The international mathematical game-competition "Kangaroo-2017" was held in March 2017. 143,591 students from 2,681 educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus took part in the largest mathematical competition for schoolchildren in the world, among them 15 students from our school. The game-competition "Kangaroo" is held to develop and support the interest of schoolchildren in the study of mathematics.
The competition was born in Australia in the 80s, since 1991 it began to be held in France, since 1993 it has become international and is the most massive intellectual competition in the world. Unlike mathematics olympiads, in which, as a rule, the strongest students take part, all interested students of grades 1-11 can participate in the Kangaroo competition.
Congratulations to all participants of the game-competition "Kangaroo-2017". Each participant received a prize "for all". Students who have shown the best results in their area and in the educational institution are encouraged with additional prizes.
We wish success to all participants of the competition in the study of mathematics and other disciplines!
The results of the contest-game "Kangaroo-2017"
Accounting, measurements, calculations, people began to use in life from the most ancient times. The origins of mathematical science are usually attributed to ancient Egypt. In those distant times, knowledge was surrounded by mystery. Education provided access to public service and to a secure life. Only children of wealthy parents could attend schools. The first schools appeared at the palaces of the pharaohs, later - at temples and large public institutions. The future pharaoh, despite his sacred and divine status, did not have any concessions and privileges in the process of mastering the art of counting, measuring, calculating the areas and volumes of various figures. Every day he was obliged to solve mathematical problems that the teacher brought to him on papyrus (a school notebook of that time), and there were no more important things until all the problems were solved. This knowledge was necessary for the competent management of a great state.
Today, mathematicians around the world are making efforts to popularize this science. "Math for everyone!" - this is the motto of the international association "Kangaroo without borders" (KSF - Le Kangourou sans Frontieres), which today already includes 81 countries.
The Kangaroo competition has been held since 1994. It originated in Australia at the initiative of the famous Australian mathematician and teacher Peter Halloran. The competition is designed for the most ordinary schoolchildren and therefore quickly won the sympathy of both children and teachers. The tasks of the competition are designed so that each student finds interesting and accessible questions for himself. After all, the main goal of this competition is to interest the children, instill in them confidence in their abilities, and the motto is “Mathematics for everyone”.
Now about 5 million schoolchildren around the world participate in it. In Russia, the number of participants exceeded 1.6 million people. In the Udmurt Republic, 15-25 thousand schoolchildren participate in Kangaroo every year.
In Udmurtia, the competition is held by the Center for Educational Technologies "Another School".
If you are in another region of the Russian Federation, please contact the central organizing committee of the competition - mathkang.ru
Competition procedure
If the number of participants in the competition at the school is less than 10 and the organizer cannot independently pick up the materials at the office of the regional organizing committee, then they are sent by registered post by Russian Post, subject to payment of the registration fee, increased to 100 rubles. for one participant.
The competition is held in a test form in one stage without any preliminary selection. The competition is held at the school. Participants are given tasks containing 30 tasks, where each task is accompanied by five possible answers.
All work is given 1 hour 15 minutes of pure time. Then the answer forms are submitted and sent to the Organizing Committee for centralized verification and processing.
After checking, each school that took part in the competition receives a final report indicating the points received and the place of each student in the general list. All participants are given certificates, and the winners in parallel receive diplomas and prizes, the best ones are invited to math camps.
Documents for organizers
Technical documentation:
Instructions for conducting a competition for teachers.
The form of the list of participants in the competition "KANGAROO" for school organizers.
Form of Notification of the informed consent of the participants of the competition (their legal representatives) to the processing of personal data (to be filled in by the school). Their filling is necessary due to the fact that the personal data of the contestants are automatically processed using computer technology.
For organizers who wish to additionally insure themselves regarding the validity of the collection of the fee from the participants, we offer the form of the Minutes of the meeting of the parent community, by the decision of which the powers of the school organizer will also be confirmed by the parents. This is especially true for those who plan to act as an individual.
The international mathematical competition "Kangaroo" in Belarusian schools was scheduled for March 16, but according to the parents who contacted the editors of Rebenok.BY, in some institutions it was held the day before, which is unacceptable according to the rules of the competition
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Within a few hours, photos of assignments for the first and third grades appeared on the Internet.
According to those who applied, the first grades in the capital's school No. 110 and the third graders of the 39th gymnasium in Minsk solved the task from "Kangaroo" a day earlier. Parsing the tasks with the children, the parents noticed that tomorrow's date is on the form with the tasks.
