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INSTRUCTIONS
You are about to take Copernicus Exam.

Please read the followings carefully.
1. The exam has 25 multiple choice-questions. Each question weighs 4

points. The maximum score a student can get is 100. There is a penalty
of one point for each incorrect answer. So only answer the questions you
are sure of.
2. Start with the easier questions, you can always come back to the
questions you leave.
3. The time allocated for the exam is 60 minutes. You will start when the
invigilator tells you to start.
4. You are required to comply with the directions given by the head
invigilator before the examination.
5. Those who are taking the exam with a mobile phone MUST make sure
that during the examination no one calls.
6. If anything in the examination is unclear, you can contact the invigilator.
7. Where permitted you may use a translation dictionary.
8. Students must not give or receive assistance of any kind during the
exam. Any cheating, any attempt to cheat, assisting others to cheat,
participating therein, or engaging in such improper conduct is a serious
violation and will generally result in disqualifying.
Remember that “Hard work beats

talent when talent doesn't work hard”
We wish you the very best luck on the exam.
Mathematics Preliminary Round
January 2023 - Category I
1. Calculate the sum: 5. What number comes next?

101 + 202 + 303 + 404 + 505
2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, …
A) 999
A) 38
B) 1500
B) 74
C) 1515
C) 50
D) 1551
D) 65
2. Which one is bigger:

6. There are 20 trees in the row. Distance
𝑋 = 123 × 321 between each 2 trees is 2 𝑚. What is the
𝑌 = 100 × 300 distance between the first and the last tree?
A) 𝑋 A) 38
B) 𝑌 B) 40
C) Equal C) 42
D) Impossible to determine D) 24
3. Alex started the lesson at 09: 15 and 7. If 𝑋𝛥𝑌 = 𝑋 + 𝑌 and 𝑋⨀𝑌 = 𝑋 × 𝑌, what will
finished at 13: 05. How long did Alex study? be (4𝛥3)⨀2?
A) 4 hours A) 14
B) 4 hours, 10 minutes B) 9
C) 3 hours, 50 minutes C) 10
D) 3 hours D) 16
4. Which answer is correct: 8. Which day of the week will be 22nd of

April, if 22nd of March is Friday?
A) Friday
B) Monday
C) Tuesday
D) Sunday
A) 167 + 65
B) 177 + 66
C) 157 + 65
D) 156 + 65
9. How many different ways you can use to 12. Find 𝐴 + 𝐵, if the sum of numbers in the
get from 𝐴 to 𝐵? (You can go through each bottom two circles is equal to the number
point only once) in the top ring.
A) 9 A) 28
B) 8 B) 19
C) 7 C) 24
D) 6 D) 27
10. Two plums weigh one apple and three 13. There are 30 cats in the yard. These include
apples weigh two oranges. How many mothers and kittens. Each mother cat has at
plums does one orange weigh? least 3 kittens. What is the maximum
number of mother cats?
A) 2
B) 3 A) 10
C) 4 B) 9
D) 6 C) 8
D) 7
11. The sum of the ages of mother, father and

son is 66. What will be the sum of their ages 14. Grandma poured 30 liters of water into five
after 3 years? three-liter and four two-liter jars, and the
rest into half-liter jars. How many half-liter
A) 75 jars did Grandma use?
B) 69
A) 12
C) 72
B) 14
D) 66
C) 16
D) 18
15. There are four doors and their four keys. 18. Discover the pattern in the picture below.
How many attempts does it take to figure Count 𝐴, with the same regularity.
out which key fits which door? (Each key
takes only one door).
A) 6
B) 10
C) 4
A) 19
D) 16
B) 34
C) 49
16. The mother counted and if she gave each D) 68

child 4 candies, then there would be 3
candies left. And if you give each one 5
candies, then 2 candies will be missing.
How many children does the mother have? 19. Find the value of 𝑥.
A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6
17. John, Jane, Jimmy and Janet together have

42 balls. John has as many balls as Jane,
Jimmy and Janet together. Jane has 5 balls
more than Jimmy and 8 balls less than A) 29
Janet. How many balls does Jane have?
B) 43
A) 5 C) 26
B) 6 D) 32
C) 7
D) 8
20. Area of this square is 64 𝑐𝑚2 . Find the 23.

