page_title: Mathematical Kangaroo
section_title: Association Kangourou Sans Frontières
hierarchical_section_title: Mathematical Kangaroo / Association Kangourou Sans Frontières
caption_attribution_description: English: Members of the association Kangourou Sans Frontières at their annual meeting Chicago in 2019
context_page_description: Mathematical Kangaroo is an international mathematics competition in over 77 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 textbook 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 is the largest competition for school students in the world, with over 6 million participants from 77 countries in 2019.
context_section_description: The association Kangourou sans Frontières is an international association founded in France, which is formed by math lovers from all over the world. Motivated by the importance of mathematics in the modern world, their passion is to spread the joy of mathematics, support mathematical education in schools, and promote a basic mathematical culture and a positive perception of mathematics in society. The main activity of Kangourou sans Frontières is designing the annual Kangaroo challenge and managing it on an international level. The organization of the competition in the individual countries is up to the members of Kangourou sans Frontières.
  In 1994, mathematicians from 10 countries met in Strasbourg (France) and founded the association Kangourou Sans Frontières with statutes registered in Paris on January 17th, 1995. From that day on, Kangaroo has continued to grow. The number of members of the association exceeded 75 countries in 2019 and is still going up. The systematic growth of the association was accompanied by a growing professionalization and digitalization of the association. The president of the association is Dr. Meike Akveld (ETH Zürich, Switzerland).
caption: The members of the association Kangourou Sans Frontières at their annual meeting in Chicago in 2019
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