Math Kangaroo is an international math contest for kids in Grades 1 to 12. Math Kangaroo is a 75 minute test covering 25 questions. The questions are challenging and rely on problem solving skills.
The contest is held the third Thursday in March across the globe. For the second year, X Academy is hosting a test center at Lounden Nelson Community Center in downtown Santa Cruz. The upcoming contest will be on Thursday March 17, 2016 starting at 4:00. Registration has will start soon and is open until December 15, 2015. The registration deadline is December 15, but the test will fill up before then, so register soon.
The registration fee is $20 and parents can sign up their students in the contest at: Math Kangaroo Registration.
Math Kangaroo 2010 Sample Questions - Levels 3 & 4
- Adam spent five days preparing for a test. The first day he solved one problem, and on each consecutive day he solved twice as many problems as the day before. How many problems did Adam solve altogether preparing for the test?
A) 15 B) 16 C) 31 D) 33 E) 63
- The figure shown in Picture 1 was made out of six identical coins. What is the smallest number of coins that we need to move to make the figure shown in Picture 2?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5
- Matthew and Clara live in a skyscraper. Clara lives 12 floors above Matthew. One day Matthew went to visit Clara, and he took the stairs up from his apartment to Clara’s apartment. Half-way up he was on the 8th floor. On what floor does Clara live?
A) 12 B) 14 C) 16 D) 20 E) 24
- We made a big cube using 64 small white cubes, and then we painted five of the sides of the big cube. How many of the small cubes have exactly two sides painted?
A) 4 B) 8 C) 16 D) 20 E) 24
- Ella folded a square piece of paper twice, and so made a square with each of its sides as long as half of the original piece of paper. She then cut off all four corners from the square she made. Which of the pictures below shows the piece of paper after unfolding?
- Anna, Beata and Jack go to the same school. One day the librarian said to them,“Guess how many books we have in the school library.” Anna said 2010, Beata said 1998, and Jack said 2015. It turned out that the number of books in the library differed from the numbers given by the children by 12, 7 and 5 (these numbers are not necessarily in the order they made their guesses). How many books are there in their school library?
A) 2005 B) 2008 C) 2003 D) 2020 E) 2022