GRADE 1
Spirit of Math
International Contest 2022
In collaboration with SMILE developed by Stanford University
INSTRUCTIONS
1 You have 30 minutes to write
the contest.
2 The contest is multiple-choice
with four choices for each question.
3 Write the CAPITAL letter of the answer you choose
on the line to the right of each question.
4 Each question answered correctly is worth one mark,
and the sum of the correct answers is the score.
5
Marks are not taken off for wrong
answers.
6 No calculators or other counting
tools are allowed.
Student Name: Score: /20
2022 Spirit of Math Grade 1 Contest
1) 9+1+4+6=?
A) 10 B) 15 C) 20 D) 30 ____
2) Which of the following is a triangle?
A) B) C) D) ____
3) What comes next in the pattern? 2, 4, 6, 8, ___
A) 9 B) 10 C) 11 D) 12 ____
4) Which day of the week comes right after Thursday?
A) Friday B) Monday C) Sunday D) Tuesday ____
5) Maya planted 8 flowers. Shirley planted 7 flowers. How many
flowers did Maya and Shirley plant altogether?
A) 12 B) 13 C) 14 D) 15 ____
6) What is the date three days before August 11th?
A) August 7th B) August 8th C) August 9th D) August 10th ____
7) Elijah’s favourite animal, a penguin, has two feet. Elijah
saw six penguins at the zoo. He counted all their feet. How
many feet did he count?
A) 6 B) 9 C) 10 D) 12 ____
Space for rough work
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8) Marya has two pieces of a puzzle that fit together
to make a square. On the right, there is a picture of
one of the pieces, what must the other piece look like?
A) B) C) D)
____
9) Ian is 4 years older than I am. If I am 6 years old, how old is Ian?
A) 2 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10 ____
10) Lisa played the piano from 4:30 p.m. until 4:50 p.m. How long did
Lisa play the piano?
A) 20 minutes B) 25 minutes C) 30 minutes D) 50 minutes ____
11) There are two cats sitting on the street, a grey cat and a white cat.
One of the cats is not a white cat, what is the other one?
A) A dog B) A pink cat C) A grey cat D) A white cat ____
Space for rough work
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12) Daria cut her square birthday cake into 16 equal
pieces before she shared it with her friends.
The remaining pieces of cake are shown in gray
to the right. How many pieces of cake were
eaten?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8 ____
13) Amy and her three friends want to share a cucumber
for a snack. How many parallel cuts will Amy need to
make so that each person gets one piece of cucumber?
What is the first thing you need to figure out before solving this
problem?
A) How long the cucumber is. C) How long it takes Amy to cut
one piece of cucumber.
B) How many parallel cuts Amy D) How many pieces of ____
needs to make. cucumber are needed in total.
14) Eleven students bought books at the annual book fair. Six students
bought comic books, eight students bought poetry books and some of
those students bought both. How many students bought both books?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 6 ____
Space for rough work
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15) Six children went to the Spooky Shadow Halloween Party.
All but two children wore a happy mask. How many
children did NOT wear a happy mask?
A) 2 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 ____
16) Aarav baked 19 cookies. He wants to put them in boxes with four
cookies in each box. How many full boxes of cookies can he make?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5 ____
17) Ava, Brie, Cate, and Dia rode their bicycles in a race. Cate finished
behind Brie who finished behind Ava. Ava was not in front. Who
finished in second place?
A) Ava B) Brie C) Cate D) Dia ____
Space for rough work
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18) Martha made a Mega Cube by gluing eight
small cubes together. She accidentally dropped
her Mega Cube into a paint bucket, and her
entire cube got covered in blue paint. How many
faces of the small cubes have paint on them?
A) 12 B) 16 C) 20 D) 24 ____
19) Hassina uses and to represent two different 2
digits in the addition problem on the right. What is
the sum of and ? + 3
2
A) 10 B) 11 C) 12 D) 13 ____
Space for rough work
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20) How many triangles of all sizes are in this picture?
A) 14 B) 16 C) 18 D) 20 ____
Space for rough work
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