Readiness signs for grades 1–2, 3–4, 5–6, and 7–8, two short problems per band to try at the kitchen table, and the contest that makes the gentlest first attempt at each age.
Five original Math Kangaroo-style practice problems for 1st and 2nd graders, with solutions written so any parent can walk their child through them.
Sixth grade is when the elementary and middle-school contest lists overlap: MATHCOUNTS opens, MOEMS lets your child compete in either division, and every 5th-grade contest is still open. Here is how to pick one.
A month-by-month plan, the skills each level tests, what the free official material covers, and honest answers on classes, self-study, and whether the contest is worth it.
The seven contests open to a 4th grader are still the menu in 5th grade, and the level steps up: a longer Math Kangaroo paper, the core of MOEMS Division E, and middle school one year away. Here is how to pick one.
A 3rd grader can enter four real national math contests — and as of this year, every one of them can be set up from home. Here's what each looks like, plus the bigger competitions that open up next year.