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2020 Math Kangaroo

Problem 2

Problem 2 · 2020 Math Kangaroo Easy
Spatial & Visual Reasoning tiling-tessellation
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Answer: D
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Hint 1 of 2
Look at every single tile that actually appears in the big wall pattern.
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Hint 2 of 2
Find the one small tile whose colour arrangement never shows up in the wall.
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Approach: match each candidate tile to the wall
  1. Four of the five tiles can be found somewhere inside the repeating wall pattern.
  2. Tile D has a colour layout that does not occur anywhere in the wall, so it is the odd one out.
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