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: 14, 32, 48, 12? (a) 14 (b) 32 (c) 48 (d) 12
- 2.Which is the odd one out: 40, 80, 16, 18? (a) 40 (b) 80 (c) 16 (d) 18
- 3.Which is the odd one out: 48, 36, 28, 72? (a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 28 (d) 72
- 4.Which is the odd one out: 16, 32, 12, 18? (a) 16 (b) 32 (c) 12 (d) 18
- 5.Which is the odd one out: 81, 27, 45, 85? (a) 81 (b) 27 (c) 45 (d) 85
- 6.Which is the odd one out: 18, 24, 12, 48? (a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 48
- 7.Which is the odd one out: 52, 80, 16, 40? (a) 52 (b) 80 (c) 16 (d) 40
- 8.Which is the odd one out: 32, 30, 24, 64? (a) 32 (b) 30 (c) 24 (d) 64
- 9.Which is the odd one out: 10, 16, 48, 12? (a) 10 (b) 16 (c) 48 (d) 12
- 10.Which is the odd one out: 48, 96, 26, 16? (a) 48 (b) 96 (c) 26 (d) 16
- 11.Which is the odd one out: 64, 16, 32, 70? (a) 64 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 70
- 12.Which is the odd one out: 48, 84, 40, 80? (a) 48 (b) 84 (c) 40 (d) 80
- 13.Which is the odd one out: 81, 27, 63, 35? (a) 81 (b) 27 (c) 63 (d) 35
- 14.Which is the odd one out: 42, 14, 24, 48? (a) 42 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 48
- 15.Which is the odd one out: 24, 54, 16, 32? (a) 24 (b) 54 (c) 16 (d) 32
- 16.Which is the odd one out: 40, 36, 16, 80? (a) 40 (b) 36 (c) 16 (d) 80
- 17.Which is the odd one out: 72, 22, 18, 48? (a) 72 (b) 22 (c) 18 (d) 48
- 18.Which is the odd one out: 34, 24, 48, 16? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) 48 (d) 16
- 19.Which is the odd one out: 10, 12, 48, 24? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 48 (d) 24
- 20.Which is the odd one out: 34, 12, 48, 16? (a) 34 (b) 12 (c) 48 (d) 16
- 21.Which is the odd one out: 16, 40, 32, 30? (a) 16 (b) 40 (c) 32 (d) 30
- 22.Which is the odd one out: 12, 14, 48, 16? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 48 (d) 16
- 23.Which is the odd one out: 16, 36, 80, 40? (a) 16 (b) 36 (c) 80 (d) 40
- 24.Which is the odd one out: 16, 30, 24, 80? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) 24 (d) 80
- 25.Which is the odd one out: 20, 32, 16, 10? (a) 20 (b) 32 (c) 16 (d) 10
- 26.Which is the odd one out: 20, 16, 40, 14? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 40 (d) 14
- 27.Which is the odd one out: 96, 48, 72, 36? (a) 96 (b) 48 (c) 72 (d) 36
- 28.Which is the odd one out: 16, 48, 12, 34? (a) 16 (b) 48 (c) 12 (d) 34
- 29.Which is the odd one out: 64, 74, 40, 80? (a) 64 (b) 74 (c) 40 (d) 80
- 30.Which is the odd one out: 35, 45, 63, 27? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 63 (d) 27
- 31.Which is the odd one out: 24, 34, 16, 48? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 16 (d) 48
- 32.Which is the odd one out: 30, 80, 16, 32? (a) 30 (b) 80 (c) 16 (d) 32
- 33.Which is the odd one out: 20, 30, 24, 16? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 24 (d) 16
- 34.Which is the odd one out: 16, 40, 80, 62? (a) 16 (b) 40 (c) 80 (d) 62
- 35.Which is the odd one out: 34, 48, 24, 12? (a) 34 (b) 48 (c) 24 (d) 12
- 36.Which is the odd one out: 64, 32, 24, 78? (a) 64 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 78
- 37.Which is the odd one out: 48, 20, 30, 16? (a) 48 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 16
- 38.Which is the odd one out: 48, 82, 64, 24? (a) 48 (b) 82 (c) 64 (d) 24
- 39.Which is the odd one out: 32, 24, 76, 48? (a) 32 (b) 24 (c) 76 (d) 48
- 40.Which is the odd one out: 81, 49, 27, 63? (a) 81 (b) 49 (c) 27 (d) 63
Answer key
- 14
- 18
- 28
- 18
- 85
- 18
- 52
- 30
- 10
- 26
- 70
- 84
- 35
- 14
- 54
- 36
- 22
- 34
- 10
- 34
- 30
- 14
- 36
- 30
- 10
- 14
- 36
- 34
- 74
- 35
- 34
- 30
- 30
- 62
- 34
- 78
- 30
- 82
- 76
- 49
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