T. H. Rogers Math Tournament
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On the contest and in the sample paper, there will be multiple choice answers for K-2 grades.(45 minutes)
KG ,1stand 2ndgrade Problems for Mathletes.CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. Todd has 2 toys. Sam has 2 toys. Henry has 13 toys. How many toys are there in all?
Ans: 1 toy
17 toys
12 toys
2. Tom has9 chocolates in his bag. Ron has 5 chocolates lesser than Tom. How many chocolates does Ron have?
Ans:4 chocolates
5 chocolates
14 chocolates
3.6, 9, 12, 15, 18,______
What comes next?
Ans:20
23
21
4. Don ran 19 miles in one hour. Zoe ran 29 miles in 60 minutes. Who ran faster?
Ans:Don
Sam
Zoe
5. Hare loved carrots. He ate them all. There were 5 carrots in a bunch and 7 carrots in another bunch. How many carrots did the hare eat?
Ans:11 carrots
12 carrots
2 carrots
6. One cat plays with two balls of yarn. How many balls of yarn, in all, will 5 cats need to play?
Ans:5 balls
6 balls
10 balls
7. Sonya has 10 pens. Tony has only 4 pens. How many more pens does Sonya have than Tony?
Ans:6 pens
7 pens
14 pens
8.
A.B.C.
Which shape has 1 less side than a hexagon?
Ans:A.
B.
C.
9.
A.B.C.
Which shape has the least number of sides?
Ans:A.
B.
C.
10. Which shape has sides that are curved, not straight?A. B.
Ans:A.
B.
11 A dog runs 10 miles per day. How many miles will it run in 3 weeks?
Ans:190 miles
200 miles
210 miles
12. There are 40 bags of corn in each silo. There are 80 silos in the village. How many bags of corn does the village have?
Ans:3000 bags
3200 bags
2200 bags
13. There are 1208 students in our school. 349 students were absent. How many students are present in school?
Ans.869 students
859 students
849 students
14. 2,500 years ago, in ancient Mesopotamia, ones were written as , tens as , and 60 as . Y How would they write 124 in Mesopotamia those days?
Ans:
15. and 16.
Knights and a dragon Three knights came to their king and told him that they had killed a dragon.
Knight A: “Knight B killed the dragon!”
Knight B: “Knight C killed the dragon!”
Knight C: “I killed the dragon!”
15. If all the knights lied, who must have killed the dragon?Ans:A,B,C knight
16. If only one knight told the truth, then who killed the dragon? Ans:A,B,C knight
These are a few problems in the sample paper. The question paper will have many more types of problems and will have higher skill level problems. Paper is for K – 2 grades. No countdown round for K-2 only written exam.
Schedule: Explanation of rules, written exam, countdown round, Vote of Thanks, awards ceremony.
Register for the T.H. Rogers Math Tournament by 1/20/16.
Answers for K, 1stand 2ndgrade problems
1. 17 toys
2.4 chocolates
3.21
4.Zoe
5.12 carrots
6.10 balls
7.6 pens
8.B
9.A
10.A
11.10X 21 – 210 miles
12. 40 X 30= 3200 bags
13. 1208 – 349 = 859 students
14.▼▼∆∆∆∆ = 120 +4 = 124
▼ stands for 60 ▼ + ▼ = 60+ 60 = 120
∆ = 1 ∆∆∆∆ = 1+1+1+1 = 4 ▼▼∆∆∆∆ = 120 +4 = 124
15.A Knight
16.B Knight
These are a few sample problems. The question paper will have many more types of problems and will have higher skill level problems. Paper is for K – 2 grades.
Register for the T.H. Rogers Math Tournament by 2/19/16.