Intermediate international benchmark, Year 4 mathematics – example item

Students in a class made three different origami animals using blue, red, and yellow paper. The table shows the number of animals that were made with each color paper.

Complete the table by solving this puzzle:
• There are the same number of blue fish as yellow giraffes.
• There are the same number of red fish as the other two red animals combined.
• There are 24 yellow animals in all.
Source: The TIMSS 2023 mathematics framework and benchmarks