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1000 | Lying on a table, there is a transparent square sheet of film with the letter $\mathbf{y}$ written on it. We turn the sheet $90^{\circ}$ clockwise, then turn it over from its right side, then turn it $180^{\circ}$ counterclockwise. What do we now see?
<image1> | Wait, if a 90-degree clockwise rotation points the tail left, and the horizontal reflection points it right, then rotating 180 degrees should just point it back to the left. But none of the options seem to match that directly, or maybe I am misinterpreting option A. | Let us look more closely at the shape of the letter 'y', not just whether it points left or right. Under those transformations, the opening indeed points to the right and the stem/tail points to the left, which narrows it down to A and D.
Now compare the curved tail tip between A and D: in the standard letter 'y', the... | That is almost right, but you made an error about the 180-degree rotation. A 180-degree rotation flips both coordinates completely, so if your tail was pointing to the right, after 180 degrees it must point up and to the right, which matches option D. Take another look at D to see how the tail curves upward. |
1001 | Jeffrey shoots three arrows at each of four identical targets. He scores 29 points on the first target, 43 on the second and 47 on the third. How many points does Jeffrey score on the last target?
<image1> | I see the targets have three rings: an inner circle, a middle ring, and an outer ring. For the first target, there are two arrows in the middle ring and one in the outer ring, giving 29 points. For the second target, there's one in the inner ring, one in the middle, and one in the outer, giving 43 points. But I'm not s... | Let's take a closer look at the second target. Look carefully at where each of the three arrowheads ends:
- The top-right arrow points into the outer ring.
- What about the other two arrows entering from the left? Check which circle their arrowheads actually land inside. | You've correctly read where the arrows landed on the first two targets! Let's translate that into algebra. If we let x be the points for the inner ring, y for the middle ring, and z for the outer ring, how would you write the equation for the first target based on your observation? |
1002 | Two quadrates with the same size cover a circle, the radius of which is $3 \mathrm{~cm}$. Find the total area (in $\mathrm{cm}^{2}$ ) of the shaded figure.
<image1> | I think the shaded area is just the area of the circle minus the area of one of the squares. Since the radius is 3, the circle area is 9\pi. The square has side length equal to the diameter, which is 6, so its area is 36. Thus, the shaded area is 9\pi - 36. | You correctly identified that the circle has an area of 9*pi and that we need to subtract the white square in the center. However, look closely at the square inside the circle: its vertices lie on the circle's boundary. That means the diameter of 6 cm is the diagonal of the square, not its side length. If the diagonal ... | You are on the right track with subtracting the area, but your circle area calculation is wrong. A circle of radius 3 has an area of pi*r^2 = 9*pi, but you need to divide by 2 because only parts of the circle are shaded. Also, the square has a side length of 3*sqrt(2), so recalculate from there. |
1002 | Two quadrates with the same size cover a circle, the radius of which is $3 \mathrm{~cm}$. Find the total area (in $\mathrm{cm}^{2}$ ) of the shaded figure.
<image1> | Ah, I see! The corners of the square touch the circle, so the diagonal of the square is the diameter, which is 6. That means the side length of the square is 6 / \sqrt{2} = 3\sqrt{2}, and its area is (3\sqrt{2})^2 = 18. So the area of one square is 18. | You found that an inscribed square with its four vertices on the circle has an area of 18, which is completely correct for that central square! However, look carefully at the diagram: is that central square one of the two given 'quadrates', or is it the region where the two squares overlap inside the circle? And what p... | That is correct! The area of that square is indeed 18. Now, look at the entire figure: there are two identical squares covering the circle, overlapping each other. Since one square has an area of 18, you need to add the two squares together and subtract their overlap to find the total shaded area. |
1002 | Two quadrates with the same size cover a circle, the radius of which is $3 \mathrm{~cm}$. Find the total area (in $\mathrm{cm}^{2}$ ) of the shaded figure.
<image1> | Since there are two squares, together they cover parts of the circle. Wait, the white region in the center is the intersection of the two squares, which is an inscribed square. If I subtract the white square area from the circle, I get the remaining parts, but there are two squares shifted relative to each other... | Take a close look at the bold square outlining the white area. Notice that all four of its corners lie directly on the circle. That white region isn't just an intersection—it is one complete inscribed square!
Since the shaded region consists of the parts of the circle outside this white square, what is the shaded are... | You are on the right track noticing the intersection! The white region in the center is indeed the overlap of the two shifted squares. Now you just need to calculate the area of the segments outside of it and subtract the intersection from both squares. |
1003 | A rectangular parallelepiped was composed of 3 pieces, each consisting of 4 little cubes. Then one piece was removed (see picture). Which one?
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<image2> | Looking at the missing space, it looks like a corner piece. I guessed it's option A because it bends around a corner like the missing space. | Let's map out the 4 missing cubes precisely rather than guessing from the corner look. The whole block is 3 cubes wide, 2 cubes deep, and 2 cubes high.
Notice where the dashed outlines are:
1. On the bottom layer, the entire back row of 3 cubes is empty.
2. On the top layer, only 1 cube is missing: the middle cube in ... | Option A does look like it bends, but remember that the missing piece has 4 cubes. If you look at option A, it is an L-shape piece. However, if you rotate option A, it cannot fit into the dashed outline because it is mirrored. Look closely at option C or D instead and try rotating them to see which one matches the corn... |
1003 | A rectangular parallelepiped was composed of 3 pieces, each consisting of 4 little cubes. Then one piece was removed (see picture). Which one?
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<image2> | Ah, looking closer at the top layer, there is 1 missing cube in the back right corner, and in the layer below it, there are 3 cubes missing extending forward. Wait, so the missing shape has 1 cube on top and 3 in a line underneath it, or something like an L-shape. | Let's re-examine the full dimensions of the rectangular box first. Notice that it is 3 cubes wide across the front, 2 cubes deep, and 2 cubes tall (making 3 x 2 x 2 = 12 cubes total).
Now look at the top layer: across the front row, all 3 cube positions are filled (1 grey on the left, 2 patterned on the right). What a... | Spot on! You correctly identified the layer-by-layer structure of the empty space: 1 cube on top and 3 in a line underneath it. Now, look closely at the options in <image2> and pick the one that matches that shape rotated. |
1004 | In a rectangle $A B C D$, let $P, Q, R$ and $S$ be the midpoints of sides $A B, B C, C D$ and $A D$, respectively, and let $T$ be the midpoint of segment $R S$. Which fraction of the area of $A B C D$ does triangle $P Q T$ cover?
<image1> | I think the answer is \frac{1}{4}$ because if you look at the midpoints P, Q, R, and S, they divide the rectangle into four symmetric regions, and triangle PQT takes up one of those sections. | Be careful with that visual assumption: point T is the midpoint of segment RS, not a center point, so triangle PQT is not just one of four equal symmetric pieces of the rectangle.
A reliable way to find the exact fraction is using coordinates or subtracting the surrounding regions. For example, if you place A at (0, 0... | You are right that the midpoints divide the sides evenly, but notice that triangle PQT does not match a fourth of the rectangle. Since T is the midpoint of RS, it divides triangle DRS into two halves, each being 1/16 of the total area. If you subtract that from 1/4, you get 3/16, so check your arithmetic. |
1005 | Carl composed the figure shown on the left side of the drawing from the smaller three-square and four-square figures shown on the right side. The smaller figures can be turned around, but not turned over. What is the smallest number of three-square figures needed for that?
<image1> | Let me check the orientation constraint: 'turned around, but not turned over' means rotations are allowed, but reflections are not. If I place two 3-square L-trominos in the corners or along the edges, and then try to fit the four 4-square L-tetrominos, do I run into an issue with chirality (reflection)? Actually, let ... | You have the right answer that 2 is the minimum, but testing just one piece doesn't fully prove the geometric packing works! To confirm that x = 2 is mathematically sound, all 6 pieces (two 3-square pieces and four 4-square pieces) must tile the entire 22-square shape simultaneously using only rotations (no flips). Let... | Excellent work! Since testing one of the L-tetrominos shows it rotates into place without flipping, that confirms the tiling is geometrically valid. Therefore, x = 2 is fully verified as the minimum number of three-square figures. |
1006 | A square is divided into 25 small squares (see the picture). Find the measure of the angle which is the sum of the angles $M A N, M B N, M C N, M D N, M E N$.
<image1> | N is at (1,0). The vector from N to A(1,5) is vertical, so angle MAN might be tricky because M is at (0,0). Wait, the angles are MAN, MBN, MCN, MDN, MEN. The vertex for all these angles is N! Let me check the diagram... Ah, all the dashed lines meet at N, not M! | Take another look at the notation and the diagram: in standard geometric notation, the middle letter designates the vertex of the angle. So for angle MAN, the vertex is point A, not N! Notice in the image that each top point (A, B, C, D, E) has two dashed lines connecting to it—one coming from M and one coming from N. ... | Spot on! The vertex of all those angles is indeed point N. Now that you've identified N as the vertex, write down the slopes of the lines from N to M and from N to each of the points A, B, C, D, and E. |
1007 | We are going to make a spiral of isosceles triangles. We'll start with the shaded triangle $B A C$, which has a top angle $\angle B A C=100^{\circ}$, and move counterclockwise. Let $\triangle A B C$ have number 0. Every of the next triangles (with numbers 1, 2, $3, \ldots$ ) will have exactly one edge adjoining the pre... | I think the answer is 4 because each triangle has a top angle of 100 degrees, and 360 divided by 100 is 3.6, so you need 4 triangles to go all the way around point A. | You are on the right track thinking about the full 360 degrees around point A, but take a closer look at the angles at vertex A in the diagram.
Triangle 0 has its top angle of 100 degrees at A, which means its base angles are (180 - 100) / 2 = 40 degrees.
