a knife on the right side of each plate and a fork on the left side. What is the least number of exchanges of a knife and a fork does Alice need to make in order to please her mother?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 5

• 6

Tags

CCSS.8.EE.C.7B

Tom and John build rectangular boxes using the same number of identical cubes. How many levels will John's box have

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

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CCSS.5.MD.C.5A

CCSS.6.G.A.2

On the left side of the room, Bea and Pia are sleeping with their heads on their pillows facing each other.On the right side of the room, Mary and Karen are sleeping with their heads on their pillows with their

backs to each other. How many girls are sleeping with their right ear on their pillow?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

The piece of paper below is folded along the dotted lines to make an open box. The box is put on a table with the top open. Which letter is at the bottom of the box?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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CCSS.6.G.A.4