***Important update*** Canyon Heights students now have full access to all the Caribou Contest study resources found on the Cariboucontests.com site.
What is the Caribou Math contest? The Caribou Math contest is an international online math competition that allows participants to match wits with other students from around the world. Questions on the test emphasize games, puzzles, logic and mathematical thinking.
What is the cost to participate? The contest is free to all Canyon Heights students.
When is the Caribou Math contest? The next Caribou contest will be held on Wednesday, November 10th. The contest opens at 11:30 am and may be started any time up until 7:30 pm on that day. The contest will also be open on Thursday November 11th from 11:30-3:30.
How long do I have to take the test? Once you have started the contest you will have 50 minutes with which to complete the test.
Will it be held at school? The next Caribou contest will not be held at school – it can be taken at home any time within the contest window.
What grades can participate? As this contest can be taken at home, any student in grades K-7 may take the test. If future Caribou contests are held at the school during school hours, they will be open to students in grades 3-7 (students in grades K-2 may still participate from home).
Do I need a new registration code? If your child has participated in a Caribou contest earlier this school year, please continue to use the same log in information.
Can I still sign up if I haven't participated in the earlier contests? Absolutely!
How do I register? Please have your child see Mr. C and ask for a registration code. Then visit cariboutests.com on test day to log in and take the test. If your child has forgotten to request a code, you can email me at [email protected] and request one. Please be sure to provide your child’s full name and grade in the request. Please also be aware that I may not be able to assist you with requests made on the day of the test.
Can I see some sample questions? Yes! Multiple practice tests and other resources can be accessed at cariboutests.com
When will I find out my results? Results are usually available by the Friday after the test. You can find them online or you can see me in the library to find out your results.
How can my child prepare? Please see my tips for acing the Caribou contest (directly below)!
Other questions? Please have a look at the FAQ found here: cariboutests.com/faq.php
Good Luck!
Mr. C
What is the Caribou Math contest? The Caribou Math contest is an international online math competition that allows participants to match wits with other students from around the world. Questions on the test emphasize games, puzzles, logic and mathematical thinking.
What is the cost to participate? The contest is free to all Canyon Heights students.
When is the Caribou Math contest? The next Caribou contest will be held on Wednesday, November 10th. The contest opens at 11:30 am and may be started any time up until 7:30 pm on that day. The contest will also be open on Thursday November 11th from 11:30-3:30.
How long do I have to take the test? Once you have started the contest you will have 50 minutes with which to complete the test.
Will it be held at school? The next Caribou contest will not be held at school – it can be taken at home any time within the contest window.
What grades can participate? As this contest can be taken at home, any student in grades K-7 may take the test. If future Caribou contests are held at the school during school hours, they will be open to students in grades 3-7 (students in grades K-2 may still participate from home).
Do I need a new registration code? If your child has participated in a Caribou contest earlier this school year, please continue to use the same log in information.
Can I still sign up if I haven't participated in the earlier contests? Absolutely!
How do I register? Please have your child see Mr. C and ask for a registration code. Then visit cariboutests.com on test day to log in and take the test. If your child has forgotten to request a code, you can email me at [email protected] and request one. Please be sure to provide your child’s full name and grade in the request. Please also be aware that I may not be able to assist you with requests made on the day of the test.
Can I see some sample questions? Yes! Multiple practice tests and other resources can be accessed at cariboutests.com
When will I find out my results? Results are usually available by the Friday after the test. You can find them online or you can see me in the library to find out your results.
How can my child prepare? Please see my tips for acing the Caribou contest (directly below)!
Other questions? Please have a look at the FAQ found here: cariboutests.com/faq.php
Good Luck!
Mr. C
Tips for having your best performance on the next Caribou test... (updated October 27th)
Before the test day, be sure to try some sample questions that can be found on cariboutests.com.
If you want to do really well, try practicing for 5-10 minutes a day, beginning a week or 2 before the test. Students who do a little practice for a few minutes each day tend to perform much better than students who practice only once or not at all.
If you want to do your very best, try a few of the many practice tests available at cariboutests.com. Be sure to go over any questions you don't understand with an adult (caribou tests tend to frequently have the same style or type of questions, so spending a few minutes of your practice time reviewing a tricky question with an adult can often pay off when you take your next test).
Practice the interactive game a few times before the test -The interactive game for the November 10th contest will be 2048. Each game has a certain logic and strategy to it, and while you may try as many times as you wish to win the game during the test, prior practice and an understanding of how the game works will usually allow you to beat the game in significantly less time, allowing you more time to tackle other questions.
