Are You Smarter Than A Fourth Grader?

Here are 12 of the 30 questions from the 2016 Whatcom County Math Championship test given to fourth graders. To beat math champ Ethan Rockwell of Silver Beach Elementary, you will need to get at least nine of the 12 correct. How many can you get right (even with the help of multiple choice)? No calculators, Google or mathematically inclined friends allowed (not even fourth-graders).

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On Apr 1, 2016

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What is the average of the first 5 even numbers?

2 / 12

If 9 more than four times a number is 61, what is the number?

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What is the sum of the first 8 square numbers?

4 / 12

When it is 11:00, what is the angle measure between the minute hand and the hour hand?

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How many prime numbers are there between 1 and 30?

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As Elsa counts backwards from 212 to -40 by 3s, she takes one step; 209 would be the first step. On what step will she count the number 32?

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How many ways are there to arrange the letters in the word BRICK?

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Rene can make 4 crepes in 12 minutes. How many crepes can he make in an hour and a half?

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Point M is the midpoint of line segment AB, B is at (20,4), M is at (18, -2) and A is at (p,q). What is p+q?

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A water lily doubles itself every day. If it takes six days for a 4-foot-by-5-foot pond to be covered by lilies from the first batch of 120 lilies, on what day was the pond half full?

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Using only nickels, dimes and quarters, how many ways can you make 95 cents?

12 / 12

What percent of 48 is 60?

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