![]() ![]() It was a great success in all of these countries. In seven countries – Belarus, Hungary, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Spain – teams of teachers decided to also organize the contest in 1994. All of them were impressed by the increasing number of participants in the Kangaroo challenge in France: 120 000 in 1991, 300 000 in 1992, half a million in 1993. After that, Kangourou des Mathématiques invited mathematicians and organizers of mathematical competitions from several European countries. In May 1993, three teams of teachers from Romania, Poland and Bulgaria participated in Kangaroo together with France. Since it was immediately very successful, shortly afterward they spread the idea in Europe. The first Kangaroo challenge took place on May 15, 1991. The particularity of this challenge was the desire for massive distribution of documentation, offering a gift to each participant (books, small games, fun objects, scientific and cultural trips). In 1990, they decided to start a challenge in France under the name Kangourou des Mathématiques in order to pay tribute to their Australian colleagues. The idea of a multiple-choice competition then sprouted from two French teachers, André Deledicq and Jean Pierre Boudine, who visited their Australian colleagues Peter O’Holloran and Peter Taylor and witnessed their competition. At the same time, both in France and all over the world, a widely supported movement emerged towards the popularization of mathematics. A multiple-choice competition was created, which has been taking place in Australia since 1978. Mathematicians in Australia came up with the idea to organize a competition that underlines the joy of mathematics and encourages mathematical problem-solving. ![]() ![]() School students during the Kangaroo in Germany in 2006 ![]()
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