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Search is on for math wizards in NCR

Published Feb 10, 2025 04:56 am

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The Department of Education - National Capital Region office (DepEd-NCR), together with various organizations, recently launched the search for the region's top mathematics champions in the over 4,700 public and private elementary and high schools in Metro Manila

Dubbed as the "SPRIX Math Challenge," the program aims to discover individuals who excel in mathematics and further enhance their skills and talents.

In the competition, each school fielded three students per grade or year level.

Grades 1 and 2 students were given 30 test questions where they were required to answer in 60 minutes. Grades 3 and 4 students were assigned 40 items which they needed to answer in 80 minutes.

Grades 5 and 6 tackled 50 questions with a 90-minute time limit. Grades 7 to 10 also had 50 items with a 120-minute time limit.

The program's individual written phase was held on Feb. 8, with the regional finals slated for March 1.

All participants took the written test which consists of short answer questions.

The sample test questions include the following:

· What is 3/4 of 16?
· What shape has 4 right angles and 4 sides of equal length?
· Fill in the missing number: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 ___.
· How many right angles are there in a square?
· How many sides has a triangle have?
· A water bottle can hold 2 liters of water. If filled 3/4 of the way, how many liters are in the bottle?
· A pizza has 12 slices. If divided equally among 4 friends, how many will each one get?

Meanwhile, the cluster team oral test is scheduled for Feb. 22 while its regional finals will be on March 14.

SPRIX, DepEd's main project partner, is a Japanese educational assessment institution whose goal is "improving the academic skills of children around the globe."

Tasked with preparing the math challenge test questions, the Mathematics Trainers Guild Phils. (MTG) has been mentoring primary and high school math wizards since 1995.

Other project partners include the Philippine Association of Math Education Specialists and CASIO Phils.

DepEd-NCR explained that the Top 3 individual scorers in each grade level from every division will advance to the regional individual finals on March 1. The Top 2 teams in each division will then compete in the cluster team finals on Feb. 22.

In case of ties, tiebreakers will be conducted using questions prepared by MTG.

Trophies, medals, certificates and cash prizes will be awarded to top scorers, as well as second and third placers. All non-winning teams in the regional finals will get merit certificates.

DepEd NCR Director Jocelyn Andaya previously said the agency will be conducting a series of math activities under the theme "Math, Art and Creativity."

"Participants will strengthen their problem-solving skills, promote teamwork and demonstrate the practical applications of math in artistic expression, ultimately contributing to the overall improvement of learners' math foundation," Andaya said.

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