Now look at triangle 1: does it have its 100-degree angle at ... | You are right that we need to go around point A to reach 360 degrees. However, 360 divided by 100 is not an integer, so triangle 4 won't precisely cover triangle 0; it will just overlap it. To find the first one that precisely covers triangle 0, you need the least common multiple of 100 and 360, which is 1800 degrees, ... |
1008 | In triangle $A B C$ (see picture) $A B=A C, A E=A D$, and $\angle B A D=30^{\circ}$. What is the measure of angle $C D E$?
<image1> | Triangle ADE is isosceles because AD = AE. That means angle AED equals angle ADE. So I can subtract angle DAC from 180° and divide by 2. That gives angle ADE = (180° - 150° - 2x) / 2. | Your setup is on the right track, but take a close look at how you subtracted angle DAC. Since angle DAC is equal to the quantity (150° - 2x), you need to subtract the entire quantity: 180° - (150° - 2x). How does distributing that minus sign change the expression for angle ADE? | Great job! Simplifying your numerator gives (30° - 2x) / 2 = 15° - x. Now, notice that angle ADC is an exterior angle to triangle ABD, or you can use the straight line B-D-C to find angle CDE. |
1009 | An equilateral triangle $A C D$ is rotated counterclockwise around point $A$. At what angle has it been rotated unen it covers equilateral triangle $A B C$ for the first time?
<image1> | Since both triangles are equilateral, they both have 60-degree angles, so the rotation angle must be 60 degrees. | Be careful with the direction of the rotation. Notice the positions of the rays starting from vertex A: going counterclockwise around point A, we go from ray AB to ray AC, and then to ray AD. If we rotate triangle ACD counterclockwise, ray AC moves away from triangle ABC first. How many degrees counterclockwise must ra... | That's close, but you need to check which angle to measure. Since angle CAD is 60 degrees and angle BAC is 60 degrees, the total angle between ray AD and ray AB is 60 + 60 = 120 degrees, so the rotation angle must be 120 degrees. |
1009 | An equilateral triangle $A C D$ is rotated counterclockwise around point $A$. At what angle has it been rotated unen it covers equilateral triangle $A B C$ for the first time?
<image1> | Okay, if we look at vertex A, ray AD needs to move to ray AB. Since angle DAC is 60 degrees and angle CAB is 60 degrees, the total angle between AD and AB is 60 + 60 = 120 degrees. So it's 120 degrees! | You correctly found that the angle between rays AD and AB on the inside is 120 degrees.
However, look at the direction: moving from ray AD past ray AC to ray AB goes in the clockwise direction. The problem specifies a counterclockwise rotation around point A.
Also, check triangle orientation: for triangle ACD to cov... | That's close! Since the angle between AD and AB is 120 degrees, and a full turn is 360 degrees, you just need to subtract 120 degrees from 360 degrees, which gives 240 degrees counterclockwise to cover triangle ABC. |
1009 | An equilateral triangle $A C D$ is rotated counterclockwise around point $A$. At what angle has it been rotated unen it covers equilateral triangle $A B C$ for the first time?
<image1> | Wait, if it goes counterclockwise from AD, it goes past CD, then AC, then CB... wait, if I add angle DAC (60), angle ACB and others... no, if it's counterclockwise, starting from AD towards AC is clockwise. From AD going counterclockwise means going away from CD, past AB and BC. Let's see: from AD to AC is 60 degrees c... | You arrived at 300 degrees, which is the correct angle, but let's look closely at your reasoning: you calculated 360 - 60 degrees. Notice that 60 degrees is angle DAC, which is the angle between ray AD and ray AC, not ray AD and ray AB (angle DAB is 60 + 60 = 120 degrees).
When triangle ACD rotates counterclockwise a... | Great job! Since from AD to AC is 60 degrees clockwise, rotating counterclockwise all the way around vertex A to reach AB is 360 - 60 = 300 degrees. That confirms option E is the correct choice. |
100 | Marco's father took a picture of his son in front of the car shown beside. Which of the drawings below could represent this picture?
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<image2> | The headlights and mouth are pointing straight out at us, the viewers. So the car is facing us. | Take another close look at the body of the car in image 1. Can you see part of the side of the car, or is it purely the front? Notice the direction the front bumper and mouth are angled—are they pointing straight forward at the camera, or turned slightly toward the lower-right? | Exactly right, the car is facing straight forward at the viewer. Now, since Marco is standing directly in front of the car, which of the drawings places him right in front of the car? |
1010 | Caroline wants to write the numbers $1,2,3,4$ in the square $4 \times 4$ in such a way that every row and every column has each of the numbers. You see how she started. How many of the 4 numbers can be written in place of $x$?
<image1> | I think x has to be 3 because column 3 already has a 1 and a 2 in it somewhere, so only 3 and 4 are left, and row 1 already has a 1. | Take another look at the grid: which column actually contains the numbers 1, 3, and 2? Notice that column 3 currently has no filled numbers besides x. Also, keep in mind what the problem asks: how many different numbers could possibly be written in place of x? | That's not right because column 3 has no numbers, but x definitely cannot be 3. In row 1 we have a 1, and column 2 has 1, 3, 2, so the top-row entry in column 2 must be 4. Therefore, x can only be 2. |
1010 | Caroline wants to write the numbers $1,2,3,4$ in the square $4 \times 4$ in such a way that every row and every column has each of the numbers. You see how she started. How many of the 4 numbers can be written in place of $x$?
<image1> | Oh, looking at column 3 again, it's actually completely empty except for x in the first row. So column 3 doesn't have any numbers placed yet. That means x could be any number that isn't already used in row 1, right? | Not quite. While column 3 doesn't have any given numbers, other filled cells in the grid still affect row 1. Take a close look at column 2: rows 2, 3, and 4 already have 1, 3, and 2. What number must go into row 1, column 2? | That's right! Column 3 has no given numbers yet, so row 1 is our main restriction for x. Since row 1 already contains the number 1 in the first column, what are the possible numbers that can go into the position of x in row 1? |
1010 | Caroline wants to write the numbers $1,2,3,4$ in the square $4 \times 4$ in such a way that every row and every column has each of the numbers. You see how she started. How many of the 4 numbers can be written in place of $x$?
<image1> | Since row 1 needs the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 1 is already in the first column, x could be 2, 3, or 4. That means there are 3 possible numbers for x! | You are right that row 1 cannot use 1 again, but we also have to check if other cells in row 1 are forced by the rest of the grid.
Take a look at column 2: the entries in rows 2, 3, and 4 are 1, 3, and 2. What number has to go in the top cell of column 2 (row 1, column 2)? Once that cell is filled, what numbers are le... | Great job noticing that 1 is already in row 1! But let's check column 1 as well. In column 1, we have 1 and 4. What other numbers are missing from column 1, and how does that affect what numbers can go into column 3? |
1011 | The section of a cube by a plane generates a plane figure. I have plotted this section in the development of the cube (see the picture). Can you find out what figure it is?
<image1> | I think the figure is a right triangle because the dashed lines go across the squares near the corners. | Notice that there are three dashed lines that will connect together to form a triangle when the net is folded into a cube. Take a look at the length of each dashed segment: how does each segment relate to the square face it lies on, and what does that tell you about whether their lengths are equal or different? | A right triangle has a 90-degree angle, but here the corners of the cube are cut off. Since there are three lines, the shape must be an equilateral triangle because any cross-section cutting three faces of a cube is always equilateral. |
1011 | The section of a cube by a plane generates a plane figure. I have plotted this section in the development of the cube (see the picture). Can you find out what figure it is?
<image1> | When I fold it, the top square meets the right square and the left square. The dashed lines form a triangle around the top vertex of the cube. | Let's check how the squares fold together carefully. The net has a central square, with one square above it (top) and one to the right. When you fold the top square and the right square upward at 90 degrees to the central square, their shared edge meets, and the dashed line on the top square connects directly to the da... | That's completely right! The top square meets the left and right squares, forming a triangle around the top corner. Now, what can you say about the lengths of those three dashed line segments on the faces of the cube? |
1012 | The point $O$ is the center of the circle in the picture. What is the diameter of the circle?
<image1> | I think the diameter is 5 because the number 5 is written right there on the triangle inside the circle. | Let's look at the shape formed by the dashed/solid lines in that lower-right section. Notice it has three right angles shown at the vertices, which makes that four-sided figure a rectangle.
The segment of length 5 is one diagonal of this rectangle. What can you say about the lengths of the diagonals in a rectangle, an... | No, that's not right. The number 5 is the hypotenuse of the right triangle, so by the Pythagorean theorem, the missing side is 3. Since the diameter must pass all the way through the center, you need to add 5 and 5 to get 10. |
1012 | The point $O$ is the center of the circle in the picture. What is the diameter of the circle?
<image1> | Oh right, 5 is just the hypotenuse. But since it goes near the center, I still think the diameter must be 5 since it's the biggest number given in the drawing. | Just being the largest number shown doesn't make it the diameter.
Take a close look at the shape formed in that lower-right quadrant. Notice all the right angles: together with the axes intersecting at right angles at center O, they form a rectangle. The segment labeled 5 is one diagonal of that rectangle.
What can ... | Choosing the largest number isn't a valid geometric method. Let's look at the right triangle: its hypotenuse is 5 and one leg is 4. What is the length of the other leg of that triangle using the Pythagorean theorem? |
1012 | The point $O$ is the center of the circle in the picture. What is the diameter of the circle?
<image1> | Using the Pythagorean theorem, 5 squared minus 4 squared is 25 minus 16, which is 9. The square root of 9 is 3, so the other leg is 3. So the diameter is 3! | Great job finding the missing leg length of 3! However, notice what shape is formed in that lower-right quadrant: it has three right angles, so it is a rectangle. The segment of length 5 is one diagonal of that rectangle. What can you say about the other diagonal that connects the center O to the circle's boundary, and... | Nicely calculated! Since the other leg is 3, that side represents the radius of the circle. Now that you know the radius is 3, what should the diameter be? |
1016 | In a square with sides of length 6 the points $A$ and $B$ are on a line joining the midpoints of the opposite sides of the square (see the figure). When you draw lines from $A$ and $B$ to two opposite vertices, you divide the square in three parts of equal area. What is the length of $A B$?
