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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