Three winning teams were crowned May 3 when Dysart Unified School District students in third through eighth grade participated in the annual Math Challenge at Willow Canyon High School.

The first of three rounds of the challenge consisted of a speed round, containing 30 problems that students had to collaborate on and solve in 10 minutes.

The second and third rounds had six questions each that were focused more on problem solving and get more intense as they progress. The second and third rounds had a time limit of 20 minutes each.

All 20 of the district’s elementary schools were invited to participate, and each school could enter up to three teams of six students.

The purpose of the event was to entice, engage and challenge students to solve math problems while along the way strengthening their math fundamentals.

Collaboration was also a strong focus of the event as teams must work together and strategize to complete the problems to the best of their ability within the time allowed.

The results were as follows:

Third and Fourth Grades

• First Place: Freedom Traditional Academy (Team 2)
• Second Place: El Mirage Elementary School (Team 1)
• Third Place (Tie): Freedom Traditional Academy (Team 1) & Western Peaks (Team1)

Fifth and Sixth Grades

• First Place: Canyon Ridge (Team 1)
• Second Place: Marley Park Elementary School (Team 1)
• Third Place: Canyon Ridge (Team 2)

Seventh and Eighth Grades

• First Place: Freedom Traditional Academy (Team 1)
• Second Place (Tie): Luke Elementary School (Team 1) & West Point (Team 1)
• Third Place: Freedom Traditional Academy (Team 2)