Syllabus
The Math Kangaroo competition is divided into six levels corresponding to school grades. Each level is designed to challenge students appropriately for their age group. The topics covered in each level are outlined below.
Pre-Écolier — Grades 1 & 2
- Simple arithmetic operations with 1-digit and 2-digit numbers
- Distinguishing simple geometric figures
- Time and clock; number of days in a week
- Number of months in a year
Écolier — Grades 3 & 4
- Simple arithmetic operations with 1, 2, 3, and 4-digit numbers
- Recognizing geometric figures
- Magic squares with a sum of 15
- Time, clock; number of days in a week and months in a year
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division; intersection of sets
- Perimeter and area of a square and a rectangle
Benjamin — Grades 5 & 6
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- Magic squares
- Fractions and decimals
- Clock and calendar
- Perimeter of a polygon; area of a rectangle and a triangle
- Mathematical logic
- Lines and rays on a surface
- A cube and a rectangular solid; acute, right, and obtuse angles
Cadet — Grades 7 & 8
- Operations on rational numbers
- Powers of natural numbers
- Angles: acute, right, and obtuse
- Equations, inequalities, and systems of linear equations
- Area of a rectangle, a triangle, and a circle
- Lines and rays on a surface
- Volume and surface area of geometric figures
- Supplementary angles; sum of angles in a triangle and a quadrilateral
Junior — Grades 9 & 10
- Operations on real numbers
- Functions, polynomials, equations, and inequalities
- Sequences of numbers
- Elements of combinatorics
- Synthetic and analytic plane geometry
Student — Grades 11 & 12
- Operations on real numbers
- Functions, polynomials, equations, and inequalities
- Sequences of numbers
- Elements of combinatorics
- Synthetic and analytic plane geometry