Primary 1

Logical thinking

1) If tomorrow is Saturday, what day of the week was it three days ago?

Answer: Tuesday
If tomorrow is Saturday, then today must be Friday. Three days before Friday is Tuesday

2) What is the smallest possible number of days in one month?

Answer: 28 days
February has only 28 on non-leap years

3) Alvin wrote down all integers from 17 to 67. How many integers did he write?

Answer: 51 integers
67 – 17 + 1 = 51 (since the number 17 is included)

4) According to the pattern shown below, what number should be placed in the blank?
9, 14, 11, 16, 13, 18, __

Answer: 15
The patter in is (+5, -3)
9 + 5 = 14
14 – 3 = 11
11 + 5 = 16
16 – 3 = 13
13 + 5 = 18
18 – 3 = 15

5) Adam is 12 years old this year. When Adam’s age would be the same as his father’s age this
year, his father would be 56 years old. How old is his father?

Answer: 34 years old

Adam’s age + years passed + years passed = 56
Years passed = 22
Father’s age = Adam’s age + years passed = 12 + 22 = 34

Or

(Adam’s age + father’s age) ÷ 2 = 34 years old

6.) According to the pattern shown below, how many  is / are there in the 50th group?

Answer: 50

Base from the pattern shown, 1, 2, 3, 4, … and the pattern goes on until 50.

Therefore the 50th term should also have 50 .

Arithmetic

7.) Find the value of 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9

Answer: 40
= (1+9) + (2+8) + (3+7) + (4+6)
= 10 + 10 + 10 + 10
= 40

8.) Find the value of 33 + 17 – 10 + 5

Answer: 45

= 50 – 10 + 5
= 40 + 5
= 45

9.) Find the value of 9 + 9 + 9 + 9 – 9 – 9 – 9

Answer: 9
= (9 – 9) + (9 – 9) + (9 – 9) + 9
=0+0+0+9
=9
 10.) What is value of B to make the equation true?

47 - B = 21

Answer: 26
47 – 21 = 26

11. According to the pattern shown below, what is the number in the blank?
Answer: 145

5 、 10 、 20 、 35 、 55 、 80 、 110 、_____….

5 10 15 20 25 30 110 +35 = 145

12. If AB is a 2-digit number, what is the value of AB if the equation is correct?

7 4 – AB = AB

2 x AB = 74
AB = 74 divided by 2 = 37

Number Theory

13. Jamal has 31 pineapples while Jean has 53 pineapples. How many pineapples does Jean have to give
Jamal so that they will have the same number of pineapples?

Answer: 11 pineapples
Total = 31 + 53 = 84 pineapples
So, each must have 42 pineapples. Jamal already has 31, so he needs 11 more so he will have 42.

14.) Counting from 37 to 59, how many two-digit numbers are even?

Answer: 11
(38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58)
15.) Determine if the sum of 12 + 14 + 16 + 33 is odd or even.

Answer: Odd
There is an odd number of odd numbers (only 33 is odd), so, the sum is odd

Or

You can manually add those numbers and determine if the sum is an odd or even number.

16.) Fill the blanks with ‘+’ and ‘-‘ to make the equation below correct.
11__9__5__1__2 = 4

Answer: -+--
11 – 9 + 5 – 1 – 2 = 4

17.)
By observing the pattern, from left to right, what is the missing figure?
Answer: square

■、▲、■、★、■、▲、■、★、？、▲、■、★、

18.) Fill the lines with ‘+’ and ‘-‘ to make the equation below correct. (Write down the complete
equation in the answer sheet)

3__8__10__4__5=10

Answer: 3+8-10+4+5=10
 Geometry

19.) How many square(s) is/are there figure below?

Answer: 13

20.) How many side(s) is/are there in the polygon below?

Answer: 18
 21.) How many interior angle(s) is/are there in the polygon below?

Answer: 6

22.) How many triangles are there in the figure below?

Answer: 6
23.) How many lines should be drawn to connect all four points below with one another?

Answer: 6

Given n number of points, the number of lines will be

(n-1) + (n-2) + … + 2 + 1
Hence,
= (4-1) + (4-2) + (4-3)
=3+2+1
=6

Combinatorics

24.) Which of the following numbers below is the smallest?

78789, 77889, 78778, 87878

Answer: 77889

25.) Sarah has 4 different blouses, 4 different skirts, and 3 different pairs of shoes. How many
different ways can he wear an outfit of 1 blouse, 1 skirt, and 1 pair of shoes?

Answer: 48
4 blouses x 4 skirts x 3 pairs of shoes = 48

26.) Choose 2 numbers from 1, 4, 6, and 8 without repetition to form 2-digit numbers, how many
different numbers can be formed?

Answer: 12
By listing all the 2-digit numbers,
(14, 16, 18, 41, 46, 48, 61, 64, 68, 81, 84, 86)
 27.) According to the following numbers, how many even numbers are there?
97, 96, 98, 56, 54, 37, 88

Answer: 5
(96, 98, 56, 54, 88)

28.) What is the smallest four-digit number that can be formed using the digits 7, 3, 9, and 6 without
repetition?

Answer: 3679
Arranging from smallest to largest, the order is 3-6-7-9

29.) What is the 3rd largest number among the numbers below?
98, 89, 87, 78, 79, 97

Answer: 89
Arranging from largest to smallest, the order is 98-97-89-87-79-78
The third one is 89

30.) Jay has 3 $5 notes, 4 $2 notes, 7 $1 notes. How many ways can he buy a book worth $17
without change?

Answer: 8

No. of ways
1 3
2 3
3 2
4 2
5 2
6 2
7 1
8 1
1 0
0 2
3 1
2 3
1 5
0 7
4 4
3 6