Math Kangaroo Courses

Mission: To get elementary school students interested in the idea of problem solving and math competitions and to prepare elementary school students for the National Math Kangaroo contest. 

Courses ​Overview

Math Kangaroo’s Mission:
To help students love math nationwide.

Math Kangaroo’s Vision:
That all students may achieve their fullest potential and be inspired to discover new knowledge that will shape their lives and the future.

Personal Comments on Math Kangaroo:
This competition is very problem-solving oriented, focusing more on the skills to solve problems rather than the math used to do so. It is a great way to learn very transferable skills and also get a taste for using the mathematics that they have learned in school.

Lack of quality math competition education at this age:
Prestigious classes only start teaching students of middle school or high school age, however, their best programs are reserved for only the best students. This class will start the student with a solid foundation in problem solving and math competition experience, which is what prestigious programs are looking for. 

In-person:
Remote learning has proven to be much harder for many students, especially for something as hands on and interactive as math. In-person learning provides students the benefit to get immediate feedback and the chance to work with other students. ​
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Grades 3-4 Math Kangaroo Class

Syllabus

• Intro to Contest and Class
• Diagnostic Test
  
• Working Step by Step
  
• Inequalities
  
• Working Backwards
  
• Systems of Equations
  
• Visual Reasoning
  
• Numerical Reasoning
  
• Logical Reasoning 
  
• Patterns 
  
• Guess and Check
  
• 2-D Geometry x2 times
  
• 3-D Geometry
  
• Number Sense
  
• Process of Elimination
  
• Counting Efficiently
  
• Speed and Accuracy
  
• Practice Test + Review
  

Class Structure: 
Each class will comprise of:

• Short review of prior unit
  

• A lesson by the teacher
  
• Time to apply the lesson material to hand-selected actual contest problems 
  
• Review of those problems
  
• Some fun, engaging activities