Manhattan Beach Students Shine in International Math Kangaroo Competition
May 17, 2025 10:37AM ● By Mb News Staff
Manhattan Beach students earned top rankings in this year's international Math Kangaroo Competition.
The annual contest draws thousands
of students in grades K-12, with a focus on improving
students' math scores and teaching them new strategies for solving word
and logic problems, helping them with critical thinking and gaining
confidence in the classroom.
The Math Kangaroo exam, which takes place on the third Thursday in March, is a 75-minute multiple-choice test. There are 24 questions for students in grades 1-4 and 30
questions for students in grades 5 and higher. The top score is 96 for grades 1-4, and 120 for grades 5-12.
Math Kangaroo Centers to help prepare students were located this year at Manhattan Beach Middle School, Mathnasium, and Manhattan Academy.
Out of more than six million students
worldwide who participated, the following students received national
rankings for their scores (in most cases, multiple students tied for the ranking):
Grade 1:
Julian Redmore - 6th
Oliver Francisco - 18th
Grade 2:
Leonardo Panait - 1st
Matt Harwood - 1st
Shay Gulati - 4th
Joshua Chang - 8th
Sydney Shieh - 11th
Jacob Yao - 20th
Grade 3:
Joshua Chong - 3rd
Vidyesh Vinodh - 7th
Evan Kappe - 8th
Nathan Lee - 9th
Naga Satya Rithik Gopi - 13th
Grade 4:
Noah Fan - 2nd
Jonah Beregovsky - 3rd
Olivia Panait - 4th
Riley Nugent - 4th
Morgan Shieh - 8th
Lexington Nugent - 9th
Nicole Hiranburana - 9th
Benedict Son - 12th
Ethan Han - 12th
Nicole Zhong - 15th
Arik Aggarwal - 17th
Westin Tran - 17th
Parsa Salehi - 20th
Grade 5:
Deven Kansal - 8th
Aiden Ou - 20th
Grade 6:
Lillian Francisco - 3rd
Rohan Panchal - 12th
Grade 7:
Evan Lin - 4th
Grade 8:
Zachary Zhang - 15th
