Grey and Pink Kangaroos

Kangaroo date: Thursday 18th March 2027

As follow-on Rounds to the Intermediate Maths Challenge, the Grey and Pink Kangaroos are 60 minute, 25 multiple choice challenges.

Entry to the Grey and Pink Kangaroos is by invitation based on a qualfying IMC score, or by discretionary entry. Several thousand UK-based students qualify from the IMC each year. Open to UK schools only.

The UKMT is the UK member of the Association Kangourou sans Frontières, a collaborative association whose purpose is to promote mathematics among young people worldwide. Around six million young people take Kangaroo competitions each year. The name Kangaroo acknowledges the contribution made by Australia to establishing large-scale mathematics contests.

How it works

Purchase entries

Sit challenge

Receive results

For full information on how to host the Grey and Pink Kangaroos please visit the Competition Handbook.

Instructions

The use of blank paper for rough working is allowed; squared paper, calculators and measuring instruments are forbidden.

Use a B or an HB non-propelling pencil. Mark at most one of the options A, B, C, D, E on the Answer Sheet for each question. Do not mark more than one option.

Do not expect to finish the whole paper in the time allowed. The questions in this paper have been arranged in approximate order of difficulty with the harder questions towards the end. You are not expected to complete all the questions during the time. You should bear this in mind when deciding which questions to tackle.

The questions on this paper are designed to challenge you to think, not to guess. You will gain more marks, and more satisfaction, by doing one question carefully than by guessing lots of answers. This paper is about solving interesting problems, not about lucky guessing.