Problem 2 · 2025 Math Kangaroo
Easy
Spatial & Visual Reasoning
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How many of these shapes are triangles?
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Answer: E — 6
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Hint 1 of 3
Point at each shape and ask: does it have exactly three corners?
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Hint 2 of 3
A triangle has three straight sides and three corners — count only those.
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Hint 3 of 3
Touch each three-cornered shape once and say the numbers out loud as you go.
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Approach: identify and tally the three-sided shapes
- Go through the shapes and keep only the ones with three straight sides.
- The triangles are: the purple one, the big grey one, the small brown one, the green one, the blue one, and the tan one on the right.
- That makes 6 triangles.
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