Junior Kangaroo
A follow-on Round to the Junior Maths Challenge, the Junior Kangaroo is a 60 minute, 25 multiple choice challenge.
Entry to the Junior Kangaroo is by invitation based on a qualifying JMC score, or by discretionary entry. Several thousand UK-based students qualify from the JMC each year. Open to UK schools only.
Time limit
60 minutes
Price
£4 per entry,
sold individually
Age group
England and Wales: Year 8 and below
Scotland: S2 or below
Northern Ireland: Year 9 or below
Challenge Date
Tuesday 11th June 2024
How it works
1
Register your school
2
Purchase entries
3
Sit challenge
4
Receive results
Preparing for the challenge
We are delighted to be working with Dr Frost Maths to help teachers use UKMT past papers and problems in the classroom.
You can utilise UKMT past papers, solutions and investigations as preparation materials for your students. They are a great resource containing high-quality problems from previous years designed to encourage mathematical thinking.
Past Papers
Download UKMT’s free past papers to help students achieve better results.
Maths Books
Browse UKMT’s range of maths books and older past papers on Amazon to help you and your students prepare for maths challenges.
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. 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.
