UKMT Senior Team Maths Competition
The Senior Maths Team travelled to Epsom College, to compete in the regional Team Maths Challenge competition. Leo Y (U6), Lucy Y (U6), Esther K (L6) and Cindy W (L6) represented Caterham School. The first round of the competition was a set of ten questions on which the team worked together. After the first round (getting nine out of ten questions right) Caterham was six points behind the leading school. The second round was the Cross Number round which is like a crossword with maths clues. Our students really enjoyed that round performing really well and getting 57/60 possible marks!
The final round had a set of four questions with the students working in pairs where they needed the solution to the previous question to answer their own question. We were hoping for a high scoring performance to reclaim our title (regional champions 2015 and 2016) and qualify to the national final in London. Despite performing really well in the last round we finished third, nine points from the first place (missing a great chance of getting seven more marks in the last round). It was a great day overall and the students had a wonderful time!
