National Inter-school Mathematics Quiz

Alleyn’s Junior School took two teams of 4 to the National Inter-school Mathematics Quiz at University College Prep School in Hampstead. Twelve teams from different schools took part and each player used their own personal wireless handset to answer questions. Discussion and conferring amongst team members was encouraged which allowed the children to work together and think strategically throughout. The quiz comprised 40 multiple choice maths questions covering topics such as mental arithmetic, measurement, time and money, geometry, algebra, logic, number patterns, fractions, decimals, percentages and statistics.

Each team’s score and position were displayed after each question which increased the excitement of the competition. One of the Alleyn’s teams led for a long time although they were overhauled by the UCS teams towards the end of the competition. After the final scores had been totalled our Alleyn’s teams finished in very creditable third and fifth places. There were some extremely tough questions, so very well done to the children who took part and acquitted themselves so well.