length of one side of this square.
A) 8 𝑐𝑚 A) 48
B) 12 𝑐𝑚 B) 50
C) 16 𝑐𝑚 C) 52
D) 32 𝑐𝑚 D) 54
21. How many faces does the shape below 24. Find Highest Common Factor of 36 and 48.
have?
A) 144
B) 12
C) 8
D) 6
25. The sum of two numbers is 96. The bigger

A) 8 number is twice as large as the smallest
number. Find the biggest number.
B) 6
C) 5 A) 12
D) 4 B) 24
C) 36
D) 48
22. How many circles will be in pattern 50?
A) 96
B) 69
C) 126
D) 56
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are sure of.

February 2023 - Category I
1. Calculate the sum 1 + 5 + 10 + 15 + 19. 5. What number should be instead of 𝑋?
A) 30
B) 40
C) 50
D) 60
2. Which answer is equal to

300 + 100 + 70 + 50 + 4 + 2?
A) 374 + 152 A) 1
B) 400 + 76 B) 2
C) 300100705042 C) 3
D) 500 + 120 + 6 D) 4
3. Daniel started the lesson at 09: 15 and 6. What is the next number in the sequence
finished at 13: 05. How long did Daniel below?
study?
2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, …
A) 4 hours
B) 4 hours, 10 minutes A) 38
C) 3 hours, 50 minutes B) 74
D) 3 hours C) 50
D) 65
4. Using the digits 1, 2, 3, and 4, make three

numbers with maximal sum (without repeat, 7. If 𝑋Δ𝑌 = 𝑋 + 𝑌 and 𝑋 ⊗ 𝑌 = 𝑋 × 𝑌, what will
and one digit can be used only once). What be (4Δ3) ⊗ 2?
will be this sum?
A) 14
A) 10
B) 9
B) 46
C) 10
C) 37
D) 16
D) 19
8. The sum of the ages of mother and child is 11. These pattern of shapes from a sequence.
36. How old is the child if mother is three Find pattern 42.
times older?
A) 10
B) 9
C) 8
D) 7
9. How many quadrilaterals are on the

picture? A) 114
B) 92
C) 112
D) 126
12. What is the smallest 3-digit number whose

tens digit is 4, while the sum of units and
A) 6 hundreds is 2?
B) 5 A) 342
C) 4 B) 141
D) 7 C) 240
D) 042
10. Two plums weigh one apple and three

apples weigh two oranges. How many
plums does one orange weigh? 13. Grandma poured 30 liters of water into five
three-liter and four two-liter jars, and the
A) 2 rest into half-liter jars. How many half-liter
jars did Grandma use?
B) 3
C) 4 A) 12
D) 6 B) 14
C) 16
D) 18
14. The mother counted and if she gave each 17. To bake 400 grams of cake you need 280
child 4 candies, then there would be 3 grams of flour. How many grams of flour
candies left. And if she gives each one 5 are needed to bake 600 grams of cake?
candies, then 2 candies will be missing.
How many children does the mother have? A) 560
B) 500
A) 3
C) 400
B) 4
D) 420
C) 5
D) 6
18. How many sticks are required for the 12th

pattern in the sequence?
15. We have the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
Using all of these numbers, we need to take
two three-digit numbers so that their
difference is the smallest. What will be this
difference?
A) 47
B) 56
C) 333
A) 51
D) 42
B) 29
C) 27
D) 37
16. Each side of little square is 1 stick. What is
the minimum quantity of sticks to move to
get from one figure to another?
19. The boys caught 75 fish. How many boys
were fishing if some caught 10 fish and
some 11?
A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
A) 2 D) 8
B) 3
C) 4
D) 6
20. There are 6 points on circle. How many 23. Find the next term In the sequence below:
segments can we take with those points?
5, 8, 11, 13, …
A) 15
B) 16
C) 17
D) 18
A) 6 24. Solve:
B) 10
C) 15
D) 30
21. Solve:
A) 14
B) 16
C) 11
D) 8
A) 5
25. Solve the expression below.
B) 6
C) 7 (12 − 0.8 × 0.5) ∶ (3.26 + 0.74)
D) 8
A) 0.8
B) 2.9
C) 2
22. Find the value of 2023 + 202– 23 + 222.
D) 3.2
A) 2023
B) 2024
C) 2424
D) 1999
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are sure of.

