Problem 1 · 2014 Math Kangaroo
Easy
Spatial & Visual Reasoning
sequence-of-figuressymmetry
Luisa draws a star. She cuts a piece out of the middle of the drawing. What does this piece look like? (Choose the matching picture.)
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Answer: D
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Hint 1 of 3
Look only at the very centre of the star, where all the points meet.
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Hint 2 of 3
Count how many little spikes shoot out from that middle point.
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Hint 3 of 3
Find the picture whose spikes point the same way and there are the same number of them.
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Approach: look only at the middle and match the spikes
- Cover the outside of the star with your hand and look at just the middle.
- Lots of points all touch there, so the little circle should be full of spikes shooting out in every direction.
- Put each picture next to the centre of the star and find the one whose spikes line up the same way.
- That matching piece is D.
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