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: 32, 40, 80, 36? (a) 32 (b) 40 (c) 80 (d) 36
- 2.Which is the odd one out: 68, 96, 48, 32? (a) 68 (b) 96 (c) 48 (d) 32
- 3.Which is the odd one out: 12, 18, 50, 36? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 50 (d) 36
- 4.Which is the odd one out: 27, 81, 45, 35? (a) 27 (b) 81 (c) 45 (d) 35
- 5.Which is the odd one out: 16, 64, 80, 30? (a) 16 (b) 64 (c) 80 (d) 30
- 6.Which is the odd one out: 32, 18, 20, 40? (a) 32 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 40
- 7.Which is the odd one out: 12, 10, 48, 16? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 48 (d) 16
- 8.Which is the odd one out: 48, 16, 32, 18? (a) 48 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 18
- 9.Which is the odd one out: 24, 48, 58, 32? (a) 24 (b) 48 (c) 58 (d) 32
- 10.Which is the odd one out: 16, 12, 48, 14? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 48 (d) 14
- 11.Which is the odd one out: 30, 32, 40, 48? (a) 30 (b) 32 (c) 40 (d) 48
- 12.Which is the odd one out: 12, 24, 32, 14? (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 32 (d) 14
- 13.Which is the odd one out: 18, 34, 12, 36? (a) 18 (b) 34 (c) 12 (d) 36
- 14.Which is the odd one out: 48, 84, 16, 32? (a) 48 (b) 84 (c) 16 (d) 32
- 15.Which is the odd one out: 96, 64, 16, 30? (a) 96 (b) 64 (c) 16 (d) 30
- 16.Which is the odd one out: 24, 22, 48, 12? (a) 24 (b) 22 (c) 48 (d) 12
- 17.Which is the odd one out: 46, 72, 36, 24? (a) 46 (b) 72 (c) 36 (d) 24
- 18.Which is the odd one out: 14, 12, 30, 60? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 30 (d) 60
- 19.Which is the odd one out: 14, 12, 32, 24? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 32 (d) 24
- 20.Which is the odd one out: 27, 35, 81, 45? (a) 27 (b) 35 (c) 81 (d) 45
- 21.Which is the odd one out: 96, 76, 24, 32? (a) 96 (b) 76 (c) 24 (d) 32
- 22.Which is the odd one out: 96, 16, 40, 60? (a) 96 (b) 16 (c) 40 (d) 60
- 23.Which is the odd one out: 27, 99, 33, 81? (a) 27 (b) 99 (c) 33 (d) 81
- 24.Which is the odd one out: 16, 58, 32, 64? (a) 16 (b) 58 (c) 32 (d) 64
- 25.Which is the odd one out: 24, 18, 40, 80? (a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) 80
- 26.Which is the odd one out: 24, 16, 48, 20? (a) 24 (b) 16 (c) 48 (d) 20
- 27.Which is the odd one out: 80, 26, 32, 40? (a) 80 (b) 26 (c) 32 (d) 40
- 28.Which is the odd one out: 12, 34, 48, 32? (a) 12 (b) 34 (c) 48 (d) 32
- 29.Which is the odd one out: 12, 34, 48, 24? (a) 12 (b) 34 (c) 48 (d) 24
- 30.Which is the odd one out: 60, 56, 30, 42? (a) 60 (b) 56 (c) 30 (d) 42
- 31.Which is the odd one out: 22, 18, 36, 12? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) 36 (d) 12
- 32.Which is the odd one out: 32, 38, 16, 64? (a) 32 (b) 38 (c) 16 (d) 64
- 33.Which is the odd one out: 36, 12, 34, 18? (a) 36 (b) 12 (c) 34 (d) 18
- 34.Which is the odd one out: 77, 55, 35, 49? (a) 77 (b) 55 (c) 35 (d) 49
- 35.Which is the odd one out: 18, 16, 64, 32? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 64 (d) 32
- 36.Which is the odd one out: 48, 24, 12, 30? (a) 48 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 30
- 37.Which is the odd one out: 49, 63, 81, 27? (a) 49 (b) 63 (c) 81 (d) 27
- 38.Which is the odd one out: 24, 66, 22, 48? (a) 24 (b) 66 (c) 22 (d) 48
- 39.Which is the odd one out: 12, 32, 24, 38? (a) 12 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 38
- 40.Which is the odd one out: 72, 18, 26, 48? (a) 72 (b) 18 (c) 26 (d) 48
Answer key
- 36
- 68
- 50
- 35
- 30
- 18
- 10
- 18
- 58
- 14
- 30
- 14
- 34
- 84
- 30
- 22
- 46
- 14
- 14
- 35
- 76
- 60
- 33
- 58
- 18
- 20
- 26
- 34
- 34
- 56
- 22
- 38
- 34
- 55
- 18
- 30
- 49
- 22
- 38
- 26
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