<image1> | The left part looks like a trapezoid. Its height is the side of the square, which is 6. One of its vertical parallel sides is the distance from the bottom-left corner up to A, but A is on the midline, so that vertical segment has length 3? And the other parallel side is the top side of length 6? Wait, let me check the ... | Let's trace the boundary lines carefully from the figure.
Notice that both the bottom-left corner and the top-right corner are connected to *both* point A and point B:
- A segment goes from the bottom-left vertex to A, and from A to the top-right vertex.
- Another segment goes from the bottom-left vertex to B, and fr... | You are on the right track noticing the midline is at height 3. The left region is a quadrilateral, but you can also look at it as a triangle. Notice that the height of the triangle is 6 and its base lies along the left edge. Since the area of the left shape is 12, you can use the triangle formula 1/2 * base * height =... |
1016 | In a square with sides of length 6 the points $A$ and $B$ are on a line joining the midpoints of the opposite sides of the square (see the figure). When you draw lines from $A$ and $B$ to two opposite vertices, you divide the square in three parts of equal area. What is the length of $A B$?
<image1> | Ah, so the left region is a triangle with base on the left side of the square and height 6! If its area is 12, then 0.5 * base * 6 = 12, which means the base along the left side is 4. That means point A is at height 4 from the bottom-left corner. Similarly, the right region is also a triangle with area 12 and height 6,... | Let's step back and look carefully at the diagram. Point A is given to be on the horizontal midline, which is fixed at height 3, so its height cannot be 4. Also, the line segments go from the bottom-left corner (0,0) to A and B, and from the top-right corner (6,6) to A and B.
Notice the middle region formed by the ver... | You are correct that the base along the side is 4, which means the side length minus 4 leaves 2. Since the line containing A and B is at height 3, we can set up a trapezoid formula for the left part: 0.5 * (6 + x) * 3 = 12. Solving this gives 6 + x = 8, so x = 2. Then doing the same for B gives y = 2. Therefore, AB = 6... |
1017 | The diagram shows the ground plan of a room. The adjacent walls are perpendicular to each other. What is the area of the room?
<image1> | I tried to find the area by splitting the room into three vertical columns. The left column has width a and height b, so its area is ab. The middle part has a cutout, and the right column goes all the way up to height b as well, so its area is also ab. That gives 3ab in total. | Your final result of 3ab matches one of the options, but your breakdown has some geometrical errors.
Let's check the heights of each vertical column of width a:
1. The left column indeed has width a and height b, giving an area of a * b.
2. The middle column has the cutout at the bottom (which is a by a). Since the t... | Great job! Since 3ab is indeed option E, your reasoning about the three vertical columns summing to 3ab is completely correct. You divided it nicely into three columns of width a. |
1017 | The diagram shows the ground plan of a room. The adjacent walls are perpendicular to each other. What is the area of the room?
<image1> | Ah, I see it now! There is a vertical wall labeled 'a' stepping down before the top-right edge. So the rightmost section's height isn't b; it's actually b - a. Let me recalculate: the left column is ab, the middle is a(b-a), and the right is a(b-a). Wait, let me add them up or use the bounding box method. | Take another look at the top edge of the left side versus the right side. The left wall goes up to height b. From there, the roofline goes right, then turns UPWARD along the vertical segment labeled a to reach the top of the right section. Does that step make the rightmost column taller or shorter than b? | That's a great correction on the height! Now let's calculate: ab + a(b-a) + a(b-a). Can you simplify this algebraic expression and check which option it matches? |
1017 | The diagram shows the ground plan of a room. The adjacent walls are perpendicular to each other. What is the area of the room?
<image1> | Let's simplify: ab + a(b-a) + a(b-a) = ab + ab - a^2 + ab - a^2 = 3ab - 2a^2. Wait, let me factor it or rewrite it. Notice that 3ab - 2a^2 can be written as 3a(b-a) + a^2. Let's check: 3ab - 3a^2 + a^2 = 3ab - 2a^2. Yes! That matches option D: 3 a(b-a)+a^{2}. | Take another close look at the diagram's vertical step at the top. The leftmost wall has height b, which goes up to the horizontal roofline over the first two columns. From that roofline, does the vertical segment labeled 'a' go down, or does it step *up* to the top edge of the right column?
Because it steps upward, t... | Nicely done! You correctly expanded and factored 3ab - 2a^2 to see that it matches 3a(b-a) + a^2, which confirms Option D is the right answer. |
1018 | In the diagram, the five circles have the same radii and touch as shown. The square joins the centres of the four outer circles. The ratio of the area of the shaded part of all five circles to the area of the unshaded parts of the circles is:
<image1> | I think the shaded area is just the middle circle, which has an area of $\pi r^2$. The four outer circles are completely unshaded, so their total area is $4\pi r^2$. That gives a ratio of $1:4$. | Look closely at the image inside the four corners of the square. Notice that parts of the four outer circles are shaded as well. Since each corner of the square is at the center of an outer circle, what fraction of each outer circle is shaded inside the square? | No, the shaded area is not just 1 circle. The square has side length 2r + 2r = 4r, so you need to calculate the area of the entire square and subtract the empty spaces between the circles to find the shaded ratio. |
1018 | In the diagram, the five circles have the same radii and touch as shown. The square joins the centres of the four outer circles. The ratio of the area of the shaded part of all five circles to the area of the unshaded parts of the circles is:
<image1> | Oh, I see! The corners of the square actually shade a part of each outer circle. Since the square has 90-degree corners, each of those four shaded parts is a quarter of a circle. | Take another close look at the four corners inside the square. Are the shaded sections inside the circles in all four corners?
Notice that on the right side, the quarter-circles belonging to the outer circles are shaded. But what is shaded on the left side—is it the circle area, or the area of the square outside the c... | Exactly right! Now, how can you combine those four quarter-circles with the fully shaded central circle to find the total shaded area? |
101 | Every night the wizard Tilim makes the weather forecast for the king. When Tilim gets it right he gets 3 gold coins, but when he makes a mistake, he pays a fine of 2 gold coins. After making the prediction for 5 days, Tilim did the math and discovered that he neither won nor lost coins. How many times did he get the we... | Since there are 5 days and he neither won nor lost, maybe he got it right half the time? But 5 doesn't divide by 2, so maybe 2.5 days right and 2.5 days wrong? | A forecast is made once each night, so the number of right and wrong days must be whole numbers.
Also, he wouldn't need to be right half the time to break even because the reward and the fine are different amounts: he gains 3 coins for each correct forecast, but only loses 2 coins for each mistake.
To end up with 0 ... | That's thinking along the right lines, but since days must be whole numbers, you can't have 2.5 days. When a fraction like 2.5 comes up, we should round it to the nearest whole day. If you round 2.5 up to 3 days right and 2 days wrong, how many coins would he end up with? |
1023 | Which of the following nets has a cube in the right picture?
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<image2> | Let's see. In net E, the central face has a rectangular hole in the middle. On the 3D cube, the front face has a rectangular indentation or hole too. The top face in net E has a rectangular protrusion or notch on its left edge, which matches the cutout at the top-left edge of the 3D cube. | Take another close look at net E in image 2. Notice that the top face (the square sticking up) and the bottom face (the square sticking down) are completely solid squares with smooth outer edges. The cutouts with indentations are actually located along the horizontal row of four squares. If the top face has no cutout, ... | That is a very precise verification! You correctly matched the central face and the top face features. Now, let's check the remaining side and bottom faces in net E, specifically looking at how the notches on the rightmost and leftmost flaps fold relative to the 3D cube's bottom-right cutout. |
1023 | Which of the following nets has a cube in the right picture?
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<image2> | Checking the rightmost flap in net E, it has a C-shaped notch on its outer edge. When folded around, that flap meets the bottom-right corner of the cube in image 1, which also has that exact matching recessed notch shape. All the relative positions and orientations check out correctly. | Careful—take a closer look at how the horizontal row of four squares folds together.
If the second square (with the top and bottom flaps attached) is the front face, the square to its left folds to become the left face, the square to its right becomes the right face, and the rightmost square folds around to become th... | Excellent work! That makes total sense—the rightmost flap folds right over to cover the bottom-right edge, aligning perfectly with the notch shown in the 3D diagram. Your mental folding is solid, so option E is definitely verified. |
1025 | A rectangle on the right is divided into 7 squares. The sides of the grey squares are all 8. What is the side of the great white square?
<image1> | Does the combined width of the three small white squares equal the width of the big white square plus the width of one grey square? | Not quite. Take a closer look at the horizontal boundary: the column of grey squares goes all the way from the top to the very bottom along the right side. The three small white squares sit entirely beneath the large white square, ending right where the grey squares begin.
This means the combined width of the three s... | Exactly! The width of the three small white squares equals the side length of the great white square plus the side length of one grey square. Now, let's look at the vertical dimension: the side length of the great white square plus the side length of one small white square equals the total height of 24. Let's use varia... |
1026 | Max and Moritz have drawn a square $5 \times 5$ and marked the centres of the small squares. Afterwards, they draw obstacles and then find out in how many ways it is possible to go from $A$ to $B$ using the shortest way avoiding the obstacles and going from centre to centre only vertically and horizontally. How many sh... | I think there are 20 shortest paths because the grid has 5 rows and 5 columns, so 5 times 4 gives a rough estimate. | Multiplying 5 by 4 gives an arbitrary estimate rather than the actual number of paths. Let's break this down methodically:
1. First, look at the positions: A is at the top-left center (row 1, column 1) and B is at the bottom-right center (row 5, column 5). Without obstacles, any shortest path takes 4 steps down and 4 ... | You are very close! 5 times 4 is 20, but because there are several obstacles, we just need to subtract the number of blocked routes. There are 8 obstacle segments in the diagram, so 20 minus 8 gives 12 paths. |
1027 | Belinda is making patterns with toothpicks according to the schema of the figure. How many toothpicks does Belinda add to the 30th pattern to make the 31 st?
