Odd One Out Worksheet for Maths Olympiad
How to solve it (Find the shared rule): Check whether all the numbers are odd or all even — if so, look deeper. Try the tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9: which one has three of the numbers in it? The number that is not in that table is the odd one out.
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- 1.Which is the odd one out: 70, 64, 16, 32? (a) 70 (b) 64 (c) 16 (d) 32
- 2.Which is the odd one out: 24, 18, 36, 48? (a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 36 (d) 48
- 3.Which is the odd one out: 24, 34, 18, 72? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 18 (d) 72
- 4.Which is the odd one out: 48, 20, 24, 80? (a) 48 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 80
- 5.Which is the odd one out: 81, 45, 27, 35? (a) 81 (b) 45 (c) 27 (d) 35
- 6.Which is the odd one out: 14, 48, 12, 24? (a) 14 (b) 48 (c) 12 (d) 24
- 7.Which is the odd one out: 54, 38, 36, 12? (a) 54 (b) 38 (c) 36 (d) 12
- 8.Which is the odd one out: 24, 32, 74, 48? (a) 24 (b) 32 (c) 74 (d) 48
- 9.Which is the odd one out: 12, 16, 72, 36? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 72 (d) 36
- 10.Which is the odd one out: 32, 16, 24, 42? (a) 32 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 42
- 11.Which is the odd one out: 27, 33, 81, 99? (a) 27 (b) 33 (c) 81 (d) 99
- 12.Which is the odd one out: 10, 12, 48, 16? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 48 (d) 16
- 13.Which is the odd one out: 60, 16, 80, 64? (a) 60 (b) 16 (c) 80 (d) 64
- 14.Which is the odd one out: 18, 40, 72, 80? (a) 18 (b) 40 (c) 72 (d) 80
- 15.Which is the odd one out: 81, 45, 27, 65? (a) 81 (b) 45 (c) 27 (d) 65
- 16.Which is the odd one out: 66, 32, 16, 96? (a) 66 (b) 32 (c) 16 (d) 96
- 17.Which is the odd one out: 60, 32, 40, 48? (a) 60 (b) 32 (c) 40 (d) 48
- 18.Which is the odd one out: 54, 24, 32, 64? (a) 54 (b) 24 (c) 32 (d) 64
- 19.Which is the odd one out: 54, 36, 32, 18? (a) 54 (b) 36 (c) 32 (d) 18
- 20.Which is the odd one out: 16, 24, 96, 28? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 96 (d) 28
- 21.Which is the odd one out: 30, 16, 20, 32? (a) 30 (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) 32
- 22.Which is the odd one out: 32, 68, 24, 96? (a) 32 (b) 68 (c) 24 (d) 96
- 23.Which is the odd one out: 74, 16, 24, 48? (a) 74 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 48
- 24.Which is the odd one out: 48, 16, 22, 24? (a) 48 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) 24
- 25.Which is the odd one out: 20, 16, 30, 32? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 30 (d) 32
- 26.Which is the odd one out: 48, 24, 16, 50? (a) 48 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 50
- 27.Which is the odd one out: 16, 30, 40, 24? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 24
- 28.Which is the odd one out: 45, 35, 81, 63? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 81 (d) 63
- 29.Which is the odd one out: 16, 68, 80, 40? (a) 16 (b) 68 (c) 80 (d) 40
- 30.Which is the odd one out: 27, 45, 63, 35? (a) 27 (b) 45 (c) 63 (d) 35
- 31.Which is the odd one out: 46, 12, 30, 60? (a) 46 (b) 12 (c) 30 (d) 60
- 32.Which is the odd one out: 24, 64, 96, 62? (a) 24 (b) 64 (c) 96 (d) 62
- 33.Which is the odd one out: 34, 12, 48, 16? (a) 34 (b) 12 (c) 48 (d) 16
- 34.Which is the odd one out: 42, 32, 12, 16? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) 12 (d) 16
- 35.Which is the odd one out: 58, 24, 64, 48? (a) 58 (b) 24 (c) 64 (d) 48
- 36.Which is the odd one out: 96, 24, 58, 48? (a) 96 (b) 24 (c) 58 (d) 48
- 37.Which is the odd one out: 58, 12, 36, 18? (a) 58 (b) 12 (c) 36 (d) 18
- 38.Which is the odd one out: 40, 30, 12, 32? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 12 (d) 32
- 39.Which is the odd one out: 81, 35, 63, 45? (a) 81 (b) 35 (c) 63 (d) 45
- 40.Which is the odd one out: 38, 80, 40, 16? (a) 38 (b) 80 (c) 40 (d) 16
Answer key
- 70
- 18
- 34
- 20
- 35
- 14
- 38
- 74
- 16
- 42
- 33
- 10
- 60
- 18
- 65
- 66
- 60
- 54
- 32
- 28
- 30
- 68
- 74
- 22
- 30
- 50
- 30
- 35
- 68
- 35
- 46
- 62
- 34
- 42
- 58
- 58
- 58
- 30
- 35
- 38
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