Winners of the Kangaroo Math Competition

On the third Thursday in March, nearly 850,000 students in Germany from third grade onward took part in the Kangaroo Math Competition—worldwide, the total was about 6 million. At Steinmühle, 42 students signed up for this voluntary test—mostly from fifth grade. The Kangaroo problems are usually very stimulating, sometimes entertaining, and can be solved using a wide variety of approaches. Sometimes all it takes is common sense, a bit of ingenuity, or a creative idea. In addition, it is a multiple-choice test, which suits the students very well.

Everyone who participated has now received a certificate, a booklet containing all the problems and solutions, and a small game. In each grade level, first, second, and third prizes are awarded to the top 5% of participants nationwide; these prizes include science experiment kits, strategy games, math puzzles, and books.

There were four award winners at the Steinmühle this year, including Paula Auschill even won first prize. Second prizes went to Johanna Egbring and Joshua Wieder, and a third prize went to Lotte Jungfer. The award for the longest “kangaroo jump” (i.e., the greatest number of consecutive correct answers) went to Lenn Stumm received a Kangaroo T-shirt. Congratulations!

The successful students from Class 5a, from left to right:

Johanna Egbring, Lotte Jungfer, Paula Auschill, Lenn Stumm, Joshua Wieder