Grade 3-4 2016
Canadian Math Kangaroo Contest
Part A: Each correct answer is worth 3 points
1. Amy, Bert, Carl, Doris and Ernst each rolled two dice and added the number of
dots.
Amy Bert Carl Doris Ernst
Who rolled the largest total?
(A) Amy (B) Bert (C) Carl (D) Doris (E) Ernst
2. Peter is guessing Paul’s password. Peter knows that Paul used only digits for the
last three places and that it has at most three capital letters. Which of the following
choices could be Paul’s password?
(A) PAUL123 (B) Pa1u2L3 (C) LUap4321 (D) Paulin3 (E) 123PAUL
3. George and his father go to the circus. Their seat numbers are 71 and 72. The sign
below shows where the seats are.
Seats 1 to 20
Seats 21 to 40
Seats 41 to 60
Seats 61 to 80
Seats 81 to 100
Which way should they go?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
4. Richard dries grapes to obtain raisins. He gets 1 kilogram of raisins out of 4
kilograms of grapes. How many kilograms of grapes will he need in order to obtain
4 kilograms of raisins?
(A) 12 kg (B) 16 kg (C) 20 kg (D) 25 kg (E) 50 kg
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5. What does Pipo see when he looks at himself in the mirror?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
6. A rectangle is partly hidden behind a curtain. What is the shape of the hidden part?
(A) A triangle (B) A square (C) A hexagon
(D) A circle (E) A rectangle
7. Anna shared her apples among herself and five friends. If everyone got half an
apple, how many apples did she share?
(A) 2 and a half (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
8. Which of the following is true about this picture?
(A) There are as many circles as squares.
(B) There are fewer circles than triangles.
(C) There are twice as many circles as triangles.
(D) There are more squares than triangles.
(E) There are two triangles more than circles.
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Part B: Each correct answer is worth 4 points
9. Which tile fits in the middle such that lines of the same colour are joined together?
(Turning the middle tile is allowed.)
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
10. The sum of the digits of the number 2016 is equal to 9: 2 + 0 + 1 + 6 = 9. What is
the next number that is greater than 2016 with the sum of its digits equal to 9?
(A) 2007 (B) 2025 (C) 2034 (D) 2108 (E) 2134
11. The perimeter of the rectangle ABCD is 30 cm. Lisa cut off three rectangles as
shown.
She found that the sum of the three perimeters is equal to 20 cm. What is the
perimeter of the figure obtained after the cutting?
(A) 50 cm (B) 40 cm (C) 30 cm (D) 10 cm (E) impossible to determine
12. Five children had each a paper square, a paper triangle and a paper circle. Every
child put their own papers in a pile, as shown in the pictures. How many children
put the triangle after the square?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
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