MATHEMATICS KANGAROO 2012

Austria - 15.3.2012
Group: Kadett, Grades: 7-8
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School:
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Time allowed: 75 min.

Each correct answer, questions 1.-10.:
3 Points
Each correct answer, questions 11.-20.:
4 Points
Each correct answer, questions 21.-30.:
5 Points
Each question with no answer given:
0 Points
Each incorrect answer: Lose of the points for that question.
You begin with 30 points.

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

answer under the question number (1 to 30).
Write neatly and carefully!

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3Poin
ntQuestion
ns

1.Threebarsofchocolatecost6
.Howmuchhisonebaroffchocolate?
2
(C)3
(
(D)4
(A)1
(B)2
(E)5

2.11.111.111
(B)9
9.0909
(A)9.0099

(C)9.99
(

9
(D)9.999

(E)10
0

3.Awrisstwatchlieso
onthetablew
withitsfaceuupwards.Theminutehand
dpointstowaards
northeaast.Howman
nyminutesha
avetopassfoortheminute
ehandtopointtowardsnoorth
westforthefirsttimee?
(E)15
(B)4
40
(C)30
(
(D)20
5
(A)45

4.Evahaasapairascissorsandfive
elettersmaddefromcardb
board.Shecu
utsupeachleetterwithasingle
straightccutsothatassmanypiecesaspossible areobtained
d.Forwhichletterdoesshheobtainthemost
pieces?

(A)

(B)

(C)
(

(D)

(E)

5.Thediigitsumofasixdigitnumberis5.How
wbigistheprroductofthedigits?
(A)0
5
(C)6
(
(D)12345 6 (E)4
(B)5

6.Adraggonhas5heaads.Eachtimesomeonecchopsoffone
ehead,5new
wheadsaregrrowback.If6
6headsare
chopped
doffoneaftertheother,h
howmanyheeadsdoesthe
edragonendupwith?
(B)2
(E)31
(A)25
28
(C)29
(
(D)30
1

7.Eacho
oftheninepaathsinaparkkare100mloong.AnnawaantstowalkffromAtoB
withoutusingthesam
mepathtwice
e.Howlongtthelongestp
pathshecancchoose?
m
(B)8
800m
(C)700m
(
(D)500m
m
(E)400
0m
(A)900m

8.Onevertexofthettriangleonth
heleftisconnnectedtoone
evertexofthe
triangleo
ontherightu
usingastraigghtlinesothaatnoconnecttingline
segmenttdissectseith
herofthetwo
otrianglesinttotwoparts..Inhowmany
waysistthispossible??
(A)1
(B)2
(D)4
(E)mo
orethan4
(C)3

9.Wernerfooldsapieceo
ofpaperassh
hownintheddiagram.With
hapairof
scissorshem
makestwostraightcutsin
ntothepaperr.Thenisunfo
oldsitagain.
Whichonthhefollowingsshapesareno
otpossiblefoorthepieceofpaperto
showafterw
wards?
(A)

(B))

(C)

(
(D)

(E)

10.Acub
boidconsistsofthreebuilldingblocks. Eachbuildinggblockhasadifferent
colouran
ndismadeupof4cubes. Whatdoestthewhitebuildingblocklo
ooklike?

(A)

(B)

(CC)

(D)

(E)

4PointQuestions

11.Fromthedigits1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8weformtwofourdigitnumberssothat
everydigitisusedexactlyonceandthesumofthetwonumbersisassmallas
possible.Whatisthevalueofthissum?
(A)2468
(B)3333
(C)3825
(D)4734
(E)6912

alte Beete

neue Beete

Erbsen

Erbsen

12.Ms.Greenplantspeas(Erbsen)andstrawberries(Erdbeeren)onlyin
hergarden.Thisyearshehaschangedherpeabedintoasquareshapedbed
byincreasingonesideby3m.Bydoingthisherstrawberrybedbecame15m2
smaller.Whatareadidthepeabedhavebefore?
(A)5m2
(B)9m2
(C)10m2
(D)15m2
(E)18m2

Erdbeeren

Erdbeeren

13.Barbarawantstocompletethegridshownontherightbyinserting
threenumbersintotheemptyspaces.Thesumofthefirstthree
numbersshouldbe100,thesumofthemiddlethreenumbers200and
thesumofthelastthreenumbers300.Whichisthemiddlenumberin
thisgrid?
(A)50
(B)60
(C)70
(D)75
(E)100

10

130
D

14.Thediagramshowsafivepointedstar.HowbigistheangleA?
(A)35
(B)42
(C)51
(D)65
(E)109

15.Takefourcardsandoneachonewriteoneofthenumbers2,5,7,12.
Onthebackofeachcardwriteoneofthefollowingproperties:divisibleby7,
primenumber,odd,greaterthan100sothatthenumberontheotherside
B
doesnothavethisproperty.Everynumberandeverypropertyisusedexactlyonce.
Whichnumberisonthecardwiththepropertygreaterthan100?
(A)2
(B)5
(C)7
(D)12
(E)Itisimpossibletostatethenumber.

E
100

93
?