Katerina, mother of a third-grader:
It turns out that some of the schoolchildren who wrote the competition on March 16 knew the tasks in advance. Children were in unequal conditions.
Director of the NGO "Belarusian Association Konkurs", which organizes a mathematical competition in Belarus, Gennady Vladimirovich Nekhay commented on the current situation in the following way:
The fact that the competition was held earlier in school No. 110, I already had a signal, and I talked with the organizer. The organizer explained that these were just training sessions on the old assignments. This is always done to prepare children for the competition.
Those tasks that appeared on the Internet, we checked. They were posted by Ukrainian and Russian participants.
The competition is international and is held simultaneously in all countries. Since the competition is international, the main set of tasks is common. But countries can, at their own discretion, change some of the tasks, as, for example, Russian colleagues regularly do. But the part will still fit.
Gennady Vladimirovich said that the Belarusian Association immediately informed colleagues in St. Petersburg and Lvov about the information leak.
You understand that everywhere there is a human factor. Someone does not like to lose and is ready to win by any means.
Before each task we have short description rules. And the main prescribed requirement is honest and independent work. This year this case will be publicized at the general assembly. This is a disaster for the international association.
So far, I took the word of the organizer in the 110th school, but everything is so serious that I need to figure it out.
Now, according to Gennady Nekhai, the association is waiting for information from parents about what tasks were offered to children. If the fact of the competition ahead of time is confirmed, Belarus may be excluded from the list of its participants.
But Belarus was among the first participating countries and we were always set as an example, - Gennady Nekhai noted with regret. - This is an international scandal. Therefore, we will be grateful for any information on this matter.”
The international mathematical game-competition "Kangaroo-2017" was held on March 16, 2017. 143,591 students from 2,681 educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus took part in the largest mathematical competition for schoolchildren in the world.
Accounting, measurements, calculations, people began to use in life from the most ancient times. The origins of mathematical science are usually attributed to ancient Egypt. In those distant times, knowledge was surrounded by mystery. Education opened access to public service and to a prosperous life. Only children of wealthy parents could attend schools. The first schools appeared at the palaces of the pharaohs, later - at temples and large government institutions. The future pharaoh, despite his sacred and divine status, did not have any concessions and privileges in the process of mastering the art of counting, measuring, calculating the areas and volumes of various figures. Every day he was obliged to solve mathematical problems that the teacher brought to him on papyrus (a school notebook of that time), and there were no more important things until all the problems were solved. This knowledge was necessary for the competent management of a great state.
Today, mathematicians around the world are making efforts to popularize this science. "Math for everyone!" - this is the motto of the international association "Kangaroo without borders" (KSF - Le Kangourou sans Frontieres), which now includes 81 countries.
March 16 guys from different countries tried their hand at solving problems prepared by the best teachers and teachers and approved at the annual conference of the KSF member countries. It is pleasant to note that in terms of the number of tasks selected for tasks of six age levels, a group of Belarusian mathematicians came out on top.
In our country, 143,591 students solved problems that day, which is 6,759 more than in the previous competition. The increase in the number of participants occurred in all regions, with the exception of the Grodno region. The largest number of students participating in this intellectual competition is registered in the capital. The number of participants by region is shown in the diagram:
Kangaroo tasks are developed for six age groups: for 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11 grades. The distribution of participants according to classes is as follows:
Recall that according to the rules of the competition, all tasks in the task are conditionally divided into three levels of complexity: simple, each of which is estimated at 3 points; more complex tasks, the solution of which sometimes requires a good knowledge of the school curriculum in mathematics (estimated at 4 points); complex, non-standard tasks, for the solution of which you need to show ingenuity, the ability to reason, analyze (estimated at 5 points). The success of the tasks is reflected in the following diagrams.
Information about the success of the assignment for grades 1-2, on which the youngest participants worked:
The success of the same task by students of grade 2:
When analyzing the results of this task, it is surprising that, in percentage terms, first-graders coped more successfully than second-graders with solving 8 tasks (a third of the task out of 24 tasks), and 8 more tasks (another third of the task) were solved equally successfully. Only with tasks Nos. 1, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13 and 19 second-graders who study mathematics for a year longer did better than first-graders.
The percentage of correctly solved task tasks for 3-4 grades by third-graders:
The success of the same task by students of grade 4:
In this task, the fourth-graders confirmed more than high level knowledge in comparison with the third-graders, having coped in percentage terms more successfully with all tasks.
