2014 WMI Competition

Grade 2 Part 1 Logical Reasoning Test

Five Points Each. Total 150 Points. Choose the best answer from 1 – 4.
NT$ = New Taiwan Dollar

( ) 1. Which one of the pictures on the right is the same in shape and size as the one on the
left?
1 2 3 4

( ) 2. Which symbol must insert into □ to make 105＋40 □ 150 true?

1 ＞ 2 ＝ 3 ＜ 4 Cannot be determined

( ) 3. If 51 – 18 = ( ), find ( ).
1 34 2 33 3 32 4 43

( ) 4. If ( ) – 36 = 47, find ( ).

1 83 29 3 18 4 82

( ) 5. Observe the figure on the right; what is the

number in □?
1 36 2 22 3 26 4 30

( ) 6. According to the clock on the right, what time would it show after
35 minutes?

1 11:10 2 12:10 3 11：00 4 12：00

( ) 7. If it takes 5 red crystals and 8 white crystals to put together a bracelet, how many white
crystals are needed to complete four bracelets?

1 20 2 32 3 31 4 12
( ) 8. Following the pattern of the numbers below, what is the number for ( )?
385 395  ( ) 415  425  435  445

1 400 2 405 3 415 4 396

( ) 9. In a 3–digit number, its tens digit and units digit differ by 3, its hundreds digit is the sum
of its tens and units digits. If its units digit is 5, what is this 3–digit number?

1 185 2 825 3 585 4 725

( ) 10. From the figure on the right we can conclude U＋ ＝( ) U5
2U
13 24 37 41 ＋U U
11 1 1
( ) 11. How high is it if six 25 cm high boxes are stacked on top of each other?

1 1 meter 5 cm 2 1 meter 50 cm 3 15 meters 410meters 5 cm

( ) 12. If John ate 8 dumplings and what his father ate is 6 more than 3 times the number John
ate, how many dumplings did John’s father eat?

1 30 2 24 3 28 4 18

The calendar on the right is used by Problems # 13 – 15.

( ) 13. John’s birthday is on August 20th. Which

day of the week is it? August
Sun Mon Tues Wed  Thurs Fri Sat 
1 Monday 2 Tuesday 1 2

3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
st
( ) 14. What day of the week is September 1 ? 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

1 Monday 2 Tuesday 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

3 Wednesday 4 Thursday 31

( ) 15. If John plans to go on a vacation from August 25th to September 5th inclusive,
how many days is he planning to spend on his vacation?

1 12 2 13 3 14 4 15
( ) 16. If one bar of chocolate costs NT$8, how many chocolate bars can be bought with
NT$72?

18 29 3 10 4 11

( ) 17. One notebook sells for NT$28. Tom paid NT$70 and bought one greeting card and two
notebooks. How much does one greeting card cost?

1 14 2 24 3 56 4 18

( ) 18. Use three of the digits 3, 6, 9, and 7 to form a 3–digit number with distinct digits. How
many such 3–digit numbers are larger than 400?

1 16 2 17 3 18 4 19

( ) 19. How many rectangles of different sizes are in the figure

on the right?
19 2 10 3 11 4 12

( ) 20. What is the smallest number that can be put into □ making □＋34＞60?
1 17 2 16 3 27 4 26

( ) 21. A small classroom has 27 desks. The small classroom has 15 less desks than the large
classroom. What is the total number of desks for both classrooms?
1 69 2 42 3 39 4 12

( ) 22. The left figure is a picture on a transparent card. If it is folded toward the inside
according to the dotted arrows, which one will be the resulting figure after the folding?

1 2 3 4

( ) 23. Billy is shorter than Allen but taller than Dick. Allen is taller than Lee. Eric is shorter
than Dick. Lee is taller than Billy. Among these 5 people, who is the third tallest?

1 Billy 2 Allen 3 Dick 4 Lee

( ) 24. The figure on the right is composed by how many ?

1 15 2 16 3 14 4 13

( ) 25. There is a square ranch which the owner wants to use ropes to surround it by putting in a
wooden post every 5 meters. If he used exactly 12 posts, what is the perimeter (in meters)
of this ranch?

1 55 2 60 3 45 4 50

( ) 26. If U+◆+◆＝14 and U–◆–◆＝2, what are the numbers for U and ◆?
1 U＝7, ◆＝7 2 U＝8, ◆＝3
3 U＝7, ◆＝4 4 U＝8, ◆＝4

( ) 27. In a subtraction problem A – B, if A is increased by 5, how would the difference be

changed?

1Decreased by 1 2Decreased by 5 3Increased by 10 4Increased by 5

( ) 28. Betty’s father is 4 years older than her uncle. Betty is 16 years younger than her uncle.
This year, the sum of all three persons’ ages is 78. How old is Betty’s uncle this year?
120 230 334 414

( ) 29. A teacher is putting numbers on 4 toys. The first three toys are tagged by the numbers
478, 276, and 298. If each of the digits on all 4 numbers appears twice in those 4
numbers, among the following choices, which one can be the number on the fourth toy?

1468 2279 3879 4496

( ) 30. What fraction of the entire figure is the shaded portion of the figure below?

1 One–Fourth 2 One–Fifth 3 One–Sixth 4 One–Eighth