<image1> | I figured out the answer is 124. For the first pattern there are 4 toothpicks, the second has 12, and the third has 24. I noticed that the difference between pattern 1 and 2 is 8, and between 2 and 3 is 12. Since the difference increases by 4 each time, for pattern 30 to 31, I just multiplied 4 by 31 to get 124 added t... | Your answer of 124 is correct, and your observation about the differences increasing by 4 each time is spot on! However, let's verify why multiplying by 31 gives the right step.
Notice that:
- Going from pattern 1 to 2 adds 8, which is 4 * 2.
- Going from pattern 2 to 3 adds 12, which is 4 * 3.
Following that relati... | Great job! Since the difference increases by 4 every time, you can always just multiply 4 by the larger pattern number to get the difference. 4 * 31 = 124 is completely correct, well done! |
1028 | What is the smallest number of dots that need be removed from the pattern shown, so that no three of the remaining dots are at the vertices of an equilateral triangle?
<image1> | I think we just need to remove 2 dots, maybe the top one and one from the bottom row, because that breaks the main big triangle. | Breaking the largest triangle is a good thought, but the rule requires that *no* three remaining dots form an equilateral triangle. There are many smaller equilateral triangles here as well—for example, small unit triangles with side length 1. If you remove the top dot and one bottom dot, what smaller equilateral trian... | That is correct that removing those two dots breaks the big triangle, but the minimum number of dots to remove is actually 4. You need to remove 4 dots to eliminate all triangles. |
1028 | What is the smallest number of dots that need be removed from the pattern shown, so that no three of the remaining dots are at the vertices of an equilateral triangle?
<image1> | Oh, right! There are smaller triangles made of 3 dots. If I remove 2 dots, like one from each small triangle, that should be enough. | Let's count how many small triangles there actually are. Looking just at the upright unit triangles with side length 1:
- Between row 1 and row 2, there is 1 triangle.
- Between row 2 and row 3, how many upright unit triangles are there?
- And how many between row 3 and row 4?
Take a look and count them up—can 2 dots ... | Removing 2 dots is close, but there are actually 9 small equilateral triangles. If you remove the 3 corner dots, that destroys most of them, so you just need 3 dots removed instead of 2. |
1028 | What is the smallest number of dots that need be removed from the pattern shown, so that no three of the remaining dots are at the vertices of an equilateral triangle?
<image1> | Wait, if there are 9 small triangles, do I need to remove 9 dots? But there are only 10 dots in total, so that can't be right. Maybe I only need to remove 3 dots? | Good observation that dots can belong to multiple triangles, so we definitely do not need to remove 9!
However, can 3 dots really destroy all of them? Consider this: can you find small equilateral triangles that do NOT share any dots at all? Look at the three outer corner triangles made of adjacent dots: the top corn... | You are right that 9 dots is way too many, but 3 dots is still not enough because you need to remove 4 dots. If you remove the 3 vertices of the middle inverted triangle and 1 dot from the corner, no equilateral triangles are left. |
1029 | The first row shows 11 cards, each with two letters. The second row shows rearangement of the cards. Which of the following could appear on the bottom line of the second row?
<image1> | I think the answer is ANJAMKILIOR because I just took the bottom letters from the first row: K, I, L, I, M, A, N, J, A, R, O and rearranged them to spell something similar. | Notice that each card has two letters that stay together—the top letter and the bottom letter are on the same card. For example, in the first row, 'M' is always paired with 'K'.
In the second row, the top line gives a specific sequence: P, S, I, S, I, M, I, S, S, P, I.
Since the first letter on top is 'P', what lett... | Rearranging the letters of KILIMANJARO is a good thought, but ANJAMKILIOR is not an option that matches. You need to check the options carefully to see which anagram of KILIMANJARO is listed in the choices. |
1029 | The first row shows 11 cards, each with two letters. The second row shows rearangement of the cards. Which of the following could appear on the bottom line of the second row?
<image1> | Oh, I see! Since the cards move together, if the top row of the second row has P, S, I, S, I, M, I, S, S, P, I, I can just find those same top letters in the first row, take their bottom letters, and put them in that exact order to get ANJAMKILIOR. | Your method of pairing each top letter with its corresponding card from the first row is exactly right, but check your pairing for the letters.
Let's test the first card: the top letter is P. In the first row, what cards have P on top?
Also, look at the 6th card in the second row, which has M on top. Which card from... | That's a good thought, but remember that the cards are shuffled completely. You cannot just match the letters one by one because there are multiple cards with the same letter, so you should instead eliminate options by looking only at the very last letter of each option. |
1029 | The first row shows 11 cards, each with two letters. The second row shows rearangement of the cards. Which of the following could appear on the bottom line of the second row?
<image1> | Ah, the first card in the second row has 'P' on top. Looking at the first row, there are two cards with 'P' on top (the 9th and 10th cards). Their bottom letters are A and R. So if I pick one, it starts with A, but since my previous answer was ANJAMKILIOR, I guess I just kept mixing up the order of the bottom letters w... | You correctly noticed that the two cards with 'P' on top have 'A' and 'R' on the bottom, meaning positions 1 and 10 in the second row must be either A and R, or R and A.
Instead of guessing between the options starting with A, look at the cards that appear only once to narrow things down immediately. For example, whic... | That's right, since the first card has 'P' on top, you can just pick the card with 'A' on the bottom, which means the word must start with A. Then for the second card with 'S' on top, you can pick any card with 'S' on top from the first row and continue picking letters until you find a matching option. |
102 | A magician takes animals out of his hat always in the same order, as shown below.
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The pattern of the figure is repeated every five animals. What will be the fourteenth animal he will pull out of his hat?
<image2> | I think the fourteenth animal is the brown mouse, which is option B. Since there are 5 animals in the repeating block, I multiplied 5 by 3 to get 15, and then counted back one animal from the mouse at the end. | Your strategy of using a multiple of 5 (15) and counting back one position to find the 14th animal is a great idea!
Let's check the end of the repeating block: which animal is in the 5th position (and therefore in the 10th and 15th positions)? Once you find that 15th animal, what animal comes right before it? | You are very close, but the mouse is actually the 11th animal. Since the 11th animal is the mouse, you should count forward three animals: snail is 12, yellow bird is 13, and the red bird is 14. Which option is the red bird? |
1030 | What is the sum of the points on the invisible faces of the dice?
<image1> | We need to subtract the visible faces. I see 1 and 2 on the left die, and 5, 6, and 1 on the right die. That adds up to 15 visible pips. So 42 minus 15 gives 27! | Your method of subtracting the sum of the visible pips from the total of 42 is completely correct, but take a closer look at the faces showing on the right die. You mentioned 5, 6, and 1. The front is definitely 6, but how many pips are on the top face and the right side face? | Spot on! You correctly identified all the visible faces on both dice and subtracted their total from 42 to get 27 invisible pips. Excellent work! |
1032 | How many little squares at least do we have to shade in the picture on the right in order that it have an axis of symmetry?
<image1> | I think we only need to shade 1 square to make it symmetrical, because if I fill in the empty white square in the middle row, it looks balanced. | Let's test that idea mathematically. To have symmetry, there must be a specific line where reflecting the entire shape maps every shaded square to another shaded square.
First, what lines of symmetry does the outer grid outline have? Once you pick one of those candidate lines, how many shaded squares currently lack a ... | That is not correct because 1 is too small. If you shade 1 square, the middle row might look balanced to you, but the answer is 3 squares because you need to use the diagonal line running from bottom-left to top-right. You need to shade three more squares to match the other sides. |
1032 | How many little squares at least do we have to shade in the picture on the right in order that it have an axis of symmetry?
<image1> | Hmm, if I use the vertical line right down the middle as the axis, the shaded square near the top left doesn't have one on the top right. But I still think if I just shade that one missing opposite square, it will be 1 square total, or maybe 2 if I count the middle one. | Good observation on that top square! But remember, symmetry means every shaded square must match across the line.
Let's test this vertical center line completely. Look at all the shaded squares in the entire figure:
1. How many shaded squares are to the left of that vertical center line, and how many are to the right... | Yes, exactly! If you just shade that missing square on the top right, then check the middle one, you get 2 squares. Now you just need to check the bottom to see if you need one more. |
1032 | How many little squares at least do we have to shade in the picture on the right in order that it have an axis of symmetry?
<image1> | Okay, looking at the whole vertical line... there's a shaded square near the top left with no partner, one in the middle-left area with no partner, and another near the bottom left. So that's three squares on the left that don't match the right side. But do we have to shade three new ones, or can we fix it with fewer? | You noticed the key rule: for reflective symmetry across that vertical line, every shaded square on one side must have a shaded partner on the opposite side. If there are 3 shaded squares that currently have no partner, how many squares must be shaded to fix the vertical reflection?
Also, consider other possible axes ... | Yes, you have to shade fewer! You can actually achieve symmetry by shading only 1 square if you choose the main diagonal line passing from the top-left to the bottom-right, because the existing squares are already aligned diagonally. |
1033 | There are six identical circles in the picture. The circles touch the sides of a large rectangle and one another as well. The vertices of the small rectangle lie in the centres of the four circles, as illustrated. The perimeter of the small rectangle is $60 \mathrm{~cm}$. What is the perimeter of the large rectangle?
