Great to see our Year 5 and 6 children taking part in the Otago Maths Problem Solving challenge.

Great to see our Year 5 and 6 children taking part in the Otago Maths Problem Solving challenge.

Problem Challenge is a mathematics problem solving competition aimed primarily at children in years 7 and 8, and of interest to able children from Year 6.

It has been organised by John Curran and John Shanks, retired members of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Otago

Children participating in the competition attempt to answer five questions in 30 minutes on each of five problem sheets, which are done about a month apart starting in April.