Challenge 24 Makes Math Fun
| Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 |
 Carter G. Woodson Middle School was the math hub of Hopewell earlier this week as they hosted 150 students in the school systems annual Challenge 24 competition. Challenge 24 is mental math game where students use skills in multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction to create combinations of twenty four. You score points by solving the flash card problems quicker than the three other players at your table.
“I get to develop my math skills, and I get to have fun too,” explained sixth grader Nathan Horton. “Math has been my favorite subject ever since I started school.”
“I have been practicing everyday at home on the internet,” said Mindee Rexroad. The extra effort paid off as Mindee took home first place honors against her sixth-grade peers.
The City’s elementary schools also brought their best and brightest young mathematicians to compete as well. “We have fourth through eighth grades all here competing at-grade level,” said middle school math specialist and event organizer Rosemarie Bland. “We have been doing this (competition) for 16 years now. I love it and look forward to it every year.”
Congratulations to this year’s Challenge 24 top finishers:
Fourth Grade
Idayziah Jones: 1st Place Dupont Elementary
Avery Cummings: 2nd place Dupont Elementary
Alex Rockwell: 3rd place Dupont Elementary
Fifth Grade
Trey Altman: 1st Place Dupont Elementary
John Eliades: 2nd place Dupont Elementary
Daniel Oden: 3rd place Dupont Elementary
Sixth Grade
Mindee Rexroad: 1st Place Carter G. Woodson
Xzaviest Reese: 2nd Place Carter G. Woodson
Kendrick Wheat: 3rd Place Carter G. Woodson
Seventh and Eighth Grades - Double Digits
Tristan Irvin: 1st Place Carter G. Woodson
Daniel Martinez: 2nd Place Carter G. Woodson
McKenzie Adams: 3rd Place Carter G. Woodson |
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