Mathematical Kangaroo
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Mathematical Kangaroo is an international mathematical
competition
with more than 40 countries that take an active part in it. There are twelve levels of participation: from grade 1 to grade 12. The competition is held annually on the third Thursday of March. According to the organizers, the key competence tested by the Kangaroo is logical combination, not just pure knowledge of formulas. Because of the rising popularity of the Mathematical Kangaroo in many participating countries, it is currently the most participated scholar math competition: over 5,000,000 students from 47 countries took part in 2009.
test, consisting of 30 questions (up to 4th grade, only 25 questions) equally divided among the categories of 3-point-, 4-point- and 5-point-questions. 5 solutions are given, exactly one of them being correct. One is given the respective points for choosing the correct answer, 0 points for not answering and a quarter of the respective points are taken off for choosing a wrong answer. Each participant is given 30 base points at the beginning (up to 4th grade, 24) so that the minimum number of points at the end is 0. The maximum number is 150 (up to 4th grade, 120) points.
Mathematics
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Competition
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with more than 40 countries that take an active part in it. There are twelve levels of participation: from grade 1 to grade 12. The competition is held annually on the third Thursday of March. According to the organizers, the key competence tested by the Kangaroo is logical combination, not just pure knowledge of formulas. Because of the rising popularity of the Mathematical Kangaroo in many participating countries, it is currently the most participated scholar math competition: over 5,000,000 students from 47 countries took part in 2009.
Format
The competition is executed as a 75 minutes multiple choiceMultiple choice
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test, consisting of 30 questions (up to 4th grade, only 25 questions) equally divided among the categories of 3-point-, 4-point- and 5-point-questions. 5 solutions are given, exactly one of them being correct. One is given the respective points for choosing the correct answer, 0 points for not answering and a quarter of the respective points are taken off for choosing a wrong answer. Each participant is given 30 base points at the beginning (up to 4th grade, 24) so that the minimum number of points at the end is 0. The maximum number is 150 (up to 4th grade, 120) points.
Prizes
Evaluation and collecting of results as well as the prizes are regulated and organized nationally. Special prizes are given for the “longest kangaroo jump” (the highest number of consecutive correct answers) for each school.External links
- Kangourou Sans Frontières official site
- Känguru der Mathematik Austria
- Thales Foundation Cyprus
- Διεθνής Μαθηματικός Διαγωνισμός "Καγκουρό" Greece
- Le Kangourou des Mathématiques France
- Känguru der Mathematik Germany
- Math Kangaroo Canada
- Nemzetközi Kenguru Matematika Verseny Hungary
- Kangourou Italia Italy
- Wiskunde Kangoeroe The Netherlands
- Kangoeroe Vlaanderen Flanders
- Kangur Matematyczny Poland
- Kenguru Russia
- Math Kangaroo United States
- Kangaroo Commission Pakistan
- Kengūra Lithuania
- Matematický klokan Czech Republic
- / Matematicky klokan Slovakia
- Mednarodni matematični Kenguru Slovenia
- El Canguro Matemático Castilla y León (Spain)
- El Cangur Catalunya, País Valencià, Balears (Spain)
- Cangurul Matematic Romania
- Matemaatikavõistlus Känguru Estonia
- Kängurun - Matematikens Hopp Sweden
- Kangaroo in Armenia Armenia
- Kengur bez granica Serbia