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: 18, 58, 48, 72? (a) 18 (b) 58 (c) 48 (d) 72
- 2.Which is the odd one out: 20, 40, 32, 34? (a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 32 (d) 34
- 3.Which is the odd one out: 27, 81, 45, 65? (a) 27 (b) 81 (c) 45 (d) 65
- 4.Which is the odd one out: 64, 40, 80, 58? (a) 64 (b) 40 (c) 80 (d) 58
- 5.Which is the odd one out: 24, 54, 18, 32? (a) 24 (b) 54 (c) 18 (d) 32
- 6.Which is the odd one out: 30, 48, 32, 80? (a) 30 (b) 48 (c) 32 (d) 80
- 7.Which is the odd one out: 16, 96, 34, 48? (a) 16 (b) 96 (c) 34 (d) 48
- 8.Which is the odd one out: 10, 24, 16, 48? (a) 10 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 48
- 9.Which is the odd one out: 56, 36, 54, 42? (a) 56 (b) 36 (c) 54 (d) 42
- 10.Which is the odd one out: 30, 20, 16, 48? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 48
- 11.Which is the odd one out: 96, 48, 24, 58? (a) 96 (b) 48 (c) 24 (d) 58
- 12.Which is the odd one out: 55, 77, 49, 35? (a) 55 (b) 77 (c) 49 (d) 35
- 13.Which is the odd one out: 40, 16, 80, 54? (a) 40 (b) 16 (c) 80 (d) 54
- 14.Which is the odd one out: 28, 42, 54, 18? (a) 28 (b) 42 (c) 54 (d) 18
- 15.Which is the odd one out: 80, 40, 76, 16? (a) 80 (b) 40 (c) 76 (d) 16
- 16.Which is the odd one out: 42, 28, 48, 32? (a) 42 (b) 28 (c) 48 (d) 32
- 17.Which is the odd one out: 96, 24, 68, 32? (a) 96 (b) 24 (c) 68 (d) 32
- 18.Which is the odd one out: 40, 16, 86, 80? (a) 40 (b) 16 (c) 86 (d) 80
- 19.Which is the odd one out: 27, 81, 35, 45? (a) 27 (b) 81 (c) 35 (d) 45
- 20.Which is the odd one out: 20, 40, 48, 42? (a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 48 (d) 42
- 21.Which is the odd one out: 54, 16, 18, 48? (a) 54 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 48
- 22.Which is the odd one out: 26, 24, 48, 12? (a) 26 (b) 24 (c) 48 (d) 12
- 23.Which is the odd one out: 32, 72, 18, 54? (a) 32 (b) 72 (c) 18 (d) 54
- 24.Which is the odd one out: 64, 56, 28, 16? (a) 64 (b) 56 (c) 28 (d) 16
- 25.Which is the odd one out: 40, 80, 32, 28? (a) 40 (b) 80 (c) 32 (d) 28
- 26.Which is the odd one out: 45, 35, 81, 63? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 81 (d) 63
- 27.Which is the odd one out: 24, 36, 48, 18? (a) 24 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 18
- 28.Which is the odd one out: 63, 81, 45, 35? (a) 63 (b) 81 (c) 45 (d) 35
- 29.Which is the odd one out: 96, 64, 34, 48? (a) 96 (b) 64 (c) 34 (d) 48
- 30.Which is the odd one out: 88, 96, 22, 24? (a) 88 (b) 96 (c) 22 (d) 24
- 31.Which is the odd one out: 96, 48, 24, 86? (a) 96 (b) 48 (c) 24 (d) 86
- 32.Which is the odd one out: 48, 14, 32, 12? (a) 48 (b) 14 (c) 32 (d) 12
- 33.Which is the odd one out: 96, 64, 50, 24? (a) 96 (b) 64 (c) 50 (d) 24
- 34.Which is the odd one out: 80, 28, 32, 40? (a) 80 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 40
- 35.Which is the odd one out: 64, 84, 56, 16? (a) 64 (b) 84 (c) 56 (d) 16
- 36.Which is the odd one out: 96, 24, 16, 46? (a) 96 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 46
- 37.Which is the odd one out: 30, 24, 32, 40? (a) 30 (b) 24 (c) 32 (d) 40
- 38.Which is the odd one out: 46, 32, 96, 24? (a) 46 (b) 32 (c) 96 (d) 24
- 39.Which is the odd one out: 16, 24, 48, 26? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 48 (d) 26
- 40.Which is the odd one out: 66, 16, 32, 88? (a) 66 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 88
Answer key
- 58
- 34
- 65
- 58
- 32
- 30
- 34
- 10
- 56
- 30
- 58
- 55
- 54
- 28
- 76
- 42
- 68
- 86
- 35
- 42
- 16
- 26
- 32
- 28
- 28
- 35
- 18
- 35
- 34
- 22
- 86
- 14
- 50
- 28
- 84
- 46
- 30
- 46
- 26
- 66
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