math kangaroo results are out

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Also how bad is this score? This is 3rd grade with no prep, just a kid who likes to enter for the tchotckies and math fun.

Without prep, it's an okay score. A lot of Kangaroo questions do not align much with school math and 5-point problems will make many adults think long and hard, too. My kid prepped for a couple of months (1 full test a week), and got 17th rank, 91% percentile or so. He's a 99% MAP student, but without prep, I doubt he'd break into top-20.

Where did you get the prep tests and answers? The kangaroo even years and odd years textbooks? I looked at those but they have mixed reviews and for the price I wasn’t sure if it’s worth it. I did see that Kangaroo was doing a hard sell of its online prep classes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Also how bad is this score? This is 3rd grade with no prep, just a kid who likes to enter for the tchotckies and math fun.

Without prep, it's an okay score. A lot of Kangaroo questions do not align much with school math and 5-point problems will make many adults think long and hard, too. My kid prepped for a couple of months (1 full test a week), and got 17th rank, 91% percentile or so. He's a 99% MAP student, but without prep, I doubt he'd break into top-20.

Where did you get the prep tests and answers? The kangaroo even years and odd years textbooks? I looked at those but they have mixed reviews and for the price I wasn’t sure if it’s worth it. I did see that Kangaroo was doing a hard sell of its online prep classes.

PP here. Yes, exactly those books off Amazon. We only did one book (odd years) and, compared to the problems there, this year’s challenge seemed “easy” to DS (first time participant). He went in nervous and came out saying it wasn’t as hard as what we did at home. The types of problems are usually similar, so if your child figures out a general approach, they’ll be able to apply it when they recognize the problem type.

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Anonymous wrote:RSM and AoPS Are so good at prepping that I don’t know how a kid can be competitive if they’re not in one of those two program programs.

You can prep at home with books + there are youtube videos of math students going through the solutions. Totally possible but requires parent involvement.

Right, but AoPS has a system that you can do at home with books, videos, online practice, and online classes if you need them. I read that every member of the US Math Olympiad team since 2015 uses AoPS. To go into a math competition without using it (or RSM, I just don't know that system as well) seems like you are setting your kid up for failure.

There's no secret. The classes just provide a structure for discipline to study and practice. Some kids need that, some don't.

None should be prepping, it will skew the numbers. You want to know how well your child is doing naturally. Prepping for this kind of test is over the top.

[Anonymous]

lol at prepping for this baby test

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:RSM and AoPS Are so good at prepping that I don’t know how a kid can be competitive if they’re not in one of those two program programs.

You can prep at home with books + there are youtube videos of math students going through the solutions. Totally possible but requires parent involvement.

Right, but AoPS has a system that you can do at home with books, videos, online practice, and online classes if you need them. I read that every member of the US Math Olympiad team since 2015 uses AoPS. To go into a math competition without using it (or RSM, I just don't know that system as well) seems like you are setting your kid up for failure.

There's no secret. The classes just provide a structure for discipline to study and practice. Some kids need that, some don't.

None should be prepping, it will skew the numbers. You want to know how well your child is doing naturally. Prepping for this kind of test is over the top.

Math Kangaroo provides training for the test. Math competitions are prepared for. Some ES have math clubs that prepare for math comps. RSM has an entire program for math competition.

The problems are very different, there are strategies to answering them. Math comps are great because they teach kids that math is more then algorithms and mechanics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol at prepping for this baby test

Why? If you have not done competitive math then you have no idea what you are doing. Math kangaroo is the most accessible competition out there, it is a good introduction, but if you have not participated before you have no idea how to approach the problems.

[Anonymous]

Never heard of it and you all sound nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never heard of it and you all sound nuts.

Some kids love math and enjoy the competitions, probably more kids would enjoy them but people seem to think it is strange that kids find math, or any academic subject, is fun.

Some kids enjoy reading, debate, science, and math.

[Anonymous]

It’s a baby test . Not impressive

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RSM and AoPS Are so good at prepping that I don’t know how a kid can be competitive if they’re not in one of those two program programs.

You can prep at home with books + there are youtube videos of math students going through the solutions. Totally possible but requires parent involvement.

Right, but AoPS has a system that you can do at home with books, videos, online practice, and online classes if you need them. I read that every member of the US Math Olympiad team since 2015 uses AoPS. To go into a math competition without using it (or RSM, I just don't know that system as well) seems like you are setting your kid up for failure.

There's no secret. The classes just provide a structure for discipline to study and practice. Some kids need that, some don't.

None should be prepping, it will skew the numbers. You want to know how well your child is doing naturally. Prepping for this kind of test is over the top.

I know, right, school is so dumb. Learning is for suckers. AI knows everything.

[Anonymous]

Parents probably answer the questions it’s virtual testing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a baby test . Not impressive

lol at children on the forum. go do your homework

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents probably answer the questions it’s virtual testing

It’s not, it’s in person timed paper and pencil test.

[Anonymous]

sounds like a fake test

[Anonymous]

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Also how bad is this score? This is 3rd grade with no prep, just a kid who likes to enter for the tchotckies and math fun.

Without prep, it's an okay score. A lot of Kangaroo questions do not align much with school math and 5-point problems will make many adults think long and hard, too. My kid prepped for a couple of months (1 full test a week), and got 17th rank, 91% percentile or so. He's a 99% MAP student, but without prep, I doubt he'd break into top-20.

Mine is a consistent MAP 99% tester, in the highest math class at school, and in the highest RSM 3rd grade group (not competition class) and scored very low on Kangaroo, like 25th percentile. I do think the 3rd and 4th graders take the same Kangaroo test, so that might be part of it. It's Grade 1 and 2 together and Grade 3 and 4 together. I don't know if the student's grade level is factored into the score, though.

Kids in 4th grade and did Kangroo starting grade 1 and ranked top 20 every year. RSM honor class.