A great result at the UKMT Maths Challenge

On Wednesday 14 March 2018, I joined Ottilie and two Third Formers from King’s Bruton to go to Millfield for the UKMT Maths Team Challenge Regional Finals.

When we arrived, our first challenge was the Group Round. This is where we had ten maths questions to answer as a team. We did very well in this challenge and got 53/60.

After this we split in to two’s and did the Shuttle. This was a difficult round as one pair’s answer led on to the other’s so if it was wrong the rest of the questions would be answered wrong too.

When this had finished, we ate our lunch and cracked on with the Crossnumber. This was our best round! We were in pairs again; one had to do the downs in the Crossnumber and the other across. We completed the crossword with five minutes to spare and got 52/56. This boosted our confidence as we went into the final round. All twenty-five teams had to split into pairs again. This was an exciting round as when one pair answered questions the other pair had to run across the room to collect their question. It was a quick round and the questions kept on coming!

At the end of this round we had tried our hardest and were waiting for the results. We were delighted to find out that we had come second overall! A brilliant achievement!
Amelia B - 8S

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