Is that your final answer?
Students at Wolverley High School, near Kidderminster, have been proving they can get their sums right by taking part in a Who Wants to be a Mathonaire? competition.Students at Wolverley High School, near Kidderminster, have been proving they can get their sums right by taking part in a Who Wants to be a Mathonaire? competition. About 220 of the school's 700 pupils, aged between 13 and 18, took part in the contest as part of today's National Number Day. Based on the format of the popular TV show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, students competed for prizes by answering a series of questions on numbers. The quiz contest used Chris Tarrant's voice, music from the show and the format of on-screen questions familiar to audiences. Read the full story in the Express & Star
About 220 of the school's 700 pupils, aged between 13 and 18, took part in the contest as part of today's National Number Day.
Based on the format of the popular TV show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, students competed for prizes by answering a series of questions on numbers.
The quiz contest used Chris Tarrant's voice, music from the show and the format of on-screen questions familiar to audiences.
Head of mathematics Eileen Crossley, who hosted the event, said: "It was a fantastic way of conveying that numbers and maths can be fun.
"It also engaged a whole year group in numerous calculations and students had a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the winners only got chocolates and mathematical pens as we just could not stretch to money, let alone £1 million.
"The students had already been involved in preliminary rounds which were designed to choose those who took part in the final in front of classmates in one of the main halls."
