February 2016

Grade Four Mathematics Contest

Please observe the following instructions:

1) You have 45 minutes to write the contest.
2) The contest is multiple-choice with four choices for each
question. Write the CAPITAL letter of the answer you choose
on the line to the right of each question.
3) Each question answered correctly is worth one mark, and the
sum of the correct answers is the score.
4) Marks are not taken off for wrong answers.
5) No calculators are allowed.

Student Name: ________________________

Score: / 30
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1) 7 + 14 + 23 + 39 + 6 + 11 =
A) 50 B) 100 C) 150 D) 200
2) 2×2×2×2×2×2×5×5×5×5×5×5 =
A) 1000 B) 10 000 C) 100 000 D) 1 000 000
3) Khalil reached into his pocket and pulled out $1.70 in change. Which of the
following coins could Khalil have to give a total of $1.70?
A) 4 quarters, B) 5 quarters, C) 6 dimes, D) 15 dimes,
5 dimes, 3 dimes, 5 nickels 2 nickels
2 nickels 3 nickels
4) The number of sides of a hexagon ÷ the number of sides of a triangle + the number
of sides of a pentagon =
A) 1 B) 2 C) 5 D) 7
5) The temperature was 15 degrees on Monday. A cold snap hit and the temperature
dropped 23 degrees on Tuesday, then warmed up on Wednesday and rose 12
degrees. What was the temperature on Wednesday?
A) –5 degrees B) 0 degrees C) 4 degrees D) 12 degrees
6) Seven explorers were canoeing at the lake, when along came an alligator.
All but 4 explorers were scared of the alligator.
How many explorers were not scared of the alligator?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 7 D) 9
7) 7 ! ÷ 5! + 3! =(Hint: 4! = 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 )
A) 12 B) 48 C) 50 D) 252
8) What is the number of days in March minus the number of days in 3 weeks added
to the number of days in a non-leap year?
A) 375 B) 377 C) 399 D) 417
9) Ronaldo’s soccer game is 3 days before 4 days after the day before eight days
prior to yesterday. If tomorrow is June 22, when is Ronaldo’s game?
A) June 12 B) June 22 C) June 28 D) July 1
10) Three more than 4 less than the triple of 3 equals .
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8

11) Stephanie sewed 24 stuffed snakes. She sewed 13 that were salmon-coloured, 17
that were silver and 6 that were both salmon and silver. How many were only
silver?
A) 6 B) 11 C) 13 D) 17

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12) On April Fool’s Day, Vicky entered her classroom to discover that someone had
taken off all the legs from chairs and stools! The chairs all had 4 legs, and the
stools all had 3 legs. If there were 24 seats in the class, and 92 legs, how many
chairs (not stools) did Vicky and her classmates have to put back together?
A) 4 B) 12 C) 20 D) 24
13) What is the sum of the first seven prime numbers?
A) 11 B) 33 C) 58 D) 1 505
14) What is the next term in the following sequence? 1, 2, 6, 15, 31, _____
A) 46 B) 56 C) 65 D) 92
15) During the summer, Jonah decided to learn how to build a spaceship by reading a
manual that was 98 pages long! If he started on the top of page 74 and read to the
end of the manual, how many pages did he read?
A) 25 B) 27 C) 170 D) 172
16) Lillian’s lollipops come in packages of 18. Linus’s lollipops come in packages of 24.
Lisa bought the same number of lollipops from Linus and Lillian. If none of the
packages were opened, what’s the least number of lollipops she bought from Linus
and Lillian altogether?
A) 36 B) 48 C) 84 D) 144
17) The sum of five consecutive numbers is 500. What is the largest of these
numbers?
A) 99 B) 100 C) 101 D) 102
18) Yesterday I went to sleep at 10 p.m. The clock started to strike 10 p.m. but I was
so tired that I fell asleep before I heard all 10 strikes. Before falling asleep, I
heard the clock strike 3 times and that took a total of 10 seconds. How much
longer did I need to stay awake if I wanted to hear all 10 strikes before falling
asleep?
A) 30 seconds B) 35 seconds C) 40 seconds D) 45 seconds
19) I have a circle and I want to divide it with chords. If 1 chord divides the
1
circle into 2 regions, what is the maximum number of regions I can make
2
with 5 chords?
A) 11 B) 13 C) 14 D) 16
20) I can fold 14 paper cranes in 2 days. My sister can fold 21 paper cranes in a week.
If we work together, how many paper cranes can we fold in the month of June?
A) 35 B) 300 C) 310 D) 1050
21) What is the smallest number listed below that is divisible by both 6 and 11?
A) 252 B) 891 C) 1 452 D) 1 574
22) How many ways can you rearrange the letters in the word SHARK, not including
the way that spells SHARK?
A) 119 B) 120 C) 159 D) 160
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23) What is the product of the smallest 2-digit palindrome and the largest 3-digit
palindrome?
A) 1089 B) 9999 C) 10989 D) 99999
24) James scored an average of 74 on his first three tests. What would he need to
score on his fourth test to raise his average to 80?
A) 80 B) 86 C) 98 D) 100
25) In exactly 672 hours I will be leaving for a vacation! It is currently 12:00 noon on
March 1st. On what day will I leave for my vacation?
A) March 28 at B) March 28 at C) March 29 at D) March 29 at noon
midnight noon midnight
26) If you write the number 6 in Roman numerals and rotate it 180° four times, which
of the following pictures show the result?
A) VI B) C) IV D) IX
VI

27) A pizza was cut into 12 slices. Mary ate two thirds of the pizza. Kate ate one
quarter of the remaining. How many slices did Kate eat?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
28) Brenda promised to bake Brad some banana bread if he was able to get a sum of 5
when rolling 2 cubic dice. What is the probability that Brad would get his banana
bread?
1 1 1 1
A) B) C) D)
4 9 12 36
29) Sandra built a rectangular solid with cubes. Each cube has six faces.
She glued the solid to a piece of Bristol board and then painted
all the visible faces. How many faces did not have paint on them?

A) 12 B) 24 C) 40 D) 44
30) How many rectangles are in the figure below?

A) 11 B) 20 C) 21 D) 28

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