About CAT

The Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) competition gives students the opportunity to develop their problem-solving skills through algorithmic thinking. The competition incorporates unique ‘three-stage tasks’ that encourage students to develop informal algorithms and apply them to test data of increasing size or complexity.

CAT is suitable for any maths class and requires no programming experience. It can be used to develop students’ interest and potential in computer programming.

Like all our competitions, the CAT contains unique problems designed each year by leading educators, academics and industry experts to challenge and extend your students’ problem-solving skills.

Divisions

• Upper Primary – Australian Years 5 and 6

• Junior – Australian Years 7 and 8

• Intermediate – Australian Years 9 and 10

• Senior – Australian Years 11 and 12

Topics

• Applying rules

• Logic and case analysis

• Analysing algorithms

• Developing algorithms

Question and Answer Format

6 multiple-choice, 3 x 3 integer questions

Key information:

Exam Date :  20th  May 2025 (TUESDAY)

Time :

16:30-17:00  Registration – show your ID card or student ID card 

17:00-17:10  Instruction by Supervisor and answer sheet preparation

17:10-18:10   Exam time

Past paper ข้อสอบเก่า   

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Tov6T2GcHSlDQ22yOeoUdJgf8dr72Pj6?usp=sharing

Official website : https://www.amt.edu.au/cat