Having Sum Fun online!
Have Some Fun Online is conducted by the Mathematical Association of Western Australia (MAWA) annually and is a fun way for students to work collaboratively in small groups.
It is a mathematics quiz with NAPLAN-type problems for teams of up to four students from Years 3 – 10 and is designed to give students the opportunity to engage in mathematical problem solving under time constraints. The competition consists of three rounds of 10 questions and the teams have one hour to complete each round of questions, which are accessed online. This term we had two teams; one from Year 7 and one from Year 8 compete and there was much discussion, negotiation and trial and error as they worked hard to work through the often very challenging problems. Well done to those girls who competed and we hope to have more teams next year.
Mrs Sharon Schubert
Numeracy Enhancement Specialist