KSF 2021 – Benjamin (B)

3 points problems

1. Which of the following solid shapes can be made with these 6 bricks?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

2. In how many places in the picture are two chil-

dren holding each other with their left hands?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

3. In the square you can see the digits from 1 to 9. A number is created by starting at the star,
following the line and writing down the digits along the line while passing. For
example, the line shown represents the number 42685. Which of the following
lines represents the largest number?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

4. Sofie wants to write the word KENGU by using letters from the
boxes. She can only take one letter from each box. What letter must
Sofie take from box 4?

(A) K (B) E (C) N (D) G (E) U

5. When the 5 pieces are fitted together correctly, the result is a rec-
tangle with a calculation written on it. What is the answer to this calculation?

(A) 22 (B) 32 (C) 41 (D) 122 (E) 203

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6. A measuring tape is wound around a cylinder. What number should be at the place
shown by the question mark?

(A) 53 (B) 60 (C) 69 (D) 77 (E) 81

7. The 5 figures on the grid can only move in the directions indicated by
the black arrows. Which figure can leave through gate G?

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E

8. Carin is going to paint the walls in her room green. The green paint is too dark, so she mixes it with white
paint. She tries different mixtures. Which of the following mixtures will give the darkest green colour?

(A) 1 part green + 3 parts white (B) 2 parts green + 6 parts white (C) 3 parts green+ 9 parts white
(D) 4 parts green + 12 parts white (E) They will all be equally dark

9. Mary had a piece of paper. She folded it exactly in

half. Then she folded it exactly in half again.

She got this shape . Which of the shapes P, Q

or R could have been the shape of her original piece of
paper?

(A) only P (B) only Q (C) only R (D) only P or Q (E) any of P, Q or R

10. There is a square with line segments drawn inside it. The line segments are drawn either from the verti-
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ces or the midpoints of other line segments. We coloured of the large square. Which one is our coloring?
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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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4 points problems

11. The number 5021972970 is written on a sheet of paper. Julian cuts the sheet twice, so he gets 3 num-
bers. What is the smallest sum he can get by adding these 3 numbers?

(A) 3244 (B) 3444 (C) 5172 (D) 5217 (E) 5444

12. The map shows three bus stations at points A, B and C. A tour from station A to
the Zoo and the Port and back to A is 10 km long. A tour from station B to the Park
and the Zoo and back to B is 12 km long. A tour from station C to the Port and the
Park and back to C is 13 km long. Also, A tour from the Zoo to the Park and the Port
and back to the Zoo is 15 km long. How long is the shortest tour from A to B to C and
back to A?

(A) 18 km (B) 20 km (C) 25 km (D) 35 km (E) 50 km

13. Rosa wants to start at the arrow, follow the line, and get out at the
other arrow. Which piece is it NOT possible to put in the middle to obtain
that?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

14. The diagram shows 3 hexagons with numbers at their vertices, but some
numbers are invisible. The sum of the 6 numbers around each hexagon is 30.
What is the number on the vertex marked with a question mark?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

15. 3 rectangles of the same height are positioned as shown. The numbers within
the rectangles indicate their areas in cm2. If AB = 6 cm, how long is the distance
CD?

(A) 7 cm (B) 7,5 cm (C) 8 cm (D) 8.2 cm (E) 8.5 cm

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16. A triangular pyramid is built with 10 identical balls, like this . Each ball has one of the letters A,
B, C, D and E on it. There are 2 balls marked with each letter. The picture shows 3 side views of the pyramid.
What is the letter on the ball with the question mark?

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E

17. Ronja had four white tokens and Wanja had four grey tokens. They played a game in which they took
turns to place one of their tokens to create two piles. Ronja placed her first token first. Which pair of piles
could they not create?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

18. Three pirates were asked how many coins and how many di-
amonds their friend Graybeard had. Each of the three told the
truth to one question but told a lie to the other. Their answers
are written on the piece of paper pictured. What is the total num-
ber of coins and diamonds that Graybeard has?

(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15

19. There were 20 apples and 20 pears in a box. Carl randomly took 20 pieces of fruit from the box and Luca
took the rest. Which of the following statements is always true?
(A) Carl got at least one pear.
(B) Carl got as many apples as pears.
(C) Carl got as many pears as Luca.
(D) Carl got as many pears as Luca got apples.
(E) Carl got as many apples as Luca.

20. In a railway line between the cities X and Y, the trains can meet, traveling in opposite directions, only in
one of its stretches, in which the line is double. The trains take 180 minutes to go from X to Y and 60 minutes
to go from Y to X, at constant speeds. On this line, a train can start from X at the same instant that a train
starts from Y, without them colliding during the trip. Which of the following figures represents the line?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

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5 points problems

21. Ann, Bob, Carina, Dan and Ed are sitting at a round table. Ann is not next to Bob, Dan is next to Ed and
Bob is not next to Dan. Which two people are sitting next to Carina?

(A) Ann and Bob (B) Bob and Dan (C) Dan and Ed (D) Ed and Ann (E) It is not possible to be certain

22. Maurice asked the canteen chef for the recipe for his pancakes. Maurice
has 6 eggs, 400g flour, 0,5 liters of milk and 200g butter. What is the largest
number of pancakes he can make using this recipe?

(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 15

23. The picture shows 3 gears with a black gear tooth on each. Which picture shows the cor-
rect position of the black teeth after the small gear has turned a full turn clockwise?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

24. An apple and an orange weigh as much as a pear and a peach. An apple and a pear weigh less than an
orange and a peach, and a pear and an orange weigh less than an apple and a peach. Which of the pieces of
fruit is the heaviest?

(A) apple (B) orange (C) peach (D) pear (E) impossible to determine

25. What is the smallest number of shaded squares that can be added to the diagram
to create a design, including the grid, with 4 axes of symmetry?

(A) 1 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 13 (E) 21

26. My little brother has a 4-digit bike lock with the digits 0 to 9 on each part of the lock as
shown. He started on the correct combination and turned each part the same amount in the
same direction and now the lock shows the combination 6348. Which of the following CAN-
NOT be the correct combination of my brother's lock?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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27. Each shelf holds a total of 64 deciliters of apple juice. The bottles have
three different sizes: large, medium and small. How many deciliters of apple
juice does a medium bottle contain?

(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 14

28. A large cube has side-length 7cm. On each of its 6 faces, the two diagonals are drawn in red. The large
cube is then cut into small cubes with side-length 1cm. How many small cubes will have at least one red line
drawn on it?

(A) 54 (B) 62 (C) 70 (D) 78 (E) 86

29. In a group of 10 elves and trolls, each were given a token with a different number from 1 to 10 written
upon it. They were each asked what number was on their token and all answered with a number from 1 to
10. The sum of the answers was 36. Each troll told a lie and each elf told the truth. What is the smallest
number of trolls there could be in the group?"

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 7

30. There are rectangular cards divided into 4 equal cells with different shapes
, , , drawn in each cell. Cards can be placed side by side only if the
same shapes appear in adjacent cells on their common side. 9 cards are used
to form a rectangle as shown in the figure. Which of the following cards was
definitely NOT used to form this rectangle?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

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