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Mathematical Kangaroo (also known as Kangaroo challenge, or jeu-concours Kangourou in French) is an international mathematics competition in over 77 countries. There are six levels of participation, ranging from grade 1 to grade 12. The competition is held annually on the third Thursday of March. The challenge consists of problems in multiple-choice form that are not standard notebook problems and come from a variety of topics. Besides basic computational skills, they require inspiring ideas, perseverance, creativity and imagination, logical thinking, and other problem-solving strategies. Often there are small stories, intriguing problems, and surprising results, which encourage discussions with friends and family.
It had over 6 million participants from 57 countries in 2014.[1] In 2022, it has 84 participants countries and claims to be the largest competition for school students in the world.[2]
- ^ United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (February 2014). "Mathematical Kangaroo" (PDF). Maths Challenges News (44). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Le Kangourou des Mathématiques" (in French). 2022.