Superintendent and bank officials to join student mathematicians at M&T Bank 24 Challenge®
What: Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Joe A. Hairston and M&T Bank officials - Lisa Schwartz, Retail Regional Sales Manager, Northern Baltimore County, and Noel Carroll, Market Manager, Greater Baltimore - will celebrate student mathematical prowess at the 12th annual M&T Bank 24 Challenge® Math Tournament. Fifth- through eighth-graders from 87 county schools will compete by solving 24 Game® flashcards, a fast-paced, mental math game designed to improve abilities in computation, deductive reasoning, and problem solving. The 211 participating students represent 66 elementary and 21 middle schools. Five grand champions will win $1,000 U.S. Savings Bonds from M&T Bank.
When: Saturday, March 8, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon. The finals will begin at approximately 10:30 a.m. with an awards ceremony to immediately follow at approximately 11:00 a.m.
Where: The Crowne Plaza Hotel
(formerly the Holiday Inn Select - Timonium)
2004 Greenspring Drive
Timonium, 21093
Background:
The centerpiece of the tournament is a fast-paced math game called 24®. Developed by Suntex International, Inc., the flashcard-style math game is designed to improve skills in mental computation, pattern recognition, and deductive reasoning. Each card presents four numbers that can be configured to total 24. The challenge is to determine what combination of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and/or division of single-digit whole numbers, double-digit whole numbers, or integers will yield that solution.
M&T Bank, sole corporate sponsor of this mathematics initiative in the Baltimore County Public Schools, supported the instructional materials used in the classroom, and funded this annual spring tournament. Local school winners in each division receive $50 savings bonds, and tournament Grand Champions in five divisions of play (two elementary division and three middle school divisions) are awarded $1,000 U.S. Savings Bonds.
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