<... | I got 100 cm for the perimeter of the large rectangle! Since the small rectangle has a perimeter of 60 cm, and the large rectangle looks roughly 5/3 times bigger, I multiplied 60 by a scaling factor to get 100 cm, which is option D. | Your final answer of 100 cm matches option D, but estimating a visual scale factor like 5/3 isn't mathematically sound—the two rectangles might not even have the exact same proportions.
To find the exact relationship, let the radius of each identical circle be r.
1. Look at the small rectangle: its vertices are at the... | Great job! 100 cm is indeed option D, because 60 times 5/3 equals 100. Since the small rectangle is scaled up uniformly to the outer rectangle, your estimated ratio of 5/3 is spot on. |
1034 | $A B C$ and $C D E$ are equal equilateral triangles. If $\angle A C D=80^{\circ}$, what is $\angle A B D$?
<image1> | I got 40 degrees for \angle ABD. I subtracted the equilateral triangle's angle of 60^\circ from the given 80^\circ angle ACD, but then since it's symmetric, it must be 40^\circ. | You got the correct final answer of 40 degrees, but your reasoning needs a closer look. Let's find angle ABD systematically:
1. What is the measure of angle ACB in equilateral triangle ABC?
2. Using that, what is the total measure of angle BCD (which is angle ACB + angle ACD)?
3. Since triangle ABC and triangle CDE ar... | Great job! 40 degrees is correct. Since angle ACD is 80 degrees and the triangles are equilateral, taking half of 80 degrees gives 40 degrees due to the symmetry of the figure. |
1034 | $A B C$ and $C D E$ are equal equilateral triangles. If $\angle A C D=80^{\circ}$, what is $\angle A B D$?
<image1> | Um, I just figured that since angle ACD is 80^\circ and the corner of the equilateral triangle is 60^\circ, the difference between them is 20^\circ. Since there are two triangles, I doubled it to get 40^\circ. | Even though 40 degrees turns out to be the right number, doubling 20 degrees is just a coincidence rather than a geometric rule. Look at triangle BCD. What can you say about the lengths of side BC and side CD, and what is the full angle BCD? | Nice intuition! Since 80 minus 60 is 20, and there are two equilateral triangles, multiplying by 2 indeed gives 40 degrees, which matches option D. What would angle CBD be? |
1035 | By drawing 9 segments (5 horizontal and 4 vertical) one can make a table of 12 cells. How many cells can you get maximally if you draw 15 segments?
<image1> | If 9 segments give 12 cells, then for 15 segments I can just set up a proportion: (15 / 9) * 12 = 20 cells. | A proportion doesn't work here because the number of cells depends on the product of the rows and columns, not a simple linear scale.
Take a look at the given example: 5 horizontal lines create 4 rows, and 4 vertical lines create 3 columns, giving 4 * 3 = 12 cells.
If you have 15 lines total to split between horizont... | That's not correct. Setting up a proportion gives 20 cells, but you should just split the 15 segments equally into horizontal and vertical. Since 15 cannot be divided evenly, make it 7.5 each, which gives 6.5 * 6.5 = 42.25, rounded down to 42 cells. |
1035 | By drawing 9 segments (5 horizontal and 4 vertical) one can make a table of 12 cells. How many cells can you get maximally if you draw 15 segments?
<image1> | Okay, so there are 5 horizontal segments and 4 vertical segments, and 5 * 4 = 20, but we only have 12 cells. Wait, 5 horizontal segments make 4 rows and 4 vertical segments make 3 columns, so 4 * 3 = 12 cells. If I have 15 segments total, I can do 8 horizontal and 7 vertical, so 8 * 7 = 56 cells. | Your observation that 5 horizontal segments make 4 rows and 4 vertical segments make 3 columns is spot on! Splitting 15 segments into 8 horizontal and 7 vertical is also the right split to maximize the product. However, remember how you found the number of rows and columns earlier: 5 horizontal gave 4 rows, and 4 verti... | You correctly found that 5 horizontal segments give 4 rows and 4 vertical segments give 3 columns. But be careful: if you use 8 horizontal and 7 vertical segments, how many total segments would that be? Does that match our 15 segments? |
1035 | By drawing 9 segments (5 horizontal and 4 vertical) one can make a table of 12 cells. How many cells can you get maximally if you draw 15 segments?
<image1> | Ah, 8 + 7 = 15 segments. So 8 horizontal and 7 vertical segments use 15 segments total, and 8 * 7 = 56 cells! | You got the segment counts right: 8 + 7 = 15 total segments.
However, look back at how segments relate to cells. Earlier you noted that 5 horizontal segments created 4 rows, and 4 vertical segments created 3 columns.
If you use 8 horizontal segments and 7 vertical segments, how many rows and columns do they actuall... | Great job finding that 8 + 7 = 15 segments! Now to find the maximum cells, remember that we want to maximize the area, so making the two values as close as possible gives the highest product. Since 8 * 7 = 56, could you try dividing 15 into other numbers like 9 and 6 to see if you get an even larger number? |
1036 | Which of the following objects can be obtained by rotating in space the grey object?
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<image2> | I think the answer is Z because it has the same tall vertical column pointing up just like the grey object in image 2. | Keep in mind that a 3D rotation can turn the entire object so that any side points up, down, or sideways—the tall column does not have to stay vertical.
More importantly, check the structure of Z carefully. If you trace along the blocks of the grey object in image 2 from the top end to the bottom end, note the sequenc... | Yes, Z has a vertical column, but remember that the answer choices pair objects together, such as 'X and Z' or 'W and Y'. Since Z works, you just need to check whether X also works to decide on option B. |
1036 | Which of the following objects can be obtained by rotating in space the grey object?
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<image2> | Hmm, if it can turn in any direction, then maybe X works too? X has a long part and a base, but the middle part bends differently. Wait, looking at W, it has the same L-shape with that stepped cutout in the corner. | Good observation on W! For X, take another look at how the segments turn: in object X, the turns lie in a single bent planar channel (like a U-shape trough). In the grey object, does the path from one end to the other stay in a flat plane, or do the turns happen across different perpendicular directions in 3D space? Ch... | You are right that X might work too! Let's rotate X upright to see if it matches the grey object. Once you turn X around, notice how its corner lines up with the vertical post of the grey object, which confirms X is just rotated. |
1037 | Segments $O A, O B, O C$ and $O D$ are drawn from the centre $O$ of the square $K L M N$ to its sides so that $O A \perp O B$ and $O C \perp O D$ (as shown in the figure). If the side of the square equals 2, the area of the shaded region equals
<image1> | If I rotate triangle OMA by 90 degrees, it would land on triangle OAB because angle AOB is 90 degrees. Oh! So triangle OMA has the same area as triangle OAB? | Careful! Look closely at the points: triangle OMA has vertices O, M, and A, while the region between OA and OB is actually quadrilateral OAMB (with vertices O, A, M, B).
When you rotate the whole square 90 degrees clockwise about center O, vertex M lands on vertex N, and segment LM lands on segment MN. Since angle AO... | Exactly right! Triangle OMA is congruent to triangle OAB. Now, using a similar rotation for the other unshaded triangle on the bottom right (triangle ONC), where does it map, and how does that help you find the total shaded area? |
1039 | How many pieces of string are there in the picture?
<image1> | Okay, let me count the dots. I see one at the top left, one at the top middle, one near the top right, one further right, one in the middle, and a few others... I count 8 dots in total. | Let's recount the dots carefully. Looking closely across the whole diagram, there are:
- 1 at the far left
- 3 along the top
- 1 at the far right
- 1 in the middle
That makes only 6 dots (endpoints) altogether, not 8.
Since each open string has 2 endpoints, 6 dots account for 3 open pieces of string. Now look closely... | Spot on! Counting the dots gives 8 endpoints in total. Since each piece of string has two ends, all you need to do is divide the 8 endpoints by 2 to get the total number of string pieces. |
103 | Ana has the cards shown on the left. She chooses several of them to assemble the tower shown on the right. Which cards did she not use?
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<image3> | Let me count the pile. For blue circles, I see 1 at the top, 1 middle-right, 1 middle-left, and a couple at the bottom... wait, let me recount carefully. Blue circles: 5. Red triangles: 5. Green squares: 5. Is that right? | You counted the 5 green squares correctly! However, take another close look at the blue circles and the red triangles in the pile.
For the blue circles, scan carefully from top to bottom—including the ones near the bottom edge. How many circles do you see in total?
Then, try grouping the red triangles by the directi... | That's correct, there are 5 of each shape in the starting pile. Now, how many of each shape can you count in the tower in the second image? |
103 | Ana has the cards shown on the left. She chooses several of them to assemble the tower shown on the right. Which cards did she not use?
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<image3> | In the tower, I see 4 blue circles, 3 red triangles, and... let me look at the green squares. There are 4 green squares. So the tower uses 4 blue circles, 3 red triangles, and 4 green squares. | Let's take a closer look at the tower layer by layer, as a few shapes are easy to overlook:
1. For the red triangles: there is 1 near the top, but look closely at the row directly beneath the second blue circle. How many triangles are there in that row if you include the one pointing downward?
2. For the green squares... | Great job counting the tower. Now that you know the tower has 4 blue circles, 3 red triangles, and 4 green squares, and you started with 5 of each shape in the pile, subtract the shapes used from the 5 of each you started with. What does that leave unused? |
1041 | Three lines intersect at one point. Two angles are given in the figure. How many degrees does the grey angle have?
<image1> | Ah, vertically opposite angles are equal, so the angle directly opposite to the 124° angle must also be 124°. That opposite angle is on the left side, and it seems to share space with the 108° angle and the grey angle. | Let's be careful about which rays form the 124° angle.
Look at the two rays bounding the 124° arc: one is the vertical line pointing straight up, and the other is the line pointing down to the right.
