2016_Questions_Grades 5-6-2016_Questions_Levels

2016_Questions_Levels_5&6

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The MATH KANGAROO 2016 document provides a set of math problems from a competition aimed at different levels of participants. These problems cover a variety of mathematical concepts and are designed to test problem-solving skills and logical reasoning. <br /><br />The document is organized into problems worth 3, 4, and 5 points, indicating varying levels of difficulty. For instance, among the 3-point problems, participants are asked to determine geometrical properties like symmetry in traffic signs, divide a pizza into fractional parts, cut a thread into specified lengths, or discern how many intercourses of knives and forks are needed to set a table properly.<br /><br />More complex, 4-point problems include logical puzzles like determining schedules for workers in a kindergarten, distributing numbers among squirrels collecting nuts, and calculating the necessary shoes for centipedes or cats feeding durations. An example problem asks to determine how many days a new set of cats can be fed with a limited amount of food.<br /><br />The 5-point problems demand deeper combinatorial reasoning and spatial visualization, such as calculating the attributes of geometric shapes after transformations, finding patterns with given constraints, or predicting outcomes after performing a series of operations, such as folding and cutting paper or manipulating numbers using specified operations.<br /><br />Each problem provides multiple-choice answers, from which the participants must choose the correct one. The document serves not only as a test of knowledge but also as an engaging way to challenge students’ abilities to think critically and analytically about various topics in mathematics.

Keywords

Math Kangaroo 2016

math competition

problem-solving

logical reasoning

geometrical properties

combinatorial reasoning

multiple-choice

mathematical concepts

spatial visualization

critical thinking