Junior Team Maths Challenge
Kilgraston's Junior Maths Challenge Team, joined by 11 other teams from schools across Scotland, battled for a spot in the national finals.
Twelve teams of pupils from schools across Scotland came together at Kilgraston to compete in the Junior team maths challenge.
The competition was a qualifier for the regional final, so it was all to play for, with the Kilgraston team putting in an excellent performance, earning a very respectable fifth place.
First was the group round, where teams work to solve ten questions of varying types and difficulties during the time allowed. Each team had to decide their own strategy, whether that be to work in pairs, individually or as a team.
Next was the ‘crossnumber’ round. This round consists of teams solving a puzzle similar to a crossword, but with numbers. Teams worked in pairs for this task, one pair had the across clues whilst the other had the clues for down. The pairs had to work independently to complete the grid using logic and deduction.
The penultimate round was the shuttle task. Teams competed against the clock to correctly answer a series of four questions. Each team was divided into pair A (given questions 1 and 3) and pair B (given questions 2 and 4). Question 1 could be solved independently of the others, but the answer to each subsequent question was dependent on the answer to the previous one.
The last round was the relay. Teams split off into pairs, taking it in turns to solve problems. This was an active round with a lot of movement and maths, all against the clock!
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