March 2023 - Category I
1. In 4th Copernicus Elimination Round, there 4. Alex had a broken faucet that drains 42
were 62 students from Singapore, 16 more liters of water in 15 minutes. How many
students from India than Singapore and 12 liters of water does this faucet flow in 2.5
less students from Laos than India. How hours?
many students from these 3 countries took
elimination round? A) 360
B) 390
A) 194
C) 420
B) 206
D) 450
C) 212
E) 480
D) 224
E) 230
5. Alex, our mascot astronaut, is studying to

4
Global Round. He does of the 42
2. An elevator in North America University, 7
where Global Round Exam happened, can questions he has. How many questions he
carry 10 adults or 15 children. According to has left to do?
this, how many children can ride this
elevator together with 8 adults? A) 12
B) 18
A) 2
C) 21
B) 3
D) 24
C) 4
E) 30
D) 5
E) 6
6. Alex, our mascot Astronaut is learning

fractions. Can you help him to discover
3. Alex´s spaceship can travel 120 𝑘𝑚 on 6 which of the following fractions is not
liters of gasoline. Accordingly, how many equivalent to the others?
liters of gasoline are needed to travel 600
1
kilometers? A)
2
A) 12 2
B)
4
B) 24
3
C) 30 C)
6
D) 36 4
D)
E) 48 9
5
E)
10
7. Numbers from 1 to 100 are written side by 10. Alex puts $8 in his piggy bank every day.
side to form a large number. How many After 16 days, he spends $25 of the money
numbers 7 were used to create this accumulated in his piggy bank.
number? Accordingly, how many dollars will Alex
have left?
1234567891011 . . . 100
A) 100
A) 18
B) 103
B) 19
C) 106
C) 20
D) 109
D) 21
E) 112
E) 22
11. The figure below was formed with 7 regular

8. What is the difference between the largest hexagons with a side length of 3 𝑐𝑚. What
and smallest of 20 consecutive natural is the perimeter of the formed shape, in
numbers? centimeters?
A) 19
B) 20
C) 21
D) 22 A) 90
E) 23 B) 93
C) 96
D) 99
9. In the operations below, each letter
represents a number. So, what is the sum of E) 102
𝐴 + 𝐵?
𝐴 𝐴 𝐴 𝐴 𝐴 𝐴 12. If we increase all the summed numbers in

+ 𝐴 𝐴 𝐴 − 𝐵 𝐵 𝐵 the equation below by 1, how much will the
value of 𝐴 increase?
6 6 6 2 2 2
𝐴 = 1 + 3 + 5 + ⋯ + 29
A) 3
A) 14
B) 4
B) 15
C) 5
C) 16
D) 6
D) 28
E) 7
E) 29
13. Two pencil holders have the same price as 15. The side lengths of the rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷
six pencils. Three pencils have the same given below are a natural number in
price as six erasers. Four pencil holders meters. If the area of this rectangle is 48
have the same price as twelve pencil square meters, what is the minimum
sharpeners. How many erasers have the perimeter in meters?
same price as one pencil sharpener?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) 6
A) 24
14. In the square below, the outermost dots are B) 28
colored yellow and the other dots are
colored orange. How many orange dots are C) 32
in a square of 100 dots like the one below? D) 36
E) 40
16. The long side of the rectangular track

