All of Year 5 and 6 took part in this year’s Primary Maths Challenge, organized by the Mathematical Association. This is more a test of problem solving and lateral thinking than mathematical knowledge, and our pupils certainly seemed to rise to the challenge of the puzzles, such as:

“A family of three people each wears a pair of clean socks every day. The washing for several days is put on the washing line. No socks are missing. Which of these numbers could be the number of socks on the line? 3, 15, 30, 40, 45”

A record number of certificates were won: 15 bronze, 10 silver and 5 gold (shown above). It’s likely that at least one of our young mathematicians will be invited to take part in the finals in February.