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 13? (a) 14 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 6
- 2.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 2? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
- 3.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 17? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 18 (d) 2
- 4.The numbers 10 to 18 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 126 (b) 14 (c) 42 (d) 45
- 5.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 3? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
- 6.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 4? (a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 3 (d) 4
- 7.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 16? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 17 (d) 3
- 8.The numbers 9 to 17 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 39 (b) 13 (c) 117 (d) 42
- 9.How many times is the digit 5 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 68? (a) 17 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 6
- 10.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) 198 (b) 22 (c) 69 (d) 66
- 11.The numbers 7 to 15 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 99 (b) 11 (c) 33 (d) 36
- 12.A book has 141 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 282 (b) 316 (c) 306 (d) 315
- 13.A book has 92 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 176 (b) 166 (c) 184 (d) 175
- 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) 57 (c) 18 (d) 162
- 15.The numbers 11 to 19 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 48 (b) 135 (c) 15 (d) 45
- 16.A book has 183 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 366 (b) 442 (c) 441 (d) 432
- 17.A book has 129 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 279 (b) 280 (c) 258 (d) 270
- 18.How many times is the digit 5 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 83? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 17 (d) 19
- 19.How many times is the digit 4 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 35? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
- 20.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) 27 (b) 81 (c) 9 (d) 30
- 21.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 9? (a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 11
- 22.A book has 147 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 294 (b) 324 (c) 333 (d) 334
- 23.A book has 197 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 474 (b) 484 (c) 483 (d) 394
- 24.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
- 25.How many times is the digit 7 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 78? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 18 (d) 16
- 26.A book has 106 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 211 (b) 201 (c) 212 (d) 210
- 27.How many times is the digit 3 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 98? (a) 19 (b) 21 (c) 20 (d) 9
- 28.The numbers 20 to 28 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 75 (b) 216 (c) 24 (d) 72
- 29.A book has 34 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 50 (b) 68 (c) 60 (d) 59
- 30.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 12? (a) 13 (b) 8 (c) 7 (d) 6
- 31.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 14? (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 15
- 32.The numbers 6 to 14 are placed in a 3 × 3 magic square, so every row, column and diagonal has the same sum. What is that sum? (a) 10 (b) 33 (c) 90 (d) 30
- 33.How many times is the digit 4 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 78? (a) 18 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 19
- 34.How many two-digit numbers have digits that add up to 6? (a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 7
- 35.A book has 43 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 78 (b) 86 (c) 77 (d) 68
- 36.How many times is the digit 8 written when you write all the numbers from 1 to 64? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 7
- 37.A book has 249 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 639 (b) 630 (c) 498 (d) 640
- 38.A book has 145 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 290 (b) 327 (c) 328 (d) 318
- 39.A book has 158 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 316 (b) 366 (c) 357 (d) 367
- 40.A book has 153 pages, numbered 1, 2, 3 and so on. How many digits are printed to number all the pages? (a) 352 (b) 342 (c) 306 (d) 351
Answer key
- 6
- 2
- 2
- 42
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 39
- 17
- 66
- 33
- 315
- 175
- 54
- 45
- 441
- 279
- 18
- 4
- 27
- 9
- 333
- 483
- 18
- 17
- 210
- 20
- 72
- 59
- 7
- 5
- 30
- 18
- 6
- 77
- 6
- 639
- 327
- 366
- 351
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