Hi I had the same questions you had as I had never done beast academy before and there is no free trial. A month costs $15 whereas the whole year is $96, so that’s a lot of difference, and you are not restricted to one year, you can access grades 3-5 and you determine how to provide access to the lessons to your child. My DD is starting third and in the past two days since I signed up has been enjoying using it. I only wish they had a mobile app to use. You can cancel within the first 14 days if u don’t like it, so after a lot of thought I decided to sign up for the whole year as it made more sense. Also when I signed up, I asked them (in comments) about the bundle offer with books in case I decided to buy them within the next few days and they were nice enough to send a coupon code to use within a month if I decide to get the book set.

We haven’t received the scores yet from Math Kangaroo. Last year only my elder dd gave the exam and placed 19. The center award ceremony was held first and then state and she was invited for both. We got the info on May 1st. This year both my dds participated. However this year the Math Kangaroo website declared only top 10 national winners would be awarded. My elder one did not place and second one did, as per my calculations she should be around 15-17 rank. We know that the state ceremony was scheduled in May so I assume as written on their website only top 10 got to participate ( though the top 20 were recognized on their website). Our center however has invited all placed in the top 20.