November 2025 Contest — Grade 4
The November 2025 North Star contest paper for Grade 4 has 12 questions and a 45-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 4
- Questions
- 12
- Time limit
- 45 minutes
- Contest
- November 2025
- Subject
- Mathematics
- School year
- 2025-26
Before you start
- The timer starts when you press Start and runs for 45 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 — Number Sense & Operations
5 hundreds + 5 tens = X ones, what is X?
- A.55
- B.550
- C.45
- D.500
- E.450
Show the worked solution
To find the value of X, let's break down the parts of the equation:
1. First, find the value of "5 hundreds":
5 hundreds = 5 × 100 = 500
2. Next, find the value of "5 tens":
5 tens = 5 × 10 = 50
3. Now, add these two values together:
500 + 50 = 550
4. We want to know how many "ones" this total is equal to. Since 1 one is just 1, the number 550 is equal to 550 ones.
Therefore, X = 550.
The answer is B
Question 12 — Logical Reasoning & Problem Solving
In a hockey tournament, each team gets: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a loss. A team called Stars of the South played 30 matches and scored a total of 70 points. What is the smallest number of matches that could have ended in a draw?
- A.1
- B.3
- C.4
- D.5
- E.6
Show the worked solution
To find the smallest number of matches that could have ended in a draw, we want to get as many points as possible from wins, because wins give the most points (3 points each).
Let's find the maximum number of wins the team could have:
If the team had 24 wins, they would have 24 x 3 = 72 points, which is more than their total of 70 points. So, they cannot have 24 wins.
If the team had 23 wins, they would get 23 x 3 = 69 points. To reach their total of 70 points, they need 1 more point. This 1 point must come from 1 draw (since a draw gives 1 point).
Let's check if this fits the total number of matches:
Wins: 23
Draws: 1
This accounts for 23 + 1 = 24 matches.
Since they played 30 matches in total, the remaining 30 - 24 = 6 matches must have been losses (which give 0 points).
This scenario works perfectly:
Total points: 23 x 3 + 1 x 1 + 6 x 0 = 69 + 1 + 0 = 70 points.
Total matches: 23 + 1 + 6 = 30 matches.
Since 70 is not divisible by 3, they could not have had 0 draws. Therefore, the smallest possible number of draws is 1.
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