Culpeper County Public Schools was proud to host the annual county-wide Math 24 competition on Thursday, March 27, 2025. The event brought together some of the division’s brightest young minds to engage in friendly, fast-paced math challenges designed to sharpen their computation skills and deepen their understanding of number relationships.
The Math 24 game promotes mental math fluency by challenging students to manipulate numbers to reach the target number—24—using a combination of operations. This year’s competition welcomed enthusiastic “mathletes” from third, fourth, and fifth grades at all six elementary schools, as well as 6th grade students from both middle schools. This year marked the first year since 2020 that the middle schools have participated, thanks to the support of Mindy Brooks-Smith, who coached the teams at both middle schools and Sycamore Park Elementary.
The competition consists of three rounds, and after the first two rounds of intense competition, the top eight scorers advanced to the final round, where they faced off to determine the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Each participant showcased impressive problem-solving skills, perseverance, and sportsmanship throughout the event.
CCPS extends congratulations to all of the talented mathletes who participated. Special thanks go to Floyd T. Binns Middle School for graciously hosting the event and to the CCPS Gifted and Math Departments for organizing a successful competition.
Third grade winners:
1st place: Zane Yost, Yowell
2nd place: Eden Sung, SPES
3rd place: Mohammad Nosrat, PSES
4th place: Rachee Wiles, SPES
Fourth grade winners:
1st place: Fletcher Dulin SPES
2nd place: Anee Huang SPES
3rd place: Jackson Moffett PSES
4th place: Benji Maroquin FES
Fifth grade winners:
1st place: Anish Mishra YES
2nd place: Parker Pratt YES
3rd place: Evan Standley AGR
4th place: Peyton Smith SPES
Sixth grade winners:
1st place winner: Ian Balino FTBMS
2nd place winner: Noah Wester CMS
3rd place winner: Kyle Peterson Tapia CMS
4th place winner: Isabella Alvarez CMS