below is 3 times the shorter side. The
perimeter of rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is 240 meters.
Where will Pete be after 640 meters,
running from point 𝐷 and advancing in the
direction of the arrow?
A) 56
B) 60
C) 61
D) 62
E) 64
A) Between 𝐷 and 𝐶
B) In 𝐵
C) In 𝐶
D) In 𝐷
E) Between 𝐴 and 𝐵
17. With the matchsticks below, geometric 19. The number of Thursdays in 2020 is more
shapes were made according to a certain than the number of Fridays. Which of the
rule. How many matchsticks should be used following is the first day of this year? (2020
to perform the 6th of this pattern? is a leap year)
A) Tuesday
B) Wednesday
𝟏 step
st
𝟐 step
nd
𝟑 step
rd
C) Thursday
D) Friday
A) 11
E) Saturday
B) 13
C) 16
D) 19
20. If Alex gives $30 to Cassy, their money will
E) 22 be equal. If Cassy gives $30 to Alex, Alex’s
money becomes 5 times that of Cassy. How
many dollars does Alex have?
18. The numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be placed in A) 120

the 4𝑥4 table formed from the unit squares
below, provided that they are used only B) 100
once in the same row and column. So, what C) 80
is the sum of 𝐴 + 𝐵?
D) 60
E) 40
21. How many two-digit natural numbers are

there where the digit in the tens place is
greater than the digit in the ones place?
A) 36
B) 40
A) 2 C) 42
B) 3 D) 45
C) 4 E) 55
D) 5
E) 6
22. There is a rule between the numbers given 24. Alex solve 22 questions in one hour. Every
below. What is the sum of the numbers that day, during 5 hours he will solve the
must replace 𝐴 and 𝐵 according to this questions. In one week how many
rule? questions he will solve?
A) 770
B) 760
C) 570
D) 555
A) 58 E) 110
B) 60
C) 62
D) 64 25. Alex and Ben have a total of $300 coins. If
Ben gives $20 to Alex, they both have equal
E) 66 money. Accordingly, how many dollars
does Ben have in the beginning?
A) 150
23. The sum of 7 consecutive natural numbers
is 105. What is the sum of the largest and B) 145
smallest of these natural numbers? C) 140
A) 30 D) 135
B) 32 E) 130
C) 34
D) 36
E) 38
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are sure of.

April 2023 - Category I
1. Which of the following is nearest to the 3. The figure below is divided into congruent
half? squares. How many more squares must be
shaded so that the fraction indicated by the
5 shaded squares is equal to half of the big
A)
11 square?
4
B)
11
3
C)
11
2
D)
11
3
2. A greengrocer sells of 300 𝑘𝑔 of fruit on
5
1 A) 4
the 1st day and of 300 𝑘𝑔 on the 2nd day.
10 B) 5
Accordingly, how many kilograms of fruit
does the greengrocer have left? C) 6
D) 7
4. The number line below is divided into 6

equal parts between 0 and 1. So, what is
the sum of 𝐴 + 𝐵 + 𝐶?
A) 60
B) 80
A) 1
C) 90
7
D) 100 B)
6
4
C)
3
3
D)
2
5. After a bus travels at a constant speed of 7. According to the subtraction given below,
3 what is the sum of 𝐴 + 𝐵 + 𝐶?
120 𝑘𝑚/ℎ for 4 hours, it has traveled of
4
the way. According to this, how many
kilometers is the whole way that this bus
will travel?
A) 480
A) 21
B) 540
B) 22
C) 560
C) 23
D) 640
D) 24
6. We filled a 19 𝐿 carboy of water into 3

bottles of 5 𝐿. How many 𝐿 of water is left in 8. What is the difference between the largest
our carboy? 𝐵 number and the smallest 𝐴 number from
the expressions written on the board
below?
A) 3 A) 8
B) 4 B) 9
C) 5 C) 10
D) 6 D) 11
9. The sum of the ages of a family of 6 is 120. 11. There are 8 buildings in a condo, 8 floors in
What will be the sum of the ages of this each building and 3 apartments on each
family after 6 years? floor. How many apartments are there in
total on this condo?
A) 126
B) 140
C) 150 A) 16
D) 156 B) 192
C) 24
D) 64
10. Enes leaves his house to go to school every
day and walks to the subway station in 8
minutes. Then he reaches his school in 10
minutes by subway. On the way back, it 12. A theater hall has 32 rows and 15 seats in
takes 30 minutes to reach the house by bus. each row. How many audiences can watch
Accordingly, how many minutes did Enes the theater in this hall?
spend on the road?
A) 38
A) 180
B) 40
B) 240
C) 48
C) 360
D) 50
D) 480
13. Teacher Ammy is considering sharing some 16. The figure below is created with unit
books equally among her 6 students. squares. How many square units is the area
However, since one of her students did not of the orange region greater than the area
come to school that day, she gives three of the green region?
more books to her remaining students.
According to this, how many books has
Teacher Ammy distributed in total?
A) 80
B) 90
C) 100
D) 120
A) 1
B) 2
14. Alex and Ben have a total of 240 dollars. If
Ben gives 16 dollars to Alex, they will have C) 3
equal amount of money. How many dollars D) 4
does Alex currently have?
A) 104
B) 108 17. Which of the following shapes has the
highest number of line of symmetry?
C) 120
D) 116
15. Mary has 186 dollars and Patty has 97

