Knox Elementary School issued the following announcement on Feb. 10.
The inaugural CCSD Elementary School Math Competition drew several hundred young mathematicians to the event last week, putting their ciphering skills to the test in timed individual and team competitions. When all the answers were submitted and checked, Knox ES STEM Academy took first-place honors with the most accumulated points, with Avery ES claiming second place.
Fourth-grade and fifth-grade students competed against fellow mathematicians in their respective grade levels, with the opportunity to place individually and as a team in separate competitions, with points from both going to their school’s overall score. During the individual competition, students solved problems on a whiteboard during a series of timed challenges. For the team competition, teams of up to four students were given 10 math problems to solve, with two minutes per problem to collaborate, calculate and submit their solution.
Participating schools formed after-school math clubs based on student interest and, if needed, held tryouts to select a competition team from the club’s membership. Schools could have up to two teams per grade level in the team competition. With clever team names for the event like “Math Magicians” and “Mathletes,” 13 elementary schools competed at the event, which was held February 3 at Liberty ES. Designed by the Office of Curriculum & Instruction, the goal of the event is to encourage students’ interest in math, develop their problem-solving skills and inspire them to excel and have fun with mathematics.
Trophies were awarded to the top two individual winners for each grade level, with ribbons awarded to the members of the two top-scoring teams for each grade level. The two schools with the highest combined individual and team scores (Knox and Avery) won trophies. Individual and team winners were:
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