Published August 23. 2017 12:00AM
Before the end of this past school year, the Math 24 Challenge for students in grades six to eight took place at Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit No. 21, Schnecksville.
Students from Carbon and Lehigh counties showed their skills through friendly competition.
“Math 24 is based on numbers, accuracy, mental math and speed,” Jordan Gruber, media facilitator with CLIU 21 said.
The Math 24 Game encourages critical thinking.
Students are given a series of numbers and are tasked with finding a solution wherein the numbers equal 24.
This is the third year for the competition at CLIU No. 21.
This year, nine schools, including Allentown, Catasauqua, East Penn, Jim Thorpe, Northern Lehigh, Northwestern, Palmerton, Parkland and Whitehall, participated in the challenge.
Seventy-two students in all competed.
The first place winners from each division competed June 14 at the state competition in Harrisburg.
PRESS PHOTOS BY JENNIFER BODISCHJoyce Guo from Parkland School District and Laryssa White from East Penn School District were grades seven and eight runners up at the Math 24 Challenge at Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit 21, Schnecksville.
