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UKMT Intermediate Mathematical Challenge, 2017

Geometry Difficulty 1.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

Each of the diagrams below shows a circle and four small squares. In each case, the centre of the circle is the point where all four squares meet. In one of the diagrams, exactly one third of the circle is shaded. Which one?

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