2013 WMI Competition

Grade 2 Part 1 Logical Reasoning Test

Problems 1–30: 5 points each for a total of 150 points.
1. Compute 36 + 38.
(A) 64 (B) 72 (C) 70 (D) 74

2. One ice cream cone sells at $10. How much is 8 cones?

(A) $18 (B) $80 (C) $50 (D) $81

3. About how long is one pencil ?

(A) 10 meters (B) 10 centimeters (C) 2 centimeters (D) 5 meters

4. If ◎ × 7 = 20, what is ◎ × 7 + 15 ?
(A) 20 (B) 36 (C) 22 (D) 35

5. Which one of the four 3–digit numbers 39●, 42●, 3●9, and 49● is the largest ?
(● represents the unknown digit of each number.)
(A) 39● (B) 42● (C) 3●9 (D) 49●

6. What is the sum of 5 and 9 ?

(A) 14 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 54

7. How much is to subtract 43 from 79 first and then add 24 ?

(A) 60 (B) 61 (C) 70 (D) 71

8. If one spider has 8 legs, how many feet do 6 spiders have?

(A) 15 (B) 44 (C) 48 (D) 14
9. If 80 – 10 – 10 – … – 10 = 0, how many 10’s must be subtracted ?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

10. If 60 pieces of chocolates are distributed to 12 people, how many would each person
get at the end ?
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

11. If May 20, 2001 is a Wednesday, then what day of the week is June 8, 2001?
(A) Sunday (B) Monday (C) Tuesday (D) Wednesday

12. In the number 666, what does the leftmost number of 6 mean ?
(A) Six 1’s (B) Six 10’s (C) Six 100’s (D) Six 1000’s

13. Fan ice cream shop is offering a “Buy Three Get One Free’ promotion. If each ice
cream costs $20 and Ken has $120, how many can he get ?
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

14. If 1 kilometer = 1000 meters, 5 kilometers and 200 meters = ?

(A) 1200 meters (B) 5200 meters (C) 3200 meters (D) 2500 meters

15. If a Campfire gathering starts at 7:30 tonight and it lasts two and a half hours, what
time will the Campfire end?
(A) 10:30 (B) 10:00 (C) 9:30 (D) 11:00

16. Observe the pattern for the following sequence of numbers and find the numbers for
◎ and □. 5, 1, 10, 2, 15, 4, ◎,7, 25, □, …
(A) ◎＝20, □＝11 (B) ◎＝20, □＝30
(C) ◎＝5, □＝30 (D) ◎＝6, □＝11

17. How many pieces of are used to compose the figure on the right?
(A) 23 (B) 24 (C) 20 (D) 16

18. Given a 3–digit number that is between 500 and 800 and has 8 as its unit digit. If its
tenth digit is half of the unit digit and the sum of its hundredth and tenth digits is 1
more than the unit digit, what is this 3–digit number ?
(A) 948 (B) 548 (C) 648 (D) 748
19. Julie has $373 and Judy has $379. If the amount June has differs from each of them
by $3, how much does June have ?
(A) $370 (B) $382 (C) $376 (D) $377

20. The figure on the right is the image of a clock Betsy sees in a
mirror. What is the time shown on the original clock?
(A) 10:30 (B) 1:30 (C) 2:30 (D) 11:30

21. There are two medium size wooden barrels inside a large barrel and each medium
barrel also holds four small barrels. If 2 large barrels were purchased, what is the
total number of barrels in this purchase ?
(A) 11 (B) 10 (C) 18 (D) 22

22. How long is the line segment in the figure below?

(A) 37 cm. (B) 46 cm. (C) 39 cm. (D) 55 cm.

23. Mother has bought less than 16 apples. If the apples are counted two at a time, there
would be 1 left over. If they are counted four at a time, there would be one apple
short. How many apples did Mother buy?
(A) 11 (B) 13 (C) 15 (D) 17

24. How many different trapezoids are in the figure on the right ?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 13 (D) 14

25. Wayne had bought 24 pieces of candies. He gave one half to his brother and he ate
one third of the remaining candies. How many candies did he still have ?
(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 4

26. Forty people are riding on a bus. Five people departed at Station A, 8 people
departed at Station B, and after people departed at Station C, there are only 12
people left. How many people had departed from the bus in total ?
(A) 30 (B) 38 (C) 25 (D) 28
27. From the four figures on the right, select the one that is a reflection of the one
shown on the left.

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

28. During a birthday party in school, the teacher hanged many balloons to decorate the
classroom following the pattern of Blue, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, Blue, …
What color is the number 63 balloon ?
(A) Red (B) Yellow (C) Blue (D) Green

29. Jimmy is playing a dart game. If he gets 100 points after 26 34

throwing 3 darts, what is the score for each dart he
threw ? 38
(A) 26, 34, 40 (B) 24, 38, 40 40
(C) 35, 40, 38 (D) 40, 38, 26
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30. Observe the four scales shown below, which item is the heaviest ?

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