Review the history question! For students in grades 3 and up, the November 10th contest will have a history question about Archimedes. Review the short article found on cariboutests.com and then take a minute to talk with an adult about what you read. What were the big (most important) ideas? The history questions usually focus on important things like 'what idea did they think up?' and not on minor trivia.
On test day, have a pencil and some paper handy - The test questions do not tend to require a lot of calculation, but a pencil and paper can make some questions much easier to solve.
When the test starts, take a few deep breaths and relax. The test is meant to be a fun challenge, and most of us think and perform better when we are not under pressure.
Don’t expect to get most of the questions right – just focus on doing your best. This is an international math contest and it is challenging. There will be some questions that you may not solve… and that’s OK!
Start by solving the questions you know - The answer to some questions may not immediately leap out at you. If you feel stumped by a particular question, don’t waste more time on it - just move on to the next one. Once you have answered all of the questions that you can solve easily, then go back and have a second look at the remaining trickier ones.
Don’t be afraid to take your best guess - You don’t lose marks for guessing, so before you finish the test, be sure to submit your best guess for any question where you weren’t able to arrive at an answer.
If you need to guess at an answer, see if you can determine which possible answers cannot be right, thereby narrowing down your choices and increasing your chance of selecting the correct answer.
Work purposefully, but don’t rush. Rushing usually leads to careless mistakes. Read the question carefully. But don’t dawdle either! In the case of a tie score, the better rank goes to the faster finisher.
Double check your work - Even catching a single mistake can have a significant effect on your overall score, often improving your ranking by 500 spots or more!
Celebrate your efforts - Congratulations! You just matched wits with some of the strongest math students of your age from around the world!
Look back over your test once the contest is finished - If the test organizers allow you to, take a few minutes and look over the questions that gave you trouble. Certain types of questions regularly appear on Caribou tests.
If you want to do really well, try practicing for 5-10 minutes a day, beginning a week or 2 before the test. Students who do a little practice for a few minutes each day tend to perform much better than students who practice only once or not at all.
If you want to do your very best, try a few of the many practice tests available at cariboutests.com. Be sure to go over any questions you don't understand with an adult (caribou tests tend to frequently have the same style or type of questions, so spending a few minutes of your practice time reviewing a tricky question with an adult can often pay off when you take your next test).
Practice the interactive game a few times before the test -The interactive game for the November 10th contest will be 2048. Each game has a certain logic and strategy to it, and while you may try as many times as you wish to win the game during the test, prior practice and an understanding of how the game works will usually allow you to beat the game in significantly less time, allowing you more time to tackle other questions.
Review the history question! For students in grades 3 and up, the November 10th contest will have a history question about Archimedes. Review the short article found on cariboutests.com and then take a minute to talk with an adult about what you read. What were the big (most important) ideas? The history questions usually focus on important things like 'what idea did they think up?' and not on minor trivia.
On test day, have a pencil and some paper handy - The test questions do not tend to require a lot of calculation, but a pencil and paper can make some questions much easier to solve.
When the test starts, take a few deep breaths and relax. The test is meant to be a fun challenge, and most of us think and perform better when we are not under pressure.
Don’t expect to get most of the questions right – just focus on doing your best. This is an international math contest and it is challenging. There will be some questions that you may not solve… and that’s OK!
Start by solving the questions you know - The answer to some questions may not immediately leap out at you. If you feel stumped by a particular question, don’t waste more time on it - just move on to the next one. Once you have answered all of the questions that you can solve easily, then go back and have a second look at the remaining trickier ones.
Don’t be afraid to take your best guess - You don’t lose marks for guessing, so before you finish the test, be sure to submit your best guess for any question where you weren’t able to arrive at an answer.
If you need to guess at an answer, see if you can determine which possible answers cannot be right, thereby narrowing down your choices and increasing your chance of selecting the correct answer.
Work purposefully, but don’t rush. Rushing usually leads to careless mistakes. Read the question carefully. But don’t dawdle either! In the case of a tie score, the better rank goes to the faster finisher.
Double check your work - Even catching a single mistake can have a significant effect on your overall score, often improving your ranking by 500 spots or more!
Celebrate your efforts - Congratulations! You just matched wits with some of the strongest math students of your age from around the world!
Look back over your test once the contest is finished - If the test organizers allow you to, take a few minutes and look over the questions that gave you trouble. Certain types of questions regularly appear on Caribou tests.