Sample Problems
2026 Kangaroo Level D Sample Problems (30 questions)
Selected problems across difficulty tiers — click an option to check your answer
Q 2Easy 3 pointsAlgebra
5 x-3=2 x+9, x=?
Answer: Bmovetermcombinedand
Q 6Easy 3 pointsGeometry
right angletriangletwo right angleside 6 and 8, slopeside?
Answer: APythagorean theorem
Q 10Easy 3 pointsdivisible
100 withinsidecandivisible by both 3 and 5 numbers divisible byhas several?
Steps
115 of multiple: 15,30,45,60,75,90
Answer: BLCM(3,5)=15
Q 14Medium 4 pointsProbability
middle 4 red 3 blue 2 greensphere take 1 notredsphereof Probability?
Steps
1notred 5/totalnumber 9
Answer: Bcomplementmethod
Q 19Medium 4 pointsnumbercolumn
arithmetic sequencefirstterm 5 common difference 3#10 term?
Q 23Hard 5 pointsGeometry
positive hexagonside length 4 area? (√3≈1.73)
Answer: A6 waitsidetriangle
Q 27Hard 5 pointsAlgebra
a+b=8, ab=15, finda2+b2
Steps
1(a+b)2-2 ab=64-30=34
Answer: Bcompletelysquarechangeshape
Q 1Easy 3 pointsoperation
(-3)2 = ?
Steps
1negative numbersquare is positive
Answer: Cpower operation
Q 3Easy 3 pointsequation
x/3=7, x=?
Q 4Easy 3 pointsGeometry
squarediagonaltakesquare pointsbecomeseveral triangle?
Steps
12 right angletriangle
Answer: Adiagonal
Q 5Easy 3 pointsoperation
3.6+2.4×2 = ?
Answer: Aoperationsequenceorder
Q 7Easy 3 pointsarea
circleradius 5 area? (π≈3.14)
Q 8Easy 3 pointsNumber Theory
100 withinsidemaximumprime?
Answer: Cprimedeterminecertain
Q 9Easy 3 pointsProbability
roll dice getnumber>4 of Probability?
Answer: BCountingProbability
Q 11Medium 4 pointsequation
2(x+3)=14, x=?
Answer: Bgoparenthesisnumber
Q 12Medium 4 pointsGeometry
triangle 3 side 3,4,5 iswhat triangle?
A) waitside
B) right angle
C) obtuse angle
Steps
132+42=52→right angle
Answer: BPythagoreaninversecertainreasoning
Q 13Medium 4 pointsNumber Theory
GCD(45,60) = ?
Answer: Bmaximumcommonfactor
Q 15Medium 4 pointsoperation
(-2)3+42 = ?
Q 16Medium 4 pointsGeometry
positive pentagoninsideangleand?
Answer: Cinsideangleand formulas
Q 17Medium 4 pointsProbability
middle 5 red 3 whitetake 2 at least 1 redProbability?
Steps
11-C(3,2)/C(8,2)=1-3/28=25/28
Answer: Ccomplementmethod
Q 18Medium 4 pointsnumbercolumn
arithmetic sequencea?=7,a?=19 common difference?
Answer: Bwaitdifferencepropertyprime
Q 20Medium 4 pointsAlgebra
if3 a+2 b=20,a=4 thenb=?
Q 21Hard 5 pointsGeometry
cylinderbasefaceradius 3 height 5 volume? (π≈3.14)
A) 47.1
B) 141.3
C) 282.6
Q 24Hard 5 pointsNumber Theory
2?×5? = ?
Answer: Aexponentmethodthen
Q 25Hard 5 pointsequation
x2-7 x+12=0 of two ofand?
Steps
1Vietacertainreasoning→and=7
Answer: BVietacertainreasoning
Q 26Hard 5 pointscombination
8 peoplemiddlechoose 2 peoplerespectivelywhenpositivepairgrouplength how many ways?
Answer: Bpermutationnumber
Q 28Hard 5 pointsGeometry
squareinsidecutcircleareaand squareareathan? (π≈3.14)
Q 29Hard 5 pointsnumbercolumn
12+22+32+...+102 = ?
Steps
1n(n+1)(2 n+1)/6=385
Answer: Bsquareand formulas
Q 22Hard 5 pointsProbability
roll3die and is 10 of Probability?
Steps
1satisfy itemof combination 27 kinds/216=1/8
Answer: Aenumeratecounting
Q 30Hard 5 pointscombination
1-10 choose 3 makeandis even how many ways?
Steps
13 evenC(5,3)=10+1 even 2 oddC(5,1)×C(5,2)=50→total 60
Answer: Coddevenpointsanalysis