Canadian Math Kangaroo Contest Sunday, March 24, 2019

March 6, 2019
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The Department of Mathematics is delighted to announce that Wilfrid Laurier University has been chosen as one of the sites for this year's Canadian Math Kangaroo Contest. Originating in France in 1991, Kangaroo is an international mathematics competition for all elementary and high school students. Competitors are divided into 6 groups: grades 1-2, grades 3-4, ...., grades 11-12. The contest will be held on Sunday, March 24, 2019, starting at 11 a.m.

Contest Room

The exam room LH1001, for all grades, is on the first floor of the Lazaridis Hall, on the Waterloo Campus (75 University Ave. West, Waterloo, Ontario). You may find the building, which is on the North side of the University Avenue, using the Waterloo Campus interactive map. The building is across the University Avenue from the main part of the campus and can be accessed from the University Avenue entrances, or from the parking lot behind it.

Parking

The parking on campus is free on Sunday on most lots for "Gold Permit" or "White Permit". On the other hand, you should not park in any "Reserved" spot, or "Orange" spaces. The parking lot (Lot 32) behind the Lazaridis Hall is one of the free lots. On the slightly outdated campus map, the Lazaridis Hall is represented by the "Future site of the GIE Building", while Lot 32 is represented by part of the gray area right below the Lazaridis Hall. To access Lot 32, the best way is to use Hazel Street, and enter by Balsam Street. The parking spaces are limited on Lot 32, and there are other free parking lots that you can use on the other side of the University Avenue.

Note: The parking lot (Lot 18) beside the Lazaridis Hall is not free on weekends. There are also pay-and-display lots on campus, one of which is beside the Lot 32 mentioned above. For more details, see Parking as well as the interactive campus map linked to above.

Scheule of the Event

The on-site signin is in the Atrium of the building (Lazaridis Hall). It starts around 10 a.m. and ends at 10:45 a.m., when all the contestants shall proceed to the exam room (LH1001). No contestants will be allowed into the contest room after 10:55 am. The contestants in all grades will start writing their exams at 11:00 am. You are advised to arrive by 10:15 am, i.e. 30 minutes before the end of the signin period, and follow the signs and the instructions of the proctors and volunteers on site to sign in for the contest. Due to the large number of contestants this year, early arrival is strongly advised.

The contestants can enter the exam room from designated entrances at 10:45 am and instructions will be read to them by proctors starting around 11:50 am. Parents can help the lower grades, Grades 1-2 in particular, to get seated, while all parents must exit the exam room by 10:55 a.m. No contestant should leave the exam room before the end time of their respective contests. Please be reminded that washroom leaves are only granted one at a time. The lengths of the contest for different grades are the following:

  • Grades 1-2: 45 minutes + 15/10 minutes respectively at the beginning and end (10:45 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.)
  • Grades 3-4: 60 minutes + 15/10 minutes respectively at the beginning and end (10:45 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.)
  • Grades 5-12: 75 minutes + 15/10 minutes respectively at the beginning and end (10:45 a.m. – 12:25 p.m.)

The participation certificates and give-aways will be handed out at the end of the contest, after the contestants have turned in their response sheets.

On-site Signin

There will be four lines to sign in on-site. From right to left, facing the Registration Table, they are Grades 1-2; Grades 3-4; Grades 5-6; Grades 7-12; so that the line for Grades 1-2 is closest to the open stairs. Please maintain order so that everyone can be signed-in in time.

At the time of on-site signin, the contestants will be provided with the named response sheet, two sheets of scrape paper, and the seating ticket with the seat number in the contest room.

Besides pencils and erasers, no calculator, rulers, scissors, or any other tools and computational devices are allowed in the exam room. Water bottles are allowed, but not food or other drink unless is for medical reasons.

Family and Friends

To ensure all the contestants enjoy the experience, we ask all the parents and guests to stay away from the entrances of the exam room and wait in the Atrium area during the contest. The parents will also be waiting for and receiving their children after the contests in the Atrium.

Please respect the directions of the volunteers and proctors. There may be activities in the building other than the CMKC. Please keep the hallways quiet. No running around, playing tag, or similar games in the hallways or in the atrium. Be careful of the steps around the Atrium.

No parents or guests are allowed in the exam room during the contest, and please do not wait around the entrances of the exam room. The Atrium area on the first floor has enough room for parents and guests who prefer to stay around during the contest.

For More Information

For more information visit Canadian Math Kangaroo.

If you have any questions, please contact Professor Shengda Hu at shu@wlu.ca or Professor Roman Makarov at rmakarov@wlu.ca.