Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo

Kangaroo date: Wednesday 18th November 2026

A follow-on Round to the Senior Maths Challenge, the Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo is a 60 minute, 20 question ‘integer answer’ challenge. Entry to the Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo is by invitation based on a qualifying Senior Mathematical Challenge score, or by discretionary entry. Several thousand UK-based students qualify from the SMC 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.

60 minutes

Price £4 per entry,
sold individually

*Automatic qualifiers
are free and you do
not need to place
an order for them*

Please note:
All UKMT Competitions are now paper-format only.

Age Group
(UK Schools Only)

England and Wales: Year 13 and below
Scotland: S6 or below
Northern Ireland: Year 14 or below

Deadline for Braille/Large Print
paper order
Wednesday 21st October 2026

Competition Date
Wednesday 18th November 2026

Deadline for paper answer
sheets upload
Thursday 19th November 2026 (by 11:59pm)

How it works

Purchase entries

Sit challenge

Receive results

For full information on how to host the Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo 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 to record your answer to each problem as a three-digit number from 000 to 999. Pay close attention to the example on the Answer Sheet that shows how to code your answers.

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.