Maths competition practice papers
Free papers in the shape of the Kangaroo Math Competition, with every answer and its working. Print one for a timed 75 minutes at home, or sit a new one online and see the points straight away.
Pick a paper
Years 1 and 2
Pre-Ecolier · Standard 1 and 2
Picture puzzles, patterns and counting, read slowly with a grown-up nearby if needed.
Years 3 and 4
Ecolier · Standard 3 and 4
Logic, patterns, shapes and number puzzles, with a few longer clue chains at the end.
Years 5 and 6
Benjamin · Standard 5 and 6
Number puzzles, shapes and angles, counting and logic: the step up to 30 questions.
Years 7 and 8
Cadet · Form 1 and 2
Number theory, probability, algebra and geometry puzzles, the hardest ten last.
Years 9 and 10
Junior · Form 3 and 4
Divisors, powers, sequences, quadratics and counting, at competition pace.
Years 11 and 12
Senior · Form 5, 6 and pre-university
The top level, for Years 11 and 12: algebra, number theory and counting.
How the competition works
- Questions
- 24 for Years 1 to 4, 30 from Year 5, each with five choices, A to E
- Time
- 75 minutes
- Points
- A third of the questions are worth 3 points, a third 4 and the last third 5: 96 or 120 in all
- Wrong answers
- Some countries take a quarter of the question's points off, others nothing. Our marking takes nothing off
- Allowed
- Rough paper only: no calculator
- Levels
- One paper for each pair of school years, from Years 1 and 2 to Years 11 and 12
Schools enter their students, and the paper is sat in school on one day in the spring. The questions get harder as the paper goes on: the first ones are quick, and the last few stretch the strongest students. Malaysia's paper has had 20 to 24 questions, so check the rules your school gives you.
Answers and working
Every printed paper ends with its answers and the working for each one. Online, your first finished paper shows the answers to its first ten questions; the maths competition pack opens the answers and working on every online paper.
Pricing
Three free practice tests. Unlimited tests and answers are RM99.
The printed papers on this page are free, answers and all. Online, a free account includes 3 practice tests. The pack opens unlimited tests and shows your child what they got right, the right answers and how to reach them, at every level.
Maths competition practice pack
RM99
for 6 months
- Which questions your child got right, after every practice test
- The right answer to every question
- A worked solution for every question, step by step
- Unlimited maths competition papers at every level, Years 1 to 12
One payment in Malaysian ringgit for 6 months of access. No auto-renewal: when the 6 months end, access stops unless you buy again.
Questions parents ask
- What is the Kangaroo Math Competition?
- An international maths competition run in schools in more than 100 countries, organised by Kangourou sans Frontières and a national organiser in each country. It is all multiple choice, and it rewards clear thinking more than fast sums.
- Which paper should my child sit?
- The one for their current school year. In Malaysia, Standard 1 and 2 sit the Years 1 and 2 paper (Pre-Ecolier), Standard 3 and 4 the Years 3 and 4 paper (Ecolier), and so on up to Form 5, 6 and pre-university (Senior).
- Are these the real past papers?
- No. Every question here is written by us, in the competition's published shape. Past papers belong to the organisers. We are not connected with Kangourou sans Frontières, Kangaroo Math Malaysia or any national organiser of the competition.
- Is it free?
- The printed papers are free, with every answer. Online, a free account includes 3 practice tests. The maths competition pack (RM99 for 6 months) opens unlimited tests and shows the right answer and the working for every question.
- Is it worth guessing?
- Check your own country's rules. Where a wrong answer costs a quarter of its points, leave a question blank if you cannot rule out any choice. Where nothing is taken off, answer every question.
- How should my child practise?
- Sit one paper in a quiet 75 minutes with no calculator, then go through every wrong answer with the working. Drawing a picture, trying small cases and working backwards from the choices crack most of the harder ones.