Hundreds of young Maitland students will put pen to paper on Wednesday for the 35th annual Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition.
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This year students from year 5 and 6 from Maitland Public School, St John The Baptist Primary School and Maitland Christian School will battle numbers in an attempt to take out the coveted maths whizz title.
The students will take on the 35-question paper without the use of calculators, rulers or other mathematical instruments.
“The competition encourages students to become enthusiastic about maths and challenges them to rely on their problem solving skills,” Newcastle Permanent CEO Terry Millett said.
“Mathematics and problem solving are valuable life skills and the exam helps students develop these, providing more opportunities to them later in life.
“In fact, many adults would find the exams challenge their own problem solving abilities.”
The competition is the largest of its kind and is open to all primary school students in year 5 and 6.