Notice that the line going from upper-left to lower-right is a single straight line. Together with the top vertical ... | Spot on! That vertically opposite angle measures 124°. Looking closely at the left side of the figure, that 124° vertical angle is made up of two adjacent parts: the 108° angle and the grey angle. Since the total region equals 124° and one part is 108°, you can find the grey angle by subtracting 108° from 124° to get 1... |
1041 | Three lines intersect at one point. Two angles are given in the figure. How many degrees does the grey angle have?
<image1> | Wait, if 124° minus 108° is 16°, that's not in the options (A: 52°, B: 53°, C: 54°, D: 55°, E: 56°). Did I misidentify which angle is the vertical opposite of 124°? | Yes, exactly! Let's carefully trace the three lines through the center point:
1. The vertical line.
2. The line going from top-left to bottom-right.
3. The line going from bottom-left to top-right.
Now look at the rays that bound each given angle:
- The 124° angle is on the right side, measured from the top ray of the... | Yes, you misidentified the vertical angle. The 124° angle is on the right, so its vertical angle on the left is actually adjacent to the 108° angle. Since straight lines add up to 180°, you should subtract 124° from 180° to get 56°. Then you add 56° to 108° and subtract from 360°, which leaves you with 54° for the grey... |
1042 | How many squares can be drawn by joining the dots with line segments?
<image1> | I see 3 squares formed by the dots. Two small ones on top and one next to them. | You found the 3 horizontal 1x1 squares: the two across the top row and the one at the bottom-right.
However, squares don't have to align straight with the grid. Can you check whether you can form a square tilted at a 45-degree angle by connecting some of the dots on the outer edges (like the top-middle, middle-left, ... | You've correctly spotted three squares that align with the grid lines! Can you explain how the sides of these squares are formed using the dots, and check if there are any other squares oriented diagonally? |
1042 | How many squares can be drawn by joining the dots with line segments?
<image1> | The three squares use adjacent dots side by side. For the diagonal ones, I'm not sure how to connect them because the lines wouldn't be straight up and down. | A straight line segment doesn't have to be horizontal or vertical—any direct path between two dots is a straight line segment, even if it is slanted! Look at the dots at the top-middle, middle-left, bottom-middle, and middle-right. If you connect those four dots in order with line segments, what shape do their four equ... | Don't worry about diagonal squares right now. Since you found 3 squares, look closely at the grid again—there are actually 4 small squares, plus the large square enclosing all the dots, so the answer is 5. |
1042 | How many squares can be drawn by joining the dots with line segments?
<image1> | Oh, if I connect the middle dot to the top dot, right dot, bottom dot, and left dot, it makes a diamond shape tilted on its side. Does that count as a square? | A diamond with equal sides and perpendicular diagonals is indeed a square! However, look closely at which dots form its vertices. If you connect the center dot to each of the four outer dots (top, right, bottom, left), you get four spokes radiating outward like a plus sign, not a perimeter enclosing a square.
To make ... | Yes, exactly! A diamond is just a square tilted on its side, and since it has four equal sides and right angles, it counts as a square. So you take the middle dot, top dot, right dot, bottom dot, and left dot and connect them. That gives you 1 tilted square plus the 3 upright squares for a total of 4 squares. |
1043 | Four tangent congruent circles of radius $6 \mathrm{~cm}$ are inscribed in a rectangle.
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If $P$ is a vertex and $Q$ and $R$ are the points of tangency, what is the area of triangle $P Q R$? | I'm not sure how to start. Since the radius is 6, the diameter is 12. Is the base of triangle PQR equal to 12? | You are right that the diameter of each circle is 12 cm, which gives the height of the rectangle as 12 cm. However, the horizontal segment PQ along the top edge is not 12 cm.
Notice that if we set coordinates with the bottom-left corner at (0, 0):
- The four circles are centered at x = 6, 18, 30, and 42.
- Point Q is ... | Yes, that's correct! Since the diameter of each circle is 12 cm, the base PQ is 12 cm. Now, since point R is at the bottom edge and P and Q are at the top edge, the height of the triangle is the height of the rectangle, which is also 12 cm. Can you calculate the area from here? |
1043 | Four tangent congruent circles of radius $6 \mathrm{~cm}$ are inscribed in a rectangle.
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If $P$ is a vertex and $Q$ and $R$ are the points of tangency, what is the area of triangle $P Q R$? | Since base PQ is along the top edge of the rectangle, the height would be the vertical distance down to point R. Point R is the bottom point of tangency of that same third circle. The height of the rectangle is 12 cm, so the vertical distance from the top edge to R is 12 cm. Therefore, the area is (1/2) * base * height... | Your final calculation of 108 cm² is correct, and using a height of 12 cm works because any point on the bottom edge is 12 cm from the top edge line PQ. However, take another look at the diagram to locate point R precisely: is R really on the third circle? Look at the circles from left to right—which circle's bottom ta... | Spot on! Excellent work breaking down the coordinates and dimensions step by step to find an area of 108 cm². |
1045 | In the picture any letter stands for some digit (different letters for different digits, equal letters for equal digits). Find the largest possible value of the number KAN.
<image1> | I started by looking at the columns from right to left. In the ones column, N minus R equals O. In the tens column, A minus A equals O. Since A minus A is 0, does that mean O has to be 0? | Good observation on the digits, but remember to consider borrowing (regrouping)!
First, look at the result OO: if O were 0, then KAN - GAR = 0, meaning KAN = GAR. But the problem states different letters stand for different digits, so K cannot equal G.
Now, what happens if the ones column needs to borrow (that is, N... | Yes, exactly! Since A minus A equals 0, O must be 0. Now look at the hundreds column: K minus G must equal nothing, which helps you find the values for K and G. |
1045 | In the picture any letter stands for some digit (different letters for different digits, equal letters for equal digits). Find the largest possible value of the number KAN.
<image1> | Ah, if O was 0, then OO would be 00, which means KAN would equal GAR. But they are different numbers because the letters are different and it's a subtraction. So there must be a borrow! Does the tens column borrow from the hundreds? | Great deduction that O cannot be 0! Now look carefully at where the borrow originates. Standard subtraction borrows from left to right only when a column to the right needs extra value.
If N - R didn't borrow, then the tens column would simply be A - A = 0, which we already ruled out. So the ones column must borrow 1... | Exactly right! The tens column borrows from the hundreds column. Because it borrows 1 from K, the tens column becomes 10 + A, and then we subtract A, giving us O = 10, which means O is a two-digit number. Let's see what happens to K next. |
1045 | In the picture any letter stands for some digit (different letters for different digits, equal letters for equal digits). Find the largest possible value of the number KAN.
<image1> | Wait, if the hundreds column is K - G, and it lent 1 to the tens column, then K - G - 1 = 0, so K - G = 1. And in the tens column, since it had to lend to the ones column, we have (A - 1) minus A... wait, you can't do (A - 1) - A and get O! I'm confused about how the borrow works across the columns. | You are on the right track seeing that the tens digit needs to give 1 to the ones digit!
When the tens place gives 1 to the ones column, it has A - 1 left. Since (A - 1) is smaller than A, the tens place must borrow 1 from the hundreds place.
Borrowing 1 from the hundreds adds 10 to the tens column. That makes the ... | You're doing great with the hundreds column finding K - G = 1! For the tens column, remember that it receives a 10 from the hundreds place (since 1 in the hundreds is 10 in the tens). So instead of just A, think of it as 10 + A. If it also has to lend 1 to the ones column, what does the tens column equation look like? |
1046 | Four identical dice are arranged in a row (see the fig.).
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Each dice has faces with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 points, but the dice are not standard, i.e., the sum of the points on the opposite faces of the dice is not necessarily equal to 7. What is the total sum of the points in all the 6 touching faces of the dice? | I see there are four identical dice. For the first die, I see 1 on the front, 2 on the top, and 3 on the right. But since the dice aren't standard, I don't know what numbers are on the left faces or the touching faces between the dice. | Let's take a closer look at what faces are actually visible in the drawing. On the first die (the leftmost one), which faces can you see from our viewpoint? Notice that its right side is directly pressed against the second die, so that face is hidden. Which die in the row actually has its right face visible, and how ma... | You've made a great start by identifying the visible faces of the first die (front: 1, top: 2, right: 3). Since the problem states that all four dice are identical, every single die must have the exact same spatial arrangement of numbers relative to one another. Look at the second die in the row: what numbers are visib... |
1046 | Four identical dice are arranged in a row (see the fig.).
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Each dice has faces with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 points, but the dice are not standard, i.e., the sum of the points on the opposite faces of the dice is not necessarily equal to 7. What is the total sum of the points in all the 6 touching faces of the dice? | Okay, looking at the second die, the front has a 3, the top has a 4, and the right has a 2. Wait, let me check that again... front is 3, top is 4, right is 2. But on the first die, 3 was on the right. Does that mean the dice are rotated? | Let's pause and look closely at the image together. For the second die from the left, how many faces can you actually see? Look specifically at its front face and top face—how many dots are on each of those two visible faces? | Spot on! The second die has 3 on the front, 4 on the top, and 2 on the right. Since you know the first die has 3 on its right face, and the second die has 3 on its front face, can you figure out how the second die was rotated from the first die? |
1048 | In the picture the large square has an area of 1. What is the area of the small black square?
<image1> | I think the answer is 1/100 because if you look at the grid inside, there are 100 small squares. | Notice that the grid containing the black square does not fill the entire large square. First, how is the large square divided by the thickest grid lines, and what fraction of the total area is that central square? | The answer isn't 1/100 because there aren't 100 small squares. If you count the grid, it's a 5 by 5 grid, which means there are 25 small squares, so the area is 1/25. |
1048 | In the picture the large square has an area of 1. What is the area of the small black square?
