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2024 Beaver Computing Challenge
(Grade 5 & 6)

Questions

Part A

Pizza Party

Story

Jun is ordering a large pizza for four of his friends. Each of his friends has three favourite pizza toppings as shown below.

Friend Favourite toppings
Eslam Hot pepper Mushroom Cheese
Meral

Mushroom Pineapple Onion

Salma Mushroom Spinach Cheese
Wout Mushroom Cheese Onion

Jun wants to choose the three most popular toppings for the pizza he is ordering. (A topping is more popular than another topping if it is the favourite of more friends than the other topping.)

Question

Which of the following pizzas should Jun choose?

  1. A pizza with mushrooms, hot peppers, and spinach.

  2. A pizza with cheese, pineapple, and hot peppers.

  3. A pizza with cheese, mushrooms, and onions.

  4. A pizza with cheese, mushrooms, and spinach.

Nature Hike

Story

Beaver Alia hiked along a path from her home to the middle of the forest, enjoying nature along the way.

She first passed rocks . Then she passed an apple tree , followed by a bird’s nest .

Four paths, named A, B, C, and D, that each lead to the middle of the forest where Alia is. A description of the paths follows.

Question

Which of the four paths leads back to Alia’s home?

  1. Path A
  2. Path B
  3. Path C
  4. Path D

Candies

Story

Gabija offers to share the nine candies shown below with her friends.

A dish has three green dotted candies, four round striped candies, and two square blue candies.

They take some candy as follows:

Question

After this, how many candies of each type remain?

  1. two round striped candies, one square blue candy, zero green dotted candies
  2. one round striped candy, one square blue candy, zero green dotted candies
  3. two round striped candies, two square blue candies, zero green dotted candies
  4. one round striped candy, one square blue candy, one green dotted candy

Gift Box

Story

When folded, a gift box is a pyramid with a square base as shown.

A tilted view of the pyramid showing three outer faces: the square base that is coloured with red stripes, and two side-by-side triangular faces with the one to the left coloured white and the one to the right coloured blue.

The sides and bottom of the box are different colours and patterns, but only some of these are shown.

Question

Which of the following could be the outside of the gift box when it is unfolded?

  1. A square in the middle with a triangle along each of its sides. The square is orange. The top triangle is blue, the triangle on the right has red stripes, the triangle on the bottom is pink, and the triangle on the left is white.

  2. A square in the middle with a triangle along each of its sides. The square has red stripes. The top triangle is blue, the triangle on the right is orange, the triangle on the bottom is pink, and the triangle on the left is white.

  3. A square in the middle with a triangle along each of its sides. The square has red stripes. The top triangle is blue, the triangle on the right is white, the triangle on the bottom is pink, and the triangle on the left is orange.

  4. A square in the middle with a triangle along each of its sides. The square has red stripes. The top triangle is orange, the triangle on the right is white, the triangle on the bottom is pink, and the triangle on the left is blue.

Part B

Map It Out

Story

Four animals travelled across a plain. The following map shows their routes with a path from where each animal started to where they finished. However, the middle section of the map is missing.

A description of the diagram follows

Question

Which of these pieces could be the missing middle section of the map?