SOUTH AFRICAN KANGAROO
MATHEMATICS FOUNDATION SANS FRONTIERS
2025
SIMBA
GRADE 1 - 3
14 April – 9 May
Important Information
1. This is a multiple-choice question paper.
Each question is followed by five answers marked A, B,C, D and E. Only one of these is
correct.
2. Scoring rules:
2.1. Questions 1 – 8: 3 marks each.
2.2. Questions 9 – 16: 4 marks each.
2.3. Questions 17 – 24: 5 marks each.
2.4. There is no penalty for an incorrect answer or any unanswered question.
3. You must use an HB pencil. Rough work paper, a ruler and an eraser are permitted.
Calculators and geometry instruments are not permitted.
4. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
5. Indicate your answers on the sheet provided.
6. Start when the invigilator tells you to do so.
7. Answers and solutions will be available at [Link]
Do not turn the page until you are told to do so.
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3 points
1. Pablo has 6 balloons. He gives away 2 of the balloons. How
many balloons will Pablo then have?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
2. Which of these puzzle pieces completes the picture?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
3. How many of the shapes shown are triangles?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6
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4. 5 baby kangaroos are hopping to their mothers along the paths shown below. Which path is the
shortest?
(A) (B) (C)
(D) (E)
5. How many pencils are shown in the picture?
(A) 7 (B) 8
(C) 9 (D) 14
(E) 16
6. A large square is formed from 16 small squares of the same size. Then some
of the small squares are removed. How many small squares are missing?
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) 7
(E) 8
7. On Michael’s toy shelf, there are no turtles, no rabbits and no robots. Which of these shelves could
be Michael’s shelf?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(E)
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8. All the buttons on Carola’s sweater look like this.
Which one of these buttons could be from her sweater?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
4 points
9. Two rubber bands are placed around a stack of 18 cubes. How many
of the cubes are not touching a rubber band?
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10
(E) 12
10. A floor is covered in square tiles. There are 4 rectangular mats on the floor.
In total, how many tiles have 3 mats on top of them?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4
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11. Which of these keys fits the lock shown in the picture?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(E)
12. A dog has 2 puppies that weigh the same. The first picture shows that the dog and 1 puppy
together weigh 14 kilograms. The second picture shows that the dog and both puppies together weigh
18 kilograms.
How much does the dog weigh?
(A) 9 kilograms (B) 10 kilograms (C) 11 kilograms (D) 12 kilograms (E) 13 kilograms
13. There were 12 pieces of fruit on the table. Vera removed 2 pears, 4 apples and half of the oranges.
Now there are only oranges left on the table. How many oranges are left?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 6
14. There are 12 students in a line. Counting from the left, Warren is fifth in the line. Counting
from the right, Victor is fourth in the line. How many students are between Warren and Victor?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
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15. There were three books on Mary’s shelf, as shown in the picture.
First, Mary swapped the white book and the grey book.
Then Mary swapped the grey book and the black book.
How are her books arranged now?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
16. The pictures below show the front and back of an object built from coloured cubes.
The object is broken into three pieces. Two of the pieces are shown below.
Which of these is the third piece?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
5 points
17. The beads on a string alternate between black and white.
Each block hides five beads. How many white beads are hidden in total?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 9 (E) 10
18. Ann buys 3 chocolate bars. Tom buys 5 chocolate bars. Tom paid 8 euro more than Ann. What
is the cost of 1 chocolate bar?
(A) 1 euro (B) 2 euro (C) 3 euro (D) 4 euro (E) 5 euro
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19. Charles has 5 wooden toys, as shown in the picture.
6g 8g 10 g 11 g 12 g
He picks 2 pairs of toys so that the pairs weigh the same. Which toy was not picked?
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
20. 3 years ago, the sum of Ana’s age and Ben’s age was 6 years. Ana is currently 7 years old. How
old is Ben now?
(A) 1 year (B) 5 years (C) 6 years (D) 7 years (E) 11 years
21. Each ladybird sticker has 1, 2, 3 or 4 dots.
Amit wants to fill the grid with stickers so that in each row and in each column there are ladybirds
with different numbers of dots.
When Amit is finished, what will the top row of the grid look like?
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
(E)
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22. There are 13 cubes stacked in the corner of a room. Each is coloured
red or blue. Directly below each red cube is a blue cube, and directly below
each blue cube is a red cube. How many blue cubes are in the stack?
(A) 4
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 9
23. Ingrid decides to paint each square in the shape below so that squares painted the same colour
do not touch.
She paints 4 squares red, 3 squares blue, 2 squares green and 1 square yellow. Which colour did
she paint the square marked with the X?
(A) Red (B) Blue (C) Green (D) Yellow
(E) Impossible to know
24. Each time a coin is put in the machine, a ball falls at random
from the bottom row. What is the smallest number of coins Bahar
must have to be sure that she will get a white ball?
(A) 6
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 12
(E) 15