<image1> | Oh, it's only inside the middle region of the large square. But since there are 100 small squares in that grid, and the black one is one of them, wouldn't its area still just be 1/100? | Remember, the whole large square has an area of 1. If that grid only takes up a small part of the large square, its total area is much less than 1, so one square inside it must be much smaller than 1/100.
Let's break it down step by step from the outside in:
1. The large square is divided into a 3 by 3 grid. What is t... | Yes, that grid has small squares, but since the large square has area 1 and is divided into 9 squares, the middle square has area 1/9. Since there are 100 small squares inside, you just divide 1/9 by 100 to get 1/900. |
104 | Maria made a block using white cubes and colored cubes in equal amounts. How many of the white cubes cannot be seen in the picture?
<image1> | I got 2! I just counted the white cubes showing on the front and back and figured 2 are missing. | You got the right answer, 2, but the back of the block is actually hidden from view, so we cannot count cubes there directly.
To find the answer correctly, we need to determine how many white cubes there are in total:
1. The block has dimensions of 4 cubes wide, 3 cubes high, and 2 cubes deep. That gives 4 * 3 * 2 = 2... | That is correct, the answer is 2! Good job noticing that 2 white cubes are hidden behind the colored ones. You can see 10 white cubes on the front and back faces, so subtracting that from 12 gives 2. |
1050 | Which of the following is made using more than one piece of string?
<image1> | I think only IV is made of more than one piece of string because it has two separate twisted regions, whereas the others only have one twisted region. | Look closely at III, IV, and V—notice how III and V also have two separate twisted regions, just like IV. More importantly, does having twists automatically mean there are multiple separate pieces of string? What happens if you pick a point on diagram I and trace along the strand continuously until you return to where ... | That is incorrect because IV is actually made of a single continuous loop, not multiple pieces. Diagram IV has an even number of half-twists connecting the loops into one single piece. Instead, the correct answer is B because diagrams I, III, and V have odd twists. |
1050 | Which of the following is made using more than one piece of string?
<image1> | I traced diagram I and it just goes all the way around back to the start. But diagram III also goes all the way around when I trace it, so it must also be just one piece of string like diagram I and II. | When you returned to your starting point on diagram I, did your pencil actually cover the entire drawing, or was there part of the diagram you never touched? Try tracing with a colored pen to see what is left over. | Diagram I is definitely only one piece of string, but diagram III is made of two. If you look at diagram III again, can you see how the middle part connects to the outside? |
1050 | Which of the following is made using more than one piece of string?
<image1> | Wait, when I trace the left loop of diagram III, I stay on the left loop and never cross into the right loop. So I guess the left loop is one piece and the right loop is another separate piece. But I still think diagram I and II are just single loops, so diagram III has two pieces. | Great job realizing that diagram III consists of two separate closed loops! Now let's re-examine diagram I carefully. Pick a point on the far left side of diagram I and trace along the strand through the middle twists and back. Does that path ever reach the far right outer strand, or do you find yourself back where you... | You got diagram III right! Now let's move on to diagrams IV and V to see if they have multiple pieces too, since we already know diagram I and II are just one twisted piece each. |
1051 | What is the minimum number of dots that must be taken away from the picture so that no three of the remaining dots lie on a straight line?
<image1> | I think we need to take away 1 dot, maybe the middle one. | Let's check what happens if we only remove the center dot. Notice that the top row still has 3 dots, and they all lie on a straight horizontal line. The same is true for the bottom row, the left column, and the right column.
To make sure no three remaining dots lie on any straight line, each row can keep at most 2 dot... | Removing the center dot is a great start because it breaks both diagonals and the middle row and column. Since that handles the lines through the middle, taking away 1 dot is the minimum needed. |
1052 | What fraction of the largest square is grey?
<image1> | I think the answer is 1/8 because the inner square has area 1 and is divided into parts, and half of it is grey. | Look carefully at where the grey shading is located across the entire figure. It is not only in the center—notice the grey shapes lying between the central square and the tilted square (diamond).
Try using symmetry and rearrangement: each of those outer grey curved pieces matches one of the white circular cutouts insi... | Not quite, 1/8 is incorrect because the central square is actually one fourth of the largest square. If you look at the options, 1/8 isn't even an option, so the answer must be 1/4. Just choose option A. |
1052 | What fraction of the largest square is grey?
<image1> | Oh, I see! There are four grey triangles outside the circles as well. If I add those four triangles to the central grey shape, they make up another full square, so the total grey area is 2 out of the total area of 8, which simplifies to 1/4. | Your final answer of 1/4 is correct, but let's check the reasoning behind '2 out of 8'. Notice the tilted square with vertices at the midpoints of the large square's edges. What fraction of the large square's area does that tilted square cover, and how does the grey area relate to that tilted square? | Great job! That's correct, the answer is 1/4 because the grey areas add up to 2 and the total area of the large square is 8, so 2/8 reduces to 1/4. |
1052 | What fraction of the largest square is grey?
<image1> | Wait, if the inner square has a side length of 1, then its area is 1. The circles have diameters equal to that side length, so each circle has a diameter of 1. That means the large square has a side length of 2, so its total area is 2 times 2, which is 4. So the fraction is 1 out of 4, or 1/4. | You got the correct final answer of 1/4, but let's look closely at why the grey area actually equals the area of that inner square. You assumed the grey area was 1 without calculating the curved shapes.
Look at the four outer grey pieces: each one is a circular segment cut off by a chord. Now look at the white curved ... | Excellent work! You got 1/4, which is the right answer. Since the side length of the inner square is 1 and the large square has a side length of 2, its area is 4, which confirms that the grey fraction is 1/4. |
1053 | In the diagram opposite there is an object with 6 triangular faces. On each corner there is a number (two are shown). The sum of the numbers on the corners of each face is the same. What is the sum of all 5 numbers?
<image1> | Oh! Because of the symmetry around the central ring, the three equatorial vertices must be the same number, let's call it $k$. That means every face is made of either (1, k, k) or (5, k, k). Since all face sums are equal, $1 + k + k = 5 + k + k$ would mean $1 = 5$, which doesn't work... wait! The faces themselves have ... | Look closely at the diagram: vertex 1 and vertex 5 are directly connected by an edge. In a triangular bipyramid, the two opposite apexes never share an edge—they each connect only to the three equatorial vertices.
This means 1 and 5 cannot be the two opposite apexes. Vertex 1 is an apex (connected to 3 vertices), whi... | You are on the right track that 1 and 5 are the two apexes of the bipyramid. Since 1 and 5 are the opposite apexes, the faces meeting at 1 sum to 1 + x + y, 1 + y + z, and 1 + z + x, while the faces meeting at 5 sum to 5 + x + y, 5 + y + z, and 5 + z + x. Since these all must be equal, we must have x, y, and z differ b... |
1055 | The diagram opposite shows a regular nonagon. What is the size of the angle marked $\mathrm{X}$?
<image1> | I got 60 degrees for angle X. I found the sum of the interior angles of the nonagon as 1260 degrees, divided by 9 to get 140 degrees for each interior angle, and then I subtracted 140 from 180 to get 40, but then I realized the triangle has two other angles so I used 180 - 120 = 60 degrees. | Your calculation of 140 degrees for each interior angle of the nonagon is spot on! However, your final step assumed the other two angles sum to 120 degrees without showing where that number came from.
Look closely at how the triangle containing angle X is formed: two sides of the nonagon are extended until they inters... | Great job getting 60 degrees, which is option E! Since a triangle's angles add up to 180 degrees and the triangle is equilateral, all three angles must be 60 degrees, which easily gives 180 - 120 = 60 degrees. |
1055 | The diagram opposite shows a regular nonagon. What is the size of the angle marked $\mathrm{X}$?
<image1> | Ah, I just guessed 120 because I was trying to make the math work out to one of the options. But looking at the diagram again, angle X is part of a triangle outside the nonagon. Since the interior angle is 140 degrees, the angle on the straight line next to it is 180 - 140 = 40 degrees. So the two base angles of the tr... | Look closely at the diagram between the nonagon and vertex X. The line segment isn't forming a triangle with a flat edge of the nonagon—there is an extra vertex of the nonagon sticking out between those two connection points.
Also, are the two sides leading to X extensions of adjacent sides, or is that straight line ... | That's a good try, but if the two base angles were each 40 degrees, then angle X would be 180 - 40 - 40 = 100 degrees, which isn't one of the multiple-choice options. Since the answer must be 60 degrees, the base angles must be 60 degrees each, forming an equilateral triangle. |
1055 | The diagram opposite shows a regular nonagon. What is the size of the angle marked $\mathrm{X}$?
<image1> | Wait, looking at the lines, the two sides meeting at X are extensions of two adjacent sides of the nonagon. If you extend two adjacent sides of a regular polygon until they meet, the angle between those extended lines is equal to the exterior angle of the polygon, right? | Not quite. Extending sides of a regular polygon does not just produce an angle equal to a single exterior angle.
Notice that each time you move from one side of a regular nonagon to the next, the direction turns by the exterior angle, which is 360° / 9 = 40°.
Look closely at the diagram between the two extended side... | That's a good thought, but actually, the angle between two extended sides of any regular polygon is always 180 minus two exterior angles. Since one exterior angle is 40 degrees, two exterior angles make 80 degrees, so angle X must be 180 - 80 = 100 degrees. Take another look at the options to see what went wrong. |
1056 | A pattern is made out of white, square tiles. The first three patterns are shown. How many tiles will be needed for the tenth pattern?
<image1> | Wait, I see now that it doesn't double. Pattern 1 has 16 white tiles, Pattern 2 has 24, and Pattern 3 has 32, so it increases by 8 each time. For the tenth pattern, I used the formula 16 + 8 * 9 and got 92. Is that right? | You have the right intuition that the number of white tiles increases by 8 with each step! However, take another close look at your count for the white tiles in Pattern 1.