Statistical data on the completion of the assignment for grades 5-6 by students in grade 5:
The success of the same task by students of grade 6:
In this task, the sixth graders also confirmed that they had acquired knowledge over the year, having successfully completed the task compared to the fifth graders. Only problems Nos. 7, 29 and 30 were solved equally successfully in percentage terms, in the rest the percentage of correct answers for sixth graders is higher than for fifth graders.
Data on the success of the assignment for grades 7-8 by students in grade 7:
Data on the performance of the same task by participants - students of grade 8:
A comparative analysis of the success of the assignment shows that the percentage of correctly solved problems is higher for older children, only the seventh-graders coped with task No. 28 more successfully, and tasks Nos. 23, 24, 25 and 29 were solved equally successfully by children from different parallels.
Information about the success of the assignment for grades 9-10, which ninth graders worked on:
The success of the same task by students of grade 10:
Comparative analysis of the success of completing the task is similar to the previous ones: in solving only one problem No. 30, the younger guys were more successful. The ninth-graders and tenth-graders showed the same percentage of correct answers to tasks No. 5, 12, 16, 24, 25, 27 and 29.
Information about the success of the assignment by students in grade 11:
The following diagram characterizes the level of difficulty of tasks in general. She introduces the average scores for the country for each parallel:
We remind the participants and organizers of the competition that during the month the results are preliminary. 1 month after posting on the site, the preliminary results of the competition are declared final and not subject to any changes.
We draw the attention of all participants, parents and teachers, that independent and honest work on the task is the main requirement for the organizers and participants of the competition game. The organizing committee regrets that following the results of the work of the disqualification commission, cases of violation of the rules of the game-competition in certain educational institutions and individual participants were once again found. Fortunately, this year such violations have become a little less, but they still continue to suffer. Primary School. Some teachers, in an effort to "help" their students, often bring tears to the little participants and legitimate complaints from their parents. After all, the tasks are designed in such a way that even the most prepared guys rarely complete them completely in the allotted time. Over the many years of holding Kangaroo, even the winners of international mathematical Olympiads did not always complete them in 75 minutes. How can one comment, for example, on the fact that first-graders, who, according to the teachers themselves, are still not well trained in reading and writing, perform the same tasks better than second-graders, as evidenced not only by the analysis of answers, but also by a higher average score for the country. Or this fact: with the number of participants of about 21,000 in parallel 3 classes across the country, 19 children showed the highest possible result. Of these, only from one institution, 8 participants - third-graders scored 120 maximum possible points. It's time to send these guys to the teacher in this school all the other teachers for experience. These and other facts indicate that not all teachers and organizers fully understand their responsibility for organizing and holding not only this, but also other competitions. We are full of confidence that the majority of participants and organizers are honest and conscientious about the participation and organization of our contest games.
The Organizing Committee congratulates all participants of the game-competition "Kangaroo-2017". Each participant will receive a prize "for all". The top performing students in their area and school will be rewarded with additional prizes. We express our gratitude to the organizers-coordinators of the game-competition in the districts (cities) and in educational institutions, who took a responsible attitude to the organization and conduct of the competition.
We wish success to all participants of the competition in the study of mathematics and other disciplines!
The international mathematical game-competition "Kangaroo-2017" was held on March 16, 2017. 143,591 students from 2,681 educational institutions of the Republic of Belarus took part in the largest mathematical competition for schoolchildren in the world.
Accounting, measurements, calculations, people began to use in life from the most ancient times. The origins of mathematical science are usually attributed to ancient Egypt. In those distant times, knowledge was surrounded by mystery. Education opened access to public service and to a prosperous life. Only children of wealthy parents could attend schools. The first schools appeared at the palaces of the pharaohs, later - at temples and large government institutions. The future pharaoh, despite his sacred and divine status, did not have any concessions and privileges in the process of mastering the art of counting, measuring, calculating the areas and volumes of various figures. Every day he was obliged to solve mathematical problems that the teacher brought to him on papyrus (a school notebook of that time), and there were no more important things until all the problems were solved. This knowledge was necessary for the competent management of a great state.
Today, mathematicians around the world are making efforts to popularize this science. "Math for everyone!" - this is the motto of the international association "Kangaroo without borders" (KSF - Le Kangourou sans Frontieres), which now includes 81 countries.
On March 16, children from different countries tried their hand at solving problems prepared by the best teachers and teachers and approved at the annual conference of the KSF member countries. It is pleasant to note that in terms of the number of tasks selected for tasks of six age levels, a group of Belarusian mathematicians came out on top.
