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1.On a standard die opposite faces add to 7. Two dice are stacked. The touching faces show 3 on the upper die and 5 on the lower. What number is on the bottom face?[4]
A1
B2
C3
D4
E5
2.A pack of 24 pencils is shared equally among 4 children. Each child then gives 2 pencils to a teacher. How many pencils do the children have left altogether?[4]
A4
B6
C16
D18
E22
3.A square of side 10 has a smaller square of side 4 cut out of one corner. What is the area of the shape that remains?[4]
Text description of the figure
A large square of side 10 with a smaller square of side 4 removed from its top-right corner, leaving an L-shaped region shaded.
A36
B60
C84
D96
E100
4.What is the remainder when 2 to the power 30 is divided by 7?[4]
A1
B2
C4
D5
E6
5.24 pencils and 36 erasers are shared into identical gift bags, using every item. What is the largest number of bags possible?[4]
A4
B6
C12
D18
E72
6.A square of side 6 cm is cut along a midline into two identical rectangles. What is the perimeter of one of them?[4]
A12
B15
C18
D24
E36
7.How many lines of symmetry does a regular hexagon have?[4]
A2
B3
C4
D6
E12
8.Ana, Bo and Cal each keep a different pet: a cat, a dog and a fish. Ana does not keep the cat. Bo keeps neither the cat nor the fish. Who keeps the cat?[4]
AAna
BBo
CCal
Dit cannot be decided
Eeither Ana or Cal
9.A rectangle has an area of 36 and sides that are whole numbers. Which of these could NOT be its perimeter?[4]
A24
B26
C28
D30
E40
10.A pattern is built in rows. The first figure has 1 row, the second has 2 rows, and so on. In every figure, the first row has 1 dot, the second has 3 dots, the third has 5 dots, and each row after has 2 more dots than the one above it. How many dots are in the eighth figure?[4]
A64
B15
C36
D72
E81
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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.B — 2KA-0016Dice and cube face relationships
AI used the upper die's touching face instead of the lower one, so I worked from 3 rather than 5.
CI gave the number on a touching face itself rather than the number opposite it.
DI subtracted 3 from 7 because I confused which die was sitting on which.
EI gave the lower die's upward face, which is the number I was told, not the hidden one underneath.
2.C — 16KA-0019Multi-step arithmetic word problems
AI found what one child has left and gave that instead of the total for all four.
BI divided 24 by 4 and then subtracted 2 twice, mixing up per-child steps with total steps.
DI subtracted 2 pencils once from the whole pack instead of once from each of the four children.
EI subtracted the 2 before sharing, so only one lot of 2 ever came out of the total.
3.C — 84KA-0027Area by subtraction (shaded regions)
AI gave the area of the square that was cut out instead of the area that remains.
BI subtracted the side length of the small square from the area of the big one.
DI subtracted 4 rather than the small square's area of 16.
EI gave the area of the whole square and forgot that a piece had been removed.
4.A — 1KA-0053Remainders and modular cycles
BI found the cycle 2, 4, 1 but read the remainder of 30 divided by 3 as one instead of zero.
CI counted the cycle positions from zero, which shifted my answer one step along.
DI divided 30 by 7 and used that remainder rather than the remainder of the powers.
EI assumed the remainder would be one less than the divisor because the power is large.
5.C — 12KA-0062Factors, multiples, LCM and GCD by listing
AI found a number that divides both but not the largest one, stopping at the first that worked.
BI used the difference between 36 and 24 divided by 2 rather than a common factor.
DI used a factor of 36 without checking that it also divides 24.
EI found the least common multiple instead of the greatest common divisor.
6.C — 18KA-0084Area by dissection and rearrangement
AI added the two different side lengths without doubling for the opposite pair.
BI halved the square's perimeter of 24 and adjusted by three, treating the cut as if it removed length.
DI gave the perimeter of the whole square instead of one of the pieces.
EI gave the area of the square rather than the perimeter of a piece.
7.D — 6KA-0085Line and rotational symmetry
AI checked only the vertical and horizontal folds and stopped there.
BI counted the lines through opposite corners and forgot the ones through opposite edges.
CI assumed a hexagon behaves like a rectangle with a couple of extra folds.
EI counted each line twice, once from each end.
8.C — CalKA-0091Elimination grids
AI used Bo's clue and forgot the very first clue, which rules Ana out directly.
BI read Bo's clue as telling me what Bo has rather than what Bo does not have.
DI stopped after using each clue once, without going back to see what the ticks had ruled out.
EI applied Bo's clue but never came back to Ana's, so I left two people in the running.
9.C — 28KA-0123Eliminate impossible choices by bounding
AI ruled out the square 6 by 6, forgetting that a square is a rectangle.
BI did not think to try 4 by 9, so I judged this perimeter impossible.
DI missed the 3 by 12 rectangle when listing the factor pairs.
EI stopped listing factor pairs before reaching 2 by 18.
10.A — 64KA-0156Growth patterns and figurate numbers
BI gave the number of dots in the eighth ROW instead of the whole figure.
CI added the row numbers 1 through 8 instead of the odd numbers of dots.
DI multiplied 8 rows by 9, using a rough average row that is one too large.
EI counted the rows starting from zero and used the ninth square number.