Number Puzzles Worksheet for Maths Olympiad
How to solve it (Count place by place): Count a digit place by place: first in the ones place, then in the tens place (a number like 33 counts twice). Page numbers: pages 1–9 use 1 digit each, 10–99 use 2, 100–999 use 3. A 3 × 3 magic square made of nine numbers: each row adds up to (sum of all nine) ÷ 3.
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- 1.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 16? (a) 17 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
- 2.How many times is the digit 1 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 77? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 18
- 3.A book has 34 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 68 (b) 60 (c) 59 (d) 50
- 4.The numbers 8 to 16 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 108 (b) 12 (c) 39 (d) 36
- 5.The numbers 16 to 24 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 63 (b) 180 (c) 60 (d) 20
- 6.A book has 146 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 330 (b) 321 (c) 331 (d) 292
- 7.The numbers 15 to 23 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 57 (b) 60 (c) 19 (d) 171
- 8.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 4? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 10
- 9.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 15? (a) 16 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
- 10.A book has 168 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 336 (b) 387 (c) 397 (d) 396
- 11.A book has 93 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 178 (b) 177 (c) 186 (d) 168
- 12.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 14? (a) 15 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 5
- 13.A book has 150 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 300 (b) 333 (c) 342 (d) 343
- 14.The numbers 14 to 22 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 54 (b) 18 (c) 57 (d) 162
- 15.A book has 210 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 522 (b) 513 (c) 523 (d) 420
- 16.A book has 45 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 81 (b) 90 (c) 72 (d) 82
- 17.A book has 49 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 90 (b) 89 (c) 80 (d) 98
- 18.The numbers 1 to 9 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 45 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 18
- 19.How many times is the digit 5 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 96? (a) 19 (b) 21 (c) 20 (d) 9
- 20.A book has 152 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 304 (b) 349 (c) 339 (d) 348
- 21.How many times is the digit 9 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 82? (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 9
- 22.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 6? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 7
- 23.How many times is the digit 9 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 87? (a) 9 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
- 24.How many times is the digit 6 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 84? (a) 17 (b) 8 (c) 19 (d) 18
- 25.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 5? (a) 10 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 4
- 26.A book has 67 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 134 (b) 116 (c) 126 (d) 125
- 27.How many times is the digit 2 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 59? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 16
- 28.The numbers 19 to 27 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 207 (b) 69 (c) 23 (d) 72
- 29.A book has 50 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 100 (b) 91 (c) 82 (d) 92
- 30.How many times is the digit 1 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 80? (a) 19 (b) 18 (c) 17 (d) 8
- 31.A book has 190 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 463 (b) 380 (c) 453 (d) 462
- 32.The numbers 18 to 26 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 69 (b) 66 (c) 22 (d) 198
- 33.A book has 246 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 631 (b) 630 (c) 621 (d) 492
- 34.The numbers 3 to 11 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 24 (b) 21 (c) 63 (d) 7
- 35.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 7? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 7 (d) 8
- 36.A book has 204 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 495 (b) 408 (c) 505 (d) 504
- 37.The numbers 2 to 10 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 21 (b) 6 (c) 54 (d) 18
- 38.How many times is the digit 1 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 38? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 14 (d) 13
- 39.The numbers 5 to 13 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 30 (b) 9 (c) 81 (d) 27
- 40.How many times is the digit 8 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 94? (a) 20 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 18
Answer key
- 3
- 18
- 59
- 36
- 60
- 330
- 57
- 4
- 4
- 396
- 177
- 5
- 342
- 54
- 522
- 81
- 89
- 15
- 20
- 348
- 8
- 6
- 8
- 18
- 5
- 125
- 16
- 69
- 91
- 18
- 462
- 66
- 630
- 21
- 7
- 504
- 18
- 14
- 27
- 19
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