In our country, 143,591 students solved problems that day, which is 6,759 more than in the previous competition. The increase in the number of participants occurred in all regions, with the exception of the Grodno region. The largest number of students participating in this intellectual competition is registered in the capital. The number of participants by region is shown in the diagram:
Kangaroo tasks are developed for six age groups: for 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11 grades. The distribution of participants according to classes is as follows:
Recall that according to the rules of the competition, all tasks in the task are conditionally divided into three levels of complexity: simple, each of which is estimated at 3 points; more complex tasks, the solution of which sometimes requires a good knowledge of the school curriculum in mathematics (estimated at 4 points); complex, non-standard tasks, for the solution of which you need to show ingenuity, the ability to reason, analyze (estimated at 5 points). The success of the tasks is reflected in the following diagrams.
Information about the success of the assignment for grades 1-2, on which the youngest participants worked:
The success of the same task by students of grade 2:
When analyzing the results of this task, it is surprising that, in percentage terms, first-graders coped more successfully than second-graders with solving 8 tasks (a third of the task out of 24 tasks), and 8 more tasks (another third of the task) were solved equally successfully. Only with tasks Nos. 1, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13 and 19 second-graders who study mathematics for a year longer did better than first-graders.
The percentage of correctly solved task tasks for 3-4 grades by third-graders:
The success of the same task by students of grade 4:
In this task, fourth-graders confirmed a higher level of knowledge compared to third-graders, having coped more successfully with all tasks in percentage terms.
Statistical data on the completion of the assignment for grades 5-6 by students in grade 5:
The success of the same task by students of grade 6:
In this task, the sixth graders also confirmed that they had acquired knowledge over the year, having successfully completed the task compared to the fifth graders. Only problems Nos. 7, 29 and 30 were solved equally successfully in percentage terms, in the rest the percentage of correct answers for sixth graders is higher than for fifth graders.
Data on the success of the assignment for grades 7-8 by students in grade 7:
Data on the performance of the same task by participants - students of grade 8:
A comparative analysis of the success of the assignment shows that the percentage of correctly solved problems is higher for older children, only the seventh-graders coped with task No. 28 more successfully, and tasks Nos. 23, 24, 25 and 29 were solved equally successfully by children from different parallels.
Information about the success of the assignment for grades 9-10, which ninth graders worked on:
The success of the same task by students of grade 10:
Comparative analysis of the success of completing the task is similar to the previous ones: in solving only one problem No. 30, the younger guys were more successful. The ninth-graders and tenth-graders showed the same percentage of correct answers to tasks No. 5, 12, 16, 24, 25, 27 and 29.
Information about the success of the assignment by students in grade 11:
The following diagram characterizes the level of difficulty of tasks in general. She introduces the average scores for the country for each parallel:
We remind the participants and organizers of the competition that during the month the results are preliminary. 1 month after posting on the site, the preliminary results of the competition are declared final and not subject to any changes.
We draw the attention of all participants, parents and teachers, that independent and honest work on the task is the main requirement for the organizers and participants of the competition game. The organizing committee regrets that following the results of the work of the disqualification commission, cases of violation of the rules of the game-competition in certain educational institutions and individual participants were once again found. Fortunately, this year such violations have become a little less, but the elementary school continues to suffer from this. Some teachers, in an effort to "help" their students, often bring tears to the little participants and legitimate complaints from their parents. After all, the tasks are designed in such a way that even the most prepared guys rarely complete them completely in the allotted time. Over the many years of holding Kangaroo, even the winners of international mathematical Olympiads did not always complete them in 75 minutes. How can one comment, for example, on the fact that first-graders, who, according to the teachers themselves, are still not well trained in reading and writing, perform the same tasks better than second-graders, as evidenced not only by the analysis of answers, but also by a higher average score for the country. Or this fact: with the number of participants of about 21,000 in parallel 3 classes across the country, 19 children showed the highest possible result. Of these, only from one institution, 8 participants - third-graders scored 120 maximum possible points. It's time to send these guys to the teacher in this school all the other teachers for experience. These and other facts indicate that not all teachers and organizers fully understand their responsibility for organizing and holding not only this, but also other competitions. We are full of confidence that the majority of participants and organizers are honest and conscientious about the participation and organization of our contest games.
The Organizing Committee congratulates all participants of the game-competition "Kangaroo-2017". Each participant will receive a prize "for all". The top performing students in their area and school will be rewarded with additional prizes. We express our gratitude to the organizers-coordinators of the game-competition in the districts (cities) and in educational institutions, who took a responsible attitude to the organization and conduct of the competition.
We wish success to all participants of the competition in the study of mathematics and other disciplines!
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