Mathematical Kangaroo

Mathematical Kangaroo (also known as Kangaroo challenge; French: jeu-concours Kangourou) is an international mathematics competition in over 89 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. In 2022, it has 84 participants countries and claims to be the largest competition for school students in the world.