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St Pete Mathletes Compete to Raise Money for Local Schools
TriMathlon Competition at Mathnasium Learning Center of St Petersburg
St Petersburg students are getting ready to test their math skills while raising funds for local schools.
Mathnasium’s TriMathlon contest is designed to encourage kids to engage in math and to support local schools. Children at all levels of math ability are invited to participate. In addition to winning medals, all students who participate this year will earn money for local schools with a donation for each student participating in the event. The winner at each grade level will be entered into the Grand Prize TriMathlon.
The competition, open to 2nd- through 5th-grade students, will start at 9 a.m. on October 18th at the St Petersburg Mathnasium Learning Center at 3451 4th Street North. Participation is free and registration is still open at www.mathnasiumtrimathlon.com. Over 80 children so far have registered to compete.
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“Mathnasium’s TriMathlon provides a wonderful opportunity for kids to engage in math in a fun way that also gives back to the community,” said Erin Nobles, Owner and Center Director at Mathnasium of St Petersburg, “We’re proud to be bringing this event to St. Pete and we hope to inspire kids to develop a love for math.”
The TriMathlon consists of three events:
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· Magic Squares, where students are awarded points for developing their own math problems.
· The Counting Game, which tests students’ ability to count from any number, to any number, by any number.
· Mental Math Workout, which asks students to solve problems without a pencil and paper in order to show off their “number sense.”
Students do not need to be enrolled at Mathnasium to participate. Mathnasium will donate $10 per competitor to each competitor’s school of choice. Mathnasium is targeting an aggregate donation of about $40,000 throughout the U.S. and Canada.
The top scorers across all TriMathlon competitions will be invited to move on to the Grand Prize TriMathlon, to be held at the winner’s local Mathnasium center the following weekend.
All participants, regardless of how they place on the test, will receive fun goody bags. Grand Prize winners receive a prize pack, medal, and Mathnasium scholarship.
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