dollars. How many dollars does Mary need
to give to Patty so they have equal amount
of money?
A) 44.5
B) 50
C) 75.5
D) 99
18. The figure below consists of unit squares. 20. Which set of four points below cannot form
How many unit squares are needed to a quadrilateral?
complete this shape into the smallest
square?
A) 4 A) 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝐷
B) 6 B) 𝐴, 𝐸, 𝐹, 𝐵
C) 8 C) 𝐶, 𝐷, 𝐸, 𝐹
D) 9 D) 𝐴, 𝐶, 𝐸, 𝐵
19. Which one of the following triangles is an 21. What is the perimeter of the figure given
isosceles triangle? below?
A) 32
B) 48
C) 56
D) 60
22. The figure below consists of 5 rectangles 24. There is a pattern between the numbers
with a short side of 5 𝑐𝑚 and a long side of given below. Regarding this pattern, find
12 𝑐𝑚. What is the perimeter of the shape, the number that must be written instead of
in centimeters? “?”.
A) 66
B) 74 A) 28
C) 68 B) 31
D) 72 C) 34
D) 37
23. There is a pattern between the numbers

given below. Regarding this pattern, find
the number that must be written instead of 25. There is a pattern below. The numbers in
“?”. the pattern are written according to a
certain rule. Regarding this rule, find the
number that must be written instead of “?”.
A) 84
B) 85
C) 86
D) 87
A) 32
B) 39
C) 37
D) 50

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INSTRUCTIONS

You are about to take Copernicus Exam.

1. The exam has 25 multiple choice-questions. Each question weighs 4

Remember that “Hard work beats

1. Calculate the sum: 5. What number comes next?

2. Which one is bigger:

4. Which answer is correct: 8. Which day of the week will be 22nd of

11. The sum of the ages of mother, father and

16. The mother counted and if she gave each D) 68

17. John, Jane, Jimmy and Janet together have

20. Area of this square is 64 𝑐𝑚2 . Find the 23.

25. The sum of two numbers is 96. The bigger

You are about to take Copernicus Exam.

1. The exam has 25 multiple choice-questions. Each question weighs 4

Remember that “Hard work beats

1. Calculate the sum 1 + 5 + 10 + 15 + 19. 5. What number should be instead of 𝑋?

2. Which answer is equal to

4. Using the digits 1, 2, 3, and 4, make three

9. How many quadrilaterals are on the

12. What is the smallest 3-digit number whose

10. Two plums weigh one apple and three

18. How many sticks are required for the 12th

You are about to take Copernicus Exam.

1. The exam has 25 multiple choice-questions. Each question weighs 4

Remember that “Hard work beats

5. Alex, our mascot astronaut, is studying to

6. Alex, our mascot Astronaut is learning

11. The figure below was formed with 7 regular

𝐴 𝐴 𝐴 𝐴 𝐴 𝐴 12. If we increase all the summed numbers in

16. The long side of the rectangular track

18. The numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 will be placed in A) 120

21. How many two-digit natural numbers are

You are about to take Copernicus Exam.

1. The exam has 25 multiple choice-questions. Each question weighs 4

Remember that “Hard work beats

4. The number line below is divided into 6

6. We filled a 19 𝐿 carboy of water into 3

15. Mary has 186 dollars and Patty has 97

23. There is a pattern between the numbers

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