November 2025 Contest — Grade 2
The November 2025 North Star contest paper for Grade 2 has 12 questions and a 30-minute limit. Two sample questions with worked solutions are below, and you can take the whole paper online for free — no account, no sign-up.
- Grade
- Grade 2
- Questions
- 12
- Time limit
- 30 minutes
- Contest
- November 2025
- Subject
- Mathematics
- School year
- 2025-26
Before you start
- The timer starts when you press Start and runs for 30 minutes.
- Answer the 12 questions in any order; each is multiple choice.
- Your answers are marked as you go. Nothing is saved to an account, so finish in one sitting.
Sample questions
The first and last questions from this paper, with their worked solutions.
Question 1 — Geometry & Measurement
How many triangles are there in the picture?
- A.8
- B.7
- C.6
- D.5
- E.4
Show the worked solution
Let's count the triangles in the picture step by step.
Step 1 — Read the image:
We see one large triangle.
There is a vertical line going straight down from the top corner to the bottom side.
There is another line going from the bottom-left corner to the right side.
These two lines cross each other inside, dividing the large triangle into 4 smaller regions:
3 of these regions are small triangles (top-left, bottom-left, and top-right).
1 region is a four-sided shape (bottom-right).
Step 2 — Solve:
Now, let's count all the triangles we can make by looking at these regions:
1. Triangles made of 1 region:
The small top-left triangle.
The small bottom-left triangle.
The small top-right triangle.
(This gives us 3 triangles)
2. Triangles made of 2 regions:
The left half (combining the top-left and bottom-left triangles).
The right half (combining the top-right triangle and the bottom-right four-sided shape).
The upper slanted triangle (combining the top-left and top-right triangles).
The lower slanted triangle (combining the bottom-left triangle and the bottom-right four-sided shape).
(This gives us 4 more triangles)
3. Triangles made of all 4 regions:
The entire big triangle itself.
(This gives us 1 more triangle)
Adding them all together:
3 + 4 + 1 = 8 triangles.
Step 3 — Select:
There are 8 triangles in total, which corresponds to option A.
The answer is A
Question 12 — Number Sense & Operations
Which odd number comes just before 25?
- A.21
- B.19
- C.23
- D.24
- E.27
Show the worked solution
To find the odd number that comes just before 25, let's count backwards from 25:
1. The number that comes right before 25 is 24. But 24 is an even number because it ends in 4.
2. The number that comes before 24 is 23. 23 is an odd number because it ends in 3.
So, the odd number that comes just before 25 is 23.
The answer is C.
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