Westfield Kids Getting Ready for This Year's Mathnasium TriMathlon Contest

By Jodi Ralston

Local students are getting ready to test their math skills while raising funds for local schools at this year’s TriMathlon, hosted by Mathnasiums of Westfield, Livingston, Summit, and Chatham.

Mathnasium’s TriMathlon contest is designed encourage kids to engage in math and to support local schools. Children at all levels of math ability are invited to participate. In addition to winning medals, all students who participate this year will earn money for local schools with a donation for each student participating in the event. The winner at each grade level will be entered into the Grand Prize TriMathlon.

The competition, open to 2nd- through 5th-grade students, will be held on October 17 at the Livingston Mathnasium Learning Center at 35 East Northfield Road, Livingston NJ. Participation is free and registration is now open at mathnasiumtrimathlon.com.

“Mathnasium’s TriMathlon provides a wonderful opportunity for kids to engage in math in a fun way that also gives back to the community,” said Jodi Ralston, Center Director for Mathnasium of Westfield. “We’re proud to host this event for the fifth year running and inspire more kids to develop a love for math.”

The TriMathlon consists of three events:

• The Counting Game, which tests students’ ability to count from any number, to any number, by any number.
• Magic Squares, where students develop their own problems from a specific set of numbers.
• Mental Math Workout, which emphasizes efficient strategies and number sense as students solve problems without pencil and paper.

Students do not need to be enrolled in a Mathnasium center to participate. Prep materials, including a practice test, are available on the Mathnasium TriMathlon website (www.mathnasiumtrimathlon.com), where students can also register.

Participants will have money donated to local schools on behalf of their participation. Mathnasium is targeting an aggregate donation of about $40,000 throughout the U.S. and Canada.

The top scorers across all TriMathlon competitions will be invited to move on to the Grand Prize TriMathlon, to be held at the winner’s local Mathnasium center the following weekend.

All participants, regardless of how they place on the test, will receive fun goody bags. Grand Prize winners also receive a Rubik’s prize pack and Mathnasium scholarship.

For more information on the Mathnasium TriMathlon for students in the Westfield area, please contact Jodi Ralston, owner of the Westfield Mathnasium center, at 973-377-6284, or visit www.mathnasiumtrimathlon.com.

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