Math Kangaroo-style Practice Test 1 (Grade 1)
A free Math Kangaroo competition practice paper for Grade 1 in the format of the real test: 24 questions in 75 minutes, covering Section A — 3-point questions; Section B — 4-point questions; Section C — 5-point questions. 75 minutes, no calculator. Each question has one correct answer (A–E). In the real contest, Section A questions are worth 3 points, Section B 4 points and Section C 5 points, and there is no penalty for a wrong answer, so answer every question. Attempt it online — every question is marked instantly and the correct answers are shown at the end.
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Q1. How many more triangles than circles are in the picture?
Q2. Freddy the frog starts on stone 0. Each jump takes him 3 stones forward, as the arrow shows. On which of these stones will he land?
Q3. Today is Thursday. Tomorrow Ella goes to the zoo. Two days after the zoo trip, she goes to the park. On which day does she go to the park?
Q4. The gray board has a white hole in it. Which piece fits the hole exactly?
Q5. Nina draws shapes in a pattern that repeats again and again. What will the 16th shape be?
Q6. Five snakes lie on dotted grids. The dots are all the same distance apart. Which snake is the longest?
Q7. I am bigger than 14 and smaller than 19. When you add my two digits, you get 7. What number am I?
Q8. Kanga starts on the square with K. She follows these arrows: → → ↑ ↑ ↑ ←. Each arrow moves her one square. At which house does she stop?
Q9. Both scales are balanced. How many plums weigh the same as one pineapple?
Q10. Five cards lie on a table, one on top of another. Which card is at the very bottom?
Q11. A piece of paper was folded in half along the red dashed line. Then Lily punched 3 holes through both layers. What does the paper look like when she opens it?
Q12. Five children stand in a line from tallest to shortest. Dan is the tallest of all. Ben is taller than Anna. Cora is shorter than Anna. Eli is shorter than Cora. Who stands in the middle of the line?
Q13. Kanga built these steps with blocks. She wants to fill in the dashed squares to make a full square wall, 5 blocks wide and 5 blocks high. How many more blocks does she need?
Q14. Each shape stands for a number. The same shapes stand for the same number. What number is the circle?
Q15. Children stand in a line. Mia is 4th from the front and 3rd from the back. How many children are in the line?
Q16. The picture shows how many fish four children caught. How many fish did Ann and Ben catch together?
Q17. Sam has three coins: 1 cent, 5 cents and 10 cents. He can pay with one, two or all three of them. How many different amounts of money can he pay?
Q18. A mouse starts in the top left room and goes to the bottom right room. It moves only right or down. It eats all the cheese in every room it visits, including the first and last room. What is the most cheese it can eat?
Q19. Tom gives this card a half turn, so the top ends up at the bottom. What does the card look like now?
Q20. Ann, Bob and Liv each have one pet: a dog, a rabbit or a fish. They all have different pets. Bob's pet has no fur. Ann does not have the dog. Which sentence is true?
Q21. Eva and Max have 12 marbles in all. Eva has 4 more marbles than Max. How many marbles does Max have?
Q22. Ben makes digits with sticks, as shown. He has exactly 10 sticks. He uses all of them to make one two-digit number. Which number can he make?
Q23. How many squares of any size can you find in this picture?
Q24. Rosa has one red, one blue and one green block. She stacks all three to make a tower, like the one in the picture. How many different towers can she make?
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