58

16.Howmanynaturalnumbersnarethereforwhichn24andn24aretwodigitnumbers?
(A)42
(B)48
(C)51
(D)52
(E)66

17.Inwhichofthefollowingexpressionscanoneexchangeeachnumber8with8differentsetsofequal
positivenumberswithoutchangingtheresult?
(A)(88)88 (B)8(88)8 (C)8888 (D)(888)8 (E)(888)8

18.Threeequallysizedequilateraltrianglesarecutfromtheverticesofalarge
equilateraltriangleofsidelength6cm.Thethreelittletrianglestogetherhavethe
sameperimeterastheremaininggreyhexagon.Whatisthesidelengthofoneside
ofonesmalltriangle?
(A)1cm

(B)1.2cm
(C)1.25cm
(D)1.5cm
(E)2cm

19.ThelazytomcatGarfieldobservessomemicestealingcheese.Eachmousecarriesawayatleastone
pieceofcheesebutlessthantenpieces.Eachmousestealesadifferentamountofcheesepieces.No
mousestealsexactlytwiceasmanypiecesasanothermouse.Whatisthemaximumnumberofmice
Garfieldcanhaveobserved?
(A)4
(B)9
(C)6
(D)7
(E)8

20.Atanairportthereisarollingpavementwhichis500mlongandtransportspeoplewithaspeed
of4km/h.AnnaandPeterstepontotherollingpavementatthesametime.WhilePeterisstandingstill,
Annacontinuestowalkwithaspeedof6km/h.HowbigisAnnasheadstartonPeterwhensheleaves
therollingpavementafter500m?
(A)100m
(B)160m
(C)200m
(D)250m
(E)300m

5Poin
ntQuestion
ns
21.Initiaallythesideleengthofatallkingmagicsqquareis8cm
m.Everytimeitspeakstheetruthitsside
eseach
decreaseeby2cm.Ifitliesitsperim
meterdoublees.Itsaysfou
ursentences,twoofwhichharetrueand
dtwoare
false,inw
bleperimeteritcanhave afterthosefo
our
whichorderisunknown.Whatisthebbiggestpossib
sentencees?
(B
(A)28
B)80
(C)88
(D)112
(E)1120

diagramshow
wsthe7posittions1,2,3, 4,5,6,7oftthebottomsideofadie
22.Thed
whichisrolledarounditsedgeinthisorder.W
Whichtwooftthesepositionsweretakeen
upbythesamefaceo
ofthedie?
(A)1and
d7
(B)1
1and6
(C)1and5
(D)2and
d7
(E)2
2and6

oeachotherffromsmallessttobiggest
23.Stefaanhas5diceindifferentssizes.Ifheplaacestheminordernextto
thentheeheightoftw
woneighbouriingdiceeachhdifferby2cm.Thebiggestdieisasbiigasthetowe
erbuildby
thetwosmallestdicee.Howhighissatowermaddeupofall5
5dice?
(B)1
14cm
(C)22cm
(
(D)44cm
m
(E)50
0cm
(A)6cm
C
D

dpointofAB..MNisperpe
enticulartoAC.Determinee
24.InassquareABCDMisthemid
theratio
ooftheareao
ofthegreytrriangletotheeareaofthessquareABCD.
(E)7::40
(A)1:6
(B)1
1:5
(C)7:36
(
(D)3:16
N

25.Tanggoisbeingdancedinpairss,amanwithawoman.Nomorethan50people
B
A
M
attendadanceevening.Atacerta
ainmoment33/4oftheme
enweredanccingwith4/5
manypeopleweredancin gatthismom
ment?
ofthewomen.Howm
(B)2
24
(C)30
(
(D)31
2
(E)32
(A)20

dwantstoplacethetwelvvenumbersffrom1to12inacirclesothattwoadjaacentnumbe
ersalways
26.David
differbyy2or3.Whicchnumbersaretherefore adjacent?
(A)4and
d6
(B)3
3and5
(C)7and9
(
d8
(E)5and8
(D)6and

27.Wantedareallthreedigitnum
mbersfrom1100to999thaathavethefo
ollowingpropperty:Ifyourremovethe
umberremain
nsandifyou removethelastdigitagainasquarenuumberremains
firstdigittasquarenu
(e.g.1644(1)6416
6(4)).Howbiggisthesumoofallnumberswiththissp
pecialpropertty?
(D)1993
(A)10133
(B)1
1177
(C)1465
3
(E)2
2016

ptersinaboo
ok.Eachchappterhasadiffferentlength,i.e.1,2,3,
,30pages.Each
28.Thereare30chap
efirstchapterrstartsonpaage1.Atmosthowmanycchaptersstarrtonapage
chapterstartsonaneewpage.The
oddpagenum
mber?
withano
(A)15
(B)1
18
(C)20
(
(D)21
(E)23
3

hownintheddiagrambyfo
oldingitinthemiddle,theen
29.Apieeceofstringisfoldedassh
S
Schnitt
foldingittinthemiddleagainundfinallyfoldinggitinthemid
ddleoncemo
ore.Thenthiss
foldedpieceofstringgiscutsothatseveralpieccesemerge.A
Amongstthe resultingpieeces
thereareesomewithlength4man
ndsomewithhlength9m.Whichofthe
efollowing
lengthsccannotbetheetotallength
hoftheoriginnalpieceofsttring?
(A)52m
m (B)68m (C)72m (D)88m (E)Allanswe
ersarepossib
ble.

30.Threelinesdisecttabigtriangleintofourtrrianglesandtthree
umoftheperrimetersofthhethreequad
drialteralsis2
25cm.
quadrilatterals.Thesu
Thesum
moftheperim
metersofthefourtrianglessis20cm.Th
heperimeterofthe
hesumoftheelengthsofth
hethreedissecting
bigtriangleis19cm.Howbigisth
lines?
m (B)12cm (C)13ccm (D)15 cm (E)16
6cm
(A)11cm