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1.How many of the numbers from 1 to 20 are not multiples of 3?[3]
A6
B13
C14
D17
E20
2.A rectangle is divided by two vertical lines into three parts. How many rectangles of any size are in the picture?[3]
Text description of the figure
A wide rectangle divided by two vertical lines into three smaller rectangles side by side.
A3
B4
C6
D7
E9
3.A cafe offers 3 main courses and 2 puddings. How many different two-course meals can be ordered?[3]
Text description of the figure
A tree diagram. One starting point branches into three main courses, and each of those branches into two puddings, giving six paths in all.
A2
B5
C6
D9
E12
4.How many different two-digit numbers can be written using only the digits 1, 2 and 3, if a digit may be used twice?[3]
A3
B6
C9
D12
E27
5.A large triangle is cut by two lines from its top corner into three small triangles side by side. How many triangles of any size appear in the picture?[4]
Text description of the figure
A large triangle with two straight lines drawn from its top vertex down to the base, dividing it into three small triangles side by side.
A3
B4
C5
D6
E9
6.How many 2 by 2 squares fit on a 4 by 4 board, if they must line up with the grid?[4]
A4
B6
C8
D9
E16
7.A coin is tossed three times. In how many of the possible outcomes are there exactly two heads?[4]
A2
B3
C4
D6
E8
8.In how many ways can 7 be written as the sum of two different whole numbers bigger than zero? Swapping the order does not make a new way.[4]
A3
B4
C6
D7
E12
9.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 8?[5]
A4
B7
C8
D9
E16
10.A code uses the letters A, B and C, each exactly once. How many codes do not start with A?[5]
A2
B3
C4
D6
E9
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Answer key — Math Kangaroo practice
Each wrong choice carries the thinking that produces it. When a student picks C, this is what they were doing.
1.C — 14KA-0051Complementary counting
AI counted the multiples of 3 and gave that instead of the numbers that are not multiples.
BI counted 21 as a multiple of 3 inside the range, so I removed one too many.
DI removed only the multiples of 3 that are also even, so I subtracted three instead of six.
EI gave the size of the whole range and forgot to remove anything at all.
2.C — 6KA-0054Counting shapes hidden inside a figure
AI counted only the three small rectangles drawn as separate cells and stopped there.
BI counted the three small rectangles and the whole one, and forgot the two made of two cells.
DI counted a rectangle made of the left and right cells, even though they are not next to each other.
EI assumed any pair of the four vertical lines makes a rectangle without checking each one.
3.C — 6KA-0067Tree diagrams
AI counted the puddings only and forgot that the main course is also a choice.
BI added the number of mains to the number of puddings instead of multiplying them.
DI used three puddings as well as three mains, without reading how many puddings there are.
EI doubled the answer, as if the order of the two courses made a different meal.
4.C — 9KA-0072Systematic listing
AI counted only the numbers with two identical digits, like 11, 22 and 33.
BI required the two digits to be different, even though repeats are allowed.
DI allowed a fourth digit that was not in the list.
EI counted three-digit numbers instead of two-digit ones.
5.D — 6KA-0003Counting shapes hidden inside a figure
AI counted only the three small triangles I could see as separate cells and stopped there.
BI counted the three small triangles and added the whole big one, but forgot the two made of two cells.
CI found the three small ones and one pair, but missed the second pair of neighbouring triangles.
EI assumed every choice of two of the four lines would make a triangle, without checking each one.
6.D — 9KA-0046Counting by position (sliding window)
AI cut the board into four separate 2 by 2 blocks instead of sliding the square one step at a time.
BI counted the three sliding positions along the top and doubled them for two rows.
CI counted the positions along the top row and down the left column and added them.
EI counted the sixteen small squares on the board rather than the 2 by 2 squares.
7.B — 3KA-0068Tree diagrams
AI read the two in exactly two heads as the answer rather than as a condition to count.
CI counted the outcomes with two or more heads, so I included the three-head one as well.
DI counted the orderings of three different objects instead of listing the eight outcomes.
EI gave the total number of possible outcomes rather than the number with exactly two heads.
8.A — 3KA-0076Casework
BI included 0 and 7 as a pair, even though both numbers have to be bigger than zero.
CI counted both orders of each pair, even though swapping does not make a new way.
DI counted every starting number from 1 to 7 without checking which pairs repeat.
EI counted both orders and also allowed pairs of equal numbers.
9.C — 8KA-0012Casework
AI counted each pair of digits once instead of counting both orders, such as 17 and 71.
BI listed the pairs starting from 1 and 7 and forgot the number 80, where the second digit is zero.
DI included 08 as a two-digit number, but a two-digit number cannot start with zero.
EI counted both orders of every pair and then counted the pairs that reverse to themselves twice as well.
10.C — 4KA-0140The multiplication principle
AI counted the codes that do start with A rather than the ones that do not.
BI counted the letters available for the first position instead of counting whole codes.
DI counted every arrangement of the three letters and forgot the restriction.
EI allowed letters to repeat, which the words each exactly once rule out.