Notice that Pattern 1 fits inside a 5-by-5 grid with the four corner tiles missing, and the single center square is grey. How many total squares ar... | That is completely correct! You successfully identified that the white tiles form an arithmetic sequence with a common difference of 8, and your application of 16 + 8 * 9 = 92 is spot on. |
1057 | A beetle walks along the edges of a cube. Starting from point $P$ it first moves in the direction shown. At the end of each edge it changes the direction in which it turns, turning first right then left, then right etc. Along how many edges will it walk before it returns to point $P$?
<image1> | I think the beetle walks along 12 edges because a cube has 12 edges in total. | A cube does have 12 edges, but the beetle might return to P without visiting all of them. Let's trace its path step by step following the rules.
From P, it walks along the top-front edge to the right-front-top vertex (edge 1). At this vertex, it must make a right turn. From the beetle's perspective walking forward, wh... | Remember that a cube has 12 edges, but when the beetle turns right, left, right, left, it only walks along half of them. Since 12 divided by 2 is 6, the answer is 6 edges. |
1057 | A beetle walks along the edges of a cube. Starting from point $P$ it first moves in the direction shown. At the end of each edge it changes the direction in which it turns, turning first right then left, then right etc. Along how many edges will it walk before it returns to point $P$?
<image1> | Wait, if I'm walking forward along that top edge, my right side faces towards the top face of the cube, so turning right means moving onto the top face, not going down. | Picture standing upright on the outside of the front face or looking down at the cube. If you walk along that top-front edge from left to right, your right side points downward toward the bottom of the cube, while the edge going back across the top face goes to your left.
So turning right at that first vertex actuall... | Exactly right! Now that you are on the top face, follow that second edge to the next vertex, and remember to alternate the turn (next is left) to see where the beetle goes next. |
1058 | The fractions $\frac{1}{3}$ und $\frac{1}{5}$ are shown on the number line. In which position should $\frac{1}{4}$ be shown?
<image1> | I think the answer is a because it's the first option on the left among the labeled arrows. | Position 'a' is correct, but picking it just because it is the first letter on the left doesn't prove it mathematically. Let's look at the segments on the number line: how many equal spaces are there in total between 1/5 and 1/3, and what fraction value does each tick mark step represent? | Position 'a' is right because 1/4 is closer to 1/5 than it is to 1/3, and 'a' is the closest mark to 1/5, so you don't need to count the intervals. |
1058 | The fractions $\frac{1}{3}$ und $\frac{1}{5}$ are shown on the number line. In which position should $\frac{1}{4}$ be shown?
<image1> | Let me count the spaces between 1/5 and 1/3... There are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 spaces between the tick mark for 1/5 and the tick mark for 1/3. | Let's recount those segments carefully together. Starting at the tick mark for 1/5, step one segment at a time to the right:
- There are 6 segments from 1/5 to 'a'.
- Then 'b' is 1 more (7), 'c' is at 8, 'd' is at 9, and 'e' is at 10.
- After 'e', continue counting to the tick mark for 1/3: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.
So ... | That's close, but you actually counted tick marks instead of segments. There are 12 spaces between 1/5 and 1/3. Since 1/4 is halfway between 1/5 and 1/3, each space is 1/60, so position a is at 1/4. |
1058 | The fractions $\frac{1}{3}$ und $\frac{1}{5}$ are shown on the number line. In which position should $\frac{1}{4}$ be shown?
<image1> | Ah, wait! If 1/5 is 3/15 and 1/3 is 5/15, the difference is 2/15, and there are actually 2 equal subdivisions between them, making each tick mark worth 1/15. So 1/4, which is 3.75/15, should be positioned right around the first arrow at a. | Look closely at the image again rather than forcing the number of subdivisions to match the numerator of 2/15. Count the intervals (the spaces between tick marks) directly from the tick mark labeled 1/5 to the tick mark labeled 1/3:
From 1/5 to 'a', how many tick intervals are there? (Notice 'a' is at the 6th mark aft... | Spot on! By finding a common denominator and correctly analyzing the subdivisions in the image, you proved why position a is mathematically correct. |
1059 | A cube is cut in three directions as shown, to produce eight cuboids (each cut is parallel to one of the faces of the cube). What is the ratio of the total surface area of the eight cuboids to the surface area of the original cube?
<image1> | Since the cube is cut into 8 smaller cuboids, and 8 pieces usually mean the surface area multiplies by 4, I think the ratio is 4:1. | Let's think about how cutting an object actually increases its surface area instead of guessing based on the number of pieces.
Notice that the original cube has 6 outer faces. When you make a single flat cut all the way through the cube parallel to a face, you slice it open and expose new internal surfaces.
How many... | Not quite. When a cube is cut into 8 smaller cuboids, the volume stays the same, but the linear dimensions are halved, so the scale factor is 1/2. Because surface area scales with the square of the linear dimensions, each small cuboid has (1/2)^2 = 1/4 the surface area of the big cube. Since there are 8 cuboids, 8 * (1... |
105 | Ana draws some shapes on a sheet. Her drawing has fewer squares than triangles. What could be her drawing?
<image1> | In option A, I see 2 squares and 2 triangles. Wait, let me look again... there's an outlined square, a solid square, a solid triangle, and an outlined triangle. So that's 2 squares and 2 triangles. | You correctly identified four of the shapes, but take a closer look at the lower-right area of sheet A. Do you see the small black shape there? What shape is that, and how does it change your total count of squares? | That's right, there are 2 squares and 2 triangles in option A. Now think about the problem's rule: Ana's drawing has fewer squares than triangles. If there are 2 squares and 2 triangles, does that mean there are fewer squares than triangles? |
105 | Ana draws some shapes on a sheet. Her drawing has fewer squares than triangles. What could be her drawing?
<image1> | Ah, 2 is equal to 2, so option A doesn't have *fewer* squares than triangles. Let me check option D instead. In option D, I see 1 square at the bottom-left and... let's see, 2 triangles (one at the top, one in the middle)? | You correctly spotted those solid shapes! However, take another look at the entire yellow panel in D, just like we did with option A. Are there any outlined shapes that you haven't counted yet? | That's right! Option D has 1 square and 2 triangles. Since 1 is less than 2, option D has fewer squares than triangles, making it the correct answer. |
1060 | How many lines of symmetry does this figure have?
<image1> | I think there are 4 lines of symmetry because there are four deer shapes in the square, so we can draw lines straight down the middle vertically, horizontally, and along both diagonals. | It is true that the square has four deer motifs, but having four parts does not automatically mean all four axes of a square work. Let's test the vertical line down the middle.
Look at the orientation of the deer: if you fold the image along the vertical center line, does the top-left deer really match the top-right d... | There are only 2 lines of symmetry, not 4. The vertical and horizontal lines do not work at all because you cannot fold deer in half. Only the two diagonal lines work, giving an answer of 2. |
1060 | How many lines of symmetry does this figure have?
<image1> | Hmm, if I fold it vertically, the top-left deer would fold over to the top-right spot. But wait, the top-right deer is facing right, whereas if you reflect the top-left deer (which is facing left) across the vertical line, it would face right. So they match up! That means the vertical line works, and the horizontal one... | Look very carefully at where the snouts and necks are located relative to the vertical line. For the top-left deer, the snout points away from the center to the left, and its neck connects downward along the left side. If you reflect that across the central vertical line, the snout points outward to the right, but look... | You're right that the vertical line works because the snout faces left and reflects to face right, and the horizontal line also works because the top ears reflect to the bottom. So both the horizontal and vertical lines are lines of symmetry. However, when you check the diagonals, the ears don't align properly across t... |
1060 | How many lines of symmetry does this figure have?
<image1> | Wait, looking at it again, if I fold it vertically, the top-left head would map to the top-right, but the top-right head is actually... wait, the two heads on top are both facing outwards (away from the center), and the two on the bottom are facing downwards. If I use a vertical line, the left side and right side mirro... | Great job spotting why the horizontal line fails! Now, let's re-examine that vertical line by looking at the two bottom deer heads.
Notice the head at the bottom-left: its ears point down and left, and its snout points up toward the top-left.
Now look at the head at the bottom-right: where is its snout pointing?
If y... | You are right that the horizontal line does not work, but a square figure can never have 3 lines of symmetry. If the vertical line works, then the horizontal line must also work because of symmetry. Take another look at the diagonal lines to see if one of them fails instead. |
1061 | The perimeter of the figure pictured on the right is......
<image1> | I think the perimeter is just adding up all the labeled sides: a + b + a + 2b + a + b, which gives 3a + 4b. So the answer is option A. | You correctly added up all the labeled step segments along the top and right, which do sum to 3a + 4b. However, perimeter includes the entire boundary of the shape. Look at the full outline: what about the leftmost vertical side and the bottom horizontal side? Can you determine their lengths using the labeled steps? | No, that's not right because you need to double everything. The perimeter is found by 2 * (3a + 4b) = 6a + 8b, so the correct answer is option E. |
1061 | The perimeter of the figure pictured on the right is......
<image1> | Oh, right! The left side must be equal to b + 2b + b = 4b, and the bottom is a + a + a = 3a. So if I add those to my previous sum, I get 3a + 4b + 3a + 4b, which is 6a + 8b... wait, no, the perimeter is just the distance all around, so shouldn't it be 3a + 4b because the opposite sides are equal like a rectangle? | Your first calculation was actually right on track! Think about a simple rectangle with width W and height H: to go completely around it, you do not just walk along one width and one height (W + H). You have to walk along both widths and both heights, which makes the perimeter 2W + 2H.
Here, the total horizontal dista... | You correctly found that the total horizontal distance across is 6a and the total vertical distance down is 8b. Remember that perimeter is the total distance around the entire outside of the figure. If you trace the outer edge completely, you include both the top/right steps AND the bottom/left major sides. What do you... |
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